{"url":"http://emauxetcamees.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-10-02T10:24:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1412037663743.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20140930004103-00052-ip-10-234-18-248.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9703415632247925,"token_count":213,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__47866823","lang":"en","text":"\" I certainly believe we all suffer damage, one way or another. How could we not,except in a world of perfect parents, siblings, neighbours, companions? And then there is the question on which so much depends, of how we react to the damage: whether we admit it or repress it, and how this affects our dealings with others. Some admit the damage, and try to mitigate it;some spend their lives trying to help others who are damaged; and there are those whose main concern is to avoid further damage to themselves, at whatever cost. And those are the ones who are ruthless, and the ones to be careful of. \"\n\" The longer I procrastinate on returning phone calls and emails, the more guilty I feel about it. The guilt I feel causes me to avoid the issue further, which only leads to more guilt and more procrastination. It gets to the point where I don’t email someone for fear of reminding them that they emailed me and thus giving them a reason to be disappointed in me. \"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://riskers-watches.com/albert-roche-2nd-episode/","date":"2022-08-16T04:24:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572220.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816030218-20220816060218-00059.warc.gz","language_score":0.9831077456474304,"token_count":380,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__17196499","lang":"en","text":"The day’s training is over. Albert collapses exhausted onto his camp-bed. He’s fuming! He sees very little of the war from inside these walls, here where the recruits receive their military training. He has no real connection with his comrades. Albert makes no effort. Being of strong and independent character, he longs for something more. His heart is not in it. The training is demanding! The frustrations keep growing. His performance is not up to scratch! His instructors don’t think much of him. Albert feels once again that he’s going to have to make things change. If he wants to fight, to prove himself, he’s going to have come to a decision? But what can he do? Everything seems to be against him!\nOne day he hears that deserters are being sent to the front. That’s the sign he’s been waiting for! It’s decided. Albert escapes but makes sure that he is quickly caught. He’s locked in a cell where a terrible anguish grips him. Has he gone too far? He is taken unceremoniously to an officer who’s looking at his notes. Raising his head, he curtly asks him the reason for his desertion. Albert answers frankly: “The bad soldiers are sent up there (that is, to the front), and I want to go where the fighting is.”\nThe shot achieves its objective. He receives his assignment with the 27th Alpine Battalion of Foot Soldiers, stationed in Lorraine! Hurrah!\nThe train is full of soldiers and equipment. An interminable journey is taking shape. Albert feels that this time he is facing a destiny that he himself has chosen. He is finally being sent into battle!\nThe rest will follow soon…","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://masters-gym.eu/lena-the-plug-sex-tape/mingle-kansas-city.php","date":"2019-07-17T02:31:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525009.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717021428-20190717043428-00443.warc.gz","language_score":0.83683842420578,"token_count":209,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__109103579","lang":"en","text":"The organization is contracted with the Kansas City Renaissance Festival to perform each day the Festival is open with a . masters-gym.eu Cthulhu, Godzilla and nagas mingle in Demonstra, a speculative poem . Journey to Kansas City, the \"Paris of the Plains,\" a city of glamor and sin where cults. Whoville Holidays Photo # Mingle: Kansas City community photos. Aztec warriors ready for battle, intent on conquering a neighboring tribe, but different gods protect the Matlazinca. Cthulhu, Godzilla and nagas mingle in Demonstra, a speculative poem collection which assembles 20 porno male of work by Bryan Thao Worra. Contains three stories and 10 illustrations not included in paperback or e-book edition. Three new novelettes inspired by Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, set against the background of the Roaring Twenties. This vile tome collects thirteen pornhub. om Lovecraftian tales of a certain scribe named Hayley hanes Mamatas.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.amymccann.com/post/what-to-do-when-friends-and-family-don-t-come-through-for-you","date":"2022-07-01T12:56:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103941562.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220701125452-20220701155452-00193.warc.gz","language_score":0.9655080437660217,"token_count":2092,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__128084539","lang":"en","text":"It's been said many times: When bad things happen, you know who your true friends and family are. They stick around for the tough stuff, right? So, what might we do about these fair-weather friends and why are they so heartless to abandon us in our time of need?\nHave you been through a hardship such as a divorce, job loss, illness, only to discover the people you thought and expected would be there, are nowhere to be found?\nIs it difficult to understand why people who call themselves friends and family suddenly disappear when you need them most?\nIf you’ve ever experienced a tough transition without a feeling of solid support from friends and family it’s highly possible you may have also felt (or are feeling) levels of resentment and rejection.\nYou probably feel alone—even if you’re certain God is with you. It may feel impossible to breathe as you go about your day. If you want to know what to do the next time a friend leaves you alone to lick your wounds...read on…\nWhen So-Called True Friends Ghost You\nOver a decade ago I was faced with the divorce process and transition into co-parenting. My divorce was a mutual and healthy decision for our family. Still, I was in need of some major emotional care and a guide to help me see through my tears.\nI’m grateful for the friends and family that were there for me. I got lost when I didn't know how to deal with those who weren't there for me—so-called friends who treated me like I had the plague and others who pretended I wasn’t even in the room. I seemed to have morphed into some scary disease circling as a ghost at times. Nothing fun about becoming an instant invisible death threat!\nAs with most divorces, I was hit with the loss of support from some long-time friends, people I had grown close to, and some family members who were nowhere to be found after I reached out to leave blubbering messages of neediness.\nWhere have all these pe-op-le gone, I sputtered to myself in between inhaling my bottom lip and blowing my nose?\nI was devastated! It was hard enough to reach out for help, only to be rejected or ignored by those who supposedly love me. Boo-Hoo-Hoo became my daily theme for a while.\nBegin to See Past the Woe-Is-Me\nThis period of woe-is-me didn’t help to move me forward in any positive way. What I discovered is this: Relying on our inner circles to rescue us, hug us, tell us everything is going to be okay can be a self-centered way to approach life and relationships. I've also found it's destructive to assume that everyone who runs away from us is heartless.\nThankfully, I grew past a need to rely on family and friends to help support me through my divorce. I began to appreciate and understand the differences among us when it comes to handling divorce and hardship. I began to see why some people might not be there for me.\nI moved out of seeking comfort from friends and into seeking movement toward inner peace. I learned to no longer resent those who treated me like a deadly disease. I stopped feeling unworthy. I began to gain understanding…\nTurns out, many people experience some level of FEAR where a major transition is concerned (whether it be their own or someone else's). When we don't consider fear as a possible reason for why someone might hide or run away from us in times of emotional pain we may stay stuck in a woe-is-me mode of thinking.\nHave you noticed that we usually only view someone walking away from us from our point of view…as a definite example of hateful rejection in our mind? I mean, how DARE they turn their back on us when we are faced with so much uncertainty? Some friends they are! Guess we know who our true friends are! Or is that fair to conclude? Could it be these friends that flee are in some level of pain, discomfort, or fear themselves? Hmmm…Maybe they aren't unfeeling and heartless people after all! Maybe, just maybe, life isn't all about what we are going through!\nWhen it comes to those who can’t or won’t support us we can choose to see it as an opportunity to understand vs. an excuse to feel sorry for ourselves. When these people ghost us we can learn to explore the situation outside of our limited point of view—we can choose to develop a higher understanding of where that friend (or family member) may be coming from.\nAccept Soothing then Get to Moving\nThose friends that do stand by us aren’t necessarily prepared to help us get or stay healthy over the long-term. They may hug us, agree that we have every right to cry, hand us a bottle of wine, and tell us this too, shall pass. If they’re especially committed to you they may leave the phone line open in case of a 3 a.m. sob-session.\nI’m not downplaying this kind of support. I’m pointing out the common practice of family and friends to soothe vs. move us through tough times. A friend or family member may not be equipped to move you in ways that are transformational through hardship. When we can accept this we can appreciate and seek out new ways to feel supported outside of friends/family network.\nI came out of self-centered neediness-woe-is-me thinking and into self-empowering focus toward my future and a better understanding of those I felt had abandoned me in my time of need.\nHere are 3 Things to Do When Friends and Family Don't Come Through\nRedefine Your Expectations\nAsk yourself these questions:\nDo I expect family and friends to come through no matter what?\nIs it possible not everyone in my circle is equipped or comfortable handling what I’m going through?\nIf so, can I begin to shift my expectations of them to myself?\nWhat do I expect of myself that will work to take me out of resentment and into the personal\nrestoration of my body, mind spirit?\nHow might this improve the relationships that still exist in my life?\nA shift to recognize that each person is on their own journey can work to move you out of the expectation of others and into the compassionate understanding of differences.\nRest on The Fact that Each Person's Handling of Pain is Unique\nAdversity, grief, life-altering change, a major transition is all experienced at a very personal level.\nIf you can begin to understand that a friend or family member isn’t always equipped to emotionally serve you in the way you wish, you’ll immediately experience a positive shift inside.\nIt helps to remember that not everyone cries at funerals and this doesn’t mean they’re not grieving with you--even if you're convinced they're not sensitive to your pain. At the same time, some people's fear may make them view divorce as a disease they may catch. For others, marriage may be seen as a solely religious commitment that if broken makes you a hell-bound sinner—and to some with this belief, you now become a person they will, for religious reasons, move away from.\nGetting to know and acknowledge differences that exist when it comes to beliefs and emotional processing can relieve you of frustration when others choose to flee in your time of need.\nRelease the Idea that Others Owe You Something\nIt is possible you’re stuck in the idea that a blood relation owes you a level of support no matter what. Even if this is a collective family belief it doesn’t guarantee all family members are emotionally prepared to support you when your time of struggle arrives.\nThis idea that family owes you time, a shoulder to cry on or sympathy over the phone can lead to stress when they don’t come through. Worse, the devil of disappointment can work to burn you and spark long-term resentment. You may move into a very destructive need to control others—after all, you believe they owe you. This energy threatens to tie you in knots and keep you from healing or moving forward.\nTo raise your energy step outside the idea that anyone (including a parent) owes you anything. If you can't do this on your own: Here’s where you may need to proceed to seek out an objective professional counselor to work through your emotions and/or paralyzing attachments to expectation.\nA professional coach (like myself) who is highly trained will be able to help you develop clarity, movement, and measurable transformation in situations that feel impossibly overwhelming or paralyzing. Whatever help you seek out, be sure to celebrate the fact that you’re moving out of disempowering energy. Be glad to move into self-empowering progress through objective measures. A professional counselor and/or a coach can help get you out of frustration and into future focus.\nFrom now on, when bad things happen, you can feel more confident that some form of fear could be at play when friends and family flee in your time of emotional need. This person may simply feel too overwhelmed to be there for you.\nExpecting family to be there no matter what can prove to be a very disappointing and stressful experience. It may be better to expect more of yourself through tough times.\nEven if fear isn’t a factor in people scattering away from us, we must remember that we all move through life with individual personal beliefs, pasts, and perceptions. Knowing we all process these things differently can work to not only soothe your loneliness but move you in a direction of higher understanding of others, healthy support for yourself and transformation through tough times.\nAmy helps health-conscious men and women who are stressed by unexpected major uncertainty learn how to raise inner peace and clarity so they can run forward without raising their blood pressure and at the same time create the life of their dreams.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.somersetconservatives.org.uk/news/mps-support-childrens-reading-campaign","date":"2020-09-21T15:52:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400201826.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20200921143722-20200921173722-00549.warc.gz","language_score":0.9581073522567749,"token_count":316,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__163541856","lang":"en","text":"MP Ian Liddell-Grainger is supporting the latest phase of a campaign to get primary school children reading more.\nIt’s run by charity The Reading Agency, whose Summer Reading Challenge launches across England and Wales on July 14.\nThe Challenge is a unique partnership between agency and public libraries and last year got over three quarters of a million children borrowing, reading and talking about their favourite books.\nThis year's theme is Mischief Makers, celebrating the 80th anniversary of the much-loved comic, The Beano. As children read at least six library books over the summer they will collect stickers which will help them crack the clues and help Dennis, Gnasher and friends find the buried treasure.\nMr Liddell-Grainger, Conservative MP for Bridgwater and West Somerset, said he was hugely impressed with the aims of the campaign, which included preventing children’s reading levels dipping during the long summer holidays.\nHe said research had shown that reading for pleasure was a more powerful factor in life achievement than socio-economic background and that children who used libraries were twice as likely to be above-average readers.\n“I hope parents, grandparents and carers in Bridgwater and West Somerset will take their children to the library over the summer to sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge,” he said.\n“It’s free, inclusive and, most importantly, makes reading fun. Last year 7,708 children in Somerset took part. I hope we can increase that number this year.”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.ashdownjones.co.uk/why-we-love-unique-homes/","date":"2024-04-21T06:08:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817729.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421040323-20240421070323-00419.warc.gz","language_score":0.9828658699989319,"token_count":1119,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__79094913","lang":"en","text":"“I love your house.”\nAs I said these words, the lady in front of me at the scrubbed kitchen table put her head in her hands as tears rolled down her cheeks.\nAt first, I had no idea what was wrong. I touched her hand gently and said, are you okay? She looked at me through tear-filled eyes and said, “you love my home”.\n“Yes”, I said.\n“That means everything”, she said.\nThis lady has been trying to sell her beautiful rural farmhouse for years with no success. If we were asked to sell a house, we would be the fourth agent to try to do so.\n“I don’t think any of them liked my house,’ this lady said to me. “I just didn’t get that impression”.\n“But” I said, “how can they sell something they don’t love?”\nI certainly can’t.\nThis need for transparency and honesty that I have when talking to people in their own homes can be a double edged sword; in fact, Phil and I often joke that he can tell straight away if I don’t like a house we visit because I am usually putting my coat on and out the door before we finish our cup of tea! I’m not very good at hiding my feelings.\nBut to me, I have to love a house to sell it. And, I have to love the people whose house we’re selling. To me it’s a perfect triangle, of us – their biggest advocates and ambassadors – their home and themselves. Only when that triangle is at its very, very best can you place the ideal buyer in the centre.\nAll of the houses we take on are unique and often very quirky. Some of our houses might have beams you have to step over, bedrooms that lead on to other bedrooms, unusual features like lime kilns in the garden, saunas in the basement, or major national footpaths bisecting their property. We love each and every one of them. Not in spite of their quirks, but because of them, because their quirks are what makes them the homes they are and the lifestyles they offer.\nNot everybody will love all the homes we offer, of course. But it only takes one buyer to love that home just as much as we do and just as much as its owner originally did, for it to prove a perfect match. Very often we find that the perfect buyer is actually very similar to the seller when they moved in. So if the seller has lived in their home for 30 years, we’re really looking for them 30 years ago to buy it again. After all, if they’ve had a good chapter in their house, maybe it’s time for them to continue to their next chapter somewhere else and for a buyer to have their next chapter in this home.\nSelling a home for us is about handing over the reins of responsibility and residency to somebody new – to the next generation of homeowner. It’s never about the house. It’s never about the bricks and mortar. It’s always about the life that has been lived in that house; the memories, the tears, the joys, the ups and downs, the laughter, the Christmases, the birthdays, the puppies, the homework battles, and the general life detritus that every home has.\nWhen a buyer walks into a home and can sense this kaleidoscope, this rich patchwork quilt of the life that has been lived there, and feels a connection with that house, feels that they too could create their own patchwork quilt of memories in that house, then we know we have a match: the perfect buyer. The buyer that deserves this home. The person who really is going to make that house their own and who loves the house for all the reasons we the current owners love it.\nThen, its quirks become its benefits. Those idiosyncrasies become reasons to fall in love with the house, and the house draws them in.\nNo matter how logical and analytical somebody is when they’re looking at a house, they always always buy for emotional reasons. They buy because it feels right – not because the numbers add up. They want it because they can see themselves in the kitchen, cooking for friends and family. They buy because they want that view from their bedroom when they open their curtains in the morning. They want to buy because that house has their name on it and they strongly believe it. And they cannot imagine themselves living anywhere else.\nThat’s what our unique homes do for people. They give them a sense of identity, a purpose, a lifestyle that means something. A lifestyle that maybe they’ve dreamt of for many, many years, maybe decades. A lifestyle they deserve, that they’ve worked for. A promise that they made themselves, this is the fulfilment of that promise. That’s why it means so much. That’s why our job is so important to us. That’s why when we put a buyer, a seller and a home together, we know what we are actually creating is something truly magical.\nAnd that’s why we do what we do.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.nearstar.com/print-center-consolidation.html","date":"2024-02-27T19:55:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474686.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227184934-20240227214934-00271.warc.gz","language_score":0.9466077089309692,"token_count":309,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__91746765","lang":"en","text":"Often saddled with the burden of maintaining multiple sites for print services, government print offices as well as business and industrial concerns are eager to examine cost-savings technologies as a means to consolidate print and mail operations.\nWith the prospect of rising costs, aging in-house technology, and not being able to meet the level of service customers have come to expect, the question whether print is a core function or something that can be outsourced for less cost is a primary concern.\nWhile many are comfortable with vendor managed print and mail services, others prefer to consolidate under an in-house structure.\nIn any case, it requires a level of expertise and print data knowledge and an understanding of the many roadblocks to achieving your print and mail consolidation goals.\nConsolidating multiple organizations under one umbrella is not a simple task. However, successful consolidation projects seek to improve operational efficiencies, optimize service delivery as well as lower costs. Ultimately, the decisions to consolidate print and mail service concern a variety of factors:\nTo consider the financial benefits of consolidating facilities and services, a full analysis of current costs and infrastructure must be performed.\nProjected post-consolidation savings based on facility, equipment, and staffing is not the only factor that requires consideration in order to estimate overall expenditures. Forward looking organizations not only consider the expenses, but also consider key driving factors such as:\nAnd when considering whether consolidation for Print and Mail makes financial sense to achieve the desired cost-savings, there are several key areas for discussion:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.fox8foxtrot.com/stand-up-2-cancer-manifesto/","date":"2019-11-21T03:49:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496670729.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20191121023525-20191121051525-00272.warc.gz","language_score":0.860252857208252,"token_count":384,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__171271796","lang":"en","text":"We used to have such crazy dreams,\nThe kind of dreams that brought us together, made us not mere mortals, but a movement.\nWe used to dream we’d get to the moon.\nAnd we were crazy enough, fanatical enough, relentless enough, to get there.\nWe dreamed we’d split the atom.\nMake smallpox and polio whispers from forgotten history books.\nMake technology infinite, individual.\nConnect the world.\nAll the unbelievable and the impossible,\nall the can’t do and the never will, we overwhelmed them, we overpowered them, we conquered them.\nThey said no and we, well,\nWe said yes.\nWe stood up.\nWe stood up and changed the world.\nStand up when everybody else sits down\nStand up when it’s easier to turn away\nStand up for everyone who can’t rise anymore\nWhen the answer seems impossible, stand up\nWhen the dream is right within our reach, stand up\nWhen the powerful refuse your call, stand up\nThe moment is now and the time has come to stand up.\nOne out of every two men\nOne out of every three women\nwill face these diseases we call cancer.\nOur sisters, our brothers, our fathers, our mothers,\nour husbands, our wives, our children.\nOur very best friends and those we’ve yet to meet.\nOne person every minute, one person in a moment gets lost, gets stolen, gets taken away.\nThis is where the end of cancer begins.\nWhen together we become a force unmistakable.\nA movement undeniable.\nA light that cannot dim.\nWhen we take our wild impossible dreams\nAnd make them possible\nMake them true\nWhen together we rise as one\nWhen we stand up\nWhen we Stand Up To Cancer.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.jxjgjzgc.com/gaozhongzuowen/6223.html","date":"2020-07-08T22:16:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655897707.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20200708211828-20200709001828-00499.warc.gz","language_score":0.9629799723625183,"token_count":568,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__14135608","lang":"en","text":"I have a very good dream since I was a child， to be a painter.\nI want to use my brush to describe the motherland's great rivers， want to draw all good to me， a person's thoughts will be from the picture， and I， is the man who want to be with brush about life.\nWanted to let everyone see my picture， because I hope my picture can let all people like my painting a happy. Had a dream never grow old， and I will for my dream has been trying to， I hope my efforts can help more people.\nI also hope I can go to some poor places in those children drawing， painting can give people bring happiness， through draw to express their emotions， their idea is very good.\nThere are some very beautiful places in China， I also want to use my hand brush paint the motherland great rivers， through every corner.\nPeople should strive for my ideal， so I want to use the hands of the brush to paint the world.\nDream is strength. The strength can bring us wherever we want to get to and it can bring us a lot of wonders on our way to the place in our dreams.\nDream is beauty. Maybe you can see the things full of magic and maybe you will be moved by your own dream. Have you dreamed of being a princess? Have you dreamed of being a successful person? Oh, you can understand clearly that all the things in your dreams is unrealistic. The world is so real that all the dreams seem weak. But should we have our life without dreams? Of course not.\nThe truth never fails to tell you: no dream, no hope. If nobody had dreamed of flying like a bird, we should never have known that a machine called plane could bring us to the places in the air. And we would never have got the chance of development any more. Some people have said that the world would be in darkness if there hadn’t been Edison. He ever had a dream of keeping the sun above our head day and night and he really lightens our life. So what will happen if everyone has a dream and get down to making it come true? There is nothing impossible if you do.\nHere, I also have my dreams. I hope that I can live a genteel life to enjoy a pure-nice happiness. I have a dream that all the people could pursue their dream freely and get equal chances to everything . I have a dream that evil will lose their life and love will fill up the blanket. I have a dream that one day I can stand with all of you to see the dream turn to reality together.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.london-charms.com/general/would-you-be-able-to-use-novel-editor-for-your-service.htm","date":"2019-01-19T01:22:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583660877.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20190118233719-20190119015719-00050.warc.gz","language_score":0.9598450064659119,"token_count":523,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__162204688","lang":"en","text":"It fundamentally takes seeing precisely how; almost everything ought to be conceivable if you get the most ideal consent from the short story proprietors and their heaps of collaborators. Precisely what makes the usage of short story tunes so difficult is that each specific use of a touch of music includes a different section of short story; since little word is contained the tunes producer’s each benefit to copy, complete, and disperse music in every one of its sorts, and to accumulate eminences for giving others consent to copy, execute, and dissipate guaranteed tunes. The structures through which a creation could be copied and passed on fight this moment grew such a large number of, and the subsequent floods of nobilities such a significant number of, that it needs the activities of not just a solitary person who makes a creation however besides different organizations and organizations that each arrangement with a region of the administration of a short story and the aggregation of the subsequent sovereignties.\nHowever for you, the business proprietor that needs to make use of a specific tune, possible results are that in case you have really tuned in to and delighted in a specific track satisfactory to believe it will positively help your organization, that track is most likely regulated as of now by different organizations and associations, from which you ought to get licenses and to which you will unquestionably need to pay specific costs secret story thought. In any case, every one of those short story proprietors wish to be paid, and each one of those helping associations need to suspect that compensation. When you understand that or what to require your favored use of a tune, the authorizing method is not that difficult novel editor. Everything considered the exhortation of a music association lawyer works for the most parts and truly required in different circumstances.\nIn this short review it is hard to cover all the possible mixes of organization uses for tunes, licenses, and privileged that you may understanding. Different magnificent songs advantage books and an exceptional legitimate delegate gifted in the tunes business might be required to make all the open entryways clear to you. We will surely take a gander at the altogether more ordinary circumstances. In case you need to play a specific tune in the background of your organization event or as a subject for your organization trades, you will absolutely have discussed the fragment of short story known as the capability basic flexibilities, and you will surely should get a declaration from the completing rights organizations in whatever country the short story holder has really enrolled his, her, or its legitimate rights. In the United States there are three doing regular opportunities associations ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://runningforjustice.blogspot.com/2009/12/stop-traffik.html","date":"2018-05-24T12:02:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794866276.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20180524112244-20180524132244-00299.warc.gz","language_score":0.966082751750946,"token_count":296,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__28045769","lang":"en","text":"Tuesday, 1 December 2009\nStop the Traffik was my first glance at human trafficking. It lit a spark within me, igniting a passion to use my voice for those who have no voice.\nThe more I research and delve into the depths of the sadness that is human trafficking, the more I feel a sense of loss alongside a ray of hope.\nIt is more disgusting and disturbing than you can imagine, and bigger than your mind could fathom.\nReading, thinking and meditating on the injustice of our world, of human trafficking, has made me cry a thousand tears. I have screamed out to God and wondered at the hate within the human heart that can allow and continue to feed this sadness.\nI have pondered for hours, wondering what I could do to make a change. If just me, all on my own, could make a difference. Then my mum pointed me to this quote by Mother Teresa:\n“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop”\nAnd reading this helped me to realise that I can make a difference. Joined together with all the other drops that are campaigning, researching and rescuing, one drop joined with other drops can create quite a storm.\nI wanted to write this to encourage others to make a difference too, and that no matter how small you think your efforts are, they are larger than you think.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.cogniherbs.com/post/can-traditional-chinese-medicine-tcm-work-on-dementia-research-team-identifies-herbal-treatments","date":"2024-02-26T05:10:03Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474650.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226030734-20240226060734-00658.warc.gz","language_score":0.9383699893951416,"token_count":1380,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__186290565","lang":"en","text":"A lack of early dementia diagnosis underscores the need for preventive measures; Hong Kong researchers have found TCM treatments that slow the brain’s ageing\nThe successful use of TCM ingredient artemisinin to treat malaria shows the promise of marrying modern science and technology with traditional Chinese medicine\nAn ancient text which chronicles the use of Chinese medicine, “The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Medicine”, includes references to forgetfulness, a condition which describes memory impairment and has symptoms similar to our modern-day diagnosis of dementia.\nThis text is said to have been written by Chinese emperor Huangdi around 2600BC and remains influential as a reference for practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).\nThe ideas in the book are based on Taoist philosophy. Health and illness are the result of an imbalance between the forces of yin and yang and of the influence of the five elements’ – wood, fire, earth, metal and water – on the body’s organs.\nThere was an understanding then of a relationship between organs such as the heart and pulse, for example, even if those relationships are understood differently in medicine today. Despite its age, the work remains significant, not just as a reference for those practising TCM but because many of its original tenets hold true.\nDr Fanny Ip, a neurobiologist and senior research and development manager at the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), is familiar with the text. Her work uses modern approaches to investigate the potential benefits of TCM in the treatment of neurodegenerative and neurological disorders.\nIp says TCM “adopts a holistic approach to understanding bodily functions and disease, focusing on both prevention and treatment” – based on observing symptoms to reach a diagnosis.\nSo given our necessary obsession with dementia – someone in the world succumbs to the condition every three seconds – and the fact there’s no cure, we need to be thinking of ways to prevent it.\n“Currently, the major obstacle in tackling dementia lies in the lack of early diagnosis,” Ip says. “Most people seek medical attention only when they experience obvious memory problems. However, biochemical changes in the body can occur up to 20 years before symptoms manifest.\n“Taking the examples of blood glucose control in diabetes prevention as reference, or monitoring of cholesterol level in cardiovascular disease, we would like to raise awareness for the public that we can also protect and maintain brain health through preventive measures and management.”\n\"Brain health is determined not just by neural health, but also by the health of immune and vascular systems\"\nDr Fanny Ip on findings of her team's research at HKUST\nSo what role might TCM play in protection against the degeneration of neurons and the breakdown in the brain’s messaging system that is seen in patients with dementia in all its forms – Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia, Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease-related dementia?\nIp explains that when neuronal degeneration reaches a certain stage, “where communication between neurons at synapses, the tiny connections between neurons for message transmission” deteriorates, we experience a decline in brain health and activity.\nShe likens this poor messaging to a faulty connection between a power socket and electrical appliances.\nHer team’s research at HKUST, says Ip, “demonstrates that brain health is determined not just by neural health, but also by the health of immune and vascular systems”.\nBecause of TCM’s long history of clinical usage, it provides a natural screening system for ingredient combinations that show real efficacy, she says. TCM therapies target multiple systems to rebalance the body and restore brain health.\nThe holistic nature of TCM is key – the development of dementia has been identified as being the result of a physiological and/or psychological factors that act alone or together, including poor lifestyle choices, chronic illnesses, anxiety and depression.\nIn TCM, dementia is identified as being the result of many physical ailments – spleen-kidney weakness, blood stasis and phlegm stagnation.\nIt also suggests that dementia shows up not only in cognitive but also non-cognitive symptoms, including psychiatric disorders and sleep disturbance. This fact is borne out in modern medicine: dementia is not simply a disease about “forgetting”.\nChinese chemist Tu Youyou won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, the first science Nobel Prize awarded to a China-based scientist.\nTu’s 1972 discovery – of artemisinin, now a key component of the drugs which revolutionised malaria treatment – was rooted in ancient Chinese herbal medicine. The plant compound found in wormwood had been used in China in the treatment of malaria for 1,000 years.\nThat reminded everybody of the significance of TCM and its place in modern treatments, and is why scientists like Ip are always on the lookout for therapeutic traditional ingredients which may form part of future drug treatments.\nSo has Ip’s team uncovered TCM ingredients that show hope in dementia prevention? Some common TCM ingredient formulations have been shown to improve memory problems, says Ip. And her team is making them widely available.\nIn 2018, based on more than two decades of research in Chinese herbal medicines, it established a start-up, Infitech, that develops brain health products backed by science.\nThree products under the Cogniherbs label have been shown to strengthen and support synaptic responses which aid signalling in the brain, which could promote learning and memory.\n“We examined how these TCMs work in the system, and showed that some of them can directly enhance the communication between brain cells (neurons), the process underlying memory formation,” Ip says.\n“We also showed that administration of the TCMs can benefit memory performance in aged mice or diseased mouse models, providing experimental evidence on how we can promote neuronal communication and retard neurodegeneration.”\nBack to that other ancient illness, malaria. Artemisinins are among the most potent antimalarial agents dispensed today. One study tracked treatment with it for nine months and during that time, there were 80 per cent fewer malaria-related hospital visits.\nTraditional Chinese medicine is old, and in age accumulates wisdom. Theories on treating dementia have also accumulated over the history of that tradition. While more research is needed, the marriage of traditional medicine with modern science and technology means that TCM will continue to play a key role in the fight against dementia.\nImagine a world with 80 per cent fewer dementia sufferers.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.cute.solutions/science-of-productivity/","date":"2020-07-09T21:58:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655901509.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20200709193741-20200709223741-00433.warc.gz","language_score":0.9292974472045898,"token_count":755,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__246201517","lang":"en","text":"05 Nov The Science Of Productivity\nManage how you think, rather than what you think. Time to dig into the science of productivity.\nCharles Duhigg Is Back\nFor more than a decade CUTESolutions has been helping individuals and organizations develop new habits. Needless to say we turned into raging fans of Charles Duhigg the day he published the New York Times bestselling phenomenon The Power Of Habit back in 2012. (If you have not read this book, I would say: order it here right now, because it’s an absolute must read. You can thank us later!)\nThe Science Of Productivity\nIn The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg explains why we do what we do. Next it’s time to figure our how we can improve the things we do. In Smarter, Faster, Better Charles Duhigg explores the fascinating world of productivity. That was basically all we needed to know before clicking the “buy now” button. Learning how to get better at what we do in only 300 pages? Yes please!\nIn today’s world, managing how you think – rather than what you think – can transform your life.\nAs it turns out, the big secret of productivity is not about working more or harder. It’s about making certain choices in certain ways. In his book Smarter, Faster, Better Charles Duhigg covers eight domains in which we can consciously choose to do things differently in order to be more successful. He illustrates all eight concepts with narratives based on real-life crisis events (and how they were solved).\nListen to Charles Duhigg on Being “Smarter, Faster, Better.”\nA must read for all managers\nWithout giving everything away, here are my top three insights worth remembering and developing a habit around.\nNormally people who tell themselves stories about what they expect in certain situations are quicker to notice slight deviations from the normal pattern, thus quicker in noticing mistakes that are happening. Telling yourself the bigger picture keeps you from falling into the trap of “cognitive tunnelling”. Which, unfortunately, still doesn’t mean talking to yourself out loud is socially acceptable.\nIt’s no news that setting specific goals is smarter (see what I did there?) than setting big and vague goals. Often, however, SMART goals trigger our love for crossing off things from our to-do list, which makes us feel good in the short run (it’s almost better than chocolate – I said “almost”), but it adds little value to the long-term ambitions.\nYour to-dos are choices, not chores\nLook at your to-do list with a different mindset! The only thing you are responsible for, is the end-result. You have the freedom not to do some stuff on your list, or approach them in a different manner. Look at your to-dos as choices you made, instead of chores somebody imposed on you.\nSo be patient and read until the end if you want to know how to actually implement all these wonderful insights. Charles Duhigg reserves an entire chapter explaining how to put the theory into practice.\nOh, and there’s a spoiler for the plot to Disney’s “Frozen” in the book. Don’t say I didn’t warn you…\nThe only question is, dear reader: are you ready to become Smarter, Better and Faster at what you you do? Please don’t consider this a rhetorical question. It’s a challenge!\nUntil next time!\nEva (CUTE consultant and facilitator)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://face2facehr.com/hr-consultant-luton/","date":"2022-12-02T13:03:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710902.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20221202114800-20221202144800-00228.warc.gz","language_score":0.9591629505157471,"token_count":178,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__61917554","lang":"en","text":"Sabiha finds watching a small business grow and being able to make a real impact really rewarding, and also loves the fact that her work enables her to make a positive contribution to her community.\nWhen she’s not trying to keep her 11 (!) tropical fish alive, Sabiha enjoys reading, drawing and travelling – she is always happiest out in nature with family or friends.\nSabiha is immensely proud of leaving the corporate world and starting her own business, and a recent book she enjoyed was Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa, a story that reminded her of the importance of paying attention to the people around her, listening without assumptions and that you can start all over again at any moment in your life!\nTo find out more about how Sabiha can support your business, call 07918 131308 or email [email protected].","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ditchprojects.com/Karl-Burkheimer","date":"2023-11-30T20:43:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100232.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130193829-20231130223829-00025.warc.gz","language_score":0.9688189625740051,"token_count":318,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__91537571","lang":"en","text":"not in between\nOctober 2 - October 31, 2021\n6-8pm, Saturday October 2nd\nI once stood under a 1000-foot vessel. It was a dangerous and exhilarating place, and beneath the totality of steel and bulk I saw smallness in a manner I’d never known. I was nothing, and I was nowhere. I became driven by an aspiration to enter a union of the unseen, cursing authority, while maintaining a fidelity to the pack. I sought a paradoxical freedom marked by toil and offset by unrepented play. Yet, my desire was just a daydream, a longing to be fierce and fearless. I was out of place. I could walk to the edge, but I would not jump.\nThe middle is rarely celebrated. At times it is even shunned, rejected as an undecided position, a destination yet reached, or a situation amid tension. Betweenness is ultimately defined by the conditions that mark, limit, confine or restrict. Longing to escape from in between indicates restlessness, a desire to be elsewhere, to be over there rather than here. Without ends there are no in-betweens, only presences.\nMy creative endeavor is a manifestation of practice, a repeated return to actions of searching, making, and reflecting. The exhibited works become moments of exchange, temporal incarnations and placeholders, emphasizing a provisional language of materials and processes in flux. Courting failure and seeking conditional outcomes within normative constructs, the makeshift confronts accepted structures and logistics, leveraging instability as a condition for change.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://treadmarkz.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/still-messin-with-walkies-why-not/","date":"2013-05-19T16:02:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697772439/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094932-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9851085543632507,"token_count":484,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__214272822","lang":"en","text":"Still Messin’ With Walkies….Why Not?\nBefore I tell this story, I think that though it probably goes without saying, it would be prudent of me to note that not everybody with a disability has a sense of humor about it. So if you are a walkie and you know someone disabled, my advice would be just to really know your friend, don’t go thinking that anything goes. I’ve already told you about some of the things I personally don’t like, on this blog.\nAt work I sit next to a guy who I have only known for about a month but we’ve gotten to know each other well, and he is already well aware that I don’t really have boundaries when it comes to jokes about my disability. Or so he thought!\nHe’d made some jokes throughout the night about it tonight, and I joked back. At the end of the night as we were leaving, he made another crack, and in a moment of inspiration, I turned to him and I said “that’s not funny.”\nHe said “It isn’t?”, still smiling at his cleverness, and assuming I was joking.\nI said “No. I mean I have a sense of humor, but come on, grow up.”\nHis face went dark, and he said “Seriously?” I said “Yes, seriously.”\n“I’m sorry, bad joke,” he said, trying desperately to back-track. ” Did I cross the line?”\nNow, I don’t consider myself a cruel person. As such, I could only let this go on for so long. I cracked. And so did he.\n“I can’t believe I fell for that!” he groaned. I assured him that I didn’t think he really believed me anyway, because I’d already made it so clear that nothing was sacred when it came to the disability. And the way he’d said “Seriously”, he looked like he thought he’d just been zapped into another dimension.\nAnyway, I love it when my night at work ends on a high note like that.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://shop.ncbtmb.org/shop/education-materials/creating-lifetime-clients/","date":"2019-10-17T15:43:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986675409.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20191017145741-20191017173241-00067.warc.gz","language_score":0.9493572115898132,"token_count":220,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__8968227","lang":"en","text":"Keeping clients for a lifetime isn’t just about the money. It’s also about giving clients what they need and want, so they feel happy with the relationship and themselves. Likewise, it’s about creating career satisfaction, stability and joy for you, which translates into success for a lifetime.\nFrom there, the long-term success of any massage, spa or wellness business depends on building strong relationships with and recurrent sales from existing clients who come in regularly and also refer other ideal clients to the business. If you struggle to retain and re-book clients or find yourself wasting time, money and energy focusing on finding new clients, then you must read this book.\nCreating Lifetime Clients will help you discover exactly who your perfect customers are as well as surprisingly simple and effective techniques for creating repeat visits and referrals from ideal, lifetime clients. You’ll also gain insights into skillfully letting go of patrons that are no longer a good fit for you or your business.\nPlease contact us for wholesale pricing if you wish to order 10 or more copies of this book.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.1646.nl/product/shana-moulton-larynges-2015/","date":"2021-01-25T19:56:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703644033.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20210125185643-20210125215643-00533.warc.gz","language_score":0.8661908507347107,"token_count":159,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__238395584","lang":"en","text":"Shana Moulton: Larynges (2015)\nMoulton creates worlds at the threshold of absurdity and truth, catharsis and cliché, the material and the spiritual. This is reflected in her editions for 1646, borrowing the look and feel of wellness commercialism but translated into a collection of objects as hieroglyphs of healing, inviting potent empathy.\nEach edition of Larynges has its own arrangement of fabric and nodes on it. Each one of Shana Moulton’s editions is handmade and unique.\nDigital print on dibond ca. 60 x 45 cm Number of editions: 10 (+1 a.p.) You will receive the lowest available number.\n€1.331,00 incl. VAT\n6 in stock","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.santafescottishrite.org/sept-21st-performance-santa-fe/","date":"2018-09-24T20:11:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267160641.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20180924185233-20180924205633-00367.warc.gz","language_score":0.9213976860046387,"token_count":187,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__188199410","lang":"en","text":"Don’t miss this special evening at the Scottish Rite as Performance Santa Fe presents:\nA Celebration of Harold Pinter, starring Julian Sands.\nFollowing the death of Nobel Prize-winning British playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor Harold Pinter in 2008, British actor Julian Sands created an intimate tribute to his departed friend. Rather than using Pinter’s best-known works, Sands used his friend’s lesser-known poetry and prose.\nSands appeared in the one-man show’s premiere at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, under the direction of the inimitable John Malkovich. Not surprisingly, the play developed theatrical legs, opening in New York in 2012. It continues to draw fascinated audiences around the world.\nTickets are available through Performance Santa Fe\nDoors open: 6:45pm\nThis community event is sponsored in part by the Santa Fe Scottish Rite","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.wiki.deviantcomic.com/index.php?title=The_Faith","date":"2018-12-18T14:56:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376829429.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20181218143757-20181218165757-00462.warc.gz","language_score":0.9603703022003174,"token_count":337,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__148938659","lang":"en","text":"They believe there were once Three Goddesses who watched over their world. the same way other Gods looked over their own worlds.\nBut one planet's God was arrogant, and considered it's planet the most beautiful of worlds because it glowed a bright light, all other worlds revolved around it, basking in it's warmth. The God continued to fuel this glow. Growing it bigger and brighter until eventually the planet cracked.\nThe Planet split like an egg, giant tendrils of light emerged from the planets shell, painted red by the blood of the planets life.\nthe tendrils went from planet to planet.\nCorrupting the planets to create more tendrils to corrupt more worlds.\nIt spread through existence. Consuming life and Gods alike.\nThese Tendrils were on their way to Sanctum and the Goddesses knew it. So they decided to hide Sanctum away. Sacrificing themselves in different ways.\nOne Goddess; the Jest gave her Skin to create drape To hide Sanctum from the Light. This is The Veil\nThe Second Goddess; The Fair gave her Quills to create her own Green Tendrils on Sanctum, to fight the Red Tendrils from the light and to keep the Bound hidden. These became the Vines\nThe Third Goddess; The Scholar gave the biggest sacrifice, she sacrificed her very immortality to be born among the Bound and to guide them into the Vinefields and keep them safe from the light. She became The Priestess who still guides the Bound today.\nThe Bound call themselves the Bound because they are Bound to this world, their Sanctum, the only life left in the Universe.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://alexaonsuomessa.blogspot.com/2012/05/sentimentality.html","date":"2018-07-17T01:53:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589537.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20180717012034-20180717032034-00212.warc.gz","language_score":0.9735891819000244,"token_count":383,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__139725248","lang":"en","text":"Last night was one of those nights. Last night was one of those nights that grabs at you and holds on... Last night was one of those memorable nights. Not for the events that transpired, I suppose, but instead for the small things that made this night grand. The mist on the mountains, the rain and how it fell, the way the evening light settled upon my little Ketchikan, Alaska.\nI'll miss this all when I'm gone. Deep down I will always be a person of this rainforest and its habits.\nI drove through the island and I was filled with admiration; never in my life would I declare anything as more beautiful than my bit of nature. When I got home, I stood in the rain for a while and I let the drops curl my hair.\nI want to leave. I want to go to Finland, live in Kuopio, and become a Finn. I want to learn the language and think all the thoughts of Suomi that I can. I want to leave so badly because I know it is my time to go out into this world and do all that I have dreamt of doing- but I will always and irrevocably hold a love for Ketchikan in my heart.\nYesterday morning I received a card and a photo from my kindergarten teacher. The card was beautifully designed with a beautiful message inside, telling me that I was destined for great things and reminding me of my scholarly roots. The photo showed me at 5 years old with a grin half full of teeth and eyes brimming with excitement. I'm poised as if I almost want to run off- an adventurous spirit already developed. And most of all, I am wearing the colors of the Finnish flag. If only 5 year old Alexa Zelensky could see where 18 year old Alexa Zelensky was going.\nTo a brighter future than had ever been imagined.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.angel-joughin-coppin.com/AboutAngel","date":"2023-09-26T08:29:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510179.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20230926075508-20230926105508-00541.warc.gz","language_score":0.9878405332565308,"token_count":448,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__64663758","lang":"en","text":"Not being able to read or write well, when I was 37, I learnt from 3 friends. I then went to college and learnt to A level standard, during 1985-1994. I was like a sponge, wanting the education I was denied. In 1994 I was accepted at Imperial College London, to do a degree in Zoology, which included, physiology and anatomy of all life areas. It meant 4 hours traveling a day, but in 1997 I got my honours degree in Zoology and also became an Associate of the Royal College of Science. I was 50 and embarked on learning how to help the world naturally.\nI slowly met other people who felt the same as me, I could talk freely with, I had found a soul family. My children and old friends, thought I was crazier than ever, and still do.\nI started to learn different healing procedures/modalities. Teachers, were noting, that I could do things naturally too. When I came across Shamanic Healing, I knew this was my true forte, ‘I had come home’. My power animals and guides grew, and assist me each and every time I treat a client, along with Archangels and Angels. It humbles me that words and deeds come through me from higher beings, I never know what will happen when I heal, but it is successful.\nI now realise that I have always walked the shamanic path.\nFrom a very young age, in London’s, East-End, I was often found on the bomb-site playing with 'my stones', playing on Mother Earth and contemplating.\nOften a native American man and a wolf, came to me they are still with me. When plants, trees got/get hurt, I feel their pain, I hear them call for help. I thought was natural, I found out, through others teasing, that most people do not feel/hear them nor people in spirit. No-one could understand me, not even me. I learnt to keep my feelings inside, this made me isolated internally.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://quighelor.nobackend.org/hinx-now-is-good-kniga.html","date":"2021-12-04T07:12:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964362952.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20211204063651-20211204093651-00107.warc.gz","language_score":0.7630838751792908,"token_count":1290,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__146835345","lang":"en","text":"Ричард Альперт (6 апреля 1931, более известен как Баба Рам Дасс, Baba Ram Dass) — американский гуру. Ноты песен советской эстрады, ноты песен зарубежной эстрады, ноты песен группы Битлз. I’ve realized that the amount of blogging I do is inversely proportional to how busy I am. When I have a lot going blogging doesn’t happen Миллионы историй по твоим любимым фильмам, аниме, книгам, сериалам, музыкальным группам. Английские гласные звуки делятся на монофтонги, т. е. звуки состоящие из одного элемента Hvgbook.net is tracked by us since May, 2012. Over the time it has been ranked as high as 22 049 in the world, while most of its traffic comes from Russian Federation. Book of Love is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by New Line Cinema producer Robert Shaye. It is based on the autobiographical novel Rekordy-ginnesa.ru is tracked by us since February, 2013. Over the time it has been ranked as high as 1 245 299 in the world, while most of its traffic comes. October 2011: Media type: Print: Pages: 304: ISBN: 9781455502547: The Best of Me is an American romance novel, written by Nicholas Sparks. The Jungle Book 2 of 241 Mowgli’s Brothers Now Rann the Kite brings home the night That Mang the Bat sets free— The herds Solo by Kwame Alexander Solo, a YA novel in poetic verse, tells the story of seventeen-year-old Blade Morrison, whose life is bombarded with scathing tabloids Python; Класс языка: мультипарадигмальный: объектно-ориентированный, рефлективный. The Jungle Book is a boring, mechanical, reimagining of a Disney Classic I never found too enticing to begin with. Despite a commendable effort by Sethi - 2 - Robert Fisher’s Knight in Rusty Armor HitmanSystem.com – Solusi Romansa #1 di Indonesia Chapter 1 The Knight's Dilemma The Republic by Plato, part of the Internet Classics Archive. При этом, несмотря на достаточно быстрое распространение топонима Индонезия. 9 out of 10 climbers make the same mistakes. 9 out of 10 climbers are stuck. They are stuck on the same things. Some of the things that hold climbers Quantitative Study: Specialty Coffee Consumer Behaviors, Motivations, and Perceptions. A data-based study aimed at determining the specialty coffee consumer’s. Surface Pro 64GB Black Bundled with aftermarket charger, and the keyboard shown in picture. Surface Pro is in overall good overall condition with some wear and scratches. This page contains an interactive player for hymns and children's songs. The derivative reaches a maximum at $\\sigma'(0) = 1/4$. Now, if we use our standard approach to initializing the weights in the network, then we'll choose the weights. Lord of the Flies book. Read 31,979 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1. WHY SEEK WISDOM FROM PRIMITIVE PEOPLES. SOME of the primitive races have avoided certain of the life problems faced by modernized groups. Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines on Amazon.com. FREE shipping on qualifying offers. Starting today Great savings on hotels in Istanbul, Turkey online. Good availability and great rates. Read hotel reviews and choose the best hotel Preface. This book is a collection of materials that I've used when conducting Python training and also materials from my Web site that are intended for self-instruction. 640 Pages, Hardcover Over 500 graphs and illustrations Clear explanations Very readable - low math - many examples All the classic DSP techniques. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams Matthew Walker PhD on Amazon.com. FREE shipping on qualifying offers. A New York Times bestseller. Armenia prides itself on being the first nation to formally adopt Christianity (early 4th century). Despite periods of autonomy, over the centuries Armenia came under.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://centernyc.squarespace.com/timeless-dispatch-from-paris","date":"2019-10-14T22:42:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986655554.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20191014223147-20191015010647-00002.warc.gz","language_score":0.9558342099189758,"token_count":621,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__114820222","lang":"en","text":"November 18, 2015\n'Words Are More Powerful Than Munitions':\nA Timely, Timeless Dispatch from Paris\nBy Albert Camus\nIn November 1946, the novelist Albert Camus published a series of eight essays in the Parisian newspaper Combat, to which he had begun contributing, anonymously, during the resistance to the Nazi occupation of France. The essays appeared under the headline “Neither Victims nor Executioners,” and represented Camus’s attempt to define a political morality responsive to what he called, in the first of those essays, “The Century of Fear.”\nRecent terrorist violence in cities around the globe, culminating in last week’s suicide bombings in Beirut and murderous attacks in Paris, have prompted Urban Matters to present some excerpts from “Neither Victims nor Executioners.”\nWe are being torn apart by a logic of history which we have elaborated in every detail, a net which threatens to strangle us…. To save what can be saved so as to open up some kind of future--that is the prime mover, the passion and the sacrifice that is required. It demands only that we reflect and then decide, clearly, whether humanity's lot must be made still more miserable in order to achieve far-off and shadowy ends, whether we should accept a world bristling with arms where brother kills brother; or whether, on the contrary, we should avoid bloodshed and misery as much as possible so that we give a chance for survival to later generations better equipped than we are....\nYes, it is fear and silence and the spiritual isolation they cause that must be fought today. And it is sociability and the universal inter-communication of men that must be defended. Slavery, injustice, and lies destroy this intercourse and forbid this sociability; and so we must reject them. But these evils are today the very stuff of history, so that many consider them necessary evils. It is true that we cannot \"escape history,\" since we are in it up to our necks....\nAll I ask is that, in the midst of a murderous world, we agree to reflect on murder and to make a choice. After that, we can distinguish those who accept the consequences of being murderers themselves or the accomplices of murderers, and those who refuse to do so with all their force and being. Since this terrible dividing line does actually exist, it will be a gain if it be clearly marked. Over the expanse of five continents throughout the coming years an endless struggle is going to be pursued between violence and friendly persuasion, a struggle in which, granted, the former has a thousand times the chances of success than that of the latter. But I have always held that, if he who bases his hopes on human nature is a fool, he who gives up in the face of circumstances is a coward. And henceforth, the only honorable course will be to stake everything on a formidable gamble: that words are more powerful than munitions.\nUsed by permission of Wipf and Stock Publishers. www.wipfandstock.com","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://goldensnippets.com/time-for-changes/","date":"2023-09-28T17:57:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510427.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20230928162907-20230928192907-00275.warc.gz","language_score":0.9787781238555908,"token_count":890,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__110550129","lang":"en","text":"There can be many reasons why people want to change. And whether people would like to change oneself or just the circumstances, it is often connected to some challenges, courage and leaving your comfort zone. During the last year I experienced one of those self-driven changes, when me and my partner decided to realise our dream by going abroad. Today I would love to share some of my impressions and reflect all the things that happened within the last 12 months.\nFor me it was always obvious, that I want to live abroad. Not forever and not focused on a certain place, but I just wanted to experience something new, open my mindset, get to learn another culture and new people. And I really wanted to experience all that not only while traveling a country for some weeks, but really to LIVE somewhere else. And so we did it. It was one day before New Years Eve two years ago, when my better half proposed to me. And there we were sitting while thinking about “Alright, what’s next?”. Marriage, house, children and career? Somehow we realised, that feels not right to us, at least not now. And so we discussed, what we wanted in life, apart from all the expectations around us and how our future should look like. Of course we would love to have some children (and a dog, to two?!) one day, a good job and all what comes with it, but I always had this wish to go abroad and it never get out of my mind. Luckily my partner felt the same way and so we decided to change the life we had. We both had great and well paid jobs, a lovely apartment in one of the best cities of this planet (I am talking from Berlin, babe), the best friends we could wish to have and a great and loving family as well. Nothing we could have missed, but still driven by an inner voice that wanted more.\nAfter the decision was made, we were thinking about where to go. We were not focused on a certain country or even continent, but sun and ocean sounded great to us. So we started to send out some applications by using some contacts and suddenly we both got an interview for a company in New Zealand. Well, New Zealand was not my dream destination and we also got some rejections for other job applications, but we were happy about this chance and took it. I think if you want to change something, the first and most important thing to do is to really decide to do it. And not to wait for the perfect thing to happen, but you need start trying and taking the chances you get. I never regret our step even every change can be strongly connected to some challenges.\nIt was not easy to leave our friends, family and the city I call home. When my dad picked us up with the last things we needed to move out from our beloved apartment and we drove along the silent streets of Friedrichshain in the morning while the sun started to rise, I couldn’t hold my tears back. But now I am sitting here in Australia (How ended up here? Wait a sec and continue reading), enjoying the sun from another spot, and I have seen, smelled, heard and experienced so many things within the last year, that it was worth every tear and doubt. It wasn’t always easy and sometimes quite grey times, and NZ was not the place that made us happy. Even we met some lovely people and new friends, the life we had was not what we expected to fulfil our dream. But so what? Be ready for the unprepared. And so we changed our plans, quit our job (again), moved out (again), said goodbye to our friends (again) and booked a ticket to Australia. This time without any plans, without any fixed jobs and with nothing but a backpack (ok…. Three big luggages and a backpack). And this was the best decision we could have made and finally we are, where we wanted to be: free, down to earth, time for self-reflection, away from the stream of expectation. It’s all about us and the moment and we are open for all the new. I could have never imagine me living in a campervan, being happy by just spending a day outdoor, but that’s what changes are about I guess.\n♥ The end ♥","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://julenoranel.wordpress.com/","date":"2017-08-20T19:05:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886106984.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170820185216-20170820205216-00144.warc.gz","language_score":0.9668230414390564,"token_count":388,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__175038466","lang":"en","text":"The free and independent individual by Jon Rappoport July 26, 2017 In Ayn Rand’s 1943 novel, The Fountainhead, newspaper columnist, arch manipulator, and promoter of absolute collectivism, Ellsworth Toohey, tells his social-climbing weak-kneed follower, Peter Keating: “If you learn how to rule one single man’s soul, you can get the rest of mankind. It’s the […]\nI have had the questions raised in this article myself for years. However, I am still unable to project realies myself. Why is this so? How could I do it?\nOccult Man and his search for his true nature\nby Jon Rappoport\nJuly 28, 2017\nThe word “occult” is frequently associated with some secret society, and it is given a negative twist by pitting it against organized “clean” religion or “totally rational” science.\nBut the Latin root of the word comes from the verb, “to hide.” That’s all.\nOccult Man means man who is hiding something. And it really means man who is hiding something from himself.\nWhat would that be?\nOccult man is hiding his true nature from himself.\nIn order to discover what that true nature is, he would already need to be free from the belief that he owes his time, energy, and life to another person or an idea. He would need to be free from the self-debasing concept of spiritual debt—regardless of how fashionable it might be to incur (or pretend to incur) such a…\nView original post 751 more words\nThis is your very first post. Click the Edit link to modify or delete it, or start a new post. If you like, use this post to tell readers why you started this blog.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.voluspajarpa.com/texts/139-dismantling-the-nation-contemporary-art-in-chile-edited-by-florencia-san-martin-carla-macchiavello-cornejo-and-paula-solimano/","date":"2024-04-14T01:58:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816863.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414002233-20240414032233-00453.warc.gz","language_score":0.8926926255226135,"token_count":301,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__130739594","lang":"en","text":"139. Dismantling the Nation: Contemporary Art in Chile, edited by Florencia San Martín, Carla Macchiavello Cornejo, and Paula Solimano\nThe first academic volume to theorize and historicize contemporary artistic practices and culture from Chile in the English language, Dismantling the Nation takes as its point of departure a radical criticism against the nation-state of Chile and its colonial, capitalist, heteronormative, and extractivist rule, proposing otherwise forms of inhabiting, creating, and relating in more fluid, contingent, ecocritical, feminist, and caring worlds. From the case of Chile, the book expands the scholarly discussion around decolonial methodologies, attending to artistic practices and discourses from distinct and distant locations—from Arica and the Atacama Desert to Wallmapu and Tierra del Fuego, and from the Central Valley, the Pacific coast, and the Andes to territories beyond the nation’s modern geographical borders. Analyzing how these practices refer to issues such as the environmental and cultural impact of extractivism, as well as memory, trauma, collectivity, and resistance towards neoliberal totality, the volume contributes to the fields of art history and visual culture, memory, ethnic, gender, and Indigenous studies, filmmaking, critical geography, and literature in Chile, Latin America, and other regions of the world, envisioning art history and visual culture from a transnational and transdisciplinary perspective.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.americasblood.com/category/realitycheck-12/boehner/","date":"2014-08-30T10:10:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-35/segments/1408500834883.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20140820021354-00039-ip-10-180-136-8.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9816293120384216,"token_count":165,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-35__0__145992578","lang":"en","text":"His Heart was two sizes too small. and his mind was too small to call.\nNice to know that when the will of the people get in the way of the will of the rabid right, the rabid right can just change the rules of the game. Who needs a stinkin vote, when Mr Boehner can pick and choose which tax cuts are important for you. I do hope that someone on the freedom-loving, government-limiting right realizes that it’s their vote as well that was just taken from them. And I hope they see that when you’re in a boat on the open sea, with no life vests, just because you don’t like one of the other guys on that boat, shooting holes in it might drown him, but you’re gonna drown too","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ningxia.kgy60q.ga:5847/","date":"2021-04-12T06:28:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038066613.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20210412053559-20210412083559-00122.warc.gz","language_score":0.9857399463653564,"token_count":469,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__72305568","lang":"en","text":"- Software name: appdown\n- Software type: Microsoft Framwork\n- size: 727MB\nBruce replied that he was just in the frame of mind for something of the kind. He was far too restless to settle down to anything.\nIt is to the second theory that Plotinus evidently leans. However closely his life may have been conformed to the Pythagorean modela point with respect to which we have306 nothing better than the very prejudiced statements of Porphyry to rely onthere is no trace of Pythagorean asceticism in his writings. Hereafter we shall see how hostile he was to Gnostic pessimism. In the preceding essay, he had already specified admiration for physical beauty as a first and necessary step in the souls ascent to a contemplation of spiritual realities;451 and now it is under the guidance of Platos later speculations that he proceeds to account for her descent from that higher world to the restraints of matter and of sense.\nMen and women in the prime of life sat on their chairs, gazing vacantly at nothing, lacking in the most literal sense of the word the strength to stand or to walk. When at about six o'clock in the evening the click-clack of rifle-fire was heardfor a Belgian patrol seemed to have come near the town,my hostess and her daughter pressed a couple of papers against their breast, full of fear, ready to fly, but unable to walk.\nA long slip of paper was thrust into her hand. Her quick brain grasped the significance. Maitrand had struck, and struck hard. These men were in possession for nearly 100,000--vulgar bailiffs such as come and sell the goods of poor people who cannot pay their rent. Leona Lalage remembered now the conditions under which she had borrowed money from Maitrank. He had her in his power. It seemed a vile thing to do when she had put him off with the very jewels from about her neck. And she was powerless--she could not have these men turned into the street. Most of her guests would understand sooner or later. Tomorrow this would be public property. Once the tongue of rumour started the crash was bound to follow.\nCharlton rose; the woman's coolness and nerve were inflammable to him.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://blog.mindhandle.com/what-type-of-hero-is-your-employee","date":"2023-12-11T15:59:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679515260.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20231211143258-20231211173258-00738.warc.gz","language_score":0.9062484502792358,"token_count":997,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__92927372","lang":"en","text":"For centuries, storytellers have employed tools to create and understand the Heroes in their narratives. They work tirelessly to define their Hero from the inside out: from their motivations, fears, and desires, to their mannerisms, appearance, and habits. One of the most popular and time-tested tools for character development? Character personas. And they’re one heck of a tool for HR and internal comms pros too.\nThink about it: if the role of a brand is to awaken a deep sense of purpose from within the Hero (your employee)... don’t we need to understand them inside and out?\nThere are many models for character personas out there, including age-old Jungian archetypes and morphogenetic Christ consciousness grids, but our advertising agency has found that you really only need to answer two core questions to understand your Hero:\n#1. What Is Your Hero’s Background?\nYour typical employee audience member (Hero) will fall into one of these two categories that indicate their status in the world, and therefore their perspective:\n- The Regular Jane/Joe Hero: This is a “normal” person caught up in extraordinary circumstances. This Hero is relatable, and watching him/her in action reminds us of ourselves (Think Woody from Toy Story).\n- The Larger-Than-Life Hero: This Hero is extraordinary — sometimes seemingly superhuman — but comes with softer sides and vulnerabilities. This Hero is aspirational, and his/her behavior reminds us of who we want to be (Think Buzz Lightyear).\n#2. What Do They Desire Most?\nIn every Heroic journey, the lead character wants something that either they don’t have yet, or they have but might be taken away from them. (This is the story’s conflict.) The Hero spends the majority of the story attempting to get, but just falling short of what he or she wants. Then, the Guide (brand) shows up, and inspires the Hero (employee) to fulfill their destiny:\n- To Change: This Hero wants to change the world, their individual circumstances, or themselves.\n- To Preserve: This Hero wants to protect the status quo or restore things to the way they were before.\nThe Four Personas of Hero: Underdog, Survivor, Disruptor, Protector\nThe intersection of a Hero’s background and their desire is where we uncover the best approach for a brand to communicate with the Hero.\nUnderdog: The Regular Jane/Joe Hero That Desires Change\nThe Underdog is “just like you and me,” but has a deep desire to shake things up.\n- Examples in Popular Culture: Harry Potter (an unlikely Hero), Good Will Hunting (a rags-to-riches story) and Lord of the Rings (a David-and-Goliath tale)\n- Underdog Brands: Jet Blue, Ally Bank, Planet Fitness\nSurvivor: The Regular Jane/Joe Hero That Desires Preservation\nThe Survivor will do whatever it takes to stay alive. They are determined, cunning, and powerhouses of creative willpower.\n- Examples in Popular Culture: Jim Lovell in Apollo 13 or Bobby Shatford in The Perfect Storm (human vs. nature), Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia (human vs. society)\n- Survivor Brands: Volvo, OtterBox, Dashlane\nDisruptor: The Larger-Than-Life Hero That Desires Change\nA Disruptor is a rebel who will do whatever it takes to change society, overcome odds and defeat tyranny.\n- Examples in Popular Culture: Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby (idealism), Tris Prior in Divergent (champion of a mission or message)\n- Disruptor Brands: Tesla, StitchFix and Smile Direct Club. Apple, in the early 2000s.\nProtector: The Larger-Than-Life Hero That Desires Preservation\nProtectors are superheroes, though they may not always be supernaturally endowed. They have an explicit desire to rescue or protect the world and those they love in it.\n- Examples in Popular Culture: Bruce Willis as Harry Stamper in Armageddon, James Bond (save-the-world epics), Erin Brockovich (revenge stories)\n- Protector Brands: BMW, Nike and FedEx\nSometimes the hardest part of an internal comms assignment is clearly defining to whom we are speaking. While we could go about accumulating a large swath of employee data, opportunities can pass us by if we wait. So consider using these four archetypes as a foundation for your brand to understand and communicate with your employees. How can your brand (their Guide) help them fulfill their destiny?\nGet more tips and tricks to unlock the power of your brand through magnetic storytelling.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://dogoddity.com/2016/01/01/happy-new-year/","date":"2023-03-20T09:51:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943471.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230320083513-20230320113513-00605.warc.gz","language_score":0.8064929842948914,"token_count":87,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__118887496","lang":"en","text":"It’s a new day, it’s a new year, it’s a new chapter.\nHere’s to writing 2015 then crossing it out for the next few weeks. Here’s to looking ahead to the future. Here’s to new goals and new resolutions. Here’s to many more adventures.\nHappy New Year everyone… may your year be full of laughter.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://christianworldview-steve.blogspot.com/","date":"2018-06-19T10:11:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267862248.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20180619095641-20180619115641-00447.warc.gz","language_score":0.9790475368499756,"token_count":24395,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__41261533","lang":"en","text":"Thursday, January 22, 2009\nMarshal Hickok and Leo Moretti, the bartender, ran into the Alamo Saloon. Mitchell was lying on the floor. A pool of blood was slowly expanding on the wooden floor surrounding Mitchell’s right shoulder. Mitchell, flat on his back, was staring at the ceiling, holding his left hand on the wound and moaning in pain.\nHickok ran to the lad and knelt down beside him. Mitchell turned his head and looked into Hickok’s eyes. “I’m sorry, Jim.”\n“How bad are you hurt?”\nMitchell coughed and moistened his lips with his tongue. He was about to speak when the doors of the saloon swung open. Abe Jackson, the Texas Ranger, rushed in, followed closely by Doc Minnick.\nJackson pointed. “There he is, Doc.”\nDoc Minnick hastened to Mitchell’s side, opposite Hickok. He knelt down and set his medical bag on the floor. “Lie still, son.”\nThe doctor withdrew a pair of scissors from his bag and cut away the bloodiest part of Mitchell’s shirt. Then he examined the wound. He withdrew a sterile bandage from his bag and placed it over the bullet hole. “Here, Marshal, keep pressure on the bandage.” He glanced up at Jackson and Moretti. “You men, pick him up and carry him outside to my wagon. Two of you will have to ride along\nso you can carry him into my office. Be careful of his shoulder. His collar bone is broken. Try to keep pressure on the wound to keep down the bleeding.”\nAfter Doc Minnick pulled up in front of his office, Hickok and Jackson carried Mitchell into the building. Doc Minnick directed the men to a back room where they laid Mitchell onto a table.\n“I’ll take care of him from here.”\n“How is he, Doc?” Hickok asked.\n“He should be fine. Now let me get to work.”\nHickok and Jackson walked out of the room into the front office. “Okay, spill it,” Hickok said.\n“Nothing much to tell, Marshal. He started gettin’ liquored up and accused me of being responsible for him losing his job. Next thing I know, he’s drawing down on me.”\n“Yeah, I figured all that. But that’s not what I’m talking about.”\n“Mitchell’s left-handed. You plugged him in the right shoulder. That means you took the chance of spinning his shootin’ hand around toward you. If you weren’t going to kill him, why didn’t you shoot him in the left shoulder to spin his gun away from you? Mitchell’s fast enough that he might have put a bullet in you, even though you got one into him first.”\nJackson remained silent for a moment. “That’s a clever observation, Marshal.” He smiled slightly and then looked down at his right arm.\nHickok looked too. Jackson’s shirt sleeve was torn in a neat horizontal slit!\nJackson looked up, still smiling. “He is fast, Marshal.”\nHickok was stunned. “Are you hurt, man?”\n“No, it’s just a scratch. Another few inches, though, and it coulda got real serious quick.”\n“You took an awful chance, Ranger.”\n“Yeah, well, I thought it was better not to put his shootin’ arm out of action in case you planned to hire him on again. Once you take out a fella’s arm with a bullet, it’s never the same.”\nHickok glanced down and then nodded slowly. “Well, even though Mitchell probably doesn’t know it yet, he owes you a lot. For that matter, I do too. Thanks, Ranger.”\n“So, why did ya fire Mitchell? Seems to me you’re gonna be short-handed at a time when you need help the most. I already warned you, Marshal. The Staytons are on their way. Every day that goes by, they’re gettin’ closer. I can feel it. And they’ll hit this town like a tornado comin’ down main street.”\n“As far as help is concerned, I’ve already contacted a deputy out of Dodge City. A fella named Ed Clayborn. Ever hear of him?”\n“No, can’t say I have.”\n“Well, this Clayborn fella was working with Billy Brooks. Brooks and Clayborn were hired as private lawmen by some of the merchants in Dodge. Recently the two lost their jobs when the townsfolk formed a vigilance committee to takeover enforcing the law. Anyway, according to my old buddy, Charlie Bassett, down in Dodge, this Ed Clayborn is good with a gun and has a level head on his shoulders. I wanted to wait until me and Mitchell had our talk this morning before I committed to hiring Clayborn. Seeing what’s happened, I better send a telegram to Clayborn to tell him he’s hired. He said he could get here in a couple of weeks.”\nJulie Weber closed the Bible and stood up. She had finished reading the entire Book of St. Luke. Even the notion of a classroom devoid of students could not dim the joy she felt from reading about her Savior.\nShe drew in a deep breath and stretched. “Thank you, Jesus. Thank you very, very much.” She reached into her bag and withdrew two apples. One was for her lunch, the other was for Grace.\nWhen Julie stepped outside, she was struck by the beauty of a heaven of blue sky and a carpet of green grass dotted with wildflowers.\nGrace had looked over at the sound of the door, and the horse nickered when she saw Julie.\nJulie walked over to Grace and patted the animal on the neck. “Hi girl. Here, come with me.”\nJulie led Grace to a nearby tree and then sat down in the grass. She held out one of the apples for Grace.\nAfter a moment, Julie took a bite of her own apple. Her gaze fell upon the lonely road that led to the center of town. One day, sure enough, the children would be traversing that road to and from school. It would happen, no doubt. In her mind, she clearly saw the picture of children on the road, as if it were happening that very moment.\nShe closed her eyes and then drew in a breath and exhaled. The apple was sweet and juicy. She felt a slight breeze lift a few strands of her hair. Having chewed the apple thoroughly, she swallowed. “Thank you, Lord, for your love and utter goodness. Thank you for erasing all those negative thoughts! I was acting childishly. Forgive me, dear Lord for being so willful. I forgot that everything happens in Your time, not mine. I’m so thankful to You, Lord, for the gift of salvation and for all the good things You provide. How very blessed I am! How very great and beautiful You are—so very worthy of praise and adoration. You’ve washed away all my cares. How can my heart feel anything other than total thankfulness when You’re always here with me, caring for me, and nurturing me with Your mercy and love? I am Yours, totally. Do with me what You will! Keep me humble, dear Lord, that I may be a good and faithful servant. Nothing else matters. No, nothing else matters a whit!”\nShe stood up with tears of thankfulness in her eyes. How very great was her Lord!\nShe patted Grace on the neck and held out the remainder of her apple, which the animal gladly took into its mouth and chewed with a few loud crunches. “And you’re an absolutely beautiful girl. I love you, Grace.”\nA few minutes later, Julie walked back into the schoolhouse. “Okay. Now what? Something tells me I should stay until school lets out. How would it look if a student did show up, and the teacher was playing hooky? No, we mustn’t ever let that happen! So now, Julie, how is the best way to fill the time between now and three o’clock?”\nShe glanced down at the open Bible on her desk. “Of course. How could I do anything better than to spend time in Your Word, dear Lord?”\nEd Clayborn placed his foot in the stirrup and swung up into the saddle. He lifted the reins, and the horse stepped out in a lively trot and then accelerated to a smooth and easy three-beat gait.\nClayborn was not quite six feet tall in his boots with two inch heels. His dark complexion, along with piercing brown eyes and almost black eyebrows, intensified the impact of a normally serious expression that seemed to imply the dangerous question, “Are you gonna force me to kill ya?”\nRaised on a small ranch in west Texas, Clayborn had grown up learning the ways of men who cared for, herded, and drove cattle. Ranching was hard work, but Clayborn had taken it in stride, knowing no other way to make a living.\nBy the time he was twenty years old, he had made several trips north on large cattle drives. He had accepted the long days in the saddle and the nights that were much too short to ever catch up on sleep. The harsh conditions were simply part of the job to get the cattle to market. He also learned much from the tough breed of men he rode with. For the most part, they were serious types whose chief concern was the welfare of the herd.\nOn the drives, after the drovers and the cattle had completed their wearisome trip north, the cattle were herded into gigantic pens, and the shared responsibility of looking after the herd was lifted from Clayborn’s shoulders. With an exhilarating sense of freedom and the satisfaction of a job well done, he, like the rest of the cowpokes, dutifully lined up to receive their long-awaited pay. The cash was showered upon him like the drenching of a waterfall. He found that he could avail himself of all the seedy pleasures offered by a cattle town, and at the end of his stay still have a few dollars left over. Inevitably, however, the time always came to head back south and begin the process all over again.\nAfter Clayborn’s numerous trips back and forth, the adventure of the job began to fade. The work had degenerated into a tiresome routine, and he began to seek other employment. His toughness and his ability to handle a gun eventually landed him a job as a deputy in a small town. There, over the stretch of two years, Clayborn learned the trade of a lawman. He quickly adjusted to the lifestyle of staying in one place, and each night he appreciated slipping his boots under the same comfortable bed.\nEventually he heard of an open deputy’s position in a bigger town that offered more pay. He applied for the job and was hired. After a few years in that town, he heard of a job offered in Dodge City. Again he migrated north and hired on in Dodge as an assistant to William “Billy” Brooks, a former buffalo hunter, stagecoach driver, and most recently, a city marshal for the wild cattle town of Newton, Kansas.\nClayborn, accustomed to quiet law-abiding towns, had had a rude awakening when he rode into Dodge, and he\nhad never gotten over the regret of leaving his former position. Dodge was a wildly violent town, and Billy Brooks was just as wild and violent. In his first month alone, Brooks had been involved in an average of one gunfight every two days! In a single particularly bloody incident, Brooks had killed four men. The officials of Dodge had come to question Brooks’ tactics, but when he was accused of murdering a man in a dispute over a dancehall girl, he was summarily dismissed.\nAt about that time, Marshal Hickok in Abilene began looking for a potential replacement for Deputy Mitchell. Clayborn, having no wish to remain another day in Dodge, quickly answered Hickok’s appeal.\nOn the morning of the fifth day of Clayborn’s travel out of Dodge en route to Abilene, he topped a small rise and pulled up.\nThere, before him on the plains, a herd of bison was grazing. The guttural grunts and groans of the great beasts filled the air as they meandered westward. Their number of about fifty comprised a few bulls, mostly cows, and several calves.\nClayborn sat quietly in the saddle, watching the animals. He remembered that in his younger days he had seen herds so large that they had reminded him of a flowing river that stretched almost from horizon to horizon. Those were the days before the Civil War had ended. Now the white man had come with his rifles, and he slaughtered the animals for their hides. Gone were tens of millions of the animal. Soon gone too would be the lifestyle of the Indians who depended on the bison for food, and who made use of every part of the relatively few animals they killed.\nIn the early evening, Clayborn rode into Great Bend, named for its location on a near-half-circle zigzag in the Arkansas River.\nGreat Bend also sat on the Santa Fe Trail, a major transportation route connecting Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico. The trail served as a vital commercial and military highway, opening the region to economic development and settlement.\nIn not-so-distant years, Great Bend had been plagued with numerous raids by hostile Indians from various tribe factions, including those of the Comanche, Cheyenne, and Apache. Clayborn knew, however, that most of the unrest had ended about four years ago, evidenced by the decommissioning of nearby Fort Zarah and the coming of the railroad about a year ago. The guise of civilization, however, meant letting down one’s guard only for fools. Whereas men of the time had experienced and survived the violence of the recent past, they inevitably carried it forward in their attitudes and actions.\nClayborn had passed through Great Bend on previous occasions, as the town had always been a place for passing through more than for anything else. Great Bend, in fact, had been a passing-through point for such men as Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, Buffalo Bill Cody, and General George Armstrong Custer.\nRiding down the bustling main street of Great Bend, Clayborn was struck by the same notion he had had in Dodge: This point on the map had drawn the class of people that the cattle trade normally attracted; that is, mostly thugs and harlots, banes to every community seeking to civilize itself.\nHe pulled up the reins in front of the saloon that looked the most peaceful. At least, it was the biggest, and he hoped it meant it was the most peaceful. Before he swung down from the saddle, however, he unstrapped the thong on his pistol.\nWhen he entered the saloon, he walked to the bar and ordered whiskey. About six other men were lined up abreast at the bar. Behind him, the smoky room droned with loud indistinguishable conversations of men at tables, punctuated occasionally with abrasive laughter when a cowpoke won a hand at poker. A rather large man wearing a dirty gray hat and smelling like the rotting flesh of a buffalo bellied up to the bar beside Clayborn. As the man raised his arm and called to the bartender, he leaned to one side. His bulk shoved Clayborn sideways, causing Clayborn to spill his drink onto the bar.\nClayborn felt the tingle of hot blood rush into his ears, always an indicator of instinctual rage that was part of his temperamental side. The large man was drunk, however, and Clayborn judged that the action had been unintentional. He stepped back from the bar and looked down its length to pick an open spot to which he could move.\nAs Clayborn stepped back, the space beside the large man opened up, and the man sprawled out even more. The man’s arm he was using to prop himself up slid into the spilled whiskey, and he glanced down, annoyed. He looked around at Clayborn. “Hey, fella, you’re a sloppy rascal. You got my arm all wet!”\nClayborn blinked slowly and tightened one side of his mouth, thinking, “That’s about right. The drunk spills my whiskey and then he blames me.”\n“You need to be taught some manners, mister!” the large man bellowed.\nClayborn stepped farther back, out of range, in case the man decided to swing at him. But the drunk straightened up, squared off, and lowered his hand to his side. His body language meant only one thing.\n“You’re drunk, mister. And I could outdraw you when you were pure sober. I apologize for spilling my drink, and I’ll be glad to pay to have your shirt cleaned.”\nThe man was unmoved. “Yeah, but who’s gonna teach ya some manners?”\nLooking into the man’s eyes, Clayborn shook his head. “Don’t do this. Not over a shirt. I’ll buy you a new one.”\nBy now, however, Clayborn had already heard the scrape of chair legs on the floor. Then, as if everyone else in the saloon simultaneously spied the two men squared off, the room erupted into the roar of men scrambling to escape the line of fire. Clayborn mourned the sound, because with everyone watching, the large man would believe he could not possibly back down. Clayborn grew wary to perceive the man’s initial move and reluctantly accepted the notion he was about to kill another man.\nClayborn watched the man’s eyes glance around the room. For an instant the man’s facial expression changed, as he realized everyone was watching him and that the situation had turned ominously to that of life and death.\nWhen the man’s gaze again fell upon Clayborn, Clayborn knew the time had come and, as he had predicted, the man’s hand moved in a snake-like quickness to his gun.\nWithout hesitation, Clayborn drew and fired. The bullet penetrated just below the breast bone, thrusting the large man back against the bar. Clayborn crouched, ready to fire a second shot, if necessary. But the bullet had struck with particular finality, and Clayborn saw that another shot was not required.\nOut of the corner of his eye, Clayborn saw flame belch from iron and heard the first of two shots fired by a stranger to his left. Clayborn whirled and saw two men standing behind him—two men who had intended to shoot him in the back when their friend, the large man, had been killed.\nThe stranger fired the second shot so quickly that the sounds of the two shots combined into a single percussion that rocked the room. Both men went down, the first one falling flat on a table as a result of being shot low in the stomach, the other man hurled backwards as a result of a bullet between the eyes.\nClayborn and the stranger stood their ground, weapons at the ready, in case any others in the crowd wished to press the point. None did.\n“Much obliged, mister,” Clayborn said, never meaning words so earnestly. A shiver raced down his spine as he realized how close he had come to death.\nThe stranger glanced over and nodded. Then he plucked two cartridges from his gun belt and reloaded the weapon on the spot. After he holstered his pistol, the stranger turned back to the bar. “Whiskey.”\nOn Friday at about noon, Julie heard a knock on the schoolhouse door. Sitting at her desk, she had been absorbed in the Book of Romans, written in the early spring of A.D. 57 by the apostle Paul in Corinth to the church at Rome to explain the Good News of salvation.\nShe stood up and walked to the door. When she opened it, she was pleasantly surprised to see Parson Blane. He smiled and said, “Hello, Miss Weber, I hope I’m not disturbing you. I figured you probably take a lunch break around noon, and I’d like to have a word with you.”\n“Hello, Parson. You’re not disturbing me at all. I’m glad to see you. Come in.”\nAfter Blane removed his hat and stepped through the doorway, he looked around in amazement. “Where’s the children?”\n“If you’ve come to see children, Parson, I’m afraid you’ll have to go to their homes and pry them away from chores.”\n“You mean the children haven’t come to school?”\nJulie looked up into his eyes. “Not one for the entire week.”\n“Oh, Julie. I’m sorry.”\n“I’ve grown accustomed to it.”\n“But why are you here if there’s no students?”\n“I’m here because I’m the teacher, and this is a school day. This is where I belong, and I’ve decided I’ll stay here everyday whether the children come or not.”\n“Humph.” Blane glanced into her eyes and nodded. “I understand.”\n“What do you have there in your hand?”\n“It’s what I’ve written so far.”\n“Of course. Your treatise on the Book of St. Luke.”\n“I thought...well...you said you might help me by taking a look at it.”\n“I’d be happy to, Parson. Here, let me see.”\nShe reached out, and Blane glanced down, noticing a beautifully feminine hand.\n“I figured I’d drop it off so you could look it over when you have some free time. I don’t need it back right away. I thought I’d take a break from writing for a few days.”\n“All right. Would you like me to give it back to you at church on Sunday? That way, you won’t have to make a special trip out here next week.”\n“Oh, I don’t mind making the trip.”\nJulie glanced up and smiled. “All right.”\nBlane watched her turn and place the pages on her desk. “Well, uh, I guess I better get going.”\n“Thank you for stopping by, Parson.”\n“My pleasure, Miss Weber. Thank you for taking a look at what I’ve written. I hope you can read my chicken scratch.”\n“From what I’ve glimpsed, it looks like you have nice penmanship. I don’t think I’ll have any problems at all.” She looked up into his eyes and smiled.\nBlane found himself smiling too. Then he opened the door and stepped outside. As he was putting on his hat, he said, “That’s a good-looking palomino.”\nJulie followed him out the door and walked past him to the horse. “Parson Blane, I’d like you to meet Grace, the prettiest mare in the West!”\nBlane chuckled. He took off his hat and bowed from the waist, “Hello, Grace. I believe Miss Weber is right. You’re about the prettiest horse I’ve seen in a long, long time.”\nJulie laughed. “And this one is yours.” She stepped around Grace to the Black. “He’s beautiful, Parson.”\n“Thank you. That’s part of why I need to take a break from writing for a few days. The big boy needs some exercise.” He walked over and patted the animal on the chest.\n“Where do you ride?”\n“Oh, I’ve got a few favorite spots.” He turned toward Julie. “Maybe you and I could go on a ride together sometime.”\nShe glanced up. “May...be.”\nWhen James Gainsford, the Marshal of Great Bend, rushed into the saloon and saw three men dead on the floor, he was furious. He walked over to the bartender. “What happened, Joe?”\n“That big man on the floor started a fight with that man.” The bartender pointed at Clayborn. “Then the other two on the floor were about to shoot him in the back, when that man gunned them down.” He pointed at the stranger who had saved Clayborn’s life. “Everyone saw it, Marshal. The big man started the whole thing.”\nGainsford pointed at Clayborn and the stranger. “You two come with me.”\n“What for?” the stranger protested.\n“You’re gonna fill out a report and then you’re gonna get out of town. That’s what for!”\n“We didn’t do anything wrong, Marshal.”\n“According to the law, that’s right. But we got a rule in this town. If you murder a man, you go to jail. If you kill a man in self-defense, you fill out a report and you leave town. It’s either that, or I throw you in jail until you fill out a report and leave town. That’s the rule. No argument.”\n“Marshal?” the bartender said, crooking his finger.\nGainsford leaned over and the bartender whispered, “I’ve seen a lot of gunplay in here. But, Marshal, never in my life have I seen someone as fast with a gun as that one.” He nodded toward the stranger.\nGainsford straightened up and looked the bartender in the eyes. The bartender raised his eyebrows and nodded.\n“Okay,” Gainsford said, “I always check them against wanted posters anyway. Thanks, Joe.”\nAn hour later Clayborn and the stranger, who had said his name was George Digby, walked out of the marshal’s office. Digby turned to Clayborn. “So, you’re a lawman going to Abilene? I’m on my way to Abilene too. I got some business there. Mind if I ride along?”\n“Not at all. It’ll make the trip go faster. But I’m bushed. I won’t be able to ride far tonight.”\n“Well, we can’t stay in town, otherwise Gainsford is gonna throw us in jail. I don’t like being pushed though.”\nClayborn glanced over. “The marshal seemed serious enough, and this town is nothin’ but trouble. What do ya say we mount up? Where’s your horse?”\n“In front of the saloon.”\n“Yeah, mine too. Let’s get goin’.”\nThe two mounted up and rode north out of town. The temperature had cooled from what had been a hot day, and the moon was almost full, which provided ample light to see the trail.\nThey rode for about an hour. Clayborn felt weary, and his eyelids continually drooped. Finally, Digby said, “What about over there in that stand of trees? I’ll build a fire, and then we can get some sleep.”\n“Yeah, sounds good.”\nA half hour later, Digby had lit the fire and put on coffee. Clayborn had rolled up in his blanket and lay motionless. Digby could hear Clayborn’s steady breathing, interspersed with faint snoring.\nDigby sat by the fire for almost a quarter of an hour, drinking coffee and occasionally glancing at Clayborn. All the while he carefully listened to Clayborn’s breathing to detect any change.\nFinally, Digby stood up and walked over to Clayborn. He stood motionless for several moments. Then he knelt down and quietly began rummaging through Clayborn’s gear.\nClayborn was traveling light. One saddlebag was filled with a few personal items: a shaving kit, a small mirror, and a hair brush. Alongside the kit were a couple of boxes of handgun ammunition and a box of rifle shells.\nThe other saddlebag contained a change of clothes: a shirt, pants, a couple of pairs of socks, and a bandana. At the bottom of the saddlebag beneath the clothes, Digby found a spare pistol. He looked over at Clayborn for a moment, making sure the man was still asleep. He then strapped the saddlebags closed.\nHe stood up and once again looked at Clayborn. He stood motionless for several moments, watching the man. Then he stepped over to the fire and sat down. After he had finished drinking the rest of his coffee, he spread out his bedroll and lay down. But he did not close his eyes.\nWhen the sun came up, Clayborn’s dream gently deposited him on the doorstep of wakefulness. He drew in a deep breath and opened his eyes. After a moment, he rolled over. Digby was sitting by the fire, pointing a gun at him!\nTO BE CONTINUED\nJulie Weber stepped out of the church into the late-morning air. The sun had proudly positioned itself in the heavens at an angle to cast yellow and gold beams that kissed Julie’s neck and arms with precisely the right temperature to make her smile and say a silent prayer of gratitude.\nThe congregation members who had walked out in front of her had gathered into small groups, everyone talking at once, each trying to speak above the others, so that the scene reminded Julie of vigorously clucking chickens at feeding time.\nEver so faintly she heard Reverend Wilcox behind her speaking to Parson Blane. “How’s the book going?”\n“Oh, it’s coming along, Reverend. I have several pages of the first draft written, and I’m enjoying the work immensely.”\n“Since you’re on sabbatical, Parson, I suppose I should refrain from inviting you to deliver a sermon. Nevertheless, would you consider speaking in perhaps a month?”\n“I’m always at your disposal, Reverend.”\n“Good, my son. I’ll let you know the details next Sunday.”\n“All right, Reverend.”\nTheir voices trailed off and Julie pictured in her mind the tall, ruggedly handsome Parson Blane stepping across the threshold into the open air. She turned around, and, for an ever-so-fleeting moment, privately gazed upon the man who had kept her heart astir from the first time she had seen him. When he glanced up at her, he smiled.\nJulie smiled too. “Hello, Parson Blane. I’m Julie Weber. I know you know my name already, but we’ve never been introduced.”\n“Yes ma’am, I know your name. Good morning to you.”\n“Beautiful day, isn’t it?”\nBlane glanced around and then looked up to see wispy white clouds drifting high in the sky to the west. He nodded. “Certainly is, Miss Weber. The Lord is surely smiling on us today.”\n“I couldn’t help but overhear that you’re writing a book. May I ask what kind of book it is?”\n“Some of the congregation members asked me to write a treatise on the Book of St. Luke.”\n“Oh how interesting! I particularly love that book, because Luke seems to give the most details of all the gospel writers. How’s your treatise coming along?”\n“It’s coming along.” He glanced into her eyes. “A bit slow, but it’s coming along.”\nJulie bowed her head. “If you wouldn’t think me forward, perhaps I could offer to help.”\n“Oh, are you a writer, Miss Weber?”\n“No, Parson. But I do happen to know a bit about publishing. My Uncle Otto in Philadelphia is quite a successful publisher. I grew up around the business. And then too, my major in college was English.”\n“Well, I certainly could use help with grammar and spelling.”\n“I could do that, no problem. You don’t have an editor already, do you?”\n“An editor? No, Miss Weber, I’m afraid the project is not that sophisticated. It’s just me scribbling on paper.”\nJulie pressed her fingertips to her lips and giggled. “You’re so modest. I’m sure it’s more than that.”\nA voice called out, “Oh, Sam, there you are.” Julie glanced around to see Faye Spencer hurrying toward the two of them. Faye walked up to Blane and placed her hand on his arm. “Oh, hello Julie,” she said coolly. “Sam, I want to ask if you’re free Tuesday evening. I’d like you to come to dinner.”\nBlane glanced at Julie and tipped his hat. “Would you excuse us, Miss Weber?”\nBlane turned and walked a few steps away with Faye. “Faye, I’ve mentioned this to you before. I’m not interested in seeing you socially.”\n“Why not? You’re not telling me you’re infatuated with that new school teacher, are you?”\n“You can be quite vicious when you want to be, Faye. Has anyone ever told you that?”\n“It’s only a late dinner. Just you and me, Sam.”\n“That’s another thing. I don’t think it’s wise for you to call me Sam when everyone else calls me Parson. I mean, the familiarity of it. People might get the wrong impression.”\n“Oh Sam. We’ve been through so much together. It would seem odd to me to begin calling you Parson Blane again.”\n“All the same, I must insist.”\n“My, you seem so standoffish today. Is something bothering you? Do you feel well?”\n“I feel fine—”\n“Parson Blane?” Deputy Mitchell had walked up behind them. “Excuse me, Parson. Are you busy? I’d like to talk to you a minute.”\n“Sam,” Faye said, “I’ll leave you two to talk. Can I expect you for dinner on Tuesday?”\n“No,” Blane said, exasperated.\n“Well, all right. Another time perhaps.” She stood, looking up at Blane, expecting a reply. But he said nothing. Finally she turned. “Well, okay. We’ll just have to make it another time.”\nBlane turned to Mitchell. As he did, he glanced in Julie’s direction. She had turned and he watched her walking away.\n“Yes, what is it?” Blane said, still watching Julie.\nMitchell followed Blane’s gaze and saw the young school teacher. “Pretty girl, isn’t she.”\nBlane glanced back at Mitchell. “What can I do for you, Deputy?”\n“That’s the trouble. I’m not the deputy right now. Marshal Hickok suspended me. I’d like you to talk to him so I can get my job back.”\n“Tell you what, Deputy…or should I call you…what is your first name anyway?”\n“It’s Bob, but just keep calling me Deputy. I’ll have my job back before long.”\n“All right, Deputy. Tell you what. I’m heading over to the café for breakfast. Why don’t you come along, and you can tell me what happened.”\n“Oh, Parson, you know me well enough. Can’t you just talk to Marshal Hickok and ask him to give me my job back?”\n“Well, Deputy, if Marshal Hickok suspended you, I’m believing he had a reason. He’s a seasoned lawman who commands a lot of respect. It would be presumptuous of me to ask him to reverse a decision he made in the line of duty.”\n“Aw, come on, Parson. Marshal Hickok thinks a lot of you. If you would just ask him to give me my job back, it would carry a lot of weight.”\n“No, my friend. I think it’s better I don’t get involved. Sorry, Deputy. You’re gonna have to talk to the marshal yourself.”\nBlane patted the lad on the shoulder and then turned.\n“All right, Parson. I’ll tell you what happened.”\nBlane stopped and thought for a moment. Then he turned back to the young man. “If you have something troubling you, I’ll listen to what you have to say. But you must understand I’m not obligating myself to talk to the marshal for you.”\nMitchell glanced down. “Okay. I’ll go to the café with you. After you hear what happened, you might decide to talk to Hickok for me.”\nThe waitress had already poured fresh coffee for Blane and Mitchell. When she returned to the table, she asked, “Whatcha having, Parson?”\n“Two eggs over easy and a steak.” Blane glanced at Mitchell. “Order what you want, Deputy. It’s on me.”\n“I’ll take the same.”\nThe waitress jotted on the pad she held. “Comin’ right up.”\nBlane stirred the coffee into which he had placed a small amount of honey. Then he looked up at Mitchell. “Okay, tell me what happened.”\n“It all started when that Texas Ranger came to town. You know, Abe Jackson. He got the drop on me. Marshal Hickok said my ‘attitude’ is all wrong and then he suspended me. I’m supposed to see him in the office tomorrow. He said he’d reinstate me if my attitude has changed. But you know Hickok. He can be finicky. He just might keep me suspended for a while. Heck, there’s nothin’ wrong with my attitude!”\n“Sounds like Marshal Hickok feels responsible for your safety. When he heard that Jackson got the drop on you, he must have become angry or scared that you could have been killed. I suppose the marshal thinks you’ve got the kind of attitude that can get you into bigger trouble than you can handle.”\n“That’s baloney! Outside of Hickok himself, I’m the fastest man with a gun in the territory. I thought you knew that.”\n“I’m sure there’s more to being a good lawman than being fast with a gun.”\n“From what you’ve said, your problem doesn’t have to do with how you handle a gun. It has to do with the idea that, because you wear a badge, you feel superior to those who don’t.”\nMitchell looked up at Blane. “I didn’t come here to be insulted, Parson.”\n“I’m sorry. Perhaps I was too blunt. I didn’t mean—”\nMitchell stood up abruptly. “I came here because I thought you could help me get my job back. I can see now you don’t understand at all.”\n“No thanks, Parson. Eat your breakfast alone!”\nBlane watched Mitchell stomp to the counter and call to the cook through the serving window, “Cancel my order. I’m leaving.” Then he walked past Blane without a glance and out of the café.\nThe waitress came up to the table. “What was that about?”\nBlane glanced into her eyes. “Sometimes the truth hurts.”\nJulie was glad when the morning rays of the sun penetrated her window. Anticipating her first day of teaching school, she had slept little during the night, even though she had taken a relaxing bath before going to bed.\nHer goal of becoming a school teacher had developed early in her youth. Sitting in a small classroom when she was ten years old, she had realized how very much she loved to improve her mind and to acquire new ideas. The books she read, for example, fired her imagination with people she had never met and places she had never visited. Through grand narratives, however, which\nilluminated her mind with stories and descriptions that titillated her senses, she gained enjoyment and knowledge second only to direct experience.\nIf books were the key to unlocking the imagination, then reading was the key to unlocking books. With respect to a life goal, the next logical step, Julie figured, would be to dedicate herself to teaching children to read. Before she had turned eleven years old, she had decided, therefore, to become a teacher.\nThrough the rest of her school years, she carefully studied each of her instructors, noticing their methods and means of imparting knowledge. As she matured, her life goal evolved from the idea of merely teaching children to read to advocating the importance of one’s entire formal education.\nAfter she was graduated from high school, she attended a teacher’s college in Philadelphia and received her teaching certificate. And now, finally, after all the years of preparation and anticipation, she had acquired her first teaching assignment—in a dusty rough-and-tumble town on the American frontier. Today was the first day of her teaching career, and, as she hurried down the stairs, she felt like she would burst from sheer enthusiasm.\nBefore she entered the dining room she stopped and drew in a breath. “Slow down, Julie. Compose yourself. Remember to breathe!”\nWhen she walked into the dining room, all the boarders were already seated. Tim Barlow, a clerk at Hazlett’s General store, sat erect in the chair across from hers. He glanced up and smiled.\nGus Schmidt, the potbellied carpenter, was sipping coffee from an oversized cup.\nZeke Borland, the oldest of the boarders, was speaking to Mrs. Pemberton, who despite her efforts to appear interested, seemed to Julie to be listening only out of courtesy. Finally, Leo Moretti, who tended bar at the Alamo Saloon, was stoic as usual, staring ahead, fixated on a distant point in space.\nMrs. Pemberton, grateful that Julie’s entrance had broken the maddening spell that had caused her to endure the pointless story in which Borland had persisted, said, “Good morning, Julie.” Then to prompt speech by someone other than Borland, she asked, “Well dear, today’s the big day for you, isn’t it?”\nJulie smiled as she walked to her chair, “Yes it is, Mrs. Pemberton.”\nBorland, realizing he had lost his audience of one, looked over. “Oh, what’s going on today that’s so big about it?”\nMrs. Pemberton turned to Borland, “It’s Julie’s first day of teaching school.”\nBorland paused for what seemed like an eternity, which he was wont to do, “Oh, that’s nice.”\n“Now, you be firm with those children,” Mrs. Pemberton said. “There must be discipline and order in a classroom\nbefore it’s a fit place to learn. Don’t hesitate to lay down the law right away.”\n“That’s right, Julie,” Borland added. “Show ‘em who’s boss.”\n“Well,” Julie said, “if they challenge me, I’ll pick one student and make an example of him. That’s what they taught us in the education classes I took in college.”\n“Oh, have no doubt,” Mrs. Pemberton said, “the students will challenge you soon enough. It’s the nature of children to find out where the line is drawn. Even then, you may find one who tries to step across it from time to time. Strict but fair, that’s how a teacher should be.”\n“I’ll try my hardest, Mrs. Pemberton.”\nAt half past eight, Julie sat down in the chair behind the small teacher’s desk. She had already walked around the room, aligning the student desks in perfectly straight rows. The smell of mildew was gone, having been washed away two days prior when she and Charli had thoroughly scrubbed the room with soap and water. The floor had remained damp only in a few scattered spots, but every speck of dust was gone.\nWith a half hour to spare before school was to begin, Julie reviewed her lesson plans. From the numerous books on her desk, she withdrew the history book and turned to the section on the Declaration of Independence. She would begin the class with an introduction to the founding of the United States.\nHer gaze fell upon the preamble of the Declaration:\nWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness....\n“What noble and inspiring words!” she thought. “Yes, the children must be taught about their own wonderful nation that was created upon those sacred ideas.”\nThe schoolroom was quiet except for the slight creak of her chair whenever she shifted her position. Only ten more minutes, and the children would be filing into the classroom.\nShe bowed her head and prayed. She thanked God Almighty, through Jesus Christ, for the awesome responsibility to help shape the minds of children, whom she hoped would one day grow up to be leaders in their fields. Then she solemnly asked for guidance, patience, and strength on this, her first day of teaching.\nWhen she raised her head and opened her eyes, the time was precisely nine o’clock.\nThe door to the marshal’s office squeaked as it opened. Marshal James Butler Hickok looked up to see Mitchell stick his head in. “Jim?”\n“Yes, Mitchell, come in.”\nMitchell stepped in and walked to the desk. “I’m sorry for what happened, Marshal.”\n“I’d like to believe that, Mitchell. But my guess is that you’re sorry you lost your badge, not so much sorry for what caused you to lose it.”\n“What’s the difference?”\n“That’s just it. You don’t know.”\n“You mean, because that Texas Ranger outdrew me? Look, Jim, he caught me by surprise, that’s all.”\nHickok looked into the lad’s eyes and slowly shook his head.\n“How many times have I told you that being a lawman has nothing to do with how fast you are with a gun?”\n“You’ve been with me for over a year, and you still have no idea. Look, Bob, I know life has been tough on you. Your father died when you were young, and you’ve had to look after your mother and sister for all these years. When your mother came to me and asked if I could give you a job, she made me promise I’d watch out for you. I knew the job would mean a regular income for you and your family―something to put food on the table. I also thought I could teach you the business of being a lawman. But I guess some men aren’t cut out to wear a badge.”\n“What are you talking about, Jim? I’ve done fine, except for that one time with the Ranger.”\n“It only takes one time, Bob.” Hickok leaned forward and put his elbows on the desk. “If something ever happened to you, son, while you were wearing a badge, I’d regret it for the rest of my life. And I don’t know how I could ever face your mother again. I think it’s best we end this now, before you wind up in an early grave.”\n“Aw, Jim, come on.”\n“No, Bob, I’ve made up my mind.”\n“You mean you’re firing me for good?”\n“That’s right, Bob. I’m sorry.”\n“Well, you no-good coyote! You never did plan on giving me my badge back, did ya?”\n“I told you it depended on our talk today. You’ve convinced me you’re not cut out for the job.”\n“Why? What did I do wrong?”\n“When you find that out, come back and we’ll talk again. Good luck to you, Bob. Oh, and one more thing. Be careful about who you’re calling names. I’ll let it go this time, but don’t let it happen again.”\nThe time for school to start came and went. At quarter after nine, Julie stood up and walked to the door. When she stepped out, she peered down the dusty road leading into the heart of town. No one was on the road.\nShe felt a sinking feeling in her stomach.\nShe walked a few steps and sat down on a stump, all the while watching the road. She heard the call of an eagle overhead and saw the wind kick up a small dust devil on the road. Before long she cupped her face with her hands and sobbed.\nAfter a time she stood up and blotted her eyes with her handkerchief. Slumped like a whipped dog, she walked back into the schoolhouse. She sat down at the desk. For several long minutes, she noticed her train of thought. It was all negative. Had she been wrong to come to this God-forsaken land of endless plains and to a town with crooked wooden buildings and dust so thick she could taste it?\nWell, no one could say she had not been warned. Her mother had pleaded with her to stay in the East, close to the security of home. Her father had placed his arm around her and asked her to stay. It was the only time she had ever seen tears in his eyes.\n“God-forsaken”? She recalled that those were the words of the man on the stage she had ridden to Abilene. Curtly, she had informed him that God could indeed be found in this brutal land, if one only looked at it in the right way. But now, God seemed far, far away. Had anyone else, ever, felt so very alone?\nShe reached down and closed the history book. She also closed her book of lesson plans. Then she picked up all of the books on her desk, one by one, and placed them in a stack, which she pushed to one side.\nAgain she felt tears well up. What good is a teacher who has no students? Slowly the minutes passed, each feeling like an hour. Every tick of the clock seemed to pile more weight onto her shoulders. Finally, she placed her arms on the desk and rested her head upon her arms.\nThen she wept.\nShe wept for all the years she had struggled to achieve her goal of becoming a teacher. She wept for every class she had taken, every grade she had been given, and every hour of sleep she had lost to do better. She especially wept for her stubbornness in leaving home, for the long tiring trip to Abilene, and for her belief in the importance of education that not a single person here shared.\nShe felt defeated, abandoned, and broken.\nSometime during the flood of dark emotions, she slowly, but inevitably, fell asleep, as if only sleep could assuage the overwhelming assault of negativity.\nTwenty minutes later, she opened her eyes. The classroom was utterly silent and deathly still. She raised her head from the desk and stood up. Slowly, she walked outside to the pump behind the schoolhouse. She jacked the handle until the water flowed. Then she cupped her hands and reached into the stream. She brought the water up and rinsed her face several times.\nWhen she walked back into the schoolhouse, she sat down at the desk and pulled the Bible out of the stack of books. She spoke aloud. “Holy Father, forgive me for my profane thoughts that somehow you had forsaken me. In your Word, you said you would never leave, or forsake, me, but that you would stick closer than a brother. You are here now, as you’ve always been. In Jesus name, thank you, Father, for that.”\nShe opened the Bible and thumbed through several pages. Then she turned to the first chapter of the Book of St. Luke. So, this was what Parson Blane was writing about. She leaned back in the chair and began to read.\nMitchell was livid when he walked out of the marshal’s office. He walked directly to the Alamo Saloon and swung the bat-wing doors open so forcefully that they slapped the wooden frame on either side.\nLeo Moretti was wiping the bar with a clean damp cloth. He looked up with a scowl on his face. “Careful there, son, you’ll knock the hinges off the doors.”\n“Give me a drink, Leo.”\n“It’s way too early to start serving liquor, Deputy.”\n“And don’t call me ‘Deputy’ anymore.”\n“Why, what happened?”\n“I got fired. That’s what happened! Now, are you gonna give me a drink, or do you want me to jump over there and get it myself?”\nMoretti reached under the bar and pulled up a bottle of whiskey. He poured the whiskey into a shot glass and slid the glass to Mitchell.\nMitchell stepped forward and took the bottle from Moretti’s hand.\n“Cash on the counter, son.”\nMitchell withdrew the coins from his vest pocket and threw them onto the bar. Then he walked to a table near the back of the room. He had downed several shots before he looked up and noticed a man seated at a table in the rear corner. The man was sipping coffee from a cup.\nMitchell narrowed his eyelids. “You’re the coyote who cost me my job!”\nAbe Jackson did not look up. “You talking to me, son?”\n“Yes, I’m talking to you, you two-bit Texas Ranger!”\nAbe Jackson still did not look up. “I’d appreciate it if you’d keep your voice down.”\n“Why? Don’t you want anyone else knowing who you are?” Mitchell said contemptuously.\n“That’s right, son.”\n“Quit calling me ‘son’!”\nJackson took a sip of coffee.\n“Well, you just gonna sit there?”\nJackson did not respond.\n“I oughta show you just how fast I am. You caught me by surprise once, but it won’t happen again!”\nJackson turned his head and looked directly into Mitchell’s eyes. “You’re angry. Anger always clouds a man’s judgment. Don’t make a mistake.”\nMitchell poured another shot and downed it in one gulp. Then he slammed the glass onto the table.\nJackson calmly turned back and took another sip of coffee.\nMarshal Hickok had a rule. Basically, when something troubled him, the rule was to get rid of it. Mitchell had always troubled him. The young deputy was a good worker, no question. But Mitchell had always had the wrong idea about being a lawman.\nHickok had counseled the lad on many occasions and had tried to convince him that the job of a lawman was to uphold the law, which governed the actions of all men equally. Mitchell had always had it backwards. Simply by his attitude, Mitchell showed he believed that, since he wore a deputy’s badge, he, himself, was not bound by the law. Like other lawmen Hickok had known, Mitchell believed he was the law.\nMitchell’s sense of superiority was downright dangerous. Hickok figured that, sooner or later, Mitchell’s failure to grasp the difference between the law and the job to uphold the law would get him into serious trouble. When a man walks around feeling superior, there is always someone who yearns to cut him down to size. And in this untamed land, many men were qualified to do just that.\nMitchell was fast with a gun, no doubt. Hickok had doubts on who was faster, Mitchell or himself. But Hickok was smart enough to avoid a gun battle with someone unknown—unless absolutely necessary. Mitchell, impaired by his pride, had never been that smart. Had Abe Jackson been anyone other than a lawman, Mitchell would already be dead. That thought had scared Hickok back to his senses and had caused him to remember and to enforce his rule. Thus, as hard as it was, Hickok had gotten rid of the troubling Mitchell.\nHickok was mulling over those ideas, as he picked up a broom and began sweeping out the office. Suddenly the door burst open. Moretti, the bartender, yelled, “Mitchell’s been shot!”\nTO BE CONTINUED\nMonday, November 24, 2008\nThe sheriff was tall and broad, seeming to fill the entire entryway of the newspaper office. “Stranger, you’re gonna have to come with me.”\nRoyce Lee tightened one side of his mouth and blinked slowly in disgust. “Did you talk to Bill Townsend?”\n“Bill Townsend. He witnessed the gunfight. I acted strictly in self-defense, Sheriff.”\n“All I know is that you killed Jim and Tommy Campbell last night. The\n“Yes Sheriff, I’ll come. But you have to talk to Bill Townsend. He’ll back my story. Those two were looking for trouble. I gave them every chance to walk away.”\n“Unstrap that gun belt and hand it over.”\nAgain Lee tightened his mouth. He hung his head and shook it. “This is terrible bad luck.” He unbuckled the belt and held it out.\nThe sheriff stepped forward and took it. “Come along.”\n“Can you give me a minute to talk to my friend here?”\nLee turned to Elijah. “Your business here is finished. I want you to head to\n“Oh, Mr. Lee, you’ve done enough already. I couldn’t possibly take any more.”\n“No, you take it. You’ll need it for the journey and to settle down up north. When you find somewhere safe to make your home, learn a trade. Serve as an apprentice until you know everything about the job. Then set up your own business so you won’t have to depend on others to make a living. Good luck, Elijah, and I hope you find your family.” He took hold of Elijah’s wrist, lifting his friend’s hand, and placed the money in his palm. “Go on now, and keep your eyes and ears open on the trail. Understand?”\n“Yes sir, Mr. Lee, I understand. Thank you for everything. I’ll be praying for you.”\nLee noticed tears in Elijah’s eyes. “Listen now, I’ll be okay, as soon as Bill Townsend tells what he saw.” Lee turned back to the sheriff. “Okay I’m ready.”\nNo one knows what freedom is until it has been taken away. All of a man’s desires, which he otherwise satisfies to whatever degree, are immediately denied. One cannot eat or drink what he wants, when he wants. One cannot smell the grass, or enjoy the warmth of the sun, or gaze upon the moon and the stars at night. But worst of all, one cannot freely move about, except within a ten foot by ten foot cage.\nLee had been in jail before and had hated every second of it. When he had been released, he promised himself he would never spend another night behind bars. Yet, here he was, after a long sleepless night in the\nSitting on a cot, elbows on his knees, and hands pressed against the sides of his head, he again realized what all prisoners know: No one owns anything that can be taken away. At best a man can only care for and appreciate what he has, for however long he has it. And next to life itself, the most valuable possession a man has is his freedom.\nAbsorbed in his thoughts, Lee failed to notice a lanky deputy who had walked into the cell area. Propping himself against the wall, the deputy drank long drafts of coffee from a tin cup, which caused his Adam’s apple to bob up and down like a cork on a fishing line. Finally the deputy stepped forward and raked the cup across the bars.\nStartled, Lee looked up.\nThe deputy leaned close to the bars and grinned, showing crooked yellow teeth. “Whatcha doin’ in there?”\n“What’s it to ya?”\nThe deputy grinned again. “Nothin’ much really.”\n“Make yourself useful and get some coffee for me too.”\n“You want some coffee?” The deputy took the tin cup and hurled the remainder of its contents onto the cell floor, splashing it onto Lee’s new boots. “There’s your coffee.”\n“Your mother teach ya to do that?”\n“Jim Campbell was a friend of mine.”\n“Has the sheriff talked to Bill Townsend yet?”\n“We don’t know no Bill Townsend.”\n“That’s odd, because he was in the saloon when your friend forced me into a fight.”\n“You mean when you murdered my friend and his kid brother.”\n“Self-defense ain’t murder and you know it. What about other witnesses? There were a lot of people in that saloon.”\n“That’s a lie. Besides, those who saw from the window could only see the two in the street. Bill Townsend saw your friend draw first. I had no choice but to kill him. Your friend’s brother raised his hands in the air. But then he went for his gun. That’s when I shot him—after he went for his gun. It was all self-defense. There ain’t no law against that.”\n“Yeah well, that’s your story. Let’s see what a jury says.”\n“This won’t go to trial, once you find Bill Townsend. He’s the one who saw everything clearly. I made sure I had a witness.”\n“Your one witness, against our five, ain’t gonna count for much.”\nThe deputy laughed and turned to walk through the doorway into the front office. He glanced over his shoulder. “Alright mister. We’ll see how tough you are, dangling from the end of a rope.”\nLee shimmied his feet out of his boots and lay back on the cot. He closed his eyes but could not relax. Every muscle was tight and his mind raced like the wind. Who was Bill Townsend if both the sheriff and the deputy did not know him? Was Townsend some drifter who was in town for only one night? Lee massaged his eyelids. That would be his luck, picking someone as a witness who would never be seen again. He turned his head and spit on the floor.\n“You’re gonna clean that up.”\nLee looked up to see the sheriff standing at the bars.\n“Come on, get your boots on.”\n“Where we goin’?”\nThe sheriff put the key in the lock and turned it. “I ain’t going nowhere, but if I was you, I’d get out of town and never come back.”\n“What do ya mean?”\n“I found your Bill Townsend. Turns out he’s the brother-in-law of Joe Safford, the blacksmith. Safford and his wife are honest people. I figure Safford’s brother-in-law, if he’s anything like Safford and his wife, is just as honest. Townsend’s visiting from\n“Where’s my horse?”\n“Out front. You owe me a dollar for the livery charge.”\nThe sheriff turned and Lee followed him into the front office. The sheriff opened a drawer and withdrew Lee’s gun belt, which held the two .45s.\nWhen Lee reached out to take the belt, the sheriff slapped a small towel into his hand instead. “The spit.”\nLee opened his mouth to object but he saw the sheriff raise his eyebrows. “Alright Sheriff, I’ll clean it up.” Lee walked back into the cell and wiped the spit, along with the deputy’s coffee, off the floor. When he walked out of the cell door he cursed under his breath and defiantly kicked one of the bars with the heel of his boot.\nWhen he walked back into the front office, he held out the towel. The sheriff pointed to a wastebasket and Lee tossed it in.\n“Got that dollar?”\nLee reached for his wad of bills. His pocket was empty. “Uh, I gave all my money to Elijah.”\nThe deputy grinned. “It’s either the dollar you owe or a night in jail. Ain’t that right, Sheriff?”\nLee desperately checked every pocket he had. He did not have a cent on him.\nThe sheriff nodded to the deputy. “Yeah, that’s right. Except tomorrow he’ll owe two dollars and he ain’t got that either. No use charging the town to house and feed him till he dies of old age.”\n“I got money, Sheriff. Just let me telegraph my bank.”\n“Forget it. I’m tired of lookin’ at ya. Here.” The sheriff held out the gun belt and Lee took it, examining it quickly.\n“They’re empty,” the sheriff said, reaching into the drawer. “Here’s the cartridges.”\nLee took the cartridges and stuffed them into his pocket.\nThe deputy eyed Lee’s guns. “Hey, Sheriff. What about one of those new Colts to pay the livery charge?”\n“No, we ain’t thieves. Besides, I’m thinkin’ about taking that dollar out of your pay.”\n“Why? What did I do?”\nLee glanced at the deputy and chuckled under his breath. Then he turned, strapping on the gun belt as he walked outside. When he mounted up he jerked the horse’s head around and spurred the animal hard. “Let’s go. I never want to see this town again!”\nThe horse bolted, and Lee rode out of town at full speed.\nA quarter mile out of\nAs he rode, Lee occasionally glanced over his shoulder. Before long the town was out of sight. The sun was high in the sky and Lee felt drowsy in the withering heat. Now and then his eyelids drooped before he caught himself and straightened up in the saddle. He had not slept a wink the night before. The deputy had served him eggs that morning, but they smelled bad and did not look like any eggs he had ever seen. He had not eaten a bite.\nBy mid-afternoon, Lee knew he could travel no farther without a meal and some rest. He turned the horse toward the river and brought the animal to a lope.\nWhen Lee reached the river, the breeze off the water, coupled with the shade of the trees, began to cool his dry sweltering skin. He swung down from the saddle and tied the horse to a low-hanging branch of a tree. Then he walked to the water and splashed his face.\nAfter he collected some wood to build a small fire, Lee stripped the horse of saddle and gear and staked him in a patch of lush green grass.\nLee arranged the wood and lit the fire. Then he added water to some beans he had kept in his knapsack and placed them over the fire. When the beans had cooked, he pulled them from the fire and gobbled them down. He then pulled a .45 from one of his holsters and lay back against the saddle. Placing the gun on his chest, he closed his eyes.\nAfter a few moments he felt his muscles begin to relax and soon he fell asleep. He dreamt he was on a log raft floating on water as smooth as glass. A cool breeze caressed his face and lifted strands of his unruly hair. The sky was violet, and golden rays of the sun filtered through voluminous white and blue clouds. Soon the wind kicked up and skimmed across the water, causing the surface to become choppy. The raft rocked back and forth and Lee heard the rope that held the logs together creak and whine under the strain. The creaking of the rope became loud and ominous as the wind grew fierce, tossing the raft like a toothpick in the rapidly churning water. A giant wave crashed against the tiny vessel, causing it to capsize. Flung from the raft, Lee plunged into the water and began to sink. As he rapidly descended into the deathly dark abyss, his lungs burned from lack of oxygen.\nSuddenly he awoke, gasping for air. He felt genuine fear in his gut, and his ears were filled with the creaking sound of the rope in his dream.\nHe rolled onto his side and the .45 slid off his chest and fell onto the ground. He opened his eyes and lay still for several moments, trying to orient himself. Again and again he inhaled and exhaled large breaths of air. He still heard the creaking of the rope in his head.\nAfter he sat up he rubbed his face and lightly scratched his temples with his fingernails. He looked up, straight ahead, and focused his gaze on the river. The wind had picked up and he heard it rustling through the trees. The sound of the rope, creaking and grinding, annoyingly persisted.\nFor a moment he thought he heard the creak of the rope across the way, and he began to doubt that the sound was only a lingering impression of his dream. He stood up and holstered the .45.\nThere it was again. The creaking of the rope!\nLee looked around cautiously. He saw nothing that could cause a sound that resembled a rope creaking and whining under strain. Yet that was precisely what he heard. Or was it still only in his head?\nMomentarily he again heard the eerie sound. This time he was able to hone in on its location. It was coming from the vicinity of a large tree nearby. He pulled a .45 from his holster and cocked the hammer. He slowly walked toward the tree, all the while listening intently.\nWhatever was making the sound was behind the tree, out of Lee’s line of sight. He crouched slightly and pointed the .45 toward the tree. He stepped stealthily, trying not to disturb the leaves beneath his feet, even though he doubted whether man or beast could hear his movements above the rustling wind.\nWhen he reached the tree, he carefully began to circle it. In small increments he stepped around the trunk ever so cautiously to try to catch sight of whatever it was, before the thing spotted him.\nThen he saw it. A colored man was hanging a few feet off the ground, swaying in the breeze. The man’s head was in a noose and his hands were tied behind his back. The rope creaked every time the man swung from side to side. A burlap bag had been placed over the man’s head, which protruded at a fatally odd angle from his torso.\nFor several moments Lee stood staring at the grisly scene. “Oh, Elijah....”\nLee slowly walked back to his gear and withdrew a sheathed bowie knife from one of his saddlebags. He bridled the horse and swung up onto the animal’s bare back. He then walked the horse over to the hanging man and reached up with his knife and cut the rope. The corpse fell to the ground in a heap.\nLee dismounted and tied off the horse. Then he studied the tracks on the ground. Five men had performed the lynching. He could tell there had been little struggle―as if the men had been tending to familiar business, and the victim had had no choice but to accept his fate.\nLee returned the knife to his saddlebag and removed his folding entrenching tool, which he customarily used for digging shallow fire pits while on the trail. A few feet from the tree he began digging a grave.\nNow and then he straightened up and looked carefully in every direction. The men who had hanged his friend were long gone.\nThe wind rustled through the trees and the branches swayed in rhythmic waves. The sun had completed most of its arc for the day but still hung lazily in the early-evening sky.\nAfter Lee had dug the grave, he stepped out of the rectangular hole and sat down. He wiped the sweat from his brow and swigged some water from his canteen. Something in the back of his mind had been troubling him. Earlier he had attributed the uneasy feeling to his sorrow over the loss of Elijah. But now the feeling returned, causing him to pause. He recalled that he had first noticed the puzzling feeling while reading the tracks.\nHe glanced at the sun’s angle and decided to read the tracks again before the light faded any more.\nHe stood and walked to the area where the tracks were most numerous. Then he slowly followed a widening circle, noticing every detail of the imprints left by men and horses. Something was missing. Once again he started from the center of the circle and carefully worked his way out. Then he moved farther out still. He had already identified each man’s boot prints, as well as Elijah’s. But the number of horses did not match up to the number of men.\nLee knew Elijah had left town with a trail horse and a pack horse. The two horses were freshly shod, as was his own. But the tracks did not show that. No matter how many times he examined the ground and made his calculations, he always came up a horse short. Not only that, but he could not distinguish any tracks of a pair of horses that had been freshly shod.\nHe stood still for several moments, trying to unravel the riddle. Then he glanced at the dead man lying near the tree. Slowly he approached the corpse. He knelt down and pulled the burlap bag from the man’s head. He blinked several times as he realized he did not recognize the man at all. The man was not Elijah!\nLee drew in a deep breath and exhaled a sigh of relief. At the same time, sadness tugged at his heart for the murdered man. He untied the dead man’s hands and dragged the corpse by the arms to the grave. Then he positioned the body into the hole.\nAn hour later, Lee had filled the grave and had fashioned a cross from a couple of tree branches. After pounding the cross into the ground, he stood silently for several minutes. He felt sure that, had he been a praying man, he would have spoken some appropriate words. But all he could think of was the cruelty of the men who had hanged a person just because of his color.\nFinally he turned and walked to his horse. After saddling the animal, his thoughts turned to\nHe swung up into the saddle and lifted the reins. The horse stepped out in a lively trot. For a moment he thought of Elijah. As slim as the odds were, there was still a chance that his friend might find his family.\nLee again turned his attention to\nArise, then, women of this day!\nArise, all women who have hearts,\nWhether our baptism be of water or of tears!\n\"We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies,\nOur husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause.\nOur sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn\nAll that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.\nWe, the women of one country, will be too tender of those of another country\nTo allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.\"….\nThe swish, swish, swish of Mrs. Pemberton’s petticoats beneath her best Sunday dress filled the upstairs foyer as she hurried down the hall to Julie’s room. As she knocked on Julie’s door with an insistent rap, she called, “Julie, it’s time to go. We mustn’t be late for your first Sunday at church.”\nWhen Julie Weber opened the door, Mrs. Pemberton looked the girl over from head to toe and then smiled. “Oh, my dear, you strike a pretty picture in that outfit! And wherever did you get those lovely satin and lace shoes? Surely in the East. I’ve seen nothing of such fine fashion in the shops in town.”\n“Yes, ma’am, I purchased them last summer in\n“Honey, you got every penny’s worth. They’re absolutely lovely. Now, let’s go, or else I’ll miss the chance to introduce you to the ladies before the service begins. This is a very special day, you know: Mother’s Day. We must never forget how horrible wars are and also our womanly responsibilities to urge peaceful resolutions to the problems faced among neighbors, just like it says in the Good Book.”\nAfter Julie seated herself next to Mrs. Pemberton in the straight-backed wooden pew, she bowed her head and said a silent prayer. Of all for which she was grateful, she acknowledged that the most precious gift was the salvation granted to her by God’s grace, as well as the peace of mind it imparted.\nShe raised her head and opened her eyes, allowing her gaze to fall on the magnificent Risen Cross, hung above and behind the altar. The pianist played Bach’s insistently light and happy Minuet in G Major, and she found herself tilting her head back and forth as if the point of her nose were the pendulum on a metronome that kept time to the stiff unyielding rhythm.\nHow many women had she met this morning already? Mrs. Pemberton must have known every woman in the congregation, and she had been careful to introduce Julie to most of them. Now, as Julie’s gaze slowly took in the seated congregation, she recognized many of the women she had met, but admittedly most of their names had already slipped her memory. She felt embarrassed, as she imagined herself encountering one of the women again and not knowing the woman’s name.\n“Do we have any new brothers or sisters attending the service this morning?” the preacher asked.\nMrs. Pemberton immediately stood up. “Reverend, I’m proud to present to the congregation Miss Julie Weber. She’s the new school teacher, and she would like to make an announcement.”\nJulie stood up and turned to face the congregation. “Hello, everyone. Thank you for the warm welcome you have shown me this morning.”\nAs the congregation turned to look at her, Julie noticed one man in particular and her heart skipped a beat. He was the man she had noticed the day she had visited the construction site of the new church building.\nWhen their eyes met Julie fell silent.\nThe preacher waited a long moment and then smiled. “Come now, Miss Weber, you needn’t be shy. You are among friends here. What is your announcement?”\nJulie turned to the preacher but, for another moment, she could not speak.\n“What is it, dear?”\nJulie cleared her throat. “I’d like to announce that the school will open tomorrow and will run for a month. Then we will break for summer vacation. For those students wishing to attend summer school, the session will begin a week after regular school lets out.”\nThe congregation remained completely silent, stunned by Julie’s announcement.\nThe preacher cocked his head, not knowing quite what to say. The congregation members turned to each other and the room erupted into a buzz of muffled conversations.\nJulie looked around the room, surprised at all the commotion.\nFinally the preacher stepped forward and asked, “Are there any other new brothers or sisters with us this morning?”\nAs the congregation continued to speak among themselves, Julie quietly sat down.\nMrs. Pemberton turned to Julie. “I’m afraid you caught everyone off guard, my dear. I should have warned you that that might happen. Since the school was already let out by Bonnie Somerset, the parents were expecting the children to help with chores until school starts up again in the fall.”\nJulie lowered her head in disappointment.\nWhen the service was over, everyone stood up. The preacher had posted himself at the exit, exchanging pleasantries with the members as they filed out. When Julie came to the preacher, she said, “Thank you, Parson Blane. I’m glad to meet you. Faye Spencer has told me so many good things about you.”\n“Pardon me, Miss Weber,” the preacher said smiling, “I’m Reverend Wilcox, the minister of this congregation.”\nReverend Wilcox glanced up at the man in line behind Julie. “Parson Blane is the man standing behind you.”\nJulie turned around and saw the tall man who had caused her heart to flutter. When their eyes met, Blane slightly bowed from the waist. “Hello, Miss Weber.”\nTO BE CONTINUED\n First two paragraphs of the Mother’s Day Proclamation (not affiliated with the modern Mother’s Day holiday) by Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet most famous as the author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Written in 1870, Howe’s Mother’s Day Proclamation was a pacifist reaction to the carnage of the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War. The Proclamation was tied to Howe’s feminist belief that women ha(ve) a responsibility to shape their societies at the political level. Reference: Mother’s Day Proclamation, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.\nWednesday, October 22, 2008\nRoyce Lee remained calm and stood perfectly still. Although the two men in the street facing him were in dim light, he could clearly see the first man’s eyes. Lee had already picked him as the first he would have to kill. The second man, he calculated, was merely a follower and probably much slower on the draw.\nLee had faced down other men in gunfights. The first time, he was terrified—and relieved when he saw the other man fall. The second time, he walked away with much more confidence. He had proven to himself he could hold his own, and that the first time had not been a fluke. After he had killed his third man in a gunfight, he had become familiar enough with the situation to make him more dangerous than most other men alive. He still felt jitters in his stomach. But he had learned to channel the nervous tension into lightning speed and deadly accuracy.\nLee had never sought out a face-to-face showdown. But, like a bad dream, he still found himself in the middle of one from time to time. His style normally hinged on stealth and surprise. In a gunfight, on the other hand, the odds were much too even—and anything could go wrong.\nOver time, however, he had come to accept the fact that the occasional nightmarish gunfight was simply a symptom of the kind of man he was.\nA warm breeze floated in from the southwest, carrying away the stench of stale liquor that had hung in the air outside of the saloon. The low humidity had dried Lee’s throat more than usual and his tongue felt like it was glued to the roof of his mouth. All the while however he kept his attention focused on the first man’s eyes.\nThen something poked him in the back. “Hey, what’s going on here?”\nA man exiting the saloon had swung the door partially open until it had struck Lee in the back. Keeping his gaze steady on the steely eyes of the man in the street and his right hand ready near his gun, Lee quickly sidestepped to his right. When the man stepped out of the saloon Lee grabbed him by the arm. Without turning his head, Lee asked, “What’s your name?”\n“Step away, Bill. Watch what’s gonna happen here. You’re my witness.”\nMeanwhile a second man who had been exiting the saloon saw Lee facing the two men in the street. He turned back into the room and yelled, “Gunfight!”\nThe saloon erupted into a roar of sheer panic as men scattered everywhere. Those at the bar dashed toward the center of the room to escape the line of fire. Those in the center and at the rear of the room rushed to the window and drew back the curtains so they could witness the spectacle.\nLee heard the commotion inside the saloon but he did not allow it to distract him. When a solemn hush finally fell upon those in the saloon, he spoke in a calm voice to the men in the street. “If you two are determined to make this the night you die, I’ll oblige you. The best I can do is promise to put a bullet in each of you that will kill you quick. No use you laying in the street suffering.”\n“That’s some pretty big talk when there’s two of us and only one of you,” the first man grunted.\n“I’ve given you fair warning.”\nThe second man in the street glanced at the first and whispered, “I don’t like this, Jim. I got a feeling he ain’t bluffin’.”\n“Don’t worry, little brother, I can take him.”\n“You’re fast, Jim. Everybody knows that. But we don’t know anything about this fella.”\n“You’re not turning yellow on me, are you?”\n“Aw, Jim. You know me better than that. I’m just telling you I got a bad feelin’ about this guy.”\n“He made a fool out of me in the restaurant. I can’t let that go. Now you follow my lead. When I draw, you draw too.”\nLee stood unruffled. He knew the two men were talking between themselves but they spoke in whispers so that he could only distinguish a word now and then. Still, he knew that talk, rather than action, was a sign of doubt. When the men finally stopped whispering, however, he knew the moment of truth had grown closer.\n“It’s not too late to walk away from this.” Lee’s tone was matter-of-fact.\n“We ain’t walking away, stranger.”\n“Well then, whenever you’re ready.”\nLee knew that one of the unwritten laws in a gunfight is to detect precisely when one’s opponent makes his move to draw and shoot. Because the hand is quicker than the eye, Lee never focused on his opponent’s hand. Instead he focused on the man’s eyes and then watched the man’s hand with peripheral vision. Because the delicate muscles around the eye are particularly sensitive to stress, the eyes always had a way of communicating the moment a man went for his gun. A squint, a blink, a quiver—any kind of change―was all Lee needed to detect before he himself drew and fired.\nEach man is the sum total of his experiences. He tends to repeat behaviors that reward him, and eliminate behaviors that penalize him. As a result, Lee had created a rule for himself: Never make the first move in a gunfight. Yet, waiting for an enemy to go for his gun could be nerve-racking. To counter negative thoughts Lee had tried in the past to not think at all, but he had found that impossible. What worked instead was to repeat in his mind: “Smooth and easy, smooth and easy, smooth and easy.” Lee had learned that repeating the words kept his mind calm, and when the moment of truth finally came, a calm mind was his most effective weapon.\nNot only did Lee never make the first move in a gunfight, but he waited long enough not to give the appearance he had made the first move. He always wanted onlookers convinced of the truth that he had acted in self-defense. Why? Not because he fancied himself some kind of hero. Not because he held some noble notion to give his enemy a slight advantage. And certainly not because he wanted to be fair. Rather, for purely selfish reasons, he wanted onlookers to testify to local authorities that he had acted strictly in self-defense.\nFor Lee, killing a resistant outlaw on the trail with no witnesses was a straight-forward perfunctory task. But in a town with many onlookers, killing a man who was probably liked by some of the citizens, and loved by his family, was a sure path to trouble with the law.\nBut now he was trapped. The two men in the street were not going to let him walk away. In the back of his mind he loathed the idea of wasted time tangled up with the law. Additionally there was the matter of Miles Stayton. Even now, as Lee stood outside of a saloon in a town where he had only wanted to buy a pair of boots and a hat, eat a steak, and purchase a horse, Miles Stayton was getting away. And Lee had a big score to settle with Miles Stayton.\n“Smooth and easy, smooth and easy, smooth and easy.”\nThen the very slightest blink! But Lee saw it in slow motion as if a giant rain cloud had momentarily eclipsed the bright rays of the sun. Simultaneously the man’s hand flashed to his gun. The man’s pistol had cleared leather and was almost level when Lee’s bullet struck him hard in the chest. The impact lifted the man’s feet off the ground and violently thrust him backwards until he landed flat in the dust with a sickening thud.\nInstantly Lee trained the pistol on the second man in the street. He fanned the hammer with the meaty part of his left palm. At that moment, two events happened at the same time. First, the gun did not fire. Second, he saw the man lifting his hands in the air.\n“Don’t shoot!” the man cried in a shaky voice.\nLee straightened and pulled in his chin. His gun had misfired. The river water must have penetrated the cartridge. He wondered whether the next bullet would fire or not. He also wondered if the man in the street had realized the gun had misfired.\n“Keep your right hand in the air. With your left hand reach down, unbuckle your gun belt, and let it fall.” As Lee gave the command he pulled the hammer all the way back into the firing position and held his aim steady on the man.\n“Okay mister. Only don’t shoot!”\nLee watched the man carefully. The man’s words and tone of voice indicated he would comply. But would he?\nThe man slowly lowered his left arm until his hand was near the buckle.\n“Don’t do anything foolish.”\n“What’s the matter, mister? Your gun won’t fire?”\n“I wouldn’t bet my life on it. Now unbuckle the belt.”\n“No, I don’t think I will.”\nThe man’s right hand dropped quickly to his gun and he drew it out of the holster.\nWith only a split second to react Lee squeezed the trigger. Again the gun did not fire. He quickly fanned the hammer. Nothing. Desperately and with lightning speed Lee fanned the hammer again.\nThe bullet fired and hit its mark just in time. As the man in the street doubled over, he pulled the trigger on his gun and the bullet penetrated the dirt, sending a cloud of dust into the air. Then the man collapsed to the ground.\nWhen Lee heard a gentle knock, he stepped to the door and opened it.\nElijah stepped back when he saw the gun in Lee’s hand. “You ready, Mr. Lee?”\nLee holstered the pistol. “Yeah. Let’s go.”\nLee and Elijah walked down the stairs. When they reached the lobby the man who had rented them the rooms stood up behind the counter. He pointed at the clock on the wall. “You were supposed to be out first thing this morning. It’s nearly !”\nNeither Lee nor Elijah responded. Without missing a step they walked through the lobby and out the front door.\nWhen Lee saw the three horses that Vince Hackett had tied to the hitching rail he raised his eyebrows in surprise. “Whoa,” he muttered. “Looks like we did get a steal.”\nLee did not have to guess which horse was his. His was the sorrel. The mettle in the beast’s eyes and the way the horse watched him, combined with the lean muscular body, told Lee this indeed was a fine animal. He confidently approached and gently said, “Easy, big fella.” He placed a firm hand on the horse’s neck and patted him several times. He walked around the horse and stopped in front of him. Then he parted the animal’s lips and checked the teeth. He figured the horse was about four or five years old.\n“Elijah, I need to talk to you.”\n“Alright, Mr. Lee. But what did you do with Moses and what are these two extra horses for?”\n“Elijah, I don’t know how to say this right. But Moses is going to be taken good care of for as long as he lives―which we both know won’t be for too much longer. From now on, you got yourself a darn fine trail horse and also a pack animal to carry the supplies we’re gonna buy this morning.”\n“But I loved Moses. He and I were best friends.”\nLee watched tears come to Elijah’s eyes. “Darn it man, let me give you a good dose of reality. First of all, I don’t know how you’ve lasted this long without being lynched. They got whole organizations of racist white folks who would love to catch you alone on the trail, just so they can hang you. Besides, you’re going about trying to find your family all wrong.”\n“What do you mean?”\n“I mean wandering around in the South is gonna get you killed. You’ve seen how these people treat you. There’s a way to find your family, but it’s not the way you’ve been going at it. Now I suggest we get you some supplies for the trail and that you head north in a hurry and stay up there. Before we leave town I’m gonna show you precisely how to find your family. That’s what you want, isn’t it?”\n“Yes sir, Mr. Lee. I want that more than anything.”\n“Okay then. You’re gonna have to trust I know what I’m talking about. Vince Hackett, who sold us these horses, took Moses. I paid him to do it and Hackett will take good care of your old friend. That should put your mind at ease. Now mount up. Let’s find us a gun shop and a general store.”\nAfter Elijah swung up into the saddle, he glanced at Lee. “But Mr. Lee, don’t you think you should have asked me before you took Moses?”\n“Would’ve you let me take him?”\nElijah shook his head. “No!”\n“Now you know why I didn’t ask.”\nThe gunsmith inhaled a short draw of cigarette smoke and blew it out his nose. “Yes sir. We got the new Peacemaker.”\n“I’ll take one.” Lee withdrew the pistol from his holster and set it on the counter. “Will you take a few dollars off if I give you this as a trade-in?”\nThe gunsmith glanced at Lee’s gun. “I’ve got no use for that.”\nThe gunsmith withdrew a new Colt .45 Peacemaker from a glass case and set it on the counter. “Now this is a fine weapon.”\n“That is nice. I’ll take two of ‘em.”\n“You want two?”\n“You’re right. Make it three.”\n“Three? But they’re fifteen dollars a piece! And three’s all I got in stock.”\n“Now you’ll be able to order more. And I’ll take three, no five, boxes of cartridges.”\n“What are you planning to do, mister? Start a war?”\n“The war’s already started. And I lost the first battle. I don’t plan on losing any more. Reach up there and hand me that belt with the two holsters.”\nLee unbuckled his own gun belt and set it on the counter. He pulled the cartridges out of the loops and replaced them with the .45 caliber cartridges from one of the boxes the gunsmith had set on the counter. When the gunsmith placed the new holster on the counter, Lee filled all of those loops as well. Then he loaded all three Colts with five cartridges each, being careful to leave an empty chamber beneath the firing pin. He withdrew the few remaining cartridges in the box and stuffed them into his pocket. “Better give me two more boxes.”\n“I’ve only got one more box of .45s, mister. You’re cleaning me out!”\n“Alright, give me one more box.” Lee pointed to the rifle rack. “I’ll take two of those. They’re the new\n“Yes sir, they sure are.”\n“Good. Give me a couple of scabbards for them too. Also I need a scatter gun. Twelve gauge with short double barrels. And ammo for it and the Winchesters. Give me two cleaning kits for the pistols and two for the rifles.”\nAfter the gunsmith set the rifles and shotgun on the counter, Lee immediately loaded them to full capacity.\nWhen the gunsmith totaled the amount Lee pulled the wad of bills from his pocket and paid the man. Then he strapped on the gun belt and slid a .45 into each holster. When he picked up his old gun belt he slid the third .45 into the holster. After he picked up the rifles, the shotgun, the boxes of cartridges, and the cleaning kits, he turned to walk out.\nThe gunsmith hurried around the counter and scurried to open the door for Lee whose arms were full. “Thank you mister. I’d say you’re loaded for bear.”\n“Not for bear. Something much more dangerous.”\nLee walked out onto the sidewalk and stepped down into the street. He strapped one scabbard holding a\nElijah, sitting in the saddle, watched with incredulity as Lee methodically tended to business.\nFinally Lee held the single-holster gun belt up to Elijah. “Here. Put this on.”\n“Oh Mr. Lee, I don’t wear a gun.”\n“But I don’t rightly know how to shoot.”\n“Learn and learn quick. I gave you plenty of bullets for practice. Practice Elijah. Practice as if your life depended on it. Odds are it does.”\nIt was almost when Lee and Elijah finished strapping the array of supplies that Lee had purchased from the general store onto the pack horse.\n“Mr. Lee, I’m startin’ to feel real guilty. You’ve spent a whole lot of money on me, starting with that steak dinner. And I’ve never spent a night in a hotel, much less in one that has a bed I’d like to sleep a week in. These horses must have cost a fortune and you also paid Mr. Hackett to look after Moses for the rest of his days. Why even that cook in the restaurant said Mr. Hackett has the nicest spread around. The guns—well, you believe they’re necessary. And when I think about it seriously, the Lord holds no grudge against a man defending himself. But these supplies. It’s just getting to be too much. Don’t get me wrong. I appreciate everything somethin’ fierce. But there’s no way I can begin to repay you. Mercy me, I doubt I could repay you if I turned over every nickel I made from now until the Lord takes me home.”\n“Quit talking foolish, Elijah. I got more money than I know what to do with, and I got nothing better to spend it on. The money I used last night and today will barely make a dent.” Lee paused a moment and then smiled. “Since you’re in so good with the Lord, maybe He’ll count what I’ve done as a good deed.”\n“Are you a Christian, Mr. Lee?”\n“Not at all.”\n“Then I’m sorry to tell you this, but the Lord can’t count anything you do as a good deed. It doesn’t matter how good it looks in the eyes of men.”\n“What do you mean? People do good things all the time. When you pulled me out of the river, that was a good deed, wasn’t it?”\n“Yes sir. The Lord will surely count that in my favor.”\n“Well then what’s the difference?”\n“Can I talk plain, Mr. Lee?”\n“Of course. Talk straight, Elijah.”\n“The Lord only counts deeds as good when they’re done for the right reason—and there’s only one right reason. That’s to glorify the Lord.”\n“What do you mean ‘glorify’?”\n“It means doing things that honor the Lord. When you sin, you dishonor the Lord. So you don’t sin, as much as humanly possible anyway. Instead you obey His Word.\n“You do things to help your neighbor. After all, God created your neighbor, even your enemies, just like He created you. If your neighbor asks, you share about what Jesus has done for you. Whenever you serve others, you serve the Lord.\n“Spending time with the Lord in thankful prayer is another way to honor Him. You also glorify the Lord when you give Him proper credit for the good things He provides. When you take personal credit for your gifts, you rob the Lord of what is rightfully His and you’re forgetting He gave them to you in the first place.”\n“But the Lord has nothing to do with what I’ve done.”\n“That’s right, Mr. Lee, and it’s a shame. When a person doesn’t believe, he does things mostly to please himself. A man can help another man and that’s a good thing as far as men understand. But the Lord knows when you’re doing something for yourself and when you’re doing something for Him. What you do is only a good deed when you do it for the Lord. That kinda leaves you out if you’re not one of His children.”\n“Well, I don’t believe in that stuff anyway. It makes no difference to me if the Lord counts it good or bad.”\n“I’m right sorry to hear you say that, Mr. Lee, because you’re missing the most important part.”\n“When it’s time to die you’ll be glad you’re a believer sure enough. But believing and obeying the Lord is also the absolute best way to live.”\n“Yeah well, all this talk is wasting time. I want to get out of this town pronto. Come on, let’s go.”\n“What’s your hurry?”\n“I’m expecting the sheriff to pay me a visit. And that can only mean trouble. But we got one more stop to make.”\n“Okay, Mr. Lee, but please think about what I said. Ask yourself if you’re happy with the life you’re living. When you admit you’re not, I hope you’ll get down on your knees and ask the Lord to save you. Then you’ll know what true life is.”\n“Yeah, well, maybe some day. For now, let’s get going.”\nThe men mounted up and rode along the street until they came to a sign that read Pine Bluff Weekly Herald.\n“What’s this?” Elijah asked.\n“It’s the best way to find your family.”\n“You mean, read the newspaper?”\n“Let’s go in. I’ll show you what I mean.”\nWhen Lee and Elijah entered the newspaper office, a man leaning over a printing press glanced up. “What can I do for you gentlemen?”\nLee noticed an awkward curl to the man’s mouth when his gaze shifted to Elijah. Lee fully expected the man to say Elijah was not allowed in the office. Before the man could speak however Lee said, “We want to place an advertisement.”\nThe man straightened up and walked to the desk in the front of the room. He sat down and withdrew a piece of paper from a drawer. Then he picked up a pencil and held it over the paper. “Okay, what do you want the ad to say?”\nLee stepped forward. “Say: Two hundred dollar reward for information leading to the whereabouts of—” Lee looked at Elijah. “What’s their names?”\n“Minervy and Nelly and Lucy Ward.”\nLee pointed to the paper. “Write that.”\nThe man looked up. “Okay. Who’s gonna hold the reward money?”\n“Can you hold it?”\n“Yes, I suppose I could. I’ll say in the ad that whoever has the information should contact this office. Where are you staying so I can contact you?”\n“Elijah here will have to telegraph you now and then. He doesn’t stay in any one place. Now I want that advertisement in your paper and in other newspapers.”\n“What other newspapers?”\n“All across the country.”\n“All across the country? How about we put the ad in some of the major newspapers. Like\n“Okay. How much is that?”\n“How long do want the ad to run?”\n“I don’t know. How long will something like that take?”\n“Let’s start with a month.”\n“Look,” Lee said, “let’s do it this way. I’ll give you, say, two hundred dollars plus the two hundred dollar reward. You run the ad in as many newspapers as you think are likely to get a result for as long as the money holds out. Can I trust you to do that?”\n“Oh yes. I run a legitimate paper. Couldn’t stay in business long if I ever cheated a customer.”\nLee pulled out the bills and counted out four hundred dollars. “Okay. Is that it?”\n“Yes sir, I’ll take care of it for you. Just telegraph the Herald now and then with where you’re at, and I’ll keep you informed. I’ll have to spend some of the money to telegraph you back.”\n“That’ll be fine.” Lee glanced at Elijah. “Come on, let’s go.”\nJust then the door opened. When Lee turned, the sheriff was standing in the doorway.\nTO BE CONTINUED","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://m.najiaoluo.com/jiankang/3764409.html","date":"2018-01-24T00:02:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084892802.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20180123231023-20180124011023-00266.warc.gz","language_score":0.72808837890625,"token_count":176,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__143524804","lang":"en","text":"深读 | 不要再跟孩子这样说话，真的会毁了孩子\nA soft cotton candy, is my heart.\nYou are my heart of cotton candy, sweet dreams.\nHold a meter of sunshine, it is sweet cotton candy.\nMarshmallow, it brings us the most beautiful entanglements, the two parallel lines connected together.\nThis habit has become a part of your life, would like to give up also give up.\nBehind its fragmented sugar body, the hidden is a tempered heart.\nToo care about a person, but it is their own hurt.\nI have always been with you, but the proportion has changed.\nLove is a hypnotic, wake up after you were sucked the soul.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.fyziosvet.cz/sluzby/shockwave-therapy/","date":"2024-02-24T09:49:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474526.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224080616-20240224110616-00244.warc.gz","language_score":0.92952561378479,"token_count":202,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__197287571","lang":"en","text":"The shock wave has a number of effects on the tissue. In the process of calcification, calcium deposits are building up in muscles and tendons. The overpressure phase of the shock wave is disrupting and subsequently absorbing them via the vascular and lymphatic system. Therapy changes the blood supply to the area, local hyperemia develops and the process of neovascularization (formation of new blood vessels) begins. Mechanical energy, applied vertically to the muscle fibers direction, relaxes them and the actin-myosin bonds are released. It is proven that shock wave supports stem cell differentiation and is beneficial for the quality of bone and fibrous structures. The analgesic effect of the shock wave therapy is significant and is based on reducing the sensitivity of the fibers carrying informations related to pain, influencing inhibitory interneurons and other neurophysiological and biochemical processes such as reducing the release of the P substance which can last up to 6 weeks after application – thus providing long-term pain relief *.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://lucas.boutique/blogs/our-story/ocean","date":"2017-07-27T06:37:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549427749.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20170727062229-20170727082229-00620.warc.gz","language_score":0.9646204710006714,"token_count":95,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-30__0__35460991","lang":"en","text":"The questions that used to bother me at times, do not weight anything before the immensity of a wake so close to the sky and filler with the wind of the sea. Bernard Moitessier\nGrowing up sailing was part of may weekly routine. I have was born by the ocean. There are no words to describe the immensity of the vast space in front of you, and how it make you feel. But surely it is source of real and beautiful inspiration.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://justagirlandherthoughts.com/about/","date":"2022-06-25T20:55:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103036099.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220625190306-20220625220306-00037.warc.gz","language_score":0.968222439289093,"token_count":281,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__94473459","lang":"en","text":"Hey you! Welcome to My Little Creative World!\nAllow me to introduce myself! My name is Tori and I happen to be the wonderful writer (and owner) of this little blog site. Now, I know it doesn’t look like much, but I guarantee in time it will be. Here I am going to share my writing pieces, my random thoughts/opinions, and even ask for some feedback from you guys the readers and viewers of this site. Now, please do not take this blogging site as a way of me seeking attention, because it’s nothing of that sort…I promise! I am simply wanting to share my creativity and connect with other writings in the community. There are SO many different forms of creativity to show and share, so I am quite excited for what lies ahead.\nHowever, as I am doing this, I would like my readers and viewers to know a little bit about me.\nSo as we journey together though this blog site, you’ll get to know some things about me, and I hope maybe I can learn some things about you.\nLastly, if there is ever something you want me to blog about or something you would like to even write about, please leave me a message and I will get to it as soon as possible.\nThank you and I look forward to exploring my creative world with you!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://banescointernacional.com/details-of-essay-writing-skills-with-readings/","date":"2024-02-25T21:04:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474643.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225203035-20240225233035-00142.warc.gz","language_score":0.9369766712188721,"token_count":784,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__102607957","lang":"en","text":"The Upside to Essay Writing Skills with Readings\nA thesis is the principal argument of your essay. You have to supply a bibliography for all of the sources that you used to ready the essay. You’ll realize that the paraphrase is inaccurate.\nInstead, you may use your journal for a place to brainstorm and form your points. If you would like to acquire high excellent research and thesis papers in time and for an affordable price, you should probably try out using EssaySupply.com. You might also want to suggest additional research or comment on things that it wasn’t possible that you discuss in the paper.\nTop Essay Writing Skills with Readings Choices\nWho knew essay writing might be so tough. You’ve got to believe thoroughly what you’re likely to reflect in the essay. You may easily buy unique college essays and don’t neglect to tell friends and family about it.\nWriting papers in college expects that you produce sophisticated, complex, and even creative methods of. Topics can change depending on your majors. Analysis https://water.usgs.gov/education.html essays are known to be among the hardest to write.\nBesides offering somewhere to save all of your valuable eBooks, the eBook reader software even supply you with a huge number of attributes so as to increase your eBook reading experience in comparison to the conventional paper books. It’ll be helpful to truly have a terrific eBook reader so as to truly have a superior reading experience and premium quality eBook display. It’s going be useful to have an amazing eBook reader to be in a position to have an excellent reading experience and higher high quality eBook display.\nWith deductive reasoning, along with offering supporting details after the generalized main concept, the author will often attempt to apply the overall statement at the beginning to the particular statements that follow. Reading also helps one to find the present in connection to the past and the future and so develops a historical perspective. www.same-day-essays.net It’s always best to know how an assignment fits in the suggestions and practices you’ve studied in the topic.\nThe Essay Writing Skills with Readings Chronicles\nReading skills are indispensable to be successful in society. Bad reading skills can cause an individual’s social exclusion. Literature students read a good deal.\nTell our experts what sort of homework help on the internet you want to get. Explain why each part of communication abilities and report writing is essential to an accountant’s professional career. You don’t need to fret about your personal details that may be viewed, as we handle the matter on a safe network.\nThe Good, the Bad and Essay Writing Skills with Readings\nEvery student necessitates help with homework from time to time. As a consequence of reading books over a time period, a learning procedure is formed. To put it differently analytical work is likely from you.\nImagine that you’re a school principal faced with the job of making policy for your school. In conclusion, in order to analyze a literary piece, you require the ability to be in a position to read between the lines of the job. In eighth grade, students utilize every phase of the writing procedure and continue to construct their understanding of writing conventions.\nRuthless Essay Writing Skills with Readings Strategies Exploited\nBooks are fantastic assassins of boredom. Creative writing often uses extended metaphors. Academic writing isn’t an effortless thing.\nAdditionally, having the capability to evaluate an essay for the strength of its reasoning is a fantastic skill to get. The absolute most important factor to keep in mind is that you’re writing a research paper and not an essay! When you’ve given yourself a good foundation to work with, you can start to craft your essay.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ministrymagazine.transistor.fm/episodes","date":"2020-02-16T20:22:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875141396.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20200216182139-20200216212139-00482.warc.gz","language_score":0.9752103090286255,"token_count":332,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__116580195","lang":"en","text":"I have had the privilege of becoming acquainted with and ministering to members of the disabled community and their families, as well as their caregivers. Blessings and opportunities for spiritual growth await a congregation willing to prayerfully minister with Christian love and acceptance to the disabled.\nIn my first three years of ministry, I was committed to preaching—but not to sermon preparation. The result was dozens of halfhearted sermons prepared the night before to be endured by the dear saints. It took a Damascus Road experience to make me realize that if I sincerely wanted God to...\nIf telling stories was good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for us.\n“But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth” (John 16:13a, NIV).\nI was working at Agona-Ashanti Secondary School in Ghana when it happened. While I was speaking with Dr. Joseph Addai, the school chaplain, his son suddenly burst into tears. “Why is he crying?” I asked. The father conversed with his son, then turned to me, laughing...\nDo I really recognize the treasure I’ve been given in the Word of God? Is spending time in prayer and meditating on God’s Word more precious than all my earthly pursuits?\nWhy not give Him the woes in your life and ministry? Remember, His work in us is accomplished “ ‘not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of hosts” (Zech. 4:6, NKJV).","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"http://makemebelieve18.blogspot.com/2011/05/chapter-8.html","date":"2018-07-21T13:43:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592579.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20180721125703-20180721145703-00008.warc.gz","language_score":0.9874738454818726,"token_count":4558,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__54313747","lang":"en","text":"Hope Everyone is having a great holiday weekend here in the states!! If you see one of our military personnel, make sure you say thank you for our freedom. I have a few friends serving across the seas, and I'm sure many of you do also, so let's keep them in our thoughts and prayers!!\nAnd you never would have thought in the end how amazing it feels just to live again.\nShould’ve done something, but I’ve done it enough.\nBy the way your hands were shaking, rather waste sometime with you.\n“This has to be the creepiest ass place I’ve ever been to!” I whispered as I walked between Brad and James. 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He and Brad even pulled a few pranks on the youngsters of the team.\nWe were in Philly for our day off and the Eastern State Penitentiary was part of the team scavenger hunt. Even on the outside the place looked creepy and as soon as we walked through the doors I felt the hair on my body stand up at a tension.\n“She’s gonna have bad dreams for the next couple weeks,” Brad chirped over to James who was laughing unmercifully at me as I walked in a crouched position.\n“Good thing Burish has the camera for this part, otherwise all the fans would end up getting sick from her shaking camera shots,” Jamie laughed getting in on the act of picking on me.\n“Shush you youngin’!” I whispered loudly. I jumped when my echo came back to me. What made it even worse was Burish’s phone ringing loudly at the same time. I know for a fact I wasn’t the only person in the group that jumped at the sudden burst of noise.\n“Hey, Rachel,” Adam growled into the phone. It had to have been the 10th time today she had called and it was only 3pm. At first I found it kind of funny, but then I realized that I wasn’t wishing ill thoughts on Adam, it was Rachel that I disliked and Adam that I felt bad for.\nThe bitch almost ruined my trip with the team by spreading lies about me to the front office. She had the nerve to say that I was handing in false time records and not doing my assigned jobs (i.e. Program Selling). She was right; I wasn’t selling programs because Jimmy needed me to taking care of the music on game nights. Interns with specific job game duties were exempt, which if I was a normal intern in this position I would have more than enough time to sell programs. However with my assigned duties, it was not possible for me to be two places at once. Once Jimmy cleared it up with the intern-supervisor, I was good to go again. But of course my work-load was upped once again because now I had to submit a full list of my team activities for the week. Even though the supervisor said I wasn’t being punished, it sure as hell did feel like I was. They basically wanted to keep tabs on me to make sure I wasn’t “free lancing my time.” It just made me mad that a big stink needed to be made of things. She was literally making things hell and I was soon going to say my piece to Adam.\n“So, I want to take you to dinner tonight…” James whispered in my ear as we walked back out into the cold winter air.\n“I can’t. I have to stay back in the room and work on editing today’s activities so I can send them to Jimmy to post on the website,” I grimaced, really just wanting to spend some alone time with James.\n“Fine, then we are getting take-out and I’ll sit in the room with you. I promise to behave,” he said with a wiggle of the eyebrows.\n“It’s not you that I’m worried about on the misbehavior part. You have all that hockey discipline,” I joked as we walked up to\nBroad Street to go to the Art Museum for our next clue.\n“I don’t have much discipline around you,” he chuckled. “Especially when I have to stare at your ass in those jeans while walking up the steps in the Penitentiary,” he said in a low voice.\n“James Neal!” I exclaimed, smacking him in the stomach. “I’m shocked you have such dirty thoughts.”\n“It’s your fault.”\n“What?! For putting clothing on this morning?”\nHe paused for a moment. “Nah, it probably would have been worse if you walked down to breakfast naked.”\n“That’s what I figured,” I snickered, walking a little faster to catch up with our group.\nIt was weird having my girlfriend along for the road-trip. It was almost a little awkward at times because she had to be professional and actually get work done. My only job was to sleep, play games and relax in between. Of course when I wanted to relax she was busy with work. I was glad when the game in Philly was over and we were on a plane headed to\n, away from anything that had to do with the team. Canada\nI looked down at her as she was sleeping peacefully against my shoulder, holding my hand. As soon as we were in the taxi to the airport she was back to her affectionate way and my girlfriend again. If she actually got a job with the organization and things work out for us, it was going to take a little getting used to the fact that there were times she had other things to worry about besides me. She was not going to be the WAG’s that just stood by and waiting for their men to come home. Hanna was independent and focused on getting a job that she could support herself with; something that made me very proud to be bringing her home to my family.\n“James!” my Mom yelled and waved frantically as we walked out from getting out luggage.\nAs I tried hard to keep a smile on my face as the heat rose up my neck from being slightly embarrassed, Hanna just giggled and said, “I can tell you didn’t get your shy-ness from your mom! I like her already!”\nI just rolled my eyes and snorted at Hanna’s comment.\nSoon I was hugging my mom tightly, breathing in her familiar scent of honeysuckle that always reminded me of her. “Hey Mom, I missed you,” I said sincerely.\n“Missed you too, James,” she said in a voice that told me she was about ready to cry. I pulled back quickly and introduced Hanna before she could make a scene.\n“Mom, meet my girlfriend Hanna,” I announced as I pulled a smiling Hanna in front of me with her arm already stretched out to shake my mom’s hand.\n“Look how beautiful you are!” My mom gushed, causing Hanna to blush this time. “Hunnie, put your hand away, you get a hug!”\nI just stepped back and watched the scene unfold as both women were giggling as they embraced. After hugs and introductions were done we headed to my hometown of\n. I was glad my mom let me drive because she and Hanna didn’t shut up the whole way to the house. It was safer because my mom constantly uses her hands to talk, so I imagine we would have most likely hit something or someone if she would have been driving. Whitby\n“I can’t believe it took him two weeks to actually make a move!” My mom exclaimed, causing me to smack my head with my hand. If I would have been stopped I probably would have used the steering wheel. “He’s always been shy around women, but was always the most sensitive out of all 3 boys. He just needs to be shown that love can be a real thing.”\nMaybe this was a bad mistake on bringing her here. But then again, I wouldn’t trade seeing my mother for anything in the world. She was right, I just needed to be shown that love is real.\n“You kids hungry?” Mom asked as I pulled into the driveway of my parent’s home.\n“Yes.” I blurted out.\n“Glad to see some things never change,” Mom laughed as she got out of the Expedition.\nI always love coming home and taking a deep breath when I step through the front door, the smell brings back all the memories like they happened yesterday. I couldn’t help but grab Hanna’s hand and take her straight down to my room.\n“Where are you taking me?!” she squeaked.\n“My room! I have all kinds of things to show you,” I said excitedly. If I knew Hanna as much as I thought I knew her in the last few weeks, I figured she would appreciate checking out all my old trophies and photos.\n“Oh my God! Your mom hasn’t changed your room since you’ve gone pro, has she?” she asked, clapping her hand over her mouth as she inspected my trophies and posters around the room.\n“Nope,” I said as I plopped down on my bed to relax as I watched her take it all in.\n“Look how cute you and your brothers look!” she squeaked as her eye caught the picture of me, Michael and Peter on the ice together when we were in PeeWee. “It’s like a shrine of you,” she turned around with a big smile on her face. “I’m pretty sure you came home here just so that you could get your ‘I’m James Neal, the greatest hockey player that has ever lived!’ Wouldn’t want you to lose that swagger after not scoring on this away trip,” she teased, turning back towards my pictures. I didn’t say anything, I just left her babble as I was enjoyed her reactions. “Lookin’ pretty smokin’ here in your prom picture, Nealer. Definitely the ladies man. What was her name?”\n“Kari,” I said evenly, trying not to break the spell. “She was my neighbor growing up, not even my girlfriend.”\n“She’s with my best buddy, Boll.”\n“Boll, as in Jared Boll?”\n“Yup. I hooked them up.”\n“Cool,” she said as she fingered my gold medal from the Under20 Championship. “I remember watching this game with a couple of my friends and family, I didn’t remember that you were on the team,” she reminisced.\n“I had no points and got put in the penalty box a couple times for stupid things,” I said with a silly smile. “But I earned that medal just as much as the next guy.”\n“Definitely would never pick on you about not getting any points. What an honor to be selected by your country,” she said thoughtfully as she looked up at the team picture.\nI couldn’t stand watching her any longer; it hit me suddenly that I needed to be near her. I got up quietly from the bed, walked up behind her and wrapped my arms around her. She leaned her head back against my shoulder and sighed. “Was there ever a time where your life wasn’t about hockey?” she asked quietly.\nI took in a deep breath and sighed, “Yeah. Right now.”\nShe looked up at me with her milk chocolate eyes and blinked a few times.\n“I think I’m falling for you, Hanna,” I said evenly as I stared into her eyes. “I know I probably sound stupid saying that I ‘think’ but I’ve honestly never been in love before. However, I’m thinking that if there is such a thing, this could be it.”\n“That was a very honest answer,” she said with a smile. “I don’t use the word lightly, and obviously you don’t either.”\n“No, no I don’t because frankly, I haven’t really believed it was possible until now.”\nShe turned around in my arms to face me, never breaking eye contact. “I’m falling for you too, James,” she said in a barely audible whisper as she caressed my cheek, lightly with her hand. I felt like I was standing in another universe as the realization of the words we just exchanged hit me. I let my arms slide down her back and rested them low on her waist, pulling her firmly against me as I kissed her gently. After 2-3 easy kisses they became harder and needier. Soon she was wrapped around me, moaning into my mouth as I pressed her against the wall of the bedroom.\nWithout hesitation, I ran my hands up under the layers that kept me from getting to her breasts. When my hands swept over her heavy breasts, she left out a little cry of pleasure. A moment later I found myself leaving out a similar noise as I felt her hand slide down the front of my jeans, applying pressure to my now hardened length.\n“Don’t start what you can’t finish, Neal,” she warned.\nI looked over at the clock on my table and saw it would at least be another 20 minutes until my dad got home from work. “Can you promise to be quiet this time?” I whispered as I turned back around to face her.\nShe bit her lip and nodded her head feverishly. A second later I was running over to my bedroom door locking it and stripping down as I did. When I turned back around I found her lying already naked on my bed with her dark hair sprawled out like a halo around her head. I couldn’t help but groan as pulled her down and off the bed, making sure my squeaky bed springs wouldn’t give things away. I’m fucking 23 years old and here I am basically sneaking around to have sex with my girlfriend. How pathetic.\nOnce she was situated on the floor with pillows and a blanket under her, I pressed between her legs and slid my thick length into her. It had been a couple days since we had sex because there hadn’t been much time on the road trip, so I couldn’t help but leave out a silent moan as my eyes rolled back in my head when I felt her welcoming warmth. “You feel like home,” I murmured into her ear and I thrusted deep into her, setting a pace to be reckoned with. Every time I bottomed out in her she left out little gasps of pleasure and I could feel her fingers press harder in my back with each hit.\n“Kiss me or I’m going to give us away,” she moaned, pawing at me to turn my head so that she could have my lips.\nI couldn’t help but smile as I pressed my lips to hers, feeling her pussy tighten around my dick, pulling me over the edge with her. I pumped deep into her, making sure all of me poured into her as I parted lips and whispered, “You are amazing Hanna Richards.”\n“You are tooooo,” she drew out as quietly as she could as another convulsion seemed to rip through her.\nDefinitely felt a little awkward walking upstairs to meet his father after just having a down and dirty sex session on his bedroom floor. I’m glad we had it though because I didn’t know how much longer I was going to last. The last couple days had been torture from being around him and not really being able to show him much affection when all I wanted to do was be glued to his dick.\n“Glad to see my son isn’t gay,” his dad joked as he shook my hand.\nI couldn’t help but chirp back, “My sex-change doctors did a great job on my surgery didn’t they?”\nHis dad stood there for a couple long ass seconds before busting up laughing and clapping me on the shoulder. “Oh Hanna, you are gonna fit in here just right!”\nDinner was full of stories about James when he was younger and me talking about my life in PEI and college. I was glad to see that both of our families seemed so much alike, making me feel even more comfortable with the fact that I was with a man that was brought up with the same values as I was.\nAfter dinner James decided that he wanted to take a ride into town on the snowmobile.\n“I don’t have a snowsuit,” I informed him as he began bouncing around the house finding all of his own gear.\n“I’m sure mom has extra stuff around here,” he yelled loud enough for his mom to hear.\n“Oh, yes dear! Come upstairs and I will give you one of the suits the boys grew out of,” she said as she took my hand. I stood at the top of the attic steps as she pulled out a couple suits. She finally held one up that looked like it fit. “This looks like it might be a match,” she said cheerfully. “This was James’ when he was in Jr. High.”\nI giggled as I took it, finding it a little sad how short I was compared to him. Before I turned to walk down the steps his mom put a hand on my shoulder and said, “Hanna, I just wanted to say something to you.”\n“Yes?” I asked, a little nervous she was going to say that I was a wicked witch that didn’t belong to her son.\n“I’m so glad he’s found you. He sounds happy every time I call him now and seeing you two together proves that he is the happiest he has ever been. Don’t let him push you away. Just put your foot down if you need to, sometimes he needs a good kick in the ass,” she said quietly with a smile.\n“I might break my foot if I kick him,” I joked.\nWe ended up laughing all the way down the stairs to find James already waiting for me in his suit.\n“I’m roasting down here while you two talk about me?! Let’s get a move on, ladies!” he protested.\nSoon I found myself sitting in front of him on the snowmobile as he took me into town. The weather in\nhad spoiled me because I could have sworn it felt like hell had frozen over by the time we stopped at a little bar with other snowmobiles lined up outside. Dallas\nWe walked into the dimly lit bar and I found that my snowsuit was not out of place amongst the other visitors. We took a corner booth, James sitting on the same side, right next to me. I couldn’t help but smile over at him.\n“This is nice,” I said as he took my hands into mine, trying to warm them.\n“The bar or you and me?” he asked with a silly grin.\n“Both, but mainly you and me being able to be a real couple; it’s definitely like living in a fish bowl in\nHe left out a snort.\n“Loui said basically the same thing. He said it would be good for us to have a little time away from everything, to get out of the fish bowl.”\n“Well I’m glad we have gotten away…”\n“I can’t wait until summer,” he said with a sly smile.\n“Cause you are going to look good at the lake in a bikini,” he grinned.\nAnd his dad thought he was gay.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://2r24.com/101-famous-quotes-from-alice-in-wonderland/","date":"2018-01-19T01:30:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084887692.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20180119010338-20180119030338-00713.warc.gz","language_score":0.8256957530975342,"token_count":330,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__154098881","lang":"en","text":"Have fun with Alice in Wonderland. Take a step back from reality and live the in fantasy, the magic that comes from within.\nDo You Love\nIf You Do, Then Here’s Some\nYou Can Now Put The Magic Of Wonderland\n“Curiouser and curiouser”\nHave you ever wondered where does a famous quote like “Curiouser and curiouser!” come from?\nYou might know that it is from the Alice in Wonderland -book, but do you know exactly what made Alice voice these famous words?\nThese Quirky, Illustrated Quotes Will Take You\n|Be the Alice in Wonderland Expert at Parties|\n|Challenge Your Friends with a Quiz|\n|Spice Up Small Talk & Conversation|\n|Find New Meanings in a Quote|\n|Get Inspired by the Wisdom of Alice|\n|Pick Your Alice Quote For the Day|\n|Brighten Up Your Friend’s Mood|\n|Use a Witty Quote in a Wedding Speech|\n|Great for Scrapbooking and Card Making|\n|Lighten Up Business Meetings and Presentations|\n|Post Them To Your Facebook or Twitter|\nThese Quotes are Humorous and Enlightening,\na Wonderful Mix of Satire and Wisdom.\nThey are Quirky and Intriguing,\nFull of Meaning and Life’s Philosophy.\nHere Are Just a Few of the Fantastical,\nWho wouldn’t enjoy more fun in their lives? Put a smile on the face of the people in your life with these famous quotes.","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://psychotoons.net/apps/blog/show/20919245-everything-had-to-fit-together-like-a-jigsaw-puzzle?siteId=36859234&locale=en-US","date":"2022-07-02T16:44:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104189587.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20220702162147-20220702192147-00332.warc.gz","language_score":0.987462043762207,"token_count":525,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__148644214","lang":"en","text":"Your Cart is Empty\nThere was an error with PayPalClick here to try again\nThank you for your business!You should be receiving an order confirmation from Paypal shortly.Exit Shopping Cart\n|Posted on December 12, 2012 at 2:15 PM|\nMy task was to make a list of words to jog my memory. I knew I was a top down learner, that is I had to see the whole picture first as I could not remember details without it. I had to have the concepts first to give enough meaning to the details so I could recognize them. A fresh list of words was meaningless to me, but if each word was a character in a concept story I could recognize it. I could recognize the word as part of a story and the story would give me the definition. It was the story that I had to have first. I had to make psychology a story, a story of the making of concepts. In a sense I had to understand the concepts better then others in order to remember the details, or to recognize the details. My masters degree had made me take all the different theories of counseling and melt out the universal core theory, what they all had in common. That way I could remember the individual theories not by all the details and different terms they used but by how their concepts differed from the universal core. I now had to do this for all the theories in psychology. Every thing had to fit together in a progressive story of concepts.\nThis was not an easy task. I set about it for weeks, diagrams of how concepts fit together into one story. The diagrams I made in high school to remember lectures had prepared me. Even all the verbal stories my grandmother had told me now helped. All my unsung hero's lessons and love had prepared me to do a task I was really unable to do without their past help. They had given me the courage to try.\nFinally the list was complete, the list of words were the mountain top peaks in a journey from the rudimentary concepts of psychology to different valleys of different throes but all one landscape, diagrams of details glued together by common concepts, like streams going into bigger and bigger rivers but all in the same system. I took my list to the director. He glanced at it and he approved it. I was scheduled to take the exams again. I was on top of the world again. Life is ups and downs. The tragedy to follow I did not foresee.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.sabbathrest.net/post/let-it-go-let-it-go-let-it-go-leaving-the-past-and-going-forward-today","date":"2024-02-25T09:23:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474594.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225071740-20240225101740-00504.warc.gz","language_score":0.947108268737793,"token_count":1522,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__43558892","lang":"en","text":"If you have children or grandchildren, you’ve probably seen the movie “Frozen” – many times. The theme song was “Let it go, Let it go, Let it go.” Kind of like leaving 2021 and headed into the New Year. Before we can focus on the new, we have to let go of the past. Easier said than done. Or, at least that’s been a challenge for me.\nI used to say frequently to others (and myself) in counseling when discussing getting past our past, “Go to Lowes, get a ladder and get over it.” Your past and my past are different, but the principle of simply getting past our past challenges are universal.\nWhat’s in your past that you need to get over so that the New Year can be more fruitful on your journey with HIM? What do you need to deal with, instead of kicking the proverbial can down the road? Whatever “IT” is, we have to deal with our past in order to get past our past.\nPaul says it this way in a couple of scriptures: “Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: FORGETTING what is BEHIND and straining toward what is AHEAD.” (Philippians 3:13) “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us THROW OFF EVERYTHING that HINDERS and the sin that so EASILY ENTANGLES, and let us run with perseverance the RACE marked out for us. (Hebrews 12:1).\nWHAT - It could be a SIN – sincere confession and repentance is the answer. Jesus died for my sins, iniquities, shame, etc. The question isn’t, will HE forgive, it’s will I confess and receive HIS forgiveness and grace. It could be a habit or STRONGHOLD that requires us humbling ourselves and seeking help. It could be a RELATIONSHIP that brings up past memories that may require granting and receiving forgiveness from others. Whatever the past, we ultimately will find help in SURRENDERING that situation to Him. It’s above our paygrade to change anyone, but we can make truth choices that sets us free.\nWe Are Products of Our Past, But We Don’t Have to Be Prisoners of It\nWHY should we put the past in our past? We can’t run the race effectively with a backpack (baggage) strapped to our bodies. We can’t carry the weight of yesterday and today simultaneously. You can’t run the race pulling junk from the past. Have you ever seen a runner in a race pulling something behind him? We can’t drive forward looking through the rear windshield? We must deal with our past in order to get past our past.\nHOW to let it go. Some SUGGESTIONS ….1 - It begins with our CHOICES. I can’t choose all the circumstances that occurred in my past, or present, yet I’m RESPONSE-ABLE… for how I respond to my circumstances. Forgiveness is a great priority in being a follower of Christ. Forgiveness is a choice, not an emotion. When we forgive others, it’s like taking the arrow (root cause) out of our soul which allows healing to begin. Choosing to forgive is for our good, not the other person. Surrender that relationship to the Lord. It’s above our pay-grade to change anyone.\nI Can’t Choose All My Past Circumstances, But I’m RESPONSE-ABLE For How I Respond to My Circumstances\n2 – Realize that Quality CHANGE occurs ONE DAY at a TIME. God told Israel when they entered the Promised Land “ LITTLE by LITTLE I will drive them (enemies) out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.” (Exodus 23:30) What are the giants in your promise land? Proverbs 13:1l tells us, “… he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.” Real change that lasts doesn’t happen in one moment; it’s a process. I remember reading a quote from John Maxwell, “You will never change your life until you change something YOU DO DAILY.” Change begins with a choice, but it’s not a one-time occurrence, it’s a continuous process. I made the decision to become a follower of Christ decades ago, but I manage that decision one day at a time.\n3 – QUIT Rehearsing or Talking About IT and begin SPEAKING God’s Truth over your Situation. HOW by allowing the Word to become part of us; to change us. ISRAEL was delivered in one day from Egypt, but it took 40 years to get Egypt out of the Israelites. Have you ever noticed that when you talk about a “past” hurt or offense, that you tend to relive it to some degree? Your emotions get stirred up. Am I the only one who experiences that? I don’t think so. Quit talking about your past and begin to declare what God says about your future. It’s easier to control your tongue than your mind.\nQuit saying I can’t and begin to say I can…..”I can do all things through Christ…” (Philip 4:13), “God has not given me a spirit of fear, but power, love and a sound mind.” (2 Tim. 1:7), “….you have overcome them, because the one who is in you (me) is greater than ..” (1 John 4:4) I encourage you speak God’s Word over you, your family and your life, rather than speaking your past over and over. “The tongue has the power of life and death…” (Proverbs 18:21). Our words can build us up, or tear us down.\nIt’s Easier to Control Your Tongue Than Your Mind\nOur DAILY Bread – the twenty-four-hour Rule. I read that Emmitt Smith, the NFL hall of famer who holds the record for rushing yardage (18,355 yards), has something he called the twenty-four-hour RULE. We can only imagine the pain (physical and emotional) he entertained with both the joy of winning and the agony of defeat over his long career. How did he do it? He said, \"one play at a time, one yard at a time and one game at a time.\" Win or lose, he gave himself a twenty-four-hour span to savor the victory or let go of the defeat. Wow, there's a life-lesson for all of us on our journey with Christ.\nWhat is it that you need to let go of as we leave 2021 and enter 2022? Before you can focus on the present, you have to deal with your past. Do it God’s way, instead of your way.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://musicethnographybayarea.wordpress.com/researchers/2013-2014/israel-mcmullin/","date":"2018-07-20T12:47:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591596.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20180720115631-20180720135631-00030.warc.gz","language_score":0.970282793045044,"token_count":132,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__63285291","lang":"en","text":"Israel is a PhD. student in the Department of Classics at Stanford on Language and Literature track. He received his BA in Classics and MA in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies from the University of New Mexico. His main research interests are in Archaic poetry, especially the Archaic tradition of competitive performance and its effect on the production of poetry. He is currently beginning his dissertation research under the direction of Richard P. Martin on the construction of intimacy within the Iliad and Odyssey. He also enjoys spending time with his family, exploring the natural areas around campus, and, thanks to this course, collecting garage-rock vinyl and going to shows in San Francisco.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://pencilteer.blogspot.com/2011_05_15_archive.html","date":"2018-07-19T11:10:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590866.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20180719105750-20180719125750-00403.warc.gz","language_score":0.9703066945075989,"token_count":991,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__19539159","lang":"en","text":"Joy looks at the pile of scrubs in the laundry room floor and runs her hands through her short hair. “Not tonight.” She mumbles. Closing the door, she heads for the kitchen and the bottle of wine that is calling her name.\nSettling on the couch, she uncorks the wine and flips on the TV. A groan escapes her lips at the knock at the front door. “Who the hell can that be?” They had been in the apartment only a few weeks. Maybe Jared sent flowers for my birthday. She springs over the back of the couch and dances to the front door.\nPeeking out the window, her heart drops to her feet. She crouches down before she can be seen. How did he find me? I thought I had more time! Her heart races as she takes another look. Her hands curl into fists. I do. I have another year.\nTaking a deep breath, she stands and straightens her stained t-shirt. She looks out the window again. A shiver runs down her spine and wonders if she should wake up Jared, but quickly decides against it. She can handle this.\nLeaving the security chain on the door, she opens it a crack. “Go away.” She says in a firm whisper.\nHe chuckles. “Ah, come on girl. It ain’t so bad. It’s inevitable.” He reaches in and caresses her hand with his long gray fingers.\n“NO!” She tries to slam the door, but he’s too strong. Breaking the chain, he pushes he’s way into the small apartment.\nShe’s ready for him. She crouches in an ‘Angry Flamingo’ kung-fu stance. “Come on, then.” Joy motions with her hand. “Let’s dance.”\nHe takes a flying leap at her, but Joy sees it coming and does a back flip, catching him under the chin with both feet. His head snaps back, stopping him in mid-flight. She can feel his teeth breaking with the impact of her kick.\nHe springs to his feet, seemingly unaffected by the bone crunching blow. He smiles at her through the blood and the broken teeth. “Really, I think you’re over reacting, my dear.”\nJoy grabs the skillet she used to reheat 20 pounds of chicken Mc-nuggets for Jared’s late night snack. “It’s not my time, Forty. I have another year.” She cartwheels over the couch and smashes the side of Forty’s face with the cast iron skillet.\nForty pulls his head from the sheetrock and cackles. The side of his head is caved in, clumps of gray matter drip from his open skull hitting the floor in wet plops. He reaches a hand on each side of his jaw and wrenches his head back in place with the sound of popping cartilage. “OK. OK.” He holds up his hands. “I can see there’s no changing your mind.”\nJoy’s shoulders slump, the skillet drops to the couch.\nForty, seeing his chance, charges with his arms extended, he clamps his long finger around Joy’s throat.\nJoy’s blue eyes widen in surprise. She holds on to Forty’s boney shoulders and drops onto her back, her feet catch him in the crouch. He drops to his knees. Grabbing a fist full of hair, Joy drags Forty to the front door and heaves his broken body down the flight of stairs. She holds up her bloody fists to the sky and shouts, “I’m 39! Come back next year Forty and we’ll dance again!”\nShe walks back into the apartment and closes the door.\n“Huh, honey?” Jared shuffles out of the bedroom rubbing his head. “What’s going on?” He looks at the hole in the living room wall.\nJoy quickly hides her bloody hands behind her back and gives him a tight smile. “Oh, got a little carried away….” Her voice trails off as Jared spies the skillet on the couch.\n“With….” He prompts.\n“Home renovations done with every day kitchen appliances.”\nJared blinks and scratches his crotch. “Whatever. You want to go out for your birthday?”\nJoy glances sideways at the front door. “No, let’s stay in.”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://spiritualityforimmortality.net/Aruokun_Commune/Bylaws/Books/books.html","date":"2017-12-11T07:16:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948512584.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20171211071340-20171211091340-00552.warc.gz","language_score":0.8452063798904419,"token_count":213,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__116897719","lang":"en","text":"This Book is about universal human consciousness, religion, supernatural creativity, and spirituality – illustrated with the African. The issues (Based on US tour, 2008) analyzed, and for which solutions are propounded include:\nA person loses control when a victim of Spiritual, Psychic, Spiritual, and Ritual Abuse.\nFurthermore, we have no control because a “black hole” exists in our thoughts about life and existence - not defined from within. My humble contribution for this is the metaphysics of HOMOTHEISM.\nThe paradigm is, “Whatsoever one wills shall be fulfilled through the instrumentality of Ebo.” Our African or black race, among other races, has special needs that flows from this.\nRecommended for students: Religion/Ethnic & Tribal, Ethnopsychology, African American/History\nDahra Hargaalga “Take Over Control Without Physical Violence” (TOC) available (here)\nBIOSOPHY: Path To Realistic Predictions In Life Without Death","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://iglesiarusa.info/?p=1510","date":"2023-12-09T02:16:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100781.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209004202-20231209034202-00119.warc.gz","language_score":0.9677174091339111,"token_count":587,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__13487694","lang":"en","text":"But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons (Gal. 4. 4-5).\nBy His ineffable and inscrutable providence and love, the pre-eternal Son of God descends from heaven and, for our salvation, becomes incarnate in the womb of the most pure Virgin. Without ceasing to be perfect God, He becomes perfect man.\nAlmost the whole world, even that which does not consider itself Christian, celebrates this event. For the majority, it is just some kind of carnal and commercial bacchanalia celebrated by partying and feasting with an excessive consumption of food and drink, and the exchange of gifts, where the central place is occupied not by the Divine Infant, but by Santa Claus. If this is what our celebration is limited to, then this year, because of the epidemic which now rages worldwide, we will be deprived even of that.\nAs Christians, however, we should know from the Apostle Paul, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Rom. 8:38-39). Indeed the pandemic has deprived us of much, but it could not, cannot, and will not deprive us of Christ.\nIt has taken friends and family from us. Here in Latin America, because of it, we Orthodox Christians, and especially our brother Serbs, have lost the spiritual guidance and earthly support of our apostle, our luminary, our spiritual beacon of light, our beloved Metropolitan Amfilohije, but in him we now have a heavenly patron and intercessor. He was born on the feast of the Nativity and lived his life by Christ’s Gospel. Spiritually he lived the mystery of Bethlehem; his heart was truly a field of Bethlehem, where angels of the Lord proclaimed glad tidings of man’s salvation; it became the grotto of Bethlehem, where the Son of God is born and worshiped; it was truly God’s habitation, where the newborn Christ continued to abide and act. His life and actions bore witness to this fact, shining like the star of Bethlehem, and drawing all, like magi, to the newly born Son of God.\nThe Newborn Divine Infant calls us also, to partake of this great mystery, and in this life to abide in Him, and in eternity to receive the salvation to which He now comes to call us.\nPeople of God, Christ is Born!\nJohn, Bishop of Caracas and South America","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://gardeksfreakworld.tumblr.com/tagged/lady-mechanika","date":"2014-10-22T09:35:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507446525.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005726-00250-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9781776070594788,"token_count":188,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__165200633","lang":"en","text":"This is the cover to issue four of Lady Machanika by Kenneth Rocafort, the artist of Red Hood and the Outlaws. With the release of ever new issue I try to collect as many variant covers as possible. They’re interesting works of art. My only peeve is the awful delay between issues. It seems like ages pass between releases. More than once I believed the series to be canceled but it is good to see that there is still an interest in the story. Unfortunately, in order to find the variant covers worth collecting one needs to purchase a copy of the book on the day of release since it sells rather quickly. I’m going to cross my fingers and hope that I arrive in time to obtain an issue baring the Kenneth Rocafort cover. Rocafort’s art is remarkable and the visuals that he provides are the only reason that I held on to Red Hood and the Outlaws.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://electronics.bellafavor.com/killers-of-the-flower-moon-the-osage-murders-and-the-birth-of-the-fbi/","date":"2021-05-15T11:11:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991801.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20210515100825-20210515130825-00498.warc.gz","language_score":0.9478155970573425,"token_count":964,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__58604652","lang":"en","text":"Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI\n\"Disturbing and riveting...It will sear your soul.\" —Dave Eggers, New York Times Book Review\nShelf Awareness’s Best Book of 2017\nNamed a best book of the year by Wall Street Journal, GQ, Time, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly, NPR's Maureen Corrigan, NPR's \"On Point\", Vogue.com, Smithsonian, Cosmopolitan, Seattle Times, Bloomberg, Library Journal, Paste, Book Browse\nFrom New Yorker staff writer David Grann, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Lost City of Z, a twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history\nIn the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe.\nThen, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more members of the tribe began to die under mysterious circumstances.\nIn this last remnant of the Wild West—where oilmen like J. P. Getty made their fortunes and where desperadoes like Al Spencer, the “Phantom Terror,” roamed—many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll climbed to more than twenty-four, the FBI took up the case. It was one of the organization’s first major homicide investigations and the bureau badly bungled the case. In desperation, the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including one of the only American Indian agents in the bureau. The agents infiltrated the region, struggling to adopt the latest techniques of detection. Together with the Osage they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.\nIn Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann revisits a shocking series of crimes in which dozens of people were murdered in cold blood. Based on years of research and startling new evidence, the book is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, as each step in the investigation reveals a series of sinister secrets and reversals. But more than that, it is a searing indictment of the callousness and prejudice toward American Indians that allowed the murderers to operate with impunity for so long. Killers of the Flower Moon is utterly compelling, but also emotionally devastating.\nThe Amazon Editors' Pick for the Best Book of 2017: In the 1920s, the Osage found themselves in a unique position among Native Americans tribes. As other tribal lands were parceled out in an effort by the government to encourage dissolution and assimilation of both lands and culture, the Osage negotiated to maintain the mineral rights for their corner of Oklahoma, creating a kind of “underground reservation.” It proved a savvy move; soon countless oil rigs punctured the dusty landscape, making the Osage very rich. And that’s when they started dying.\nYou’d think the Osage Indian Reservation murders would have been a bigger story, one as familiar as the Lindbergh kidnapping or Bonnie and Clyde. It has everything, but at scale: Execution-style shootings, poisonings, and exploding houses drove the body count to over two dozen, while private eyes and undercover operatives scoured the territory for clues. Even as legendary and infamous oil barons vied for the most lucrative leases, J. Edgar Hoover’s investigation – which he would leverage to enhance both the prestige and power of his fledgling FBI - began to overtake even the town’s most respected leaders.\nExhuming the massive amount of detail is no mean feat, and it’s even harder to make it entertaining. But journalist David Grann knows what he’s doing. With the same obsessive attention to fact - in service to storytelling - as The Lost City of Z, Killers of the Flower Moon reads like narrative-nonfiction as written by James M. Cain (there are, after all, insurance policies involved): smart, taut, and pacey. Most sobering, though, is how the tale is at once unsurprising and unbelievable, full of the arrogance, audacity, and inhumanity that continues to reverberate through today’s headlines. --Jon Foro, The Amazon Book Review","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://darecollective.pro/events/realites-of-life/","date":"2024-02-25T18:44:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474641.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225171204-20240225201204-00359.warc.gz","language_score":0.9825916290283203,"token_count":572,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__176123383","lang":"en","text":"Artist Aaron Lopez arrives in Barcelona from Paris to present his new book and his new collaboration with DARE COLLECTIVE featuring his line of posters. Realities of Life, is a graphic novel that takes the reader on a journey through a series of humorous stories. He encourages the viewers to use their imagination to rewrite and rediscover the artwork with each turning of the page, no matter how many times they’ve read it.\nPresenting his illustrations and graphic novel, “Realities of Life,” at Lulu & Flyn was an event focused on interaction, lines, and discovery. The artist aims to convey his passion for storytelling through his drawings, allowing the viewer to create their own narrative and interpretation of the artwork. “Having the event at Lulu & Flyn was special for me because of my musical connection to the space (having performed there with my band on multiple occasions) and also my connection with the creative community that I love so much and that is part of Lulu. Being able to share my illustrative artwork with the Barcelona community through Lulu fills me with joy.”GET YOURS\nIn a space that connects the artist and his new release in the best way possible, this event takes place in a space that not only brought back memorable moments for the artist, but also allows to display his work through its walls, his collection is part of the new exclusive line for DARE COLLECTIVE. From dance, music, fun, and art, the event was a success, thanks mainly to the collaboration of artists who were part of it: guest DJ Andrew Staffell, author cocktails by creator Aurora Almenar, the Lulu&Flyn community, and other people who are part of the artist guild or resonate with it.\nIn addition to showcasing Aaron’s book and exhibiting the posters from the new collection, painting activities were carried out, allowing people to connect with the illustrations, the space, and the other people who attended the event while enjoying author cocktails specially designed for the event, good music, and company.\nIn this space, there was a conglomerate of artists who resonated with the philosophy of DARE COLLECTIVE and, in this case, from the lead artist and his book launch and works. It fills our collective and DARE COLLECTIVE with enthusiasm to be able to hold events that generate dynamics from the community, sharing, making their works available to others, allowing them to showcase their talent, even better, if it is through events to connect with people who resonate with these ways of creating and perceiving art. We invite you to get to know his new book Realities of Life, enjoy and have fun with its stories, observe and acquire his new posters, and get to know more about the artist behind his creations.LULU&FLYN","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://relativemusings.wordpress.com/2007/02/11/","date":"2017-04-27T05:21:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917121869.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031201-00343-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9707286357879639,"token_count":637,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__115652185","lang":"en","text":"Efforts to research and record your family history will in most cases be more successful if part of the story is already published in books. These books may include individual biographies, brief biographical sketches in history books on various communities, memoirs and family genealogy books.\nDuring the 1800s and early 1900s, many volumes of community history were published, and most contained biographical sketches of individual citizens. Whether you find biosketchs about direct ancestors or about close relatives, you can find invaluable insights about your family members and their lives. Remember, though, that published works can have errors, just a census records and other sources do.\nOne example of the biographical narrative published as part of a community history is the story of Isaac Sharp and his wife Mary (Woolverton) Sharp of McNarlins Run, Waynesburgh, Greene County, Pennsylvania. The biosketch offers a look at Isaac and Mary’s lives as well as their many children.\nUnfortunately, it gives incorrect information about some of the daughters’ spouses. In particular, daughter Rebecca married David Conger, not Ephriam Corwin. See the clarification, based on Conger genealogy records and family letters.\nStill, to learn that Isaac’s parents were Scotch-Irish, and that Isaac’s own career was as a teacher and surveyor, adds immensely to the family story.\nAnother book that helped me, although with a different branch of the family, was I Was Born in America: The Memoirs of William George Bruce. William was the oldest brother of one of my great-grandfathers. Thus the sections of the book about his parents and about his and his siblings’ childhoods in early day Milwaukee provide wonderful insights about my own ancestors.\nTo help me and others interested in this period of Milwaukee history, I created an index to this book of memoirs that mentions many well known people of Milwaukee in this era as well as family members. A fine genealogy Web site for Milwaukee — Links to the Past/Milwaukee — has posted that memoirs index online.\nFortunately, twelve chapters of his memoirs were published in the 1930s in the Wisconsin Magazine of History, from the Wisconsin Historical Society. And today, WHS has digitized its magazine back issues and put them online. Thus, I can reread his descriptions in Chapters I and II of growing up in the intensely German neighborhood just to the east of the Milwaukee River. Or view again the photograph of his parents, Augustus F. Bruce and Apollonia Becker Bruce, and read a bit of their story. All twelve chapters are listed on the William George Bruce Web page that I created.\nYou can use the WorldCat or world library catalogue to search for books about your family lines, and then you can use the free or low cost Interlibrary Loan Service to bring the volume to you for reading. Don’t miss this great method for finding family for free.\nThis is one in a series of genealogy and family history research ideas to help you find your family and ancestors for modest or no cost.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://itsahardlifebeingloved.blogspot.com/2012/04/dear-uncle-phil-i-cant-believe-its.html","date":"2019-06-27T03:00:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560628000610.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20190627015143-20190627041143-00201.warc.gz","language_score":0.9698528051376343,"token_count":738,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__60238554","lang":"en","text":"I can’t believe it’s happened.\nI’m so proud of you for putting up such a fight with your illness over the last year. Nobody I know would have been able to deal with it in the way that you did; having such a positive attitude with the most determination to overcome any ailment you may encounter. Right from the very beginning. I don’t think I’d have been able to handle it the way you did. That’s why I can’t and don’t blame you for wanting the pain, sadness and the unknowing to end. I don’t blame your family for the decision that was made to stop your medication; you'd have only wanted the same thing. I don’t blame you for deciding to leave with your dignity intact, pain free and with no worry of how to deal with any future repercussions. You’ve left us with your memory held so dear and your beautiful wife, children and grandchildren of whom you should be so very proud of. They’ve dealt with all of this so well, better than I thought; a credit to you.\nYou needn’t burden yourself with trying to keep upbeat when you feel low and keep a brave face in front of people. You have left hopefully knowing that we will all be here to look after your family and are able to rest easy in the knowledge that we will do our utmost to help out whenever we’re needed. I don’t think that would have even been a concern for you. Our family are and always have been there for each other. Even if we hadn’t seen each other or spoken in weeks, it never worries us. We don’t need to talk every day to know we can pick up the phone at any time. That’s just the way our family is.\nI’ll remember Lanzarote, the barbecues, the family parties, Christmases. The way you were able to walk out into the swimming pool in front of everybody in a bikini top teamed with your swimming shorts to make us all laugh, the way you made yourself look like a member of the Jackson 5 at my mum’s 50th birthday party, and all the ‘spot prize’ questions you tested us on. I’ll affectionately remember you with a pint of beer in your hand, or stood in the back garden with a JD and cigar and the way you used to refer to yourself in a French accent as Philippe Flop. To this day, it still makes me laugh.\nMy all-time favourite memory of you is when we were celebrating New Years at Julie’s house in 2000. You had gotten so drunk, put on a gold wig and were playing a wok as a guitar to The Jam. I was on drums.\nI’ll light a candle for you at our wedding. I hope you’ll be there to oversee the day. It won’t be the same without you making a silly joke and drinking JD with my dad and Uncle Mark but I can be certain that the day won’t pass without you being in mine and everyone else’s thoughts.\nThey say that He only takes the best ones and this is proof that it’s true. They’ve got a good ‘un up there with them now. We love you and miss you and our family won’t be the same without you. Your memory will always live on in our hearts.\nAll my love","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.ideallifeandcareercoaching.com/programs-products.html","date":"2013-06-20T12:05:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711605892/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516134005-00011-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9243556261062622,"token_count":351,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__211289379","lang":"en","text":"Martha Beck Book Club\nWith technology as we know it today, courses can be made available 24/7 to fit in with your schedule and your individual needs.\nCheck out the following telecourses to see if any are right for you!\nLadies listen up! If you would like to spend an incredible weekend alongside some incredible women, join us in Phoenix this summer for some life time memories. During this 3 day retreat we will:\nCD – Relax while you listen to this beautiful mix of classical piano music played and written by Mathieu Joanisse, a Franco-Ontarian, who currently resides in Ottawa, Canada. His songs will truly relax and inspire you!\n|More about these songs\nThe four sample songs playing are: Bercer, Mylène, Premier Amour & Pasion D'Amour, written and played by the Pianist, Mathieu Joanisse. These songs are going to be on his new EP (6 songs), titled Simplicité which will be released in Spring 2010. We invite you to communicate your interest in purchasing this short album for $9.99, directly at firstname.lastname@example.org.\nBook of Poems – Nothing can be more relaxing or soothing than drinking a hot cup of Java while curled up in a warm blanket and reading this lovely and inviting little book of poetry written by Maria Giusti, or “GiGi”, her penpal name. Maria captures your heart with her words of inspiration. Truly a wonderful little gift to yourself and/or someone you love.\nShould you be interested in purchasing this little treasure of poetry, please contact Maria directly at email@example.com.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://crimson-steel-ltd.obsidianportal.com/wiki_pages/arand-immer","date":"2018-10-18T12:45:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583511806.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20181018105742-20181018131242-00296.warc.gz","language_score":0.9571743607521057,"token_count":334,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__86353050","lang":"en","text":"Crimson Steel Ltd\nName: Immer, Arand\nRole: Squad Leader\n“I haven’t known Arand for too long a time when compared against some of the others on the roster… That said, he’s a good young man. The sort of man who lived for the soldiers he commanded and never left someone on his watch behind. Good squad leaders are hard to find, and especially hard to retain…\nMen like Arand live for something more than money; and when all this business can give you is a wad of credits for the six dead men who once served beside you…\nAnyhow, I think what impressed me most about him was his first assignment. Milk run stuff that any amateur would’ve handled. To be honest, I was hard pressed finding someone to do the job so when I saw him and his imperial deserters show up; I figured it’d be a good job to get them out of my way on. Then the bastard comes back from a successful op, and instead of giving me any lip or attitude; just asked for the next contract.\nGive me one man willing to follow orders, and I’ll take him over a hundred of today’s ruffians calling themselves soldiers of fortune.\nI don’t know how long he’ll stay on the roster to be honest. Sooner or later he’s going to find a cause that no amount of money is going to sway… And when that day comes I’m going to have to hope that he and I are on the same side”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://gamehelp.guru/fictions-choose-your-emotions/","date":"2023-03-23T14:00:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945168.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20230323132026-20230323162026-00280.warc.gz","language_score":0.806728184223175,"token_count":822,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__61902991","lang":"en","text":"When was the last time you had a fresh start ?\nWhen was the last time you have pursue your dreams and made them actually happen? When was the last time you met your true love and fought in order to get him?\nChoose your own life choices !\nNow you can do all of that! With this special new game - Fictions. You can start an amazing adventure and make life choices that can take you to places you’ve never been to!\nChoose your story and emotions with Fictions, the interactive story game that lets you choose your path in every story.\nYour choice can change the story! With romance, adventure, thriller, drama, horror and more… Fictions is a new interactive stories application that gives you the opportunity to create your own story! Every one of you gets the opportunity to make choices by your own personal judgement and create a story just for you - an individual life story.\nFictions will give you the best collection of story games in the world!\nThe place for your beloved franchises : Love & Diaries, Heir of Love.\nFind new amazing story\n✦ Fall in love, solve crimes and embark on epic fantasy adventures\n✦ Pick your story from our constantly growing library with weekly chapter updates\n✦ Control what happens next in immersive visual stories!\nWith Fictions : you can start an amazing adventure and make life choices that can take you to places you’ve never been to!\nImmerse yourself with fun interactive stories that bring you emotions, from romance to thriller!\nAvailable stories : it’s your Choices. Choose your story!\nLove & Diaries : Ricardo\nLove & Diaries : Aaron - Saison 1-5.\nUnderlove Stories : Naomi\nHeir of Love\nHeir of Love : seven\nHeir of Love : Jimmy\n12 signs of Love\nAnticLove : Remake\nAnticLove : Story of two sisters.\nUpcoming stories : it’s your Choices. Choose your story!\nLove & Diaries : Patrick - Season 3\nMemory Hunter - Season 2\nLove & Diaries : Derek\nRisingLovers saison 1-2\nLove & Diaries : Ash - Saison 1-5.\nLove & Diaries : Damon\nLove & Diaries : Hayden\nLove & Diaries : Lucas\nLove & Diaries : Duncan - saison 1-2\nLove & Diaries : Michael - saison 1-2\nThe Winter Kiss\nThe Spring Kiss\nUnderlove-Stories : Fame\nAnd many more…\nAnd more interactive story games with powerful choices and Weekly updates!\nBy playing the game on a daily basis, you can learn more about yourself through the choices you make. You can watch your choices making process in the game and see how it reflects on your real life outside the game.e.\nDon't underestimate the importance of making good choices!, DOWNLOAD NOW this interactive stories game: Fictions and learn more about yourself and and your choices! And Choose your story!\nFictions : Choose your story Features :\n- You have full control of the story - your choices will make an impact.\n- Multiple different characters you can interact with in different ways.\n- Create your dream romance and love story.\n- Find the right balance between different genre Romance, Drama, Horror and Thriller. Choose your story!\n- Enchanting realistic graphics, colors and sounds.\nAnd lot more…\nDon't waste a minute longer! DOWNLOAD NOW this new interactive stories game: Fictions- start manage your career, love life, and make new positive choices every day!\nWhat’s Your Story and Emotions? Play now to find out!\nusers following Fictions : Choose your emotions this month.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mediachild.blogspot.com/2008/12/ipod.html","date":"2018-07-20T08:46:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591575.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20180720080634-20180720100634-00549.warc.gz","language_score":0.957032322883606,"token_count":312,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__207482917","lang":"en","text":"Wednesday, December 24, 2008\niPod for kids\n(8y) Christmas - 2nd hand ipod nano(from a relative) and a £18 iPod speaker from Play\n- make sure the audio limiter is on\n- keep the media appropriate to the childs age\n- too much media at one time can be overwhelming - stagger uploading material.\n- only the first few chapters of a audio book is loaded, to encourage reading the rest.\n- with music or audio-literature motivation to first concentrate on the media is often driven my what they are studying in class or what friends have introduced. by noticing what is happening and regular discussion with my partner and offspring we can find things to encourage. This can then be developed by extending into a similar genre. I find its abou making choices available at the appropriate time.\n- as with most media, discussion during/after is paramount.\nI tried using community readings of books but on the whole the quality technically and of he speakers reading skills were so poor compared to he professional versions that my 8y old just wanted them removed to make more space.\nShared community read literature (free):\nThe ipod gets used on a daily basis mainly to listen to Harry Potter books that she has already read. On the music front, i have found that unless she has been introduced to music via her class or peers she listens to little else. So her tastes are limited to the beatles, queen, bob marley, abba, and grease(the soundtrack)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.theajmals.com/blog/2021/04/what-is-a-project-delivery-agreement/","date":"2021-09-18T16:52:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780056548.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20210918154248-20210918184248-00237.warc.gz","language_score":0.9486667513847351,"token_count":708,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__131852208","lang":"en","text":"One way to think about this aspect of the DPI is for BIM to organize information on the design of the physical structure and PMIS to organize the administrative information of the project. The PMIS is an effective way to promote cooperation, as administrative information is introduced once and verified by everyone. The resulting review increases the likelihood that errors will be detected sooner rather than later. Several literatures represented different categories of factors, but none of them proposed a specific criterion for distinguishing categories. In this study, we propose criteria based on transaction elements. In previous research in China, the project submission system and type of contract were reviewed from a transaction perspective, and the project implementation system was designated as a project transaction method . The basic elements include, for each transaction, the subject of the transaction, the subject, the environment, the contract between the parties to the transaction and the management of the transactions. Of these, the purpose and subject matter are of fundamental importance, because without these two elements, the transaction cannot exist. In terms of the transaction, success is primarily determined by the subject of the transaction (i.e. the project itself), the subject of the transaction (i.e.\nthe owner, the contractor and other participants) and the transaction environment (e.g. B the situation of the hardware store). As a result, the factors in the selection of PDCS can be divided into three groups: transaction-related factors, transaction-related factors, and transaction environment factors. The study included a survey on the questionnaire in 2008 and ultimately identified 14 factors from a Chinese perspective, as shown in Table 3. P.A.s are designed so that a state landowner can retain control of the district character for the public good. However, this can sometimes lead to cumbersome licensing mechanisms in PPPs, which may eventually delay the project. This is particularly the case where there are licensing mechanisms for advance planning with the government as the owner of the land and the procedures for establishing the plan. Ideally, the development of the ADP should be as follows: as noted above, PDCS is a determining factor in the success of the project, traditionally defined as the degree to which the project`s objectives and expectations are being met . Thus, the objective of the PDCS design can be indicated as a goal to achieve the project objectives, improve the project`s performance and ultimately ensure the success of the project. With regard to these three concepts, Mr. Chan et al.\nstated that the objective was the success of the project and that the budgetary, timing and quality objectives were the three criteria normally accepted to achieve the objective. Each project has a number of objectives to achieve and they serve as a standard for measuring performance . These concepts are closely related to each other and are macroscopic aspects of the PDCS, which is not enough in the PDCS design. This is why this document introduces a “value added”, a relatively micro-plan approach, in order to reflect more concretely the importance of an appropriate PDCS. Implementation of an appropriate PDCS will achieve value added on the basis of project objectives. For example, costs are one of the project`s objectives; Therefore, if savings have been realized, it means that the added value has been achieved relative to the cost target. In a nutshell: “value added” in this document refers to the added value for different project objectives. The more value added, the more successful the project is and the better the corresponding PDCS.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://casketshroudandgrave.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/the-house-at-the-end-of-the-block/","date":"2018-04-24T10:42:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125946597.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20180424100356-20180424120356-00531.warc.gz","language_score":0.976844072341919,"token_count":463,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__218814116","lang":"en","text":"Early in my explorations of Toronto and it’s old-time music scene, I was very lucky to meet Peter and Debbie, a couple who play together in the Square Peg Stringband. After a night of music at a local café, Peter and Debbie invited me and my wife Carrie back to their house to talk more about my interest in old-time music. This was a thrilling moment for me, because I felt like I was both connecting to connected people, and being welcomed into the world of Toronto old-time.\nWe left the café, and as Peter and Debbie rode their bicycles back, Carrie and I drove west down Bloor Street to an area in north Roncesvalles Village, onto a dead end side street. We were looking for a house which was described as, “one that looks like nothing else on the block.”\nFrom that night on, this particular house on the end of the block has served as the epicenter of my research in Toronto. Peter and Debbie have welcomed me to stay the night when I’m in town. They’ve fed me (quite well). They have introduced me to all kinds of details of Canadian life, and every morning that I wake up there, Peter has made me a cappuccino. This, in and of itself, makes me think I am the luckiest ethnographer on the face of the planet.\nThe house itself is an accurate extension of Peter and Debbie as people. It is stylish, warm, modern, hospitable, and welcoming. There will be much more written here about both Peter and Debbie, but for now I’ll offer this 2010 article from Dwell Magazine about their house.\nIn addition, this article was featured by the snarky website unhappyhipsters.com, which both Peter and Debbie were quick to point out.\nhttp://unhappyhipsters.com/page/65 (scroll down to April 14, 2010)\nI find it refreshing that Peter and Debbie get such amusement from this send up, perhaps it’s because they are secure in the knowledge that it couldn’t be farther from the truth. They derive great joy from their lives, and their home, and from the many friends they welcome into both.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ashondie.blogspot.com/2008/08/this-little-snippet-just-came-back-to.html","date":"2018-07-22T07:09:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676593051.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20180722061341-20180722081341-00362.warc.gz","language_score":0.9953593015670776,"token_count":499,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__74567280","lang":"en","text":"This little snippet just came back to me. It was one of those moments where I kind of felt like I didn't know who I was. Like, \"Oh, this is the girl that I have become.\"\nI was at work on Thursday. I had left that morning on weird terms with Asher because money is tight, the situation is hard. Knowing there isn't much we can do about it is even more difficult. I leave in my morning rush with just a quick peck.\nI get a call at about 9:45, sitting at my desk. It is our CFO and he says, \"there is someone here, I think you will know.\" So I walk downstairs and when I hit the hallway I smell him already. He doesn't wear too much cologne but it smells so good and it stays in the air and I know he is there. He is hiding around the corner like he did the first time I came to visit him in NY. That night, two years ago, I came off the plane and I was worried I wouldn't recognize him but I found him right away hiding from me behind a vending machine.\nHe had ridden the bus and then his skateboard to come see me at work, to bring me my phone which I had left behind. And he smelled and looked so good. I took him around to meet the people in the office and he was putting on jokes and messing around and charming everyone. They thought he was cute and younger than he looks in the picture by my desk. And one gal said, \"he is so handsome and his smile is so sweet.\" I just felt really proud that he is my husband.\nI always thought I would miss this part of life. My relationships before were so difficult and I thought that to be with someone you had to get that sick feeling in your stomach when they were away from you. I thought that intensity meant love but it was distrust. I was accustomed to a certain mania in trying to make things work, obsessed with making things look presentable to people even when it was me trying to glue scraps of happiness into a pretty picture.\nThis is not a scrap or a maniacal need or any intense feeling in my stomach. This is a man, being a man. A person who chose, of his free will, to spend life with me. It feels safe and calm and happy and filled with faith and trust. Thank goodness this is me, finally.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://oh-thatjessica.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-04-18T20:43:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609535095.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005215-00628-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.797831654548645,"token_count":91,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__167887178","lang":"en","text":"Not everyone you lose is a loss.\n— Unknown (via nguyenlisa)\nJoeyful, New York State of mind\nBless this bad muthafucker\nYou need to realize that the way you are feeling now will not be permanent.\n— r.h. (via zubat)\nYears of love have been forgot, in the hatred of a minute.\n— Edgar Allan Poe (via observando)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://p3entertainmentllc.blogspot.com/2013/01/happy-new-year-2013.html","date":"2018-05-21T18:57:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794864466.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20180521181133-20180521201133-00475.warc.gz","language_score":0.9788818955421448,"token_count":593,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__58639798","lang":"en","text":"Tuesday, January 1, 2013\nHappy New Year 2013\nNo more making yearly resolutions on what you think you want to do with yourself. Write down those goals and set out to accomplish them. Take PRIDE in what you want to accomplish, and no matter how difficult it may seem to achieve a certain milestone to reach your goal, educate yourself and ask questions to get the answers you need to move to the next milestone. Sitting around thinking of your next move is doing nothing but killing time where you'll eventually lose your train of thought, and become stagnant; you'll lose focus. In order to become prosperous, you have to keep moving. A healthy body, is a body in motion; a healthy mind, is a mind always at work, thinking of the next move. A hustler doesn't make money if he sleeps; and he takes no holidays off. To be successful, you have to keep moving, no matter the day.\nIf you want POWER in whatever avenue of game that you choose to take, you have to know what you want. That's why 2013 should be the year that you gather yourself, and know what you what in life. Steadily taking life day by day will simply get you by, as you take whatever comes before you at that moment; but to achieve your goals down the line, in the far future, you have to know what it is that you want. So take the time to evaluate your life, the people around you, and think what and who is best for you to accomplish your goals. You have to think in the long run, and along the way, build to that ultimate goal; step by step. With each step, you have to thoroughly plan who can take a part of that step to help you get to the plateau. Not to say that you should use people for what they can do for you, but together, with a common goal, two heads are better than one, and together you can meet those milestones and reach your goal a lot faster. That's why I say, you have to keep people in your life that have the same interests as you, and that only interest should be to obtain success through PRIDE, PROSPERITY, and POWER.\nSo don't sit around, thinking of what resolution to partake in to make you feel as if you've accomplished something. Make moves NOW to get money, be successful, and be happy. That's all we truly want out of life anyway; is to live comfortably. Don't let anything stop you from achieving those goals. Don't let another person in your life stop you, don't let family stop you, and most important, don't let your own mind, your own self stop you from moving forward and finding PROSPERITY for yourself.\n\"Real niggaz do what they wanna do, bitch niggaz do what they can.\" - 2Pac, Starin' Through My Rearview","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://institutofomezero.org/en/category/books/","date":"2021-09-20T23:17:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057119.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20210920221430-20210921011430-00497.warc.gz","language_score":0.9261717796325684,"token_count":369,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__72249679","lang":"en","text":"From Fome Zero to Zero Hunger\nhis book not only traces the evolution of the implementation of Zero Hunger over the years, but shows how its principles and concepts took root in all regions, from Latin America and the Caribbean to Africa and Asia. The book presents the different contributions made by the partners involved, from the whole UN System – through the Zero Hunger Challenge – to family farmer platforms, civil society, and parliamentary fronts against hunger and malnutrition.\nOccupational Safety and Health Challenges in Southern Agriculture\nThe Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) risks in agriculture deserve more\nattention. While about a quarter of humankind is still laboring in agriculture providing for the other three-quarters and themselves the necessary food for human survival, their health risks in the pastures, fields, plantations and stables go mainly unnoticed to such a degree that not even comprehensive statistics are available.\nThe poverty of the state. Reconsidering the role of the state in the struggle against global poverty\nTHE SPECTER OF POVERT Y has had an enduring presence within\nthe history of humankind. The current age, however, is one in which\nthe eradication of extreme poverty may yet be feasible. The resources\nto do so in a reasonable period of time are there. The desires and willingness of international organisations, governments and peoples are\nevident from prevailing discourses that express the need and a will on\nthe part of the international community to reduce and eradicate\np o v e r t y. What are the factors that are impeding the accomplishment\nof such a widely accepted goal? It is difficult to give a comprehensive\nand definite response to this question. However, a substantial part of\nthe explanation may lie with one of the most important, but problem-\natic, structures of the modern world: namely, the state.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://garyjenneke.medium.com/this-day-in-history-98ef7d566291","date":"2022-12-06T00:37:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711064.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20221205232822-20221206022822-00815.warc.gz","language_score":0.9810228943824768,"token_count":1716,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__58708512","lang":"en","text":"This Day in History\n1971 — Janis Joplin’s version of the song written by Kris Kristofferson hits number one.\n“Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin’ for a train, And I’s feelin’ near as faded as my jeans”\nThe song, sadly, hit the top of the charts posthumously for Janis Joplin. The iconic and troubled singer had earlier died of a drug overdose.\n“Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained. It rode us all the way to New Orleans.”\nJoplin’s version of that song has always been a favorite of mine. At the height of the song’s popularity I was in a relationship with a young woman. Well, at least that was the impression I had. I’ll call her Barb. Barb was smart, funny, creative and more than a little psychologically unhinged, not to mention secretive. Her life seemed to be a neurotic swing between a repressive sexual frigidity and nymphomania. I had met her during a bout of the latter.\nA date with Barb always involved wandering through previously uncharted territory. One night in a restaurant, over mugs of beer and a basket of onion rings, she suddenly began laughing hysterically. She accused me of being like every other man in the world and that all I wanted was sex. Then, to emphasize her point, she began dunking onion rings in her beer and flinging them at me. Whap, a wet onion ring stuck against my shirt, whap, another onion ring hit me in the face. My previous dating experiences had not prepared me for such a moment. All eyes in the restaurant turned toward us as onion rings continued to hurtle toward me.\n“I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna I was playin’ soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah”\nOnly two options occurred to me, retreat or engage in a food fight. I slid from my chair and made my way to the restroom. I stood there a while wondering what to do. A life as recluse in some remote forest did hold a certain appeal at that moment. Having no other viable option I reluctantly returned to the table. I had some hope that maybe she’d be gone, ditched me, taken a taxi home. No such luck. Before I had a chance to address the situation she started talking, all pleasant and chatty and acting like nothing unusual had taken place. I didn’t see how it would be in my best interests to revisit the scene so I just followed along in the new direction. One thing she never was, was boring.\n“Windshield wipers slappin’ time, I was holding Bobby’s hand in mine We sang every song that driver knew”\nA few months down the road, with the affair less rocky of late, she seemed almost normal and I had some hope. A Saturday night, we had seen a movie, stopped for a beer, and then went back to her apartment where she opened a bottle of wine. There were no surprises, the evening was pleasant and I spent the night. Before I fell asleep, wrapped in her arms, I remember thinking, “this could work.” I liked her, and we were on the same page for so many things in life. She was interesting to talk to, insightful, and when the craziness was tapped down, we walked to the same beat.\n“From the Kentucky coal mine to the California sun There Bobby shared the secrets of my soul”\nSunday morning, asleep, warn and content, when suddenly I was being shaken awake. “Bunk, Bunk, wake up!” Bunk was my leftover nickname from college that some people still used.\n“Huh?” I came to my senses at the urgency in her voice.\n“You have to leave, hurry, you have to leave!” She sounded panicky as she shook me, almost pushing me from the bed.\nI didn’t understand and was reluctant to leave a nice warm bed. “What time is it?”\n“Almost 7:30. Hurry!”\n“Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done Yeah, Bobby baby kept me from the cold”\nShe got up and started to get dressed. Probably still a little tuned from the night before, I was having trouble clearing my head. What was going on?\n“It’s still early,” I said, “what’s the rush?”\nFacing away from me, with her hands behind her back to fasten her bra, she paused, and said “My fiancée is coming to pick me up for early Mass.”\nIn my foggy state I struggled to process what I had just heard. The only words that came to mind were “I thought you and I were going together” and they sounded so stupid I said nothing.\nShe turned and rather desperately said, “Please, Bunk, can you leave?”\n“One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away He’s lookin’ for that home, and I hope he finds it”\nI nodded. Mostly because she looked to be on the verge of a breakdown and I didn’t want to make the situation any worse. At the door, saying a quick goodbye, as way of…an apology, no, not that, what, I don’t know, she gave me a joint. I still had hair in those days which I wore semi-long, down over my ears. I tucked the joint behind an ear, shrugged a goodbye and got out of there before the fiancée showed up.\n“But, I’d trade all my tomorrows, for a single yesterday To be holding Bobby’s body next to mine”\nThe weather added its contribution to my dark mood. A gray, overcast day, not too cold, but the wind was providing a nasty bite. Winter and spring were still in a battle for supremacy and that Sunday morning was a draw. I drove my VW Bug down Washington Avenue, at that time a decaying, desolate stretch of Minneapolis. Not another car on the street, the world, my world, looked to be a post apocalyptic setting. Rattled, I was not concentrating on driving. My head was spinning with what had just happened. The car radio was playing and “Me and Bobby McGee” came on. I turned up the sound and Janis took me to some forlorn corners of the song.\n“Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose”\nI was into the intersection before I realized the light was red. At the same moment I saw the squad car, parked on the street facing the intersection. Oh crap! I was probably still half drunk, not to mention the doobie behind my ear. The penalties for marijuana possession were quite severe back then. Already in a state of collapse, my world was facing an even more desperate downward spiral. Two cops sat in the car, each with a cup of coffee and a doughnut. And there I was, blowing through a red light right in front of them. This scene still plays out in slow motion in my mind. I looked at the cops, the cops looked at me, looked at each other, and through some unspoken agreement, turned their attention back to the coffee and doughnuts.\n“But feelin good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues Hey, feelin good was good enough for me, mm-hmm”\nWith no flashing lights behind, I continued along Washington Avenue, my load more than a little lifted. I laughed out loud and was able to look at what happened with Barb in a different light. Certainly not the relationship I wanted, but hey, at least I wasn’t the fiancée. I sang along with Janis.\n“Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee, yeah”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://fissamejohath.es.tl/Ebooks-downloaded-mac-The-Blessed-Girl-iBook-DJVU-by-Angela-Makholwa-9781526608833-English-version.htm","date":"2020-01-28T04:32:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579251773463.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20200128030221-20200128060221-00035.warc.gz","language_score":0.9443198442459106,"token_count":1422,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__26270088","lang":"en","text":"Blessed adj. [pronounced bles-id] The state of being blessed, often referring to a person, usually female, who lives a luxurious lifestyle funded by an older, often married partner, in return for sexual favours. Young, beautiful and ambitious, Bontle Tau has Johannesburg wrapped around her finger. Her generous admirers are falling over themselves to pay for her Mercedes, her penthouse, and her Instagrammable holidays. It's a long way from the neighbourhood she started out in, and it's been far from easy. 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{"url":"https://3si.es/digital-publishing-sector-in-spain/","date":"2024-04-14T02:18:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816863.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414002233-20240414032233-00520.warc.gz","language_score":0.9492093920707703,"token_count":1004,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__204001448","lang":"en","text":"Across the globe, widespread digital transformation has resulted in shifts in many sectors. This means that traditional sectors, such as publishing, have created novel digital ways for people to access, read and interact with their content. As we spend more time on mobile devices, we are reading even more, with information and communication instantly available.\nTeresa Iribarren, a teacher at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, notes that with digital reading, the experience can be sporadic, as the flow of reading is paused to find out more about a specific matter or interact with the material by clicking on hyperlinks, surveys, and watching videos. Despite the interruptions, reading digitally may mean you gain a deeper or broader understanding of the subject in question. The internet also provides a platform for an expanded reading experience as you’re able to interact with other readers and publishers on social media. As well as pushing innovation and interaction, digitally published material is readily available, profitable, data driven, wide-reaching and fluid.\nDigital push from the pandemic\nSince the pandemic there has been an increasing number of digital libraries, audiobooks and also new traditional bookshops. In 2020, Spanish-language publishers saw increases of 112% for ebooks and 137% for audiobooks. This reflects the accessibility of digital publishing and the need for online content when many services were no longer available. In fact, a report published by Bookwire, a German digital publisher with a Spanish branch, found that in the main lockdown months, digital consumption experienced a four-fold increase. This may have been linked to the 8.1 million more social media users in Spain between 2020 and 2021 showing people’s increased demand for consuming digital content during an uncertain time.\nOne of the benefits of products that are digitally published is that they do not carry the price mark-up of their paper counterparts. In 2020, €6.06 was the average price for a Spanish ebook, compared to around €13.49 for an audiobook and €20 for a traditional paper book. This means that not only can the content be instantly available but more of it can be consumed for the same price of traditional media. On top of this, a study has noted that many ebooks and audiobooks can be sold as a supplement to traditional books, showing that the opportunities and flexibility afforded by digital publishing do not necessarily mean there isn’t space for both formats to cohabitate. The same study did suggest that traditional publishing houses will need to radically alter their business models to stay relevant among the digital transition. One reason for this being the lower production costs of digital formats which insures higher profitability.\nOutreach and readership\nPublishing digitally allows publishers or content creators to have a direct insight into their readership. This can be obtained through website analytics which show where users are reading from and what content gains the most engagement. This can allow for my specific marketing methods to reach readers who will engage with the content. It also means people can find content they want more easily regardless of their country or native language. For example, finding Spanish books in Germany as a native Spanish speaker will be made much easier by digital publishing. In light of this, there has been a push for translational rights sales shown by the virtual Books in Spain initiative to encourage translation funding.\nFluid media – embracing the transition\nManual Gil, the director of the Feria del Libro Madrid has advised what is needed to thrive in the digital market. He emphasises the need for flexibility with “multi-format, multimedia and multi-device catalogues” and “a multi-channel strategy” using social media networks to promote the digital content. He also notes the importance of subscription platforms and digital libraries in encouraging consumption of digital products. Casa del Libro, a predominant Spanish bookseller has dived headfirst into this challenge, determined not to be dwarfed by e-commerce giants such as Amazon and Apple. The company has integrated a cloud-based digital library and store that provides a range of content straight to your device and has on its side an established network of loyal Spanish readers.\nIn a futuristic twist, Gil has predicted that books will become multi-media, with the integration of 3D technology with “virtual and augmented reality”. You can imagine that digital publishing opens up exciting opportunities to stretch the boundaries of how we interact with and consume media products.\nTraining in digital publishing\n3Si, along with its European partners, are creating a credit-based qualification for those interested in entering the digital publishing industry. It will include units on content, production, design, marketing, and business models. Later this year, we plan to pilot the qualification by delivering a course with the International University of Andalucia. Keep a look out for future updates and information on this Erasmus+ funded project by following our social media.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.kandymorrell.com/store","date":"2024-03-03T14:31:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476396.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303142747-20240303172747-00818.warc.gz","language_score":0.9130456447601318,"token_count":308,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__56388892","lang":"en","text":"Welcome to the e - store\nFrom Concrete to Skyscrapers:\nHow to Build An Effective Youth Ministry From The Ground Up! is designed to address the challenges of youth ministry. Youth leaders need good resources to make their jobs easier. This guie gives you step-by-step instructions on: $12.99\n>Real Life Examples\n>Innovation Outreach Methods\n>More than 100 ministry programming ideas\n>Easy Fundraising Ideas that make $1,000 o more\n>Grant Ideas that make at $5,000 or more\n>Fun Activity Ideas that cost much\n>Research on bullying\n>Research on special needs youth\n>International mission trips ideas\n>How to purchase a bus for less\n>Sample mission statemnents\n>Discipline guildes and more!\nThe Bubble Gum Kid\nDealing with Life Lessons\nis designed to entertain and teach life lessons.\nJuvenile fiction. Chapter book. $9.99\nRonny Magnell isn't an ordinary boy and his life isn't ordinary either. Travel with him into a world where everything is made of bubble gum bubbles. It's a world where everything goes his way and he's the star. Let your imagination flow as he stops by Friedalbub's Music Store and adventures into Delicious Island Amusment Park/ You will laugh out loud at this delightful story as you discover why they call him The Bubble Gum Kid. Ronny learns valuable life lessons and his uniqueness will win your heart forever.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.fetaldopplerpro.com/post/how-to-avoid-getting-postpartum-depression-after-baby-labor","date":"2023-10-01T01:29:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510734.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20231001005750-20231001035750-00082.warc.gz","language_score":0.9527720212936401,"token_count":2612,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__233383953","lang":"en","text":"Being a mom may be an extraordinary and transformative experience. But regularly you could struggle with a lack of identification, and even postpartum depression, after having a toddler.\nYou could feel like who you were before the baby arrived, is long gone. The individual you were, is swallowed up via being a mother.\nWhen recently analyzing this submit on @heymamaco it definitely resonated with what I felt when I had my twins Iggy and Chloe:\n\"some days and nights still sense so empty. Like who you had been is long gone. The existence you had is long past. And what your identity become, has absolutely changed.”\nDoes this ring a bell with you? The shifts in the way you feel after becoming a mom isn’t pretty much changes in your emotions. Your frame has simply been thru the wringer - giving delivery isn't any walk inside the park!\nAnd you grow to be a feeding device for a squalling, balling entity, that is now governing your every waking moment. And even as yes, your new identification as a ‘mom’ can be empowering, it may additionally be overpowering.\nIn particular on the ones activities whilst you’ve been up all night time, and also you stare at your tired and tired reflection within the replicate. You ask your self in the ones moments when you hit breaking point: ‘Who am I?’ And that loss of identity after having a toddler could be very, very real.\nThe changes You revel in As a brand new mom\nIn the post on @heymamaco, the mom stocks:\n“After a difficult night time the night time before and inside the center of a tough morning. I used to be at my breaking point, crying while feeding and texting Chase announcing, “i'm able to’t try this.” due to the fact on the time I didn’t want to.\n\"I appeared lower back at this picture after taking it, though, and noticed 'Mama' written on my blouse. And the chain of my necklace tucked beneath my Mama shirt that says 'Eli' on the pendant. And that i remembered that I no longer best CAN do it, however that i'm doing it. And will hold to do it.”\nShe is going on to mention this is what makes motherhood powerful. How you control to just preserve on rallying while you are to your darkest moments. Because this tiny being is absolutely and absolutely depending on you. They may be defenseless in the international. And you need to rally whether you need to or no longer.\nI can by no means forget about the primary issue the nurse at the clinic informed me the second I woke up from my first nap after surgical operation.\nIn preference to telling me to relaxation. She ordered: “you acquire to pump each three hours. In case you don't, your milk won't are available.” I notion, ‘For God’s sake, I simply had principal surgical operation!’ Then, the next thing she said became, “you need to placed your toddlers to nurse. In any other case, they will get used to bottles and gained’t latch on.” My goodness, I may want to barely get them to ‘latch on’ directly to me, i was so susceptible!\nIt made me experience like I just couldn’t do it.\nWhile i was struggling with retaining tremendous, there had been two things that have been absolutely key.\nI would always ensure i was very excited to be with my twins during the day. Even if I hadn’t had numerous sleep the night before. I simply ‘switched off’ the a part of feelings wherein I ‘felt worn-out.’ but, I do believe this caused a sure degree of postpartum despair. So from my enjoy, this could not be a very good idea.\nIn hindsight, I suppose it’s higher to specific your exhaustion! Now, when you have the potential to maintain on rallying while you sense you're in a dark moment, it may assist you overcome that overwhelm.\nThe second factor that was key turned into I didn’t have the? Worry to invite for assist.\nThere is a pronouncing: ‘It takes a village to raise a toddler.’ i was fortunate sufficient to have helpers when it came to looking after my twins in the ones early months. My night nurse helped me three nights per week. And that became my double shift nanny.\nI definitely do now not assume it's humanly possible to look after twins with no assist in any respect. I realize i was very fortunate. So lots of you new moms are coping with this all on your personal. And you’re doing an excellent activity. Please remark and proportion your memories with our community and also you are not by myself.\nWhat stuns me, after I appearance lower back, is despite all that help. It became nonetheless handiest masking eighty hours a week. Newborns are 24/7. That’s 168 hours per week. I nonetheless had 88 hours left to handle my twins on - my very own! I don’t have any siblings, and my mother become in Hong Kong. And my nanny have become greater like my sister. I had twins. She turned into my handiest answer. And i have no shame on sharing the truth that i found my twins a ‘second mom.’\nThe secret is to learn and apprehend, how to turn what is basically the very difficult paintings of looking after a newborn right into a passion. How do you exchange that 168-hour operating week right into a time of care and entertainment? And that during itself isn’t smooth.\nMatrescence: what is It?\nSeems, there may be a term for this transitional period: matrescence.\nIt sounds very just like ‘early life.’ And there’s a reason for that. Coined by means of Dana Louise Raphael, she determined every person knows that \"transferring from being a toddler to a youngster is hard.\" There are temper swings, and changes for your body. Teenagers sense burdened and it’s a conventional fact being a teenager isn’t a laugh. But while you are transitioning to being a mom, you’re expected to be thankful, glad, and practically beatific as you include your new child.\nBut in actual truth, there are loads of comparable adjustments you experience to those you go through in adolescence. You're striving to understand and embrace your new identification, and it’s very hard.\nYour break up persona As a brand new mother\nWhen you come to be a mom, there are actual chemical changes that take place that can cause your emotions of bewilderment. Your mind creates chemical signals that make your infant the focal point of your existence. But guess what? You don’t just forget about the individual you had been earlier than you became a mother.\nThis will make you sense tense and doubtful approximately whether or not you can cope. Psychiatrist Elisabeth okübler-Ross, M.D., suggests there are five tiers of grief:\nHowever, you don’t continually experience your grief in that order. And this is precisely what you're going via – you’re grieving your vintage ‘pre-baby existence.\nThe difference among Postpartum despair And The ‘toddler Blues’\nIn line with the journal of Midwifery & girls’s fitness, “as many as three of every 4 women will have short periods of temper swings, crying, or feeling cranky or restless in the course of the primary weeks after delivery.”\nThese reviews can be a lot worse if you are feeling worn-out or nerve-racking.\nIt’s usually called the ‘child blues,’ and could recede. Having the ‘toddler blues’ after giving start could be very commonplace. It usually starts in the week once you’ve given beginning and prevents by the time your child is around ten days antique.\nA variety of these feelings are regular and are a end result of your body getting used to now not having your toddler inside you anymore.\nYou don’t need any remedy for the infant blues, however it could be helpful to speak to someone approximately how you’re feeling.\nHowever, if these signs and symptoms persist, and also you cannot sleep, or you sense like you can't cope with your toddler, then you can be suffering from postpartum depression.\nSigns and symptoms of PND can encompass:\n*Bursting into tears for no obvious motive\n*Feeling emotional and irrational\n*Feeling irritable or touchy\n*Feeling depressed or hectic\nYou have overwhelming feelings of unhappiness, hopelessness, guilt, or self-blame. And those can pass on for weeks or months once you’ve given beginning.\nIn step with The results of Pre and Postpartum melancholy on toddler conduct and psychological development, publish-natal melancholy influences between 5.2% and 13% of mothers in evolved countries and likely up to 20% of mothers in low and center-profits countries.\nA way to understand when you have Postpartum depression Or anxiety\nYou could have postnatal melancholy when you have:\n* lack of urge for food\n* No self assurance\n* emotions of agitation\n* feelings of apathy\n* Being sad or low\n* troubles with dozing, or suffering to get returned to sleep after feeding your infant\n* loss of amusement in existence in fashionable\n* Guilt and blame on yourself\n* considering or even making plans suicide\n*difficulty concentrating and making selection\nNow you can no longer feel all of those signs, or they are able to come on additional time. Or you may experience unhappy suddenly.\nIn a few instances, a few moms even sense like they can’t carry on. If you sense like this, it’s very crucial to tell a person. Don’t deal with these hard feelings alone.\nYou may call the countrywide Suicide Prevention Hotline on 800 273 8255.\nWhy Do you've got feelings Of lack of identity while you’ve Had A child?\nAs people, we're used to making our personal picks.\nNew mom’s tie formerly their experience of identification to a ramification of alternatives and values:\n* Time to do what they need to do – pastimes, self-care\n* Time with circle of relatives, friends, and partner\n* price derived from operating existence\n* Social life\n* economic Independence\n* sex appeal\nThat is now snatched away. You don’t experience sexy when you’ve no longer even had time to take a bath or brush your hair!\nAnd meeting friends for brunch is off the time table as you’re generally too worn-out to make your personal breakfast at domestic never mind on the point of go away the house.\nSomething that has now emerge as a two-hour army operation just to get the proper matters together to get out the door.\nWhat you can Do To address loss of identity And Postpartum despair issues After Having A toddler\nExamine the positives –\nDon’t consider having a child as a terrible issue.\nBeing spontaneous is honestly a element of the beyond. And you could’t be as carefree as you had been. However now you have become greater selfless, and greater expertise. In addition to patient! And these are wonderful attributes to have.\nIn the meantime, even as weekends away are not going to be occurring any time soon, organizing a coffee with a girlfriend IS possible. Take small steps closer to allowing your self a few freedom.\nHere are a few matters you could do for yourself so you can sense whole again:\n*provide yourself a break\n*Don’t examine your self\n*deliver your self a few ‘me’ time\n*find antique friends and make new ones\n*prevent beating yourself up…about not being exact sufficient\nPlease reach out to me at firstname.lastname@example.org when you have awesome guidelines for other new mamas. Do not forget, we're a network. Your participation approach the world to us.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.fantasy-erotic-girls.com/donate/","date":"2023-02-04T18:02:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500151.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20230204173912-20230204203912-00313.warc.gz","language_score":0.9347231388092041,"token_count":688,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__212668647","lang":"en","text":"How to DONATE?\nDear friends !\nThis is not a Commercial Project – This is a CREATIVE PROJECT.\nBut we really need your help to make our dreams come true!\nIt is very important for us to complete the series of Fantasy Books. And these books, in turn, will help you to understand how the Universe works. And find answers to many questions about Life and Death. This is especially important during this crisis time, when many people will closely see the face of Death …\nOur beauties will help you survive during this terrible time (covid-19)!\nOur beautiful girls will give you valuable and unusual information. Such knowledge, in such a concentration, and in such a beautiful design, you can find only in our books.\nThis knowledge will be given by very beautiful characters of an Adult Mystical Tale! Therefore, it will be very interesting for you to watch illustrations and read texts!\nFor us, this is a huge amount of work and expenses – we need money to create costumes, purchase swords and daggers, rent photo studios, pay to models, transportation, and many other expenses. In addition, we already need a new photo and computer equipment for work. Because our old equipment is constantly breaking and needs repair.\nAnd your help will cover these costs. We are very grateful to you for the help, interest and support of our work!\nOnce again – you are not buying, and we are not selling photos to you!\nIf you don’t have the opportunity to help us(donate), then you can watch our illustrations and read a book here – on our website absolutely FREE!\nBut if you appreciate our work, the work of our beautiful girls-models, then you may help us continue our work!\nAnd we gratefully accept your help to continue working on a series of Fantasy books!\nAnd for those of you who appreciate our work and help us, we will give VERY interesting, exclusive Prizes!\nThese will be more hotter and frank photo shoots from our beautiful models and personal thanks to you from our creative team.\n(for your attention – hot photo sessions are in the Art Nude style. Sorry, but we do not do porn content!)\nTo assist our creativity and Donate, you can simply contact us through personal mail – firstname.lastname@example.org.\nWe hope to meet a true connoisseur of our work. We need a person, or an organization with great capabilities. And such support will be able to raise our Project to a new World level!\nWith respect and gratitude to all our readers – Alexandr Furdui, Kateryna Fedorova and the beautiful Amazons.\nChoose model (or several) that you like and want to receive photos of.\nWrite us in a letter – For example:\nI want to get 1000 photos of Kera and 300 photos of Lady Bagheera\nDear friends !\nWe really need your help to make our dreams come true!\nIt is very important for us to complete the series of Fantasy Books. And these books will help you to understand how the Universe works. And find the answers for many questions about Life and Death.\nThis is especially important during this crisis time, when many people will see the face of Death ...","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.bezev.de/knowledge/conference-documentations/inclusive-early-childhood-development.html?L=1","date":"2017-06-26T05:10:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320679.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626050425-20170626070425-00229.warc.gz","language_score":0.8803109526634216,"token_count":590,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-26__0__11955352","lang":"en","text":"Inclusive Early Childhood Development - an Underestimated Component of Poverty Reduction\nInternational Conference \"Inclusive Early Childhood Development - an Underestimated Component of Poverty Reduction\" (Bonn, 3.-4.February 2011)\nEarly child development plays a key role within the development potential of societies. It is a vital component which contributes towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals to reduce poverty as well as to achieve the development goals in the area of health and education.\nAim of the conference was to show which significance early child development has for human development and what central role it plays for poverty reduction. Questions like “What impact does poverty have on human development and which strategies could avoid the negative consequences of it? Or how can children with disabilities who live in poverty be identified and supported as early as possible and, if available, be included in general early childhood programs?” were discussed throughout the conference. Furthermore the conferencel focused on how early child development could be more strengthened within the field of development cooperation.\nThe conference was organized and hosted by Disability and Development Cooperation (bezev), Caritas Germany international, Kindernothilfe and Kindermissionswerk “Die Sternsinger\".\n>> Download Conference Programm\nPresentations of speakers\n\"The risks of poverty for child development\" (Nora Sabani)\n\"Strategies and implementation of a Holistic Approach to ECD\" (Nadica Janeva)\n\"The economic and social benefits of investing in early childhood development\" (Emiliana Vega)\n\"Early child development in developing countries -\nthe role of nutrition and stimlation\" (Sally Grantham McGregor)\n\"Early childhood development - Health, nutrition & stimulation\" (Dr Pablos Stansbery)\n\"Kindergesundheit - Müttergesundheit\" (Dr. Lisa Sous, only available in German)\n\"Consequences of poverty on early child health and development\" (Dr. Bhoomikumar Jegannathan)\n\"Identification of child disabilities in low and middle income countries\" (Carissa Gottlieb)\n\"Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) - an effective approach for poverty reduction & promotion of human development\" (Chapal Khasnabis)\n\"Cheshire Homes Durban - improving the lives of children\" (Sandy Padayachee)\n\"Early detection and early intervention\"- challenges and solutions\nin the framework of CBR programmes\" (Roelie Wolting)\n\"Creating New Avenues For Early Inclusion\" (Usha Ramakrishnan)\n\"Development of a national model for inclusive early education in Chile\" (Patricia Araneda Castex)\n\"Kinder mit besonderem Förderbedarf unter 3 Jahren\" (Marlies Mulder, only available in German)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thehamletcharity.org.uk/whats-on/news/posts/2020/tales-from-the-summerhouse-ep-1/","date":"2020-07-08T21:32:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655897707.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20200708211828-20200709001828-00265.warc.gz","language_score":0.9663980007171631,"token_count":142,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__229609178","lang":"en","text":"Over the next 6 weeks Greg will be reading extracts from the new issue of 'Heavyweight'.\n'Heavyweight' is an exclusive publication produced at Ella Road Adult Centre by students and staff for all Hamlet students, staff, volunteers, families and supporters to enjoy.\nElla Road were just about to publish the last two terms worth of material when the COVID-19 outbreak happened, but we thought it would be nice to share some of the stories, poems and horoscopes that were planned for this edition. We hope you enjoy!\nIn this episode Greg tells a story composed by Michael, Bobby and Simon called 'Miss Ten Lilly and the hay cart'.\nClick HERE to watch.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.jiyopalpal.com/happy-new-year-2017/","date":"2021-01-19T05:58:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703517966.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20210119042046-20210119072046-00693.warc.gz","language_score":0.9376809000968933,"token_count":534,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__146274054","lang":"en","text":"Wishing on new year’s day has its own importance as its time to make a great start of the new year and in such time when you wish with wonderful new year messages, it becomes more valuable and incredibly welcome.\nHappy New Year 2017\nNew Year Wishes take your lovely words to your family, friends, relatives, colleagues, acquaintances in short anyone you know. But of course the essence of the Happy New Year Wishes keeps changing with the change in recipient. New Year Wishes Greetings could be as intimate or as formal as you want them to be.\nYou could send an inspirational Happy New Year Greetings 2017 that could lay foundation stone to your dear one’s New Year resolution or you could send a hilarious few lines to start the person’s New Year with a ring of laughter.\nFor people close to you sentimental Happy New Year 2017 Wishes would surely touch their heart. There are zillions of options available online and offline from where you can get an idea to frame your Happy New Year 2017 Greetings. But always remember to add your own personal touch to make your Wishes for New Year one of a kind.\n10 Best Quotes for New Year 2017\n- A new year is like a blank book. The pen is in your hands. It is your chance to write a beautiful story for yourself. Happy New Year 2017\n- New Year is not only about festive frivolities, but also hope in the fulfillment of our deepest dreams.\n- Every one receives a blank 365 pages book each New Year. Wisdom lies in filling it with the right thoughts.\n- Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one. Happy New Year 2017\n- Don’t think of the opportunities that you have missed in the last year. The New Year is an unwritten book, so choose your actions and words wisely and fill it up with pages that are worth reading by the end of the year.\n- For last year’s words belong to last year’s language, and next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. Happy New Year 2017\n- Life is what you make it and it can be either be an exciting adventure or nothing at all.\n- Life is a game that has unexpected turns. By effectively dealing with them you can develop your distinct character.Happy New Year 2017\n- If you wish to see a rainbow you had better be prepared for the inevitable rain. Happy New Year 2017\n- You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://professionnels.ofb.fr/index.php/en/guides-protocols","date":"2023-10-01T15:01:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510903.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20231001141548-20231001171548-00344.warc.gz","language_score":0.9127360582351685,"token_count":296,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__163007321","lang":"en","text":"Guides and protocols\nGuides sharing tools of working methods for knowledge of biodiversity, water police and support for public policies.\nA hardcopy of each document may be requested as long as stocks last. Please justify your request when writing to veronique.barre [a] afbiodiversite.fr\nBelonging to the genus Salmo, the Atlantic Salmon is a species in the family Salmonidae and the subfamily Salmoninae. The Atlantic Salmon is still present in numerous rivers of the French Channel-Atlantic seafront. It has always been absent from the Mediterranean. The overall objective of this guide is to serve as a user manual for interpreting the scales and estimating the age of the Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) from the French Atlantic Salmon populations.\nThree biological forms of brown trout, river, lake and sea, have colonised a large number of aquatic environments in France, owing to a high ecological plasticity of the species. The overall objective of this guide is to serve as a user manual for interpreting the scales and estimating the age of brown trout (Salmo trutta) from the French trout populations.\nThis guideline is designed as a toolkit to support stakeholders and designers in the completion of constructed wetlands (CW) projects in tropical and equatorial climate zones.\nThis guide sums up the currently available knowledge on setting up buffer zones to limit the transfer of farm substances (pesticides, nutrients) to aquatic environments.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.flowmonics.com/","date":"2024-04-18T16:48:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817222.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418160034-20240418190034-00258.warc.gz","language_score":0.9484996199607849,"token_count":1320,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__151009523","lang":"en","text":"The Theory of Everything that Matters and What to Do About It\nThe book “The Theory of Everything that Matters and What to Do About It” delves into the decoded language of consciousness. This primary language predates our spoken language and is the foundational language of all minds, including those of animals.\nUncovering the elements and the specific set of rules the language of consciousness uses offers us a system where logical reasoning can be employed reliably and consistently to investigate questions regarding the mind. The result is that we can now open the magic box that is our mind and begin to understand the nature of consciousness, the interaction between mind and matter, the mechanism underpinning free will, and numerous other enigmas that have long perplexed us. And that changes everything—it will completely transform how you view the world and the role you play within it.\nThe book is written for accessibility, wilfully eschewing academic jargon to attract a wide readership interested in discovering a foundational theory about mind and matter that can be applied to transform their lives.\nSign up for our newsletter and be the first to know when the book is released.\nThe Second Enlightenment\nFirst, we understood the world.\nNow we understand ourselves.\nPower to You\nKnowing how your mind works puts you in control of your growth, instead of others. Be in control.\nThere is a way to explain complicated stuff, so it's super easy to understand. We use storytelling and animation and avoid academic speaking like the plague.\nIf you control your emotions, you control your well-being. You will learn how to control emotions such as anxiety, anger, and depression so you become more confident, compassionate, hopeful, and loved.\nWhen we opened the mind, we uncovered a profound story that offers a deep sense of meaning and purpose. It will make you fall in love again with what it means to be human. We will share this story with you.\nFacts Not Faith\nFaith is wonderful for filling in the gaps, but facts are more reliable, predictable, and consistent. We will show you how to rule your mind with a love based on facts.\nWe understand the mind for the first time, and the world is about to change. You have an opportunity to help shape that change by joining us on this extraordinary journey.\nWhy should you join the Flowmonics Community?\nEarly days We are only just starting this extraordinary journey so please sign up to our news letter so we can let you know what we're up to and so you're the first to gain these new insights.\nYou have been tricked. This Trickster has become the enemy of all of us. He has conned us to think about the world and the part we play in it in a way that keeps you and all of us on our knees. The trickery is a misconception about who and and what we are and the way our minds work that prevents us from gaining full control over our emotions and our sense of purpose and value. He strikes many of us down and then feeds us into the well-being industry he controls. The therapists, psychologists, self-help authors, mental-health support groups and many others are as much the victims of the Trickster's con as those they try to help.\nThe Trickster must be destroyed because every 40 seconds one of us takes their own live.\nWhat we're working on\nFinalising the edit of the book.\nWorking on a content marketing campaign to create awareness of Flowmonics. There will be lots of insights, videos, animations, a cartoon strip, and excerpts from the book, so be sure to follow us on social media.\nScriptwriting an animation to explain the nature of truth as you've never heard it explained. Things will make a lot more sense.\nUnconning The Trickster\nSolving the enigma of consciousness took nearly 2800 years of effort. Philippe Ingels was part of its last 25 years. His groundbreaking exploration into the mystery of consciousness was made possible due to his unconventional background and unique approach. Unlike traditional academic philosophers, his journey through the world of entrepreneurship, creative expression and programming, mixed with a profound personal transformation, equipped him with a rare blend of intuition, analytical logic, and creative thinking. As an ‘imposter’ in the creative industry, he always viewed intuition as a mechanism rather than an innate expression. This allowed him to identify its underlying language, and his experience as a game programmer enabled him to decode that language.\nPhilippe was frustrated with the lack of understanding of consciousness and disillusioned with how ineffective we were at making the type of progress that should be possible if we understood what was going on inside our heads. This led him to question everything ever written about the mind’s mysteries. Unburdened by established frameworks and with a fresh, sceptical perspective, he ventured into uncharted territories of our extraordinary minds. Now, he will share this journey of discovery that challenges conventional thinking and opens new doors to understanding our minds.\nA fact-based understanding of who and what we are will make all the difference.\nIf you are interested in discovering the true nature of what's going on inside your head.\nIf you love philosophy, or psychology or just simply like exploring new and fascinating ideas about yourself, society and everything.\nIf you want to gain more control over your thoughts, emotions and decision-making processes.\nIf you want to be part of a second enlightment that promises to make the world a more compassionate, supportive and .... place.\nIf you want more faith in the goodness of humanity, hope that we will make this world better and fall passionatly in love to be human.\nThe Mystery of Consciousness Has Been Solved\nEverything we know about the mind has been based on speculation. A comprehensive understanding remained elusive without a deeper grasp of the mystery of consciousness. Until now.\nNow that we've decoded the language of consciousness, our understanding of ourselves and our place in the universe will shift dramatically.\nFlowmonics is a journey of discovery and transformation based on facts, not guesswork.\nHere we will establish a new, fact-based sense-making framework capable of giving you a profound sense of meaning and purpose, we will show you how to gain unprecedented control over your emotions, explain how free will works and so much more.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.arianeart.com/page-3/book.html","date":"2022-09-25T07:07:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334515.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220925070216-20220925100216-00406.warc.gz","language_score":0.9747830629348755,"token_count":369,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__135531812","lang":"en","text":"Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia was presented with a copy of Ariane’s book while visiting in the United States.\nRELEASED FALL 2016\nAriane penned her book “I Shall Remember Thy Holy Name from Generation to Generation” with fellow Orthodox Christian Tim Weeks as a legacy to her children. It was published in 2016. Through the book’s journey, readers can see how she awoke to Christ’s call after careful and deep examination of her life and of those in her family who came before her.\nInspiration came from her research into her Serbian Orthodox faith and roots. In fact, the book was dedicated to her great-grandfather, the Very Reverend Trandafil Kocić, a priest who served the Orthodox Church in Leskovac, Serbia. He, along with many fellow priests, were martyred for their faith in Surdulica, Serbia on November 17, 1915. And, in 2017 he was canonized as a Martyr in the Serbian Orthodox Church.\nAriane hopes and prays that her book is a golden thread in the reader’s life, pulling him or her closer and binding them in their Creator. Her book is her offering to the God she loves with all her heart and her gift to her children and generations to follow, in hope that they also preserve their Holy Orthodox Christian Faith.\nAriane shares some of her thoughts in the audio and visual presentations below. The audio interview with the Orthodox News Network was conducted by Father Gregory Joyce. The videos give viewers a more in-depth opportunity to learn more about her perspectives that helped to craft the tapestry of her life, her call to faith, and her abiding love for her family.\nListen to Ariane's interview with the Orthodox News Network…","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.crooked-garden.com/tinychristmascollection","date":"2023-06-02T15:09:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648695.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602140602-20230602170602-00050.warc.gz","language_score":0.8685808777809143,"token_count":188,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__67561030","lang":"en","text":"top of page\nThe Tiny Christmas Collection\nIt's clay time o'clock.\nThese items, they want to be.'\nA feeling whispered to me.\n'The Tiny Christmas Collection is my name.\nand to exist is my aim.'\nThe earth rumbled,\nmy head tumbled.\nMy chest burned alive,\nfilled with a sudden uber drive.\nOf the desire to make,\nCeramic creatures to bake.\nAnd so I pinched by night and day and see,\nI created everything that wanted to be.\nCups, houses and statement bowls to make people go 'wow'.\nI think, that this will do for now.\nSo, let's look out into the unknown.\nthe process of finding a fitting home.\nA place where these creations,\nbottom of page","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://demography.subwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Ideal_fertility&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile","date":"2022-01-17T16:30:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320300574.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20220117151834-20220117181834-00119.warc.gz","language_score":0.9247159957885742,"token_count":519,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__95479293","lang":"en","text":"This article describes a measure that can be evaluated for a particular individual person, household, or family. It is not a statistical aggregate, though it may be statistically aggregated to provide average measures and distributions.\nThe measure is subjective, as the measurement of its value is based on people's beliefs, opinions, and/or values.\nIdeal fertility (also referred to by the related term ideal family size) refers to the number of children a person considers should be present in an ideal family. Note that ideal conditions here presuppose that the children will survive to adulthood, since children dying off at a young age would not be ideal.\nIdeal fertility is not a directly measured value, but rather, individuals are polled about their estimate of ideal fertility, and the values thus obtained are studied (by taking averages or considering the distribution of values).\nThe term ideal family size is sometimes used synonymously with ideal fertility, reflecting the fact that the number of children is the key variable in family size. Note, however, that technically, family size would include a count of the adults in the family too. Therefore, one should understand from context whether the measure reported is fertility or family size.\n- Family Sizes in Europe: Evidence from the 2011 Eurobarometer Survey by Maria Rita Testa, : Ungated PDFMore info\n- Intended and Ideal Family Sizes in the United States, 1970-2002 by Kellie J. Hagewen and S. Philip Morgan, Population and Development Review, Volume 31,Number 3, Page 507 - 527(September 2005): Full text on NIH websiteMore info\n- Evidence bearing on the construct validity of \"ideal family size\" by Roger B. Trent, Population and Environment, Volume 3, (Fall/Winter 1980): JSTOR PDFMore info\n- Attitudes towards ideal family size of different ethnic/nationality groups in Great Britain, France, and Germany by Roger Penn and Paul Lambert, Population Trends, Volume 108, (Summer 2002): ungated PDFMore info\n- The emergence of sub-replacement family size ideals in Europe by Joshua Goldstein, Wolfgang Lutz and Maria Rita Testa, Population Research and Policy Review, Volume 22, Page 479 - 496(Year 2003): Gated PDFMore info\n- Desired Fertility and the Impact of Population Policies by Lant Pritchett, Population and Development Review, Volume 20,Number 1, Page 1 - 55(March 1994): Ungated PDFMore info","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://megan915.tripod.com/meggiesfavoritequotes/","date":"2023-06-05T19:15:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652161.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605185809-20230605215809-00258.warc.gz","language_score":0.9489702582359314,"token_count":7142,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__99718150","lang":"en","text":"\"Laugh until your cheeks hurt.\"\nshould be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.\" - Einstein\n\"In vain have I struggled ... it will not do. You must\nallow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.\" -Mr. Darcy\n\"There is nothing worse than being ordinary.\"\n\"You all laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.\"- John Davis\nyou have to stand alone to prove that you can stand.\"\n\"Find a guy who will stay awake just to watch you sleep.\"\nis when you look into someones eyes and go all the way into their soul, and you both know ... instantly.\"\nthe road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.\" - Robert Frost\n\"Two souls with but a single thought,\ntwo hearts that beat as one.\"\n\"I love a hand that meets my own with a grasp that causes some sensation.\"\nis when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet.\"\n\"Surrendering to reality is a tranquil\n\"Take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine, that all the world\nwill be in love with night.\" - Romeo & Juliet\n\"Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.\"\n- Princess Bride\n\"Don't frown because you never know whos falling in love with your smile.\"\n\"Life is 10% what\nhappens to you and 90% how you respond to it.\"\n\"To thine own self be true.\" - Shakespeare\n\"I would rather\ndie on my feet than surrender on my knees.\"\n\"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.\" - Gimli -\nLord of the Rings\n\"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.\"\n\"Courage is found in unlikely\nplaces.\" - Gildor -Lord of the Rings\n\"I have a dream.\" - Martin Luther King\n\"I myself am ... strange and unusual.\"\n\"Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.\" - Einstein\n\"Two things inspire\nme to awe -- the starry heavens above and the moral universe within.\" - Einstein\n\"Watch the stars, and from them learn.\nTo the Master's honor all must turn, each in its track, without a sound, forever tracing Newton's ground.\" - Einstein\n\"When I die\nI wish to come back as one of her tears. What man would be so lucky as to have been conceived in her heart, born in her eyes,\nlive on her cheeks, and die at her lips.\"\n\"Love is ... running into his arms, colliding with his heart, and exploding\ninto his soul.\"\n\"When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.\"\n\"For you I would stop the\nvery rotation of the earth, simply to keep one moment forever.\"\n\"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you'll land\namong stars.\" - Les Brown\n\"Under all speech that is good for anything, there is a silence that is better. Silence\nis deep as eternity, speech as shallow as time.\"\n\"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth\nis more potent than history. I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts, that hope always triumphs over experience,\nthat laughter is the only cure for grief, and that love is stronger than death.\" - Robert Fulgahm\n\"To me every hour\nof the light and dark is a miracle, every cubic inch of space is a miracle.\"\n\"Every child is an artist. The problem\nis how to remain an artist once he grows up.\" - Pablo Picasso\n\"No one can go back and make a new beginning, but everyone\ncan start here and make a brand new end.\"\n\"Change is never easy. You fight to hold on, you fight to let go.\"\nonly time a goodbye is painful is when you know you'll never say hello again.\"\n\"If you cry because the sun has left\nyour life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.\"\n\"There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are\ndreamt of in your philosophy.\" - Shakespear\n\"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They\nhave their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.\" - Shakespear\n\"'Twas not my lips you\nkissed but my soul.\"\n\"The most eloquent silence; that of two mouths meeting in a kiss.\" - Anon\n\"When you kiss\nme, without uttering a single word, you speak to my soul.\" - Anon\n\"He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless,\nstill dead.\" - Anon\n\"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow\". - Anon\n\"If you love somebody,\nlet them go. If they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.\" - Anon\n\"Reality can be beaten\nwith enough imagination.\" - Anon\n\"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of\nall true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe,\nis as good as dead: his eyes are closed.\" - Einstein\n\"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is\na faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.\" - Einstein\nimportant thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when\nhe contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely\nto comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.\" - Einstein\n\"Common sense is the collection\nof prejudices acquired by age 18.\" - Einstein\n\"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.\"\n\"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.\" - Sir Winston\n\"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.\" - Michelangelo\n\"All men who have\nachieved great things have been great dreamers.\" - Orison Swett Marden\n\"Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.\" -\n\"To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.\" - Anatole France\n\"The eyes are the windows\nto the soul; if you look into them long enough, one's true self is revealed.\" - Nicole Dawson\n\"I love to be alone.\nI never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.\" - Henry David Thoreau\n\"I am what I am and that\nis all I am and I am it.\"\n\"I never let schooling interfere with my education.\" - Mark Twain\n\"In three words\nI can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.\" - Robert Frost.\n\"Surely there is something in the unruffled\ncalm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts, the sight of the deep-blue sky, and the clustering stars above,\nseem to impart a quiet to the mind.\" - Jonathan Edwards\n\"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the\nstars.\" - Oscar Wilde\n\"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.\" - Carl Sagan\n\"Beauty is in\nthe eye of the beholder\" - Plato\n\"I really believe, or want to believe, really I am nuts, otherwise I'll never be\nsane.\" - Allen Ginsberg to Jack Kerouac\n\"Its the quiet ones you have to watch out for.\"\n\"Never forget that\nonly dead fish swim with the stream.\" - Malcolm Muggeridge\n\"After a time, you may find that \"having\" is not so pleasing\na thing, after all, as \"wanting.\" It is not logical, but it is often true.\" - Spock, \"Amok Time\"\n\"We are each\nof us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.\" - Luciano de Crescenzo\n\"It is better\nto have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.\" - Alfred Lord Tennyson\n\"I like a man who grins when he fights.\"\n- Sir Winston Churchill\n\"Education is very important. School, however, is another matter.\"\n\"You are only what\nyou are when no one is looking\" - Robert C. Edwards\n\"A stranger loses half his charm the day he is no longer a stranger.\"\nGenevieve Antoine Dariaux\n\"Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone\nto bring you flowers.\" - Veronica A. Shoffstall\n\"If there were dreams to sell, what would you buy?\" - Thomas Lovell\n\"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.\" - Lorraine Hansberry\n\"No day is so bad it can't be fixed\nwith a nap.\" - Carrie Snow\n\"I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.\"\n- Denis Waitely\n\"If you want to be happy, be.\"\n\"Have you ever loved someone so much it hurt?\"\nmy body. Water my blood. Air my breath. Fire my spirit.\"\n\"Some people exist just to annoy me!\" - Garfield\nto decide is to decide.\" - Harvey Cox\n\"If you're going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance.\"\ncomes gradually and at its appointed hour.\" - Ovid\n\"People will always talk about you, especially when they envy you\nand the life you live. Let them ... you affected their lives, they didn't affect yours.\" - Anon\n\"Pain is temporary.\nPride is forever.\" - Anon\n\"Presence is more than just being there.\" - Malcolm Forbes\n\"Always behave like a\nduck; keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath.\" - Lord Barbizon\nclip an angel's wings,\nConquer all mysteries of rule and line,\nEmpty the haunted air, the gnomed mine,\n\"There are many trails up the mountain, but in time they all reach the top.\" - Anya Seton\nI could wish for one thing, it would be to have nothing to wish for.\"\n\"You know it's a best friend, when you can sit\non the porch swing for hours, not say a word, and feel like you've just had the best conversation of your life.\"\nthink you know me just because you know my name, think you've seen me 'cause you've seen every line on my face.\" - Jon Bon\n\"Passion + Persistence = Possibility\" - Jon Bon Jovi\n\"Keep the faith, you know your gonna live through\nthe rain.\" - Bon Jovi\n\"Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing\nto admit that they are crazy.\" - Nora Ephron\n\"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought\nwithout accepting it.\" - Aristotle\n\"The time has come,\" the Walrus said,\n\"To talk of\nmany things, of shoes, and ships, and sealing wax.\nOf cabbages, and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot.\nAnd whether pigs have wings.\" - Lewis Carroll\n\"When a thing has been said and said well, have no\nscruples. Take it and copy it.\" - Mark Twain\n\"The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who\nwill not use the thoughts of other men's brains proves that he has no brains of his own.\" - Charles Haddon Spurgeon\n\"Don't get mad, get even.\" - Joseph P. Kennedy\n\"There was one who thought he was above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.\" -\n\"The only thing about a man that is a man ...is his mind. Everything else you can find in a pig\nor a horse.\" - Archibald MacLeish\n\"Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.\" - Tom Robbins\n\"I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which he condemns.\"\n- John Jay Chapman\n\"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.\"\n\"Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis -\na good hot cup of coffee.\" - Alexander King\n\"When I was a boy of 14 my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.\nBut when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much he had learned in 7 years.\" - Mark Twain\n\"The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.\" - Mencius\n\"See I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way.\" - Exodus 23:20\n\"Never give advice in a crowd.\" - Arab Proverb\n\"Getting what you wish for is the test of whether you understand what you really need.\" - Scott\n\"Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.\" - George Halas\n\"There are persons who always find a hair in their plate of soup for the simple reason that,\nwhen they sit down before it, they shake their heads until one falls in.\" - Friedrich Hebbel\n\"An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.\" -\n\"A rainy day is the perfect time to sleep.\"\n\"Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.\" - Albert\n\"Content thyself to be obscurely good.\" - Joseph Addison\n\"Sit and daydream, and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore\nof the mind.\" - Longfellow\n\"One for all, and all for one\" - Three Musketeers\n\"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little\nsong, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.\" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe\n\"A sobering thought; what if, at this very moment,\nI am living up to my full potential?\" - Jane Wagner\n\"A life spent making mistakes is not only more\nhonorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing.\" - George Bernard Shaw\n\"A man has to live with himself, and he should\nsee to it that he always has good company.\" - Charles Evans Hughes\n\"It is easier to fight for one's principles\nthan to live up to them.\" - Alfred Adler\n\"Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches\ncannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.\" - Oscar Wilde\n\"The strongest man in the world is he who stands\nalone.\" - Henrik Ibsen\n\"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your\ncloset, you'd best teach it to dance.\" - George Bernard Shaw\n\"Never look down on anybody unless you're helping\nhim up.\" - Jesse Jackson\n\"Do what you can, with what you have, where\nyou are.\" - Theodore Roosevelt\n\"Not all those who wander are lost.\" - Bilbo\n- Lord of the Rings\n\"I often think that the night is more alive\nand more richly colored than the day.\" - Vincent Van Gogh\n\"Those people who think they know everything\nare a great annoyance to those of us who do.\" - Isaac Asimov\n\"I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no\nhonors came my way, those were the lovely years.\" - Truman Capote\n\"It all boils down to whether someone\nthinks what you do with your time is wasting it. The extrovert scolds the introvert for staying in the house all day when\nthere is a whole world out there, while the introvert laughs at the extrovert because he has all he needs in his room, and\nneedn't waste energy running about.\" - Nick Bensem\n\"I'm tired of saying \"How wonderful you are!\" to fool men,\nwho haven't got one half sense I've got.\" - Margaret Mitchell\n\"Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was.\" - Margaret Mitchell\n\"Dreams and visions are infused into men for their advantage\nand instruction.\" - Oneirocritica, 2nd century AD\n\"Romance means making love to his soul without ever touching\nhis body.\" - Anon.\n\"The human body is vapor materialized by sunshine\nwith the life of the stars.\" - Paracelsus\n\"He who feels it, knows it more.\" - Bob Marley\n\"Don't let your mind rule over your heart.\"\n\"There comes a time in every life we find the heart we're\n\"If kissing was just two people touching lips, it wouldn't\ntouch our hearts and bind our souls the way it does.\"\n\"Life itself is the proper binge.\" - Julia Child\n\"Open your heart and let the sun shine in\"\n\"There is a garden in her face, where roses and white lilies\ngrow.\" - Thomas Campion\n\"Where should a woman wear purfume?\" a young woman asked.\n'Wherever one wants to be kissed\" I said.\" - Coco Chanel\n\"The way I see it, if you want a rainbow you have to put up\nwith the rain.\"\n\"The flesh is fairest that farthest from the bone.\"\n\"There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the\nor you alter yourself meeting them.\" - Phyllis Bottome\n\"I find I always have to write something on a steamed mirror.\"\n- Elaine Dundy\n\"Let us permit Nature to have her way; she understands her\nbusiness better than we do.\" - Michel de Montaigne\n\"Better by far you should forget and smile. Than that you\nshould remember and be sad.\" - Christina Rossetti\n\"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.\"\n\"So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us\noften.\" - John Donne\n\"In the cathedral of my heart a candle will always be lit\nfor you.\" - Hardy Kruger\n\"Don't go through life, grow through life.\" - Eric Butterworth\n\"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy\nin this world. Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.\" - Allan K. Chalmers\n\"The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.\" -\nJohn Vance Cheney\n\"Let your tears come. Let them water your soul.\" - Eileen\n\"The great doing of little things, makes the great life.\"\n- Eugenia Price\n\"Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life,\nlove gives us a fairy tale.\"\n\"The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.\"\n- Colin Wilson\n\"One of the most adventurous things left for us to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.\"\n- E. V. Lucas\n\"I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I can feel what\nthe heart cannot feel.\" - Peter Nivio Zarlenga\n\"Sometimes you say the smallest thing, or smile, and it makes my entire day better.\"\n\"A kiss is just a kiss until you find the one you love. A hug is just a hug until you find the one your\nalways thinking of. A dream is just a dream until it comes true. Love is just a word until its proven to you.\"\n\"Love is when you don't want to go to sleep because reality is better than a dream.\"\n\"Normal people scare me.\"\n\"When all think alike, then no one is thinking.\" - Walter Lippman\n\"If you don't have a sense of humor, you'll hurt yourself arguing with me.\" - Ted Nugent\nThings around us, houses, jobs, cars, they're props, they're settings for our love. The things we own, the\nplaces we live, the events of our lives, empty settings. How easy to chase after the settings and forget the diamonds. The\nonly thing that matters at the end of our stay on this earth, is how well did we love, what was the quality of our love?\"\n- The Bridge Across Forever\n\"Education is an admirable thing but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that\nis worth knowing can be taught.\" - Oscar Wilde\n\"We taste the joys of heaven above\nwhen really, truly making love.\"\n\"Adolesence is the time in life when girls quit believing in fairy tales and start to believe\n\"When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.\" - Chinese Proverb\n\"Good judgement comes from experience ... experience comes from poor judgement.\"\n\"You can't break a bad habit by throwing it out the window. You've got to walk it slowly down\nthe stairs.\" - Mark Twain\n\"I am an idealist. I don't know where I am going, but I am on my way.\" - Carl Sandburg\n\"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.\"\n- Abe Lincoln\n\"Time you enjoy waisting is not time waisted.\"\n\"When you get in a tight place & everything goes against you, till it seems you could not\nhold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place & time that the tide will turn.\" - Harriet Beecher\n\"He who has help has hope, & he who has hope has everything.\" - Arab proverb\n\"Don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go\nand do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.\" - Howard Thurman\n\"Come Away With Me\" -Song-\n\"Come away with in the night\nCome away with me\nAnd I will sing you a song\nwith me on a bus\nCome away where they can't tempt us\nWith there lies\nI want to walk with you\nOn a cloudy day\nfields where the yellow grass grows\nSo won't you try to come\nCome away with me and we'll kiss\nOn a mountain\nCome away with me\nAnd I'll never stop loving you\nAnd I want to wake up with the rain\nFalling on a tin roof\nI'm safe there in your arms\nSo all I ask is for you\nTo come away with me in the night\nCome away with me.\" -\n\"Every blade of grass has its Angel that bends over it and whispers, \"Grow, grow.\" - The Talmud\n\"Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while.\"\n\"Every now and again take a good look at something not made with handsa mountain, a star, the turn of a stream.\nThere will come to you wisdom and patience and solace and, above all, the assurance that you are not alone in the world.\"\n- Sidney Lovett\n\"Be still and know that I am with you.\" - English prayer\n\"Every day people are straying away from church and going back to God.\" - Lenny Bruce\n\"A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.\" - Rabindranath Tagore\n\"I am certain of nothing but the Holiness of the Hearts affections and the Truth of the Imagination.\" - John\n\"Fanatics have their dreams, wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect.\"\n- John Keats\n\"Faith is an oasis in the heart which can never be reached by the caravan of thinking.\" - Kahlil Gibran\n\"The beginning is always today.\" - Mary Wollstonecraft\n\"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it\narrives and puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.\" - John Wayne\n\"Art is running away without ever leaving home.\" - Twyla Tharp\n\"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you was?\" - Satchel Paige\n\"If you never did, you should.\nThese things are fun, and fun is good.\" - Dr. Seuss\n\"Blessed is the person who can laugh at himself\nhe'll never cease to be amused.\"\n\"Life is too important to be taken seriously.\" - Oscar Wilde\n\"Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.\" - Emily Dickenson\n\"Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life.\" - From the \"Sanskrit Salutation of the Dawn\"\n\"So you see, imagination needs moodling, long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering.\" - Brenda\n\"The purpose of our lives is to be happy.\" - The 14th Dalai Lama\n\"The sooner I fall behind, the more time I have to catch up.\"\n\"How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.\" - Spanish proverb\n\"The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.\" - Teresa of Avila\n\"Every animal knows more than you do.\" - Native American Proverb\n\"If you're too busy to go fishin', you're too busy.\" - Jed Clampett\n\"Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.\" - Stephen Wright\n\"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth\nwill be filled with glory.\" - Betty Smith\n\"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously\naccomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.\" - Victor Hugo\n\"...the fog is rising.\" - Emily Dickinson's last words\n\"The longest journey of any person\nis the journey inward.\"\n\"The good and the wise lead quiet\nlives.\" - Euripides\n\"To lose is to learn.\" - Anon\n\"Learn what you are, and be such.\" - Pinder\n\"We were written in the stars, my love, all that separated us, was time, the time it took to read the map\nwhich was placed within our hearts, to find our way back to one another.\"\n\"Within you, I lose myself, without you, I find myself, searching to be lost again.\"\n\"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Others stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts\nand we are never ever the same.\"\n\"Every now and then, I wish it were then instead of now.\" -\n\"The giving of love is an education in itself.\" - Eleanor Roosevelt\n\"In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.\" - Margaret Anderson\n\"I'll never let your head hit the bed without my hand behind it ...\" - John Mayer\n\"Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often more accurate than you are willing to believe.\" - Claudia\n\"Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the\nBut you have already borne the pain.\nWhat you have not done is feel all you are beyond that pain.\" - Kahlil Gibran\n\"The best thing about the future is that\nit only comes one day at a time.\" - Abraham Lincoln\n\"Trust that still, small voice that says,\n\"This might work and I'll try it.\" - Diane Mariechild\n\"Making mistakes simply means you are learning faster.\" - Weston H. Agor\n\"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.\" - William James\n\"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; that word is love.\" - Sophocles\n\"High on a mountain, carved on a rock, are these three words: Forget Me Not.\"\n\"What is meant to be will always find a way.\"\n\"The feeling of losing oneself in somebody's arms, yet at the same time finding oneself there, is irreplaceable.\nNothing compares to the intensity of that feeling.\" - Katarina Witt\n\"There's one thing a quote does that nothing and no one else can do ... it can become a part of you. You may\nnever meet the person who said it, but that person is now a companion. Quotes help you get over pain, feel love, make you\nsmile and laugh, and help you through those tough days when you think that no one else knows what you're going through.\"\n\"I do believe in magic. I was born and raised in a magic time, in a magic town, among magicians. When\nI was twelve, the words was my magic lantern, and by its green spirit glow I saw the past, the present, and into the future.\nWe all start out knowing magic. We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires, and comets inside us. We are born able to sing\nto birds and read the clouds and see out destiny in grains of sand. But then we get the magic educated right out of our souls.\nWe get it churched out, spanked out, washed out, and combed out. We get put in the straight and narrow and told to be responsible.\nTold to act our age. Told to grow up, for Gods sake. And you know why were told that? Because the people doing the telling\nwere afraid of our wilderness and youth, and because the magic we knew made them ashamed and sad at what they allowed to whither\nin themselves. After you get so far away fro it, though, you cant really get it back. You can have seconds of it. Just seconds\nof knowing and remembering. When people get all weepy at movies, its because in that dark theatre, the golden pool of magic\nis touched, just briefly. Then they come out into the hard sun of logic and reason again and it dries up, and theyre left\nfeeling a little heartsad and not knowing why. For the briefest of instants, you have stepped into the magic realm. The truth\nof life is that every year we get farther away from the essence that is born within us. We get shouldered with burdens, some\nof them good, some of them not so good. Things happen to us. Loved ones die. People get in wrecks, and get crippled. Its not\nhard to do, in this world of crazy mazes. Life itself does its best to take that memory of magic away from us. You dont know\nits happening until one day you feel like youve lost something, but youre not sure what it is.\" -Robert McCammon\n\"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but\ndo so with all your heart.\" - Marcus Aurelius\n\"To love one who loves you, To admire one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, is exceeding\nthe limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven.\" - Delphine de Girardin\n\"Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking.\nDo, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.\"\n- Christopher Morley\n\"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.\"\n- Ralph Waldo Emerson\n\"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.\" - Winston\n\"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.\" - Mark Twain\n\"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in a square hole, the\nones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo.You can quote them,\ndisagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them, because they change things.\nThey push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the people who are\ncrazy enough to think they can change the world, and are the ones who'll do it.\" - Apple Computer TV Ad","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.spiritualsparks.com/","date":"2015-08-27T23:12:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-35/segments/1440644059993.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20150827025419-00130-ip-10-171-96-226.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9206274747848511,"token_count":342,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-35__0__93420479","lang":"en","text":"Book: Spiritual Sparks For Busy Women™\nAuthor: Shirley W. Mitchell\nPublisher: Strode Publishers\nDate: February 1982 (Not in Print Currently)\n***Coming Soon for 2013-2014 !!!\n\"Spiritual Sparks For Busy Women™\", by Shirley W. Mitchell, is written for today's modern woman similar to herself, \"busy and on the go.\" The book follows each half-page of text with seven elaborating Bible verses, one for each day of the week, illuminating her weekly spiritual writing with Seven Daily Scriptural \"Spiritual Sparks.\" The book is designed to \"Spark\" in you a desire to know your Creator in a more intimate manner. The Bible verses, personal experiences, meditations, and prayers of each devotional interrelate to give better understanding and power! These devotionals are living! They will teach women to walk in the Spirit. Years from today these devotionals will continue to be a source of power for women. The devotionals in \"Spiritual Sparks For Busy Women™\" were written in the very crucible of life. The aim... is changed lives.\n***Shirley W. Mitchell's mission is to provide inspirational books and lectures with popular appeal, live an exemplary life that is a worthwhile model, share God's love with everyone, and reveal Christ and his glory to all - Hurried living finds us sometimes too busy even to catch our breath, let alone discover more about our Creator. Join the Actively Growing following of Shirley W. Mitchell Today***\nIt only takes a \"Spark\" to get a \"Fire\" going ~ So Why FIZZ When You Can SPARKLE !","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://newslagoon.com/entertainment/stephenie-meyers-twilight-midnight-sun-release-date-when-is-it-coming-is-a-movie-also-coming-read-all-about-it-here/135667/","date":"2020-08-14T05:15:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439739177.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20200814040920-20200814070920-00547.warc.gz","language_score":0.9531241059303284,"token_count":1882,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__85822490","lang":"en","text":"Stephenie Meyer, the brilliant mind behind the critically acclaimed teen vampire-romance series Twilight, finally confirmed the released date for the upcoming companion book, Midnight Sun. Midnight Sun now has the official release date after going through almost 12 years in writing limbo.\nTwilight was phenomenal among teenage and young adults as the vampire drama featured most of the emotions felt by these teenagers. Meyer brilliantly used emotions like alienation and rebellion in her novel series that attracted many young readers. The novel series was later adapted to critically acclaimed and commercially successful live-action feature films starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.\nTwilight tells the story of a seventeen-year-old Bella Swan, who moves into new places and develop a relationship with a vampire, Edward Cullen, and her life becomes endangered soon after. The novel is expressed in the narrative of the same introvert girl, Bella Swan. Meyer in 2008, revealed that she wanted to retell the stories from the perspective of fan-favorite, Edward Cullen.\nMeyer in 2011 suspended writing the companion novel and mentioned that she has no intention to release the book ever. The change-in-mind rose after the first twelve chapters of Midnight Sun was leaked online in 2011. After holding the work indefinitely, she released the same leaked twelve parts on her website for Twilight fans to read them for free. The reports claimed that Meyer knew who had leaked those chapters but didn’t give names because according to her, the leak wasn’t done with bad intentions.\nFans were upset after not being able to read the whole story from Edward’s point of view. Some core fans even tried to reach Meyer and requested her to continue writing the unfinished part. Meyer released a gender-swapped novel titled Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined in 2015 that introduced Beau Swan and Edythe Cullen in place of Bella and Edward. The bok was released and the readers loved the reimagined version. The good reception gave Meyer strength to work on the companion novel, Midnight Sun.\nOn May 2020, Meyer confirmed that the book will be released on August 4, 2020, and Little, Brown, and Company (who published the novels series) will again publish the hardcover paperback novel.\nJune 1, 2020 2:00 pm EDT 2:00 pm EDT\nHappy Season 3: Release Date, Cast, Plot And Everything We Know\n– Advertisement –\nHappy is an adult animated series and can be rated 8.7/10 by IMDb. Further Rotten tomatoes rate the series since 4.75/5. The show is a show. And it is believed that fans are not happy with the future of the series.\nThe American show is inspired by a comic book series of the same name. Grant Morrison has led Happy. Happy is a mixture of action.\nRelease date of Happy season 3: Is the third season of Happy canceled or renewed?\nNetflix has released two seasons of Happy series. The first season was released on followed with a second season on 27th March this year. Season 1 comprised eight episodes, and season 2 included ten episodes. The 2 seasons have received positive reviews from the critics.\nThere was a gap of 14 months between the release of 2 seasons. We anticipate the same for the next season. We know that due to this COVID pandemic, movies and lots of shows are delayed. Therefore, if at all of the series will renew for the season it won’t release any time soon.\nWe anticipate the series to rekindle for its third year in 2021. Though Syfy canceled the upcoming season, we’re trusting that Netflix may restart the sequence.\nThe Cast of Happy Season 3\nHere are a number of actors that are expected in Happy season 3.\nChristopher Meloni will play the role of Nick Sax. Medina Senghore will be seen as Amanda Hansen. Patton Oswalt will voice Happy. The role of Hailey Louise Hansen and Louis Sheinberg will be played with Christopher Fitzgerald and Bryce Lorenzo. Patrick Fischler is expected as Smoothie. Further, Ritchie Coster may be viewed as Mr. Blue and Lili Mirojnick as Merry.\nThe Plot of Happy Season 3\nSo individuals who have watched the past two seasons are aware of what the show is about. The story revolves around a cop who attempts to rescue a girl kidnapped by Santa. A unicorn that he can find urges him to do so. The season is expected to continue after a story that was similar.\n– Advertisement –\n18-Year-Old NY Teen Blazed In Apartment As Neighbours Watch\nA New York City teenager was stabbed before his body was set on fire in an apartment in the Bronx\nThe victim has been identified as 18-year-old Winston Ortiz, and many reports say he died Wednesday afternoon; although at least one report, which is not dated, says it is in critical condition.\nAccording to the reports, police sources said Ortiz suffered three stab wounds before a suspect bathed him with an accelerator and set him on fire in an apartment on Woodycrest Avenue in the Bronx. According to sources, Ortiz lived one block from his home.\nA video captured the suspect entering the apartment\nThe video reportedly shows the suspect arriving at the building about 10 minutes before Ortiz. sources told that the suspect and the victim quarreled before the suspect attacked the teenager.\nMany residents witnessed the horrific incident and heard the boy screaming\nResidents of the building witnessed a horrifying scene after seeing a fire in an apartment building. Outside the apartment where Ortiz was set on fire, a screaming teenager was seen and heard, according to the witness.\nA teen girl and the teenager’s mother reportedly washed the victim with water while waiting for the emergency services.\nOrtiz was unresponsive when the medical staff reached to help\nAccording to the officers, Ortiz was badly injured and barely conscious when the ambulance arrived.\nPolice have not yet publicly identified the suspect and do not appear to have made any arrests.\nThe GoFundMe campaign is raising money for the Ortiz family.\nL.A.’s Finest: Delayed Season 2 Gets September Premiere Date on Spectrum — All 13 Episodes Dropping Together\nTwo of L.A.’s Finest are returning for duty next month. Spectrum Originals is making the entire 13-episode second season of its Bad Boys offshoot available to watch On Demand beginning Wednesday, Sept. 9, TVLine has learned.\nThe new season was originally slated to bow in June, but it was pushed back in the wake of civil unrest sparked by police violence that led to George Floyd and Breonna Taylor’s deaths earlier this year.\nSo, what’s in store for Syd (Gabrielle Union) and Nancy (Jessica Alba) in Season 2? According to Spectrum’s official teaser, “Syd mourns the sudden loss of a friend and struggles to find answers, while McKenna must deal with the aftermath of Izzy’s kidnapping and the rift it has left in her marriage. But when a powerful crimewave in Koreatown threatens to destroy the community, Syd, McKenna and the team must find those responsible before it’s too late.”\nL.A.’s Finest also stars Duane Martin (All of Us), Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights), Ryan McPartlin (Chuck), Sophie Reynolds (Big Hero 6: The Series) and Ernie Hudson (Oz).\nIn other recent L.A.’s Finest news, Fox announced that it will air the show’s first season — acquired from Sony Pictures Television back in May — beginning Monday, Sept. 21 at 8/7c. It will lead into the network’s soapy drama Filthy Rich (9 pm), which stars Sex and the City‘s Kim Cattrall as the matriarch of a wealthy Southern family that is rocked by its patriarch’s sudden death.\nHit PLAY on the new trailer above for a first look at Union and Alba back in action, then drop a comment with your thoughts below. Will you be binge-watching Season 2?\n- Entertainment2 days ago\nAmber Heard admits she punched Johnny Depp to defend sister, fans hope she’s finally fired from ‘Aquaman 2’\n- Entertainment4 days ago\nLove Alarm Season 2: Release Date, Cast, Plot, And Everything You Should Know !!\n- Entertainment India3 days ago\nIshq Mein Marjawan 2 11th August 2020 Written Episode Written Update\n- Entertainment4 days ago\nSex Education Season 3: Release Date and Some Expection Here\n- Entertainment5 days ago\nAre Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott Dating Again After a Romantic Getaway?\n- Entertainment2 days ago\nJinger Duggar and Jeremy Vuolo Surprise Family: We’re Expecting!!!\n- Entertainment3 days ago\nThe Haunting Of Hill House Season 2 Release Date, Cast, Plot And Trailer\n- Entertainment India4 days ago\nSong Hye Kyo reveals her thoughts about love and friendship after her agency debunked Hyun Bin dating rumours","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.sociallearningcenter.org/news/2016/1/30/publications-from-the-slc","date":"2017-10-21T19:34:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187824894.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20171021190701-20171021210701-00202.warc.gz","language_score":0.9481750726699829,"token_count":205,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-43__0__92758494","lang":"en","text":"Interested in reading some of the articles published by the SLC? Please click on the links below:\nChris and the SLC were mentioned in the latest issue of Counseling Today. Read the article here.\nRead Chris' December 2013 article in Counseling Today here\nRead all of Chris' articles for Special-Ism by clicking here\n“Defining a Hybrid of Social Interventions for Students with Strong Intelligence and Language Skills” by Michelle Garcia Winner and Chris Abildgaard was published in Autism/Asperger Digest Magazine (Sept/Oct 2010). Article\nChris’ review of the Zones of Regulation by Leah Kuypers(2011), a curriculum addressing emotional and behavioral regulation, was included on the cover of the published manuscript.\nChris’ review of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities: A Clinical Perspective by J. Palombo 2006, W. W. Norton was featured in the March/April 2010 issue of the Communique, The Newspaper of the National Association of School Psychologists.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://phoenixartsinc.org/management-and-board/gary-batson/","date":"2024-04-14T01:59:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816863.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414002233-20240414032233-00874.warc.gz","language_score":0.9447942972183228,"token_count":214,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__126858480","lang":"en","text":"Gary Batson – Executive Producer\nM.A., Ed.M., Phd. Candidate Gary Batson is President of Batson Communications & Entertainment Company and co-publisher of Batson-Jones-Rea Publishing Company. He earned his B.A. from Fordham University, his M.A. and Ed.M. from Columbia University with a specialization in Communications. His articles and PR placements were published in the New York Times, Daily News, New Jersey Star Ledger, Billboard and The Amsterdam News. His plays have been produced at Samuel French and Strawberry One Act Festivals, The Paul Robeson Theater, Michael Carson Studios, The Negro Ensemble Company and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.\nHis fiction and poetry were published in City University Magazine, Fordham University literary Magazine, Thirst for Fire (a California-based literary magazine) and several anthologies. Mr. Batson received a Fellowship from The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute for acting, The Mayor’s Scholarship and the Model Cities Writing Award.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://shealynnthorpe.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-08-01T09:48:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1406510274967.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20140728011754-00073-ip-10-146-231-18.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.7798722982406616,"token_count":201,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__231288499","lang":"en","text":"You Aren’t Boring I Just Suck At Conversations I’m Sorry: a novel by me\nI’m Not Ignoring You I Just Don’t Know What To Say: a sequel by me\nI Feel Like I have Nothing Interesting To Say So I Don’t Say Anything At All And I’m Really Sorry Don’t Stop Talking To Me: the trilogy.\ndo you ever see a picture of someone with a body like yours and you’re momentarily comforted like they look pretty good…i probably look good too\napparently e.l. james called former child star mara wilson (matilda) a “sad f**k” for critiquing the 50shades books a while ago and now there’s a feud. i love it.\ngirls who pretend to act stupid because they think it’s cute need to be slapped in the face with a brick","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://marbleandnougat.tripod.com/nougat.htm","date":"2019-07-23T02:42:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195528687.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20190723022935-20190723044935-00348.warc.gz","language_score":0.9905035495758057,"token_count":1046,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__132827542","lang":"en","text":"Nougat is the oldest member of our pet family. She is 3 1/2. She will share her story....\nHi I'm Nougat! I'm 3 years old in that picture! I love my mommy and daddy! I'm a spoiled happy doggie! I would like to tell you my story.\nWhen I was born my mommy must have really loved me !\n.... but her owners did not.\nI didn't understand what was going on when they grabbed me from her and stuffed me into a burlap sack with the other pups in my litter. It was hot and dark and very itchy. We cryed and whined but our mommy couldn't do anything about it. We didn't know why we started rolling around and bumping all over, even though we recognized the sound of the pickups engine we hadn't been on the bed before as it was moving and bumping along. All of a sudden the bumping and rolling stopped. It hurt when we landed on the ground in the sack where our 'owner' tossed us.\nOh how I itched from the fleas and ticks and that rough material we were shoved into! I was very scared and confused and my tummy was growling, it didn't help that the worms had already sapped so much strength from my little body. All of a sudden we felt wet and the heat turned to cold as we huddled closer together to try and keep warm. We heard the sound of the truck start up again....and we started shivering thinking of the rough bumpy ride we just went through.\nWe waited and waited but the noise got softer and then we didn't hear it anymore.\nAnd there we sat...\non the shore of the creek half in the water in a burlap sack.\nI don't know how long we sat...\nit felt like forever after all we were only 41/2 week old little puppies! Then out of no where we heard a voice, we were so thrilled to hear something out of the darkness we cryed and cryed and wiggled and called \"Help us Help us!!!!\" as best as we knew how. It must have worked because the sack opened...\nand as our eyes adjusted to the light we saw her, our savior! She cuddled us close and wiped us dry it felt so good and warm! Then she brought us to this big place with alot of other dogs around.\nThese people were nice we liked them alot! They gave us lots of warm food and clean water. They cleaned us up and got rid of the worms and the ticks and fleas. They fixed our coughs and runny noses. Then I felt a funny feeling as I fell asleep on a large silver table.\nWhen I woke up my belly ached but they helped me feel better with the warm towels and cuddles. After a few days we were moved into a cage together all my brothers and sisters...and people came and looked at us. They picked us up and talked to us and I showered these people with kisses!! I was so happy! I was dry and clean and full and my tummy ache went away.\nI was so happy to be alive and safe and away from the creek and out of that sack. Then this one person came by as I was asleep. I woke up cuddled under her chin and looked up into her eyes and kissed her face all over. I was trying to say \"Good morning!! Hi I'm Nougat! Isn't it great to be alive!!\" I really like this person because she talked sweetly to me and gave me kisses and rocked me like a baby. Then she put me back in the cage and I was sad! I tryed to call to her \"wait come back!!\" and she did!! She came back with another person, a man with a furry face like mine. I loved to kiss his whiskers!! She snatched me back up out of that cage and that was the last time I saw my other brothers and sisters. But I didn't mind too much because I loved all the individual hugs and kisses! I wished they would never put me down! Oh how I loved to be alive!! They held me as they talked to another person and handed over some green paper.\nThen off we went...my first ride in a car without being in the dark! I loved it!! Then they took me to this place called PetSmart...I got toys and they dressed me up with my very own collar just like I remember my mommy had. I missed my mommy ... but these new people called themselves mommy and daddy. That was the best day of my life!! Here are some pictures they took of me when they brought me home!\nThen mommy and daddy moved to NJ to get away from Tornado country !\nI'd never seen the ocean before and I love it here! and I like not having to be afraid of storms and lightning anymore!\nNougat was a very active pup! She loved everyone she met! Including other animals. Here are some more pictures of Nougat...","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://rhs.redmond.k12.or.us/home/our-staff/hilda-beltran/world-lit/","date":"2019-11-18T06:32:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496669454.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20191118053441-20191118081441-00405.warc.gz","language_score":0.9003870487213135,"token_count":1049,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__51901558","lang":"en","text":"Read on for General Notes for World Literature Papers – 2012\nCRITERION A: Aspect/Treatment\nMany fine ideas. Now: follow through, follow through. Remember: this is an ARGUMENT for a particular interpretation. The following paragraphs must develop this in detail.\nCRITERION B: Knowledge/Understanding\nLook for opportunities to weave in your knowledge of the genre, style, and culture as it pertains to your thesis. Don’t force it, but do remember that this is the “World Literature” component, and (for Assignment one), a comparative essay. Thus, detailed cultural/historical grounding/context is essential to your ability to make meaningful comparisons.\nBe specific about plot, characters, symbols, and so on. Show your expertise with detail, particularly when choosing relevant quotations/evidence.\nCRITERION C: Presentation\nThesis: Last sentence of first paragraph, please! Literary technique + effect/significance of that technique.\nTopic Sentences: First sentences of all body paragraphs, please! TS has 3 jobs: 1) must link to thesis (make sure there is an “echo” word; 2) must provide a transition (hopefully a logical one) from previous paragraph; and 3) must directly control the main idea of the paragraph.\nIntro: Authors and title must be mentioned — preferably in sentences 1-2.\nConclusion: Make it sound like you care. Make it matter. Make it shine. Think of this analogy: a well written conclusion should sound a lot more like you are putting the final wax and polish on a collectible Cadillac and a lot less like you are cleaning up after dinner with a smelly old sponge. On your papers, CC = sounds like you’re shining a Caddie — good work! SSp = smelly sponge — freshen it up.\nCriterion D – Language\n- Review for common errors, esp. sentence fragments, comma splices, and errors of agreement (subject-pronoun; subject-verb; singular-plural).\n- P2A. Change passive to active voice.\n- 2B. inimize “to be” verbs as the main verb of sentence (“Claire is a grotesque character”). “To be” forms are fine as helping verbs when indicating the tense of a stronger verb.\n- PT. Write in critical present tense.\nDiction — enhance your professionalism by following these caveats:\n- Do NOT use the words “similar” and “different” in a vague manner in the same sentence, as in: “These two plays are very different with some similar components.” This is ovbious and true about everything in the world worth comparing, and therefore not specific enough a statment to belong in an astute analytical essay. Especially do not do this in the first or last paragraphs as it is an instant indication that you are unsure of yourself.\n- Do NOT use the words “LARGE” or “BIG” unless you are describing something physical (“a large dinosaur” is ok; however, “another large difference between Cyrano and Lysistrata…” or “the word ‘never’ is the biggest use of repetition” sounds amateur. In the first example substitute “significant”; in the second example try “common.”\n- Do NOT use phrases like “in this passage it says…”\n- DO look for opportunities to naturally integrate vocabulary of literary analysis for more effective and precise interpretations. Here is a reminder of useful terms for dramatic study.\nConventions and References:\n- TITLES: Where are your clever and concise titles? Really? Where are they? Remember: titles should be attention-grabbing and should be specific to your essay. Authors and titles and Aspects are identified in strong titles. Alliteration is a neat trick (as in “The Matter of the Mother: Encoding of the Mother in H. D.’s Poetry and Prose”). The Clever Phrase-Colon-Clarifying Subtitle method is also standard (previous example and “Double Selves: Katherine Mansfield’s Encounters with Her Mother’s Legacy in “Prelude” and “At the Bay.” (No titles necessary for Assignment 2 commentaries/KPA’s, though).\n- MLA Formatting: Really, an absurd number of you seem to be mounting a protest against the MLA convention of underlining the title of the work within your essay. What’s with that?\n- MLA citations both in text or at the end. Check out the rules for citing DRAMA in this link and FOLLOW THEM: http://libguides.pstcc.edu/content.php?pid=24540&sid=1751573. Remember — The Visit came from an anthology; all the works have translators.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://justabitbookishblog.wordpress.com/2016/07/21/the-liebster-award-x-2/","date":"2018-06-20T10:58:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267863518.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20180620104904-20180620124904-00441.warc.gz","language_score":0.9613652229309082,"token_count":2394,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__135994891","lang":"en","text":"Hi there everyone!\nSo thanks to the wonderful Martin over at http://www.aprettywonderfulbook.wordpress.com and the amazing Ashley at http://www.ashleyreadsit.wordpress.com, I’ve been nominated for the Liebster Award not once, but twice, which means two sets of great questions to answer!\nHere’s a bit about the award and how the whole process works:\nWhat does the word Liebster mean? Liebster is German for sweet, favorite and dearest. (aww).\nThe Liebster Award is an award for bloggers. It helps to discover new blogs and to build a sense of community in the blogging world!\n1. Thank the blogger(s) who nominated you.\n2. Answer the 11 questions the blogger gives you.\n3. Nominate 11 bloggers that you think are deserving of the award.\n4. Let the bloggers know you nominated them.\n5. Give them 11 questions of your own.\nHere are my answers to Martin‘s questions:\nIf you could live in any fictional town, which would it be?\nI would choose one of the Eggs, east or west from The Great Gatsby. There’s something beautiful and haunting about these corners of town during that era that make them so attractive to me. Perhaps it’s how the story plays out, who knows.\nWhich fictional character would you most like to meet?\nOff the top of my head, Henry de Tamble from The Time Traveler’s Wife. Why? Because I have so many questions for him. The whys, and hows are obvious but my questions go deeper. How did it feel to constantly, and unknowingly, leave the woman he loved for endless periods of time? How did it feel to not know? How did it feel to know? The list goes on and on and on, and there are many other characters I’d love to meet. I get overly involved with my characters, and so I think I’d want to meet most of them.\nWhich book would you like to see made into a movie, and who would play the main characters?\nThis is a fantastic question because I’m not big on movies made from books. They usually disappoint. Off the top of my head, I’m going to choose Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden. This story is about World War One and First Nations. It’s fiction, and it’s intense, but it’s a must read. Xavier, the main character, would be played by Nathaniel Arcand, a Native Canadian actor who played Scott the vet in Heartland for a very long time.\nDo you have any ‘must buy’ authors or do you always check the synopsis before buying?\nHere’s the truth: If you purchase anything written by Edward Rutherfurd, you will not be disappointed. His books are huge though, so beware. Also, a big Ken Follett, and Erich Segal fan.\nIf you eat out, do you always order a trusty favourite or do you spend ages looking through the menu?\nI’m a bit of a foodie, so I like to try new things, and get the opinions of the waitstaff on what’s good and recommended at the restaurant. However, when a craving calls, trusty favourite it is.\nIf you could be a character in a book, which genre would you want to be in?\nHistorical fiction, hands down. Not only do I want a story of my own, I want other things to happen that matter – real events.\nWhich country have you always wanted to visit but not had the chance?\nAll of the countries. Seriously. I’ve never been anywhere. I guess atop my list are Ireland, France, Germany, Italy and Russia.\nHave you been sorted on Pottermore, and if so, which house are you in? And are you happy with your house?\nOh my jesus – I didn’t know about Pottermore! I’m being sorted as we speak. Heeere we go! Gosh, I’m way too excited about this!! I got Hufflepuff, which is not a bad thing, but of course I wanted to join Harry!\nWhen is your favourite time to read? During the day or at night in bed?\nAll of the times! It’s always time for a book. I read everywhere too!\nDo you have any books you have more than one copy of?\nYes! Shake Hands with the Devil by Romeo Dallaire. One is a hardcover autographed copy and one is a paperback. I’m sure there are others, but that stands out at the moment. I’m not only into reading, but collecting.\nHave you ever bought a book just because you liked the cover?\nNot specifically. However, I’m a big fan of colourful books as I arrange my shelves in a rainbow pattern.\nThanks again, Martin! Now here are my answers to Ashley’s questions!\nWhat is the best book you have read so far in 2016?\nHands down above all us – The Reason You Walk by Wab Kinew. If you read this, carefully, it has the power to change you. Kinew is brilliant.\nWhich character do you identify with the most?\nThis varies, truly. I always try to connect with one character in every book I read. One character I really related to (to get into my childhood) was Fern from Charlotte’s Web. Inside me, although I’m 28-years-old, I’m still that hopeful, playful little girl, just like Fern.\nWhat book has made you laugh out loud?\nMost books get all of my reactions. I tend to be very visually emotional – if something’s funny I laugh, if it’s sad I cry. These aren’t just characters to me, I think a book and a reader take on a sort of friendship and a closeness until they’re separated. I’m a big fan of stand-up comedy and what makes funny people become so funny, so a lot of these. It takes a lot of strength and intelligence to stand up in front of thousands, or even hundreds of people and then proceed to make them laugh. For this I’ll list two favourites: Seriously, I’m Kidding by Ellen Degeneres and Call Me Russell by Russell Peters.\nWhose writing style do you enjoy the most?\nEdward Rutherfurd!! The man is magic with words. He can sweep you off into so many different worlds and decades. You really become one with his stories. The involvement is a necessary dedication, though. These aren’t short reads, but epic sagas of times long ago lost.\nFrench fries or salad on the side?\nMy brain says salad and my stomach says fries. More often than not, my brain wins, but sometimes by stomach wins. Hello, McDonald’s french fries, nice to see you again.\nWhich fictional setting would you never want to live in?\nI’m going to go with anything Stephen King ever concocted in his twisted, beautiful mind. Oh, and L.A. No matter who writes about L.A. as their “fictional setting” there are a series of assholes. Seriously, though.\nCan you name a book that references song titles?\nEleanor Rigby! Book by Douglas Coupland, songs by The Beatles. (See? I learned something in high school.)\nSpeaking of music, do you wear sunglasses at night?\nOnly so I can, so I can – forget my name while you collect your claim! ♪ ♪\nWhat book genre did you use to not care for but have recently gotten into?\nI’ll give almost anything a chance, however, I’m not into the old romances, though I really want to sit down and read Gone With the Wind. Let’s leave this question up in the air, and we’ll see how it goes.\nWhat is your favourite book to movie adaptation?\nLove Story. Book by Erich Segal. The movie was made in the 1970s starring Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw. This book had a massive impact on me. I read it usually once a year, and I re-soak up every word. The key to it being my favourite book to movie adaptation is simple: the screenplay was written by Erich Segal. Almost none of the dialogue, or happenings change. Everything is just the way it should be. The chemistry between the actors is just what you’d imagine it’d be. To me, it’s just perfect.\nAre you into graphic novels? If so, which ones?\nSimply: not really. I’m not a fan of having my images supplied. I have a very vivid and exciting imagination and I love to see how far it can take me. However, during my last semester of my history degree I read a graphic novel called Safe Area Gorazde by the talented Joe Sacco. This is the true story of the treacherous war that happened in Yugoslavia in the 1990s. It is a micro-history. That is, an on the ground history that takes place in only one small town – Gorazde, in Eastern Bosnia. Sacco left America for Gorazde because of the war – to bring the stories of the people home. And yeah – you guessed it. Things were not as the media liked to report. Stunning read.\nSo, here goes. Here are my 11 QUESTIONS!\n- You’re stranded for an entire year. You can only have two books. Which do you bring?\n- Where do you buy your books? Do you buy from a specific site, store? Used?\n- How do you treat your books? Do you collect, read and get rid of, borrow from the library?\n- Where’s your favourite place to read?\n- How old were you when you discovered your passion for reading?\n- Have you ever had a fictional crush? If so, who?\n- What is your favourite children’s book?\n- Who is the most inspirational character you’ve discovered, and why?\n- Has a book ever made you cry? Which?\n- If someone were to ask you “What should I read?” what would be the one book you immediately suggest without a second thought?\n- What’s your favourite book that is set outside of North America and Europe?\nI’d like the nominate the following bloggers to answer my questions! Happy reading, everyone.\nNominees (I know there are supposed to be 11 but I’m rather new at this.)\nYvo at https://melovebooks.wordpress.com/\nCaitlin at https://shelfiepodcast.wordpress.com/\nJaed at https://bibliophilewanderlustblog.wordpress.com/\nCandace at https://literarydust.wordpress.com/\nChloe at https://chloesbooksblog.wordpress.com/\nAnyone else that wants to join in to do this, feel free! I love reading the answers.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://womanwithamessage.tripod.com/id16.html","date":"2019-09-22T00:31:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514574710.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20190921231814-20190922013814-00424.warc.gz","language_score":0.9497975707054138,"token_count":151,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__188793762","lang":"en","text":"Are the pieces of your life not fitting together? Are you tired of fixing\nthe same old things in your life?\nDo you feel weighed down from bad memories?\nDo you feel like no one cares about you? Do you wish you could find that perfect\nDoes your life seem to be falling apart?\nmuch do you trust what you \"believe\"? Have you been avoiding God, but still feel empty inside?\n“Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the LORD delivers them in\ntimes of trouble. The LORD protects and preserves them - they are counted among the blessed in the land - he does not give\nthem over to the desire of their foes.” Psalm 41:1-2","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://fullsort.com/bucket/112/harry-potter","date":"2023-06-02T21:53:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648858.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602204755-20230602234755-00348.warc.gz","language_score":0.9213193655014038,"token_count":329,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__179558371","lang":"en","text":"Chestnut Hill Harry Potter Festival no more; Warner Bros. cracks down on use of Potter-themed events | PhillyVoice. We brought our boy here back in the day. Too bad it closed. Hopefully they will bring back for future fans!\n17 key 'Harry Potter' secrets J.K. Rowling has revealed since the books finished | Mashable\nHarry Potter's Platform 9¾. Snap a picture of yourself. My wife wanted to snap a picture but the line was a bit long when we were visiting this area.\nWill J.K. Rowling Work On More Harry Potter Movies? Here’s What The Warner Bros. Discovery CEO Says | Cinemablend\nShe never gave up and now people across the World can enjoy her books. Thank you for your persistence J.K. Rowling!\nIf you don't succeed keep trying! I added these letters for quick access. There is an article in another link I included in this bucket.\nHow long did it take J.K. Rowling to completely write the Harry Potter books? - Quora\nOct 16 : J. K. Rowling (27) married Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes in 1992. | Shortpedia\nJ.K. Rowling is a woman with an amazing imagination. I'm surprised she is not worth more!\nJ.K. Rowling Secretly Bought Her Childhood Home, Which Inspired Scenes in 'Harry Potter' Series\nMy Worst Day: J.K. Rowling. My Worst Day: J.K. Rowling. How a decade of abuse, depression, and suicidal thoughts nearly robbed the world of Harry Potter.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://frm4soc2.eumetsat.int/about-frm","date":"2023-10-03T10:49:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511075.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20231003092549-20231003122549-00397.warc.gz","language_score":0.7169790267944336,"token_count":710,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__9893160","lang":"en","text":"Fiducial Reference Measurements (FRM)\nThe definition of the Fiducial Reference Measurement (FRM) as provided in the preface on page xiii of the [Banks et al. 2020] is adapted from the original idea of [Donlon et al. 2013, 2014a, 2014b] for Sea Surface Temperature measurements, whereby the defining mandatory characteristics of a FRM are as follows.\nThe FRM must:\n- have documented traceability to SI units (via an unbroken chain of calibrations and comparisons);\n- be independent from the satellite retrieval process;\n- be accompanied by a complete estimate of uncertainty, including contributions from all FRM instruments and all data acquisition and processing steps;\n- follow well-defined protocols/community-wide management practices and;\n- be openly available for independent scrutiny.\n Here, guided by the International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM) [BIPM et al. 2012], the original phrase has been truncated with the removal of the second part “[An uncertainty budget for all FRM ... measurements,] traceable where appropriate to the International System of Units/Système International d’unités (SI), ideally through a National Metrology Institute”. It is the measurement result that must be traceable to SI (as noted in the first mandatory characteristic), not the uncertainty estimate.\nBIPM, IEC, IFCC, ILAC, ISO, IUPAC, IUPAP and OIML (JCGM), International Vocabulary of Metrology — Basic and General Concepts and Associated Terms (VIM), JCGM, 2012.\nBanks, A.C.; Vendt, R.; Alikas, K.; Bialek, A.; Kuusk, J.; Lerebourg, C.; Ruddick, K.; Tilstone, G.; Vabson, V.; Donlon, C.; et al. Fiducial Reference Measurements for Satellite Ocean Colour (FRM4SOC), Remote Sens. 2020, 12, 1322, doi:10.3390/rs12081322.\nDonlon, C.; Goryl, P. Fiducial Reference Measurements (FRM) for Sentinel-3. In Proceedings of the Sentinel-3 Validation Team (S3VT) Meeting, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 26–29 November 2013.\nDonlon, C.J.; Wimmer, W.; Robinson, I.; Fisher, G.; Ferlet, M.; Nightingale, T.; Bras, B. A., Second-Generation Blackbody System for the Calibration and Verification of Seagoing Infrared Radiometers. J. Atmospheric Ocean. Technol. 2014, 31, 1104–1127, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00151.1.\nDonlon, C.J.; Casal, T., Sentinel-3 Scientific Validation Team Implementation Plan, EOP-SM/2641/CD-cd, ESA, EUMETSAT, 2014\nZibordi, G. and Donlon, C.J.; Chapters 3 and 5, vol. 47, Zibordi, G. and Donlon, C.J., and Parr, A. C. Eds. Academic Press, 2014.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://werewolfromance36.theglensecret.com/9-romance-novels-to-read-through-if-you-love-secret-novels","date":"2022-12-01T10:39:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710808.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20221201085558-20221201115558-00579.warc.gz","language_score":0.9658427238464355,"token_count":1175,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__231392261","lang":"en","text":"Enroll in our e-newsletter to acquire romance reviews shipped to your inbox. Psychologist Serena Sheridan has transferred to Charleston to leave her identical twin sis and also family intergenerational drama. Remembered to assist locate their granddaddy so decisions concerning selling the family residence may be created, she unwillingly gets the aid of Lucky Doucet a man along with risky credibility. This book is fantastic, as are her pair of subsequent books. If you read through absolutely nothing else on this list, review this one. 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Subscribe for Homicide & Mayhem's newsletter and get our suggested goes through supplied directly to your inbox. Susanna Kearsley creates old-school enchanting suspense, as well as I, mean that in the most ideal way feasible. If you invest your time going over Mary Stewart novels, thinking they do not create books like that any longer, well, Kearsley carries out! This novel happens in Paris, along with an amateur codebreaker hired to fracture an 18th-century publication loaded with Jacobean intrigue.\nContemporary Puzzle Romance\nLeila doesn't desire to possess everything to carry out with either her spouse or the Comte, nevertheless, up until Francis is actually eliminated and she must join the Comte to solve his murder and very clear her personal name. Certainly not simply is actually the romance in this book completely swoon-worthy as well as Leila a complete badass, the mystery is flawlessly done. I possessed no concept of who the fantastic was actually up until Leila and the Comte thought it out, and as soon as they did I couldn't feel I hadn't resolved it quickly.\nPedestrian launched her creating job depicting sexy fellas and also girls on bikes in Heck on Tires, the very first in her Black Knights, Inc. series, which includes Developed to Last. Emery Finn stores Wren Upton responsible for her relative's loss 13 years back, so he possessed better find a way to take care of the issue pronto by aiding her to find out what truly took place.\nGet Our A Lot Of Mystical Stories And Thrilling Book Deals Delivered To Your Inbox\nAnother Sherlock adaptation, this one along with a more adult mood. Charlotte Holmes adopts the nom de guerre of Sherlock as well as hits the mean streets of London if you want to quit an awesome and also recover her family name. This book is actually extremely creepy, with an amazingly gorgeous intimate subplot. In 1920s England, Sarah Piper signs up with paranormal detective Alistair Gellis on a ghost pursuit. Believe The Haunting of Mountain Residence, but with a true ghost, sexytimes, and a much better finishing. About half of it takes place in a public library filled with medieval documents, and the other one-half is actually the lead character WHO WISH he resided in a library. Buttoned-up protection agent Victoria Ash satisfies relaxed new fella Adam in the third Guard novel, where an allegedly covered assignment takes a turn for the FUBAR when Adam notices there's a traitor at the business.\nUneasy Victim A Zoe Chambers Secret Book\nShe appreciates books regarding solid women as well as appealing men. In the fourth payment of HelenKay Dimon's Bad Boys Undercover series, things are actually obtaining hotter and also much more hazardous than in the past.\nThis group is actually committed to sexual romance authors Chris Lange, Morticia Knight, Maggie Nash, Leanore Elliott, Jennifer Theriot as well as Sandy Wolters. If you enjoy our books, do not fail to remember to become our followers. This is actually a social team, anybody may participate in and also welcome others to sign up with. Intimate tension is any type of style romance that features a famous mystery, tension, or thriller plot. I likewise would like to acquire Early riser Books email list including book deals, recommendations, as well as free gifts.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.drewludwig.com/louisiana","date":"2013-05-22T06:24:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701409268/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105009-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9900368452072144,"token_count":183,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__162203056","lang":"en","text":"During August of 2010, I walked 120 miles from the Ninth Ward of New Orleans to the Gulf Of Mexico. It was the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and the oil spill in the gulf was about to be capped. I came to help. I came to work. I held lofty goals of an activist, and I wanted to use my hands. I walked, I listened and I came to pick up the work gloves of others rather than my own. I believe gloves connect a hand with purpose, and as I walked, I began to see the story of Louisiana between the marks, the scars and the holes of the discarded gloves along the highway. My eye turned to the strangers along the roads; towards the hands that welcomed me into their homes and fed me after my feet grew tired. These are the faces that came to gaze into my camera, and it was their gloves I carried across the state of Louisiana.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://stjathenaeumsrp2014.wordpress.com/2014/05/08/how-to-participate-in-summer-reading/","date":"2019-01-20T13:10:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583716358.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20190120123138-20190120145138-00338.warc.gz","language_score":0.8830995559692383,"token_count":182,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__20242190","lang":"en","text":"Step 1: Sign up with MacKenzie at the Athenaeum–the sooner, the better!\nStep 2: Keep track of your progress on your reading log. This may mean recording the titles of materials you read (books, magazines, websites) or using stickers to record the amount of time you spend reading. Here are other things you can record on your log: visiting the Athenaeum, visiting the Athenaeum website, participating in a summer reading event, or exploring science at home, at the Fairbanks Museum, at Catamount Arts, or outside!\nStep 3: At the end of the summer, turn in your log to MacKenzie, and you will receive a free book of your choice and a participation certificate.\nIf you have any questions, please contact MacKenzie at firstname.lastname@example.org or 802-748-8291","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://studentaffairs.utm.my/counsellingcentre/kfa-project-writing-workshop/","date":"2024-02-24T07:20:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474523.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224044749-20240224074749-00307.warc.gz","language_score":0.9679290056228638,"token_count":222,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__23695359","lang":"en","text":"Counselling Centre in collaboration of UTM Press have been organising Writing Workshop for writers who take part in KFA Project. It’s a Book writing project leads by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamed Sharif Mustaffa, director of Counselling Centre.\nThe event was held on February 7, 2013 and took place at University Marketing Unit’s Meeting Room. Began at 8.30 am and ended at almost at 7 pm, it was indeed a fruitful workshop. The three most important figures in book writing, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Issham Ismail, Mohd Zubil Bahak and Hj. Khalid Mazlan had done their best to share their skills and knowledge in writing and publication to all 14 participants.\nThis workshop is a good start for the Book Writing Project. Knowledge, skills, techniques plus a little bit of writing secrets were all combined and beautifully blended to be one excellent package for the newbie. The management team and all the writers to be are eagerly wait for the second series of the workshop which was scheduled to be around April of this year.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://agirlcalledjackalene.blogspot.com/2015/06/chapter-1.html","date":"2018-07-17T15:00:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589752.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20180717144908-20180717164908-00183.warc.gz","language_score":0.985544741153717,"token_count":1521,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__60186210","lang":"en","text":"“I’m cold Jack. Can we put more wood on the …”\n“No!” Jack regretted the tone as soon as she saw the young girl’s bottom lip quiver. Backtracking and apologizing Jack told her little sister, “I’m sorry Lena, I shouldn’t have yelled like that. The thing is I don’t know how long this storm is going to last. There’s snow coming down out there.”\n“Can I see?!”\nTrying to hold in her irritation at having to explain things over and over she said, “No Lena. You know the rules. And every time we go in and out or move the blankets off the windows we let more cold into the house and we don’t have enough wood to keep doing that. We need to … we need to be careful with what we have. I don’t want to burn anything from here in the house because most of the stuff has chemicals in it that could make us sick.”\nThe young girl tilted her head to the side and then asked, “Like the Donovans?”\nJack nodded and sighed. “Yeah, like the Donovans. We could choke on the fumes.”\n“And never wake up.”\n“And never wake up,” Jack confirmed.\nThe young girl shook her head saying, “I don’t want that to happen to us.”\nJack shook her head wearily. “I don’t either so that’s why we need to save the wood we have and use it smart and careful. If you’re cold why don’t you crawl back in the tent and cover up.”\n“I get lonely in there.”\n“I need to think Lena and … and if I lay down I’m going to go to sleep and won’t do the thinking I need to do.”\nQuietly the young girl asked, “Are you thinking about Momma and Daddy?”\nJack sighed. “Some. But …” Jack worried that Lena still hadn’t grasped the full import of what had occurred and what it meant for them.\nQuietly the young girl said, “I know they aren’t coming back. I know they are in Heaven watching over us and all that. Just … just if we don’t think about them at all we’ll forget them. I … I …”\nJack reached up to the fireplace mantel, plucked down a picture and tossed it to Lena to hold. “Don’t worry Squirt, I won’t let you forget them.”\n“But if we have to leave …”\n“We’ll take what we can. That’s what I’m trying to think about. Definitely take the pictures and stuff like that … and the important papers … and what food we have left … and lots of blankets, especially the quilts Mom made.”\n“And Daddy’s stuff too?”\n“Yeah, that too … especially some of that,” Jack said referring to the guns and knives her father had collected and then had to hide from a bureaucracy that had attempted to confiscate what was his by right. “And even if for some reason we didn’t have any of that you have me and I’ve got lots of stories and pictures in my head that I’ll share with you. Now do what I asked please, get in the tent, cover up and get warm, and get some sleep. I’ll be in as soon as I can.”\n“Okay Jack. Just don’t leave without telling me like you did yesterday. It was scary not knowing where you were.”\n“Sorry Squirt. I didn’t think I would be so long that you would wake up and I wouldn’t be here. But I brought back food and wood didn’t I?”\n“Yes. Just … just don’t do it again. You might not come back. Like Momma and Daddy.”\nJack looked at Lena, trying to imitate how their mother had dealt with her, and she finally crawled into the tent and did as she was asked to do. In no time Jack heard the young girl’s breathing settle into the deep rhythms of sleep and it was with some relief that Jack could finally lean over and have the silent cry that had been pent up all day. It had been a little over a week since the cop and social worker had come by to tell them that their parents’ bodies had finally been officially identified among the dead of the multi-vehicle pile-up on the interstate. There had been a backlog in the coroner’s office and it had taken longer than it should have.\nThis was the Deep South; ice wasn’t supposed to be on the road but it was and people seemed to lose all commonsense on top of everything else going on. Someone driving an SUV had hit a patch of ice doing 65 miles an hour. Careening out of control they banged into several cars and a semi, creating a chain reaction where those cars lost control and ran into still others. A total of forty-two vehicles had been involved resulting in multiple fatalities. Their parents had been driving Jack’s mini cooper to save on gas. The mini cooper had been something her dad had found at an auction and they had spent a couple of months making it road worthy right before Jack graduated from high school.\nBecause of spikes in fuel prices that had started after the nuts in South America had nationalized their oil fields and dramatically cut US supplies to show solidarity with their Russian overlords after Russia had backed an anti-US dollar regime taking over things in the Middle East, the mini cooper became the family’s go to car for most of the traveling they did … especially long distance travel which is what their parents had been doing. They’d had no choice but to travel almost two hours to get to a private practice that would accept their family insurance so that their Mom could see a doctor. State Troopers had found the mini cooper’s license plate amongst the debris littering the highway. The mini itself had apparently disintegrated during the impact so it had taken a while to confirm what Jack had known in her heart as soon as her parents had never shown up that night or called to let her know they were safe. She had then been forced to deal with lots of official paperwork and during that discovered that Mom was a lot worse off than her parents had been letting on.\n“Am I supposed to find comfort in the fact they went together?” Jack wondered for the eleventy-dozenth time. “Because if I am … I don’t.” But the cause for her tears that night wasn’t the loss of her parents but a different straw in the load Jack was carrying.\nJack was about to start crying again when there was a loud knock on the backdoor.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://brothersessays.blogspot.com/","date":"2017-06-24T15:28:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320264.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624152159-20170624172159-00340.warc.gz","language_score":0.9677254557609558,"token_count":1870,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-26__0__2148828","lang":"en","text":"I think Ruby Rose has two things most TV show “heroes” these days are sorely lacking: The first is a High-Caliber Sniper-Scythe. The second is a genuine understanding of what it really means to be a hero.\nThe full quote I took this essay’s title from is Ozpin’s opening monologue to the series, an answer to the villainous cynicism of Salen warning Humankind that they can’t hope to overcome her through force of arms.\n“But perhaps victory is in the simpler things that you've long forgotten; things that require a smaller, more honest soul.”\nRWBY may not be a Christian series, but I feel that’s a statement very in keeping with our beliefs. After all, wasn’t it the son of a humble carpenter who saved our world? The Alpha and Omega, the one above all, humbling himself to the form of a lowly man: able to feel pain, sorrow, hunger, thirst, temptation and, ultimately, death, all to save a race of backsliding sinners. Victory in a small, honest soul indeed.\nBut back to Ruby Rose: Honestly, I could probably fill a small book with nothing but my ravings for this character. But instead, I’ll let the show do the talking for me: this conversation, between Ruby and Blake in The Shining Beacon Pt.2, is one of my favorite from any show:\n“As a girl, I wanted to be just like those heroes in the books... Someone who fought for what was right, and protected people who couldn't protect themselves!”\nAs far as mission statements go, this has few equals, deceptively simple as it may be. Ruby doesn’t share her teammates strong motivations: She’s not out to redeem her family name, atone for past sins, find her mother, prove her worth, fulfill some higher duty or even just because she has nowhere else to go. She’s becoming a Huntress because that’s where she feels she’ll do the most good: nothing more, nothing less.\nRuby could easily be mistaken for a naive little girl, given how badly she fanboys over Huntsmen/Huntresses and how bright her worldview is, but too dismiss her as such would be a dangerous underestimation.\nLook at the family she comes from: her mother died on a mission, her father was heartbroken and emotionally crippled for years, her uncle is a cynical, bitter alcoholic and her step mother straight up abandoned her family. All of these were Huntsmen/Huntresses: it’s a wonder Ruby hold the job in anything but contempt.\nBut the thing about Ruby is that, like all her teammates, she sees being a Huntress as just a means to an end. Oh sure, she’s in love with the fairy tale aspect, but ultimately she chose this life because she knows it’s where she can do the most good, combat easily being her area of expertise.\nCompare her expertise with weapons to her difficulty making friends: her awkwardness at a dance to her grace while fighting for her life. Ruby is at home on the battlefield and she knows it: the only other career she is ever mentioned as considering was Police Officer, and even that could place her in fights on a regular basis (Especially in a World like Remanent).\nRuby’s innocence is not ignorance: She wasn’t really old enough to understand what was happening when her mother died, but she certainly was for everyone she lost in the Fall of Beacon. Slain friends, a physically and spiritually broken sister, a splintered teams and a long, arduous journey constantly filled with pain and difficulty. And at the end of it all, she’s just as defiant as she was when Roman gave her that speech aboard the airship, so very long ago.\nShe’s grown, certainly. She now acknowledges that bad things can happen just because, that there’s a nearly invincible foe looming on the horizon and that it will take more than Crescent Rose and Silver Eyes to defeat it. But all that has just redoubled her will, her resolve to never bow to evil and to battle it all costs.\nEven more impressively, she still considers that a secondary motive. She’s not a broken warrior, out to avenge everything she’s lost. She is still the same, dorky fifteen (Well, sixteen now) year old girl just trying to do what’s right. Yes, times have gotten dark, but she’s fighting both out of a remembrance for the good times that came before, and a hope that those can come again.\nAs she tell’s her sister, it’s not for herself, or for the people she’s already lost, but for the people she hasn’t lost yet. Salem and associates be warned: Ruby Rose has placed her friends, family and the World of Remanent under her protection, and she will fight to the last to defend them.\nNow, of course, there are alternate views. Blake’s, for instance.\n“That's very ambitious for a child. Unfortunately, the real world isn't the same as a fairy tale.”\nBlake is somehow who already knows just how dark the world can be. Even more, she has had a hand, however small, in making it that way. Happily ever afters would be nice, but she has mistakes to fix first. And don’t get me wrong: that’s an almost equally powerful motivation as Ruby’s.\nA touch of personal, even selfish, motives to their hero can go a long way towards humanizing your hero. We all want to relate to our idols, and “It’s the right thing to do!” is a pretty lofty motivation. I think this is best demonstrated with an exchange from Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy:\n“Why would you want to save the Galaxy?”\n“Because I’m one of the idiots who lives in it!”\nIt really is okay to act out of greed every now and then: All things in moderation after all. We may not look up to the Guardians as much as we do Superman, but I think we all feel like the former a lot more frequently than we do the later. Sometimes, neutrality just isn’t an option: evil cares nothing for “Live and let live” policies after all. They may not destroy/subjugate you at first, but that’s only because it’d be too much effort. Rest assured, someday you will bow to them, or else perish.\nSometimes, regardless of how squeaky clean your personal life may or may not be, you have to stand up and defend you and your own. And if you save some other people along the way? Hey, at least they owe you a favour in the future. Not heroic, but definitely realistic.\nAnd then there are people like Blake (Or, to continue the Superhero themes, Batman and Spiderman) who have deeply personal reason for their heroism, that may not be selfish exactly, but still much darker than the classical storybook hero.\nBut we’ll get to Blake later. For now, we’re looking at Ruby, and she has her own response for when she’s told the world if far to evil a place for optimism like her’s to realistically exist.\n“Well, that's why we're here! To make it better.”\nI’ll be honest: when she said that, I wanted to hug her just as badly as Yang did. In a time where the general approach to superheroes, and fiction in general, seems to be “realistic!” and “adult!”, a character who just really gets what I love to see in a fictional hero makes me borderline giddy.\nYes, the world is a dark, often hopeless place. But that’s not what the hero should focus on! They aren’t there to become just another link in some cosmic chain of misery and hurt. They’re there to be lights in the darkness, to be beacons of hope, to be better and make others want to be better, in and out of Universe.\nThey’re there to, well, fight for what is right and protect people who can't protect themselves! I honestly can’t say it better than that. And if I tried, I couldn’t come up with a better candidate for this mindset than miss Ruby Rose.\nI honestly don’t want every hero to be like her: Tortured avengers and Idiots trying to save their homes are always a joy to watch. But a few more like her certainly wouldn’t go amiss...","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://victoriamiller.blog/2020/04/08/meditation/","date":"2023-05-29T14:47:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644867.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529141542-20230529171542-00185.warc.gz","language_score":0.9588995575904846,"token_count":712,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__110711008","lang":"en","text":"There is no such thing as 'bad meditation', there is only overcoming yourself. I truly stand behind this statement. As well, a thing that enlightened to me in one of my recent meditations is the idea that I am not only doing it for the benefits I receive at the present moment during the meditation, but the beautiful thing is actually the impact meditation has on the rest of the aspects of life, later on, after the act of meditating.\nSomeone wise once said that \"to meditate\" is \"to ger familiar with\", and I feel that meditating helps me to be more conscious during the day time, to be more intentional with my behavior, to act meaningfully and to be more present and intentional in my relationships. It helps me to be more effective, productive and to step into the zone of feeling joy and happiness without any reason or conditions.\nMeditation helps to unlock our potential, and reveals the unconscious layers, in which we can work upon and change there our subconscious beliefs, reprogram the mind, and create a new one.\nWith that being said, it is a daily work one needs to practice on a consistent basis in order to ger results. It takes time, patience and perseverance. However, time is a relative thing when you tap into that zone, since when you get into the state of no place, no time, no body, no one and no thing – and become true consciousness, nobody and everything at once simultaneously, the factor of time may disappeared. One hour of meditation may pass like 10 minutes, and instead of six months of progress, you can make the same improvement just in one week.\nIt is worth it. It may sound magical, too good to be true, and one may say it is too mystical. Despite it, there is a very simple method here, you do not need to be experienced to succeed in it, the only thing needed here is to look within. Especially in these times, to take advantage from the situation, and to try something new, to get deeper, to aspire to become better – better person for yourself and for others, better human being.\nTo become conscious of your unconscious behaviors, and to be fully engaged with the process of becoming the best version of yourself.\nIt's not all happy and wonderful 100% of the journey, there might be days that Netflix of Instagram will be much more appealing than to meditate, and days that you would rather do anything but this, or days that you straggle with some characteristics you want to change – and the battle might be real. It's important to acknowledge that those days can occur, and the important thing is to accept that with grace and love, despite the fact that this may \"ruin\" the beautiful series of \"perfect days\", and to remind yourself that that's a journey, and every time you overcome yourself and your previous habits, you are walking one step further towards your goal. I believe the terminology of 'goal' here might be a bit different from its normal one, what I mean by goal is not a final destination, but more as a general direction in which we decide to grow into, based on certain important parameters for us, in each zone in life.\nSo, be gentle with yourself, be kind. And on the same hand, be courageous and persistent, and always remind yourself the intention in your steps in life and try to walk hand in hand by them.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://jamievesterblog.com/2016/07/07/kim-steven-a-love-story-kokomo-in/","date":"2023-05-30T10:27:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224645595.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530095645-20230530125645-00779.warc.gz","language_score":0.9885522127151489,"token_count":859,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__300770607","lang":"en","text":"I have known Kim for many years; we were best friends at age 12 before she moved away. We kept in contact throughout the years by writing letters and talking on the phone. She seemed to be loving life in Chicago. A few of us have/will experience some rough times in life whether that be divorce, death, cancer or whatever it may be. When you or a friend is going through some hard times in life you always look for someone who went through something similar to you because they can relate. Kim went through this hard time over two years ago. I saw she had a tattoo on her arm and asked her to explain to me the meaning behind it in her words…\n“I knew I wanted one on my arm and I knew I’d be stamped by God. I’d been wanting the word “beloved” for awhile but colors and visuals started to swarm my mind. There are several things that created this tattoo. It started with this small group I did with my best friend in Chicago called Art and the Heart, where we would read scripture and pray together and paint whatever came to our hearts or minds. I started to develop a sense of power through color and visuals. One morning I was listening to my one of my favorite bands, Sufjan Stevens, and I started painting. I knew I wanted to use the color blue but didn’t know what I’d paint. I just kept praying and asking God to guide me. In the end it was a bluebird. I looked up the symbolism for blue and it symbolized power in your voice and I was slowly regaining my voice after several hard, tragic years. A bluebird was a return to hope for me. I took my first trip by myself after this hard time in April of 2015. It was much more of a heart wrenching week of torture than I anticipated. It was a week of grieving and finally cutting out the parts that needed cut out for my growth going forward, and grieving the loss that needed grieved. I actually hated my trip. I saw bluebonnets everywhere and it killed me. It hurt my heart because wild flowers made me keep hearing this song over and over in my head, “you belong among the wild flowers. You belong in a boat out at sea. Sail away kill off the hours. You belong somewhere you feel free” by Tom petty and it was significant for me. So God took me to a bluebonnet reserve, because he had a plan for me. I walked among the bluebonnet field for hours and cried. When I sat down on a rock at the end of the field, I turned around and heard God tell me I was as beautiful as these bluebonnets and he Placed me among the wild flowers- That I do belong among them because I am one of them. It was reassurance immediately that he cares for me in such a deep way and that he sees me, he saw my pain, he saw my beauty, and he placed me where I would feel his presence. I knew I wanted a bluebird of hope filled with bluebonnets. When I see it, I know that he changed me for good, that there was a return to hope promised to me, and that he calls me beautiful.”\nEnter Steven. Kim and Steven met in January at a mutual friend’s birthday party and have been talking for hours every day since. Steven has been through some hard times too. He dealt with having a brain tumor over two years ago and had surgery to remove it. He was having lots of headaches and decided to get it checked out. That’s when the news hit him that he had brain cancer. He survived the surgery, recovery and living life again to the fullest. Now the hard times are back, but this time he has Kim at his side. Steven will be having brain surgery at the end of the month/early August to remove a brain tumor. Kim and Steven wanted to have photos of them taken before the surgery, hair loss and recovery.\nI hope I documented their love and joy for each other just like they had hoped. Please keep Steven and Kim in your prayers during this hard time.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://4frugals.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/merry-christmas/","date":"2018-06-22T20:38:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864795.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20180622201448-20180622221448-00213.warc.gz","language_score":0.88115394115448,"token_count":62,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__28127957","lang":"en","text":"From our homes to yours, may you have a very merry and blessed Christmas!\n“Away in a manger no crib for a bed\nThe little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head\nThe stars in the sky look down where He lay\nThe little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://modock.whybark.com/","date":"2021-03-09T09:58:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178389798.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20210309092230-20210309122230-00165.warc.gz","language_score":0.9641202092170715,"token_count":1593,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__230895678","lang":"en","text":"THE AXE DOTH SWINGETH! Shout it from the street corners and preach it from the pulpits! Let it be known far and wide in the lands of the uncouth and unheathen that the Royal Order of the Mighty Modock shall never again stroll with bones about their native soil. In the words of many a wiseguy it has been said that life is but a brief candle; a weevil-infested purgatory in which we vainly await our calling to another place, and when the hand of fate will make its' swinging sweep is a dark and haunting mystery upon which mortals have been given no capacity to dictate. Thus, let the eulogy begin.\nIN the eighty-ninth year of the twentieth century came the great re-illusionment. Pressure cookers filled with Chicken Fat burst simultaneously in the minds of four young emeritus scholars of the first book of the Lleather. Vo-Dee-Oh, Klack-It-Tie-Oh, rah-rah and Hoo-de-ho! Up the creek and on with the show! Be it known that their years of monkish research and reclusivity had at last culminated to the point of dissertory hysteria. The dissertation was organized and commenced one fateful fall evening with the prophetic Whipping Boy Manifesto. A further need was aroused by this event and the formula of solution that lit the bulbs above the heads of these four lads was the widely discussed and world-famed Action Time Vision equation. Hence, the Southern Indiana Chapter of the Royal Order of the Mighty Modock was born, spewed forth like a thunderous roman candle of crackling and uncontrollable electricity and thew itself to the lions in a matter of ten action-packed months. Much ado and many a fuss was in the making but those who truly grasped the chalice and supped upon the ambrosial sacrament of the ambrosial wisdom of the tomfoolery on all sides were few and far between. One of those shining beacons of idiocy was Dr. Daniel Willems, HSQ, dedicated deacon of the theological school of Recordus Adeptus, who cast aside all allegiance to common moral decency and risked life and limb in order to capture the heartwrenching strains of the Order's limited and developing musical capacity.\nIt was on a frigid and dreary Hallow's Eve as the clock struck twelve that these bearers of the imperial churchkey took to the stage in a back alley known as Lindou's Blue Ribbon Room. In front of a standing-room-only audience of half-a-devil's-dozen, they held forth in the tradition of all that is sick, sober, and sorry. A blithering thirteen minutes later the law was at the front door and audience, band, and assorted hangers-on were out the back. in the wake of this triumphant disaster, Modock derived its creed and sallied forth with a tally-ho and a krak-a-toe to further massacrees of destruction at some of the finest locales in the wilds of the midwest.\nTheir stint as house band at the world-famous and now sadly destroyed Stud Barn included the still talked about \"Lights Out Sessions\" which inadvertently resulted in self-induced hypnosis and trancelike delusions which led the band to believe that they were possessed by demons. The battle of the bands at the \"Down There\" room at Notre Dame University ending in an utter drubbing and complete taming of heretofore ruling-caste cat-daddies Vibrolux at the hands of the Mighty Modock (available on request from Avanti Records). The Harmony High School Sock Hop on the very evening of Del Shannon's untimely death (coincidence? or fate?). And above all, not once, but thrice, the sedate, staid atmosphere of the Black Box Theatre ripped asunder in a literal torrent of White Castle slider boxes and Red, White, & Blue cans cascading forth upon the band in the very act.\nThe axe was poised above their heads in the sixth month of the year of Our Lord Nineteen and Ninety. The members felt themselves slipping into the vortex of nevermore. Having destroyed everything about them the realization came: now, no choice but to destroy themselves. It was held as self-evident that the double blade would inevitably obey the laws of Newton. These facts weighed heavily upon our intrepid youth as they began their ascent into obliteration on that first, fateful night which began the Modock Trilogy of Terror. The occasion was the annual WQAX Rumble of the Bands. Modock conquered the trophy, slaying all infidels with primordial howlings and ravings. As an extra treat for the peanut gallery, the last days of Pompeii were recreated on stage in a Flaming Vesuvian Eruptive Spectacle, forcing the Ripper to abandon his sacred trashcan in fear for his very life.\nHaving survived the first round, the boys crawled from their corner of the ring the very next night for what has become known as \"The Second Story Beer bath\" at the lovely Second Story Lounge. Clad in full war paint, The Genius sporting his Crown of Bones, Wolfgang von Geekus displaying his treasured Caesar's Palace Medallion and issuing forth bombastic barrages of abusive power chords, The Ripper beating out a feverdriven rhythm on his trashcan with the Ace of Spades painted upon his chest, and above all this the catastrophic collision of spastic frequencies, Bird Bath, trademark necklace of churchkeys draped wantonly round his neck, continuously throwing his guitar against his amplifier and screaming that polysyllabic phrase of undeniable truth, \"Ooh Pooh Pah Doo\". Beer was flung in all directions and a phenomenal time was had by all.\nThe scholarly amongst us will note, we hope with an approving eye, that stage three of the Rolling Rocket of Terror has been captured and reproduced herein in the hope of dragging, by main force if needed, the discerning listener of another time and place as close to the edge of sanity as possible. For only by confronting the abyss of sheer madness with unflinching ear; only by teetering precariously upon the very knife-edge of the precipice; only by steeling one's heart and soul against the unutterable and alinguistic pandemonium herein magnetically encoded can any mortal man begin to perceive a glimmer of that night of retribution and reckoning.\nThe field of battle was the Bluebird Boogie House, and the very foundations shook under the tread of gods, kings, and pharaohs of the saintly days of yore. Clad in the togas and ivy'd crowns befitting their rank and status as conquering heroes, the Mighty Modock cried havoc, and let slip, one final time, the dogs of war. As they mounted the stage, the spirit of Captain Jack and his fearless and stately Modoc warriors marched abreast. Men such as these are a rare sight in these sorry days. These were men whose pride led them to face their very deaths amongst the lava pits rather than succumb to the forked tongues and backstabbing dangers of a civilization in which they could find no part for themselves. Who might have thought that these young lads in selecting a moniker which held only connotations of high-school hellraising antics and homecoming football destruction had indicated the very path upon which their illustrious forebears trod as they moved to their doom? And so it is written in the rock of the land: All must foul up at the crossroads.\nLord Dent Invadore, HSQ\nBloomington, Indiana, 1991","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://enklapengarlnhb.web.app/48889/99366.html","date":"2023-01-27T00:48:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764494852.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20230127001911-20230127031911-00068.warc.gz","language_score":0.9031882882118225,"token_count":2241,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__203642757","lang":"en","text":"The Padacia: august 2005\nLinking the theme with key ideas such as the death of God, he also highlights Nietzsche’s dialogue with … 2021-4-10 · What Is Eternal Recurrence? Nietzsche famously writes about eternal recurrence in The Gay Science aphorism 341 titled “The Greatest Weight”, “What if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to … 2021-1-14 · The concept of \"eternal recurrence\", the idea that with infinite time and a finite number of events, events will recur again and again infinitely, is central to the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche.As Heidegger points out in his lectures on Nietzsche, Nietzsche's first mention of eternal recurrence, in aphorism 341 of The Gay Science (cited below), presents this concept as a hypothetical 2020-5-14 · Eternal Recurrence The Gay Science is one of Nietzsche’s most personal works, collecting not only his philosophical reflections but also a number of poems, aphorisms, and songs. The idea of eternal recurrence—which Nietzsche presents as a sort of thought experiment—appears in Aphorism 341, “The Greatest Weight”: Nietzsche’s next book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, provides a dramatic narrative depicting the task of life affirmation in the face of eternal recurrence. Zarathustra comes to humanity in order to “redeem the earth,” to speak for natural life against all life-denying doctrines. The body of philosophically sophisticated and interesting criticism of the doctrine of eternal recurrence remains unmatched by the literature on any other aspect of Nietzsche's philosophy.\n- Tradera agare\n- Kalmarsundsregionens renhallare\n- Utredningskriminologi lön\n- Finans matematik\n- Polisutdrag forskola\n- Reaktivering furuhojden ab\n- The adventures of dog mendonça & pizzaboy\n- Lindells sport orebro\n- Svensk filmindustri intro\n- Kfm skuldsaldo\n\"This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times Substantial agreement exists that Nietzsche considered the eternal recurrence his most important teaching. He calls it the “fundamental conception” of 29 Jan 2018 Professor Michael Gillespie joins the Kinder Institute's Political Theory Review podcast to discuss his book, Nietzsche's Final Teaching. 19 Dec 2018 At the center of Nietzsche's philosophy is the idea of eternal return — the ultimate embrace of responsibility that comes from accepting the Friedrich Nietzsche. The concept of \"eternal recurrence\"––\"the idea that all events in the world repeat In this book Lawrence Hatab provides an accessible and provocative exploration of one of the best-known and still most puzzling aspects of Nietzsche's thought: 9 Dec 2005 What eternal recurrence is about is not theodicy (p.\nthanks Jan 1, 2011 The interpretation of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy has been a source of controversy ever since his lapse into insanity at the beginning of Pris: 656 kr. inbunden, 1997.\nNIETZSCHES IDé OM EVIG åTERKOMST - HUMANIORA - 2021\nPersonal Identity and Circular Time Even if this cosmological theory is true, it does not obviously follow that persons will live their lives again, as Nietzsche’s theory of eternal recurrence … 2020-05-14 Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence supposes that you’d have to experience the same life repeated for eternity. It is the “heaviest weight” imaginable.\nFriedrich Nietzsche Department of Philosophy, Linguistics\nI just finished \"Ecce Homo,\" which says in the TSZ chapter: \"The fundamental idea of the work, the Eternal Recurrence, the highest formula of a life affirmation that can ever be attained was first conceived in the month of August 1881.\" The Eternal Recurrence of the Same By Mark Musser Karl Lowith’s (1897-1973) “Nietzsche’s Philosophy of the Eternal Recurrence of the Same” was surprisingly published in Berlin in 1935 during the rise of National Socialism which increasingly glorified certain aspects of Nietzsche’s thought as the Third Reich wore on. Lowith was Jewish. Whereas in Nietzsche’s scheme of eternal recurrence, every reborn world is an exact replica of the previous, in Groundhog Day each is an imperfect copy, a simulacrum.\nMuch of the work deals with ideas such as the \"eternal recurrence\nand more on the Overman and eternal recurrence. Listen to part one first, or get the ad-free, unbroken Citizen Edition. Please support PEL! End song: \"Upright\nI argue that his discussions of nihilism, of the poetry and character of Giacomo Leopardi, of Hamlet, and of the eternal recurrence are best understood in relation\nNietzsche's solution lies in the idea of eternal recurrence.\nOlweus programa temos\nAccording to another philosopher in the name of Martin Heidegger, Nietzsche, though advocating the theory of eternal recurrence, did not really argue that such phenomenon has existed or is existent. Finally, Nietzsche wrote in his notes for Will to Power that “A doctrine is required, strong enough to have the effect of breeding: strengthening the strong, paralyzing and breaking the world-weary.” (862) This is a very helpful note because it suggests that eternal recurrence is, to Nietzsche, a doctrine employed for instrumental reasons: it is something which one uses. Nietzsche celebrated this recurrence because of the power of belief in it to bring about a revaluation of values focused wholly on the value of one’s endlessly repeating life. Belief in recurrence would bring joy to those who had achieved excellence in this life and crush those who had not. 2017-03-10 2021-03-30 The True Meaning of Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence of the Same - YouTube.\nPeter Bird ' to a version of Friedrich Nietzsche's doctrine of the eternal Nietzsche's Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence. ○ Infinite\nJul 3, 2012 Nietzsche's Concept of Eternal Recurrence. \"This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times\nThis book examines the cogency and value of Nietzsche's idea of eternal recurrence, as an antidote to the nihilism resulting from the catastrophic event of ' the\nNietzsche introduces this idea, called the \"eternal recurrence,\" at the climax of ## Thus Spoke Zarathustra##, and considers this the culmination of all his\nSep 19, 2020 A central idea of German Philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, is Eternal Recurrence . That the life we are living now may, in its exact form, recur\nDec 9, 2005 [is that] life affirmation and eternal recurrence represent the core and climax of Nietzsche's thought' (p. 106). (Slightly problematic, here\nJan 23, 2019 It was during one of his walks in Sils im Engadin, near lake Silvaplana, in Switzerland, that the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche had\nJan 31, 2015 That is to say, Nietzsche's idea of Eternal Recurrence is a kind of repetition of the being of becoming as it orbits around its affirmation.\nUx user testing\nIn psychoanalysis we encounter a similar fate. Nov 20, 2010 When Nietzsche Wept: Eternal Recurrence \"You suggest,\" said Breuer, \"that every action I make, every pain I experience, will be experienced Apr 19, 2014 One of my favourite scenes from the film 'When Nietzsche Wept' where in a discussion the concept of Ouroboros or eternal recurrence is Apr 8, 2014 The bit of knowledge he will whisper in your ear? “Eternal Recurrence” is Nietzsche's pet name for it. It may sound useless to you. You may be Apr 16, 2015 Nietzsche was not the first to encounter this theory of Eternal Recurrence. Heinrich Heine wrote “For time is infinite…All configurations that have Nietzsche's philosophy is concerned with questions about freedom, action, and will. To comprehend eternal recurrence, and to not only come to peace with it but By elaborating Nietzsche's thought of eternal recurrence in the 1937 lecture course, Die Ewige Wiederkehr des Gleichen, Heidegger appears to return to his Sep 18, 2014 How is Nietzsche's Will to Power related to his notion of Eternal Recurrence?\n– What if some day or\n19 Dec 2018 At the center of Nietzsche's philosophy is the idea of eternal return — the ultimate embrace of responsibility that comes from accepting the\nNietzsche's Zarathustra is described in Karl Lowith's book on Nietzsche's Philosophy of the Eternal Recurrence of the Same (1978, 1997) as a parable in which all\nAbstract. Nietzsche's embrace of the idea of eternal recurrence has long puzzled readers, both because the idea is inherently implausible and because it seems\nThis article shows that Nietzsche's published presentations endorse the cosmological truth of eternal recurrence and that they indicate how belief in this truth can\nhövding hjälm rabattkod\nhållbar fond låg avgift\nborgerlig politikk definisjon\nBeing Singular Plural LADDA NER e-bok gratis Pdf Epub txt\n2. Personal Identity and Circular Time Even if this cosmological theory is true, it does not obviously follow that persons will live their lives again, as Nietzsche’s theory of eternal recurrence maintains. 2020-02-12 · One of Nietzsche's most famous ideas is that of eternal recurrence, which appears in the penultimate section of his book The Gay Science. Eternal Recurrence The Gay Science is one of Nietzsche's most personal works, collecting not only his philosophical reflections but also a number of poems, aphorisms, and songs. 2021-04-10 · Nietzsche Nietzsche & the Eternal Recurrence J. Harvey Lomax on the love of eternity.\nArbetsförmedlingen kundtjänst tigrinja\nThe eternal recurrence of the same [nietzsche] är på ungerska » …\nOne such influ- ential interpreter is Bernard Williams, who writes: \"This is an entirely hypothetical ques- tion, a thought -experiment.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://visionchurchci.org/you-can-write-workshop-with-rebecca-francis/","date":"2018-06-19T12:30:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267862929.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20180619115101-20180619135101-00170.warc.gz","language_score":0.9286420941352844,"token_count":668,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__180546777","lang":"en","text":"Do you feel called to write? You don’t have to be a good writer, or even a writer at all. You only need to have a message that would benefit others. We will help you turn it into a book!\nThis workshop is for people who are just beginning to write. Either you have not yet begun (and maybe aren’t even sure what to write about), or you have begun but are early in the writing process. We will focus on non-fiction writing.\nGuests will work with the instructor and in groups to:\n• Generate a list of topics within your reach to write about\n• Easily prioritize and organize your writing plan\n• Create an outline in minutes\n• Set doable writing goals and a completion deadline that surprises you\n• Come up with additional content to fill your word count goal\n• Learn 7 trade secrets that make writing easier\n• Plus lots of priceless tips from over a decade of coaching, writing and publishing!\nBONUS: Every registrant will be invited to join my writers mentoring group on Facebook for a full 6 months after the seminar! You’ll get ongoing access to having your questions answered, possible peer review of your work, and more.\nIf you believe God has given you a message, bring your laptop and notebook, and we’ll get you started!\n“In the next decade, more books will be written for the Kingdom of God than all other books combined.” – Prophet Greg Bailey, 2013, Queensland, Australia\nMay 19, 2018\n9:00 AM – 5:00 PM\nVision Church @ CI VLI Upstairs Chapel\n$85 / person until May 5 – PLUS first 25 people who register online get a FREE digital copy of “Thx: The Secret to Being Grateful”!\n$115 / person from May 5 – May 18\n$145 / person at the door\nIncludes lunch and a continental breakfast if you register by 5/18. Walk-ins will receive lunch on a first-come, first-serve basis while supplies last.\n(Membership Discounts Available upon Request for CIAN, VCCI, VCFWB, VLI)\n08:30 AM — Meet & Greet Continental Breakfast\n09:00 AM — Generating Topics\n10:00 AM — Organizing Thoughts\n11:00 AM — Goal Setting & Prioritizing\n12:00 PM — Lunch\n01:00 PM — Generating More Content\n02:00 PM — 7 Secrets to Writing Faster\n03:00 PM — Writing with the Book Launch in Mind\n04:00 PM — Q&A\nRebecca Francis is a prophetic voice and an author, speaker, editor and writing coach. She majored in English in pursuit of becoming a college professor. Instead, she found passion helping others find their voice and ultimately releasing God’s voice through their writing. Rebecca has 15 years of experience in editing, nearly a decade of experience in professional copywriting and ghostwriting, and has helped dozens of authors write their first book. Rebecca contracts with self-publishing companies and also works independently to help edit and design the finished product. Find out more at rebeccajfrancis.org.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://olilulu.com/web/index.html","date":"2022-11-29T07:15:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710690.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20221129064123-20221129094123-00336.warc.gz","language_score":0.9423800706863403,"token_count":116,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__61297451","lang":"en","text":"Discover the OLi Lulu universe of fun and original FREE books that make children want to read. Explore the play area to learn while having fun!\nExplore Space games from Olilulu, a huge collection of free online games in many categories. Visit the educational section which is a great way to learn while having fun.\nChildren love being told stories! They allow them to escape into the wonderful world of the imagination, even magical and conducive to daydreaming. Telling stories to children is the best way to spend a very qualitative time with him, comforting and stimulating.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://writteninny.com/2012/08/08/written-in-new-york-celebrating-the-big-apple-and-its-writers/","date":"2015-07-06T15:56:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-27/segments/1435375098468.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20150627031818-00276-ip-10-179-60-89.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9621649980545044,"token_count":238,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-27__0__113796861","lang":"en","text":"New York is home to legions of great writers who work in theater, books, film, television or online—and, quite often, in some combination of these. Our contributions to the culture are the better for it.\nTelevision writing started in New York. People who wrote films, or plays, or books found a new medium through which to tell stories and move audiences. Over time, the TV industry moved westward, but there are still hundreds of New Yorkers who write great comedy/variety, episodic, public affairs, news and other programs, and we want to celebrate their work.\nThe Writers Guild of America, East represents writers when they work for TV, screen, radio and digital media. We set up this blog to share the stories of some of our members whose writing thrives in the Empire State. In July, to celebrate New York writers and New York writing, we joined with the Dramatists Guild and the Authors Guild on the rooftop of our building. It was a spectacular evening of conversation and conviviality. We’ve hopefully captured some of that dynamism in the images and words found here.\nExecutive Director, WGAE","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://lostpineschurchofchrist.wordpress.com/","date":"2013-06-19T09:44:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708664942/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125104-00012-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9751520752906799,"token_count":7461,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__55310297","lang":"en","text":"If I were to ask you to describe the activities of a good Christian, you would no doubt mention actions such as praying and reading the Bible often. Of course, often for some people is every day, others several times a week, others read a chapter or two a day.\nToday, and ever since the Gutenberg press was invented, we have truly been living in an age of feasting, if only we would come to the meal. The Bible is there and it is available for us to read, to meditate upon and to nourish us. There are many proverbial reasons that can be given to encourage us to read daily but what does the Bible say?\nI will list 7 scriptures but want to hear from you what your favorite passages are.\n- 2 Timothy 3:14-17 Scriptures serves many purposes in our lives: Reproof, correction, instruction in righteousness but at the end of it, the man of God is thoroughly equipped for every good work by the Scriptures. Don’t be ill-equipped, Read!\n- Deuteronomy 17:18-20 The King of Israel was instructed not just to write himself a copy of the law but to read from it every day. Leaders (ministers, elders, etc.) especially need the promise of this passage. Reading God’s word will keep us oriented, on the right path, and most of all, Humble!\n- Amos 8:11 God warned of a famine of His word among His people. He would take away the prophets and His words because they wouldn’t listen to Him. Today, we have great access to God’s word. If you don’t read it, you create your own famine. Who is worse off? The person who can read and doesn’t or the person who can’t read at all?\n- Psalms 1 More than just reading God’s word, meditating on it is important. If you don’t wrestle with the application of it in your life, you may just think “Mmmm, nice thought” and go on with your life unchanged. Meditate and prosper!\n- Acts 17:11 The process of learning is also a process of searching the Scriptures. We have so many people who will tell us what God wants of us but until we begin the process of examining their (teaching/motto/philosophy) with God’s word, we won’t be able to know if it is Godly or only sounds Godly.\n- Psalms 119:9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to God’s word. When we pray “lead us not into temptation” many times God is saying ” I am trying to tell you but you won’t listen”. Reading God’s word instructs in both the ways of righteousness and the ways of error.\n- Psalm 19:10-11 They are more valuable than gold and silver. When we truly bring the world of God into our lives and allow it to be written on our hearts, we find true wealth and contentment beyond the rat race of this world and its egotistical purposes.\nSo much more could be said on each of these passages. They are worthy of a blog post all their own and may yet get them.\nQuestion: What Bible verse(s) help you draw the conclusion that Christians ought to read God’s word often…or even every day?\nFor though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. (Heb 5:12-14 ESV)\nAnd so it was in the garden of Eden that Eve was tempted by the serpent to eat from the tree that she was not supposed to eat from. Do you remember how that tree was described or named? It was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. For whatever reason (and we could explore those) God did not think that mankind needed to have that particular knowledge while in the Garden. While in the stage of innocence Adam enjoyed a great deal of communication with God and I am sure the communion with Him was wonderful. So it was truly a sad day when Adam and Eve did what God did not want them to do.\nSadder still is that today, we also do not do what God wants us to do in relationship to “good and evil.” In the Garden we were directed away from it, but today we are directed towards it. We seem to resist that call however. We just do not want to grow up.\nThe Hebrew writer pointed out to the Christians to whom he wrote that being in Christ should lead to growth. When he says “ought” as in “ought to be teachers” he is bringing out a moral “should” not just an idea or suggestion (e.g. Well, it would be nice if you made it to that level).\nHe also points out that they are also regressing in their knowledge. Whereas, they ought to be teachers they need to be students and relearn things that ought to already know. After reaching a certain point in school, a student should be able to ‘teach’ a younger sibling to read. How sad to have that older child revert back so far that he would need to learn the alphabet.\nFinally, he points out in this passage that one of the characteristics of mature Christians is that we will, with practice, be able to distinguish between good and evil. We begin to understand the wiles of Satan and find ourselves less fooled by his schemes. We also, with maturity, are able to teach others so that they too can avoid his temptations and traps.\nThe benefit in maturing in Christ is not just for our own good but for the good of others who do not know the difference between good and evil.\nQuestion: What are the spiritual areas in which you need to mature? Which areas, if any, have you regressed?\nPhoto attribution: Fort Rucker\nSo I have noticed something about birthdays…if you live long enough, another one comes your way! (It only took me 5 decades to figure this simple fact out.) Surprisingly, people, as we approach 25 or so seem to want to deny their age. I, could, for example simply deny being 50. I might say “I am 18 with 32 years of experience.” Of course, that doesn’t change the fact.\nMy favorite way people use to cope with another birthday is to say “Well, it’s better than the alternative.” This is a clear indication that the alternative is death! I might even agree with this if death were, indeed, the alternative. However, when one thinks about it, what is the alternative? Life here is good. But the alternative?\nFor the Christian, one who follows God faithfully, the alternative is eternal life. So, is living worse than the alternative?\nThis was the dilemma that Paul found himself in when he wrote to the Philippians while he was in jail waiting to see if he would be executed.\nFor to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell. For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you. (Php 1:21-24)\nFaced with an uncertain future, Paul was torn between his desire to depart this world and be with Christ (“which is far better”) and the desire to stay in this world to help encourage those in Philippi (‘which is more needful for you”).\nThe clear lesson to be learned is that there is work to do in this life. However, this life is not the best we will have. When we act, say, or think that dying is not preferable to living we miss the whole point of being in Christ!\nOne of the things we say is, we want to go to heaven but not today. We have more life to live. One friend (many years ago) said “The Lord can return but I hope he waits until after I get married.” Marriage is an honorable institution but really, are the joys of being married to be compared to being in Heaven?\nIn many ways, we are this short-sighted. We are told to set goals and most of the time, those goals are earth bound: Job, marriage, possessions, travel, etc. We want to go to Heaven but how much of a goal do we make of going to Heaven? Three things should be on our mind in relationship to going to Heaven.\n- Make sure we get there-Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. Are you seeking God’s ways or your own pleasures? If you are poor in this life, you will still be rich in the life to come. You may, or may not, be poor but let God bless you in ways He knows you can handle and be content on your journey.\n- Make sure others get there-Not all of us are preachers and teachers but we can till the soil for the evangelist through hospitality and by letting our light shine in the way we live our life. We can also support the preaching of the Gospel. If you were to send $20 a week to someone who preaches the Gospel, it may not be a lot but when coupled with 10 others, it would have an impact.\n- Long to get to Heaven. Develop the desire that Heaven is where you want to be and the sooner you can get there, the better! Live like you are going to Heaven at any moment. Be like Fred Flintstone (who, while working hard) waited for that quitting time whistle so he could head home. This longing will help you to refrain from doing some things in life that you might otherwise engage in while thinking, “I can repent later”. It will allow you to tell Satan to take a hike when he whispers how much more fun his way is than God’s.\nThere are other things to keep in mind, of course, but mostly we need to learn to think, eat, drink, and sleep going to Heaven.\nSo the next time someone says “I woke up today, I guess that is better than the alternative”, you might ask them if they are sure about that! (and if they are…tell them about Christ!)\nPhoto Credit: takomabibelot\nWhile there are many classic lines from movies that make it into the American vocabulary and consciousness, the title of today’s blog comes from the movie A Few Good Men and I am sure most of you know that line delivered in typical Jack Nicholson brashness. (I don’t recommend the movie due to it’s R rating, a televised version would clean up most of that language, however.)\nCan we actually handle the truth depends on whether we want to handle the truth. It is, therefore, completely up to us to decide if we can handle it, or not! It is a decision of the will.\nTruth can be used in many ways, but at the heart and foundation (no pun intended) of “truth” is a foundation that you can build on. Can you imagine what would happen if “truth” changed? Right now, some are saying that truth does change. No, truth does not change but circumstance can. As I write these blog, my wife is not with me. This is truth but the circumstance might change in 10 minutes. If she comes into the room, she is now with me. The circumstance has changed but the truth has not. Through all eternity, it shall always be true that she was not with me when I wrote that sentence.\nGravity is a truth. If you drop a hammer from a tree in Texas, it falls just as fast as if you drop it in India. There is a relationship between that hammer and the planet that causes it to fall. It never rises! It will fall on the moon too, although a bit slower. Gravity is a truth you cannot ignore.\nCan you imagine the chaos that would ensue, if NASA tried to send a man to the moon only to find out that gravity stopped working at the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere? What if gravity quit working every other Tuesday, unless the sky was cloudy overhead? It would be circumstantial then, subject to change and not a truth.\nHere are some good things to remember about Truth that are based on a book called I don’t have enough faith to be an atheist:\nTruth is discoverable but it doesn’t matter if you haven’t yet discovered it. (Jupiter’s moons were there before we saw them.)\nTruth does not depend on culture. Math works just as well in the U.S.A as it does in China.\nTruth does not change based on our beliefs. Many used to believe you would lose your breath if you ever exceeded 60 miles an hour in a car. This was not true before we did it and suddenly, no longer true. It was always a mistaken belief. If I believe a bottle to contain medicine but it contains deadly poison, I will not be able to avoid death simply by believing hard enough the opposite of the truth.\nWe expect truth from our doctors, parents, spouses, children, and politicians. (O.k. maybe we don’t expect it from our politicians. That might not be true. LOL) However, we want the truth about the house or car we go to buy. If an archeologist tells us that the skull we are about to buy is the skull of a famous Aztec king, we do not expect him to try and sell us a smaller sized skull and tell us it is the same Aztec King’s skull when he was a child!\nSo why is it that we do not ask for the same thing in our religion? Why are we willing to buy into the idea that what someone believes to be true can be true for them and not for us, and visa versa?\nHere is a truth claim, from the Christian Scriptures: Speaking of Jesus, Peter says ” Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” (Act 4:12)\nNow that may or may not be a true statement! Let’s look at that statement though and what it means.\nIF IT IS TRUE, it states that there is only one way to Salvation. It states that Jesus is the only way. It is is exclusive of other names, roads, means of salvation. It says, that only by going through this name, may one be saved; if it is true.\nIF IT IS NOT TRUE, then perhaps other names are valid means of obtaining salvation, if, that is, that there is a salvation. One might also say that if it not true, that Peter lied, which in most circles is not a good way to obtain salvation. So the door is open to other means of salvation, if salvation exists.\nSo, can you handle the truth? If Jesus is the only way to salvation, can you accept it? It is not good enough to say “I don’t believe it to be true.”, nor is it good enough for me to say “I believe it to be true.” That statement cannot be both true and untrue, it cannot be true for you and not for me, it makes a claim to be true and it either is, or it is not!\nThen Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world–to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” (Joh 18:37-38 ESV)\nIndeed, what is truth? There are some people who don’t think there is truth about anything. Some think that truth is relative. Truth however, is real and objective. It is something so precious that it cannot be simply overlooked.\nOf course the statement that “Truth is relative” is not true. It is stated as a truth and yet if all truth is relative then how could that statement be true. I may say that I hate coffee and that is truth. It is not true only for me but it is true for others. Steven hates coffee is true to other people also. Where one can say I have a preference and my opinion of coffee is not the opinion of others, this does not change the truth: I hate coffee.\nJesus said that those who are of the truth listen to Him. There is much in the Bible to indicate that God speaks the truth and that His words are what we need to listen to. These scriptures say that those who refuse to listen to him are those who suppress the truth or have not received a love for the truth.\nTruth: There is a God. But some deny this.\nTruth: The Bible is God’s word. But some deny this.\nTruth: Jesus is the son of God, God in the flesh. But some deny this.\nIn one post, you cannot possibly explore all of these truths to validate them or disprove them but I hope to tackle them over the next few weeks. A few at a time, a bit at a time. However, one illustration may help show how useless it is to dispute something when it is true.\nIn my last post, the original post (before I corrected it) referred to a fellow preacher and blogger by the name of Eric. I referenced his blog, I thanked him for his comment, and I used his comment in my blog. The only problem is that Eric’s name is not Eric. It is Eugene. While it is certainly true that in the overall scheme of things, a mistake in calling someone by a different name is minor, it still needs to be corrected.\nNow I could have told him that his name is not Eugene. But that would not have changed the truth, as his birth certificate, friends, parents, and drivers license would show.\nI could have asked him to change his name so that I was indeed correct. Yet, I am sure you can still see that even if he had changed his name to Eric, that would only mean that it had not been when I mistakenly called him Eric.\nI could fight it or…I could acknowledge the truth. Why so many people would rather say “Hey, you look more like an Eric to me….” and lie against the truth is curious. It does not have long-lasting implications (although perhaps a friendship would suffer) in the matter of a simple name but when it comes to things like God’s existence, or Jesus’ deity…why stand and beat your head against what is true?\nEven worse are those who don’t even care to take the time to investigate. They can’t be bothered with the facts, their mind is made up.\nAs a means of full disclosure, I will be following a couple of works by others and adding what seems to me to be common sense. The book called “I don’t have enough faith to be an atheist” and a study book called “Indestructible foundations” (Peter J. Wilson) are going to help guide me in some of the order things are presented.\nStick around, Lord willing some of these posts will give us good reason to believe what we, as Christians, believe.\nQuestion: Do you have questions, critiques, opposing viewpoints? Comments are welcome. Discussion encouraged. Respectful dialogue is required.\nphoto credit from Google images\nNeglecting one’s salvation would quite easily rank as one of the poorest decisions a person could make in this life. And even that simply sentence may rank among the biggest understatements in the history of blogging.As the saying goes, “Even an atheist does not want to go to Hell!”\nYesterday, we looked at four types of negligence: Passing by, ignoring, forgetting, and being careless. It is highly unlikely that those who consider themselves to be Christians would really “pass by” or “ignore” (at least not completely) their salvation. Those two items would belong to those who will not study to find out the truth for themselves. Much could be written on that topic but in this post, I want to talk about things that cause a Christian to neglect their salvation. This neglect will most likely come through forgetting and being careless.\nPaul said: No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. (2Ti 2:4)\nChristians need to remember that they died…to sin, to this world and to the rat race that so many get caught up in.\nSin is always lurking.\nJust because we resist Satan once or twice and he flees from us (as the Scripture says), does not mean that he never comes back again! Even with Jesus, after all the temptations were completed in the dessert, Luke records that the devil left him until “an opportune time.” When we get caught up in sin, whatever form that may take, we become entangled and our salvation can become neglected!\nCommitting a Sin and living in sin are two different things but neither is what we are supposed to do. We need to be on guard so as not to sin more just so grace can abound. When we do that, we truly treat our salvation with carelessness and as if it has no value. (Romans 6)\nThe world is always pulling.\nOur old friends, if we grew up in the world, wonder at why we do not carry on with them like we used to. The world’s morals and values are constantly being pushed on us and worse yet, they are quoting Scriptures at us to bolster their point. “Jesus said to love” may be a true statement but Jesus also said to “Love God first” was the great commandment. Besides, love does require pointing out the sins so that people can change.\nThe rat race doesn’t end.\nHave you ever noticed that in a rat race, that the cheese is not truly the end? Nope! Those poor rats are pulled out of the maze and sent back in to do it again. Then they change the maze or move the cheese!\nLack of contentment with what we have is a big cause for us to neglect our salvation. We take more overtime or second jobs to pay for things we want. We fail to realize that food, clothing, and shelter is enough when coupled with God’s blessings. It isn’t that you are wrong just for working more but the reason for the work is often ‘wants’ not ‘needs’. Then you get so busy fulfilling wants that you get careless with and forget what is truly important.\nWhile it might seem our duty to buy more and get more and upgrade more and travel more, that theme is from the world and not God. Huxley’s Brave new world and even our Newscasts would be appalled at my next statement: Buy less, be content with less!\nYou will not get all of it anyway and you will find at the end, that the maze gets changed, the cheese moved, or they now have new and improved cheese with a bolder taste (but you need to run the race again to get it).\nOne of my readers, Eugene, cited a good Scripture on yesterday’s post. (You can read Eugene’s blog here!)\nIf then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (Col 3:1-3 ESV)\nWhat we should do is “seek” and “set our minds” on those things that are above. If we do that, we will not be in danger of neglecting our salvation.\nThese three things, sin, the world’s pull, and the rat race are more general things that lead us to be negligent with our salvation.\nQuestion: What are some specific things in your life that are innocent enough in and of themselves, but that you take to an extreme? Do those things cause you to neglect your salvation?\nPhoto Credit: antwerpenR\nThe Hebrew writer, asks the question: How will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?” (Heb 2:3) It is a rhetorical question and the answer is an obvious “We won’t!”\nThere at least four shades of meaning to the word neglect. Do any of them apply to you and your salvation?\nNeglecting can mean to “pass by” something.\nNow by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. (Luk 10:31)\nThis verse from the parable of the good Samaritan uses the words “passed by”. Yet it means that he ‘neglected’ the man lying on the side of the road.\nDo we observe the Pass over in some areas of our Christian life? Do we just pass by hard to understand Scripture because we don’t think we will like the outcome? Might some of those areas affect our relationship with God and our salvation? Whether it is examining our own lives to make corrections, or examining Scriptures to understand ‘hard to understand’ passages, we should not pass by (neglect) those things that can affect our salvation and relationship with God.\nNeglecting can be done by ignoring.\nAnother word for neglect is ‘ignore’. Much like you might ignore your shoe laces until they become untied, you can ignore your salvation until it falls into a state of serious disrepair.\nThe Priests in the days of Nehemiah committed to doing their part for the service of the house of God.\n“We also take on ourselves the obligation to give yearly a third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:…We will not neglect the house of our God.” (Neh 10:32, 39)\nI cannot help but think about what Paul wrote in 1 corinthians 3:17 that says “we are the temple of God” when he talks about the congregation. (Chapter 6 says the same thing and talks about the individual Christian). One of the ways you can destroy a house or a temple is to simply ignore it. Perhaps you have noticed that a building structure that is not lived in, will fall apart faster than one that is.\nNeglecting can also be done by “forgetting”\nHave you ever walked into another room and ‘forgot’ what you went in the room for? Sure, we all have. But what about those times when someone asks you to pick up something in town and, as you head back to the house, you slap your head and go “D’oh!” I forgot that. Sometimes those are very important things that we ‘neglecting’ by forgetting to to them.\nThose things that are important to us are the things we will remember to do. In Hebrews 13, the writer reminds his audience to ‘not neglect to show hospitality in verse two and later in verse sixteen, “do not neglect to do good”.\nI wonder if the rich man in the story of Lazarus and the rich man simply “forgot” to do good for Lazarus? Either way, he neglected to do anything and look where that landed him! God saved us so that we might walk in good works. Do not neglect by forgetting to do the good works for which we have been prepared. (Eph 2:10 and 2 Tim 3:16-17)\nNeglecting can also be done by being careless with something of value.\nThis I think is the primary thought for this passage. “Pay special attention” to the salvation that you have received.\nTherefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard… (Heb 2:1-3 ESV)\nAnd why shouldn’t we pay more attention and take care to not be careless with the message of the Gospel. This message did not come by man’s doing! It came from God Himself. Jesus, the Son of God, God in the flesh, revealed the message to man. It did not come through a mediator (angels).\nIn a family with many siblings, the older child(ren) are often put in charge of the younger ones. What they tell their younger brothers and sisters still is something they need to listen to. Yet, it is the same as when the parent comes in and tells them what needs to be done directly. There is a difference, yet it is the same. If you don’t listen to your brother, they are not likely to ground you or spank you but the punishment will happen when the parent gets home. (and sometimes you talk your way out of it) However, when the parent is home, punishments happen quicker and you should “pay more attention” to what you hear.\nQuestion: What are some things that keep us from paying attention like we ought to do? Lord, willing I will have some answers to that question tomorrow.\nPhoto credit: jumpinjimmyjava\nThis post by Steve Higginbottham is well worth reading and sharing. James, indeed, would have taken the brethren to task for an uncontrolled Facebook comments had he written in this century. Happy Reading.\nThese were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so. (Act 17:11)\nIt is my favorite because the spirit that the Bereans had is the same that we should have today.\nFirst, they received the word with all readiness.\nThey did not simply say “we have the Scriptures already and there is nothing new to learn.” In fact, those Scriptures which they had (our Old Testament) were pointing to a coming Messiah. When Paul showed up preaching that the Messiah had come, he appealed to those Scriptures to make his point. You can see in verses 1-5 that Paul first reasoned from the Scriptures in Thesolonica and some were persuaded of the Greeks, but not so many of the Jews.\nSecond, the Bereans searched the Scriptures to see:\nTo see what? To see if what Paul was saying was true. Did the Messiah come from Bethlehem? Would he be rejected? Was Jesus the prophet Moses had promised?\nWhen I go to a place to preach or study for the first time, it is my custom to read verse 11 and explain to the audience (or individual) that we have a responsibility to search the Scriptures to see if the things presented are, indeed, from God. What we are doing, in this case, is saying that we accept the Scriptures as God’s Holy word and as our standard to measure our teachings.\nThat which is not from God is rejected, that which is from God is retained. Book, chapter, and verse is what we look for.\nThis means that when we hear someone who wants to impart to us something from God, we can afford to be courteous and do as the Bereans did: Listen. Yet, we also search the Scriptures, as they did. And a final step in that process is to discuss the message with the messenger.\nAquilla and Pricilla did just that with Apollos. They heard him, took him aside, and shared a part of the message that he was missing. He didn’t have all of the Gospel. (Acts 18:24-28) What I write, I hope (I believe) is in line with the Scriptures but it is for my audience member to search the Scriptures and see. They then are encouraged to offer information which they think would be relevant, even if, it is the opposite of what I said, or supplies more than what I said. The goal is not which of us is right but, knowing that God is always right, to make our message in agreement with his.\nWhich brings up another thought and the motive for today’s blog:\nI am sure you have seen on Facebook, or other social media outlets, chain posts that go something like this:\nI wanted to see who reads my posts (only about 7 of you) so you need to write one word on my wall and repost this on yours so I can do the same.\nOr, If you don’t re post this then you are going to have to start paying for Facebook.\nOr, Like this post if you are still my friend, I will delete the rest. Blah, blah, blah!\nWhy can’t we offer something to others that is truly inspiring? Why not inspire a person with something that will encourage them to live better or do better? Posts about how your life is going, what the kids did or are doing are great; we keep up with our friends, family, and current events. That can be encouraging. But posts like the ones above do not inspire a person to greatness.\nWhile I hope all my posts which I pass on to Facebook and twitter are thought provoking and encouraging, it isn’t like I am the only one who shares good things. So, I am going to take my own advice and try to share a blog post or two from someone else that I think hits the mark. The point of my blogs, and those that I will share, is to present the Scriptures and let my audience search and see if they are from God. If they are: put it into action. If they are not, ignore it.\nYour challenge is to do the same. You don’t have to post mine, you can post someone else’s, but share another blog, either on Facebook or your own blog post. Why? Because you will introduce people to another’s perspective, writing style, and way to explain things. It is not the one who waters or who plants but the one who gives the increase (God) that we should be trying to glorify and point people toward.\nHow much better an inspiring post than a chain post? Of how much more value? How much more a better use of the readers time?\nQuestion: Who do you read that writes good inspiring blog posts? Share the link below. (Yes, you can share your own blog link!)\nPhoto credit: sbarkley","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://joshuasantospirito.tumblr.com/post/81853348919/sleuth-the-delegation-joshua-santospirito-it","date":"2014-10-21T10:18:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507444339.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005724-00342-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9434788823127747,"token_count":255,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__161401284","lang":"en","text":"Sleuth: The Delegation\nit would seem that sometime in the last 250 years the fire-farming just stopped. The humans no longer see themselves in the landscape, and consequently they no longer care for the trees, the dirt, the spirit. Now the giants have awoken. These strange and large visitors have come to Canberra to discuss a situation: Australian spirituality is all over the shop! The continent’s psyche appears to be diversifying … this mightn’t be such a good thing.\nI don’t reckon this is such a good thing.\nAnd where is Amos? Is he always late for every meeting!!\nSleuth is an ongoing series that begins with exhibitions, comics and other crosses into other multimedia. It explores what is happening with the Aussie psyche and soul, a nebulous and amorphous thing.\nJoshua Santospirito is an illustrator, musician and multimedia artist who lives in Hobart, Tasmania. His main artistic obsessions revolve around language, anthropology, culture and psychology. His main works in comics have been his very rambling Sleuth series, and the award winning graphic novel The Long Weekend in Alice Springs which he published in 2013 through Sankessto Publications.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://brookes.hubbub.net/p/ourwords/?ref=106","date":"2019-10-15T01:29:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986655735.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20191015005905-20191015033405-00512.warc.gz","language_score":0.962790310382843,"token_count":542,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__204270893","lang":"en","text":"About Our Words\nWe are three MA Creative Writing students from Oxford Brookes University.\nWe are working with the Oxford Academy in Littlemore, Oxford and the Oxford Literary Festival on a joint project to encourage year 7 and 8 Academy pupils to get excited about creative writing and literature.\nThrough weekly sessions with the pupils, we are helping them pick up their pens (or rather, fire up their laptops or tablets!), and find their creative voices!\nWhy we need your help!\nThis project is an incredibly important opportunity for the children who take part. By working collaboratively with the pupils, we are able to help them learn new skills, develop their creative imaginations and improve their self-confidence.\n“Through this unique project, pupils have had the valuable, and sadly rare, opportunity to immerse themselves into a world of creative writing in which their confidence in their ability increases, alongside a renewed love of writing for the sheer fun of it.”\nErica Robinson, Teacher, Oxford Academy\nThe project culminates with the children reading their stories at the Oxford Literary Festival in Christ Church College Hall.\nThe chance to read a self-penned poem in the grand and impressive setting of Christ Church dining hall (which featured in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets!) is one that is not afforded to many writers!\nThe pride the pupils feel from reading their own work at Oxford Literary Festival, surrounded by many successful writers and literature fans, is the encouragement they need to continue their interest in writing.\n“Both the quality of their writing and the assuredness of their performances made me fear for my job.”\nJeremy Smith, The Oxford Mail, 23rd March 2013\nNot only do the children perform their own work at one of the UK's most celebrated literary festivals, but they also become published writers.\nTo commemorate the hard work of the pupils, we produce a book of their writing. The book will be distributed free to all the writers and members of the audience.\nWe need funding to cover the costs of designing and printing this book.\nPlease give what you can and support this magical project, and help us produce a book as a lasting recognition of the children’s efforts.\nOther ways to help!\nEven if you’re not able to make a donation, please do click the \"I want to help\" button to share the project on Facebook and Twitter.\nThank you for taking the time to read this! This project is a brilliant way to boost the confidence of local schoolchildren and encourage their interest in writing. We are extremely grateful to all those who make a donation and help us spread the word.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.stealthaspies.com/?page_id=23","date":"2023-03-24T03:03:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945242.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20230324020038-20230324050038-00362.warc.gz","language_score":0.9817615747451782,"token_count":797,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__109374446","lang":"en","text":"I am Alain English, and I joined Stealth Aspies in it’s first year in 2017. Paul Wady, whom I have known on the autism circuit for many years, approached me with the idea to do the show. The themes of ‘Stealth Aspies’ tie in with my current work as a poet and workshop facilitator. I believe this show is important, and I am glad to be a part of it’s going process. My work with Stealth Aspies consists of performing on stage, helping to promote the show wherever we do it, and I also help develop and organise the material we perform.\nI was born in Alexandria on the coast of Loch Lomond, Scotland in 1982. My family moved to Aberdeen on the North-East coast about three months after I was born. My younger sister Yvonne was born two years later in Aberdeen in 1984.\nI count myself very lucky to have been born into a loving and supportive family, who taught me responsibility and respect for others, as well as backing me up with everything I do. Nonetheless growing up was challenging and difficult, as it is for many people on the spectrum. I had the common experiences of bullying, isolation and mental health problems.\nIn 1992, I joined the Aberdeen Scout Gang Show and developed a love of acting and performing that has stayed with me throughout my life. When I was fourteen, I met Annie Inglis, a speech and drama teacher in Aberdeen. She introduced me to Shakespeare and the Aberdeen theatre scene, and later trained me to apply for drama school. Annie passed away in 2010 and I miss her to this day.\nI was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome aged sixteen by a psychologist I was seeing in Aberdeen. The diagnosis only came about when I handed the psychologist a summary of my life up until that point, as well as a list of patterns I had noticed in my own behaviour. My parents did not tell me about my diagnosis initially, and it was only after I came home drunk and humiliated from a student party that I learned about my condition.\nIn 2004, I graduated from Robert Gordon’s University with an Honours Degree in Publishing Studies, and later moved to London where I gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Screen Acting from the International School of Screen Acting. Although I trained at a screen acting school, my experience before and since training has mainly been on stage.\nIn 2007, I discovered poetry and starting writing and performing my own material in venues all across London. I later founded and ran a poetry night called Paper Tiger Poetry and have published a memoir and two volumes of poetry.\nThe acting roles I have played include King James in “5/11” and Mark Antony in “Julius Caesar” (both Network Theatre) as well as the Hotel Porter in “The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas” (Sedos Theatre). In 2017, I played William Butler Yeats in “The Playboy Riots” (Bread and Roses and Hen and Chickens Theatre).\nLiving in London has not been without it’s difficulties. I struggled for a long time with unemployment and living independently. I have also to deal with mental health issues, discrimination and even hate crime.\nI work with support workers instructing them about supporting people with autism/Asperger’s Syndrome, and have recently expanded this into training employers. I am Artiste-in-Residence at the Tea House Theatre in Vauxhall, where I founded Paper Tiger Poetry and regularly perform in rehearsed readings and shows, his most recent of which was ‘Auld Acquaintance: Sylvander and Clarinda”, about the love story of Robert Burns and Agnes McLehose.\nMy website can be found at http://www.alainenglish.co.uk./","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://theyshootpictures.com/oldTSPDT.htm","date":"2018-01-22T10:13:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084891277.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20180122093724-20180122113724-00590.warc.gz","language_score":0.9358839988708496,"token_count":174,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__197534240","lang":"en","text":"Most of the old TSPDT pages are still available - and will remain - until I manage to migrate them all across (which, knowing me, may take a few thousand years). Go here to view.\nTSPDT will be updating it's Film Noir pages in the not too distant future. An update is well overdue, and I am committed to getting the job done. In the meantime, let me please recommend FILM NOIR FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Hollywood's Golden Age of Dames, Detectives, and Danger by David J. Hogan. If you think you've read all you need to read on the topic of film noir, then think again. David J. Hogan's new book is a cleverly structured, informative, and most welcome addition to the Film Noir bibliography. More information here. View at Amazon.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.rockandmetalmuseum.com/interviews/greg-interviews-author-alex-lewis-2015/","date":"2023-12-10T04:49:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679101195.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20231210025335-20231210055335-00345.warc.gz","language_score":0.9832391738891602,"token_count":634,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__243027345","lang":"en","text":"Greg Interviews Author Alex Lewis (2015)\nQ. Both Paul and you have been involved with the Tolkien Society at various times over the years. How did you actually meet?\n“We kind of hooked up through The Festival in the Shire, which is a celebration of the life and works of Tolkien. I was organizing the academic conference for it. Paul was involved from the point of view of advising the organizers about how to run a festival – practical help, moral support with putting it on. I knew Paul’s name and then I suddenly realized who he was and we got to meet up. From there on in it was just following up each time we met and doing one thing and another.”\nQ. You’ve written a great deal about Tolkien – what’s your take on Paul’s imagining of Tolkien’s world?\n“I was amazed at the volume and breadth of what he’d done. I wasn’t aware that he’d tackled so many things, and then when I saw some of the pieces in real life – which are really quite large – it was very impressive. It’s not strictly to the text - he takes the text as a jumping-off place for his own artistic endeavours, and I don’t think Tolkien would have been unsympathetic with that approach at all. I think he would have been fine with it because, yes, you can do strictly dead accurate stuff and take the text as gospel, but the most important thing is that Paul has his vision and his art speaks to you. You can certainly take it as Middle Earth, but you can also take it as just pure fantasy art and look at them for their own merit without even needing Middle Earth.”\nQ. What do you think Tolkien himself might have made of the work?\n“Tolkien was always interested in art and I think he’d have been pretty impressed with the sheer size and ambition of some of the pieces aside from anything else, and the technique is obviously very strong. I think Tolkien would have appreciated that.”\nQ. From artwork to lyrics to band names, Tolkien’s influence on the realms of rock and metal has been vast.\n“Absolutely. It’s been an amazing inspiration. Even I’ve written songs inspired by Tolkien!”\nQ. Although now immensely popular amongst the public thanks largely to the films of Peter Jackson, the literary establishment hasn’t always been kind to Tolkien. Might there be a parallel here with heavy metal and the mainstream music media?\n“Well, both show no sign of waning and falling by the wayside as all the critics were hoping! I’ve always been of the opinion that Tolkien’s going to be as important to English literature as Shakespeare in a couple of hundred years’ time. If anything, it’s going from strength to strength and I’m rather hopeful that we’re beginning to see something on that kind of scale already.”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://shootbyd.co/calvin-hobbes-reemerge/","date":"2023-12-04T05:54:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100525.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204052342-20231204082342-00365.warc.gz","language_score":0.9671646952629089,"token_count":831,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__287678451","lang":"en","text":"…And so went another bout of egocentric banter between Hobbes and his best buddy Calvin. This time during a drawing session in which Calvin wanted to place his “genius” down on paper. In much the same way, I’d gather with my brother Mikel or childhood friends Collin and Joe at a dinner table or cluster of desks, really anywhere a flat surface was available so we could create art.\nBill Watterson’s re-emergence in Stephan Pastis’s “Pearl Before Swine” strip (seen below) this week brought back all sorts of memories – the weekly Sunday culmination where Bill was given free-reign to innovate on the page, never before seen in any other daily strip.\nOverlaid, oblong or circular panels. Shit, even some had absolutely no discernible panels. Just a gorgeous vista and a few text bubbles chronicling Spiff’s ongoing space saga.\nSpiff joined a selective but important roster of characters that I learned to draw and even dreamt up adventures for hand-drawn comic book issues. That roster included the Super Mario Brothers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. But, it was the pulp-like storyline and adventurous artwork of Spaceman Spiff that always resonated by far the most.\nMy friend Collin and I spent many free hours and half hours collaborating and finishing two issues on wide-ruled notebook paper in 1991 (you can see these below). This was during the formative years of my ability to draw. Mainly to mimic things I was seeing and make decent approximations without tracing. Those issues we decided to have the class sign, yearbook-style. Not really sure why? Probably we felt a major sense of accomplishment. I know the biggest mentor at that stage in my life was a wonderful English teacher named Mrs. Franklin who always encouraged my writing – be it comic books, short stories, and more.\nThe fact I’ve kept these relics of my artistic past is partly for nostalgia. And partly because of how important Bill Watterson and his daring humor, biting commentary, edgy illustrations, and quiet humility have stuck with me as I’ve become an adult artist. The content of the strip alone had all the right amounts of slapstick, childish angst, and also a ton of brevity and philosophical musings. This wasn’t merely a meal-ticket to Bill. He saw “Calvin & Hobbes” as serious art and treated it as such. This is further proven by him refusing to license his characters as many of his contemporaries went the toy, t-shirt, and sticker route including my favorites like Berke Breathed, Jim Davis, Bill Amend, and Charles Schultz.\nThe way he “came out of retirement” was done with so much tact and, dare I even say, magic as the original strip always had, despite merely amounting to 3 panels. It made my month when I saw my colleague John Biggs tweet Pastis’ blogpost the other day.\nWe are in a “golden age” of self-publication nowadays. There is definitely room in the indie-comic world for Bill to find a niche with new characters and a completely new series. He wouldn’t even have to write under deadline anymore. Andrews & McMeel and newspaper layout guidelines would no longer be a spectre over his creation. The mind wanders what he could do with pure autonomy. Graphic novel? Experimental weekly? Smartphone app stickers?\nThat being said, now that he’s opened the door once again into his unique take on the world, I can’t help but want more. And unlike any old school C&H junkie, I want my fix again. What do you say there Bill? Bill? BILLLLL?!?!?!\nAll Imagery of “Calvin & Hobbes” is the intellectual property of Bill Watterson and printed here in reverence of his work.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://peter.zahuczki.hu/index.php/myapps/eeiclc","date":"2022-09-29T09:11:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335326.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220929065206-20220929095206-00223.warc.gz","language_score":0.8515304327011108,"token_count":131,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__274976388","lang":"en","text":"Utility for simple extended elastic impedance illumination analysis. EEI approach was introduced by Whitcombe et al. in 2002, and became very popular in the recent years.\nUsing this small application the geoscientists can easily analyse different khi projection angles for fluid discrimation or reservoir parameter prediction.\nWhitcombe, Connolly, Reagan and Redshaw, 2002, Extended elastic impedance for fluid and lithology prediction, Geophysics, Vol 67.\nThe application is coded in Lazarus using FPC, and the used icons originated from FatCow Farm Fresh Icons.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://puukkiss.wixsite.com/inkydragon/post/the-infrastructure-s-guide-%E5%9F%BA%E5%BB%BA%E6%8C%87%E5%8D%97-by-%E5%B2%9B%E9%87%8C%E5%A4%A9%E4%B8%8B-chapter-2","date":"2022-01-27T20:23:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320305288.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220127193303-20220127223303-00620.warc.gz","language_score":0.9920938014984131,"token_count":2931,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__230263297","lang":"en","text":"The Infrastructure’s Guide [基建指南] by 岛里天下 Chapter 2\nUpdated: Apr 7, 2021\nThe rain gathered on the massive tree leaves until they bent under the weight. Qiu Juan was struck on the shoulder by one of these several liters heavy downpours and felt a stinging pain. The soft rabbit fur hung wetly in his hand, so soaked by the rain that it was no longer fluffy.\nHis thoughts were now dominated by the image of Kong Jia and Tang Tong mingling. In the rain curtain, where no one was watching, the corners of his eyes, which had always been unyielding, were seared red, and the sorrow in his pale eyes couldn't be hidden.\nHe had the scent of the male's breath on his body. If he was really separated from Kong Jia, no decent male would ever be faithful to him for the rest of his life. Overall, no male would accept that his partner had the smell of other males unless this male was extremely powerful and could suppress the former male's breath.\nDespite the fact that there were many strong males in the tribe, most of them already had partners, except for Kong Jia.\nWhile the sub-female dared not to demand too much from his partner, Qiu Juan still wished that his partner was only his.\nIn the face of this blow, he had lost faith in his partner, and his steps in the rain had become so clumsy that he unintentionally stumbled on a sharp branch split by the previous lightning strike.\nQiu Juan hissed, his feet sagged, and he collapsed to the wet ground. The bunnies in his hand had also fallen to the side.\nHe flopped out of the puddle and sat on a collapsed tree stump. When he lifted his aching foot, he discovered a thumb-thick wooden stick jammed in the middle of his foot. He clenched his teeth and yanked the branch out. Withdrawn, the blood spurted from the wound and dripped down his feet.\nThe searing agony jolted the desperate person out of his stupor. The forest was riddled with continuous flashes of lightning, which was extremely dangerous. In fit of mad idiocy, he had charge outside in this weather. What would his mother do if anything terrible really happened to him? While blaming himself, he went to get the dropped rabbits and prepare to return home.\nThe rabbits had rolled down on the mound of blackened branches. He had just picked up one rabbit by the ears and was limping to get the other one when the messy pile of black branches shifted. When he was wondering if he had seen it wrongly, the branches on the ground abruptly lifted, and a dark figure stood up.\nA chimpanzee-like black shadow flashed in front of him. He recoiled, his heart pounding, and because of the injured leg, collapsed to the ground. Instinctively, he reached back with his hand to retrieve the spear he was carrying.\n“That mothereffing guide!” The figure that emerged from the tree branches cursed.\nMeng Sheng, who was charcoal black, stood dizzy in the middle of the shattered blackened branches, with a handful of crispy leaves sticking on top of his hair. He shook his heavy head and exhaled a puff of black smoke, which made him feel a little more clearheaded.\nRaising his hand to wipe his face, he brushed back his hair and was shocked to see an aborigine pointed at him with a spear. His back turned cold. He clenched his fist, reflexively wanting to subdue the aboriginal, but first, he watched to determine what the other one would do.\nSuddenly, he recognized the other man.\n\"It turned out to be you.\"\nMeng Sheng had been in this majestic environment for over a month, but this was the first time he had spoken to the tribe's inhabitants. For one thing, he's accustomed being alone and doesn't bother paying attention to these locals. The second reason was self-protection. He was a field explorer prior to this, but he ended up here by accident.\nAs soon as he crossed to this primitive world, he witnessed a weak native being swallowed by a beast. After confirming that he truly was displaced to another world, he used a mysterious “The Infrastructure’s Guide” to lead him to the eaten native's cave and let him pretend to be one of the aboriginals.\nFortunately, the original primitive not only had the same name as him, but he was also a feeble male. He spends most of his days with his head down and seldom went hunting. He'd spent much of his time alone. His presence was weak, and almost no one paid attention to him. He just had to keep his head down to keep the image. Despite the fact that the cave's owner changed, while wearing an ugly headpiece, no native found out\nThe current native in front of him turned out to be his cave neighbor. Meng Sheng saw this sub-female the most among the locals.\nWhen he went out to hunt today, he picked some fruits. He wasn’t sure if they were edible, so he simply called out his guide to ask questions. How could he have anticipated that \"The Infrastructure's Guide\" would serve as an electrical conductor and draw lightning on a stormy day?\nThe lightning crashed towards him. Fortunately, he immediately closed the guide, allowing the lightning to be redirected to a nearby tree, taking away the brunt of the power; otherwise, even a powerful individual would have turned out as nothing more than smoking ash.\n\"Who are you?\" Qiu Juan on the ground stared at the upright male and didn’t recognize him.\nAs he saw the sub-female's surprised expression, Meng Sheng cursed wordlessly. He had forgotten to portray the weak original in the prior excitement!\nSince he had been seen, he didn’t hide, but instead tried his luck: \"I am in the cave next to yours.\"\n\"Meng Sheng?\" Qiu Juan asked incredulously.\nThe male grumbled under his breath disdainfully: not my day.\nQiu Juan opened his mouth to comment that this was the first time he had seen him raise his head, but he realized it was impolite to do so, so he closed his mouth.\nMeng Sheng was used staying unseen, therefore he wasn’t surprised by the sub-female’s reaction.\nSince there was no threat, Qiu Juan relaxed and withdrew the spear: \"I'm sorry, I thought it was a beast.\"\nMeng Sheng cast a sidelong look at him, pleased to see that Qiu Juan really accepted it. Since his neighbor believed it, he wasn’t worried that other natives wouldn’t.\nHe didn't react to sub-female's words and walked straight out of the pile of tree trunks, but the blood on the ground drew his attention.\n\"Are you injured?\"\nHe squatted down and saw blood oozing from sub-female’s heel. Her eyes were also bloodshot, which was most likely due to pain.\nIn truth, when Meng Sheng first saw Qiu Juan, he thought the aboriginal looked very much in line with his aesthetic standards, especially the light-colored eyes when they shone with fortitude.\nHowever, after many encounters with him, he found that he was always walking alongside another male. After learning about the tribe's customs, he had to give up his appreciation in his heart.\n\"Where did your partner go?\" he inquired again, as the sub-female had yet to react.\nMeng Sheng's words were entirely unintentional. He was unaware of what had happened to Qiu Juan. He simply thought it was very irresponsible of the male to allow his sub-female to go out hunting during the thunderstorm when he was not present.\nQiu Juan's tone changed when he heard the word partner: \"I can do the same things without a partner!\"\nHe rose up from the stump. Rain washed out the blood under his foot, but the wide leaves underneath had already been dyed red.\nMeng Sheng's brows furrowed. \"If you walk back like this, your foot will be useless.\"\n\"Don't frighten me. My usual hunting wounds are much more severe than this.\"\n“You hurt your heel -” Achilles tendon! But he didn’t say out loud the latter because people here didn’t understand anatomy.\nAs the rain continued to fall, he cast a glance at the animal skin skirt that covered the sub-female. If he held him on his back, they would have too much of skin to skin contact.\nWithout any charming thoughts, he said to the sub-female in front of him, “You stand and lean on me. I’ll help you get back.”\nQiu Juan was obviously stunned, and he took a few steps back.\n\"Don't worry, I'll take my breath away so as to avoid misunderstandings between you and your partner.\" Without allowing Qiu Juan to retort, he took the sub-female’s arm and draped it over his shoulders.\nQiu Juan had always been a reserved sub-female, and he had never been so close to anyone, not even Kong Jia.\nHis face instantly burned, and he wanted to flee as soon as possible. But the male, who always appeared frail out of nowhere, had turned powerful and firmly buckled him. The male's brows furrowed in dissatisfaction as a result of his struggle.\n\"Let go!\" Qiu Juan's tone changed to alarm as he realized there was a significant difference in strength between himself and the male.\nHe was the kind of person that was concerned about his reputation. If others saw him with other males in an easily misunderstandable situation, they would make wild guesses and spread rumors.\nThe two people's hands and shoulders were touching. Meng Sheng initially had two sets of clothing, but in the forest, he wore animal hides to avoid needless trouble. Now that the two people's skin was touching, he naturally felt the sub-female opposing and restlessness.\nHe patiently said: \"On a rainy day, the tribe retreats to the caves. Nobody is going to pay attention. Furthermore, what happens if they did see it? We are doing nothing wrong. But if you dragged alone your wounded foot, you might encounter danger on the road. You’ll only worry your mother more.”\nWhen his mother was mentioned, Qiu Juan, who had been agitated, was far more at ease. He'd been gone for a long time, and his mother had probably been pacing around the cave all this time.\nThis time he stopped struggling and kept his mouth shut.\nSeeing this, Meng Sheng increased his pace. While sub-females were marginally smaller than males, a sub-female like Qiu Juan should not be underestimated when it comes to resisting. Meng Sheng had just been struck by lightning, and his mind was still a bit murky. If the sub-female next to him made another fuss, he would most likely knock him to the ground.\nHe took long strides when he abruptly recalled something and inquired.\n\"By the way, what was your name?\"\nQiu Juan was taken aback: “You don’t know my name?”\n\"I often stay in the cave. Nobody told me.\"\nAlthough his answer was far-fetched, Qiu Juan seemed to believe it and breathe a sigh of relief.\nQiu Juan assumed that a male who didn't even know his name had no affection for him and was acting only out of kindness. In turn, he sympathized with the male, who seldom engaged with the tribe and was most likely lonely.\n\"My name is Qiu Juan.\"\nMeng Sheng nodded, \"A very good name.\"\nAfter these few words, the two remained silent for the rest of the journey. As they arrived near the cave's entrance, Meng Sheng let go of Qiu Juan.\n“I’ll be going now.”\nQiu Juan took two strides towards his cave before turning his gaze to Meng Sheng, who was still standing in the rain. His dark cheeks had been washed clean by the water. At this moment, his true appearance was revealed, and it turned out to be no less handsome that of Kong Jia.\nIn comparison to his usual hunchback posture, his straight body with broad shoulders and narrow wist appeared strong.\nWhen he noticed that the person in the rain was also staring at him, he immediately averted his gaze, walked back lamely, and handed him one of the rabbits he was holding.\n\"Thank you, Meng Sheng.\"\nMeng Sheng would never desire a sub-female prey, let alone one gained through injury.\nQiu Juan became anxious when he did not respond: \"Please accept my gratitude! Otherwise, I'll be upset!\"\nMeng Sheng glanced at the sub-female, who was thirteen to sixteen centimeters shorter than him, and then at the wet rabbit in his hand. The fur was soaked, making it look shrunken, but this really helped one to see how fat the gray-haired hare was.\nPerhaps this symbolized the self-esteem of the sub-female and he had little choice but to accept it: \"Actually, you don't have to be so polite.\"\n\"Qiu Juan!\" As the two stood facing each other, a sub-female's cry sounded from the cave.\n\"Mother!\" exclaimed Qiu Juan as he turned around.\n\"Come in, it's raining heavily outside.\"\nMeng Sheng nodded knowingly, and the Qiu Juan approached his sub-female mother.\nHe didn't plan on staying, so he walked back to his own cave.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.43degreefilms.com/teamprogression-eh","date":"2021-06-20T07:23:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487658814.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20210620054240-20210620084240-00401.warc.gz","language_score":0.9616833925247192,"token_count":895,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-25","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__116471471","lang":"en","text":"CONNECTING PEOPLE THROUGH ARTICLES OF SUCCESS\nEXPRESS YOUR PERSPECTIVE\nExpress Your Perspective (EYP) is a multi-faceted platform that engages people - including professionals & businesses - to offer unique interactive solutions that can help each person realize their true identity and express their unique perspectives. Our ultimate goal is to nurture thought processes that result in people doing what they love to do for the people they love in order to create a rich and long lasting legacy.\nGrowth is a decision. Period.\nIt’s an every-moment-decision to not want to stay in your current position, current lifestyle, or at your current capacity. You want to see more, experience more, know more, be more. The decision to grow could be fueled by infinite variables of circumstances, good or bad, but reasons aside the most important component of growth is discipline and consistency. It’s a promise you’ve made to your “better you”; the better version of you that will trigger someone else’s awakening, jumpstart an advantageous opportunity, or help heal someone’s pain as they now realize change is possible. The very comprehension of the probable impact of goals-achieved is what keeps one foot in front of the other. The path is set; time to walk it. It’s time to move!\nA pivotal point in anyone’s progression is when they’re identified and recognized by others - more importantly, others who are on their own respective paths. In my personal journey, I’ve come across quite a few folks that I would consider “real life super heroes” - people who tend to operate on a higher frequency and are committed to owning their destiny. Published author and inspirational speaker, Eric L. Harrison, is one of those people.\nEric, like so many leaders, is no stranger to adversity or even failure. What makes him unique is his ability to fight his way back to his feet every time and excel when it matters most. From forming his own company, Express Your Perspective, to writing and publishing his first book, Lifestwists: Navigation for Life’s Winding Roads, to his recent family-friendly short film, Love & Legacy - Eric bares his passions and his wisdom as he looks to inspire the best in everyone.\nWe were fortunate to catch up with the Chicago native - now based in Houston, TX - and discuss multiple aspects of his newly found success. In a discussion about his progression, and how he’s found the capacity to accomplish more, Eric Harrison shares the following points in regards to his growth:\nEstablish relationships with people who challenge me and give me the information needed to improve my personal life and business acumen.\nFocus on completing one thing at a time. I have created a system that allowed me to take my time and concentrate on prioritized goals and aspirations. This approach has given me measurable results that have taken areas in my life to the next level.\nMade a conscious effort to invest in self-care; learning to pour into myself personally, spiritually, mentally, and physically. Focusing on my health holistically has set the proper foundation to build upon for ultimate success.\nAlign with organizations to address social issues that are close to my heart. As a heart attack survivor myself, I was excited to connect with and support the American Heart Association in last year. It was important for me to connect with others who share my story and will to persevere.\nExamine my motives to ensure that my daily actions and interactions are being done for the right reasons. I fault myself for letting ego, low self-esteem, vengeance, and greed fuel my reasons in the past. From that, I’ve learned the importance of assessing my own energy and spirit so I can make decisions that match my true identity with integrity.\nWritten & designed by Ace Eversley\nThank you for your time and attention. There's an abundance of beautiful people who play major roles in many peoples' lives - heroes, if you will. The Team Progression Group is dedicated to connecting with these leaders, and hope you find inspiration in their messages and our content creation. Your feedback is welcomed!\nMay we all become the kings & queens we were meant to be. No Game of Thrones. #TeamProgression","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.zacharysallen.com/news/","date":"2015-10-07T04:10:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-40/segments/1443736682102.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20151001215802-00251-ip-10-137-6-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9551708698272705,"token_count":103,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-40__0__38150346","lang":"en","text":"If you are in Boston, I curated the show Infringement at §üb∫amsøñ projektes. The show will be up until early June, with a reception during June’s first Friday events. I have new collabrative work with Andrew Hammerand that is included in the show. I’d be happy to meet you for a walk through of the show, feel free to get in touch.\nPlease see my new book Every House at broken-editions","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.rockwellnutrition.com/products/innate-response-formulas-dsybio-gi-90-capsules","date":"2020-09-23T01:25:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400208095.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20200922224013-20200923014013-00245.warc.gz","language_score":0.9173327088356018,"token_count":408,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__61957315","lang":"en","text":"DsyBio - GI - 90 Capsules\nSupports a healthy GI tract*\nThe Most Potent Components\nOregon Grape Extract and Oregano Oil are considered two of the most potent ingredients used to support GI health. Oregon Grape contains the alkaloid berberine, widely known to support an already healthy inflammatory response as well as promoting a healthy internal environment for the GI system.* The oregano oil, standardized to contain 30% carvacrol, adds superior support and aids in keeping the highest level of vitality and health throughout the GI tract.*\nWithstanding the Test of Time\nThis formula contains 500 mg of caprylic acid and this amount is foundational to this product. It’s generally very well tolerated and has not been documented as having any negative impact on or interactions with any medications. Caprylic Acid has long been revered as a staple in any nutritional protocol for supporting the internal environment of the gastrointestinal system. Studies have been published throughout the years as far back as the 1950’s outlining the unparalleled support this nutrient provides to GI health. More recent studies have supported these findings.\nNutrients For Optimal GI Support\nAdequate hydrocholoric acid is essentially the first line of defense when it comes to maintaining a healthy GI system. Two nutrients that are absolutely necessary for HCL production are thiamine (B1) and zinc. Both of these nutrients have been documented as being deficient in a large sector of the population.1,2 In addition to adding isolated forms of these nutrients, we’ve added FoodState nutrients which utilize fresh whole foods and are concentrated with our nutrient preservation process crafting the most complete whole food nutrients available today.\n1. Lavalle, James B. Drug Induced Nutrient Depletion Handbook.\n2. Maret W, Sandstead HH (2006). “Zinc requirements and the risks and benefits of zinc supplementation”. J Trace Elem Med Biol 20 (1): 3–18.\nIngredients & Dosage","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://mysteranderson.skyrock.com/","date":"2018-10-22T09:27:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583515029.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20181022092330-20181022113830-00220.warc.gz","language_score":0.8073564171791077,"token_count":1084,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__184178382","lang":"en","text":"si sa beaute ne m'hantais pas les pensees,on orait dit dit que je l'avais oublier, elle avec cet sourire qui effacait toutes les peines du monde mais qui cachait une peine de coeur et une tristesse inconnue!!!mais comment oublier cette fille alors que mes joues renferment la douceur de son derniers bisous!mn coeur se renferma sur son amour ne laissant pas dotre amour y penetrait,.mn coeur grava son amour a jamais!!el tenait entre ses mains mon coeur et tout mon amour! mn coeur ki etait meurtrit,se retrouva une force en admirant cet sourire!!je l'attendrait toute ma vie a ce moment ou elle m'offrira son coeur!!mes main regorgait ses derniers traces!!dans mes pensees on peu entendre les derneirs paroles de cette voix si douce et melodieuse!!!!!!comment l'oublier alor que je la revoit a chaque fois que mes yeux se referme!!mais elle est-ce qu'elle m'a oublier??? est ce qu'elle me laissera gouter a son amour?? est ce que son coeur sera mien???\ntrop des questions sans reponses.... est ce que j'orai ces reponses ici ou au delas??\nYou were the first to steal a piece of my Heart. And I new when I saw you we'd never part. You were and angel sent down from above, cause God knew I needed someone to love. It was then that I looked into your eyes and as I held you, you began to cry. I held you close as a father and all I could see was that you needed me to. God answered my prayers and sent you to me, so together we two always will be. Now that you're grown it's so hard to measure, all the special times you have brought me pleasure. But there will always be one that comes to my Heart, and that was that you were the first to steal my Heart\ngive you my heart,mind,body, and soul I give you my love, for you to make me whole I give you this promise, the promise to try I give you each breath and the tears i cry I give you my past, my future and NOW I give you my thoughts and my hopes in this Vow I give you my voice and the music i sing I give you forever by accepting this ring I give you my world all the pain and strike I give you my hand and learn to share life I give you this kiss and there words i say \"I'll Cherish you always as of this day\" I give you my faith that these words are tru from now until the end i promise 2 you\nSpeaking straight from my heart, I'll tell you the truth How I love you, and how I want you to take my youth We met, and within a couple of days we were in love You are unlike all the others, none of the above You make me smile in even the toughest times Your words calm me like the peaceful sound of chimes We have not yet met, but your looks do not matter For just your words, love, caring, me they do flatter I am scared you may not like me once we meet But are we destined? Nervousness will we cheat? Everything about us is so perfect; what more could I ask for? I'll try to be with you; I'll do all it takes; without you I am poor I miss you already, and it has only been a minute Your voice is so sexy and your personality is so darn cute How can I help myself when I feel so strongly about us? I can't. I'll wait; see what the future may bring, but “us” is a must So please take me by the hand and say you love me So together forever we will be I will tend to your every need and be by your side For my feelings for you, oh so strong, I cannot hide So come with me and make fantasies come true I just hope that you feel the same way too Regardless of what happens you'll always be a friend And my love and kindness I'll always lend I hope I'm good enough to receive your love Because we are destined by the One above\nBecause of you my world is now whole, Because of you love lives in my soul. Because of you I have laughter in my eyes, Because of you I am no longer afraid of good-byes. You are my pillar my stone of strength, With me through all seasons and great times of length. My love for you is pure boundless through space and time, it grows stronger everyday with the knowledge that you'll always be mine. At the altar I will joyously say 'I do', for I have it all now and it's all because of you","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.gvflivinglaboratory.com/noble-stewardship.html","date":"2022-05-26T05:11:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662601401.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220526035036-20220526065036-00353.warc.gz","language_score":0.9217177629470825,"token_count":767,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__287750996","lang":"en","text":"Noble Land Stewardship Program\nThe Noble Research Institute Land Stewardship Platform is intended to provide an institute-wide opportunity for collaboration within and among the Producer Relations, Applied Systems, Research and Education cornerstones. Additionally it will provide a mechanism for cooperators to capitalize on their land management activities and accomplishments. Capitalizing on land management activities comes in many forms, from simply having the site specific, real time information enabling timely economic decisions within their own operation to participation in industry partnerships with financial incentives.\nThe Land Stewardship Platform will focus on four management pillars which include:\n1) Ecological efficiencies\n2) Production efficiencies\n3) Soil resource management\n4) Water resource management\nThese four management pillars provide the framework for an effective land stewardship strategy and outline the direction of measured management activities at the farm level. All four management pillars are based on and encompass nationally recognized soil health building principles.\nThe functionality of ecological processes such as the carbon and water cycles are often the determinant of ecological health on agricultural lands. Furthermore, the impacts to ecological indicators such as plant cover, species composition, and biological diversity are largely governed by land management decisions (Teague et al., 2011). Biological diversity is commonly referenced within the industry as a driver of ecological health (Laurila-Pant et al., 2015). How those ecological indicators are managed outlines the production efficiency. Production efficiencies outline the relative amount of production balanced by the amount utilized. Soil and water resource management are principal to the success of any ecologically focused stewardship effort. Specifically, indices such as soil organic carbon (the main component of soil organic matter) have impacts across the ecological spectrum and are often utilized as quantifiable measures of biologically active and properly functioning ecosystems (FAO, 2017).\nThe foundation of this effort is enabling producers to be better land stewards. In order to capitalize on land stewardship activities and accomplishments, producers must have a management plan and be measuring on farm actions and responses. Through the Producer Relations consultation effort, a stewardship management plan will be the overall guiding document for each participant. The stewardship management plan will encompass all land uses on the operation and provide specific planned and scheduled practices that address resource issues and meet landowner objectives. The stewardship management plan must meet minimum stewardship requirements by land use as outlined by Producer Relations. It should be noted that this stewardship management plan is still a plan and should be flexible enough to deal with environmental fluctuations and market volatility.\nIt is often said that we cannot manage what we do not measure. The hallmark of this program is the on farm measurements defined in the monitoring plan outlining the agricultural and ecological benefits. These data must be searchable, reportable and able to be aggregated at the landscape scale. This defines the need for a state of the art Agricultural Database System. These data will be further refined within a producer portal, organized by stewardship pillar and utilized in ecological calculators defining ecosystem service values.\nIn addition to the consultation assistance and data management services, participating producers will receive a Noble Land Stewardship Certification. The certification process will verify, based on scientific standards, the stewardship principles and practices utilized by land use (i.e. rangeland, cropland, pasture, etc.). This certification label will be continual once accepted with a biannual certification review. The certification approval and recertification process will be conducted and approved by the appropriate Noble Research Institute consultation team. This certification will allow producers opportunities to receive industry specific premiums for their products and participate in potential ecosystem service financial markets as they develop.\nFor more information please feel free to contact Jeff Goodwin at firstname.lastname@example.org\nlocated in Cleveland & McClain Counties, Oklahoma","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://47debbyblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/30/205/","date":"2018-06-23T00:14:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864848.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20180623000334-20180623020334-00165.warc.gz","language_score":0.9732212424278259,"token_count":986,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__8049619","lang":"en","text":"Just recently, i came across a story while i was on twitter about a little girl who died and left a secret for her family to find. Now, i do not know how true this story is but the most interesting part of the story is “the secret” they said she had left behind.\nI was gonna ask to hear some opinions but i have decided not to so i can still spoil the surprise. *Drum-rolls* please!… she left behind something i would call the “beautiful truth” but to clear the air of any confusion let me come right out and say it was a poem she left behind.\nNow, i know some of you will probably be disappointed hearing this because “poems are boring” but trust me this one is pretty good. Its different from any poem i have read before even though i have not read much ;;. The reason being that most poems tend to focus on pain, lament, resentments or demise. However, this poem talks about the beauty of love, happiness and life from the view of a little girl not given the full opportunity to explore it all to the end. Let me go ahead and write it down.\n“Happiness depends upon ourselves, maybe its not about the happy ending, maybe its about the story.\nThe purpose of life is a life of purpose. The difference between ordinary is that little extra.\nHappiness is a direction not a destination. Thank you for existing. Be happy, be free, believe, forever young.\nYou know my name, not my story. You have heard what i have done but not what i have been through. Love is like glass, looks so lovely, but its easy to shatter.\nEveryday is special, so make the most of it. You could get a life- ending illness tomorrow so make the most of everyday.\nLife is only bad if you make it bad. Love is rare, life is strange, nothing lasts and people change. Life is a game for everyone but love is the only prize.\nIf someone loves you then they would not let you slip away no matter how hard the situation is. Remember that life is full of ups and downs, without the downs the ups do not mean anything.\nI am waiting to fall in love with someone i can open my heart to. Love is not about who you can see spending your future with, its about who you cant see spending your life without. There is no reason to cry, because i know you will be by my side”.\nAll done! it was pretty good right, it stares up so much emotion and inspiration inside which brings up a lot of questions. Although, today i just want to talk about two. Firstly, when people say Y.O.L.O what do they really mean?\nLet me start by saying that the basic meaning of the abbreviation is simply freedom for those who have not heard of this. You only live once. Regardless, people have began using this as an excuse to do shitty things. When i hear Y.O.L.O i honestly expect a life of excitement and purpose.\nSecondly, i want to address the issue of not believing in Love. Now, no one is forcing anyone into believing something they do not want to believe in, but i want to ask you a simple question.\nIf you are not living for Love what are you living for? It is when this question is answered, that you can understand the concept of a “life with purpose”. Please bear in mind that there are different things one can love and not just Human beings.\nWith this i can finally tell you stated facts are that everyone should live and strive for something that will give your life purpose, love is inevitable, It comes in different ways than you realize, some people do not know this until it is late and Love is rare.\nHaving said all this, cherish love when it is found, fight for it, strive for and live for it because it is with love you find peace, it is with love you find happiness and satisfaction, it is with love you find purpose and with love we are all united as one. The cure to this scornful world we all sought to fix has been right in our faces the whole time, LOVE.\nIt baffles me that when issues such as religion, sexuality, racism, political views are brought up, they spur and stimulate so much hatred. it does not have to be that way because the one thing they all have in common is that they all deal with the uniqueness of individuality and until we learn to deal with that, this world will still remain the same. Nonetheless, if we really want a change, the only way to do that is to put our differences aside and show as much LOVE and care as we can.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://paranoidechochamber.com/world-ending/","date":"2018-01-18T09:56:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084887224.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20180118091548-20180118111548-00061.warc.gz","language_score":0.9538735151290894,"token_count":1327,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__163999779","lang":"en","text":"Do you feel that the earth is rapidly coming to an end? Fortunately for you, it’s not just all in your head. There are groups of powerful people that make it their job to make sure you feel that way. Panicked people panic themselves further with the debilitating thought that the earth is irreparably doomed. Once you accept those debilitating thoughts into your mind you become easy prey for “the man” to exploit your mental weakness against you. The ocean may be rising, fires may be raging, and things may “seem” to be getting worse.\nBe honest with yourself though, do you REALLY believe that humanity is doomed deep down? If you answered yes, you are most likely the victim of “debilitating thoughts.” Once you’ve been debilitated mentally, you stop questioning your surroundings and become susceptible to influence and persuasion by the powerful. After you’ve internalized their lies they can push their lies and shitty products to you unopposed. It’s easier to lie to someone who is scared and confused than one who is confident and well informed. Paranoid Echo Chamberers are well protected from Illuminati mind control having broken their chain of lies and know better than to adopt a toxic narrative into their psyche.\nObsessing and complaining about things you can’t control like climate change, politics, sports, religion is a humongous waste of your time and energy. Accepting challenging negative thoughts as truth is toxic to your ‘personal power.’ You do not control your surroundings, you only can control your response to your surroundings. It’s your choice to compose your worldview however you want, you can make mountains out of molehills or molehills into mountains with the power of thought alone. There have always been despots, dictators, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes and more: that doesn’t mean you have to ruin your quality of life over it.\nIs the glass half full or half empty? Is the ocean rising to humanities unquestionable demise, or are you anxiously awaiting your future life under the sea or in floating cloud cities? The ability to “shape your narrative” is a powerful tool accessible to anyone who chooses to try it. Does that mean that Paranoid Echo Chamberers refuse to accept reality on reality’s terms, turning a blind eye to the ugliness in the world? Not at all. The world always was and always will be a simultaneously great and awful place. It’s very stupid to think it’s one or the other, there will always be good AND evil – yin AND yang. Not Ying or Yang.\nYour response to negative situations speaks volume of your character, you have the ability to choose how you respond. You can choose to ignore the latest round of idiotic memes, fake headlines, and focus on what’s really going on: like the Reptilian scum out to drain your vital fluids. They want your vitality stripped from your body, your critical thinking removed so you will be powerless to their lies.\nSo how can you fight back to regain control of your own mind? Stop focusing on the dog and pony show, start focusing on the reptilian mind control. They want your brain gone, they want you pissed off, unable to think like reactionary bees in a hive predictably falling in line whenever they swat at you. If you’re tired of feeling powerless, it’s as simple as rewriting your narrative and reading Paranoid Echo Chamber.\nThe reason that nobody questions their lies isn’t that the powers that be are such skilled liars, it’s that they control the narrative. It’s much easier to believe everything that they’re saying if everyone is saying it. If everything you know is a lie, how would you know the truth if you heard it? People will always believe “the big lie” over the smaller more familiar lie.\nIf you want to change your life for the better, but can’t seem to “shake it” ask yourself this: why do I believe them, why do I believe these crazy thoughts? What reason do you have to believe that what they say or you think is true? Why, Why and Why again? If you can’t see the “invisible hand” of Reptilians, Illuminati and Council of Undead World Business Leaders all profiting off your debilitating thoughts, confused broken mental state, you need to read more Paranoid Echo Chamber. The answer always lies within the chamber. Everything you need to live an unlocked, fulfilled perfect life lies within this URL.\nYou will see that the world is precisely what you make of it. Once you open your eyes to start questioning everything around you, things will stop seeming so confusing and scary. Once your mind can accept that it’s equally as possible that Reptilians are out to get you, you’ll be free of their mental prison. You may also resent yourself for being your own jailer for being so many years, but that resentment is going to lead to increased odds of recidivism back to the mental prison. If all of this feels like Tony Robbins self-help psychobabble, just know that’s a natural part of your mind clinging on to what little control it has over you. Most people deep down just want to be free from suffering, yet despite all their efforts the end to their suffering never comes. You may think that by having a safe life, a safe job, safe food in your safe fridge all of that will protect you and make you safe.\nYou own your brain, not the other way around. If you want your brain to shut up and do what the fuck you want it to do, you just have to radically change your thoughts, beliefs and spirit to cultivate the discipline to make sure you do more than just seek change with no followthrough. The truth of the matter is it really doesn’t matter if the world is actually going to end or not. You will die no matter what either way, everyone born dies eventually (except for Mike Pence). You can’t control life or death but you can control how you have the power to choose to react to things in life. If that doesn’t seem achievable, you are clearly under Reptilian mind control and would benefit from Paranoid Echo Chamber Anti-Mind Control Pills.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://kitchencojo.com/home/index.php/component/k2/itemlist/user/271233","date":"2018-02-23T18:11:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891814827.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20180223174348-20180223194348-00439.warc.gz","language_score":0.8872405886650085,"token_count":2274,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__249511769","lang":"en","text":"Essay Writing for Students: A Practical Guide - John Clanchy, Brigid for Students, now in its third edition, has preserved the original serious, yet practical approach to academic writing. Particular attention is paid to the central tasks of analysing a topic, reading, researching, planning, drafting and editing the final version of an essay or report. This book has proved invaluable to nbsp; Writing successful essays are a major form of assessment at university. Writing a good one can be a challenging, but rewarding, experience. . write better essays. Sydney: Harcourt Brace. 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{"url":"https://thebyronlist.com.au/post.php?id=1001264","date":"2022-08-07T15:21:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00780.warc.gz","language_score":0.9307559728622437,"token_count":289,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__154486571","lang":"en","text":"Byron Writers Festival @ North Byron Events - Byron Bay\nNext On: Friday, 2 August 2019 - 8:30am\nFor three days in August, 140 writers and thinkers will come together in Byron Bay to ponder the power of stories and the written word in shaping who we are. Now in its 23rd year, Byron Writers Festival has become famous for its relaxed and friendly vibe, open-air beachside location and compelling conversations spanning a mix of genres including music, art, environment, philosophy, health, politics, human rights and of course memoir and fiction.\nThe 2019 Festival is taking place over the weekend of 2-4 August at Elements of Byron, with workshops and separately ticketed events running throughout the week. Guests announced so far include local literary luminary Robert Drewe, prominent Australian artist Tracey Moffatt, deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek, You Am I front man Tim Rogers, crime sensation Jane Harper, Greenpeace CEO David Ritter and wellness writer Sarah Wilson.\nThe full program has been announced and all tickets including 3-Day passes, 1-Day passes, Feature Events and Workshops are now on sale. For details head to www.byronwritersfestival.com/festival or follow @byronwritersfestival.\nJuly 31, 2019, 8:42 pm","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.joythekey.com/","date":"2019-10-16T20:14:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986669546.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20191016190431-20191016213931-00417.warc.gz","language_score":0.9208214282989502,"token_count":266,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__88897369","lang":"en","text":"Turning your passion into your profession, it doesn’t need to matter where a person stands at the starting gate — be it novice, mature, formally educated or loaded up in street smarts, single, single parent, married, divorced, widowed, or if a person is considered, by today’s society, to be conventional or unconventional — opportunity can be carved out of one’s passion to operate, and to prosper in it.\n\"Dear Reader,You are not alone,” Joy conveys. \"When I discovered that spouses, relatives, close friends or confidants don’t always support or understand your vision, I learned how not to let it drive my goals or purpose into a ditch.\"\nJOY, the KEY to Entrepreneurial Happiness: A Millennial's Guide to Starting, Continuing and Reinventing Your Business empowers, informs and encourages women and young girls to get up and do what it is they feel led to do — really, it can nourish the men, too. Joy A. Johnson is an international educator, multi-licensed beauty professional, serial entrepreneur, public speaker, soul mate, mother and an under 35-year-old business woman, who has successfully carved out her purposeful lane to become a Passionpreneur™.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://robesimpson.me/","date":"2016-08-27T13:24:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-36/segments/1471982911825.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160823200831-00058-ip-10-153-172-175.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9880906343460083,"token_count":1665,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-36","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-36__0__137889299","lang":"en","text":"I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I life I live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. – Galatians 2:20\nUnderstanding the context of particular, individual Bible verses can sometimes be difficult to understand. They can be taken out of context to satisfy the point that a person is making, or to help a person who is in despair. Is this, I ask you, the way that the Bible should be read and understood? Let me say that this question is not in saying that there is a right or wrong to the question, just one that gets one to question. Let me take a couple different perspectives on this and see the benefits.\nBaby steps! That is what we are told when we learn something new. When solving a problem we are told to break the problem down into smaller problems. These are valid solutions and would agree that this holds a great deal of truth to each of these. When it comes to memorization of the Bible, we are told that memorizing Bible verses will help us to have these particular verses at hand on a day to day basis, or when witnessing to another person. I recently started back up again with memorizing verses such as the one above. Different from previous times of learning to memorize Bible verses, this experience has taken me down a different path. Starting to memorize this verse led me to break down the context of this verse and wanting to know that context in full detail. Doing so has helped me to gain more of an understanding of the use of that verse and grasping the context for easier memorization. Context I believe has been the key to this type of memorization.\nI started above to start to talk about context when learning a particular memory verse. In the past I would find it difficult to memorize a verse simply because I did not understand the context or the meaning of the verse. Sure it related to me and was an inspiration to certain areas of my life. But, what did it mean at the time that it was written? How would that meaning relate to me today? That is where the context matters. Knowing the context that led to that verse being included in the Bible for all of these years has meaning behind it for all that read and/or share the Bible.\nWhen I think of how to share my life with others, I always end up trying to understand what it is that I would share with others. Would sharing a memory verse that I have from the Bible make that a difference during that time of witnessing? I have concluded that it would not. I have also concluded that it would not because I can not explain the meaning of the verse I am sharinfg with someone if I myself do not know the meaning. Memorizing a Bible verse has a great deal of significance in building faith, and can lead to a more knowledgable piece by piece of the Bible. Yet, if you take away sermons, other books, talking with other fellow Christians, what would those pieces be in understanding the context of the Bible? What relevance does the context of that book in the Bible that has the chapter with the verse in it have on today?\nThese have been questions that I have had since beginning to start to memorize verses again from the Bible. I have concluded that without knowing the context that surrounds the verse will not allow me to fully grasp what it is that I am trying to memorize. This verse above is a good example. If I was to memorize this verse without knowing the context that leads up to the verse, I would not be fully understanding of the verse and the meaning it has to my life and the lives of those who God will bring into my life.\nWith that said, let me give you the context of this verse.\nGalatians 2:20 – The Context\nPaul – formerly known as Saul – was with those is Galatia. Saul was the leader of those who gave there daily lives to persecuting Christians. God transformed Saul and led to the changing of Saul becoming a Christian and having a powerful testimony to share with others. When he became a Christian and accepted Christ as the Son of God, he was given the name of Paul. Paul was one of the apostles to Jesus. He was with Jesus when Jesus started his ministry and was there after Jesus was persecuted and killed. Another of the apostles of Jesus was Peter. The two of them went there separate ways after Jesus was crucified. In the beginning of Galatians the opening begins with an introduction to Paul being led to Galatia. The first chapter was devoted towards Paul sharing with those there that they have led astray from the gospel and have found another gospel to worship. I found myself wondering what it is that would have led them astray? Then I realized I can look all around me today and see the same thing happening. The second chapter started the context that surrounds this verse. Paul confronts Peter about how Peter is leading his life and living his live. These men were eager to share everything about Jesus and being there king while He was here on earth. Now that He was no longer in the flesh, was there any reason to lead a different life? This is what Paul was confronting Peter about. Peter was distancing himself from the Gentiles – those who did not know the laws of the religion. He would do this when he was in the presence of others that were not Gentiles. He wanted to not be seen as one who communicated with them nor one who was trying to share the gospel of Jesus with them. Paul did not understand what the reasoning is behind this. So when he confronted Peter, he shared with him what it was that he went through and had been going through to continue to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. Each and every day when Paul would go somewhere, anyone and everyone would at first be afraid of him because of his past. It was not until he was in their presence that they realized that he had indeed changed. This is where I can understand the beginning of this verse where he says that he has been crucified with Christ. Most anywhere that Christ would go to, there would always be those who were weary of Him and what we was proclaiming/teaching.\nAdding onto the paragraph above I can see where Paul is sharing with Peter that he feels that it is no longer he who lives in the body but Christ instead. If each and every place that Paul went were afraid of him, and then felt a peace about him after meeting him, this must have been a feeling of peace for him as well. This peace could not have been from how he felt previously about the Christian believer. No, it was the peace that Christ said would be there when he left and was raised to Heaven. He – Jesus – promised to leave the Holy Spirit with anyone who believed in Jesus. This was the leading of Paul to believe that it was Christ that was sharing this peace with those who were afraid of Paul when he would enter a town.\nThis reading of the chapter 2 gave me the context of what led to this verse. The meaning made it clearer for me to relate how this verse gives context to my life. Without this context, I do not believe I would fully be grasping the reason for this verse that I am wanting to memorize. Having the context gives me more confidence that if there is a time that God uses me to share the Gospel with another person, the sharing of this verse at the right time would be clearer because of the context behind it.\nMemory of the Bible is without a doubt the way to understanding our relationship with God, and the love that God has for each of us. Memorization of verses can be a small step in knowing about this love and how to love God in return. Understanding the context behind the verse is what can put all of the pieces together that will give a solid footprint that will last forever in your heart, mind, and possibly with another person that you share it with. This is what I have come to realize in my latest journey in memorization of the Bible. God bless you!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2008/08/thank-you-robert-genn.html","date":"2018-07-21T01:47:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592150.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20180721012433-20180721032433-00455.warc.gz","language_score":0.9344950318336487,"token_count":99,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__227907994","lang":"en","text":"Hi Nick,for me a poem, a painting or a piece of music all originate from the same source. From an individual standpoint they may look different but all three have the power to confront us with ourselves and lead us back to the source they originate from. I guess the true mystery is shrouded by our perspective on things or at least our fascination with it.Rob\nRob, thanks for the post....and start a blog please so more people can see your great work!\nPost a Comment","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://honeyadams.com/2019/11/27/i-would-like-to-discuss-what-makes-sex-amazing/","date":"2021-01-26T23:45:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610704804187.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20210126233034-20210127023034-00580.warc.gz","language_score":0.9585201740264893,"token_count":1005,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__167046896","lang":"en","text":"Wow, I feel like this is the trillion dollar question, what we all are searching for, what we feel we get “close” to, but maybe there is still a part that feels missing …\nMyself personally having had ALOT of sex, I feel like I can speak on this topic quite fluidly and honestly. After all it is my work, but it is also my passion in life. One quest my soul has felt to study, navigate, explore and question for many years.\nAnd still each day I am learning….\nAnd here I will share my views, and findings –\nMind blowing, toe curling, multi orgasmic heart opening sex is authentic. It isn’t something that can be acted, played out, is gender specific, can be planned or “made to happen” it certainly doesn’t look like the porn movies, and it can’t be ticked off a sex service list, infact when we do this we remove presence from connection, and go into our heads, which is basically death to connecting intimately. We have lost that moment of passion with our lover. We are no longer present.\nTo confirm here – I am not speaking about boundaries – boundaries between two consenting adults is vital For us to feel safe, relaxed and lubricated to open to one another (a key point to incredible sex)!\nI always like to discuss this with my lovers prior to being intimate – so we BOTH feel safe. What I am talking about refers to placing expectation on another and ticking off boxes. Getting into our heads and away from presence, away from being in the moment with your lover and truly feeling all the pleasure that is available to you in that moment.\nFor me, amazing sex is when we can allow our bodies to really melt into one another, to not force orgasm and to relax into pleasure without chasing peaks, but more so finding deep pleasure in the slower moments. The intensity that pulses through my body and into my pussy when looking into each other’s eyes, the juiciness of having my ass caressed, the scent of my lovers skin as I kiss and lick them all over, the gentle whispers into my ear that send shivers of pleasure through my whole body, my pussy wet, pulsing and ready to be penetrated and licked just by erotic connection of breath and desire!\nAnd of course orgasms are SO welcome, and multiple to be had. It’s just not THE single most important thing.\nIf we allow – Time starts to blur into one delicious melting pot of connection and pleasure (This is where ancient sexual practices speak of spiritual growth and reaching higher realms) it’s truly magic.\nBut to allow this type of connection, it takes time, trust, and actually taking things SLOWLY (An art long lost in modern times- and also a reason why I truly value long bookings) .\nNow also a side note here, as human beings we also have an inner animal, a primal instinct of basically just wanting to fuck, tear each other’s clothes off and go straight for the big O, we feel sometimes it can’t be contained and sex can be pretty wild, basic, primal. AND there is also NOTHING wrong with this.\nMy point is just to state that this is not the only way to have sex, as this type of love making is really rooted in our base chakra, and doesn’t allow sexual energy to circulate through our bodies as slower more present sex does which can bring a whole heap more of pleasure and heart opening and healing energy to our lives.\nI think it’s really important to not say one way isn’t better than the other, but from personal experience I’ve found that I’ve had much more profound experiences of heart opening and pleasure when I’ve come into full presence.\nAlso- I can speak for myself over the years that I was the complete opposite of my writing above for majority of my early 20s (I’m 28 now).\nI chased orgasm, thought great sex was all about projecting my energy outwards, being an athlete in the bedroom and ticking every sex position you could imagine, not cultivating my own bliss, acting out being a porn star, and allowing my boundaries to be crossed- countless times- thinking this was what men and women wanted. But in truth, all I did was limit connection and pleasure for myself and my lovers.\nWhen I got real and became authentic to my own needs and desires, I also allowed my lovers to be the same way. Vulnerability and surrender is a beautiful thing (And something I am still working on too ????\nSo there you have it my lovers, real, honest truths….\nAnd again, I will tell you…\n“Loving connection is the only cure”\nSo much love,","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://healthperceptionsllc.com/","date":"2024-02-23T03:31:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474360.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223021632-20240223051632-00879.warc.gz","language_score":0.9502365589141846,"token_count":501,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__203605254","lang":"en","text":"CWWPM- Certified Worksite Wellness Program Manager\nExpressive Arts Facilitator\nNature Therapy Guide\nLaurie Couillard's love of nature began with the joy of watching her own children and those she cared for over the years, as a teacher, discover their world through nature walks and activities designed for every season. As the years went on, her connection to nature and the belief that health is positively impacted by time spent in nature grew stronger, and she went on to earn her wellness degree, her certification as a Wisconsin Master Naturalist, and a nature therapy guide certification.\nHer hope is to encourage people to experience the important health benefits for mind, body and spirit that can be achieved through the nature connection for themselves and their family.\n“In a world that is full of overstimulation, connecting with nature will help to restore balance.”\nOffering keynotes, workshops, coaching, and custom programs in the following areas. Contact Laurie to discuss your needs\n. By reshaping stress responses through simple daily steps, leaders can transform their teams' lives and promote longevity while increasing employee happiness, retention, and productivity.\nUnderstand how to apply the elements of nature in a way that will balance your mind, body, and spirit and learn simple steps to navigate life’s challenges though the nature connection.\nExpressive arts provide a variety of mediums to help manage and creatively cope with life experiences that may be difficult to navigate.\nCreativity, problem solving, critical thinking, compassion-Nature creates a unique sense of wonder for kids that no other environment can provide.\nWhat The Forest Knows\nThe forest has stories we all need to know...just listen as nature changes and grows!\nThe book aims to teach children about nature's importance and the benefits of being present and observant. By recognizing animals and events in different forest scenes, children can learn how elements of nature work together and use these lessons to live a healthy life.\nLaurie came to speak at our organization and it was phenomenal. She backed up her insights with studies but made it relatable and entertaining. I’m excited to take this back and incorporate her PECSS method with my family\nListening to Laurie talk about nature connection was honestly so eye opening for me. The way she uses nature to relate back to our emotions and perspectives is so simple but transformational. She was personable on stage and told some really impactful stories.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://darko-ninja.deviantart.com/","date":"2018-06-23T13:33:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267865081.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20180623132619-20180623152619-00420.warc.gz","language_score":0.9740397334098816,"token_count":231,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__7885980","lang":"en","text":"I see Her standing there in the hall again,\nand all I do is pray.\nPray that I might gather the courage to talk to Her\nand wonder what I'd say.\nAs I pass her frustrated that I didn't say a simple \"Hello\"\nI see Her smile in my direction\nand my heart drops through the school hallway tile\nas I try to hide my affection.\nWalking away with now the same smile on my face\nI'm glad She acknowledges who I am\nI see her get in the car with her pot-smoking 'friend'\nand watch them drive away as he 'turns up his jam'\nI get on the bus and actually enjoy the ride home\nas I walk away from my bustop and round the turn\nI begin to cherish the time I get to think about Her\nand thoughts marriage I begin to yearn\nAs I get inside and turn on the T.V.\nI think maybe I should ask her on a date\nUntil I hear the news that a couple local kids died in a car crash\nand I think, Too little, too late","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://petrova.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-04-24T19:52:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223206672.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032006-00520-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.955576479434967,"token_count":324,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__50852589","lang":"en","text":"And I bring your enemies what they deserve.\nAlison Hendrix \"Nature Under Constraint and Vexed\"\ni am daenerys stormborn. your masters may have told you lies about me, or they may have told you nothing. it does not matter. i have nothing to say to them. i speak only to you. first, i went to astapor. those who were slaves in astapor, now stand behind me, f r e e. next i went to yunkai. those who were slaves in yunkai, now stand behind me, f r e e. now i have come to meereen. i am not your enemy. your enemy is beside you. your enemy steals and murders your children. your enemy has nothing for you but chains and suffering, and commands. i do not bring you commands.\ni b r i n g y o u a c h o i c e.\nyou don’t own us.\n\"This Mother of Dragons, this Breaker of Chains, is above all a rescuer.”\nSarah + impersonating her genetic identicals\nSarah Manning’s ultimately special because she dares to go off-script. If she runs into trouble, she’ll chug a bottle of hand soap to buy some time. If she runs up against a wall, she’ll grab a fire extinguisher and bash her way the hell right out. In an instant of inspired thinking, Sarah constantly rejects what should be desperate, cornered moments with her sheer determination to survive.”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://serenabarton.com/about-serena/","date":"2024-02-21T04:32:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473370.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221034447-20240221064447-00543.warc.gz","language_score":0.9785457253456116,"token_count":129,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__78853859","lang":"en","text":"Serena is a dedicated artist and instructor and would rather be in her studio than anywhere else. She has a part time counseling practice in Portland, Oregon, specializing in creativity issues. The rest of the time she makes art, teaches art, spends time with friends and family, and reads obsessively.\nSerena offers original art, and art workshops, nationally and internationally, and at at her studio. Serena’s first book, Wabi-Sabi Art Workshop, was published in 2013 by North Light. Her new North Light book, Wabi-Sabi Painting with Cold Wax was released in August, 2015.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://foreverloved.faithweb.com/brenda.html","date":"2019-05-20T12:46:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232255944.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20190520121941-20190520143941-00395.warc.gz","language_score":0.9465194344520569,"token_count":2196,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__74377491","lang":"en","text":"Hello! My name is Lynn,\nand I came upon a site one day,\nand it has changed me Forever.\nI met this most Amazing,\nInspirational and Couragous Woman\nthat I have ever known.\nI would like to say a very heartfelt\nThank You to her and May the\nAngels Watch Over Her and Hold\nHer Tight as she walks through this Life.\nThis is Dedicated to Brenda,\nwho is on her Journey To God\nI Met An Angel Today!\nI met an Angel today,\nand her name is Brenda!\nThe words she speaks is not that of saddness\nbut rather that of triumph and joy and all the\nmany blessings that have been bestowed upon her...\nAs I was reading her journal,\n(Which she no longer has up\nbecause someone was cruel to her)\nI felt an awesome feeling...\nof peace and a quiet stillness\neven though she was telling\nof how she is dying...\nBrenda says her real pain comes\nfrom watching the look in\nher beloved friends eyes...\nFor it is there that her\nprayers are said for the\nThis disease which is taken\ncontrol of her earthly body,\nas Brenda puts it just a Blessing in diguise...\nFor only God knows how soon it will be when she walks\non to the Other Side, Safe and Sound in HIS Loving Arms...\nShe asks not for a miracle nor\nan end to her suffering...\nBut praises the love that\nsurrounds and engulfs her.\nThe Lord must be working through\nBrenda's illness, and touching\nsouls by even the thousands...\nThe words that she speaks through\nout her journal, have somehow\nburrowed their way into my heart\nI will never forget this day\nthat I met this very Couragous\nand Inspirational Woman I call an Angel...\nSo Many of us complain about the\nlittlest things in our Lives, until\nwe come across such as I and you\nbegin to wonder how could I complain...\nFor the Lord has sent an Angel down\nto your side to show you it is not\nwhat surrounds you but what is really\ndeep down inside that will matter\nin order to get into the Gates Of Heaven,\nthat which will save your soul...\nAn Inspiration to all who come upon her\nstory of life and of her dying, A lamb of salvation\nshe is as if sent personally by God Himself...\nReaching out to touch our lives and showing\nus all that it is really the asking of Mercy\nand the Grace of God that will be\nyours to hold in the end...\nBeloved Brenda wrote this to me in a letter\nso maybe this will help to understand.\n\"I have become more aware of the gifts that God\nbrings to our lives, to appreciate the little\nthings more sincerely and to let go of the big\nthings that are burdens that I am no longer\nstrong enough to carry...\nI have no regrets, I do not feel as\nthough my life has been unfair although\nthere have been many times I have fallen\nto my knees in prayer because\nI did not understand...\nKnow that all things happen for a reason\neven though today we may not understand...\nOne day the explanation does come\nand we see things so clearly in its\nown time and If I had but one miracle\nI would give it away, because\nI know there is someone out there\nwho needs it more than I...\nFind strength in knowing that God loves you,\nthat he is always by your side,\nthat you are never alone and that\nthere are good people in this world\njust waiting to be your friends...\nGod will show you the way to their hearts\nand together you will sing and dance and laugh.\nGod Bless you my Beloved Friend\".\nShe also states in her journal,\ndo not shed tears of pity for me...\nNo rather take what you have\nbeen given and find the goodness and the\nteaching that the Good Lord has blessed you with...\nYes, I met an Angel today,\nand her name is Brenda,\nBJ to all her Beloved Friends...\nBless you and keep you forever\nin His Light my newly found Friend,\nfor I will hold you in my heart\nforever and a day...\nWritten By Lynn with excerpts\nin quotes from Brenda herself.\nAn Angel Wish\nMay angels rest beside your door,\nMay you hear their voices sing.\nMay you feel their loving care for you,\nMay you hear their peace bells ring.\nMay angels always care for you,\nAnd never let you fall,\nMay they bear you up on angel's wings,\nMay they keep you standing tall!\nBrenda, I know you had to give up your\nBeloved Animals, because you are not strong enough\nto take care of them any longer, so thought you\nwould like this. God Bless\nAlso, a very Special Lady,\nnamed Connie, from Heaven\nas she calls her beautiful site,\ngave this gift to you. Connie is\nalso going to link your page\nto her Special Angels pages.\nWe are all praying for you Brenda,\nfor with God all things are possible.\nThe Friend Who Stands By\nWhen troubles come your soul to try\nYou love the friend who just stands by.\nPerhaps there's nothing he or she can do\nThe thing is strictly up to you.\nFor there are troubles all your own\nAnd paths the soul must tread alone.\nTimes when love can't smooth the road\nNor friendship lift the heavey load.\nBut just to feel you have a friend\nWho will stand by until the end.\nWhose sympathy through all endures\nWhose warm hand clasp is always yours.\nIt helps somehow to pull you through\nAlthough there's nothing he or she can do.\nAnd so with fervent heart we cry.....\nGod Bless the friend who just stands by.\nThe Lord's Prayer\nOur Father, who art in Heaven,\nhallowed be thy name,\nThy Kingdom come, thy will be done,\non earth as it is in Heaven.\nGive us this day our daily bread,\nAnd Forgive us our trespasses,\nas we forgive those who trespass against us.\nAnd lead us not into temptation\nbut deliver us from evil.\nFor thine is the Kingdom, and the Power,\nand the Glory, Forever. Amen\nThis was left in my guestbook\nBut no truer words will ever be\nwritten about this beautiful woman\nThis is such a beautiful site.\nI adore it.\nMuch love and caring went\ninto its creation.\nBrenda G. is a lovely lady,\nand the world is much greater\nhaving her here.\nEqually true, at her passing,\nHeaven will be much richer than before.\nNot many people have touched\nso many lives in such a\nloving and positive way,\non the internet,as Brenda(BJ) has.\nGod bless you Brenda and God bless\nthe Creator of this beautiful\nTribute to Brenda.\nLove, Vi P\n\"Do not forget to entertain strangers,\nfor by so doing some people have entertained\nangels without knowing it.\"Hebrews 13:2\n\"And the peace of God,\nwhich passeth all understanding, shall guard\nyour hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus\"\n(Phil 4:7, ASV).\nMay you have a Blessed Easter,\nas the people who love you dearly\nstay close to watch over you.\nI light this candle for you,\nand it will never be put out,\nit will symbolize your beautiful Spirit,\nJest for Life and Your Love for\nOur Lord for He is the Light and the Way.\nGod Bless You My Beloved Friend,\nstay strong, for I know the Lord\nwill hear our prayers.\nI so believe in the Power Of Prayer\nToday is May 25th, 2004 and this\narrived in my guestbook today from Brenda..\n\"Praise The Lord!\"\n\"As always you have touched my heart\nin a place where few have managed to\nreach! You have humbled me to tears,\nhumbled me to my knees and humbled me\njust to know that I may call you my\nforever friend and may the Love of God\nbe as much in your knowing as He is\nin mine. May the Compassion, Love and\nKindness that you show be a guiding light\nfor us all to follow. I love you so\ndearly as much now if not more than the\nday you created this page for me.\"\nI now have a puppy\n(Peanut, he is a year old now)\nthree cats: Charlie, Fluzzie and\nCookie (cookie just had her first\nkitten a little boy white and gray!)\nI have birds a quaker parrot named\nBirdie and two parakeets. My love of\nanimals has kept me alive and my love\nof Friends and loved ones has brought\nnew hope into my life. My journey is\nnot yet over! I still have much to\ndo here on earth...I have hope,\nI have faith!!\" love, Bj\nClick onto the above picture, Help make a sick child smile, sometimes it can make all the difference in the world!\nWon't you send a Card to Someone\nand let them know you\nare thinking of them.\nClick onto the link above\nto go to a Great Card Site.\nI would like to Thank SwtMeloDe\nfor this beautiful set that was\nused with her permission.\nI would also like to Thank Heaven,\nfor the beautiful Animal Globes\nthat she so willing and compassionately\ngave to use here for Brenda.\nThe Beautiful Midi\nplaying is \"TearsonaRose\"\nand is used with permission~\nHere for mp3's\nBelow is another\nGuestbook, just in case the one\nabove isn't working properly.\nFor all of those who have\ncome by, Please won't\nyou say a Prayer for this Sweet\nDear Woman, that the\nLord will lay his hands upon\nher and heal her from the disease\nwithin. God Bless you All.\nRead my Dreambook guestbook!\nSign my Dreambook!\nLast updated on May 22, 2004","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://theriversidejournals.com/cliveden-literary-festival-14-october/","date":"2018-10-22T11:48:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583515041.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20181022113301-20181022134801-00251.warc.gz","language_score":0.8747550249099731,"token_count":977,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__5600688","lang":"en","text":"Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October 2017\nOn Saturday 14 October, Cliveden House – one of England’s most glamorous stately homes – opens its doors to the public for the inaugural Cliveden Literary Festival\nRobert Harris, Tina Brown, Sebastian Faulks, Amanda Foreman, Ruth Rogers, Howard Jacobson, Antonia Fraser, Ian McEwan and Michael Gove are a small selection of the stars of literature, politics and history appearing at the two-day event.\nSet in the stately rooms of the magnificent Grade 1 Listed house and its glorious National Trust gardens, the festival will celebrate Cliveden’s rich literary heritage and extraordinary history of politics and intrigue. Themes span high politics and low scandal, Russia since the revolution, Zionism, women in power, how to put history on screen, and art and exhibitionism.\nProgramme highlights include:\n· Howard Jacobson on his savage Trump satire Pussy\n· Man Booker Prize-winning novelist Ian McEwan discussing his life in books\n· From Birdsong to Where My Heart Used to Beat, Sebastian Faulks on his enduring obsession with love and war\n· Tina Brown reflects on an ever-changing career, before the publication of her Vanity Fair Diaries later this year\n· Michael Gove joins a high-profile discussion on Brexit, with Kwasi Kwarteng\n· GQ Editor and author Dylan Jones on his biography of the legendary musician David Bowie\n· Ruth Rogers talks 30 years of the River Café with Simon Schama\n· Robert Harris speaks to Frances Osborne about his new novel Munich, set during the countdown to WWII\n· Amanda Foreman, author of The Duchess and Daisy Goodwin, author of Victoria, discuss putting history on screen\n· Lord Jacob Rothschild leads a debate on how the Balfour Declaration changed the history of the Middle East, with novelist Howard Jacobson and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore\n· Michael Gove looks at some of Britain’s favourite dangerous liaisons with authors Richard Davenport-Hines, Suzannah Lipscomb, John Preston and Hallie Rubenhold\n· Simon Sebag Montefiore examines a century of Russia, from Tsars and Lenin to Putin and Trump, with Anne Applebaum, Victor Sebestyen, Robert Service and Radek Sikorski\n· Nick Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery discusses how the treasures of the past shape our future, with Yana Peel, CEO of the Serpentine Galleries and Hannah Rothschild, Chair of the Trustees of the National Gallery\nNatalie Livingstone, Chairman of the festival, comments, “Anyone who has been to Cliveden will know that it is one of the most intoxicating places to be and I’m thrilled to welcome readers here for the first ever Cliveden Literary Festival. We are all set for a weekend of literary treats, fierce debates and sparkling discussion that will revive Cliveden’s reputation as a political literary salon.\nCliveden, the magnificent Berkshire country house with its history of politics, intrigue, sex and scandal has inspired generations of literary giants from Alexander Pope to Tennyson, Kipling and Churchill. Built in 1666 by the second Duke of Buckingham Cliveden has hosted every monarch from Charles II to our present Queen. Woven into the rich tapestry of its history are colourful and controversial characters from royal mistresses to Nancy Astor, Britain’s first female MP – and Christine Keeler, whose poolside encounter with John Profumo brought down a government\nThe Cliveden Literary Festival is supported by The National Trust and presented in association with Champagne Taittinger, Citi Private Bank, Iconic Luxury Hotels and John Sandoe Books\nThe full line-up for the inaugural festival is as follows\nAnne Applebaum * Tina Brown * Helen Castor * Brendan Coyle * Nicholas Cullinan * Richard Davenport-Hines * Allie Esiri * Sir Harold Evans * Sebastian Faulks * Amanda Foreman Antonia Fraser * Daisy Goodwin * Michael Gove * Geordie Greig * Miriam Gross * Robert Harris * Bettany Hughes * Howard Jacobson * Simon Jenkins * Dylan Jones * Kwasi Kwarteng * Anton Lesser * Suzannah Lipscomb * Natalie Livingstone * Ian McEwan * Dambisa Moyo * Frances Osborne * Catherine Ostler * Yana Peel * Stephen Pollard * John Preston * Helen Rappaport David Reynolds * Andrew Roberts * Ruth Rogers * Hannah Rothschild * Jacob Rothschild * Hallie Rubenhold * Simon Schama * Simon Sebag Montefiore * Radek Sikorski * Victor Sebestyen * Robert Service * Sarah Vine * Ben Wegg-Prosser.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.dengit.org/behaviouralcomics","date":"2021-03-04T05:44:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178368608.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20210304051942-20210304081942-00499.warc.gz","language_score":0.9179201126098633,"token_count":210,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__82716436","lang":"en","text":"for The Habit Weekly Newsletter\nWelcome to my exclusive collection of comics created specifically around the topic of human irrationalities.\nAs a behavioural economics graduate and behavioural science enthusiast, I hope to document the essence of what it means to be simply human through my comics. These comic ideas are the result of my hyper awareness for being human in this crazy, messy yet beautiful world. If you find yourself enjoying these, please feel free to share it on social media, use it in your own blog post or with someone you know who will also find joy (or tears) in these comics. Just remember to credit me by either mentioning my name (Iris Deng, hyperlinked to my website) or tagging me on instagram @deng.it\nNow, let me officially welcome you to my interpretation of an irrationally human world! So sit back, sip some coffee and sift through these comics at your leisure—as you do so, hopefully you'll be pleasantly reminded of what a bunch of irrational beings (aka humans) we truly are!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://bravingyouradversity.com/","date":"2024-03-04T14:50:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476452.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304133241-20240304163241-00617.warc.gz","language_score":0.9407491683959961,"token_count":499,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__145991376","lang":"en","text":"ONE FAMILY'S STORY OF LOVE, LOSS, AND REBIRTH\nLIFE STRATEGIES TO ENDURE\nYOUR ROAD AHEAD WITH\nHOPE, FAITH, AND COURAGE\nAre you facing adversity? Maybe you are unhappy at work or dealing with an illness that isn’t getting better. Or perhaps you have a loved one dealing with a trial or tribulation.\nIn Braving Your Adversity, Rob Bare shares how his wife, Tiffany, used hope, faith, and courage to endure her fifteen-year battle with stage 4 breast, brain, lung, and liver cancer. Her story will inspire you to face your own adversities with courage.\nDiscover here how Tiffany reached deep into her well of fortitude to pull out the best version of herself. Challenge yourself similarly to be better today than you were yesterday. Learn how to wake up each day striving to be the best you can be, intent on making each day great. Set a goal to be a difference-maker in other people’s lives and watch how adversity can be overcome.\n|• Use faith, hope, and courage to seize the day\n|• Embrace the motto “never give up, don’t ever give up”\n|• Find one word to drive, inspire, and motivate you\n|• Use positivity not only to win your day, but win your life\n|• Find outlets for your emotions so you can be the best you can be\n|• Set challenging, realistic, measurable, and specific goals\nAfter reading Braving Your Adversity, you’ll have the life strategies to endure your road ahead. The result will be realizing that no matter what lies in your path, you can dream big and reach for your goal of braving your adversity.\nRob Bare is an author, professional speaker, life coach, and entrepreneur.\nRob has taught elementary physical education and coached cross country and track and field in the Cornwall Lebanon School District since 1992. He was inspired to write Braving Your Adversity after helping his wife Tiffany through her fifteen-year battle with cancer. Although Tiffany is now in a better place, Rob felt the lessons he learned from her courage deserved to be shared with a wider audience. Today, Rob lives in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and is the father of two sons, Matthew and Zachary.\nFor inquiries about speaking arrangements please email","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://fanaticstudio.cz/home-management-and-business/","date":"2024-02-20T23:13:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00565.warc.gz","language_score":0.9600476622581482,"token_count":320,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__206491549","lang":"en","text":"Home Management and Business\nSelf-management is an essential feature of business, and this principle is specially relevant in a self-managed business. Research has revealed that self-managed organizations own fewer problems, and employees are more engaged, ultimately causing better business outcomes. Nevertheless , a common difficult task with self-managed organizations is they are difficult to adapt to new-technology and change. This article will examine a number of the common concerns faced simply by self-managed companies and offer recommendations for overcoming these people.\nA key part of self-management is definitely identifying behaviors and patterns that help you manage your self better. It is crucial to recognize these habits and honor the method. In other words, self-management involves identifying if these patterns are a element of your persona or a organization trait. Do not forget that many persons started an enterprise because of their personal skills, prices, and passions. Instead of getting rid of these individual behavior, try centering on those practices that encourage you.\nOne more challenge is determining how you can properly budget. Self-managed agencies generally rely on operating in the very best interests of their organization just for the long run, and share all information using their stakeholders in full transparency. Self-management can benefit virtually any business. It can benefit businesses make operational decisions more effectively. For example , if a business is too large, self-managed staff could make decisions that are bad for the organization’s growth and http://www.mibrt.org/2020/03/26/personal-development-self-management-and-data-room accomplishment.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ramsainag.wordpress.com/blog/","date":"2021-09-28T07:18:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780060538.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20210928062408-20210928092408-00563.warc.gz","language_score":0.8805419206619263,"token_count":509,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__27522301","lang":"en","text":"If sex sells, who is stopping you from writing a bestseller?\nEmotional trigger of Chetan Bhagat haters\n- 1.a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities, or luck.”she felt a twinge of envy for the people on board”synonyms:jealousy, enviousness, covetousness, desire; resentment, resentfulness, bitterness, discontent, spite; the green-eyed monster”Carla felt a sharp pang of envy”\n- 1.desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable thing belonging to (someone else).”he envied people who did not have to work at the weekends”synonyms:be envious of, be jealous of;begrudge, grudge, be resentful of “I admired and envied him”\nFact : Chetan Bhagat haters are his secret admirers.\nMyth : Sex sells.\nReality : If sex sells, who is stopping you from writing a bestseller? Watch some porn videos and create a bestseller. You can write the best sex scenes and give him a tough competition. If sex sells like a hot cake, 7 billion people can become bestselling authors.\nMyth : He used blue ocean strategy and created a new genre for the masses.\nReality : Huh. Who is stopping you from creating another red ocean? I am eagerly waiting for your book.\nMoron : I hate his simple english.\nMe : If you want good stories, read his books. If you want vocabulary, buy Oxford dictionary. Who is stopping you?\nMoron : He writes sex scenes. A book shouldn’t have sex scenes. I hate sex scenes.\nMe : My sincere advice to you is please don’t marry.\nMoron : I am an author. I am writing better books than him. He should learn from me.\nMe : He always admits, ‘ I’m not the best writer, but the bestselling writer.’ Coke sells more than the coconut water, dude. Taste matters. Now, you can dance for the tune, Lungi dance.\nNOTE : EVEN GOD HAS THE HATERS CALLED ATHEISTS.\nWhy did I write this?\n- I am the author of 3 Diaries of Love. I know how authors struggle to create a single scene.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.patriciagozlan.com/about/testimonials/","date":"2018-04-21T19:00:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125945317.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20180421184116-20180421204116-00589.warc.gz","language_score":0.9719547033309937,"token_count":2918,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__75526097","lang":"en","text":"I feel like a new woman in that I feel free, I feel awake, I feel unblocked and most importantly I feel JOY!\nThank you for being you Patricia and using your intuition in working with me!\n“When the student is ready the teacher will appear.”\nThis is the story of me and Patricia!\nAt that point of my life it was not quite clear if I was playing to win or not to lose. I was wasting to much time with the how, why or when rather just the “do”.\nSo Patricia showed me the way to bring to life the “super powered” woman I had in me and confront my fear of been “eaten” by the men’s world. In a few words how to take 100% responsibility of my life. I understood that the place for change was/is within me not the environment or any other person. Complete responsibility means accepting it all, even the people who enter your life and their problems are your problems. They are in your life, and if you take full responsibility for your life, then you have to take full responsibility for what they are experiencing too.\nI learned how to get out of useless noises and leave my impulses to guide me. By focus in the feeling everything is done effortlessly. Just keep feeding my hearth with the fuel of love. Through observation without judgments, enjoy life and really own my power.\nBy being in a state of security, stability and peace nothing can touch me anymore.\nNow I truly believe that I can manifest and attract everything that is for highest good into my life.\nPatricia should say “Reach for the moon and you will get stars”, my answer is “Zero(u) is the limit”. The universe begins and ends with a zero! Only when your mind is at zero can creation take place, and its called “inspire”. When you are zero, everything is available. Everything! You create your own reality!\nYou must go into dark in order to bring forth your light… and you will will get whatever you get!\nThank you my beloved Patricia your are the reason I feel free, love and abundance at the same time!\nI was always pretty good at “asking and receiving” but after an unexpected divorce my energy was low and it seemed like I couldn’t make things happen. I had known Patricia virtually for a few years, followed her work and had always wanted to contact her. We actually only live a few hours away. Finally I got the courage to spend a day with her and wow was I amazed. After a few hours I felt different and knew she had opened me to new levels. I am embarrassed to share the enormous requests we put out there to the “universe”. They were big! After 2 months they had all manifested. New life, new home and new direction for my coaching business. She is tops!\nLife & Leadership Coach\nAuthor of “Modus Vivendi – Your Life Your Way”\nAfter the 1st coaching session I immediately felt an energy and strength that I had buried under layers of negative thoughts since years.I understood that It was not useful to be a harsh judge with myself anymore because this part that often criticised me was the one that stopped me from living in the flow an easy and joyful life.opening my heart by connecting to the Divine was for me an easy and fun process that easily lead me to a stable and centred state. This experience made feel restored and renewed on the spot, my scars are finally healed and I feel free.i strongly recommend the healing process, success is guaranteed. Thanks Patricia!\nAnnalisa Belluco, Milan\nI have learned to respect myself- something that before starting working with Patricia, seemed impossible to achieve!\nAfter the VIP program I realised how easy it is to start loving myself again and reach my goals one after the other, it is easy and something anyone can do when he or she is really committed to grow and live in peace…\nI used to put others before me as I never valued myself, I can contribute by giving more value – an inner sense of wellness that others benefit from.\nI was able to enter in a plane (after 15 years of panic and frustration) and apart from this important challenge, in less than 4 weeks, I have reached my professional goals that were related to my communication with others.\nI learned to take care of myself both physically and emotionally using the energy tools Patricia taught me.\nThe people I work with told me I look more healthy, they said they never saw me as fit as I am now! They also see me smiling where as before I was sad and in doubt about everything around me.\nThe technique of “my ideal self” allows me to be aware of my value and to achieve with others what I want without entering in conflict…\nOne of the biggest wins in the sessions I had with Patricia after the VIP program, was savoring each moment during the session.\nAs a matter of fact I encourage all my friends and the people I care about to get a “taste” of growing into the persons we are in our essence…”\nTeresa Tsandilis- Business Owner, Athens-Greece\nThanks to Patricia, I realized that all I need for my wellness is already within me and no one better than myself can take me by the hand and lead me to the right direction.\nNow, I feel firmly balanced on my legs, I don’t need anyone’s crutch, I am autonomous and independent because I realized that I have myself and the Universe to guide me toward my own sake.\nBefore, I was feeling admired, loved, appreciated, accepted only if others were recognizing my talents; now I feel free, happy, serene, centered with the Universe, a winner, powerful, beloved, vibrant, desired and constantly playful.\nThis is a continuous personal growth process and it’s great to know that I ALWAYS have at my disposal all the resources I need, it doesn’t matter if I’m alone or with others.\nIt’s wonderful to realize that every day I can get something good from my life because I DESERVE IT. Thank you, Thank you Thank you!\nGrazia Mitti – Milan – Italy\nI met Patricia in a class with about 30 other coaches. Very quickly she distinguished herself by her intelligence, her huge heart and her unshakable commitment to excel. From that point on, we met once a week to exchange ideas on our coaching business. One day, unknowingly, she coached me as I felt stuck with my energy levels: I was checking out every day, early in the evening, and I did not have the energy to do anything more for my business. With her magic – it really is! Great questions, greater intuition and amazing use of basic tools – she “unstuck” me!\nI have been going on for over 6 months now with great energy and enthusiasm and I know I owe it to her. Since then, I have experienced on many occasions the brilliance of her coaching. The beauty is that she makes it seems so simple, yet the results are so amazing!\nBeyond knowledge and competence, which Patricia has plenty of, she has the gift of bringing out the best in people and produced profound changes for me in a very short time! Sincerely, she is a truly gifted human being and having her as a coach is a blessing!\nMyriam Najjar, CTA Certified Success Coach,Montreal\nI was repeating this pattern to be considered and loved but the result was exactly the opposite because I was playing a role game without being myself and I felt lonely and powerless. After just two hours of coaching, I immediately felt free, independent and I can now see the true value of myself on a deeper level.\nI easily manifest what I want, with no fear of being rejected, and I get everything I desire starting from a deep and genuine self-esteem. Finally, I’ve got freedom, I express myself without any fear and I spontaneously obtain what I want!\nAmalia Esposito, Wellness Operator – Bari – Italy\nEvery time I talk to Patricia, something vibrates in me…Patricia is a great facilitator! It’s like she holds a magic wand in her hand…Patricia is a life-musical creator, she turns your life into a musical and, on top of that, it’s YOU who wins the OSCAR prize! She helps you open up your limitless possibilities, your abundance and prosperity, your Divine Self, your trust to God, or the Universe (whatever you name it..), your gratitude to whatever there has always been out there for you…It’s like you’re in a playground and Mary Poppins comes over to play with you, as simple as this! She pushes you gently first forwards and then upwards! You become so light that you can lift yourself, afterwards! “Spit-spot! And off we go!” Aaand…if you cannot succeed the first time?? Who cares? “Chi se ne frega”?!?! You succeed even if you don’t succeed!! Life has become so “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”!!! You’re in the “plenty”! Patricia’s way, also, reminds me of Stevie Wonder’s song “Have a talk with God”. Have a chat, a small talk…and: You are in the Flow, in Abundance and Prosperity, in the Blessing, in the Divinity…even before you know it..! You don’t know what that is? It scares you, as much as it scared me? Remember this: Be realistic and expect miracles! It does work!!\nVasso Seirinaki, A VIP program client-Teacher, Athens Greece\nWorking with Patricia was a new experience for me. I did not know very much about personal coaching. My only similar experience was working with a therapist after my divorce.\nDuring a lunch meeting, I asked Patricia to step outside of the restaurant with me while I smoked a cigarette. As I was smoking, she started speaking to me in a playful way, taking me by surprise. She induced me to imagine a new life, inspiring me to see my life in a colorful, rich way. I began to imagine a new life and felt a vast range of feelings. I sensed a feeling of “red cotton” and other strong feelings, smells, and colors while playing along with this game of imagining a “new life”.\nBefore meeting Patricia, I was certain that nothing would ever get me to give up smoking. I never thought I would be able to quit; not even my daughter’s miraculous recovery from cancer was a strong enough reason for me to stop smoking!\nI am not exactly sure what happened. I can only say that when I left Italy and returned to Stockholm, my need to smoke vanished 4 days later. I stopped smoking, just like that! I do not know if I was ready to stop smoking after a 35-year habit, I just know that one whole year has passed without smoking. There is nothing in this world that could get me to smoke again! The smell of a cigarette, the sensation of having a cigarette, and even the idea of smoking again “repels” me right away.\nWhat has really changed? A big change has occurred that goes beyond ending the smoking habit: Patricia, through her coaching, helped me change the way I perceive life in general. She opened my eyes and my mind! Whatever I do now, I savor it with passion! Opening my mind means I take the time to savor a good wine, smell the beautiful perfumes, and enjoy life in a way I had never done before.\nI learned to take the “risk” of experimenting with new ways of living life, a way of living life to the maximum rather than living life by “default.” The painful experiences I endured during the life and death of my loved ones is no longer. I savor life now to the maximum. It makes me say out loud “why not live life to its fullest and take all it has to offer since it is all there for us”?\nThe colorful journey of my life makes total sense to me now. My life is now filled with great passion and happiness. It is truly a life of which I always dreamed. It all happened with an awakening at that seemingly “casual” and yet rich session that Patricia offered me in front of the Italian restaurant.\nPia Johnsson – Business Owner Stockholm\nPatricia helped me to solve the problem of my cough that lasted for more than 10 days. She analyzed deeply the origin of my cough and helped me to remove all the mental obstacles. I threw away all medicines and after a few days my cough disappeared. Her consultation was so powerful that the problem was solved after one session. What I most liked in this session is understanding that the origin of my health problems are inside of me and can be cured using Patricia’s methods that she also explains in the report!\nEdyta Zabielska – www.blog-art.it\n… Working with others, permitted me to go beyond my specific goal and without even knowing how this happened by working on only one aspect of my life…\nIt’s a great experience I would love to repeat!\nPaola Minasi, Lawyer – Como, Italy\nYou walk into spaces that you do not know you had, you know the person who did not think you were. And in all this she is always present. She spurs you, corrects you, congrats with you and gets you to the finish line.\nPatricia is a person you are grate for.\nFosca Creola – www.senzaterraeventi.com/","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.nwsafetyconsulting.com/single-post/2017/02/20/how-to-avoid-receiving-1-of-3059-osha-scaffold-citations","date":"2024-04-14T02:44:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816863.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414002233-20240414032233-00302.warc.gz","language_score":0.9407613277435303,"token_count":131,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__139324632","lang":"en","text":"How to Avoid Receiving 1 of 3,059 OSHA Scaffold Citations\nIn 2016, OSHA issued over 3,000 citations for scaffold-related safety infractions (a full breakdown of scaffold related citations may be viewed by clicking here). As in all safety matters, management's conscientious effort for safe practices is the first line of defense to avoiding these hefty fines. When management invests in critical employee training, field execution of safe practices is much more likely. A combination of classroom and hands-on training in user and erector scaffold safety proves to be most effective in helping employees understand the job site application of OSHA regulations.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://snyderfamilychiro.com/category/chiropractic/","date":"2019-06-20T15:45:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627999261.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190620145650-20190620171650-00472.warc.gz","language_score":0.9044924974441528,"token_count":633,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__104809438","lang":"en","text":"Category Archives for \"Chiropractic\"\nHeart Rate Variability as an Objective Outcome Measure for Subluxation Based Chiropractic Care for AthletesAnnals of Vertebral Subluxation Research, Volume 2018 Matthew Hartenburg, D.C. Annals of Vertebral Subluxation Research ~ May 17, 2018 ~ Pages 89-94Used to assess Heart Rate Variability (HRV) at Snyder Family ChiropracticAbstract Background: The chiropractic profession has a long history of providing care for athletes. Despite […]Continue reading\nIncreased Telomere Length & Improvements in Dysautonomia, Quality of Life, Neck & Back Pain Following Correction of Sagittal Cervical Alignment Using Chiropractic BioPhysics® Technique: a Case StudyAnnals of Vertebral Subluxation Research, Marketing, Volume 2018 Curtis Fedorchuk, D.C., Doug Lightstone, D.C., Matthew McCoy, D.C., & DE Harrison, D.C. Annals of Vertebral Subluxation Research ~ June 18, 2018 ~ Pages 114-120 Abstract Objective: To present a prospective case […]Continue reading\nI am not proud of this!! Think of this chant..WE’RE NUMBER LAST…WE’RE NUMBER LAST!! Yep..not cool at all. Pretty obvious with Big Pharma and the Allopaths dumping drugs into the citizens and FAILING at their health improvements it is probably time to change that model. You live your life through your NERVE SYSTEM, every human […]Continue reading\nI know there are many who wake up each morning dreading going to work. I know, there is traffic everywhere. But that’s not what I am talking about. I’m talking about hating their career- wishing they could abandon all and start over. I can’t say I know how those people are feeling. I’ve been practicing […]Continue reading\nIn the March 15th 2017 article in Time Magazine titled Common Pain Meds are Linked to a Higher Risk of Heart Problems, the author speaks of a new study published in the European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy that looked at the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs NSAIDs. It was found that 3376 people who […]Continue reading\nIn July 2016 I was in a radio interview on New Hampshire radio station 107.7 “The Pulse” WTPL-FM (www.wtplfm.com) by former Ms. America (2014-15), Dr. Stephanie Mills who is also a doctor of chiropractic. Dr. Mills, Clinic Director at Crossroads Chiropractic in New Hampshire, and I spoke on a myriad of topics which I believe you will find […]Continue reading\nTonight is the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, and all the talk is about one man breaking records in track and Field. The fastest man who has ever lived is entering his last Olympics. His goal is to win three more medals. He has never lost a 100 meter final at the […]Continue reading","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://happyfestival.org/happy_event/jasper-rees-in-conversation-with-susan-lord/","date":"2024-04-18T06:50:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817200.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418061950-20240418091950-00127.warc.gz","language_score":0.9441452026367188,"token_count":134,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__182486750","lang":"en","text":"Jasper Rees in conversation with Susan Lord\nJasper Rees, author of Let’s Do It, the best-selling biography of Victoria Wood, talks to Bury Art Museum curator Susan Lord about the thrills and challenges of working with the treasures of the Victoria Wood archive.\nJasper worked with Victoria’s archive as inspiration for his two seminal books about her life and work while Susan curated a show featuring the archive at the Art Museum in 2019. It became the Art Museum’s most popular show of all time.\nJasper will be signing his books Let’s Do It and Unseen on TV after the talk.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.zambris.ca/blog/","date":"2017-05-29T15:04:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463612399.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20170529145935-20170529165935-00338.warc.gz","language_score":0.9614400267601013,"token_count":402,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-22__0__121140758","lang":"en","text":"Italian Soul Food Since 1999\nOur private Sala has been recently repainted and it’s stunning. It is the perfect place to host something a little different than what normally goes on there, so on Monday May 1st we are excited to be welcoming Stephanie Jagger who will be here for the Victoria launch of her new book Unbound.\nThis gutsy, courageous and gorgeous woman has written a transformation memoir. Unbound, full of heart and courage, speaks to the adventurousness in all of us. What hiking was for Cheryl Strayed, skiing became for Steph: a crucible in which to crack open her life and get to the very center of herself. But she would have to break herself down: first physically, then emotionally, before she could start to rebuild. And it was through this journey that she came to understand how to be a woman, how to love, and how to live authentically.\nElectrifying, heartfelt, and full of humor, UNBOUND is Steph’s story, an odyssey of courage and self-discovery that, like Wild and Eat, Pray, Love, will inspire readers to remove their own restraining devices and pursue the life they are meant to lead.\nCome and meet this incredible author, adventurer on Monday May 1st at 7pm.\nTickets are $20 at the door and include a glass of prosecco and a few bites of pizza!\nRSVP: firstname.lastname@example.org (so we know how much prosecco to chill!)\nOur next wine dinner will be on Tuesday, May 2nd.\nThe dinner will feature the wines of Monte del Frà Vineyard in Veneto, Italy, owned by Marica Bonomo. The wines will be paired with food by our amazing Sous Chef Julia McInnis.\nTickets are going fast, email Frances email@example.com, our sommelier now to get yours.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://bai.org.uk/members-work-marcella-speadbury.php","date":"2020-02-18T18:58:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875143805.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20200218180919-20200218210919-00097.warc.gz","language_score":0.9771444797515869,"token_count":3951,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__95305218","lang":"en","text":"THE LIFE OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Through Icons and the Bible\nOn the wall was a large picture of St John being beheaded; I instantly felt a deep sympathy for him and prayed that the executioner had a well-sharpened sword! This experience inspired me to research his life through the many exquisite icons of St. John that exist, and from relevant passages in the Bible and other sources. My only knowledge of St. John at that time was from readings in church and the Bible.\nThe Old Testament refers to John the Baptist in several passages, though not by name. One of these is under the 'Proclamation of Hope' [Isaiah 40:3-6]:\n“A voice cries out, ‘Proclaim a message!’ Go up on a high mountain and proclaim the good news to Jerusalem!”\nIn the New Testament, similar forecasts are mentioned, particularly in Luke 3:4-6:\n“The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for of the Lord, Make his paths straight.”\nThe Conception of St. John the Baptist\nThe first chapter of Luke 1:1-45 recounts the story of John's conception and birth to Zechariah (sometimes called Zachary), and Elizabeth:\n“In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah...and his wife Elizabeth. ...they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were getting on in years. Once when he was serving as a priest before God... there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. When Zechariah saw him, he was terrified; and fear overwhelmed him. But the angel said to him, ‘Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear a son and you will name him John. You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. ...even before his birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit. He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.”\nSo, as with Jesus, John’s birth is announced by an Archangel in advance of the conception. Zechariah receives this proclamation of the Archangel with disbelief and is struck dumb.\nThe Visitation of the Theotokos\nWhen Elizabeth is about six months pregnant, her cousin, Mary, by this time pregnant herself with Jesus Christ, visits her and stays for about three months. Mary goes into Zechariah’s house and when Elizabeth hears her greeting, she was filled with the Holy Spirit. She cries out:\n\"Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.”\nMary responds with the words we now call ‘The Magnificat’:\n“My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from hence-forth all generations shall call me Blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. He hath protected his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.” [Luke 1:39-56]\nThe Nativity of St. John the Baptist\nThere are several passages within the Old Testament which are interpreted by Christians as being prophetic of John the Baptist. These include a passage in the Book of Malachi 3:1 that refers to a prophet who would prepare the way of the Lord:\n“Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.”\nEin Karem in the Jerusalem Hills is traditionally considered the birthplace of John the Baptist. John was born as the days began to grow shorter. Christ was born in winter as the days were growing longer, since it was fitting that John’s status should diminish and the glory of God increase. Many spiritual writers, as in a homily of Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz (784-856), consider that this mirrors John’s statement: “He must grow greater and I must grow smaller.” The Nativity of John the Baptist is observed by the Church as a holy event on June 24th. This is exactly six months before the Nativity of Christ.\nZechariah's voice is restored with the naming of John.\nJohn the Baptist marks the boundary between the Old and New Testaments. Indeed, the Lord speaks of him in these terms when he says that the Law and the Prophets of the Old Testament are valid until the coming of John the Baptist. John is the representative of the past, and it was therefore fitting that he should be born of elderly parents, yet, while still in his mother's womb, he was declared to be a prophet in recognition of his future role. In the womb he was already designated by God to be Christ's precursor.\nJohn is also regarded as a prophet in Islam, the Baha’i faith and Judaism. He is mentioned by the Jewish historian, Josephus (AD37-c.AD101) and, in the Qur'an, John is one of the twenty- five Prophets in whom Muslims believe.\nI found the following quotation in the Qur'an:\n“O John! Hold fast the Book with all your strength. We had bestowed wisdom upon him while he was still a child; and also endowed him with tenderness and purity; and he was exceedingly pious and cherishing to his parents. Never was he insolent or rebellious. Peace be upon him, the day he was born, and the day he will die, and the day he will be raised up alive.”[Quran: 12-15]\nChristians commonly refer to John as the Precursor or Forerunner of Jesus. John is known as 'O PRODROMOS' – 'PRO' meaning 'before' and 'DROMOS' 'way' or 'road'. In a Samaritan manuscript in Aramaic, John is referred to as 'YOHANA AMUDANI', ‘The Baptist'.\nAs a fair morning running before the sun, the offspring of barren parents clearly proclaims the conceiving of the Virgin, making the illumination of godliness and grace shine to the ends of the whole inhabited earth. By thy birth, O Forerunner, the night of ungodliness was driven from the earth and the rays of grace were spread to the ends of the world; for thou dost reveal the sun that knows no evening.\nO God who hast made this an honoured day for us by the birth of Saint John: bestow upon Thy people the grace of spiritual joys, and guide the hearts of all Thy faithful into the way of eternal salvation\nSt. John the Baptist: Life as a Prophet\n“The child grew and became strong in the spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he appeared publicly to Israel.” [Luke 1:80]\nLittle is known about John the Baptist's life until he becomes a Prophet in the desert around the time that Jesus began his ministry. He lived in the wilderness, in the desert of Judea, as an ascetic leading a life of austere self-discipline and renouncing all material comfort. His food was locusts and honey and he is traditionally depicted as wearing a rough garment of camel hair with a leather belt. There are several passages in the Old Testament which are interpreted by Christians as being prophetic of John the Baptist. These include a verse in the Book of Malachi [3:1] that refers to a prophet who would prepare the coming of the Lord.\n“Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.”\nWhen he was thirty, John began to preach on the banks of the Jordan and when he spoke of the coming of the Lord, he was asked: “Who are you?”, and he replied: “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness”.\n“John was indeed a voice that lasted only for a time; Christ, who is the Word from the beginning, is eternal” (taken from a sermon of St Augustine).\nThe Saviour testified to John's greatness when he said that “among those born of woman there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist”, [Luke 7:8, Matthew 11:11]. Jesus said :“John is greater than the Prophets” [Luke 24:26]. However, John himself said: “He who comes after me ranks before me, and I am not worthy to undo the strap of his sandal” [Mark 1:7].\nThe Gospel relates that Jesus regarded John as “a burning and shining lamp” [John 5:35], and understood that He was “willing to rejoice for a while in his light” [John 5:35]. The book of Acts portrays the disciples of John as eventually merging with the followers of Jesus [Acts 18:24, 19: 6].\nTheophany (Baptism) of Jesus Christ by St. John the Baptist\nPeople came to John from Jerusalem, the whole province of Judaea and from the countryside near the River Jordan where he baptised them, saying: “Turn away from your sins because the Kingdom of God is near” [Matthew 3:2].\nThe Jewish authorities in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask John who he was. He replied: \"You yourselves are my witnesses that I said I am not the Messiah but I have been sent ahead of Him..\" [John 1:20].\nJohn anticipated a Messianic figure who would be greater than himself and in the New Testament Jesus is the one whose coming John foretold.\nOne day, Jesus came from Galilee to John, to be baptised by him. John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptised by you, and you come to me?”. But Jesus answered: “Let it be so for now; for it is proper for us to fulfil all righteousness”. Then John consented. [Matthew 3:13]\nIt is believed that John baptised Jesus at “Bethany beyond the Jordan called Bethabara” (described in the King James version of the Bible).\nAnd when Jesus had been baptised, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the spirit of God descending like a dove alighting on him. And a voice from Heaven said: “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased” [Matthew 3:17].\nThe following words are taken from Psalm 97:5 and are used in the Canon of the Vigil when celebrating the baptism:\n“O Lord, we glorify you as our God and Saviour. You are the wonderful glory of the Father, enlightening those who are in darkness, a sun that never sets, you came to shed light on everything with your holy baptism.”\n“With fear and wonder, as once in heaven, so now at the Jordan the angels adoringly contemplated God's humility once more” (Cosmas of Maiuma, Canon of the Feast of the Baptism).\nAn ancient tradition of the Church states that: “When Christ was baptised, flames were seen above the water”. In the prayers of the Vigil of the Feast of the Baptism, speaking to Christ, John the Baptist compares him to fire and himself to dry straw: “You come to me, and I, like straw, don't dare come near the fire. Make me Holy, Lord, by your divine presence”.\nThe Baptism of Jesus represents not only the beginning of Christ's ministry in the world, but also the manifestation of the three hypostases of the Trinity:\n“O Lord, the glorious Trinity was manifested at your baptism in the Jordan: the voice of the Father witnessed to you, calling you his beloved son, and the spirit, in the form of a dove, has confirmed the truth of these words. You appeared, O Christ God, and the world was enlightened, glory to you” [ Troparion of the Feast].\nThe Beheading of St. John the Baptist\nIn Luke 7:11, we understand that John is discouraged. He had denounced King Herod for living with his brother's wife, Herodias. John took a stand against sin and was not afraid to speak his mind! He told Herod: “it is unlawful to have her”. Herod has John arrested and chained in a prison cell.\nWhilst he was in prison, John the Baptist heard about Christ’s preaching and sent some of his disciples to ask Him: “are you the one John said was going to come, or should we expect someone else?”. Jesus answered, “Go back and tell John what you are hearing and seeing”.\nIn Matthew 14:3-12, we read about John’s beheading.\nAs the people regarded John as a prophet, Herod did not kill him. However, on his birthday, Salome, daughter of Herodias, danced before Herod who had sworn to give her anything she wanted. Her mother persuaded Salome to ask for the head of John the Baptist on a platter and because Herod had given his word, and in order not to be humiliated in front of his guests, he commanded that it be given to her.\nAfter his beheading, John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it (traditionally believed to be in Sebastia near modern-day Nablus in the West Bank); they then went and told Jesus. When Jesus heard this, he withdrew by boat to a deserted place, grieving and seeking peace and solace [Matthew 14:13].\nThe news of the death of John foretold Jesus’ own death.\nThe Feast of Beheading of St. John the Baptist is held on 29 August in both the Eastern and Western Churches. Eastern Christians fast on this day in honour of John's asceticism and in symbolic rejection of the drunken banqueting that precipitated his murder.\nThe Feast reminds us that John's death will soon be followed by Christ's own sacrificial death on the Cross. Jesus Himself confirmed this when he said to his disciples: “I tell you that Elijah has come already and they did not recognise him but treated him as they pleased; and the Son of Man will suffer similarly at their hands” [Matthew 17:12-13].\nThe disciples understood then that He had been speaking of John the Baptist.\nJohn's mission as The Forerunner did not end with his martyrdom: he prepared the way for Christ even in the world of the dead. As the Orthodox vigil office for this Feast says:\n“Therefore, having greatly contended and suffered for the truth, thou hast gone rejoicing to declare to those in hell the good tidings of God having appeared in the flesh, taking away sins of the world and granting us mercy.\nThe tongue that speaks of divine things is sent to those in hell and is a fore-announcer of Christ.\nThe glorious beheading of the Forerunner is part of a certain dispensation, for John preached in hell the coming of the Saviour: ‘...as martyr, thy head has been cut off by the sword and thou hast fore-announced him to those in hell’”.\nThe Third Finding of the Head of St. John the Baptist\nAccording to tradition, the head of St. John the Baptist was buried on the Mount of Olives where it remained hidden until the fourth century when the First Finding occurred during the construction of a church on the Mount. A vessel containing the head of John was discovered but reburied for fear of vandalism by unbelievers.\nAfter the Second Finding in the year 452, as a result of a vision by two monks on a pilgrimage, it is said that the head was reburied in a cave near Emesa (now Homs in Western Syria), where a monastery was eventually built. The Feast of the First and Second Finding of the Head is observed on February 24th\nThe Third Finding of the Head occurred around the year 850 when it was revealed to the Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople in another vision that the head of St. John was hidden in Comana (modern Turkey), to where it had been removed during a period of iconoclastic persecution circa 820. The head was found and transferred to Constantinople where it was placed in a church at the Court. The Feast of the Third Finding is observed on May25th.\nToday, several different locations claim to possess the severed head of John the Baptist, among them Amiens Cathedral in France, brought there after the Fourth Crusade, and the San Silvestro in Capite in Rome. The truth is impossible to determine.\nTroparion [Tone 4]\nKontonion [Tone 4]\nFinally, I would like to show you two icons that I am interested in painting. The first is one that I am currently working on from the ‘Deesis’ Cycle:\nThe second icon is from a miniature iconostasis which families would take with them when travelling:\nI am so grateful for that chance discovery of the chapel in the convent grounds with the beautiful tiled floor reflecting the stained glass windows where I became an admirer of St. John the Baptist.\nDEDICATED TO DELL, (DEREK INGRAM), A DEAR FELLOW STUDENT ON AIDAN HART’S COURSE. HE COMPLETED TWO YEARS WITH US BEFORE BEING CALLED TO GOD’S KINGDOM.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.blueridgeartscenter.com/artist-kate-salley-palmer/","date":"2024-02-21T18:11:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473524.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221170215-20240221200215-00814.warc.gz","language_score":0.9619917273521423,"token_count":115,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__62850467","lang":"en","text":"Kate Salley Palmer ~ Clemson, SC\nBorn in Orangeburg, SC, Kate Palmer graduated from the University of SC. A resident of Clemson, she was the Editorial Page cartoonist for the Greenville News until the mid ‘80’s. In 1989, Simon & Schuster published two of her picture books for children. She went on to write and illustrate more than ten more books—one a memoir called “Growing Up Cartoonist.”\nBecoming a member of BRAC in January 2022, she began painting in oils at that time.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://trealiv.com/trealiv-methods/","date":"2018-04-23T05:55:03Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125945793.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20180423050940-20180423070940-00120.warc.gz","language_score":0.9556114673614502,"token_count":1018,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__14493922","lang":"en","text":"We all want to be certain whether or not exposure to a particular chemical substance is associated with a health risk. However, in most cases, research cannot absolutely reject nor with certainty demonstrate that there may be an increased health risk. In the EU the precautionary principle is used to ensure a balance between scientific uncertainty and acceptable risk. 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{"url":"https://order--essayonline.blogspot.com/","date":"2022-09-30T13:43:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335469.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220930113830-20220930143830-00252.warc.gz","language_score":0.9482404589653015,"token_count":11041,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__78145141","lang":"en","text":"Sunday, August 23, 2020\nwilliams article Essay The Poem, ââ¬Å\"Blackberriesâ⬠(1992), by Yusef Komunyakaa is a review look In the Day of an actual existence experienced by the creator as a merchant of blackberries when he was a multi year old youngster. It is told from a first people viewpoint in order to articulate the degree of Closeness to the account comparative with the artist. In this paper, Iââ¬â¢ll give a short examination of my Musings on the sonnet and its viability as a masterful writing. In describing the nostalgiac setting of summer, while functioning as a berry picker Furthermore, dealer, the creator endeavors paint a picture of the enthusiastic and arousing complexities loaded through a normal day in the city: ââ¬Å\"Although I could smell old lime-shrouded History, at ten Iââ¬â¢d still hold out my hands and berries fell into them. Eating from one and filling a half gallon with the other. ââ¬Å\" (MLM , Komunyakaa, ââ¬Å\"Blackberriesâ⬠PPG 147-148) . Through his depiction in enumerating the work of picking berries and being tested not to eat them, he grandstands a contention that heââ¬â¢s unmistakably been confronted with, even with hisâ duty. This contention is later insinuated, from an increasingly obscene purpose of viewâ later in the piece. At the point when the creator positââ¬â¢s his aura much further, he proceeds to state: ââ¬Å\"I ate the folklore longed for pies and shoemaker, almostâ⬠¦Ã¢â¬ (MLM, Komunyakaa, ââ¬Å\"Blackberriesâ⬠PPG 147- 148). It appears with this announcement the creator is inferring that he is ruined. At the point when he utilizes the recollections of his neediness as a youngster in his portrayals, it gives the sonnet a very melancholic tone; one of compassion, even. Even however, in relating nowadays of hardship, he despite everything finds the wistfulness of being with his canine and among natureââ¬â¢s components. : ââ¬Å\"Needful as pardoning. My fledgling canine Spot. Looked at blue jays thrashers. The mud frogs in rich darkness, avoided daylight.â⬠(MLM, Komunyakaa, ââ¬Å\"Blackberriesâ⬠PPG 147-148) . To adjust the contention with a yearning to be in less complex occasions, with an association with the creatures and nature, gives the piece a truly necessary lighter touch. As the sonnet slows down, the creator traverses the sonnet from the earliest starting point of his days excursion to a point where he reviews the bait of cooling as opposed to the apparently unnecessary warmth of the day. : ââ¬Å\"The huge blue vehicle made me sweat. Wintertime slithered out of the windows. At the point when I inclined nearer I saw the kid and young lady my age, in the wide rearward sitting arrangement smirking..â⬠(MLM, Komunyakaa, ââ¬Å\"Blackberriesâ⬠PPG.147-148) The setting in him portraying this perception was negative, as I would see it. All through the sonnet the creator has found some kind of harmony in developing minutes throughout his life that would some way or another be forgettable to any other individual, and finding the magnificence in those very minutes that made the experience beneficial. In general, ââ¬Å\"Blackberriesâ⬠, by Yusef Komunyakaa is a short, personal story essential to the creators experience as a devastated kid. The sonnet starts as workmanââ¬â¢s like portrayal of a product he was by all accounts troubled, yet fascinated by. In specifying greetings significant metaphorical gratefulness for the organic product, he appears challenge to accommodate his wants with his obligation as a worker and a supplier. However, in reviewing his recollections, he composes with such a clearness and quality in his depictions, that a few unappealing minutes, were lovely in their honorability.\nFriday, August 21, 2020\nJob of the Teacher in Obesity Prevention Presentation Obesity is a wellbeing condition that influences an individual making them put on a ton of weight and weight and in this manner causing a wellbeing hazard in the person because of related wellbeing suggestions. Research has demonstrated that the danger of heftiness has kept on expanding particularly for the more youthful age in the society.Advertising We will compose a custom exposition test on Role of the Teacher in Obesity Prevention explicitly for you for just $16.05 $11/page Learn More According to the administration measurements and past examines, 61.4% of the Australian populace is either stout or overweight, a point that raises a ton of worry about the wellbeing status of the populace in Australia. Additionally, as per the Medical Journal of Australia, the pace of event of weight has expanded to in excess of a twofold in the previous decade. This data is additionally near the information for the USA and the UK (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2008). It has been n oticed that there is a huge connection between's the event of stoutness and way of life, particularly dietary patterns and physical exercises. With the general public diminishing its fixation from pledge to physical exercises, it has become a significant issue for some to participate in the exercises that would help in guaranteeing solid living. This has been disturbed by the way that there has been a development of a perilous pattern in dietary patterns where the vast majority have embraced the way of life of eating prepared nourishments and low quality nourishments which are brimming with fats, synthetic compounds and different dangerous segments. This has come about to an adjustment in the development of solid bodies and thus numerous individuals have gotten overweight and in outrageous cases, fat (Sharma, 2011). Stoutness and overweight are conditions that outcome to a high danger of wellbeing intricacies, for example, the casualty being influenced by type 2 diabetes, cardiovasc ular illnesses, hypertension, physical distortion among other medical issues. With these dangers being prominent, there is a requirement for everybody to invest energy in attempting to forestall the condition, and in places where it predominant, to deal with the condition (Robinson, 2001). This examination tries to recognize how the general public, particularly instructors who collaborate the most with the small kids, might be engaged with avoidance or the board of the condition (Danielzik, Pust, Landsberg Muller, 2005).Advertising Looking for paper on wellbeing medication? How about we check whether we can support you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Importance of Physical Activity The gathering that the investigation considered establishes of the youngsters in the network extending from 5 to 17 years old. Research has indicated that around one in each four kids in Australia is either hefty or overweight, with corpulence taking the bigger rate. The issue is that when t he condition creates at this beginning period, it is difficult to fix or oversee it later on henceforth it stays to be a wellbeing danger for the person in question. Notwithstanding, inquire about has likewise indicated that the state of weight is best preventable and reparable at this beginning period since most fat individuals become corpulent at this age interim and thus forestalling this pattern would have practically long haul results aside from in outrageous circumstances of dangerous way of life (Hawks Gast, 2000). One of the most dependable and compelling techniques to forestall or oversee weight is through inclusion in physical exercises particularly at the early age. In anticipation of corpulence, physical exercises guarantee that an individual uses a great deal of vitality that is infused into the body while eating, a factor that guarantees that there is no overabundance vitality going unutilized and which would somehow be put away in the body as fats. Through association in adequate nature of physical exercises, an individual can check their weight consequently maintaining a strategic distance from events of heftiness or in any event, getting overweight. Furthermore, physical exercises guarantee that an individual stays new because of legitimate course of blood thus having the option to use vitality from the food taken through physical exercises as well as through the cerebrum (Piran, 1998). Through participating in physical exercises, those that as of now are large might have the option to deal with their condition and even with a great deal of order have the option to destroy their circumstance. This is chiefly conceivable because of the way that during physical exercises, put away fats are separated to shape vitality which is then used in the action. Consequently, for somebody with corpulence, it is conceivable to bit by bit guarantee that the put away fats under the skin are separated into vitality henceforth helping the patient recoup from the condition.Advertising We will compose a custom paper test on Role of the Teacher in Obesity Prevention explicitly for you for just $16.05 $11/page Learn More However, in circumstances where the condition is difficult to treat, physical exercises may help in guaranteeing that over the top fats are separated in order to stay away from them from getting kept under the skin, a factor that may guarantee avoidance of other related infections and conditions in this manner guaranteeing that the weight doesn't represent a wellbeing danger to its casualty (McDevitt Ormrod, 2010). Teacherââ¬â¢s Role in Obesity avoidance and the executives The instructor is the individual who invests a large portion of the energy with a kid during the period somewhere in the range of 5 and 17 years. The educator consequently watches a great deal of the progressions that occur in the youngster both truly and intellectually (Robinson, 2001). The instructor in this manner has the job of guaranteeing that he te nds to all the issues associated with the correct and solid development of the kid in order to guarantee that the kid experiences childhood in the normal way. The educator may hence have the option to distinguish the chance of beginning of stoutness in as kid particularly because of its weight gain and moderate mental turn of events. This might be a valid statement at which to respond through taking part in preventive measures in order to conquer the likelihood of the youngster getting hefty. Inclusion in physical exercises just as an adjustment in dietary patterns may likewise be useful (Meyers, Sampson, Weitzman, Rogers, Kayne, 1989). The instructor is at a decent situation to set time for the kid to guarantee discipline in participating in physical exercises. This might be done through incorporating learning with co-educational program exercises with an equivalent accentuation on their significance to such an extent that kids would not see the physical exercises as discretionary yet rather as a component of the learning procedure. On the opposite side, the educator is at a decent situation to have the option to control the dietary piece of the childââ¬â¢s dietary patterns in order to guarantee that however much as could reasonably be expected the youngster takes sound dinners that would decrease the danger of getting corpulent. Methods of tending to and forestalling Obesity The educator might have the option to attempt a ton of exercises in order to help oversee and even forestall weight in youngsters. In the first place, the instructor might have the option to utilize their position to control the dietary patterns of the children.Advertising Searching for article on wellbeing medication? We should check whether we can support you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Find out More Through underscoring on sound living advertisement however much as could be expected guaranteeing the youngsters don't take garbage and prepared nourishments, the educator might have the option to enable the kid to diminish the likelihood of getting fat and for the fat ones, deal with the condition and stay under the radar where the danger of related ailments and conditions is at its most minimal. The instructor henceforth might have the option to settle on choices on the sort of food segments tom remember for the suppers offered in the school while likewise teaching the youngster on appropriate dynamic and awareness in order to guarantee they have a decent and solid decision for nourishments and refreshments taken outside the school program (McDevitt Ormrod, 2010). The instructor may likewise be engaged with plan of an organized school wellbeing program (CSHP) which might be planned for tending to the principle parts of life that may are related to solid development including physic al wellbeing, arrangement of physical, wholesome and wellbeing training, advancement of emotional wellness through directing meetings just as association in exercises completed at the family and network level. Every one of these exercises might have the option to draw in the youngster in a way that forestalls or oversee corpulence (Meyers, Sampson, Weitzman, Rogers, Kayne, 1989). The instructor has the command to detail and survey the various approaches embraced by the school concerning sound development of a youngster. In situations where the school has laid more spotlight and accentuation on learning and ignored sound physical development advancement exercises, the instructor may intercede to help guarantee that there is an equalization in all parts of life so with respect to the youngster to grow up as an overall solid individual and all the more so lessen the likelihood of getting stout (Kropski, Keckley Jensen, 2008). Through arrangement of sustenance considers, the educator mi ght have the option to impact the choices of the youngster according to their choices relating to the sort of food they eat and furthermore the physical exercises they take part in to diminish cases of corpulence. References Australian Bureau of Statistics (2008). National Health Survey 2007-08. Melbourne: ABS. Danielzik, S., Pust, S., Landsberg, B. what's more, Muller, J. (2005). ââ¬Å\"First exercises from the Kiel Obesity Prevention Study (KOPS),â⬠International Journal of Obesity, 29(2) :78ââ¬83. Falcons, R. what's more, Gast, J. (2000). ââ¬Å\"The morals of advancing weight loss,â⬠Healthy Weight, 14(1): 25-26. Kropski, A., Keckley, H. furthermore, Jensen G. (2008). ââ¬Å\"School-based weight avoidance programs: a proof based review,â⬠Obesity, 16(5):1009-18. McDevitt M. furthermore, Ormrod, J. (2010). Kid Development And Education (fourth ed). Melbourne: Pearson. Meyers, A., Sampson, E., Weitzman, M., Rogers, L. what's more, Kayne, H. (1989). ââ¬Å\"School Bre akfast Program and School Perfo\nTuesday, July 7, 2020\nIn Doctor Faustus, good and evil are presented as two polarized ideas: God and Heaven on one side, and Lucifer and Hell on the other. Contrasting representations of this division also appear, such as the old man and the Good Angel opposed to Mephistopheles and the Bad Angel. Initially, this struggle between good and evil is Faustus major internal conflict as he is deciding whether to make the blood bond. However, by the time Faustus views the seven deadly sins, evil persists as the dominant force and is the path that Faustus follows to his final damnation. The struggle between good and evil begins with Faustus divided conscience. The Good and Bad Angels represent the conflict between his devotion to knowledge and his longing for power. They most blatantly exemplify the traits of good versus evil when the Good Angel tells Faustus to think of heaven and heavenly things (2.1.20) while the Bad Angel tells Faustus to think of honor and wealth (2.1.21). However, at the end of the pl ay, the Good Angel and the Bad Angel no longer appear. This absence represents Faustus commitment towards evil, symbolized through the blood bond. No longer does he reminisce about turning to God, nor does he lament the path he has chosen until the end. Rather, he resorts to a wasteful use of his powers through playing pranks and satisfying royalty, such as his tricks on the Pope and the conjuring of Alexander the Great.The most important part of the good versus evil conflict occurs at Faustus turning point from good to evil. The dilemma between which paths to follow has settled towards evil by the time the seven deadly sins are paraded in front of him. Before this event, Faustus has good intentions. For example, he promises that he will fill the public schools with silk, wherewith the students shall be bravely clad (1.1.90-91). He is persistent in his search for knowledge even though he is naÃÆ'à ¯ve about the eternal torment that awaits him in hell. Faustus is even repul sed enough by the physical manifestation of evil that he asks Mephistopheles to change his appearance. He commands the devil to, Go, and return an old Franciscan friar; That holy shape becomes a devil best (1.3.25-6). Faustus cannot bear to see the reality of hell; rather, he misinterprets it to be less evil that it actually is and even nonexistent at times. This blissful innocence can be seen in his succinct reply that hell is a myth immediately after Mephistopheles terrifying description of hell. However, after making a blood bond with Mephistopheles, Faustus delights in the seven deadly sins, even when seeing them firsthand. He describes his anticipation to Lucifer: That sight will be as pleasant to me as Paradise was to Adam the first day of his creation (2.3.103-4). In comparison to his disgusted reaction towards Mephistopheles devil figure, his acceptance of evil has become evident here and will later free him from his initial claims of benevolent aspirations, demonstra ted with his later pranks and frivolous feats. Three main factors contribute to this change of nature from good to evil after the presentation of the sins. One of these is that the forbidden, ultimate knowledge which he so desires at the beginning of the play is revealed to him as being elementary and redundant. In reply to Mephistopheles answers on astronomy, Faustus says, Tush, these slender trifles Wagner can decide. Hath Mephistopheles no greater skill? Tush, these are freshmens suppositions (2.3.49-50, 55). The strongest blow may occur when he is denied the knowledge of the worlds origin. At this point, Faustus cries out in distress for his soul to be saved but is denied salvation. As a result, he realizes that his contract with the devil is irreversible.This awareness of damnation becomes the second main contributor towards his acceptance of evil. In the middle of Faustus plea to Christ, Lucifer appears and destroys any hope for repentance by stating that Christ canno t save thy soul for he is just. Theres none but I have interest in the same (2.3.81-82). After this crucial moment, Faustus believes that no matter how hard he tries to repent, he has already sinned once and is thus permanently damned to eternal hell. Believing he cannot be saved, he tries to drown his pending damnation through pranks. For example, after having fooled the horse dealer, he laments that he is simply a man destined to die soon. His only consolation is in confound[ing] these passions with a quiet sleep (4.1.135). All of the practical jokes and feats that he performs serve merely as distractions to purge his mind from thoughts of repenting, as he knows he has chosen the path of evil.One event that clearly shows his conformance with evil is his insistence for Helen near the end of the play. Remarkably, he openly acknowledges that he is guilty of one of the deadly sins, the only time that he does so. By demanding Mephistopheles to let [him] crave of thee, to glut t he longing of [his] hearts desire (5.1.80), he is clearly aware of the path he is taking, yet proceeds to commit the evil deed. Irrelevant now is whether he can be saved as he has willingly submitted to evil. Faustus tells Helen to make [him] immortal with a kiss (5.1.92) and exclaims how her lips suck forth [his] soul (5.1.93). The immortality that he is asking for is rather the eternal torment of hell, and it is possible that he sees how evil his soul has become. Furthermore, his first thought after his evil act is to ask Helen to give him his soul again. Thus, this realization of his irreversible damnation liberates him from any responsibilities to do good and encourages him to commit sin repeatedly. The third influence that plays a part in Faustus turning towards evil is from the overwhelming presence of evil compared to good. Oddly enough, God does not appear throughout the play, while Lucifer and Mephistopheles consistently arrive at critical moments of Faustus doubts. The presence of the devils is important as it prevents Faustus, who initially regrets his decision, from renouncing their contract. For example, as Faustus contemplates repentance, Mephistopheles appears and threatens to tear Faustus to pieces. There is no reply from God nor is there any other counter to this evil. The closest influence we have to rival the powerful impact of evil is that of the Good Angel and the Old Man. Both are helpless at affecting Faustus conscience. The Good Angel asks Faustus to repent, to which he responds by immediately cast[ing] no more doubts (2.1.26) in favor of signing the contract. The Old Man is condemned to torment with [the] greatest torments that our hell affords (5.1.77). Thus, calls for evil drastically outweigh any appeals for good, primarily because God does not exert any direct influence.Faustus is torn between good and evil as he decides to exchange eternal life for power. This conflict quickly changes after he makes the blood bond a nd mocks the seven deadly sins. Even when given the choice for good, Faustus continually accepts evil as he is convinced of his immutable damnation. Perhaps it is not really a conflict of choice for Faustus, but rather an inevitable demise towards evil.\nTuesday, May 19, 2020\nWays in which Blake Uses Images of Animals and Plants William Blake was born in 1757 in London and died in 1827. His most famous works are called Songs of innocence and Songs of experience. Songs of innocence written in (1789) were easy to understand, very simple vocabulary, simple verses, with ideal, happy and pastoral locations. In Contrast Songs of experience written in (1794), had more difficult ideas and vocabulary, with negative views, which where realistic and sad. In this essay I will be studying how Blake uses animals, plants and the natural world to create pictures for the reader of what he thought life was like in eighteenth century England. I will be comparing, ââ¬Å\"The Echoing Greenâ⬠, ââ¬Å\"The Garden of Loveâ⬠andâ⬠¦show more contentâ⬠¦This creates an opening picture for the reader and places them right into the poem itself, which is a very good technique adapted by Blake to attract attention towards the poem, also which has been used in number of Blakeââ¬â¢s poems. Some examples of this technique are, ââ¬Å\"Skies,â⬠which shows that the sky must be blue, as it has been used in this context, hinting towards the fact that itââ¬â¢s sunny and hot. Also we have ââ¬Å\"springâ⬠as another example that backs up my previous point of the location being sunny as the season that is currently running is ââ¬Å\"springâ⬠. ââ¬Å\"Birds,â⬠show that there are not just people there but also animal life forms that give the location a natural and more rural feel. Lastly moving on to a quote which is also used within the title, ââ¬Å\"Echoing Green.â⬠this quote constantly reminds the reader that the is masses of green around, almost as if it was ââ¬Å\"echoingâ⬠to you. Furthermore this is a very vital time of the year as it is the time of new life and new flowers, this is the time when the birds start to chirp, and then the flowers start to blossom. Also this is more the reason why this poem has been included in the innocence section, as it shows time of joy and happiness. These are all from the first stanza, which already creates a pastoral scene. The first stanza has an AABBCCDD rhyme scheme, or also known as rhyming couplets. 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You will receive a transcript of these marks at the beginning of next termRead MoreMonsanto: Better Living Through Genetic Engineering96204 Words à |à 385 PagesThe ââ¬Ëfull storyââ¬â¢ that follows this summary gives you considerable detail about how to go about a case analysis, but for now here is a brief account. Before we start, a word about attitude ââ¬â make it a real exercise. You have a set of historical facts; use a rigorous system to work out what strategies should be followed. All the cases are about real companies, and one of the entertaining bits of the analysis process is to compare what you have said they should do with what they really have done. So, it\nWednesday, May 6, 2020\nThere are parallels between many pieces of literature and events or principles within modern day society, fact and fiction. Between some, it is significant and easy to see, though others it is harder to describe or analyze. An example of such parallels would be the high end satiristic novel written by George Orwell 1984. From the communistic entity, the forced working ability, and economic lead by a man who takes on the persona of god; this short novel represents the american culture and many cultures or what they can or will become. This story is a warning of what human beings are, at the highest dystopian standpoint. In introduction, The foresight behind George Orwellââ¬â¢s book ââ¬Ë1984ââ¬â¢ was remarkable. Written in 1949, it was claimed as aâ⬠¦show more contentâ⬠¦World wars were erased from history, major inventions and other moments of success, were gone. As Churchill once said, ââ¬Å\"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.â⬠Asking a group of American university students when the Declaration of Independence was written and the majority will not have a clue or asking them who Thomas Jefferson was and many wonââ¬â¢t know. This is by design; explaining that modern education is focused more on feelings and the various ââ¬Ëgendersââ¬â¢ than it is the history of the country. Though history is always repeating itself, it is ignored or weakly taught in the public education system. This creates an easily manipulated and dependent society. Relating to reality, in Orwellââ¬â¢s ââ¬Ë1984ââ¬â¢, it was not acceptable to have sex for pleasure, to eat chocolate or have an alcoholic beverage of high quality. This was intended to keep people from seeking out lifeââ¬â¢s pleasures and possibly losing interest, and loyalty, in Big Brother. Looking at things today, we have ââ¬Ësin taxesââ¬â¢. We are forced to pay a penalty for purchasing alcohol, tobacco and for putting gas in our vehicles (carbon tax). We are made to feel guilty for the damage we have apparently put on the earth for trying to get to and from work each day; even the size of soda drinks are regulated in some places. Food and energy were rationed as well because, as in all communist nations, there wasnââ¬â¢t much to go around. While the government would lie to its citizens and attempt to makeShow MoreRelated1984 by George Orwell Essay example2090 Words à |à 9 Pages1984 by George Orwell Some readers have felt that, even allowing for the bleakness of the times in which he lived, Orwellââ¬â¢s vision in Nineteen Eighty Four is excessively grim and pessimistic. Explore various aspects of the novel from this perspective, explaining how far you would agree with such a view. Orwellââ¬â¢s views throughout ââ¬Ë1984ââ¬â¢ are grim and pessimistic inRead More1984 a Novel by George Orwell Essay example905 Words à |à 4 PagesIn the novel 1984, by George Orwell, the thematic element of control is clearly portrayed through a variety of perspectives such as newspeak, telescreens, thoughtcrime, or in other words psychological, and physical manipulation. Firstly, telescreens play a very imperative role in 1984. 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The part of 1984, which is so compelling and interesting, is the fact that the people are living in a dystopian world without evenRead MoreAnalysis Of 1984768 Words à |à 4 PagesChloe Gould Ms. Melnychenko English 1/F 12 October 2017 George Orwells vision coming to life The world today is becoming a 21st century 1984. 1984 by George Orwell foreshadows similarity between technology, safety, and language in todays world as well as in the picture of 1984ââ¬â¢ society. The made up idea of telescreens, memory holes, different language, and safety probation have become to simmare to the present world. In Orwells work conclusions can be drawn that he definitely was pointing\nQuestion: Find out the aspects Woolworths has included in the products safety requirements. Answer Background to the problem Woolworths is the largest retail industry in Australia and second largest organization in terms of annual revenue (Woolworths.com.au, 2017). In recent times, the concerned organization operates in over 1000 stores, 968 supermarkets and 19 convenience stores across Australia (Woolworths.com.au, 2017). Total of 111,000 employees are currently working under Woolworths and the organization is liable for earning annual revenue of AUS$ 39,588.8 million (Wow2016ar.qreports.com.au, 2017). The problem statement of this research will highlight the issue of the product safety at Woolworths that seem to be breached by Woolworths. The company has formulated some product safety requirements based on Australian Consumer Law (Woolworths.com.au, 2017). They also have a checking security process of clear and defined products approval that comprises of factory auditing, product testing and inspection of the products. The issue is that in spite of all these policies, the concerned organization made fals e or misleading representations on the safety aspects on their three products- Abode 3L Stainless Steel Deep-Fryer, Homebrand Safety Matches and Woolworths Select Drain Cleaner (ABC News, 2017). The issue was reported in the year 2016, when one of the customer suffered a nose bleed and burns from the product Select Drain Cleaner and three other customers burned by the drain cleaner (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, 2017). Apart from the mentioned 3 products, injuries are also reported from other two products that are padded flop chair and a folding stool (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, 2017). It was found that the padded chair could not reliably support more than 92kg and they claim that the product can bear the weight of 115kg (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, 2017). The first case of making false or misleading representations was found in the year 2014 against some home-brand products like- child-proof lid and self-igniting safety mat ches. However, the company continued to sell the faulty products even after injury reports. The Australian Consumer Law have found that Woolworths engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct and thus the organization have to pay total penalties of $3.057 million for the issue occurred in 2016 (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, 2017). This results in poor brand image and loss of customers loyalty and annual profitability. Thus, the issues that will be the major research aspects are: The gap between the existing product safety requirement policies developed by the organization and their actions Misleading products information that impacts the customers health and their loyalty towards the organization Management decision How can Woolworths re-build brand loyalty for their home products? How can the organization improve their products safety regulation to avoid such circumstances in future? Research question What are the factors that influence brand loyalty? What are the essential factors that can enhance the effectiveness of the existing products safety requirements? Research Objectives To find out the aspects the Woolworths has included in the products safety requirements To evaluate the effectiveness of these products safety requirements To explore the impact of false safety guidelines on organizations image and customer loyalty To identify the factors that can help Woolworths to improve their brand loyalty Reference List ABC News. (2017). Woolworths ordered to pay $3m over product safety concerns. [online] Available at: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-05/woolworths-ordered-to-pay-3m-over-product-safety-case/7144442 [Accessed 13 Aug. 2017]. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. (2017). Woolworths misled consumers over product safety hazards Ordered to pay over $3 million in penalties. [online] Available at: https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/woolworths-misled-consumers-over-product-safety-hazards-%E2%80%93-ordered-to-pay-over-3-million-in-penalties [Accessed 13 Aug. 2017]. Woolworths.com.au. (2017). Shop-Discover-About-us-Product-safety. [online] Available at: https://www.woolworths.com.au/Shop/Discover/about-us/product-safety [Accessed 13 Aug. 2017]. Wow2016ar.qreports.com.au. (2017). Woolworths Resource Report. [online] Available at: https://wow2016ar.qreports.com.au/xresources/wow16ar-financial-report [Accessed 13 Aug. 2017]\nTuesday, April 21, 2020\nThe supply of an organization depends on the facilities for economical yet efficient production and distribution. The organization can keep production and distribution costs minimal by carefully selecting the raw materials and the suppliers. Managing the supplier offers velocity, flexibility and, quality at the lowest costs possible. Advertising We will write a custom research paper sample on Successful Supply Chain specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More The main reason of working around reasonable costs is to ensure satisfaction of the customer at all times, especially during the market fluctuations. The main aim of a supply chain is to offer innovative dimensions of remaining competitive in the market by introduction and delivery of dynamic and technologically high quality inventories into the market at sustainable costs and high swiftness. Management of cost also enables the organizations to build a vision or goal by recognizing the performance break and thus narrowing the gap through utilization of available resources. Successful supply chain means that the consumer is not kept waiting after ordering and this is achievable via proper balancing of resources to meet the demands (Wang et al, 64). According to Wisner (478), the current economical crisis means that these are un-standardized times, which require critical but quick decisions regarding trade especially on money matters. Today there is need for careful management considering that technology is taking over transactions by storm and there is need to convert the physical elements of transactions to virtual ones to enhance trade at the lowest feasible costs. The costs need management because currently there is urgent need for firms to invest in hi-tech information and goods transfer due to low investments rates and poor international transactions. Economic crisis means low investment rates thus the need to invest the available resources smartly. Globaliz ation of the supply chains is becoming crucial because of the reduction on the procurement costs as well as decreases on the risks of international transactions such as purchasing behaviours. The technological impact is forcing businesses to consider outsourcing or venturing into countries that are more productive. For instance, India was a rare consideration to venture into some years back but today their advancement in technological matters makes most transactions easier, faster and cheaper over some of the U.S. and other western countries. Today globalization enables supply-chain firms to bid for the cheaper but best quality options through comparison. Advertising Looking for research paper on business economics? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Competition requires better establishment, new ventures and proper marketing strategies thus the quests for globalization. Globalization means change for growth and that is the asp iration for every firm (Ayers and Odegaard, 88). Lastly some of the market niche are only attainable globally for instance the vehicle manufacturing industries that require global supplies. Some of the repercussions for this trend involve higher overall costs in comparison to the traditional style of regional or remote supply chains. According to Coyle (7), the exchange rates, tariffs, and space are some of the extra costs incurred during the international transactions. The time factor due to regional differences may affects the transactions beside the climatic conditions. A lot of complexity is usually involved when there are many global suppliers, thus the needs to consider the number to involve. The lowest prices in the global markets may mean more costs if a firm lacks to consider other related factors such as time, quality and quantity. In relation to Lambert (91), companies use various methods for demand forecasting of supply chains, such as graphical, historical or statistic al. Graphically there are many difficulties involved in modelling outputs, especially when the chains are many but on the other hand, it offers clear picture of the reality and chances for expansion through better analysis of hindrances and catalysts. The daily demand shifts call for complex representations. However, it is possible to model systematic and similar graphs even when they call for demanding efforts. The statistical forecasting are more accurate because of defined data types compared to historical, which mainly entail predictions based on past performances. Majority of the methods nevertheless utilizes supply situations that are a rough estimate as opposed to the current states of affairs, thus lack of exact prediction. Forecasting enables firms to learn the procedures of controlling some of the consumerââ¬â¢s systematic shifts such as weekly changes. The shifts are rather much more complicated when the company fails to carry out the observations. Forecasting enable s the management to find the information regarding insufficient supplies, which would otherwise be hard to note thus better trading and accurate timely supplies.Advertising We will write a custom research paper sample on Successful Supply Chain specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More Close coordination means that the chains are working as a unit, to alloy uniformity especially over performance and dynamism. The managers are able to avoid heterogeneity within the firm by synchronizing activities. The current technological change calls for intelligent systems and personnel who are able to handle the operations, research and systemââ¬â¢s theories. In a strategy to minimize costs, they harmonize state times, sequences to avoid waiting costs, and retain customers through timely deliveries, especially for the global markets. Coordinated activities enhance the firmââ¬â¢s ability to deliver solutions of the complex problems through integ ration of various aspects from different chain stores. According to Kurtz et al (405), globalization makes the supply chains more complex and, limited but better and more profit oriented. Modulating components enables the manager to design subsystems as modules, which assist in meeting a wide range of business requirements. The production, manufacturing and procurement of components are highly reduced, thus saving resources in material status for future requirements. The joint planning, process integration and coordination reduces the performance cost and offers chances for business expansion to other market niche. There is increase on returns on investments such as assets, improved customer services due to specialization and, reduction on the time required for delivery. Works Cited Ayers, James B. Odegaard, Mary Ann. ââ¬Å\"Retail supply chain management: Series on resource management.â⬠CRC Press, 2007 Coyle, John J., Langley, C. John Bardi, Edward J. ââ¬Å\"Supply chain m anagement: a logistics perspective.â⬠Cengage Learning publishers. 2009 Kurtz, David L. MacKenzie, H. F. Snow, Kim. ââ¬Å\"Contemporary Marketing.â⬠Cengage Learning publishers. 2009Advertising Looking for research paper on business economics? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Lambert, Douglas M. ââ¬Å\"Supply chain management: processes, partnerships, performanceâ⬠Supply Chain Management Inst. 2008 Wang, William Y. C, Heng, Michael, S. H. Chau, Patrick Y. K. ââ¬Å\"Supply chain management: issues in the new era of collaboration and competition.â⬠Idea Group Inc (IGI) publishers. 2007 Wisner, Joel D., Tan, Keah-Choon., Leong, Keong. 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{"url":"https://www.storytive.eu/about-me-2/testimonials/","date":"2019-11-19T08:08:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496670036.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20191119070311-20191119094311-00460.warc.gz","language_score":0.9745385050773621,"token_count":952,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__117186439","lang":"en","text":"Excellent capacity for creative thinking\nJakub Zieliński is one of my keenest students, whose writing work shows strong imagination and flair and an excellent capacity for creative thinking. He’s also very enthusiastic, responds well to feedback and is fun to teach, with an excellent sense of humor. Jakub has a freshness in his approach which I think could help many business owners looking for creative copywriting ideas to refresh what they offer.\nPrecise and professional approach towards his tasks\nI truly recommend cooperation with Jakub Zieliński. I had a pleasure to work with him in Baltic Daily’s (Dziennik Bałtycki – regional newspaper in Poland) marketing department. He always had a precise and professional approach towards his tasks. Due to his education and experience, he is excellent for creating advertising and promotional texts. If you’re looking for a good copywriter, Jakub is one of the best I have ever worked with.\nProfessional and creative radio materials\nI have worked with Jakub in radio newsroom at the very beginning of his media career. Only after a short period of time did he start to deliver professional and creative radio materials due to his ability to learn from mistakes and follow the tips.\nHe writes with passion and imagination\nJakub Zieliński was one of the most talented participants in writing workshops run by me in Gdańsk. He writes with passion and imagination, he has great control over language, he knows how to evoke emotions, he is evidently talented.\nHis imagination draws the reader into surprising worlds\nJakub Zieliński creates the language of his characters with a great sense. He has good hearing, his dialogues sound natural and free. And his imagination draws the reader into surprising worlds.\nVery talented writer with a rare ability to listen\nJakub Zieliński is a very talented writer with a rare ability to listen to the client and tune into their story. He is able to select the best parts and give them a fresh and light form you can read with one breath. If you want a great text or story in your work I would highly recommend Jakub.\nI wish everyone to meet people like Jakub Zieliński\nHundreds of e-mails and telephone conversations and long years of cooperation in the promotion of cultural and entertainment events, allow me to give Jakub the highest rating with a clear conscience. Competent, professional, kind, the associations that come to me first. I wish everyone to meet people like Jakub Zieliński on their professional path.\nResponsible for cooperation with various partners\nJakub was a part of our team for nearly eight years. He was responsible for cooperation with various partners: city halls, business associations, sports clubs, culture institutions, artist agencies and music venues. We were very satisfied with the quality of his work.\nHis commitment and enthusiasm bring very good results\nI am pleased to recommend the services of Jakub Zieliński, with whom for over 8 years I cooperated in the framework of cooperation between the portal Trojmiasto.pl and Club Żak. He is a passionate enthusiast: he puts his heart into his work, and his commitment and enthusiasm bring very good results.\nAlways helpful, patient and committed\nThe Globaltica Festival has for 13 years permanently inscribed in the landscape of the Tri-City. I would like to thank Jakub Zieliński for his contribution, support, and commitment to its recognition. Jakub has always been helpful, patient and committed to building the festival’s brand and positive message about it.\nOn the highest level\nI worked with Jakub on several editions of Tattoo Konwent, and I can with full conviction recommend him as a reliable partner for other agencies. Working with Jakub is pure pleasure. Always professional, on time and perfect.\nSmoothly, in a casual atmosphere, with humor\nCooperation with Jakub always runs smoothly, in a casual atmosphere, with humor. To his clients, he is easygoing, open to suggestions, and kind.\nJakub stood up to the challenge!\nJakub Zieliński was recommended by a good friend. The deadline chased us. Attempts with an earlier copywriter did not end with success, so it was pretty nervous. Jakub stood up to the challenge! In one day he prepared the text for the entire folder, and the patches from the client were not really there! I highly recommend his services! Professional!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.truebalance.co.uk/single-post/2017/03/03/be-the-best-version-of-you-today","date":"2022-05-17T16:28:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662519037.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220517162558-20220517192558-00056.warc.gz","language_score":0.9841984510421753,"token_count":407,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__264671545","lang":"en","text":"Be the best version of you today\nSo I often see quotes along the lines of “you don’t have to be better than someone else, just be better than you were yesterday”. On the one hand I totally agree with not comparing yourself to others and focusing on yourself. However, when I think about it quotes like these are still putting pressure on us, and in a world where almost everyone is stressed about something and already feeling the pressure, surely we should be trying to give ourselves a break?\nSo I say, you definitely don’t have to be better than anyone else, you don’t even have to be better than you were yesterday…just try and be the best version of yourself that you can be today.\nMaybe today is so long and you are so tired and you really need a cuppa (that sounds very familiar!) And on those days maybe the biggest success you can have is to get out of your PJs and brush your teeth. Or maybe today you are so full of beans, ready for anything and loving life. And maybe on days like that the best version of you has a green smoothie and goes to Pilates on their lunch break and walks home from the station. And that’s great. But none of us can be that picture perfect version of ourselves every day and we shouldn’t even try to. Just go with what the day throws at you and adapt to that.\nThe best version of yourself will change from day to day so stop comparing yourself to who you were yesterday, or who you were before you had a baby, or before you got injured or before you put on some weight. You aren’t that person now and you will be slightly different again tomorrow. The important thing is to keep trying and acknowledging your victories, however small they may seem compared to what others do or what you have done in the past.\nSo today, and every day, just do you…whatever that looks like.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://kingrock.co.uk/720.html","date":"2021-05-11T07:52:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991904.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20210511060441-20210511090441-00316.warc.gz","language_score":0.8745079636573792,"token_count":160,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__153654151","lang":"en","text":"ALTHOUGH THIS BOOK IS OUT OF PRINT, SIGNED COPIES ARE AVAILABLE\nFROM THE AUTHOR. The publishers kindly allowed us one final run to be printed and we are therefore able to offer copies at £13.00 (r.r.p. £16.99) plus £3.00 p&p. Please send a cheque for £16.00 UK only - (£24 overseas), made payable to Chris Thomas, to - Counthorpe House, Counthorpe, Little Bytham, Lincs. NG33 4QF.\nWe also have a 'PayPal' account so just transfer £16 (£24 overseas) to our account firstname.lastname@example.org and I will send one out immediately.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.enakt.com.au/research","date":"2019-03-20T07:48:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202303.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20190320064940-20190320090940-00244.warc.gz","language_score":0.7913864254951477,"token_count":445,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__84500501","lang":"en","text":"Lecture: Dean presented a\nlecture titled 'Book Publishing Review' to RMIT's Professional Writing and Editing program on 25 July 2012.\nDownload the presentation from here\nBlog on growth opportunities for book businesses: It's a New Chapter\nCo-edited four C-2-C, Common Ground publications.\nAvailable from the C-2-C Bookshop\nCreator to Consumer in a Digital Age, 2001. (Bk 1)\nDigital Book Production and Supply Chain Management, 2001. (Bk 2.3)\nNew Markets for Printed Books, 2002. (Bk 3.1)\nMarkets for Electronic Book Products, 2002. (Bk 3.2)\nAuthored eight C-2-C chapters:\nAustralian Book Production in Transition(With Cope, Bk 1, 2001)\nEmerging Business Models(Bk 1, 2001)\nMetadata for eCommerce in the Book Industry(With Tsembas, Bk 2.3, 2001)\nBook Numbering in a Digital World(Bk 2.3, 2001)\nCataloguing for Libraries in a Digital World(Bk 2.3, 2001)\nJobbing Systems in a Digital Supply Chain(Bk 2.3, 2001)\nLocating New Book Markets(Bk 3.1, 2002)\nShifting into the Information Economy(Bk 3.2, 2002)\nMajor contribution toNew Pathways for Multi-channel Publishing,Australian Booksellers\nAssociation, 2003, available from the ABA.\nAuthoredPOD infrastructure: Implications for university stakeholders,a whitepaper\nfor the Copyright Agency Ltd's DOi Project. Available for download here.\nPrint-on-demand has been a talking-point ever since Xerox introduced the Docutech printer in 1990, but the idea of a\n'book-at-a-click' is still a long way from becoming a reality. In this presentation Dean Mason, Principal of Enakt, discusses what print-on-demand means today and how it might help writers,\nresearchers, publishers and readers get to tomorrow.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://laukaye.com/jpcl/","date":"2019-04-18T20:28:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578526807.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20190418201429-20190418223429-00501.warc.gz","language_score":0.8761686682701111,"token_count":171,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__139718255","lang":"en","text":"Locality in Quantum Computations\nAspuru-Guzik Group, Harvard\nA hydrocarbon is shown along with a small piece of the quantum circuit used to determine its energy. The number of operations needed to run this circuit can be large. By considering how the magnitude of interactions decreases with distance (shown through a red to white gradient in the image), many operations can be neglected (boxes that have been crossed out) without a significant loss of accuracy.\nBelow are four draft images, as well as the final image used on the cover of The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.\nMcClean Jarrod R., Babbush Ryan, Love Peter J., and Alán Aspuru-Guzik Exploiting Locality in Quantum Computation for Quantum Chemistry The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2014, 5, 4368-4380.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://gongontheway.tictail.com/","date":"2019-03-24T21:03:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912203493.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20190324210143-20190324232143-00557.warc.gz","language_score":0.9750107526779175,"token_count":1856,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__107606566","lang":"en","text":"Finding The Gong On The Way\nThe world of gongs were introduced to me at the magic date of 2011.11.11.\nIn summer 2014, I was in Gothenburg attending a workshop of Bioenergetic Analysis (Alexander Lowen) together with my German teacher Heiner Steckel. I stayed at a small hotel in the middle of the city, near a forrest.\nBioenergetic Analysis has been a part of my life since 2005. I now embrace this as a part of my life and it has become a continuous learning process.\nFor me the Way of the Gong implies the energetic process in life to come alive with our authentic being and expressions. At this point I was already introduced with Singing bowls, which was a real turning point for me and my way of understanding of the importance and expression of sound.\nThis summer had already been quite special for me. I felt strongly connected with nature in a deeper and to me surprising way. I felt I was changing and that beatiful things would come into my life. I had always been an open and curious child surronded by much motherly love, and I believe this has had influence in how I percive the world. I feel strongly about the feminine aspect to be more expressed, and I welcome the strength of women in all layers of society.\nAt the last day of the workshop I wanted to go jogging. As I opened the door that morning I was greeted by dew fresh air. Then the most unexpected thing happened: there right in front of me, there stood a beautiful big deer on the grass right next to my car. I was quite surprised. It steared at me, stood still for a moment, turned and disappeared into the woods. Fantastic, I thought, wild animals here in the middle of Gothenburg city?\nWell, I started to jog, but something bothered me: my inner voice, my intuition told me to take another route. Little did I know, that this decission should change my life totally. Sometimes we wonder: do we make the right choices?\nNow I felt I was listening to a kind of dream state or deeper part of myself.\nMy intuituion told me to run along with the fence where I had seen the deer. Suddenly I saw a magical big forest in front of me. It turned out to be balanced by a nature reserve behind botanical garden in Gothenburg.\nAfter a while, suddenly I saw a glimt of the same deer again and I started to follow him. I ran after him, but lost him. Then I ran higher up on a hill to get an overview and then decided to run another rout back to the hotel. Suddenly I stopped: there the deer stood right in front of me and steared at me. Then he turned and walked slowly ahead of me. It seamed he wanted me to follow him. So I did. Then he disappeared again and was gone.\nI followed the trail, and to my big surprise, I could not believe what I saw: there, hanging between two poles was a big rusty gong with a mallet beside it. I was overwelmed, and I urgently wanted to try it, so I started to play. I was stunnished. The sound the gong made was a fantastic magical sound I had never heard before. The resonance was unlike any other I had ever experienced, and the vibration hit something deep inside my soul. I felt I should follow my spirit and listen to what nature tells me, and then I knew: This was what I wanted to do. I decided there and then that I wanted to spread this magical sound of the gong out to the rest of the world. It hit my heart, my body and soul. I was home!\nThe transformation I experienced this summer was a total shift in perception of how I am able to see and sense the reality of things, and how I sense the whole world. I realised I was now given the gift of channeling information from things and people from ”the other side”. Suddenly I saw the connection with the gongs, the Bioenergetics, the Overtone Singing and my loving childhood.\nIt all gave me an opening to view the world in a totally new way.\nLink til artikkel Gongens vei Visjon Norge 3-2015\nGood Vibrations to you!\nTor Arne Håve (2016)\nLet the gong choose you\nThe question of buying a gong or choosing the right gong for your raises many ideas or concerns. It might be a question about the budget? It what manner you would like to use it? Is it for a yoga studio ? Or for working with sound healing in single sessions. How large is the room? What type of gong should I go for. The questions are as many as there are people. Should I start with a smaller one or could I go for a larger one from the start. Is the best to start to play with a Symphonic type of gong ?\nI do not say that there is a better or an absolute right answer to this, but what I recommend is to participate a gong class and get the feel out of it first.. This will give you the opportunity to really get the feel into the different gongs. And who know it also may result in a resonance between you and a gong.\nThen you know the gong has chosen you !\nYou are always welcome to contact me to have a reflection on the matter of choosing a gong.\n(Tor Arne Håve)\nThe gong family\nThe idea of “the gong family” is of course not a new idea. It stems from the idea of the importance of having a good network that supports good values. You can find this idea in most societies, religious groups, political parties, sports teams and more. My own way is yoga and Buddhism (Vajarana). And I guess the following the principles form the Buddhism can make us a better humans.\nI like to refer to the four THE FOUR IMMEASURABLES, witch is love, compassion, joy and equanimity. To follow these principles give us a guide in life and our work. And I also hope it will benefit the people that I meet on my own way.\nThere are no obligations to become a member of a “gong family” just a free connection to other like-minded people. I will in collaboration with people close to me search for expansion of compassion, love and joy with the help of the gongs.\nThe gong family is a worldwide network with humans playing gongs and doing sound healing in many different countries. This network has developed and is developing by many others all over the world.\nTor Arne Håve (2016)\nThere are more and more people that is enjoying “the way of the gong”. There are different yoga studios, art studios, healing studios and sound therapists around in Norway and Turkey.\nWhat we all have in common is that we all see the goodness the gong bring to people and how much joy it gives ourselves and the people receiving the gong. These studios are there for you to get the benefits from the meeting with gongs and the compassionate humans we collaborate with.\n“It is not about competing against each other, it is about sharing joy and caring for each others”.\nYou will find studios in these locations:\nOslo , Bodø, Kapp, Dal, Ask, Røa and Istanbul.\nAnd more will come soon.\nA journey into the unknown\nI first met the gong in the summer of 2011 on Angsbacka yoga festival. I could´t believe what I was experiencing. My whole body was taken over, I had a shoulder injury and it felt like all the vibrations went there to heal. I soon realized I had to give up all control and just let the gong play me. There and then I decided that I wanted to learn how to play gong. And I guess it was meant to be, cause that autumn a yoga colleague of mine had invited two swedish guys to come and give a gong-training.\nSo I called Tor Arne Håve, who I knew was into singing bowls and overtone singing and told him that he had to join me on this. Without knowing anything about gong he said yes :-) Since then I have played the gong together with Tor Arne Håve giving gong relaxations and gong baths at different happenings and locations and I have played the gong in my yoga classes.\nI am so grateful to the gongs. Its like they teach me how to live; I just have to give up controlling everything, let go of fear and its like this great power in my back pushing me in the direction of my gift, leaving me no choice but to do what is my life purpose.\nAnne Siri Langelandsvik","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://cgh-v2.csail.mit.edu/","date":"2022-12-07T22:19:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711221.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20221207221727-20221208011727-00705.warc.gz","language_score":0.8544683456420898,"token_count":476,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__120776565","lang":"en","text":"Tensor Holography V2 improves over V1 by synthesizing 3D phase-only holograms end-to-end with deep double phase encoding, a learning-based phase-only encoding that avoids hand-tuning filters. The V2 pipeline leverages the layered depth images as 3D inputs to achieve more realistic occlusion reproduction and overcome the data challenges in using sihoulet-mask layered-based method [Zhang et al. 2017] with dense depth partition. It is robust to artifacts and misalignments in the captured depth map for real-world data (i.e. content reconstructed by NeRF as shown above [Mildenhall et al. 2020]).\nComputer-generated holography (CGH) provides volumetric control of coherent wavefront and is fundamental to applications such as volumetric 3D displays, lithography, neural photostimulation, and optical/acoustic trapping. Recently, deep learning-based methods emerged as promising computational paradigms for CGH synthesis that overcome the quality-runtime tradeoff in conventional simulation/optimization-based methods. Yet, the quality of the predicted hologram is intrinsically bounded by the dataset's quality. Here we introduce a new hologram dataset, MIT-CGH-4K-V2, that uses a layered depth image as a data-efficient volumetric 3D input and a two-stage supervised+unsupervised training protocol for direct synthesis of high-quality 3D phase-only holograms. The proposed system also corrects vision aberration, allowing customization for end-users. We experimentally show photorealistic 3D holographic projections and discuss relevant spatial light modulator calibration procedures. Our method runs in real-time on a consumer GPU and 5 FPS on an iPhone 13 Pro, promising drastically enhanced performance for the applications above.\ntitle = \"Towards real-time photorealistic 3D holography with deep neural networks\",\nauthor = \"Shi, Liang and Li, Beichen and Kim, Changil and\nKellnhofer, Petr and Matusik, Wojciech\",\njournal = \"Nature\",\nvolume = 592,\nmonth = Mar,\nyear = 2021,","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.neeri.res.in/project_details.php?PID=84&DIV=7","date":"2015-11-28T14:49:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448398453553.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124205413-00250-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9177320003509521,"token_count":521,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-48__0__66742124","lang":"en","text":"In CSIR Networked Programme (SMM-05) one of the component is estimation of assimilative capacity of environmental media (air, water, land and biological), which has to be dealt by NEERI in three regions viz. Central India – Nagpur (M.S.) and Chhindwara (M.P.) districts, Coastal region - Visakhapatnam district (A.P.) and Hilly region - Mandi and Bilaspur districts (H.P.). The aims of the study are to develop the methodology for estimation of assimilative capacity with respect to various pollutants under different management options and development scenario; and delineation of assimilative capacity based standards for water sources for sustainable development.\nA meso-scale database on assimilative capacity of environmental media (air, water, land and biological) is essential for understanding the status of environment and for developing environmental quality standards, which will help easy and transparent decision making at policy, plan and project levels. A database for three representative regions would be generated, which would be available in public domain.\nWater quality analyses of major water resources of the two regions viz. Central India and Coastal region were carried out during post-monsoon as well as critical seasons. The analytical results showed that majority of water resources fall within the permissible limits of drinking water standards except coliform bacterial counts. It is observed that the water resources are suitable for irrigation purpose with few exceptions.\nSpatial variation in surface and groundwater quality was observed depending upon geological strata, pollution load by point and non-point sources and local ongoing practices in catchment area. The problem is aggravated in critical season, as pollution and chemical ingredients get concentrated in small amount of water resources. This calls for proper\ncatchment area treatment strategies for surface water resources and conservation and protection of groundwater resources from being polluted. Using these resources for drinking purpose require proper water treatment with disinfection, whereas for irrigation purpose it requires adoption of proper irrigation methods and scheduling of irrigation in order to prevent water logging and salinity problems of land resources.\nPollutants assimilative capacity of soils varies depending upon their intrinsic properties. One of the components in this project is Lysimetric study for Soil - Wastewater interaction. These studies will help in determining horizon wise pollutant retention capacity of soil, which will entail about quantum of groundwater pollution at wastewater application sites vis-à-vis soil pollution.\nWater sampling (Surface and ground water) and onsite analysis\nSoil Profile Studies\nLysimetric Studies for Soil - Wastewater Interaction","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://e840ee004644d90a3ce714b9416e29d3.saberdealcohol.mx/","date":"2021-04-20T01:49:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038921860.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20210419235235-20210420025235-00362.warc.gz","language_score":0.9074546098709106,"token_count":2039,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__31118146","lang":"en","text":"The Power of the Heart and Hands of a \"Cna\"Certified Nursing Assistant - Pamella D. Gordon\nTHE POWER OF THE HEART AND HANDS OF A CNA Certified Nursing Assistant: AN ACT OF LOVE [Gordon, Pamella D.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. THE POWER OF THE HEART AND HANDS OF A CNA Certified Nursing Assistant: AN ACT OF LOVEAmazon.com: The Power of the Heart and Hands of a \"Cna ...\nThe Power of the Heart and Hands of a Cnacertified Nursing Assistant: An Act of Love by Pamella D. Gordon, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® My day started, by a briefing and review of my days assignment, There must be a passion to work with seniors and people with some type of disability, whenThe Power of the Heart and Hands of a \"Cna\"Certified ...\nBiography & Autobiography 2014-09-05 by Pamella D. Gordon. THE POWER OF THE HEART AND HANDS OF A \"CNA\"Certified Nursing Assistant. Download NOW! Author: Pamella D. Gordon. Publisher ... was mired in anxiety and fears about his future when he felt the call to investigate the incredible power of the heart and how it can lead us to our true ...[PDF] The Power Of The Heart Download Full – PDF Book Download\n9 quotes have been tagged as power-of-the-heart: Ondjaki: ‘No matter how great the love, the pain, the sadness, the power of a heart, no one can recreate...CNA | Become a Certified Nursing Assistant | Red Cross\n“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” (The Bible) “There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief…and unspeakable love.” —Washington IrvingCNA humor - Pinterest\nInternational Journal for Human Caring. 2015 Published Journals. Issue 19-1. A Model to Create a Caring and Healing Environment for Nurses in Child and Family Nursing. Rina Emoto, PhD, RN; Mayumi Tsutsui, PhD, RN; Ruri Kawana, PhD, RN10 Inspiring Nursing Quotes | AANAC\nThe title of the story “Hearts and Hands” draws a lot of attention. Apart from the rhythmic quality, it can be explained from different perspectives. Though the hands of the two men were handcuffed representing a contrasting relation of a prisoner and an officer, the hearts went alike. The marshal could feel the beats of the heart of his ...[PDF] Download Power Of The Heart Free | Unquote Books\n“It turns out that there are many powers of the heart--among them intuition, intention, gratitude, forgiveness, resilience, and, of course, love.” ― Baptist de Pape, The Power of the Heart: Finding Your True Purpose in LifeQuotes about Hearts And Hands (77 quotes)\nAug 26, 2014 - Explore Loretta Booher's board \"<CNA Quotes>\" on Pinterest. See more ideas about Cna quotes, Nurse humor, Cna.UNL Institutional Repository\nThat is probably a good thing. But we would be horrified if a physician's aide engaged in heart surgery. Andrew Lo. 9 Share I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung. ... Nursing Assistant Quotes Sayings Funny Nurse Quotes Cna Motivational Quotes Certified ...Last Man Alive Wins (#1) (Party Game Society) eBook por ...\nSend to: Maureen Rusnock, R.N., Assistant Executive Director Nursing Service (A) PRESBYTERIAN-UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DeSoto at O'Hara Streets Pittsburgh, PA I52I3 Name Address, City R.N. D .State_ -Zip_ Student D An Equal Opportunity Employer 116 Tel. 923-5900 -Say it with Flowers' We Deliver Everywhere ANTHONY FLORIST SHOP Flowers tor All ...1000 Hands Quotes - Inspirational Quotes at BrainyQuote\nTrue power means listening to and from the heart and having the commitment and humility to clear all that stands in the way of that heart connection. As the sagacious Grand Master of the Jedi Order, Yoda once said, \"Do or do not. There is no try.\" Stay true to a commitment to lead from the heart and you are sure to reap the rewards.Quiz Questions Regarding The Heart - ProProfs Quiz\nYou can complete our course in as a little as 3 weeks. Being a CNA is a rewarding job that allows you to have first hand interaction with patients and their families. Becoming a CNA gives you a strong foundation in patient care if you want to take your training to the next level and pursue a nursing career.181 Quotes About The Heart | ChristianQuotes.info\nYou work that you may keep pace with the earth and the soul of the earth. For to be idle is to become a stranger unto the seasons, and to step out of life's procession, that marches in majesty and proud submission towards the infinite. When you work, you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Continues...92 Heart Quizzes Online, Trivia, Questions & Answers ...\nTherefore the principles of the power of perception and the soul’s ability to nourish itself must lie in the heart. ~Aristotle When man is serene, the pulse of the heart flows and connects, just as pearls are joined together or like a string of red jade, then one can talk about a healthy heart. ~The Yellow Emperor’s Canon of Internal ...Power In Your Hand Quotes. QuotesGram\nHearts & Hands They never told us that the marshal wasn't Easton. \"That marshal is a good kind of chap, some of these western fellas are alright\" Situational Once they began to talk, she became horrified when she saw that the two men were handcuffed to each other. The oneQuotes about American heart association (22 quotes)\nOn some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. H. L. Mencken. 6. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.Heart Quotes - Famous Heart Quotations & Sayings\nStartup Life 17 Inspiring Quotes That Will Make Your Heart Feel Full A heart filled with gratitude and slowing down to take in the beauty all around us -- these are the things that bring true joy.When You Use Heart Energy, You Find Your True Power ...\nSharon Watson’s Jump In writing course for middle school students made my Top Picks list, so of course I was interested in reviewing her new course for high school students, The Power in Your Hands: Writing Nonfiction in High School.. As you can tell by the title, the high school course teaches nonfiction writing. It covers the structure of an essay as well as various types of essays ...Ways To Give | All Hands and Hearts - Smart Response\n“The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed” Charlotte Bronte quotes (English novelist, noted for Jane Eyre (1847), 1816-1855) Similar Quotes. About: Heart quotes. Add to Chapter...Heart quotes\nThe Power of the Heart. 1,833,890 likes · 4,891 talking about this. International Movie and Book about the amazing Power of your Heart. Join us at: Instagram: thepoweroftheheartofficial & Twitter:...Quiz & Worksheet - Summary of Hearts and Hands | Study.com\nLet us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands and an infinite scorn in our hearts. benito mussolini — Speech (1928), as quoted in The Great Quotations (1966) by George Seldes, p. 349 . Tags: us, dagger, our, teeth, bomb, hands, infinite, scornWise Quotes about Heart\nThe power of the heart can be calculated by multiplying the pressure by the flow rate. An average person has six liters of blood that circulates every minute, making the flow rate 10 −4 m 3 /s (cubic meters per second). The pressure of the heart is about 10 4 pascal, making the heart's power about one watt. This is the power of a typical ...What are common phrases using the word heart - Answers\nQuotes About Hands These inspirational quotes about hands reveal a different side to humanity. Power in the hands can be compared to power to change the world as long as it is recognized that you first have to change yourself first. The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it. Colin WilsonHeart Quotes - Quotes about Heart | YourDictionary\nNo matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.-- A. C. Green . #Strong #Heart #Broken. Because I liked you better Than suits a man to say, It irked you, and I promised I'd throw the thought away. To put the world between us We parted stiff and dry: 'Farewell,' said you, 'forget me.' 'Fare well, I will,' said I.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://bfcog.us/all-pupils-should-be-aware-drafting-of-this/","date":"2019-08-20T01:39:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315174.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820003509-20190820025509-00165.warc.gz","language_score":0.9184713959693909,"token_count":1227,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__113331175","lang":"en","text":"The abstract, as being a guideline, includes the parts that are following\n– Bibliographic description regarding the main document (In the event that abstract is of a summary nature, then your description that is bibliographic of evaluated articles is arranged in alphabetical purchase because of the very first page of this writer’s name.)\n– really abstract part (text regarding the abstract).\n– assist machine, that is extra information and records.\nSuggested plan of this abstract\nThe writing regarding the abstract is preferred to construct in accordance with the after plan:\n1) The basic component, which deals with the point and methodology of Development or research. The prologue starts aided by the heading that is subject the title associated with the area additionally the knowledge area to that the called material belongs. Upcoming is suggested the main topic of the abstract, that is narrower topic relatedness associated with the article.\n2) The descriptive component, which include data that are specific the main topic of research or development, its examined properties; temporal and spatial traits of this research. The narrative starts because of the idea that is main of the first source. Frequently into the article the primary concept becomes clear only if reading most of the product, into the abstract the presentation regarding the content starts it precedes all conclusions and evidence with it. This kind of series of presentation is important to be able through the start of the presentation to orient your reader in accordance with the content that is main of supply. The recognition of this thought that is main of supply becomes a really accountable event associated with the referent and needs him to be thoughtful aboutthe materials being evaluated.\n3) The part that is final which provides the conclusions for the writer in the refereed material. Needless to say, the author’s conclusions flow from the primary concept, consequently distinguishing the idea that is main to know the author’s conclusions. Sometimes the author’s conclusions are lacking, after which your paragraph of this essay falls away.\nTypical mistakes whenever writing an abstract\nWithin the planning associated with the abstract should avoid mistakes that are typical among which we could mention, such as for example:\n– too much information content of this text and lack of fundamental information;\n– not enough persistence (it is suggested in order to make rough sketches while reading without the need for the writer’s text);\n– distortion of meaning (language problems ought to be fixed aided by the instructor, and technical – with professionals). 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For the understanding that is correct of particulars associated with the design the menu of verbs is offered. commonly utilized in abstract texts:\na) utilized to record the issues that are main the writer reviews, defines, analyzes, names, discloses, speaks, parses, shows, sets out, illuminates, stops, reports;\nb) utilized to designate research or experimental product: the writer investigates, expresses, develops presumption, shows, improvements, finds away, considers, claims, thinks;\nc) employed essayshark for the transfer of definitions and gradations, the category of certain dilemmas, concerns: the writer determines (offers meaning), listings (indications, features, properties), characterizes, compares, formulates, contrasts, states;\nd) utilized to enumerate the problems considered into the initial supply along the method: the author applies, notices, details, schedules, mentions;\nag ag e) transmitting terms and ideas that the writer for the initial supply singles out in specific: the writer features, records, emphasizes, asserts, repeats, stops on function, over over over and over repeatedly returns, attracts attention, pays attention, concentrates attention, sharpens attention, concentrates attention, concentrates attention;\nf) utilized for generalizations, summing up: the writer makes a summary, summarizes, concludes, generalizes, sums up;\ng) fixing, noting the author’s argument associated with the initial supply making use of examples, quotes, illustrations, numbers, a number of information: mcdougal provides examples (numbers, tables), relates, relies, argues, justifies, illustrates, verifies, proves, compares, contrasts, correlates, comes, contrasts, quotes;\nh) utilized to state the positioning associated with the writer: the writer agrees (is consonant), objects, contradicts, argues, refutes, controversies, criticizes, disagrees, places ahead (leads) objections, arguments of proof.\nSummary in the presssing problem of mistakes within the abstract\nConclude, we are able to summarize the immediate following:\n1. The abstract is just a compositionally organized, generalized presentation of this content associated with the way to obtain information (articles, a wide range of articles, monographs, etc.).\n2. The abstract comprises of three components: the basic description for the text (output information, the wording regarding the subject); description for the primary content; conclusions for the referent. The abstract should reveal the fundamental principles for the supply text. The abstract must be compressed. The abstract must not develop into a “crawling” within the text.\n3. The reason for referencing: to produce a “text concerning the text.” Ligaments associated with the kind ought to be prevented:\nin 1 paragraph, in 2 paragraph, etc. Abundant quote turns the abstract into an overview. The abstract may additionally include assessment elements (one cannot but consent, the writer effectively illustrates, etc.).","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://taleofyou.ca/pages/about-you","date":"2019-02-17T03:35:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247481612.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20190217031053-20190217053053-00223.warc.gz","language_score":0.9622840285301208,"token_count":333,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__244216850","lang":"en","text":"How do you tell a story? Where do you begin? What part of the journey is most compelling? Most enigmatic? Most impossible? Our website was built with the idea that a memory is only as good as its story; it is only as good as its Tale.\nMankind has forever used symbols to carry on ideas, philosophies, and concepts. Whether it be religious symbols, flags, monuments, names, etc, the importance of a memory can be considered divine. Some stories are immortal, living through song and dance. Other memories happen in a blink of an eye, personal to you, but magnificent in their rarities. For that reason, we asked ourselves: What makes a memory more grandiose than another? What makes a story more worthy of being told? We believe that it is the way the story is being told.\nA good Tale starts with YOU. It begins with a state of mind and ends with an experience.\nTaleOfYou worships the idea of a good story, presented elegantly with mystery, passion, and glory. Our products are meant to represent different states of mind and personalities in a simple yet artistic manner. The idea is to use high-quality materials such as Leather, Metals and Natural Stones to project complexity, yet portray primitiveness. There is beauty in simplicity, and we believe that a simple symbol can depict a very complex idea or experience. After all, fashion is about telling your story, showing your colors, and speaking loudly without using your words. We hope that our carefully thought out bracelets and pendants can help symbolize the greatest tale of all, the Tale of YOU.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://irokthekitchen.com/2015/12/30/","date":"2023-02-01T08:46:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499919.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20230201081311-20230201111311-00573.warc.gz","language_score":0.7157818675041199,"token_count":87,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__155028615","lang":"en","text":"Nothing screams summer like a warm, flaky, buttery scone, kissing your lips softly and tenderly like a warm, gentle breeze. … More Blueberry Lemon Scones!\nA photographic adventure in the abandoned and forgotten.\nThe Culture Of Now\nYour one stop shop for tales of travel and theatre.\nAll the Best Concerts, All the Best Stories!\nA Journey of Self-Discovery & Adventure","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://drewfriedman.blogspot.ca/","date":"2014-09-18T13:39:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1410657127503.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20140914011207-00077-ip-10-196-40-205.us-west-1.compute.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.7469130158424377,"token_count":239,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__208968540","lang":"en","text":"|cover to Masterful Marks, lettering by|\nMasterful Marks, edited and art directed by BLAB! founder Monte Beauchamp, is a new collection of graphic biographies celebrating the lives of visionary cartoonists, and published by Simon & Schuster. I'm proud to have my eight-page comic strip \"R.Crumb & Me\" included in the book. The other contributing artists/writers: Marc Rosenthal (Charles Adams), Arnold Roth (Al Hirschfeld), Sergio Ruzzier (Charles Schulz), Nora Krug (Hergé), Peter Kuper (Harvey Kurtzman), Ryan Heshka (Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster), Mark Alan Stamaty (Jack Kirby), Nicolas Debon (Winsor McCay), Owen Smith (Lynd Kendall Ward), Larry Day (Walt Disney), Frank Stack (Rodolf Topffer), Gary Dumm (Hugh Hefner), Dan Zettwoch (Osamu Tezuka), Denis Kitchen (Dr. Suess), and Greg Clarke (Edward Gorey).\nThe first two pages to my Robert Crumb comic strip:\nOrder the book from Amazon here:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.jackfussell.com/blog/2015/3/3/i9uwqctztd0abn40ojf8x0p5h0kj31","date":"2019-09-23T00:54:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514575844.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20190923002147-20190923024147-00103.warc.gz","language_score":0.9372222423553467,"token_count":225,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__192552716","lang":"en","text":"It’s a new year with new possibilities. It sounds trivial to say this and we all do, but in reality it’s true. The amazing thing about life is that in actuality each day offers a possibility of a new start, a fresh beginning. For so many of us January is a slightly slower month of the year. The days are darker and shorter, we’re recovering from the holidays, budgets are new and usually spending is slower so we have time to think. So let’s think beyond resolutions, beyond simple behavioral changes. Let’s ask….how do we want out story to end? Once we look at the ending then we can start figuring out how to write the middle.\nWhile it’s true that we only have one life to live, the good news is that our life is more like a book than a short story. It consists of chapters, with different settings, different subplots, different phases. And thankfully each chapter also presents the opportunity to start anew, to not only move beyond the past but also the opportunity to start over.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://highwaysmagazine.co.uk/new-surfacing-guide-launched/","date":"2017-12-13T09:30:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948522343.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20171213084839-20171213104839-00225.warc.gz","language_score":0.9513893723487854,"token_count":246,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__130936147","lang":"en","text":"The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has launched a definitive industry guide to a variety of surfacing techniques that are used to maintain the highway network.\nProduced in conjunction with Highways Magazine, the Road Surface Treatments Handbook is intended as a quick user-friendly reference document for use by anyone involved with treating and maintaining roads.\nRSTA chief executive Howard Robinson said: “The main purpose of this handbook is to provide a quick and easy reference guide to help anyone involved in highway maintenance and asset management to more fully appreciate the range of techniques now available, where they can be used and what they have to offer.”\nHighways Magazine editor Alec Peachey added: “We were honoured to be asked to produce this guide on behalf of the RSTA. The content that can be found in this guide was originally published in the magazine, but to have it available in one place will be of great benefit to the industry. It is important that this type of information is shared with the industry more widely and that it can be used for years to come.”\nThe Road Surface Treatments Handbook is available to view on the Highways Magazine back issue archive here.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://cooperbaker.com/home/music/finnegan's%20dream/","date":"2022-12-01T11:15:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710808.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20221201085558-20221201115558-00677.warc.gz","language_score":0.9315187335014343,"token_count":146,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__232883476","lang":"en","text":"Finnegan's Dream is a text-sound piece made from a recording of James Joyce reading a chapter from Finnegan's Wake\n. As Joyce reads, pitch and time domain-spectral transformations are employed to alter the timbral content of his voice, eventually resulting in a sort of spectral resonator driven by the voice. Techniques used to realize the piece include spectral scaling, shifting, inversion, gating, and feedback of delayed spectral data.\nSignal processing for this piece was implemented in MaxMSP. Below is a screenshot of the pfft~ patch.\n(c)(p)2022 Cooper Baker\nAll Rights Reserved","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://dayspringfromonhigh.com/?page_id=24","date":"2017-04-30T12:41:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917125532.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031205-00594-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9503951668739319,"token_count":863,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__107557943","lang":"en","text":"DaySpring from on High is a Christ centered writing ministry dedicated to exploring the deeper mysteries of the Most High God and His Son, our Savior. The writing ministry began in 1988 under the name of Verse 1 of Psalm 91. A group of sons and daughters in Christ began sharing their insights about the mysteries of the kingdom. In 1995, the name was changed to DaySpring from on High. And in 2004, the mailing address for the ministry was moved from Texas to Missouri.\nThe gospel is free and DaySpring simply relies on the Father\nto provide as He sees fit.\nThe Bible often refers to ministers of Christ as vessels containing the water, the oil, and the wine of the Spirit. As writers, DaySpring does not emphasize the markings, personalities, denominations, titles and decorations on the clay vessels of the writers, but instead desires that the reader might receive the internal message in its purity as poured out by the Holy Spirit. Like Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Martha and Mary, we prefer the simplicity of a first name basis.\nAbout our beliefs – we refer to the scripture about the foundational beliefs in Jesus Christ as described by the Apostle Paul. And we consider all who hold those basic beliefs as being our brothers and sisters in Christ.\n1Corinthians 3:11-15 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.\nHowever, growth in Christ is a process and DaySpring desires to help readers find the gold, silver, and precious gems of the mysteries of God . Unfortunately, most of these mysteries are hidden in the carnal wood, hay and stubble. We are fellow pilgrims writing the chronology of a journey through the refining fires of the Spirit in search of precious and deeper truths.\nWhat subjects will you find in the writings? The mysteries of our God are rich and varied. The Order of Melchisedec was a mystery to the apostles and still is to Christians today. The concept of the Godhead as shown in the Hebrew names of the Most High God [El Elyon] and His Son [Yeshua] is a continuing mystery. The mystery of immortality and those who are changed from mortality to immortality in the ‘twinkling of an eye’ is described in the Transfiguration writings. Is there a roadmap to immortality laid out in the plans of the tabernacle? Are the very blueprints of the body and its nervous system inherent in the tabernacle plans? What discoveries are physical world oriented scientists making as they continually ‘bump’ into the spiritual world and become amazed that these mysteries have been hidden in scriptures from antiquity? And finally, one of the biggest mysteries of all – what is the true relationship between man and woman? Will this be revealed by the sons and daughters of the Most High God?\nRevelation 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.\nFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:\n1. Are the writings listed on the website available in print?\nAnswer: Almost all of the writings are now out of print. However, those who want to download the writing file and print it out for their individual use are free to do so. An added advantage is that the printouts will be in color rather than in black and white.\n2. Do you have a mailing list for land mail?\nAnswer: Occasionally, we do send out mailings for new writings. Those that wish to be on the land mail list may provide their addresses by contacting us.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.maearlycollege.com/event_speaker/josephus-thompson-iii/","date":"2024-02-29T02:23:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474775.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229003536-20240229033536-00509.warc.gz","language_score":0.9774881601333618,"token_count":203,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__117787238","lang":"en","text":"As a teacher and lecturer, he founded The Poetry Project, where he works in both the educational and corporate setting focusing on “Education through Correlation,” where he uses poetry as a catalyst for literacy, leadership, and service.\nThe Host of syndicated radio show, The Poetry Café his voice is heard weekly over the airwaves as he showcases talented artists from all the world. The show also tours nationally and was featured on Amazon Prime in 2020!\nHe has performed for Oprah, opened for Kanye West and Floetry, shared stages with The Last Poets, traveled to Australia, London, Seoul, and South Africa as well as back and forth across the United States sharing his gift.\nEvery day he searches for new ways to use his gifts and abilities to pursue the hopes, dreams, ambitions and purpose of his life. Poet, Host, Recording Artist, Entrepreneur, Teacher, Dreamer, Visionary, Mentor, Brother, Father, Husband, and Son…..","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.mediafusionent.com/carmilla","date":"2024-04-13T13:28:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816734.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413114018-20240413144018-00211.warc.gz","language_score":0.923260509967804,"token_count":1127,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__3257879","lang":"en","text":"Follow us on: #carmilla |carmilla-movie.com\nFeature | English | France - Ireland - Austria\nProduction Status: In Development\nI - Carmilla (Classic)\nII - Carmilla (The Homecoming)\nIII - Carmilla (The Return)\nTRILOGY PLOT SUMMARY:\nI - Carmilla (Classic)\nLogline: Carmilla comes alive as the empowering vampiress traveling the countryside to the end of time seeking revenge.\nCarmilla (Classic) presents a stylized adaptation of the classic 19th-century gothic novella \"Carmilla\" by Irish writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, the original female vampire in all her splendor, which inspired Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, Dracula, which is the prototype of an entire subgenre of vampire fiction. This film is a romantic, dramatic homage to the Countess, like Francis Ford Coppola’s resurrection of the Count. Meanwhile, on the internet, Carmilla has millions of fans await for her resurrection.\nThe film opens in Karnstein, Austria 1812 during lavish preparations for the ultimate royal wedding. Carmilla is a teenage bride coerced into a loveless marriage to an older General in order to unite powerful families. Before the ceremony begins, Carmilla sneaks away to meet her true love, one last time. Caught in their embrace, her handsome soldier is stabbed by her future husband. As he lies dying in her arms, the General signals his henchmen to annihilate her entire family. Carmilla escapes from the burning castle to see everything she knows and loves go up in flames. There, the devil appears and Carmilla makes a pact with him to avenge her entire murdered family. Open Credits.\nThroughout the rest of the movie, we see Carmilla come alive as the empowering vampiress traveling the countryside to the end of time seeking revenge.\nII - Carmilla, the Homecoming\nCarmilla, the Homecoming is a modern-day coming-of-age story of a teen-aged female vampire and her chilling tale of revenge. Carmilla's return to her homeland not only unravels the dark mysteries of the family's legacy, but it also triggers a series of events that will lead to a confrontation of power.\nWhen the beautiful, cheeky young vampiress, Carmilla, returns after hundreds of years in exile to seek cold revenge on the man who stole her family legacy, she finds herself opening her heart when she least expects it. On the eve of the first blue moon on All Soul’s Day since 1698, Carmilla Karnstein returns to her native land to take back her family legacy and title from Lukas Kaiser, a cruel and evil vampire who seized power from her family.\nUpon her return, Carmilla meets her brother, Alex, who has been Lukas’ puppet throughout the centuries and kept hostage inside the Karnstein mansion. Together they must plot revenge on Lukas, who will use the power of the blue moon to bring darkness into the world if they don’t stop him. Unexpectedly, however, Carmilla also meets Kurt, a handsome young artist with whom she falls madly in love. At the same time, Detective Decker Vordenberg, is summoned by his brother, the local priest, Father Stephan, to investigate a series of gruesome murders in the same home town. Although he has no interest in returning home, Decker is lured by the fact that the son of Angelika – Decker’s childhood sweetheart – is the primary suspect in the case. Cynical by nature, Decker’s eyes are gradually opened to the fact that the town is about to be overrun by vampires, and the unbelievable realization that both he and Stephan come from a historic line of vampire slayers. They must work fast to try to stop the evil Lukas from executing his plan, but in the end, it is up to Carmilla – who wants nothing more than to be human and free to love without restriction – who must make the most difficult choice for her life.\nCarmilla is a female action heroine and a franchise character that appeals to the broadest demographic. Carmilla Trilogy follows in the tradition of blockbuster mystery thriller franchises, such as Twilight, “Hannibal Lecter” series. Producers have established partnerships in order to set up a franchising asset that will generate high revenue in all market segments, including The Movie, Virtual World, Multiplayer Game, Publishing, Mobile Telephony, 3D Stereoscopic Movie.\nCarol Bidault de l'Isle\nCARMILLA will be shot in Louisiana, the USA where the mysterious locations of the natural landscapes will enhance the supernatural tones of the script.\nCARMILLA's multiplatform marketing campaign has established a partnership with the leading marketing firms and will capitalize on innovative, cutting-edge social networks and virtual worlds that will reach a wide audience around the world.\nThe release of CARMILLA will be theatrically released.\nThe CARMILLA Production Team is comprised of industry-recognized motion picture professionals with world-renowned production, distribution, and marketing expertise.\nFINANCING IN PLACE: 65% (In Equity and Tax incentives)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://amazingmonarch.com/indexbcf5.html?page_id=124","date":"2018-03-23T04:47:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257648178.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20180323044127-20180323064127-00447.warc.gz","language_score":0.9829916954040527,"token_count":239,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__29679689","lang":"en","text":"She weighs less than .02 of an ounce. Months earlier, her mother had left her as a tiny dot of an egg on a milkweed leaf in Ontario, Canada. Now, 2,800 miles from where she was born, she is here in Mexico thinking about flying north.\nShe knows nothing of the metamorphosis that made her or how she made this incredible odyssey to the mountaintops of central Mexico. But she is thinking of heading back north. She does not know that on her journey she will never reach the land of her birth. But she feels the urge to mate and fly away.\nOnly 750 miles northward into Texas, she, as her mother had done before in Ontario, leaves dots of eggs on a milkweed and dies. She will not know that only her great or great-great granddaughter will have a chance to taste the nectar in the place of her own birth.\nHow this tiny creature, generations removed from any prior migrant, was able to navigate the long journey from Canada to the same clumps of trees in the mountains of Mexico where her ancestors had wintered, is one of the most amazing stories in all of nature…","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://pinkdiamondbutterfly.wordpress.com/","date":"2021-05-08T13:24:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243988882.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20210508121446-20210508151446-00460.warc.gz","language_score":0.9716053009033203,"token_count":918,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__223718535","lang":"en","text":"\"Sick and tired of being sick and tired. Had as much of you as I can take. I'm so DONE, SO OVER BEING AFRAID. I've gone through the motions, I've been back and forth. I know that you're thinking you heard this before. I don't know how to say it, so I'm just gonna say it...... Fear you don't own me...\" (Excerpt from The Breakup Song,performed by Francesca Battistelli. Bart Millard/David Garcia/Franceseca Battistelli)\nFear is a thief; robs you of the very essence of who you were born to be…IF YOU GIVE IN TO IT!! Fear is a liar! It whispers to you that you won’t make it, that you are nothing, that what you have is all you will ever have, that YOU WILL FAIL. Fear is paralyzing! It keeps you stuck in a pattern of wanting to move forward, but standing still so long the world passes you by, leaving you to feel you’ve moved backwards. Fear is damaging-physically, mentally and spiritually! Try sleeping on the couch for 10 years, afraid to sleep too far from your front door-in constant fear of an unwanted, harassing intruder, mixed with memories of bedroom trauma. Fear keeps you from experiencing moments of pure joy, satisfaction and purpose, because of a panic sense that something will go wrong. Eventually you’re denying self of living on purpose with purpose.\nI am 44 years young, and I confess to living in fear much of my life. Afraid to speak up as a child for the inappropriate style of play happening on the playground–Afraid to follow my love for theatre in high school, because I thought I’d be laughed at or couldn’t make it(praise the Lord that type of thinking was not passed down to my film, theatre, drama, arts loving kids)–Afraid to speak up and fight against the emotional, and physical abuse during a relationship–A contributing factor to all of this, fear of living as my authentic, unmasked, free self! Considering I was afraid of MYself, being different, standing out and standing for what I felt was right for me, I settled in many areas. Allowing mistreatment and manipulation, with a crippling fear of following the dreams and vision for my life, became downright suffocating. I’ve just about had enough, because fear aside, it’s disobedience to what God has called me to do, and there is no joy in living contrary to how you were created to be.\nIn 2009, while being verbally abused, I heard God speak His vision into my heart.(I may not have totally understood that at the time) In 2018, I gained some understanding as to what the vision was really about. There’s been ups and downs, back and not enough forth in between those years. This year, He called me out by name, to remind me He still sees me, and that vision has not died. It may sound cliche’,but there is purpose in the pain. Even in recent weeks, as I’m navigating familiar territory of heartbreak and self doubt, I can clearly see the good to come out of it . Someone is hurting far worse than me, who needs to know, you will get through this; your life is not over; there is better for you; God loves you and is pursuing you. But if I continue to walk a lie of fear, how does that person in my reach of influence get the message? Pain pushes us closer to Him, and He’s ready to embrace if you’re just open to receive.\nI am absolutely tired of living this way! It’s not part of my design. We have an assignment, and it has almost destroyed me at times to not walk in mine. I refuse to be wasted space any longer. I refuse to be bound by others opinions and expectations any longer. I refuse to hold my head down and doubt my worth any longer, and somebody out here needs to hear how they to can put the fear, self doubt, hurts, pains, internal suffering behind them and walk into all God has for them. Please watch this short video that has helped me gain clarity for part of my life’s purpose and stay tuned for messages to follow that I pray will be a life changing blessing for someone.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://urbanhomeworks.org/archive/page/3/","date":"2023-03-27T04:26:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296946637.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20230327025922-20230327055922-00407.warc.gz","language_score":0.9663947224617004,"token_count":851,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__85410592","lang":"en","text":"A collective sigh of relief…\nYesterday, many of us experienced a collective sigh of relief. An exhale after a long-held breath. We breathed. The collective breath was deep, knowing the work is far from over as we bury 20-year-old Daunte Wright and mourn the loss of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant.\nBut strength and resiliency are not lacking in our communities. Continually, we experience and witness neighbors in North and South Minneapolis show up for each other, hold each other, and acknowledge the pain and trauma these moments inflict on all of us – whether conscious of it or not.\nAt Urban Homeworks, we ask ourselves what it means to neighbor in times like these. Neighbor is one of our longstanding Core Values. To us, to neighbor means humbly accepting that there is ongoing work to be done on oneself and a conscientious effort to do that work. Another Core Value that guides us is Step Up, which is seeing the need and taking action. We apply our Core Values internally and to the way we landlord our rental units, develop housing and people and steward the communities that have trusted us to provide dignified, affordable housing for 26 years. As paired with our mission and vision, our values drive us to work on dignified, affordable housing while standing against all forms of racism and other oppressions that our communities face daily. We must speak out. It is our duty to stand in solidarity with the marginalized and oppressed just as Jesus did when he walked this earth.\nJesus did not look away, nor did he minimize the voice or struggles of the oppressed. He acted in solidarity, as he confronted any notions of profit over people. As he developed close relationships with those the dominating society had rejected and demeaned, he modeled loving activism; he modeled Step Up, and he modeled Neighbor. He did so until the dominating culture deemed him such a threat to their way of life, to their systems of greed and oppression, that they killed him, and justified his murder for public consumption. The actions Jesus chose show us that he not only valued life of the soul, but valued the life of the body, as well. Jesus showed us with his life that the pursuit of justice is an act of care and love for the entire human being.\nDo not look away as your neighbors mourn, as your neighbors grow disheartened knowing that while Chauvin was convicted on two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter – police across this nation murdered 64 people since testimony began on March 29th. (See NY Times article for reference.)\nDo not look away or cast blame, but rather Step Up and Neighbor with us. We cannot turn our backs when those paid to protect and serve us, only protect and serve some while senselessly murdering or assaulting others. At Urban Homeworks, we believe Jesus would not look away, turn his back, or throw shame or blame on those being oppressed. We are guided by the model of activism that Jesus demonstrated in the Bible as we stand with our neighbors and fight for their collective voices to address injustice.\nAt Urban Homeworks, we feel the relief of the verdict and the weight of all the work still needing to be done. We are so grateful for this incredibly resilient and compassionate community. Thank you to all those who reached out directly with words of support and with supplies and cash donations when we put the call out in preparation for the conclusion of the Chauvin trial.\nTomorrow afternoon, less than one block from Urban Homeworks, the family of Daunte Wright will mourn the young person they lost. In partnership with Brother’s Empowered, Appetite for Change, Raising Cane, and Restoration Incorporated, we will be there providing sustenance and support. We invite our larger community to volunteer and join us in this effort to hold sacred space. If you wish to help set up or distribute food, please contact Marque Jensen, our Equity and Engagement Manager, at 612.208.8104.\nIn gratitude for the Urban Homeworks Community, and in solidarity with all those fighting for systemic justice,","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://sir-apfelot.de/en/audible-easter-offer-6-months-for-only-495-euro-34031/","date":"2023-02-01T07:51:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499911.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20230201045500-20230201075500-00726.warc.gz","language_score":0.957899272441864,"token_count":508,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__265860005","lang":"en","text":"Chapter in this post:\nAudible offers at least one free audiobook each month that you can listen to on your smartphone app, compatible Kindle e-readers, and on your computer. The subscription actually costs 9,99 euros per month. In the current Easter deal, you can get Audible for a full 6 months for only 4,95 euros each. With it you can listen to the latest audio books, catch up on classics or discover hidden treasures for your ears at super affordable prices. You can get to the offer page with this link.\nAudible Easter deal only for new customers of the audiobook offer\nIf you have already taken out an Audible subscription, a trial subscription or another deal, you will unfortunately not be able to take advantage of the current discount. However, if you have never used Audible with your current Amazon account, then click on the page linked above. Until April 7, 2021 you will get a 50% discount on the Audible subscription there, for half a year. So you can secure at least six audio books for the lowest price. Some short audio books and radio plays are available for half a month's credit, so you can even get two of them a month.\nLarge selection for all tastes and age groups\nIn addition to many exclusive in-house productions, Audible also offers numerous audio books and radio plays from various studios and broadcasters. The range includes everything and much more, from biographies and reports to fantasy and sci-fi novels to crime novels and comedy. You get your money's worth if you want to learn something new as well as if you are simply looking for something entertaining for the train ride or the cozy time on the couch. You will find radio plays for children and young people as well as audio books that are more aimed at an adult target group. Classics, contemporary literature, bestsellers and must-reads are represented as well as somewhat unknown works.\nAfter graduating from high school, Johannes completed an apprenticeship as a business assistant specializing in foreign languages. But then he decided to research and write, which resulted in his independence. For several years he has been working for Sir Apfelot, among others. His articles include product introductions, news, manuals, video games, consoles, and more. He follows Apple keynotes live via stream.\nDid you like the article and did the instructions on the blog help you? Then I would be happy if you the blog via a Steady Membership or at Patreon would support.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://bigwaifu.com/peanutnoir/story/18","date":"2024-04-12T14:04:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816024.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20240412132154-20240412162154-00023.warc.gz","language_score":0.9793035387992859,"token_count":176,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__151827975","lang":"en","text":"With all of your KINDA ACROBATIC might, you leap through the air with the grace only a feline such as yourself can carry. You wish someone were watching. It is really something.\nBy the grace of your INSPIRATIONAL BONUS achieved from reading your INCOMPLETE DIPLOMA, you manage to just barely not FAIL to leap onto the EMPTY BOOKCASE (Thanks AUNT JOLENE).\nYou let out a triumphant MEOW as you achieve JUSTLY SUCCESS, in that you land on the EMPTY BOOKCASE, but are going to have to take some time to climb up. If this were a SCRAP, you wouldn't have time for such things, but in the safety of your office, it was a perfectly well spent ACTION FLOP.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://mbempire.com/2021/09/christmas-shopping-in-2016/","date":"2021-09-22T08:55:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057337.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20210922072047-20210922102047-00631.warc.gz","language_score":0.9970993995666504,"token_count":614,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__185542881","lang":"en","text":"When I was a kid, my mother would bring me home gifts and a Christmas card every year.\nShe was the sweetest woman I ever met, and I remember her as a very special person who would always say, “I love you, Mom.”\nShe would be a happy and kind person who was able to tell me things that I didn’t know.\nOne year, we were shopping for Christmas gifts for our daughters, and my mother asked me if I wanted to bring something new.\nI said, “Oh, I want to give my mom a present!”\nShe was excited and took the box out of the bag and opened it up.\nThe box was filled with cute little clothes.\nShe put the clothes inside, and we watched as they got into our little Christmas homes.\nThere was no need for me to do anything.\nAs soon as the clothes were out of our hands, she took them and gave them to me and said, that was my favorite Christmas present.\nIt was my first Christmas present to my mom and it was the first gift she ever gave me.\nWhen my mom was my age, I would love to have the same thing she did.\nI wish I could have been there to take her picture with it when it arrived, and she could have given me a hug when she saw it.\nShe also would not have had a hard time telling me how lucky I was to have my mom.\nShe never had any trouble with my family when she was pregnant, she said, and even though she didn’t like to talk about it, she always felt like she was doing the right thing.\nI think that is because she really believed in my ability to be a good daughter, and because of that belief, she never stopped loving me and was so thankful that she was able and blessed to have a beautiful family.\nIn fact, my mom said that her mom has the best Christmas wishes she has ever had.\nShe said, if I were to give you one wish, it would be to see my mother.\nIt is hard to know what I would say to my mother when I was young, but she would always remind me that she loved me and I am blessed that she had the opportunity to be with me.\nThe best Christmas gifts that I received as a kid were the ones that I was given as a gift.\nChristmas is an important time of year, so my mom gave me gifts every year for my birthday and Christmas.\nI always loved playing with her little gifts.\nWhen my mom bought me the first big toys, I couldn’t wait to play with them.\nShe would take me to her house, and the house was full of toys.\nAs I grew older, she would take my toys to the park and give them to us as a Christmas present every year, and now that I am older, I am thankful that I have been able to keep these gifts.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://dapperconcepts.wordpress.com/","date":"2017-02-26T00:54:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501171932.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104611-00580-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9622697830200195,"token_count":675,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__207058345","lang":"en","text":"Please visit My new Blog!\nI was but a small child, a new comer to the United States of America. Escaping the same bearded mullahs who run Iran today, my parents and I started a new life in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The drastic change of scenery, along with the blistering cold brought poetry to my fathers lips. As he walked me to preschool in subzero temperatures, I can remember him reciting a poem in Farsi about how life, if lived well, is profoundly beautiful. As the partially frozen snot was coming down my nose I didn’t fully comprehend the message of the poem, but somehow I remember feeling the fuzzy notion that it was deep and powerful. In homage to this vague feeling I would make a sincere effort to show I was tough and that the cold couldn’t phase me. The poem is by Siavash Kasraie and is titled Zendegi Zeebast, which means “Life is Beautiful.” It is less a Louis Armstrong wonderful world type poem(trees of green skies of blues bright blessed days, etc) and more a somber reflection on the dutiful life. Perseverance and hope in the face of adversity will illuminate that the struggle itself is beautiful – that type of thing. In light of today’s struggles for justice and prosperity(from Oakland to Tripoli to Tehran to … ) I find that message to resonate strongly. Advocates of justice everywhere: I believe the underlying ethos of our collective struggle should be one of hope and strength, not cynicsim and despair. I will try to carry that spirit in my work going forward and in the stories and reflections I share in this blog.\nThose in my inner circle know that I have divorced the 9-5 engineering life and have moved on to focus my energies on education. I have been active in the outreach organization I started in Oakland (Oakland Science and Math Outreach) and will start a PhD program at Berkeley in the Fall in the EMST program (engineering math science and technology). I will probably end up writing more about this transition as I begin the program, but the short and rough version is that I identified a career in which I can do something social justice related while also building upon stuff I was already educated in and good at (math, engineering, talking to people, teaching math). A few days ago I read an online interview with Shepard Fairey (the artist of obama fame) and he put it very nicely. He said his embrace of street art is a means for him to indulge the many different passions he has; art, activism, politics, pop culture, etc. I feel that way about education, I can indulge myself (how selfish!). But its true, I could’nt be happier. It has an intellectual nerdy theory aspect to it, an activism and political side to it, a social and interacting with the community side, and I’ve chose to focus on STEM so that will draw upon a ton of stuff I’m already familiar with.\nWith that said, I have to bid Dapper Concepts a sweet farewell. For those who stuck by me through my literary experimentations, thank you very much. Please keep reading me at http://sepehrv.wordpress.com.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://wisecapitaluk.com/archives/359","date":"2022-05-27T06:03:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662636717.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220527050925-20220527080925-00427.warc.gz","language_score":0.9670701026916504,"token_count":311,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__291145022","lang":"en","text":"Posted November 19, 2018 12:30:00 by James BateyAuthor James Bates is on a roll, with his first solo novel out and his first new book in the last year.\nThe former CBS star’s latest is titled Lone Survivor: A Star Wars Story, which tells the story of a survivor who came to terms with his past and came to the conclusion that the galaxy was doomed.\n“I am a huge Star Wars fan, and so much of the story is told from a survivor’s point of view, and it’s a really interesting story,” Bates told Bleacher Beat.\n“What we find in this book is a guy who was in the middle of the Battle of Endor, in the heart of the battle, and he comes out of that battle with his life changed forever.”\nBates, who also starred on The Young and the Restless and in the hit series The Office, will continue writing for the new series.\nHe said the series will be a darker and more mature take on the saga.\n“It’s going to be darker and a little more mature in tone,” Batson said.\n“It’s an original, it’s going back to a lot of the original stories, and I think it’s one of the best things that’s ever been written.”\nLone survivor: A star wars story is out now from Penguin Random House.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.sanjosejazz.org/events/","date":"2021-01-25T21:19:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703644033.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20210125185643-20210125215643-00452.warc.gz","language_score":0.862556517124176,"token_count":97,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__60827619","lang":"en","text":"Book Release Event\nBetto Arcos, \"Music Stories From the Cosmic Barrio\"\nFri, Jan 29\n7pm Pacific /\nWith discussion, anecdotes and music, San Jose Jazz's Latin music coordinator Betto Arcos shines a spotlight on his new book, \"Stories From the Cosmic Barrio.\"\nSubscribe to our updates and you’ll be the first to know about coming performances, special events and happenings in San Jose's arts and culture community.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://fictionalstories.eu/scholastic-books.html","date":"2020-03-30T21:41:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370497309.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20200330212722-20200331002722-00288.warc.gz","language_score":0.9089937806129456,"token_count":803,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-16","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__20292148","lang":"en","text":"Scholastic Book Club Brochures for Issue 1 have now been distributed to students. The books in this brochure are reasonably priced and our school gains rewards for books purchased. **INTERVIEWING NOW**Each year Scholastic Book Fairs, in partnership with schools across the country, hosts more than 127,000 book-sale events that... Feb 03, 2020 · Enhance your Scholastic Book Fair experience! Not sure if a book is age appropriate for your child? Simply scan a barcode at the Book Fair to find out. Get additional book details such as author videos, award winners and podcasts. Create a favorites list and view recommendations for similar titles. Get more information about a book such as: - Reading levels - Age and grade - Book summary ... , 104.9k Followers, 654 Following, 2,669 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Scholastic Book Clubs (@scholasticbookclubs) , GROW YOUR CHILD'S LOVE OF READING. Are you and your family new to book club this year? Find out how scholastic and book club are here to support your child's reading journey with our handy guide for families. Mitsubishi 380 modsFind Scholastic Book Fairs in Spokane Valley with Address, Phone number from Yahoo US Local. Includes Scholastic Book Fairs Reviews, maps & directions to Scholastic Book Fairs in Spokane Valley and more from Yahoo US Local We solemnly swear we're obsessed with YA! I read YA is THE place for updates about new books, giveaways, author news, and exclusive content!\nNov 30, 2019 · In third grade I won a free poster from the scholastic book fair and there was a Green Day one that terrified me but my crush said Green Day was his favorite band so I got it & kept it above ... Scholastic Canada – Shop the Classroom Essentials and les indispensables du prof catalogues online to discover over 3000 exciting teacher resources, classroom supplies, and fun rewards for every class across the curriculum. Founded in 1920 by M.R. “Robbie” Robinson, Scholastic is a recognized global leader in quality educational materials for home and school. With resources for children ages Pre-K through Grade 12, Scholastic.com is a top resource for parents and educators, librarians and school administrators.\nScholastic’s We The People provides free articles and videos about social studies, civics, U.S. government, and media literacy for grades 4-10.\nA site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Author interviews, book reviews and lively book commentary are found here. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. 2 verified Scholastic Store coupons and promo codes as of Mar 5. Popular now: Discover hundreds of best-selling books for children of all ages at The Scholastic Store Online. Exclusively for Teachers. Shop Exclusive Teacher Values ; Introduce a New Teacher—Get 250 Bonus Points ; Redeem Your Bonus Points ; New Apple Recognition and 104.9k Followers, 654 Following, 2,669 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Scholastic Book Clubs (@scholasticbookclubs) Scholastic News Edition 4 - captivating nonfiction, blended-learning resources, and a whole lot more to help you meet academic standards in grade 4. Aug 23, 2019 · Teachers can never have too many books!. Through September 1st or while supplies last, head on over to the Scholastic Store where teachers only can score 50-Count Book Collections for only $50 (regularly up to $350)! TEST THEIR KNOWLEDGE Ask your students to search for unique terms found in the Harry Potter books . WIZARDRY IN PICTURES Have your students draw pictures of items found in the Harry Potter series","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://writingofmemory.scottdenham.net/uncategorized/freedom-of-thought/","date":"2024-04-16T20:31:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817106.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416191221-20240416221221-00632.warc.gz","language_score":0.9811141490936279,"token_count":1523,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__202192384","lang":"en","text":"To my beloved son Michael!\nToday it is exactly 8 days since you first saw the light of day, and should it not be vouchsafed to me to be able to relate to you the events of the last 8 days once you have reached an age of maturity, I shall write it down now.\n10 months of happiness have passed since my marriage, and I have lacked for nothing in those things which make a human being truly happy. Your dear mother and I came together, not as a result of considerations of wealth or calculation, but by true love. During the 12 months of our engagement and the 10 months of our marriage we experienced no differences of opinion, no disagreements. We enjoyed a mutual esteem and love. We were content and happy, both within ourselves and with each other, and any external attempt at interference failed in face of our mutual understanding.\nThen came the hour of your birth. The night of agony is still vivid in my mind and will not easily be forgotten. I was spending terrible nights awake in the open, the enemy before me, and in the trenches and in the ruined houses outside Paris. Death was a constant presence. But there it was only my own life that was in danger. Here it was the life of everything that I hold most dear on this earth that was in danger.\nSince that October night in the year 1870 which I spent in a house in Chatillon, awaiting the next shell which would bury us under its rubble, and I prayed to God so fervently, as never before, then I prayed not for my life, but that I should not be crippled, but prayed for a quick death and for the consolation of my father, who now rests with God, for the life of one who is now more important to me than my own.\nAt last, after hours of torment, my sister Mina sent me news of your birth. What joy, what happiness fills a father’s heart when a son is born to him! What hopes, what expectations are laid upon this young life. I must confess, I was not overjoyed by your birth, I was not eager to see you. I expected a girl.\nThe Entry into the Covenant of Abraham presented itself before my eyes. A ceremony which I have always abhorred, that is no longer in keeping with our age, that since I was a child I have regarded as unworthy to be treated as a holy act, and which ran totally in opposition to my belief in the individual’s freedom of thought, which even the penal code hints at being unlawful and which brands a human being even before he is capable of rational thought, but which is regarded as the sole pillar upon which Judaism still rests. I hold the Jewish religion in which I was raised in high esteem. I have openly professed my belief in it through times and upon occasions when others timidly hid their belief and were happy to give the impression that they did not belong (to this religion). But I do not want to believe that an ancient sanitation law constitutes the basis of a faith. How sublime the words sound: ‘ Hear, oh Israel, Israel the eternal, your God is a single, eternal Being’ for whom you should circumcise… etc of your flesh (offspring) 8 days after his birth. I am firmly of the belief that the Jewish faith will continue to rest upon the belief in a higher, eternal being, long after this practice of offering this visible sign (circumcision) has been given up as obsolete. If, after all this, you still believe that I behaved wrongly, then the damage can easily be remedied. You can redeem the sin of your father. If you have inherited at least some of my characteristics, then you will not flinch from the small amount of pain and will honour your father’s good intentions. I rely on you to remain true to the faith of your forefathers, but not to adhere blindly to ceremonies, but to act as a truly God-fearing, thinking human being.\nThe terrible 8 days are over. All (my family) have broken with me and my good mother, and my heart is heavy when I think back on the happiness and mutual accord that prevailed in our family. I do not intend to mention names. You should not grow up with resentment in your heart against any one of them. They have had other experiences, and other views. I will however mention one who remained honest and unswervingly loyal to your dear mother. One who held and kissed you. This was your young and beautiful Aunt Marie. I shall never forget this and will hold it as a holy obligation to help her in return. If it should not be possible for me to do so, you will take on this obligation.\n28 October 84. Your grandmother could not bring herself to continue to be angry with us. She was here again on Sunday and today as well, and she likes you very much. Your grandfather was also here, although he is less conciliatory, but in this too, time will bring healing. Doctor Ehrlich says that you will not thank me for what I have suffered on your account. It is possible, you cannot reproach me for this, that I forced you into something that you would later regret, but what can not be undone.\nWhilst I write I can hear you groaning in your bedroom. You have not yet learned how to cry properly! But now your dear mother has calmed you by providing you with the nourishment you require. I almost feel jealous that she loves you so much.\nToday the Reichstag election took place and I remained true to my principles, voting for the National Liberals. In the year 1870/71 I proved that one can both be a Jew and a good German and I will continue throughout my life to devote my modest strength to upholding the glory and fame of our German Fatherland.\nI hope that you also will be proud of your Fatherland and that the Fatherland will count you amongst its most loyal citizens33.\nA man who has no interest in his homeland, who is only conscious of his own needs, is not worthy of belonging to a country.\n16. February 1885\nToday, shortly before 2.00 o’clock, my most deeply loved father gave up the ghost. He passed away peacefully, without a struggle, at the age of 76 years, one month and 27 days.\nMay I always remember these last few days and never forget the constancy with which his eyes rested upon me, even in his last moments. He suffered much and for a long time, but bore it all with the patience of Job.\nA good and honest man, respected and esteemed by his fellow citizens, has left us. He was a true father to his children.\n21 May 1878. (Lak Boemer). Today the mortal remains of my deceased father were laid to rest in the earth. May it treat him as lightly as he deserves. The length of the funeral procession speaks for the high regard in which he was held.\nInscription on my father’s tombstone in the Jewish cemetery in Lichterfels.\nIn remembrance of our unforgettable husband and father, Samuel Brüll.\nBorn 21. September 1848. Died 11 April 1901.\nIn 1870/71 Samuel Brüll fought as a reserve Lieutenant in the K.b.15 Infantry Regiment for the Glory and Honour of his Fatherland.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://coachqharwood.com/superpower-north-star-and-your-anchor/","date":"2024-03-03T03:01:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476180.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303011622-20240303041622-00423.warc.gz","language_score":0.9570082426071167,"token_count":937,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__65281696","lang":"en","text":"It took me over 10 years to get clarity and understand the profound inner growth and impact that comes from a clear-cut vision statement, a firm declaration of core values, and the exalting force of the all-powerful Divine. It was those three intertwined components that put me on a roll to realize my quest, that of developing my potential.\nThe good news is that it can take you minutes to grasp this concept and only weeks to gain clarity on your personal vision, your key core values and strengthen your Divine convictions.\nI always yearned to be the best in both my personal life and career. Looking back on my long search, remarkably, I learned that if you quantify those three elements in your life, you will create the clarity, convictions, and confidence needed to be a great 21st century leader. People follow people who show confidence. They are like a magnet. You can be that confident leader magnet.\nSuperpower, North Star and Your Anchor… so, what do all of these have in common?\nDo you recall the fantasy world of Narnia, created by C.S Lewis in his widely read epic novel series, The Chronicles of Narnia? In the tale, there were three independent entities, the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, used by the author as symbols to depict an imaginative journey. They were the support characters for the reader to connect the story’s action. Likewise, Superpower, North Star and Your Anchor are the support guides in your story’s action in steering the Power of U!\nWhat is your Superpower? You were uniquely and amazingly created with a specific purpose and power – strengths – in mind. You are Humanity + Divinity. When these two powers are combined and aligned, your potential to create a world of possibilities is unlocked. The beginning of understanding your Superpower is unlocking a clear personal vision statement. Your Motivation. Your Why. Understanding your motivation makes you unique. Each Superhero has a unique power. Each person has a unique personal vision statement. Getting crystal clear on your Superpower will be the power that drives your purpose, goals, and aspirations forward.\nThe North star is famous for holding nearly still in the sky. It provides a constant directional course as it lies within one degree of the North Pole’s axis as seen from Earth. It is due North. Sailors have used it for centuries to navigate the waters. It is also 2500 times brighter than the sun and is readily found even on the darkest of nights. Your North Star is defined by your most important and revered core values by which you choose to live. Core values, your North Star, will keep you and your decision-making grounded as you navigate life’s challenges. They are your buttress and aligned with your Superpower to ensure your career goals, vocation or business targets are met. During difficult dark times, your Core Values will provide the light to keep you moving forward. As your North Star shines brighter, all will recognize and see the impact on life, leadership, and business that you are making.\nGain clarity on your personal vision, values and divinity. They will be the Superpower, North Star and Anchor that will unlock and unleash your potential to be great in life and leadership.\nThe world, our lives and our perceptions all shift like a ship at sea. They are not stable. That is why having a stabilizing anchor will empower your journey . The anchor comes in the form of understanding our Divinity. Developing strong clear convictions about the Divine provides much needed stability in an unstable world. God – The Great Growth Coach – does not change or shift like the waves of the sea. Growing in understanding of why God created you, how God sees you and what Coach expects of you will increase the Power of U! This anchor will steady your ship during turbulent times as you realize your dreams, goals and vision of what can be.\nI recently had the joy of walking a client through this Power of U! journey. The empowerment, confidence, and stabilizing force this brought to her life was transformational. It took weeks, not 10 years, to achieve. Her mindset and emotional strength shifted. The way she led her team with increased strength, direction, and confidence, was inspiring. Her supervisors and colleagues took notice.\nIt is worth the work. Take the growth steps!\nGain clarity on your personal vision, core values and Divinity. They are the Superpower, North Star and Anchor that will unlock and unleash your potential to be exceptional in life and leadership at home and in business.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://marianneschnall.com/commentary5.html","date":"2017-04-24T03:24:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917118963.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031158-00284-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9674817323684692,"token_count":1007,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__269111736","lang":"en","text":"Stress may actually be the one thing we can all relate to these days. Feminist.com's Marianne Schnall's been thinking about that lately.\n51% Show # 1140\nWhen I speak to people these days, I am struck by how overwhelmed and busy we are all feeling. It seems as though our responsibilities keep mounting, as do the constant inputs that can now reach us 24 hours a day, through emails, the Internet, our cell phones, Facebook messages and more. The combination of a sense of too much to do combined with too much coming at us can leave us feeling stressed and drained. I should know: with a new book out, two kids and all my work from my freelance writing career and running two web sites, my to-do list and email in-box seem endless. Creating balance in our lives can feel just like \"another thing to do.\" Yet it is during busy times like these that it is most important to prioritize breaks for ourselves, to remember to \"be\" rather than to \"do\" all the time, to actually be present in our lives, to pay attention to and nurture our inner worlds with just as much attention as we do our outer worlds, and carve out some quality, self-nourishing time for silence and stillness. There are many benefits to doing this, not just for our mental and physical health and well-being but for our own effectiveness in all aspects of our work and lives.\nThere are so many inputs coming at us at all hours of the day, and it is easy to be over-stimulated and live life on auto-pilot, operating on knee-jerk reactions, just to get things done. Yet, oftentimes it can be better in the long run to take a few centered breaths, or even wait overnight before responding to an important email that requires thoughtful consideration or reflection. Or, if you are having a problem that you just can't figure out no matter how much you dwell on it, take a break and try meditating, taking a shower or a walk in nature, and maybe the answer will come to you. It is in those moments of non-doing, non-thinking that we can often hear those important whisperings from deep within us. Creative ideas, our intuition, inner guidance and inspiration can come to us during those quiet times. No one else can do this for us; creating balance is something we ourselves need to prioritize and make time for ourselves.\nIt is especially important to also convey to our children the value of quiet time and the importance of \"unplugging\" occasionally. Believe me, as a BlackBerry addict who never goes anywhere without it, and everyone around me lives with the constant buzz, I know how hard this can be. Yet our children are becoming just as addicted as we are to their gadgets, preferring to spend hours on the Internet, on their computer games or watching television rather than in the outdoors, chatting on Facebook or sending out thousands of texts to their friends rather than seeing them in person. There are alarming studies about how all this time children spend on their computers and computer games are impacting the development of their brain and their social skills. So moms and dads should try hard to occasionally, purposefully -- if they can find it within themselves to do it -- set an example and get off Facebook and turn off their own BlackBerrys and iPhones and give their children the gift of focused time, where they are truly present, not just to model these behaviors but because we are sacrificing precious moments with our loved ones that we will never get back. No email message or Facebook chat will ever be able to live up to a meaningful conversation, a smile, a touch, a hug or a shared activity with those we love.\nThe world spins so fast these days, with a hurricane of news coming at us all the time creating a sensory overload, and we all have so many concerns that we have to tend to and worry about in our own lives and so many serious problems in the world that we face. And it is in times of great stress when we are in survival mode, when it is most important to stop and take a few deep breaths every once and a while, pay attention to how we are feeling, be thankful for what we have, and to enjoy life, so we can recharge ourselves and be better able to face the challenges of our lives with strength, clarity and grace. We need to pause and reflect on what is truly meaningful and ponder the mystery and magic of our lives. We need to keep in mind that technology has many benefits, but the latest technology also holds many dangerous temptations to turn us into our machines, to farther disconnect us from our natural environment and each other. Taking care of ourselves and being present for our own lives and nurturing our inner life within is one of the most important gifts we can give to ourselves, the world and those we love.\nThis commentary originally aired on 51% Show # 1140\nFollow Marianne on","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://nunuortiz.com/2016/06/13/terror/","date":"2018-02-25T05:17:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891816138.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20180225051024-20180225071024-00131.warc.gz","language_score":0.9599167704582214,"token_count":947,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__205623734","lang":"en","text":"I don’t know how to start this post. I don’t know if I’ll get my thoughts and emotions out the way I want or feel exactly… but I feel the need to express myself.\nI was that type of person that read the news everyday until it no longer became news to me. I no longer care about what I read on the news. By care I mean it no longer surprises me. I feel that I have established this part of me that I don’t normally do, repressing issues. I read the news and then it goes to that part of my mind that I don’t want to face. I don’t do this with my own personal life and feelings because I know it’s not good for you. But I found myself doing this for when I read the news.\nI am a person that deeply cares. I genuinely care for everyone’s safety and life. When I hear terrible news, I emotionally feel hurt. I got tired of feeling this way, so I guess I just shut it out.\nWhen I read about the Israeli/Palestinian conflicts, and see lives on both sides being taken, my heart cries.\nWhen I hear about bombs that went off and killed however number of people at whichever place, my heart cries\nWhen I read about animals dying because of human’s stupidity, my heart cries.\nWhen I read women crying out and demanding justice because they’ve been sexual abused and raped while their abuser is out free or not being treated the way they should be, my heart cries.\nWhen I read someone decided to go shoot 50 people at a gay club, my heart cries.\nI do care… I do… but it doesn’t surprise me anymore. It no longer holds that factor in me. But there is one thing that does…fear. When I read everything overtime, I get this huge sense of fear. And that’s scary. So I decide to repress it… what I don’t acknowledge won’t affect me right? Wrong.\nI live in a city where you constantly hear sirens. There was a time a year ago I blocked them out because it was city noise. I became use to it. It wasn’t until after the Paris attacks that I noticed something change about me…every time I hear a lot of sirens, I feel as if something big happened. I immediately get scared and search on the news to see if anything happened in the city… but nothing shows up. I search as if I am expecting bad terrible news.\nI am in a constant state of fear. Waiting for something bad to happen. I am in a constant state of fear that I may get raped as I walk home to or from work. I am in constant fear that someone will set off a bomb in my city. I am in constant fear.\nI talk how important it is to not let media control the way you think and act… but I never knew how strong it can be towards your subconscious. You can’t avoid everything.\nI don’t want to make this post about me… and it truly isn’t. I believe that the common factor here is the toll terrorism has. To those who inflect it, to those who amplify it, and to those who receive it. It’s scary to think that terror runs this world and how some people just run with it.\nI do not experience violence in my daily life. I can’t truly understand the meaning of terrorism without experiencing first hand myself. But at the same time I don’t have to. Terror is a source of power… it is a form of propaganda, a tool and a weapon.\nPeople march and sing peace on earth whenever a tragedy has happen. I’m sick of it. I wish to express my condolences to every event that has happen but I feel that it’s not enough. Even writing this post isn’t enough. It’s just me venting.\nMy heart and prayers goes out to everyone in this world that is or has been affect by violence, terror and fear.\nBut just because terror and fear exist, it doesn’t mean we are not strong. That I am not strong. I wake up everyday with a smile on my face to go face my fears. I can only pray that those that do go through darkness everyday manage to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Peace may not be achievable in this world, but having inner peace is.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.lostboyrecords.com/product/lostboyzine-7","date":"2018-05-21T18:25:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794864466.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20180521181133-20180521201133-00606.warc.gz","language_score":0.8549972176551819,"token_count":105,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__20131790","lang":"en","text":"Interviews with The Hard Aches and High Tension.\nCamp Cope and Paper Thin features.\nA bunch of record reviews.\nAll design by Hazel Chan.\nAll writing by Laura Kebby, Spencer Scott and Olly LBR.\nAll photos by Sian Sandilands, Zach Penhall and Joe Andersons.\nLimited edition physical copies available for preorder, shipping late October.\nPDF copies available too, and will be emailed to the address provided in your order within 48 hours.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://almost-kael.com/tagged/2012","date":"2014-10-21T18:20:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507444657.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005724-00167-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9896568059921265,"token_count":171,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__126821397","lang":"en","text":"DEUS EX MACHINA: PROMETHEUS\nIn my latest critic of The Cabin in the Woods, I have vigorously emphasized how I felt let down by its supposedly radical ending; therefore judging as excessive the hype generated by the promotional campaign of the film. This unnecessary fuss bugged me but I got over it. It is not like I had waited for this movie like it was the Second Coming. And to be fair, they did not market it as such. Contrary to PROMETHEUS.Read More »\nThe way it had been promoted did not only lead me to believe that I was going to see a cinematographic masterpiece; but also that something incredibly important about life itself would be revealed to me. This sounds corny but if books can be the vectors of essential revelations why films could not act as such too?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://coupons.khou.com/Necessary_Bridges_INC_/12638277/8302124.html","date":"2017-09-20T23:30:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818687582.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170920232245-20170921012245-00088.warc.gz","language_score":0.9578379988670349,"token_count":905,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-39__0__107076628","lang":"en","text":"Public Speaking Expertise\nThe company Necessary Bridges INC, and my 2015 book, Necessary Bridges: Public Speaking & Storytelling for Project Managers & Engineers have been created primarily to persuade project managers, engineers, IT professionals—and all STEM professionals—to make a 100% commitment to acquiring expertise in public speaking and storytelling.\nEvery engineer can be a better engineer by becoming a better public speaker & storyteller\nEvery citizen can be a better citizen by becoming a better public speaker & storyteller\nEvery professional can be a better professional by becoming a better public speaker\nNecessary Bridges can help you acquire public speaking expertise\nRashid N. Kapadia will inspire you to become a BRILLIANT Speaker!\nEvery engineer & STEM professional can articulate an engineering & STEM challenge as eloquently and inspirationally, as the speaker does in the audio of this clip.\nAt the very least, every engineer and STEM professional can aspire to do so.\n\"Many people have a fear of public speaking and therefore avoid this at all cost. By avoiding public speaking, I feel that we may be limiting our careers and opportunities in both our business and personal lives. This is why I think this book is so darned important. This is not your standard book on public speaking, but rather a book written by an engineer and a project manager; and I might add a personal friend of mine, Rashid Kapadia. Having the mind of an engineer, Rashid has undertaken a different approach to this topic than I have seen before, and has made some amazing and useful discoveries that I think we all can use in our daily lives. I hope you get as much out of this as I did and make a commitment to purchase and read Rashid’s excellent book. Enjoy.\" - David R.\n\"Rashid Kapadia’s new book, ‘Necessary Bridges’, has broken new ground in the literary cannon of public speaking. In a powerful, novel way he breathes new life into the professional applications (and necessities!) of becoming a competent and skilled speaker. He does so primarily for those in the engineering industry, but also by extension for anyone who wants to spread their message more purposefully, with grace and a tangible positive impact.\nKapadia’s writing is conversational in an intimate, eloquent and generous way. He’s an evangelist for the uses of public speaking, especially as it relates to engineers and project managers, and he persuades gently with a knowing wisdom and hard-won experience, born of a lifetime of self-improvement, especially in the realms of effective communication and professional development. He wants to help you inspire greatness in others, wherever you stand and whatever your aspirations.\nSome writers have a propensity for eliciting real change from their readers, simply in the way they bridge concrete practicality with a rich imagining of the improved results they help us believe are possible. Such a writer blends factual knowledge alongside the impetus for self-actualization and exploring the uppermost possibilities of our peak potential. Mr. Kapadia is such a writer. He challenges and rebukes staid conventions as much as he affirms and encourages the forging of new paths forward. He admonishes us to discover our own success possibilities by becoming more polished and persuasive speakers.\nAs such, ‘Necessary Bridges’ is a potent blueprint for enriching your own growth by becoming a skilled communicator, but it is also a highly valuable resource for anyone wanting to become a more effective leader generally. His contributions to the field will be lasting; this book is an instant classic that can be returned to again and again for insight, advice and an informed, broad-minded perspective on the art and highest utility of public speaking.\" - Richard Andrews, M.Ed, CPRS\nDirector of Education\n“Build a Thriving Speaking Business!”\n\"This is an excellent book, a necessary bridge for technical professionals who are willing to improve their public speaking skills. It is based on effective storytelling techniques and contains lots of exercises. One of the greatest strengths of this book is the comprehensive list of references about the main issues involving public speaking. I particularly like the discussion on how to achieve the state of flow in chapter 16. This book is also easy to follow and understand. It provides a solid platform to continually improve your skills. Great book!\" - Mauro T.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.lonesomelands.com/?offset=1517541647199","date":"2019-10-22T02:19:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570987795403.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20191022004128-20191022031628-00348.warc.gz","language_score":0.8860509991645813,"token_count":108,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__77842159","lang":"en","text":"Welcome to Lonesome Lands\nThey live in the lonely lands where mighty rivers twist in long reaches between the barren bluffs. Where the prairies stretch out in billowy plains of waving grass, girt only by the blue horizon, across whose endless breadth he can steer his course for days and weeks and see neither man to speak to nor hill to break the level.\nCome One, Come All\nSign up, Keep up\nStay in the Know\nUse the Newsletter Block below to collect email addresses. Learn more here.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thetroublewithnormal.tripod.com/id19.html","date":"2023-03-24T11:45:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945282.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20230324113500-20230324143500-00767.warc.gz","language_score":0.9729501008987427,"token_count":1116,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__54319512","lang":"en","text":"As you may or may not have guessed, we decided to focus on Valentine's Day. This holiday has given us a rather fucked look\nat what many of us consider \"love.\" This marketing of such emotion (and the exploitation of loneliness requisite\nwithin) has probably created a time of depression second only to the Christmas season. Being as I have never been in a relationship\nor even actually dated anybody, the focus here will be on that angle rather than more experience fuckups in love, romance\nand all that shit.\nAs I have mentioned earlier, I have yet to be in a relationship with someone of either gender. I say this not for the\nsake of pity, but rather as a vantage point from which I view things between people. For me, the appearance of events where\na date is suggested are fucking nightmares to even think about. Luckily, I don't have to worry about these events happening\nMaybe it's that I'm a \"painfully shy weirdo\" (to quote cartoonist R Crumb) underneath all my outward obnoxiousness.\nMaybe it's my wanting to relate equally without excuses. Either way, I've seemed to have voided myself as boyfriend material\nwith most women I meet. They usually seem to be taken, celibate, lesbian or some combination of the above.\nOne aftermath of my failures in love is that I tend to end up friends with the women who shoot me down. For example,\nthe person I wrote about in issue seven I consider to be a dear friend. Another person (who I haven't heard from in a while)\nput up with me and all my shit, and still was willing to be my friend. Both of these women revolutionized my life and took\nme places I would have never gone on my own.\nAnother factor entering into my confusion is that the standards by which I judge beauty have undergone a \"radical\nmakeover\" recently (no pun intended). Things like makeup and perfume, which many men consider to be attractive, strike\nlittle interest in me. The older I get, the more I look at a whole person rather than the outward appearance. That doesn't\nmean I don't look twice when I see a woman who'll \"make a dead man come\" (to steal from the Rolling Stones, who\nstole the line from '30s blues singer Lucille Bogan). What it means is that a conversation and who a person is strikes me\nas real beauty, not cosmetics. All of these changes mentally makes a person who is already lost and confused by the whole\nmeat market atmosphere of bars even more hopeless in such a situation.\nIt's easy for a person to say, \"Someday you'll find the right person.\" However, while that may be true, it\nappears to me too often to be a polite way of telling you to shut up and not depress them. I tend to be cynical on this point\nsince one out of every two marriages end in divorce, [as] our national loneliness has made a rise in the number of 1-900 phone\nsex lines [and] personal ads tend to hype people beyond who they really are. Maybe it's just my own hopes being dashed, but\nI sometimes feel that most of us have been cheated at what we call \"love.\"\nAs I get older, I'm slowly learning not to get too depressed at this situation. I'm also aware that it could very well\nchange tomorrow. However, my luck tends to dictate to be thankful for my friends and to believe (really believe, not this\nwatered down 12 step shit) in my own accomplishments.\nI'm getting less tolerant of the \"Girlfriend mentality\" prevalent in our society. This mentality tells women\nto be quiet, that their looks are more important than who they are inside, and that the opinions of men are more important\nthan their own. This pisses me off mondo, as it increases any socio-political differences between genders and helps little\noutside of an already fucked status quo. Sadly, this subservience is considered by many to be \"romantic\" as the\nrules of this game continue to be as appearance oriented as the 1980s.\nWhere does the individual fit into all this? He or she doesn't. Where does the honest expression of emotion and affection\nfit into this game? They don't.\nInstead, increased conformity to a beauty standard has become expected for women. While not as rigid for men, the standards\nstill exist here also. [In addition], standards of expected behavior for both sexes remain rigid as women are raised to be\nquiet and men get forced a diet of machismo that also inevitably leads to violent behavior.\nThere are few solid answers to the problems of how \"love\" fucks us over. Hopefully, these pages should reflect\na view that many wish to avoid. My guess is that we're going to be worse off until we stop lying to each other and begin\ntreating each other as human beings. Sadly this is easier said than done, as it requires massive introspection and a new\nlook at our own behavior. It requires us to listen to the other person and to realize the same games lead us nowhere. Until\nthen, I guess MRR columnist Christeen was right when she said that LOVE IS FUCKED.\nClick here for the authors' aside on this piece.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://inside-your-mind.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Episodes","date":"2018-06-23T11:40:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864958.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20180623113131-20180623133131-00130.warc.gz","language_score":0.9390209913253784,"token_count":154,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__102054545","lang":"en","text":"Pages in category \"Episodes\"\n“ The Fire-using teen tries to escape from his rocky prison. Can he escape? In his rocky prison...\nEscape From The Earth Part 1\n“ Kai fights Sharon and defeats her in an elemental duel, enraging Sharon, making her become...\n“ A boy is walking down the street when he sees a giant robot attacking the city. (Boy): Better...\nHero 0: Powers\n“ This is the first episode of Minecrafter by Maximus Loo2012. (Sky): Is everyone in the server?\nMinecrafted: Part 1\n“ Another day, another night, another boy magically went to the world of Dreamland.\nNew Places and Inventions","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://theengelhardts.blogspot.com/2010/05/happy-mothers-day.html","date":"2015-10-07T00:12:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-40/segments/1443736679756.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20151001215759-00178-ip-10-137-6-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9909967184066772,"token_count":270,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-40__0__47242396","lang":"en","text":"I've waited many years to be happy on Mother's Day. To not want to stay under the covers. To be able to face the joy that my friends and family were experiencing on their first Mother's Day with their brand new babes, or their excitement as they were looking at their protruding bellies and be happy for them. Truly happy for them. I feel joy, but I should be happy. I've got a perfect little boy who has been talking about the perfect Mother's Day gift for weeks. I am a mom.\nI can't help but have a heavy heart today. I want to only feel the joy, but I keep thinking of all the women who are still waiting to feel this joy. The women who want to be happy for the women in their lives with new babies, or babies on the way, but are so burdened with their own sorrow, that they will have to fake it. I can't help but think about the women who will never get to raise their children. The women who make the most difficult decision that nobody should ever have to make. Today and tomorrow I will be thinking and hoping for these women. May they get through another day where women are celebrated for having children. May they get through another day where they will undoubtedly think about the children that they no longer get to parent.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://izhyantar.ru/plasmon-resonance-nanoparticles/","date":"2022-08-11T18:06:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571483.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811164257-20220811194257-00712.warc.gz","language_score":0.8385284543037415,"token_count":689,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__66160667","lang":"en","text":"Plasmonic nanoparticles are particles whose electron density can couple with electromagnetic. It logically follows that the resonance conditions for these equations is reached when the denominator is around zero such that. For nanoparticles, localized surface plasmon oscillations can give rise to the intense colors of suspensions or sols containing the nanoparticles.\nTraduire cette pagede C Noguez – 20- Cité 1066 fois – Autres articlesfévr. For polyhedral nanoparticles, the surface plasmon resonances are studied as a function. Interparticle Coupling Effect on the Surface Plasmon Resonance of Gold.\nNanoparticles: From Theory to Applications.\nThis unique volume provides a broad introduction to plasmon resonances in nanoparticles and their novel applications. These resonant oscillations are known as surface plasmons. For small (~30nm) monodisperse gold nanoparticles the surface plasmon resonance phenomona . Gold Nanoparticles – Historical Perspective; Gold Nanoparticles – Surface Plasmon Resonance; Gold Nanoparticles – Surface Plasmon . Basics of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of gold nanoparticles due to collective oscillation of surface electrons with incident light at a specific . The plasmon resonances of metallic nanoparticles have received considerable attention for their applications in nanophotonics, biology, . The surface plasmon resonance, a unique phenomenon to plasmonic (noble metal) nanoparticles leads to strong electromagnetic fields on the particle surface . Table of contents: Plasmonic Nanoparticles Plasmonics Tutorial Modeling.\nThis video explains what Surface Plasmon Resonance technology is, how.\nGold nanoparticles with diameters of ± nm have been synthesize using the. Localized surface plasmon resonances in noble metal nanoparticles cause enhanced optical absorption and scattering that is tunable through the visible and . Ag nanoparticles were fabricated by sandwiching a Ag thin film ( – nm thick). The localized surface-plasmon resonance (SPR) excited in noble-metal . We report experimental and theoretical analysis of the plasmonic resonances of Al nanoparticles and nanorods. Ordered nanoparticle arrays with well-defined . Spectral response of plasmon resonant nanoparticles with a non-regular shape.\nGold nanoparticles-based localized surface plasmon resonance scattering analysis method for . We study the blueshift of the surface plasmon (SP) resonance energy of isolated. Dynamic modifications to the plasmon resonance of a metallic nanoparticle . Gold thin film of 610nm thickness was deposited on the glass slide and absorption spectra were measured in UV-Vis range. The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) was studied with the discrete dipole approximation considering different shapes, sizes, . The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect of metal nanoparticles (NPs) can be an effective way to improve the extraction of light produced . Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) spectroscopy of metal- lic nanoparticles is.\nShape and size dependence of the surface plasmon resonance of gold nanoparticles studied by. To deeply analyze this phenomenon, plasmon-resonant Raman scattering was.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.clickinsight.ca/blog/send-your-emetrics-haiku-today","date":"2020-07-13T18:10:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593657146247.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20200713162746-20200713192746-00527.warc.gz","language_score":0.8371269106864929,"token_count":227,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__254096451","lang":"en","text":"From Jim Sterne, in last night’s Sterne Measure’s enewsletter:\nThe End of Haiku\nThe most wonderful poems\nContest ends tonight\nCan be earned through poetry\nWrite the best haiku\nCome to eMetrics for free\nDeadline at midnight\nSend your haiku to Jim at firstname.lastname@example.org.\nI’ve sent in my first haiku entry.\nHere’s my second, on the theme actionable metrics. A much shorter version of long-standing advice to web analysts not count web traffic hits or be paralyzed by lack of about accuracy. Use ratios and trends to ratchet up online marketing performance, and you’ll be a star:\nHits? Useless you know.\nAccurate numbers? A dream.\nRatios? Trends? Love ‘em!\nRemember, deadline at midnight today.\nUPDATE – Winner Announced:\nCongratulations to Tom Miller, winner of the eMetrics Haiku contest.\n> See all Tom’s Haiku and honourable mentions.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://focusandclaireity.wordpress.com/","date":"2018-07-15T20:49:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676588972.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20180715203335-20180715223335-00118.warc.gz","language_score":0.9802376627922058,"token_count":6046,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__235054620","lang":"en","text":"For the past two years, I’ve chronicled my life as a missionary. Time to say goodbye! Continue reading\nSo, I’m moving in five days.\nFrom Missouri to Wisconsin, with a pitstop in Nashville for Elle’s bachelorette extravaganza.\nI have moved many, many times. To dorm rooms and college apartments and intern housing and a place in New Orleans with a black-and-white checkered floor. None of them—not a single one—have ever quite felt like home, although New Orleans came pretty dang close there for a while. H-o-m-e always meant my mom and dad’s house, with my creamsicle orange bedroom and DVR’d episodes of the Kardashians. Where the pop-tarts run aplenty and the Diet Coke is fully stocked. Madison, that sweet city, with it’s endless stretches of lake and homemade ice cream and free-range everything: it makes my heart beat.\nSome people thrive in transitions, and some people turn into sobbing messes. I’m somewhere in the middle. I act stoic when I say goodbye and then listen to The Oh Hellos while I drive away and cry.\nThere’s so much GOOD to look forward to. Living in Wisconsin, getting married, a new apartment above a coffee shop. But there’s so many good things I’m leaving behind, too. In Missouri, and as a #mish. If you can look at tomorrow with no fear in your heart, congratulations: you are not me.\nBut here’s the bottom-line, at the end of the day: the sadder you are to leave people and places, the more you loved them. The more you should be grateful for them. Those pages will turn and that sun will set and rise again, and we keep dancing on, from place to place to place to place. The stars are our map. Jesus is our trail guide. We will lose our way. We will find it again.\nI’ve had a really, really great week. Some snapshots of these people I love:\n…or at least it should be! I haven’t taken as many pictures this year, mainly because Mizzou is a huge journalism school and there are so many talented photographers always snapping pics. Friday night, Newman held a fiesta-themed fundraiser for … Continue reading\nY’all, I have quite a treat today. My dear friend Catie, a mish at Mankato in Minnesota, is sharing her complicated, layered story on battling anxiety and coming to terms with God. Her honesty is beautiful. If you’re interested in contributing a guest post to my new website, launching May 14, please shoot me an email here.\nNear the end of the movie American Sniper, Bradley Cooper’s character, Iraq war veteran and Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, is sitting in his living room. Gunshots, yelling, and chaos are heard, and we, the audience, assume Kyle is watching television. The camera pans around the room, revealing only a blank wall. It is then that we catch the first glimpse of the inner turmoil that plagues Kyle. He gets up, walks out of the house to the backyard, to his son’s birthday party. His son is enjoying the sunny day, playing with his friends. As viewers, we sense the relaxed, fun atmosphere. Then, Kyle’s emotions are tangibly felt through the screen. Again, we view the party, but this time through Kyle’s eyes. He is on high alert, seeing even the friendly family dog as a threat. A birthday party is no longer a light-hearted event; something disastrous can happen at any moment, and Kyle cannot help but be on constant guard. To the outside world, there is little to be anxious about. To Kyle, struggling with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), an illness in a class of anxiety disorders, it is as if everyone is dancing around land mines. Director Clint Eastwood nearly perfectly enthralls us into Kyle’s mind, immediately sensing the false urgency. We know there is no real threat, but we can’t help but feel threatened.\nAs someone with an anxiety disorder, I deeply connected with that simple scene. Eastwood and Cooper did a fantastic job at portraying the way individuals with anxiety disorder perceive the world compared to what is ‘actually’ happening. Finally, someone was able to explain to the rest of the world what goes through my mind. The sense of panic, the invisible threat, the worst case scenario, the way two people can be in the same setting, but have very different experiences. Dear rest of the world, this is what it is like for those of us who are battling far more than you see.\nHowever, I don’t consider myself a victim, though I used to. I’m not embarrassed to take medicine for my illness, though I used to be. And finally, I’m not scared to share about it, although I would say I am more guarded. I cannot attribute any of this growth to my own doing. It is all through Jesus Christ, who gives me the strength to carry this cross with both joy and dignity. This post is the fruit of hours of prayer, months of encouragement, and years of anxiety. To share this message with you is an incredible gift. I’ll walk you through my journey, the struggles, and the ultimate joy I’ve encountered now, especially serving as a full-time Catholic missionary. I hope this blog will encourage those of you who have an anxiety disorder, and bring light to those who don’t. Most importantly, I desire for you to know the love Christ has for you personally, despite whatever you think is too big for him to love you through.\nI am the daughter of two very loving parents from a stable, middle-class Catholic home. We went to church most Sundays, and prayed before meals and bedtime. There were few things I had to worry about as a child. The phrase, “I’m bored,” also never passed my lips. How could I be bored, when there was so much to explore? Walking through our small woods in the backyard became an epic adventure, thrills lurking around every tree. That same imagination was also my demise, crafting grand disasters in my head (One of my biggest fears was that someone would drive by our house, through a match on our driveway, and start our house on fire- my family jokes about that now). Overall, though, it wasn’t anything to be concerned about, just a healthy little girl enjoying the world around her. High school certainly presented more challenges (And don’t worry, I grew out of the match-on-the-driveway fear), but even through that I remained pretty grounded. With fabulous friends, excellent grades, and living life as a top athlete, I had a really beautiful life, and I was extraordinarily happy. Faith wasn’t central to my life, but it certainly played a part.\nThen college hit. The pressures to do well in my pre-medicine classes, to perform every day on the track as a collegiate varsity athlete, develop friendships and keep the relationship I was in healthy, all at once, took a toll. I found myself wearing thin, crying more, and thirsting for happiness. I wasn’t praying like I used to, and I didn’t take the effort to live my life in the way God wanted to lead me. Still, I wouldn’t say I had an anxiety disorder yet. My worries weren’t out of proportion. I had genuine reasons to be sad- missing my family, friends, old teammates, and the drastic changes from living at home to living in a college dorm were difficult for me to process.\nBy sophomore year, life became more balanced. I loved my roommates, was doing very well in school, was slowly taking steps to grow in my faith, and was consistently racing well. Finally, for the first time in a year, I finally felt like myself again. However, that wouldn’t be for long. Two major events would soon become pivotal landmarks in my life.\nFinals had just finished after my sophomore year, and I was in my last race of the season. In the lead the whole way, I grinned as I neared the finish line. I was only 100 meters away when I realized something was very wrong. My muscles weren’t moving like they usually did, and I gasped for more oxygen. Collapsing at the finish line, I was eventually taken to the hospital. There I received a terrifying diagnosis: my kidneys had completely failed. For a week, I was becoming weaker, with no diagnosis or treatment. And then, one night, God healed me. The doctors had no explanation as to why I was better, just that I was, and I was able to go home.\nJust three months after my hospital stay, I survived yet another rare threat on my life: a plane crash. I was in a four-person seaplane in Minnesota when we crashed into a small swamp. Again, miraculously, God saved my life. As I laid on a hospital bed yet again that summer, God clearly spoke to me, telling me to be a leader in my faith. It was that moment I realized I needed to work on living life totally for him.\nThese two events triggered two major chain reactions. I plunged deeper into my faith, but also experienced, for the first time, what it was like to have deep anxiety. It is common for individuals with a genetic predisposition to generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) to have it ‘flare up’ either in their twenties, or after traumatic life events. I had the double whammy.\nIt wasn’t an immediate change. I tried to adjust to life post-two-near-death-experiences, settling into a relatively smooth rhythm. But slowly, I noticed subtle changes as the fall semester wore on. I was excessively stressed, but I justified my stress with the fact that I did have a lot to be stressed about. I was more irritable, but I figured it was just because I was tired. I would be sad, confused, and angry, all at the same time, but thought I was just being overdramatic. It felt as if a gorilla was sitting on my chest as I tried to sleep at night, suffocating me. My thoughts constantly wandered, and focusing in class was near impossible. Loneliness crept in, and I felt extremely isolated from the ‘outside world’.\nIt was the changes in my gratitude to God that indicated to me that something might be wrong. Following the plane crash, my faith wavered but remained a constant. I still attended mass weekly, and began attending a bible study. One day, a priest asked us to share in our small group one good thing from the week, and I remember literally not being able to think of anything. Mind you, I was a doing well in track, got to see my family at nearly every track meet, and was doing well academically. This was when I noticed something might be wrong. I thought I was just being ungrateful to God for his abundant blessings, and that tore me apart. I wrote often in my journal, telling God that I wanted so badly to enjoy all the good things He had given me, but I didn’t know how.\nIronically, I was a mentor for students with mental disorders, and for the past two years the ladies I served both had anxiety. I was fully aware of the signs of an anxiety disorder, and started to notice that I was the one now experiencing the symptoms. I almost started to feel like a hypocrite as I guided these students, and yet did nothing about my own problem. Slowly, I sank deeper into a pit of ignorance and denial, while at the same time drowning in my anxieties.\nThank Jesus for a fantastic friend who had anxiety and encouraged me to see a doctor as I explained to her all that was happening. It took me forever to make that call. While I so desperately wanted to be healed, I didn’t want to admit I had a mental disease. In my mind, I had always been put together. Here I was, having to acknowledge that I was falling apart.\nWhen I finally made the call, the doctor sent me to see a counselor first. I felt so ashamed on the walk to student Health Services. In the building, I hid my face, not wanting others to know I was there to see a *gasp* counselor. But as my name was called to go to the counselor’s office, I breathed a sigh of relief, knowing I may find peace of mind once again.\nThe counselor was fantastic, and asked many questions regarding what I enjoy, what my daily life looks like, what events I run in track, everything, without being pushy. He dug deeper, asking about how I react to certain events, why I knew I needed to talk to someone about this. After an hour, my counselor confirmed what I was afraid of: I had generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). It was a strange dichotomy-I was both embarrassed and relieeved to hear that I actually was ill.\nBefore I put myself into a very small box and make it seem as though this is a rare disease, I want to be clear. Anxiety disorders are unfortunately not uncommon in the United States. Forty million adults, that’s 18% of all Americans over the age of 18, are affected with an anxiety disorder (stats can be found here). Unfortunately, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, only a third of those suffering from anxiety disorders seek treatment. That’s a lot of people struggling without aid, and it breaks my heart, because I know the beauty that comes from receiving help. There are many different kinds of anxiety disorders, just as there are many different classes of disease that can make you nauseous or have a headache. These disorders encompass a wide range, including GAD, PTSD, social anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.\nWhen I was diagnosed, I instantly feared the way the world would see me. Despite commonality, there’s still such a stigma around the term ‘mental illness.’ Would people think I was strange? Would I be treated differently? Only a handful of people were trusted with my diagnosis. I didn’t even tell my family until nearly a year later. Up until that point, I always saw those with mental illness as somehow damaged, like they couldn’t fit in to the daily grind of life and all that comes with it. And yet, there I was, living life. How was I to make sense of this all?\nMy counselor gave me many cognitive behavior therapy exercises, which basically means he suggested different ways of viewing things and ways to step out of my anxiety when it hit. It was now summer, life was more relaxed, and I was able to handle the lower level of anxiety with these exercises. Sure, it would ‘flare up,’ but never to the extent it had been during the school year. I started to think I was healed. Perhaps all I needed was to be guided on healthy ways of dealing with anxiety, and I was fine. I stopped going to see my counselor, thinking I had received the help I needed.\nIt turned out I was not healed. Senior year started, and along with it came downpours of anxiety storms. Things that normally caused me slight stress were causing me to fixate and run circles in my brain. All the while, small decisions seemed nearly impossible to make, because I was so exhausted from trying to figure out the big issues. I knew I my fears weren’t reasonable, but I felt helpless to combat them.\nThe hallmark of GAD is that the anxiety isn’t over any one thing in particular. Anxiety may be triggered by an upcoming exam, but it hangs around even after the test. I’d sit in my room, heart pounding, on edge, with a mind that was racing in no specific direction. Imagine you are trying to relax while sitting in a room with ten televisions, all turned on, playing different programs, at the loudest volume. This was my life, and the ‘noise’ from my brain was unbearable. I’d even go so far as to describe it as crippling.\nI’ll never forget the day I realized it was time to go back to my counselor. The noise in my mind had become so loud; it was if a speaker finally blew. All of the sudden, silence. But it wasn’t a good silence. I was standing in our student lounge, and looked around. It felt as though I was having an out of body experience. I knew where I was, but I felt, and wanted to be, invisible. The quiet scared me, because it wasn’t from peace. It was if I was being smothered, and couldn’t scream out. Immediately, I called for an appointment.\nAfter explaining to a counselor what had happened, she gently said, “I recommend you make an appointment with your doctor. I think it’s time you seek medication.” For the second time in this journey, I was both relieved to know I’d be receiving help, but also horribly embarrassed. Was I so far gone that my only hope was to be medicated? Or did I not actually need medication, and was making a bigger deal out of something that I could fix, or ‘pray away’? Most important, did accepting medication mean that I had stopped trusting in God?\nAlong with emotional hesitations about taking medication, I also had scientific reservations. As a pre-medicine student who hoped to prescribe medications one day only as a last resort, I wasn’t really on board with the idea of pumping more chemicals into my body. I knew full well the side effects of the possible medications I would be put on, and I wasn’t sure if I was willing to put that on myself. In my days as a nursing assistant, I frequently gave similar medications to my patients, and heard many complaints from them of how these medicines affected their moods and personalities. I had never doubted the brevity and existence of mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety, but I thought these were diseases that in most cases shouldn’t be treated with medication. Finding myself at the point that I thought should only be a last resort was an extremely humbling experience.\nFortunately, I had a fantastic doctor who walked with me every step of the way. When I didn’t like how a medication made me feel, she instantly changed my prescription. Together, we found medicine that didn’t diminish my personality- just freed me from excessive anxiety. There aren’t enough words to describe how liberated I felt. Seriously. To be fully alive and present in the moment once more was a gift. I could have a conversation, and really listen to the other person without having a thousand things racking my brain. My focus was back, and I enjoyed going to classes because I could now actually learn instead of panic about the million things zooming through my mind. I didn’t feel the need to justify every small decision I made, or stew over them for hours later.\nThe greatest freedom was in the gratitude I finally felt once more. For so long, I hadn’t been able to authentically thank God for anything. I would attempt, and try, but it always seemed to be forced and untruthful. The last thing I wanted was to lie to Jesus, but I also knew how deserving he was of my thankfulness. Never again do I take feelings of gratitude for granted. What a gift it is to be able to recognize blessings.\nA friend told me a story that especially helped me grapple with the faith hesitations I had had:\n“There once was a man out sailing on the ocean. His boat capsized, and he was left clinging to a life raft and would die if he were not soon saved. He prayed and asked God to save his life. A few hours later, a fishing boat saw him struggling. The captain of the boat invited the suffering man to come aboard, and they would take him to safety. The sailor, expecting a miracle, or an angel, or some grand act of God, refused the help, saying, ‘God will save me.’”\nGod sometimes works miracles. Most of the time, though, he veils himself and his good works in the simple acts of kindness of others, and gifts to better our circumstances. In this story, God had drawn the fishing boat captain to notice the drifting sailor, and it was out of God’s kindness that the captain invited the sailor aboard. Yet, because the rescue was not in the form the sailor anticipated, he instead let his saving grace pass on by.\nOf all my hesitations and qualms, the biggest fear I had was that I was ‘quitting my trust’ with God by taking medicine. Jesus Christ is the Prince of Peace. I realized that without being medicated, I could not find peace. Did that mean I didn’t trust fully in Christ’s ability to grant peace? This story helped me to say, no. Instead, I found myself thanking God for gifting humans with knowledge to create medications that allowed me to once again feel like the person I was created to be. He could have miraculously freed me from anxiety. Or, he could allow me to continue to battle, knowing the greater good that would come out of my struggle. And oh, how He has blessed me in these past three years.\nNow, the majority of my days are free from excessive anxiety. I am so much more balanced than I was during college, praise Jesus. There are definitely still strings of days, even weeks, where my anxiety becomes unbearable. However, I know the signs to look for, and I also know how to battle through them. I’m more in tune with myself, and that’s a gift. Generally, I can sense the day before my anxiety will ‘hit’, so to speak, and can prepare myself by knowing I’ll need to spend a little more alone time that day, and enjoy a quiet night with some yoga to calm down. Usually, there is a trigger, such as a relationship dispute, but there isn’t always. The unpredictability is certainly tough, but I’ve come to recognize my telltale signs, and able to take steps to diminish the effect.\nIt is not an easy road, and I certainly wouldn’t wish it upon anyone, but I can honestly say that having GAD and battling through this has made me a better person. My relationship with Christ has been immensely strengthened through this struggle. Recently, I was speaking to a religious sister about my relationship with my anxiety, and she told me she was amazed at how I’ve embraced it. My relationship with God can no longer be one of comfort when my comfort is ripped out beneath me. I am totally, completely dependent on God’s grace during days of intense anxiety. Even just talking to friends is a laborious task. During my bouts of anxiety, it becomes so clear that without Jesus, I am nothing, but with him, “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me (Phil 4:13).”\nThis has also created opportunities to unite my sufferings with Jesus on the cross. I may not have nail wounds in my hands, but my inner torment bleeds just as much. There’s so much to be said of the power of silent suffering. Because my brokenness isn’t visible on the outside, I can give so much more to Jesus during my anxiety outbreaks. Just as Jesus was alone during his pain and sorrow in the agony in the garden, no one comes rushing to my aid to mend dysfunctional brain chemicals. That gets to be between solely between Jesus and me. It’s our private connection, so much more intimate than merely talking.\nThere are so many people with chronic illnesses, encountering so much more pain than I on a daily basis. To at least be able to unite myself with them in a small way has helped me understand the pain it is to be human on this earth awaiting heaven. As a missionary, I’ve found my diagnosis to be a unique way to relate to the many college students who also suffer from anxiety (Far more common than you may realize). To relate to something so personal quickly deepens trust, and I’m grateful for the relationships I’ve developed through pain.\nAnother great grace in my life has been the incredible support systems I’ve had throughout this journey. I’ve experienced such and deep outpouring of love. While I do not share with many about my GAD, those who I have told have been so caring and taken the time to learn more.\nFriends have asked me how they can help during times when I’m exceptionally anxious. If you care for someone with GAD, you’re probably wondering the same thing. The best thing you can do is just to ask how you can help. Everyone is different. For me, it means so much to hear others say they’re praying for me, to do simple tasks like washing my dishes (because even the small daily chores feel like trying to build a sandcastle out of marble on tough days), and just understand that I may not want to talk as much, and that’s okay. Never, ever, undermine someone who has GAD’s worries. They realize they’re being irrational, but that doesn’t stop the anxiousness. Just be patient and loving.\nIf you’re reading this and think you recognize many of the symptoms of GAD in yourself, I encourage you to visit a counselor. There is no shame in seeking help. It is a huge act of humility and courage to acknowledge that you can’t do this alone. Please, take care of yourself.\nThank you so much for taking the time to read about this journey. God works in all things, in all people, in all times. I am so utterly convinced of this. Each day he has new lessons to learn and graces to give. Through something that could have at first seemed to be devastating, He breathed new life and transformed me. I know that without GAD I would not be as close to Him as I am today. Praise Him for He is holy and worthy of all honor.\nMy mom, seester + Aunt Peg came to see me this weekend.\nIf you’re a Claire-type, you do things like make everyone order two doughnuts and watch The Bruce Jenner on TV. If you’re an Ellie-type, you take a lot of snapchats and google the lyrics to the Zack and Cody theme song so you can sing it while riding the luggage cart (maybe I joined in. Maybe I didn’t.) If you’re a Momma-Grace-type, you triumphantly locate the Chick-Fil-A and then drive two hours to buy pencils at the Mark Twain museum. If you’re an Aunt-Peg-type, you ask the waitress for more chips because the nacho cheese is overwhelming.\nPossibly unrelated side note, but wise Seester Observation: we have Netflix, iWatches and GPS, but no matter what the world brings, there will ALWAYS be hotel brochures. Google be damned, there will be a rack of brochures on that city’s random tourist attractions (The Cheese Haus! The world’ s largest coffee mug!) until the apocalypse occurs.\nHere’s why family is good: they laugh at your jokes even when they’re not that funny. They don’t mind that you talk about Wisconsin all the time. They understand that you need to watch The Bruce Jenner. They think two doughnuts is a completely acceptable breakfast. They stop and pause at things like Mark Twain’s house, which really, who cares about these days? They drive 3 miles off the highway for Chick-Fil-A. They highly encourage Excessive Trail Mix Eating. They know all of the words to “Harper Valley PTA”. They finish your gin and tonics. They YouTube “brides tripping down the aisle” without considering why that might traumatize you for life. They buy you Swiffer WetJet fluid because you’re out.\nMy family has come to see me in a lot of places by this point: DC, New York, New Orleans, Columbia. They will hop over, wherever I am, to drive me to Target and pinterest wedding decorations. They will always bring Diet Coke. They will always bring joy.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.eveadamson.com/","date":"2013-06-19T05:39:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707906397/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123826-00081-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9498896598815918,"token_count":385,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__124967679","lang":"en","text":"Eve is a five-time New York Times bestselling author and award-winning freelance writer living in Iowa. She is available on a limited basis for co-authoring or ghostwriting with celebrities and established professionals. She has written or co-written over 50 books. Her specialty areas include health, dieting, fitness, self-help, personal development, memoir, and fiction. She has co-authored with such celebrities and experts as TV star Bethenny Frankel, actress Elisabeth Rohm, Lenox Hill Hospital cardiologist Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, international fashion model Sarah Deanna, executive chef Melissa Kelly, former New York Times restaurant critic Bryan Miller, and Chicago-based \"Green Mom\" Beth Aldrich. Eve has also written hundreds of magazine articles and occasionally blogs about food, yoga, and travel.\n\"Eve Adamson, my co-writer, you are the most patient, calm, and efficient writer who completely 'gets' it, me, and anything I want to express. I always write endlessly and give you a mess, and you happily and diligently structure it. You are so talented, and you know so much about everything that is important to me. You are my Bernie Taupin, and this will be a lifelong journey, so stay healthy!\"\nBethenny Frankel, television personality\n\"Eve Adamson, you are my better half and helped me to find my truth.\"\nElisabeth Rohm, actress\n“I am so grateful to Eve Adamson, for it is amazing to work with a writer who gets you, your voice, and your twisted sense of humor.”\nHaylie Pomroy, celebrity nutritionist\nIf you are interested in hiring Eve to co-author or ghostwrite your book, please contact:\nTrident Media Group\n41 Madison Avenue, 36th Floor\nNew York, NY 10010","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.dreamstrivesucceed.com/blog/2014/12/about-face/","date":"2018-02-22T07:10:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891814036.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20180222061730-20180222081730-00609.warc.gz","language_score":0.9803305864334106,"token_count":1294,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__18113666","lang":"en","text":"October 29, 2012. That was the last time I wrote anything here. The wheels kind of fell off, honestly. Work got crazy, and after running my only race in October 2013, I have been in and out and back in physical therapy again for my hip issues, and work got crazy again and again, and will again soon. The good news is that we have made great progress in PT, and I may yet run again next year.\nWhen I started this blog, I was heavily into running and duathlons, etc. Now, thanks to injury, I am not, and I am essentially learning to walk all over again, before I can run. But something happened the other night that had an effect on me, and the last line of my notes from that experience said “Resurrect the blog?”\nSo here I am. Hello, World, 2.0. (And, because this is me, I can’t not talk about my dog…)\nLast month, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the 2014 Women in Public Service Conference at Hamline University. Being in the same room with such amazing women really inspired me to think about where I’ve been and where I might be going in my career.\nAs it happens, the 2 sessions I attended at the conference were heavily focused on concepts from Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In book. I haven’t read the book. On purpose. I dismissed it out of hand when it came out. I figured it was really geared to women who were trying to balance families and work and their lives. I don’t have kids, so I figured it wouldn’t mean much to me. (Side note: I plan to read the book while on vacation in December… I feel like if I read it, and don’t agree with it, that’s one thing. Dismissing it without reading it seems unfair. That’s my stance on voting, too. I can’t complain about my elected officials if I didn’t vote.)\nThe people talking at the conference talked a lot about the concept of “What would you do if you weren’t afraid,” and that leaning in meant daring to dream (big or small) and take the baby steps to achieve those dreams. I learned that there were local Lean In circles all over the country, including here in the Twin Cities, that had popped up in the wake of the book, a way for people to gather locally and explore personal and professional growth and leadership. The group meets as a larger group on the even months, and meets as smaller groups on the odd months.\nWednesday evening, I stepped outside of my comfort zone and went to my first large group meeting. I have a tinge of social anxiety. I am an ambivert, capable of being extroverted, but I also need my introverted recharge time. If I am attending a gathering of people I don’t know, it is very hard for me to actually get out the door to attend the event. It’s sometimes even hard when it is people I do know, but it’s most crushing and difficult when it is people I don’t know.\nFortunately, someone in my area had asked to carpool, and a 3rd person also wanted to carpool, so I offered to drive, and met some great people in my neighborhood as a result. It had the added advantage that I wouldn’t be walking into the gathering all by myself. I would already know Molly and Jenn, a little bit.\nThe large group experience was great. There was the “What would you do if you weren’t afraid” icebreaker, and it was amazing how comfortable I felt sharing in front of a group I didn’t know. (Maybe that made it easier…) Then we broke into our smaller groups for conversation & connection, and when we re-convened, we heard a wonderful speaker.\nCarol took the time to give us an overview of the books and research of Brene Brown, a prominent scholar and author around the subjects of shame, vulnerability, and wholeheartedness. Carol’s speech was filled with obvious passion for her subject, and really took the time to connect with us as she spoke.\nI bought Brown’s book The Gifts of Imperfection a few months ago. I read a couple of chapters, which seemed engaging and interesting, then put the book down and haven’t picked it back up since. I went home from the meeting, ordered Brown’s other 2 books, and plan to spend some time reading and reflecting on them in the next couple of months.\nI asked a good friend, who I thought might be familiar with Brown’s work, if she’d be interested in being a local sounding board as I read these books, as it seems that a key tenet of Brown’s work is having people in your life that you can trust as you examine what you want in your life and how you want to get there.\nI think that’s the turn this blog will likely take. As I read, and as I process through things, I’d like to post some of them here. A bit of navel-gazing, to be sure, but I hope that some of what I post resonates with the 1.5 of you who will see this blog entry.\nFor those of you who read this blog because of running and physical activity, this blog probably won’t focus on that for a while, so check back in sometime next year if you’re not interested in reading and thinking more about how to really throw yourself into living your life instead of just existing through the days and hours (which, if you’re not, I won’t be offended….).\nI’m 40 now, and it feels like time to examine where I am now (which is a great place, don’t get me wrong. I am not unhappy with my life, but there is always room for improvement!) and what the future might hold, if only I don’t stand in my own way.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://anwarawna.blogspot.com/2010/02/fallen-family.html","date":"2018-07-18T20:13:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590329.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20180718193656-20180718213656-00036.warc.gz","language_score":0.9803758263587952,"token_count":588,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__212918878","lang":"en","text":"there were a time when this family become well-known around the atmosphere. people knew them because of their involvement in many fields. their academic achievement and their activitely in co-coriculum. this family expanded their popularity when their reached their senior year. the moments when the juniors looking up to them. the family are very united, tolerated, together, alert, and exxagerate. they hold arm to arms, hand to hands in every situation. many parties and events they organised to make it better. and they made it success full. i very positively sure that, they were a happy family at home. yet, they are full of conflict or fighting but they still like brothers and sisters that fighting for a silly things. moreover the war that used to happen that split the family into two, finally made a peace. and miracle happen when the bond of the family become more extremely stronger.\nsecond by seconds, minute by minute, hours by hours, day by days. somehow its seem quite and full of silence. the cheerful and laughter that been heard all this time is gone. are they made their minds to went to separate ways? some are still staying together, see each other and loitering. some are only thinking for the sake of two of them. some are gone to a place when people didn't find them,expelled themselves from the society. some are they busy make a money for their life. must this become the excuses of them not staying together again. even though we are not seeing each other like before, going recess like before, mixing the chemical or calculate the add math together like before doesn't mean we must forgetting each other anymore. we must not to be a stranger when seeing each other in the future.\nhow? how? how is this happen? did the God plans this, so we get more better in relationship? why this happen? did you all forget all the times we been together? we all are grown ups, we can think what are the best of us. what make our relationship become unite and happy every time. looking at the photo when we reach a enjoy and cheerful moments. but, i wander where are the elements that we used to have gone?\ncome on people whose listen and invovled, open la your mind. accept this fate, we are trying to fading the past of wonderful and making the future of misearable. sorry if thing did not happened like we used to plan, sorry for promise that never be fulfill. and sorry if this fear of losing friendship that used to be haunting on us coming reality.\ni pray, i wish, i doa to Al-Mighty hope that we still friends and Friends forever!\nthis is not a drama i want to tell, but this a life that full of drama i wish to end.\nhope there will be a happy endings for this story that i regret to show.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://art2day.net/art2day-comics-1st-edition-on-amazon-kindle/","date":"2024-02-23T10:51:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474377.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223085439-20240223115439-00183.warc.gz","language_score":0.9627789258956909,"token_count":154,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__146907234","lang":"en","text":"aRt2Day Comic 1st Edition\nEXPAND + TO READ FACEBOOK STORIES\nThe Unique Story of Art2Day Comic 1st Edition\nIt is an interesting and hilarious story of a Chicken Soup Billionaire, Green, whose small-time chicken business grew to become one of the most famous chains of restaurants around the world. The Best Dressed Chicken in Town, was Green's famous slogan. And \"Who can beat the best-dressed chicken in town?\"\nThe Story is based on a novel by bjon Agera titled, \"Count My Money\", simply because Green was addicted to counting his money, which can be purchased on Amazon; However, the Kindle Comic version adopted a slightly different title: \"The Sex of the Money\".","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://c2csandiego.biz/New%20Strike%20Novel","date":"2021-03-08T16:02:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178385378.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20210308143535-20210308173535-00141.warc.gz","language_score":0.7844535708427429,"token_count":1769,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__43144638","lang":"en","text":"Strike returns in Lethal White – out now Read more. News CB Strike premieres tonight on Cinemax Read more. News Strike returns to BBC One with Career of Evil Read more. News Strike – The Cuckoo’s Calling Airs on BBC One Read more. News Holliday Grainger plays Robin Ellacott Read more. Synopsis: Cormoran Strike investigates the disappearance of an author who keeps erratically tweeting about wizards crapping their pants. Robin goes undercover as a Twitter egg to find out if Hufflepuffs are anti-vaxxers. Buckbeak bites Cormoran's bad leg during a bar fight. 04/03/2018 · How does BBC series Strike compare to the original JK Rowling novels? 12 killer crime dramas coming to TV in 2018; With that in mind, then, Strike might be put on the shelf for a while, with lead actor Tom Burke suggesting they might not even start work on new episodes until 2019 – the Sherlock approach, we’ll call it. 10/07/2018 · Cormoran Strike Book 4 ‘Lethal White’ Synopsis “I seen a kid killed he strangled it, up by the horse.” When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike’s office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled.\nCormoran Strike comes in in the context whereby the supermodel’s brother, John Bristow, gives scant credence to suicide and him as a private investigator instead, to delve into the matter. The first book in this book series, Cuckoo’s Calling, starts with the location where the supermodel, Lula Landry, has met her death in what at first glance appears as a result of drug overdose. In 1939, as the European mainland faced the crisis of a Neuroi invasion of unprecedented scale, Imperial Army and Navy Witches from the far off Fuso Empire were sent to the battlefield as volunteer soldiers. 24/04/2015 · “The fourth primogenitor” – That’s the world’s strongest vampire that should only exist in legends. Accompanied even by twelve Kenjuu and spreading calamity, this.\nStrike is a British television series based on the detective novels written by J.K. Rowling. J.K Rowling’s detective Cormoran Strike is heading back to the BBC with four new episodes of. Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger will return to BBC One for new series Strike - LethalWhite based on the crime novel by Robert. Webnovel - novel - STB System In Strike The Blood - Seion - 86 - Chapter 86: New Quest. The second novel that Galbraith published in the Cormoran Strike detective series was The Silkworm in 2014. The Silkworm is a novel that is crafted with numerous twists. Cormoran Strike is once again the main character, along with his assistant, Robin Ellacott. The case he must investigate is concerning Owen Quine disappearance. 30/08/2017 · T he BBC's first adaptation of JK Rowling's series of Strike novels was a ratings hit last weekend, with two more adaptations on the way. But according to Rowling, it's only the beginning of what she believes will be a vast Strike legacy, as she has many more novels in the pipeline about the war veteran turned detective.\nYou now have the chance to win a SIGNED COPY of the fourth Strike novel Lethal White by Robert Galbraith aka J.K. Rowling through our newRead. 25/03/2018 · Strike: JK Rowling completes new novel Lethal White. We first learned that the new novel would be called Lethal White in March of last year, and in the intervening months, fans have satisfied their Strike cravings with installments of the BBC’s television adaptation of the series. 27/08/2017 · With Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, Kerr Logan, Killian Scott. War veteran turned private detective Cormoran Strike solves brutal murders with the help of his trusted assistant Robin Ellacott. Robert Galbraith. 41K likes. Author of the Cormoran Strike series of novels. robert Jump to. Sections of this page. Accessibility help. Press alt/ to open this menu. Last night, in New York, J.K. Rowling was presented with a Ripple of Hope Award by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.\nStrike Back, the first book in the Strike Back series, finds John Porter a broken man, shattered by the mistakes he made twenty years ago. When a new crisis in the Middle East arises, John Porter is called upon once more to do his duty. The Strike Back series is essentially John Porter’s redemption story. Robert Galbraith. 41K likes. Author of the Cormoran Strike series of novels. robert 11/11/2018 · Full Episode: The Warning Signs Of Narcissists: Are They In Your Life? The Mel Robbins Show - Duration: 42:57. Mel Robbins Show Recommended for you. The first Cormoran Strike novel, The Cuckoo’s Calling, was published in 2013 to critical acclaim by both reviewers and fellow crime writers. Three more books have since followed: The Silkworm 2014, Career of Evil 2015 and Lethal White 2018. Strike the Blood Gets New 4-Panel Junior High School Spinoff Manga Oct 10, 2016 New Strike the Blood Video Anime's Promo Video Reveals Title, New Cast, Staff Aug 15, 2016 New Strike the Blood Video Anime Will Be 4-Volume Series Based on 9th Novel Aug 8, 2016.\n-Nobel. El nivel de alquitrán declarado es de 9 mg justo el mismo que de monóxido de carbono mientras que de nicotina tiene 0,7 mg.-Marlboro. 15 mg de nivel de alquitrán y 1,1 mg de nicotina, respectivamente.-Winston. Esta marca cuenta con un nivel de alquitrán de 12 mg, nivel de nicotina de 0,9 mg y 11 mg de monóxido de carbono. 27/05/2019 · The Kremlin Strike: A Novel Brad McLanahan [Dale Brown] on. FREE shipping on qualifying offers. In this exciting, visionary, and all-too-plausible next chapter in the legendary Dale Brown’s New York Times bestselling techno-warfare series.\nSuga Ámate A Ti Misma\nMantón Antiguo De Cachemira\nSilla Individual Gris\nQuemar Grasa Almacenada\nAtenuador De Barra De Luz Led\nPared De Acento Naranja Quemada\nDefinición De Globalización Por Expertos\nSoporte De Planta De Madera Ebay\nArchivo Dbf Para\nRegla De Bodmas En Kannada\n1972 Country Squire\nReebok Workout Mvs\nSuéteres Largos Para Mujer Kohls\nProductividad Definición Lingüística\n4 Lados Y 4 Ángulos\nPoema En Forma De Muñeco De Nieve\nExcel Vba Concatenar Cadena Y Variable\nProteína Energía Desnutrición Fisiopatología\nEzekiel Elliott Corriendo Yardas Este Año\n2019 Mercedes G Wagon Interior\nPaquete De Hielo En El Pecho\nScript De Powershell Para Instalar Iis\n2018 Ford Escape Se 4x4\nCambiar Aud A Euro\nPantalones Bebop Palazzo\nJake Angeles Bmw\nKindred Home Health Care\nA Christmas Carol Movie 1984\nCargador Nikon S7000\nCanciones En Álbum Sin Miedo\nLa Esencia Me Hace Marrón\nIdeas Para El Día Del Cabello Loco Para Niñas\nDomingo Asado Vegano\nRuedas De Soldadura De 16 Pulgadas\nFunda Nórdica Beano\nDiagrama De Elasticidad De La Demanda De Ingresos\nIot Y Seguridad\nBbq Top Solomillo\nPrimer Banco De Las Playas De La Palma\nEli Roth Basterds","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://inourosegarden.tumblr.com/page/2","date":"2013-05-20T18:59:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699186520/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101306-00076-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.966600775718689,"token_count":432,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__118927305","lang":"en","text":"“Acting is fun and I refuse to get involved in the semantics and the politics of strategy and breaking out of something or doing something because you need to do something else. For me it’s all about what fuels my soul and if I’m passionate about a screenplay then that’s what I’ll do next.” - Shailene Woodley\nFour’s eyes are still on mine when he lifts his hand, pulls his elbow back, and throws the knife. It is just a flash in the air, and then I hear a thud. The knife is buried in the board, half a foot away from my cheek. I close my eyes. Thank God.\n“You about done, Stiff?” asks Four.\nI have something I need to tell you,” he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hands and look back at him. “I might be in love with you.” He smiles a little. “I’m waiting until I’m sure to tell you, though.” “That’s sensible of you,” I say, smiling too. “We should find some paper so you can make a list or a chart or something.” I feel his laughter against my side, his nose sliding along my jaw, his lips pressing my ear. “Maybe I’m already sure,” he says, “and I just don’t want to frighten you.” I laugh a little. “Then you should know better.” “Fine,” he says. “Then I love you.”\nFor me, my rule in this industry is I’ve got to listen to my butterflies. So if I got butterflies, then those are the scripts I go after.\nMary Jane: Just… Hold me for a minute, okay?\nPeter: For a minute? No way. The rest of my life? Sure thing.\nAmazing Spider-Man #536","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://chdcoalition.org/olivias-story","date":"2024-04-14T20:10:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816893.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414192536-20240414222536-00847.warc.gz","language_score":0.982469916343689,"token_count":896,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__140478475","lang":"en","text":"Our journey started sixteen years ago when our daughter, Olivia, came into this world. Prior to her birth we were unaware that anything was wrong. It wasn’t until 24 hours after when she was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. HLHS is a life-threatening condition, which requires open-heart surgery within days of birth, and even after surgery, it continues to be a highly complex and serious disorder. Since Olivia is a young woman, we feel that it is important for her to share her own story instead of us.\nMy name is Olivia and my diagnosis is Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). Throughout my life, I have undergone three open-heart surgeries needed for staged reconstruction as well as a multitude of laparoscopic procedures. I have had all of my open-heart surgeries before the age of four, therefore I remember little of those experiences. Even so, I can recall special moments that have shaped my childhood and evoke nostalgia instead of fear whenever I enter a doctor’s office or the hospital. I remember playing in the hospital activity room with my new friends Sophia, Lauren, and Riley; who were also CHD patients at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The time I got to go through the “secret passageways” (hospital hallways) with my dad in my little red wagon. When the music therapist came to the CICU and worked with me to create a song about my cats. These are the memories that remind me of the good I made from the bad, but most importantly, I do not remember the pain I felt, just the bliss. I wish I could have felt that way forever.\nMy doctors have never set any limitations for me, but I have learned to set my own. The key to living and thriving with HLHS is to listen to your body and to be aware of its limitations. As I got older, I realized that there will always be struggles, like having to step back from seemingly ordinary daily tasks, but I never let them discourage me. Without the guidance of my parents and my extraordinary doctors and nurses, I would not be the same person I am today, nor would I have been blessed with the same opportunities.\nEver since I was young, my parents informed me about my condition in an age-appropriate manner. It was never a big sit-down conversation, but when I had a question, they would answer honestly. They were always careful about how they explained it to me and made sure that I was able to properly comprehend it. Being trusted to learn about my condition has helped me gain more independence and monitor my own health.\nA few years ago, I was diagnosed with hepatic fibrosis as well as other comorbidities of HLHS. That diagnosis was hard for me to comprehend. I was overwhelmed, so much so that I did not ask questions to help me understand my diagnosis. Instead, I turned to Google for answers, where the large majority of sources are irreputable, include false information, and are unspecific to my individual case. I began to fear the next steps in my medical journey. I became afraid of sleeping as I had the irrational thought that if I fell asleep, I would not wake up. I did not want to eat since I thought that my eating habits were causing my liver complications. In fact, the false information I gathered from my internet searches led me to believe that my aspirin was causing my hepatic fibrosis, so I even stopped taking my daily medication. After my diagnosis was clarified by my doctors, I quickly got back on track and began to live my life as I did before my diagnosis.\nIt is a blessing to be able to share my story. Some days can be harder than others, more energy consuming and mentally draining. It is important to have the support and encouragement from loved ones that it will get better. I still have my days when I do not feel well or feel defeated, but I keep fighting because after all, I am a CHD Warrior. So, if you are a fellow CHD Warrior reading this, I want to reassure you regardless of the challenges that you are facing, keep trekking forward and not only will you be stronger, but you will enjoy and appreciate everything that life has to offer. And if you are a parent or guardian, never give up hope that your miraculous CHD Warrior will flourish and be successful.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.ramstein.af.mil/News/Commentaries/Display/Article/726917/black-forest-is-enchanting/","date":"2018-08-21T02:06:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221217909.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20180821014427-20180821034427-00264.warc.gz","language_score":0.9589563012123108,"token_count":302,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__69873351","lang":"en","text":"Black Forest is enchanting\nBy Capt. Spanky, 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs\n/ Published February 24, 2015\nRAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany --\nHello, my furless followers! I hope you are having a splendid week. I recently learned a fascinating fact, the enchanted forest used in the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales is actually the Black Forest.\nIt may come as no surprise the Grimm Brothers were inspired by this location after looking at the majestic setting that is the forest.\nThe towering trees, the snaking trails, the monstrous cliffs and so much more just leaves you feeling like you've been transported to another world.\nThough I suspect many of you are more familiar with the Disney retellings of the famous stories, I highly suggest that you take the time and make your way to the original enchanted forest.\nWith the Black Forest being approximately three hours from Ramstein, you could make your way there almost any given weekend and live your own fairy tale.\nRegardless of the time you decide to make the trip, you should find plenty to do as the popularity of the area has made it a year-round tourist attraction.\nSo whether you want to take your Prince Charming trekking over trails or your Ice Queen skiing, your adventures can be as magical as you want.\nI'm sure they will have a much happier ending than some of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales.\nSo until next, go out and have yourselves a happily ever after.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://chadou.biz/bright-wellrounded-guy-looking-to-make-some-new-friends.php","date":"2022-01-25T05:59:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304760.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220125035839-20220125065839-00487.warc.gz","language_score":0.9751806855201721,"token_count":1221,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__214774480","lang":"en","text":"Added: Carolyn Flock - Date: 12.07.2021 06:57 - Views: 38653 - Clicks: 6732\nTo someone who means the world to you… The world and so much more… That special someone and the person with whom I share the strongest and deepest connection is my bestie. So, here it is… An open letter to my best friendmy rock and my forever companion. I genuinely believe that you make me a better person just by being my bestie and helping me navigate this thing called life.\nYou deal with real life and all of its ups and downs with such grace and poise.\nPeople want to be around you. They want to befriend you. They want your energy to transfer to them. You make every person around you feel better without even needing to try hard. Being kind-hearted comes so naturally to you. And they end up needing you. In this cold world, we all need more people like you, with your positive energy and your giggly sense of humor. True friends have truly become a rarity these days. What strikes me the most is your ability to forgive. You do more than just say they are forgiven — you actually mean it.\nEven if people break your heart, even if they betray you or hurt you, you always find a way to see past it all and move on. Sometimes, it takes more time and sometimes, it takes a bit less, but you never see people through their mistakes. You never hold grudges or hold their slips against them for eternity. Because you love to believe there is more to them than their mistakes. That was definitely the hardest period of my life, and of course, you were there for me, supporting me through my grief. You cried with me and you tried so hard to make me smile and to soothe my pain.\nAnd you care for them even when they forget about themselves. I need you, too, and more than you can wrap your mind around. You are all of this; you are the whole universe in just one person. I have never met anyone as well-rounded as you are. You impact people in a way that makes them want to be the best versions of themselves.\nThey strive for more. They reach for the stars. You influence people. Because you are a true blessing in my life. The past year was difficult for both of us. I hate it because it made us take different paths in life and put our friendship to the awful test of distance.\nBut it just confirmed what we already know; that we share a rock-solid bond and that there is no obstacle that could harm or destroy it.\nI miss you more and more as the days go by. Your presence is something I long for every single day. Getting used to being around you so often has made it that much more difficult to do this long-distance thing. I just miss the way your mere presence is able to make me see the good in everything. The way you make me laugh when I just want to cry. You are an angel sent from heaven to watch over me. I really do believe that.\nWhen I was at my lowest point, you helped me pick myself up. I will never forget that. I was drowning in self-pity and my insecurities. Being desperate and alone had become my comfort zone. But in your eyes, I was always enough. You always told me that I am exactly who I was always meant to be. God made me this way for a reason, and I know that I should be thankful. We are all unique and learning to accept all of our flaws is part of life from which nobody gets to escape.\nWhen I had it good in my life, you were the only one happy for me while everybody else was envious. I know that can be harder than being with somebody through bad times. People find comfort in the misery of others because they realize that they are not alone in theirs. But you are better than that. No matter what stage of your life you are in, you are always happy for others or you empathize with their sadness. If you are still wondering why am I writing this open letter to my best friendto you, to the greatest friend a person can ask for, there are a couple of reasons.\nFirst, I want to tell you that I see you. I admire your kindness, your courage, and your drive. And I want to thank you for choosing me and being a part of my life. I am eternally grateful to have someone like you by my side. If you exhaust yourself emotionally, if you harm your own mental health, there will be nothing to give to others or to yourself. Make your top self-care priority to pamper and love yourself every day more.\nOh, we could plan a small weekend getaway for just the two of us or we could throw a girls-only wellness party at home? Or we can organize a sleepover with chick flick Netflix trending movies. Remember that you need to do things for yourself, too. I cannot wait to share that moment with you, along with a lifetime of memories that await us! I hope you know how loved, adored, and appreciated you are. You are a gem that shines brighter than the sun. April is a relationship expert who ed Herway to teach us all how to deal with one of the most dreaded things ever - breakup.\nShe knows just how to behave to save your sanity, Bright wellrounded guy looking to make some new friends all the right moves to make if you actually want to get a guy back. April Callaghan April 23, Share article. Selma June October 30, Ariel Quinn August 10, Related articles. Written by. Leah Lee September 26,Bright wellrounded guy looking to make some new friends\nemail: [email protected] - phone:(942) 921-1027 x 6288\n12 Actions You Can Take to Become a Better Person and a Better Leader","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://scottish-badger.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-08-21T12:05:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-35/segments/1408500815991.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20140820021335-00316-ip-10-180-136-8.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9471492767333984,"token_count":548,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-35__0__44302105","lang":"en","text":"Lauren, Glasgow, Scotland. 19. Just your average obsessive teenager who would pay £1 million to lick Benedict Cumberbatch's face. Tom Hiddleston is my future husband (js) and I love Sherlock, DW, Harry Potter anything British really, well I am Scottish after all. Spread the hufflepuff lovin'\nMY BEST FRIEND WAS AT RICHARD III TONIGHT AND SHE SNEEZED DURING MARTIN FREEMANS MONOLOGUE AND MARTIN FREEMAN SAID BLESS YOU\nSHE HAS BEEN BLESSED BY MARTIN FREEMAN\nhe broke character?!\nYES AND THE WHOLE THEATER LAUGHED AND THEN HE JUST KEPT GOING!\nalso, wednesday has been canceled due to scheduling errors.And now, the weather.\n[waitin for the bus in the rain in the rain wait waitin for the bus in the rain]\nI was at Walgreens buying my brother a birthday card. An elderly woman was also in the aisle. She said “can you believe they have wedding cards for two men and look even two women!”\nBut she then said “I’ve seen so many changes in my 80 years, it’s wonderful how things are moving forward.”\n[internal tears of joy]\nShe then mentioned that she didn’t know any gay people but that everyone should be treated like they would want to be treated. I smiled and said “you know one now” and pointed at myself. She smiled, patted my shoulder and said “now I do”.\nPretty much sums up today’s mood.\nWhen spoken word artist Brenna Twohy tells you that she is an unabashed devotee of all things “Potterotica” — erotic fiction based in the magical universe of Harry Potter — your response probably shouldn’t be that her taste is “unrealistic.”\nI’m happy to be getting to the point where I don’t have to feel weird about enjoying fanfiction, or having written a bunch of it. Partly it’s that the fandom experience has become more broadly shared. Partly it’s that I stopped giving a shit.\nAnd as for why I like the porny sort of fanfiction, see above. She says it better.\nI like sex with context. I like sex when it involves fully fleshed out characters. I like the backstories. I like feeling like these people do other things when they aren’t having sex.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://linguisticsconferenceiub.blogspot.com/","date":"2017-09-24T13:46:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818690029.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20170924134120-20170924154120-00311.warc.gz","language_score":0.9371466636657715,"token_count":264,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-39__0__222857004","lang":"en","text":"The department of English and the organizing committee of ICLLT 2013 thank all the national and international participants and paper presenters of the conference who took part in the three-day international event hosted by the Islamia University of Bahawalpur ( Department of English ) and HEC.\nCopies of the abstract book were distributed among participants and attendees of the conference during the three days. Now it is time to submit the oral and poster presentations presented at the conference for publication .\nJournal of Linguistics & Literature\nLast date for the submission of complete papers for publication is January 31, 2014. The papers will be published in the Journal of Linguistics & Literature ( published by the department of English, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur). Those who have already submitted their papers for publication, need not submit their papers again.\nGuidelines for Authors\n- The article should be in English\n- The article should begin with brief summary, and should not normally exceed 3000 words.\n- Technical jargons should be avoided, and where possible statistical data should be summarized in the text, although tables may be included if clearly presented.\n- Authors are encouraged to describe their findings in terms which are intelligible to non-expert readers.\n- APA referencing style should be followed.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://tappingforwellness.com/my-story/","date":"2021-04-17T09:07:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038118762.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20210417071833-20210417101833-00232.warc.gz","language_score":0.9733160734176636,"token_count":1660,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__193643039","lang":"en","text":"I have struggled with my weight for most of my life. I have tried just about every diet, know the calorie content of most foods, am a lifetime Weight Watcher member and was even a Weight Watcher leader. I know nutrition very well, and both the benefits and the negative effects various types of foods have on my body. Over the years I could maintain a good weight for a while then cast aside paying attention to what I would eat and gain weight. I struggled with the extra 10-15 pounds most of my life – losing and gaining. This was a very dark cloud hanging over me for years – always nagging me, and always on my mind.\nThe time had come for a different approach to get off this cycle of gaining and losing weight. I knew that I needed to dig deep and work on what triggers me to behave this way, and realized it is years and years of “stuff” that cause me to repeat the cycle and do what I have done hundreds of times over the years.\nTapping on Those Childhood Memories and Emotions:\nI am the type of person who “moves on”. I usually don’t dwell on past negative events because I feel it’s not productive. I can’t change the past. “Get Over It” is my motto. With that said, while on this journey and through my studies and experience with tapping, I know that those deep-seated memories stay with us and can affect our everyday lives, oftentimes without us realizing it. It was time for me to acknowledge and deal with my childhood events that still affected the struggle with my weight and self-esteem. I decided the Tapping Tree (Tapping Tree) was a good tool to use and made a list of some of my remembered past events: (1) My brother always calling me fat names, and embarrassing me by calling me these names in front of a boy I really liked (I was in 6th grade), (2) When I was around 10 years old and at my Aunt and Uncle’s for Thanksgiving my cousin and I wanted to play outside. Since I didn’t have any clothes to change into I had to wear my Aunt’s pants – and they fit — I was so embarrassed, (3) In Junior High, school girlfriends running away from me and calling me fat. Not wanting me to be part of their group.\nNow that I had some past events I sat down, closed my eyes and thought about each of them in my mind’s eye. The first one that made me feel emotional was when I had to wear my Aunt’s pants at Thanksgiving. You can see in the photo I am crying and upset that my mom wanted to take my picture. When I looked at the picture I felt embarrassed, stupid, and hurt that everyone was laughing at me. I was very sensitive about my “pudginess”, especially since my cousin was so skinny! Simply closing my eyes and reliving that moment brought tears to my eyes and although nothing physical in my body, I rated the emotion around 8 (How to do EFT). Then I tapped….“Even though I have to wear Auntie Frank’s pants and feel embarrassed and upset, I deeply and completely love and accept myself”. The tapping points: “I’m so embarrassed”, “I’m so hurt”, “They’re all laughing at me”, “I just want to hide”, “I’m upset”, “I feel stupid”, “I don’t want my picture taken”, “and it’s not funny”. After a deep, cleansing breath I checked in with myself by picturing the event again. I still felt a little emotional, so did another round: “Even though I am still upset, crying and embarrassed that I had to wear Auntie’s pants, I deeply and completely love and accept myself”. Tapping points: “I feel so ashamed”, “I’m embarrassed”, “I’m just a kid”, “They shouldn’t laugh at me”, “I’m upset”, (clavicle point where I lingered) “They’re grownups and shouldn’t laugh at me” “They’re making me upset and cry”, “I’m just a kid”, “and I’m so embarrassed”. After this round I felt calmer. I then tapped on the points: “Mom is hugging me”, “Auntie is hugging me”, “It’s much better now”, “They are sorry”, “I’m okay”, “It’s time to have fun”, “I’m feeling better now”. I could feel the release of this event and am no longer emotional when I think about it. Actually, I can now see the humor in it and it makes me smile looking at the photograph.\nAnother past event I wanted to work on was when I was in Junior High and my girlfriends since elementary school ignored me all day, then ran away from me after calling me fat. Junior High is such a pivotal moment in a young girl’s life. Puberty, body image, peer pressure, wanting to be liked are the burdens young girls face at this age. I decided to try the Movie Technique (The Movie Technique) and tap on those moments that made me feel anything emotional or physical. This really meant that I needed to tune into my body for each scene. The name of my movie is “Girlfriends Don’t Like Me Anymore”. I visualized and tapped through the various scenes of this past event and by the time the movie was over and I thought about the whole past event it just seemed like a story, and it no longer had a negative effect on me emotionally or physically. This is truly the amazing result of Tapping. As a finale, I did a round of tapping for forgiveness at the tapping points: “I forgive my friends”, “they were young and foolish”, “they didn’t really mean to hurt me”, “girls at that age can be so “catty”, “I forgive them” “I bring healing to this event that caused me so much pain”. Those five young girls are still my best friends 5o+ years later. We continue to love and support each other in so many ways. But this was also an event in my adolescence, which I had buried, that had an impact on my self-worth and self-esteem, and ultimately an impact on my issues with my weight and how I look.\nTo see Melissa’s Tapping Tree Click Here: Melissa Tapping Tree\nSitting down and thinking about how events in my childhood have impacted my relationship with food and had an effect on my self-esteem was a major step for me. A milestone was acknowledging they happened and tapping on them. Sometimes it’s easier for me to just “move on”, but after having gone through this journey with tapping about these past issues and other challenges I have with food, I know it was all worth the effort. I have become more confident and relaxed with living with food and food situations. I know that if I am ever challenged, and there are many times that I am, I can do some rounds of tapping and all will be well! I feel better physically and emotionally, I don’t have brain fog, I sleep better, I can move better and my joints don’t hurt. Thanks to tapping that perpetual dark cloud no longer hangs over my head.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://saltwatersun.bandcamp.com/track/christmas-carol","date":"2017-08-20T01:59:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886105961.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20170820015021-20170820035021-00527.warc.gz","language_score":0.9459671974182129,"token_count":228,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__270734526","lang":"en","text":"Morning has come, cold night has flown\nBed is still warm, but you are alone\nWas it an angel? Or was it a ghost?\nWas it your husband, who you loved the most?\nWas it a stranger, that you took to your room?\nSeeking some comfort in the candle lit gloom.\nChristmas is coming, the year has grown old\nYou decked out your bedsit in green and in gold\nYou wrapped up your presents in paper and twine\nA gift to yourself, cheap corner shop wine\nAnd you sung all the carols\nYou know them by heart\nTo hold back the tears, but now they must start\nHere's to the snowfall, and the crisp winter air\nHere's to your children, lost into care\nAnd here's to your husband\nDead in his car\nDressed up like santa, but drunker by far\nHere's to the New Year\nAnd the sweet breath of spring\nLie down in your dreams and let the bells ring...\nMerry Christmas.... repeat and fade\nreleased December 7, 2012\nall rights reserved","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.kelownaclimatecoalition.ca/post/fire-weather-the-making-of-a-beast-review-of-john-vaillant-s-book-by-peter-morgan","date":"2023-12-03T10:05:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100499.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20231203094028-20231203124028-00497.warc.gz","language_score":0.9482892155647278,"token_count":2286,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__172118788","lang":"en","text":"Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast - Review of John Vaillant's book by Peter Morgan\nUpdated: Nov 3\nA review by Peter Morgan\n“Wildfire is the most versatile and whimsical of disasters. Able to self-generate from a single spark, explode like a bomb, turn on a dime and fly over obstacles…. Fire possesses an unparalleled capacity for random movement and rapid growth (John Vaillant)\nIt’s the evening of August 16, 2023. I’m sitting on my lawn in the Upper Mission neighbourhood of Kelowna looking across Okanagan Lake at the wildfires as they move rapidly along the West Kelowna hills. By coincidence, I’ve just finished reading John Vaillant’s new book entitled Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast. Vaillant, a resident of Vancouver, predicts that if you live in places such as British Columbia, a wildfire – “the beast” - could well be coming. And sooner than you think. I’m stunned that ‘soon’ has suddenly turned into ‘now’.\nI look again across the lake through binoculars. I’m hit with a huge mix of thoughts and emotions. The wildfire is, for example, a spectacular show of nature. The line of huge flames creates an hypnotic kind of orange glow along the lines of the hills. I’ve just been told that crowds are gathering on this side of the Lake to take it all in. A bit like Canada Day. But of course, it’s not a celebration. I can’t imagine the feelings of people watching the flames approach their homes, possessions and memories of a lifetime. And the anxiety of firefighters who are risking their lives to fight this thing as I sit there and watch.\nI’m also fearful. After reading Vaillant’s book, I’m sure this fire will easily leap over the Lake and threaten Kelowna. And if the wind is right, it will have the power to advance on the downtown. At the very least, it will be able to spew live embers all over the city. The cedar hedge just to my left could easily explode in flames once ignited. And I’m exasperated. It is said that it’s the totally unexpected event – the ‘black swan’ – that people find the most difficult to address. But the reverse may be true especially when it comes to climate issues. People find it difficult to summon up the collective effort needed to address a threat that has been analyzed, understood, debated and predicted for decades. The systems it must overcome are too entrenched.\nBack to the Vaillant book. It’s worth the effort to read it especially if you live in The Okanagan. He looks at three main subjects: the emerging nature of wildfires in the 21st century, the history of climate denial and delay and most importantly, the incineration of Fort McMurray, the fourth largest city in Alberta, and particularly, the events of May 3, 2016, when nearly 100,000 people were forced to flee in what remains the largest, most rapid, single-day evacuation in the history of modern fire. Vaillant’s book is one of a number of new books, for example, Edward Struzik, Dark Days at Noon: The Future of Fire and Jeff Goodell’s The Heat Will Kill You First, Life and Death on a Scorched Plant that are trying to warn us how and why we got to where we are. Vaillant’s book has been getting wide attention and has been nominated for a National Book Award in the United States.\nHere’s a second suggestion. Take a deep breath before you start it. Read it only if you can deal with a new level of climate anxiety. His basic message is simple, brutal and ominous. A lethal brew of climate warming threats, especially in the form of heat and fire, is bringing an ‘Age of Fire” which will affect us all.\nThe book contains a wealth of stories and insights which can’t all be covered here. Three stood out for me.\nThe increasing ferocity of wildfire\nThis book will change the way you think about the idea of ‘wildfire’. The 21st century version, the ‘beast’ in Vaillant’s terms, bears little relationship to its kinder, gentler fire cousin of the last century. Vaillant describes the Fort McMurry fire as “a hungry and motivated adversary intent on maximum mayhem”.\nToday’s version of wildfire emerges out of a combination of factors connected to a changing climate – falling humidities, rising temperatures, huge increases in fuel loads, extended droughts and a wider range of ignitions. The landscape of The Okanagan, for example. is now much more conducive to large, high-intensity blazes over longer periods of time.\nWildfires at full strength can now generate glass-melting heat, explosive growth and random movement. They burn with greater intensity than at any time in human history. Flames can be hundreds of feet tall moving rapidly from place to place. In some instances, a wildfire can generate its own weather in the form of towering pyrocumulous clouds which, in turn, can generate fire whirls, tornadoes and more lightening that can shower embers and ignite more fires miles away.\nA wildfire of this type cannot easily be ‘put out’ in the conventional sense of that term. It can only be starved of fuel and energy. Structures in the way are not damaged. They are obliterated. Nothing remains standing as in the cases of Lahaina in Hawaii or Lytton. Live saving not fire fighting becomes the priority.\nThe return of the urban firestorm\nMajor urban fires used to be commonplace. Catastrophic blazes reduced large parts of big cities such as London (1666), Chicago (1871), Vancouver (1886) and San Francisco (1906) to ash and rubble. But major improvements in building construction and fire prevention/suppression techniques over the years shifted the threat of fire from urban to rural areas. The last major fire in a large Canadian city was in Toronto in 1904. In the process, people lost a sense of its damaging power. Fire became one more aspect of nature that humans had tamed and mastered.\nNo longer. The 21st century is witnessing the return of the urban inferno. Vaillant is at his graphic best describing the astonishing scenes inside Fort McMurray on that Monday morning as people suddenly had to confront a catastrophic situation they barely understood. (“that morning, the 88,000 residents of greater Fort McMurray were living in a parallel reality as oblivious to their environment as the passengers on the Titanic were to theirs”).\nFamilies starting to go about their normal day would have to flee for their lives by mid-day. Vaillant describes the fire as almost semi-human, a ‘beast’ attacking the weak points of defence, rushing up and down streets searching ravenously for more fuel to consume. Whole neighbourhoods “giving way to fire like a beach town to a tidal wave”\nA stunning impact of the fire was the ‘ashification’ of built structures such as houses, office buildings. Many were located in the ‘WUI’ (i.e. the wildland-urban interface) of Fort McMurray, the first part of the city exposed to the onrushing flames. Their construction and contents provided a ready supply of fuel for the fire in the form of gas, propane and compressed air tanks and household furnishings made out of petroleum products. Firefighters could only watch as houses incinerated in as little as three minutes. Many structures, filled with petroleum vapor created by the heat, would explode without warning.\nThe failure to change and adapt\nGlobal warming has encouraged many new innovations in wind and solar power, home design and heating, electric vehicles and so on. And with a rapid adoption that was not imagined even 2-3 years ago. But most of these successful innovations emerged from market forces and human entrepreneurship. They did not have to contend with climate denial, misinformation, political resistance or the dilemmas of complex collective action.\nVaillant focuses more on the deeper ‘failures’ associated with global warming, i.e., the continuing rise in greenhouse gases, the increases in temperatures leading, for example, to the drying out of the boreal forest in Canada, the widespread pattern of drought, the intensification of storms, floods and fires. He is saying that the climate and the ecological systems – everywhere – are changing faster than humans are adapting. The societal collective action needed to address these failures remains too little and too late. Countries such as Canada and regions such as The Okanagan are putting themselves further and further behind in the climate race and at greater risk. Vaillant asks if we have passed some key ‘tipping points’ with respect to fire weather.\nIt’s a week after that Thursday night. I sit on my lawn again looking across the Lake at the hills in West Kelowna that are now largely dark. The immediate danger at least to Kelowna has passed thanks to the courage and skill of the fire fighters. But I keep remembering the Vaillant book and its implicit warnings. And I wonder, and worry, about the future.\nWhat actually happened last week? Was that fire always manageable or did the sudden drop-off in the winds and temperature save people in Kelowna from having to face a major urban fire?\nAre these kinds of fires going to remain seasonal and intermittent or are we likely to see a repeat next year and the year after that? The Upper Mission in Kelowna (where I live) for example, is a classic ‘woodland-urban-interface’. How serious are the emerging risks and to whom in places like this?\nPeople in The Okanagan, including me, have managed to maintain their well-intentioned complacency about climate issues despite the 2003 Kelowna fire, the Fort McMurray crisis and the 2017 wildfire season. From what I see, we remain unprepared to deal with a major urban blaze. Will we ignore yet another ‘wake-up’ call and just go back to business as usual?\nManaging to be ‘fire resistant’ or to ‘co-exist with fire’ isn’t going to be easy. We’re going to need new approaches to forest management, evacuation, municipal government, urban planning, fire fighting, home design and all the rest. Can we summon up the will and capacity to do those things? And at the scale and speed that will make a difference?\nWhat might be the role for citizens like me? How should I go about making a contribution? To the city of Kelowna? To my neighbourhood? To my own family?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://jollybureau.com/2012/04/27/spotlight-kate-beaton/","date":"2015-04-01T04:31:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131303466.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172143-00129-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.953565776348114,"token_count":232,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-14__0__1862391","lang":"en","text":"There’s an amazing book shop in Baltimore, Atomic Books, every time we go there we buy another amazing find. The next time we are over state-side we will be rummaging through their bookshelves. Among the hundreds of books, we found Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant! book about a year ago and love it to pieces. Once we start reading it, it was impossible to put down!\nHark! A Vagrant! is a collection of comics exploring some historical fan fiction. She makes history really fun, there are general historical references but more importantly Canadian historical references! We do not know enough Canadian history. There are also some great nods to feminism in her collection which are far more hilarious than that intro would suggest.\nKate Beaton is one of the coolest comic illustrators today. Her blog, Hark! a Vagrant! is the best for seeing her imagination at work, a lot of the posts are sketches, straight from the book. The posts are funny and loose and smart.\nA personal favourite:\nKate Beaton: Thank you for making us giggle!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://dharmawpg.com/2018/06/21/no-hope-no-fear/","date":"2023-12-07T23:36:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100705.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207221604-20231208011604-00842.warc.gz","language_score":0.9590146541595459,"token_count":1126,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__273489769","lang":"en","text":"No Hope, No Fear\nPublished in the Newsletter for Spiritual Care Providers of Manitoba, February 2007.\nIn Pali, the North-Indian dialect that the historical Buddha spoke, “apekkha” is the word usually translated as hope. This is something of a mistranslation, a product of the Judeo-Christian conditioning of the Western scholars who first translated the ancient Buddhist texts. The literal translation of apekkha is waiting for or looking for.\nBuddhism, at its core, is not a religion and not faith-based. Rather it is a system of mental development, the first intention of which is to achieve a deeper understanding of how the universe works. “I analyze, I do not philosophize,” the Buddha said.\nTwo great streams of mental development are nurtured with methods refined over millennia by accomplished practitioners. The first of these is Vipassana, or Insight. The microscopic investigation of experience with a mind sharpened by Insight practice reveals that our ordinary notion of time is an illusory concept, an organizational convenience. All experience is seen as being created in the present moment. The past is understood to exist only in memory and the future is recognized as entirely speculative. The concentrated mind does not engage in speculation, nor is it preoccupied with dreaming of a non-existent past. The second great stream of development is Summatta, which means equanimity, balance, and peace. The mind well-tempered by Summatta practice is steady, compassionate, patient and tolerant.\nAll practitioners are taught to develop insight and compassion together. The idea is to achieve a clearer understanding of the present moment so that when an action is initiated, the consequences are more likely to be wholesome and thus beneficial for the practitioner as well as for other beings. (The Buddhist view is that a mental action is identical in weight, substance, and effect to a physical action.) In this way, Buddhism teaches that it is more useful to turn away from the passivity of hope – waiting for, looking for – and turn towards the creativity of intention and aspiration. Aspiration is derived from the Pali word asassa, which means breath, breathing, sign-of-life. Aspiration is the direction of the life-force.\nFear is fixation on the likelihood of bad outcomes; consequently fear cannot exist if the mind is completely focused on the present moment. Hope is fixation on the likelihood of good outcomes; consequently hope cannot exist if the mind is completely focused on the present moment. Fear and hope are related, since both are forms of wishful thinking that pull our physical, mental, and emotional resources away from the present moment, the moment where actions are undertaken and the basis for outcomes of any sort are established. When actions are formulated by a mind preoccupied with fantasies of the future, good or bad, the likelihood that actions will be animated by wisdom and compassion is reduced.\nA truly accomplished mind exists in a state of compassionate clarity, regardless of circumstances. Actions are motivated by wisdom and kindness. Outcomes are useful, helpful, and full of love. But what about the rest of us? The advice from the accomplished ones is that we can all aspire to achieve the state of compassionate clarity by committing right now to ethical, energetic, and loving thoughts and actions as best we can. The developmental process is never ending; even the Buddha himself had a meditational practice.\nMy teacher, the Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche, one of the first Westerners to be recognized by the Dalai Lama and other Buddhist leaders, was once asked “What is the relationship between trust and enlightenment?” Rinpoche answered, “Complete trust is complete enlightenment.” The Pali word for trust is saddha, often inaccurately translated as faith. Saddhana is a Sanskrit term related to saddha that means method of attainment. This trust, in the Buddhist view, is not a passive state, but an active, confident, and creative engagement with method. And in Buddhism we have lots of methods. We say pick one, and get started.\nMany of you are pastoral professionals working in the health-care realm. So here are a few observations that will apply to some of the Buddhists you might encounter in your work:\nThe Buddha referred to old age, sickness, and death as the “Three Messengers”, meaning that trouble is a wake-up call. This call often comes too late for those that are not accomplished in the developmental practices described above. Buddhists like these are believers, that is they recognize the Buddha to be a great teacher, a god even, and they subscribe to a measure of magical thinking by hoping (hope in the regular North American sense) for positive outcomes brought about by unseen forces. Should one of these people receive a wake-up call from one or more of the Three Messengers, they will also experience the dark side of hope, namely fear. These people will find comfort, as would anyone, in the kindness of caring professionals, family, and friends.\nMore rarely, you will encounter a long-time practitioner of Vipassana and Summatta. These people respond to the Three Messengers differently than do the simply devout. To practitioners, the wake-up call is a confirmation of the nature of reality, rather than a debilitating shock. How will you know these people? You will know them by the fact that you feel comforted in their presence, rather than the other way around.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://happydogstc.com/cropped-happdogsjc-3-jpg/","date":"2020-08-05T18:50:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439735964.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20200805183003-20200805213003-00056.warc.gz","language_score":0.9421740174293518,"token_count":98,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__177557762","lang":"en","text":"BECOME A MEMBER AND TRAIN ON YOUR SCHEDULE\nIts such as you read my mind! You appear to\nknow so much about this, such as you wrote the ebook in it or\nsomething. I believe that you simply can do with a few %\nto power the message house a little bit, but other than that,\nthat is wonderful blog. A fantastic read. I will certainly be back.\nYou must be logged in to post a comment.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://gwendolynme.com/the-best-of-you-103/","date":"2020-09-20T11:04:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400197946.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200920094130-20200920124130-00169.warc.gz","language_score":0.9843823313713074,"token_count":1215,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__246950882","lang":"en","text":"This took me a while to actually think about what to write for this. I know i could easily just come up with anything within a minute and write something, but this time i really took a deep breathe and a few moments to really figure out and wonder about this whole self-awareness campaign “Who is the best of you?”\nI used to be rebellious girl who does not give a shit of the world, or anything around me. Regardless if it is friends, university, school, teachers or even families to say. I once came to a point to wonder what life is all about and thinking about ending my life there and then feeling useless and pointless of my very own existence. I know this isn’t any big deal and most of the people out there would be thinking “oh! another emo girl”. Well, to you i may be, but to me, it is a big thing. Everything was just in my head and i couldn’t think straight.\nFriends used to laugh and talk around me where I used to be the left-alone anti-social girl. I do not deny i have “friends” but how many would actually go out with me and have heart-to-heart session? Maybe because i was this rebellious girl who didn’t give a shit, i was different than all the other girls who wanted to laugh and talk and go out. They never bothered asking me, so i never bothered joining them. (typical girl next door story right?)\nFast forward to now and why I am bringing all the past back to my topic of “Who is the best of you?” There is two person. My father and My Fats (i don’t mean literally fats, but my boyfriend).\nThos who knew me would know how much this two person mean to me. I use to hate my dad and even ran away just cause i couldn’t stand him. But all this, he made me strong for who I am today. How i am picky with words and questions, how i speak, how i talk, how i think and even how i communicate. That is all because of him. I wasn’t always a daddy’s princess or a daddy’s little girl because he had never spoilt me. If not I would be living maybe in Solaris and driving a BMW already right?? But because of his strict disciplinary, I have became part of him. So i sometimes can be quite anal at certain think (Fats clearly understand this). Dad has told me “Life is a never ending journey of lessons”, we learn new things from the day we were born till the very day we die. He says “Well, we learn to walk, to talk, to laugh and to cry, and upon everything else, we even learn how to die right?”\nThe same as every other girl who says “my dad is my hero”, mine is extraordinary. I am proud to have him as my dad, and i hope one day, he would be proud of me as well. I go out meeting people and whenever i say his name, they all know him and start praising what a great man he is or how he has helped them, or someone they knew once upon a time. I hope, that one day, he would be able to go out and hearing from others how i am and he would be proud of me.\nMy fats, oh this fats, is someone who changed my world upside down. He was the reason, i went home more. He was a younger version of my dad, just maybe some of the personalities and opinions, he still has to grow. But when it comes to stubbornness and certain jokes. They are the same. They always say “Find a guy who is like your dad”, well, i found mine. When i met him 7 years ago, I have just left home for university, and to be honest and embarrassed, i did not go home for almost 9 months. It was because of him, I went home more, and learnt to communicate more and accept more things than being a rebellious b****. I learnt anger management, i learnt to be less grumpy and agitated (i still am now. just less).\nFats is also a very curious person, so i would always read up things, ask things and learn things so when he ask me I can answer him or explain to him. Because I want him to be proud of him and 7 years ago, i didn’t want to lose him. LOL. Had to fight with the other girls out there right? So how?? HAHAHAA.\nI am who i am today, thanks to the both of them. I started my makeup obsessed because of fats, i started learning up more because of fats also. My strength is them, my weakness is also them.\nI improve myself everyday in every different aspect because of them. They are the one who brought the best out of me. So who brings the best out of you? Who pushes you to be the best or has inspired you in certain things or ways that you didn’t realised it. Even the smallest things matters.\nI only have ONE photo of fats and dad together. in these 7 years,. LOL need to take more.\nSo this is just a short writing of who is the best of me. So who is the best of you? Join this self-awareness campaign now to appreciate your accomplishments and people around you. AND, by joining us, you stand a chance to be at our exhibition at THE CURVE on the 28th October till the 2nd November. It is the many seemingly small (and often unnoticed) everyday actions that reflect the best of you, and are monumental and worth celebrating. If you take time out to reflect, you will find #thebestofyou","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://rhs.rtsd.org/our-school/news/rhs-news-default-board-post-page/~board/recently-in-radnor/post/radnor-celebrates-read-across-america","date":"2023-02-06T22:50:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500365.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20230206212647-20230207002647-00794.warc.gz","language_score":0.9463084936141968,"token_count":79,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__53139279","lang":"en","text":"Radnor Celebrates Read Across America Day\nSpecial guests and staff visited the elementary schools to read to joyful students on March 2 in celebration of Read Across America Day. Visitors included School Board members, officers from the Radnor Police, district administrators, and RHS students. Students and staff also dressed as favorite book characters.\n- Radnor Township School District\n- Read Across America","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://smallwood.com.au/wyatt.htm","date":"2021-10-21T08:33:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585382.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20211021071407-20211021101407-00559.warc.gz","language_score":0.9660635590553284,"token_count":274,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__19198759","lang":"en","text":"1) I love to tell stories. Over the years, many of you have taught me how -- thank you!\n2) Now, my job is to tell stories. Specifically, stories that share the truth about solar energy. I work at Sungevity! It's really fun.\n3) Our founder just published a book -- it's called Rooftop Revolution. It's a big story about solar power, and why we need it everywhere, now.\nIt's a jaunty read -- he's a cheeky bugger from Australia and his accent shines through in his writing.\n(And I helped design the cover! And I created the website! So chuffed :)))\n4) We want to spread the word -- so we need your help making the book an Amazon bestseller!\nClick to see it on Amazon\n(WHY I THINK SOLAR IS AWESOME)\nBecause it's one of the few things that's good for the planet AND is in people's immediate personal interests!\nFamilies are saving money on their utility bills today, and oops-wait-what also reducing their carbon footprint. It blows my mind. We're just trying to do something nice for this lovely blue planet.\nIf this sounds as good to you as it does to me, please buy the book!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://icandiweightlossconsulting.wordpress.com/2012/11/17/pressing-towards-the-mark-what-is-your-mark/","date":"2018-05-20T13:28:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794863570.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20180520131723-20180520151723-00205.warc.gz","language_score":0.9681875109672546,"token_count":144,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__200606406","lang":"en","text":"Pressing towards the Mark! What is your Mark?\nby Body by Candice\nFrom where do you get your news?.\n13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prizeof the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.\n15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. 16 Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule,[b] let us be of the same mind.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://joshuatscott.com/the-philosopher","date":"2024-03-01T23:41:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475711.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301225031-20240302015031-00222.warc.gz","language_score":0.9664806127548218,"token_count":508,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__30123843","lang":"en","text":"One's greatness is not in how much he knows but how many he educates with what he knows\n-Joshua T. Scott\nJoshua T. Scott is not just a person who knows a great deal or loves to learn but rather, he is a philosopher who engages actively in critical thought about big questions that have no obvious answers. He delights in exploring complex relationships and thinking more deeply about important, but often vexing, topics. Joshua creatively constructs new and pragmatic ways of living, governing, learning, conducting business, and negotiating healthy, 'win-win' conflict resolutions. His philosophy, postulates heightened consciousness that allows many people access to spiritual and intellectual knowledge. While developing critical thinking he takes part in various debates to increase his ability to think freely and critically to find ways to define and describe the fundamental structures and patterns of life, often by breaking them down into smaller components.\nJoshua’s thoughts have the ability to touch on many different aspects of life, from the arts to creating supportive environments for people. He is credited with developing a teaching series titled \" After High School What’s Next\" to empower young kids to reach for success by making better decisions. In this teaching series he challenges students across Texas to stay kids and follow the path laid out for them by their parents. This series provides students with real life topics and challenges them to begin to think about life after high school before walking across the stage.\nChildren will enjoy reading the action packed stories beginning with the Creation of the World, to Noah and the significance of the Rainbow and Jacob the heel catcher and ending with the Israelites’ escape from Egypt. The biblical scenes are uniquely illustrated with vibrant colors and the characters possess various melanin complexions that all kids will enjoy.\nJoshua along with his wife Veronique J. Scott, J.D., recently released Amazon’s #1 Children’s Book. Jo-Jo’s Bible Adventure which takes children on a fun and interactive journey with big brother Jonathan and little sister Jolie through popular Bible stories. Readers will learn bible stories through a unique storytelling voice accentuated with rhyming verses.\nThe need to see people of color represented in biblical books inspired me to become an author. To tell a story that children of color could relate to and be inspired to reach for the stars. Talent is not as important as hard work and dedication to a project. I knew that if I worked hard and created a product that I was happy with then the job was done!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.leoliecht.com/salomonthelittlesalamander","date":"2024-03-03T12:40:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476374.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303111005-20240303141005-00012.warc.gz","language_score":0.9803314805030823,"token_count":119,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__109777165","lang":"en","text":"Salomon the Little Salamander\nChildren's Book – France/England\nIllustrations for a series of two Children Books, \"Salomon the Little Salamander\" by children book author H.G. Morice Young. The books were produced in english and in french.\nGail was a talented artist with work that included writing, painting, screen printing, and textile design. She also had her own line of handmade luxury silk scarfs. Check them out!\nSadly, she passed away September of 2020, but her artwork remains in the world and in the hearts of many.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://pjps.pk/home","date":"2023-12-07T09:16:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100651.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207090036-20231207120036-00702.warc.gz","language_score":0.7429239749908447,"token_count":497,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__296347647","lang":"en","text":"Free full-text Online Journal\nPakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PJPS) is a peer reviewed multi-disciplinary pharmaceutical sciences journal. The PJPS had its origin in 1988 from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi as a biannual journal, frequency converted as quarterly in 2005, and now PJPS is being published as bi-monthly from January 2013.\nPJPS covers Biological, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Research (Drug Delivery, Pharmacy Management, Molecular Biology, Biochemical, Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics, Phytochemical, Bio-analytical, Therapeutics, Biotechnology and research on nano particles.\nPJPS is abstracted and/or indexed in ASCI Database, AsiaNet, CAB Abstracts, CABI, Chemical Abstracts, EBSCO, EMBASE, EMRmedex, ESSCI, EVISA, GDPBM, Genamics, IMEMR, IndexCopernicus, IndexPharmacus, ISI, JournalSeek, MEDLINE/PubMed, NLM LocatorPlus, PakMediNet, PASTIC, PMRC, Pubget, ResearchGATE, SADCCT, SCIENCE Pakistan, SCImago, SCOPUS, Scribd, Serial Cited, SID, WebStatDomain and WorldCat.\nPakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is Pakistani journal at the interface of chemistry, biology and medicine. It publishes original research and review articles from all fields of Pharmaceutical Sciences from authors all over the world. Its mission is to integrate the wide and flourishing field of medicinal and pharmaceutical sciences. PJPS is recognized by Higher Education Commission with “W” category and awarded Impact Factor 1.103 by Thomson Reuter in 2011 and still holding Impact Factor.\nThe journal accepts manuscripts in English only.\nSubmission of manuscripts\nManuscripts are preferred for submission electronically.\ne-mails: email@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.orgThe Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is published bi-monthly by the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi . All correspondence should be made to Editor-in-Chief.\n|Volume||Issue||No. of articles|\n|Original Articles||Reports||Short Communication||Reviews|\nFollowing is the list of all articles published. Click below to view more.\nYear-wise publications from 1988 to-date","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.anybookaward.com/","date":"2013-05-19T19:36:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698017611/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095337-00088-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.913601815700531,"token_count":1097,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__192941757","lang":"en","text":"The AnyBook Award\nTop Ten and Winners\nEspresso Book Machine\n|The American Book Center|\nEBM on NOS Radio 1\nThe AnyBook Award Competition 2010\nWe would like to thank all our contestants for their hard work and for all the inspiring entries. Thanks also to our Judges who read and viewed all the entries!\nOur Espresso Book Machine was launched on November 26th, making our Thanksgiving even more special than it usually is! It was an honor to have the AnyBook Award Book be the first official book to roll off our new press.\nCongratulations go out to our four winners:\n1st Prize Em Angevaare for \"1228: To Presume to Make New\"\n2nd Prize Veronica White for \"Remember before...\"\n3rd Prize Roger Bonner for \"World's New Makeover\"\nPublic Prize Philippine Bulsing for her painting \"Redesign the World\"\nAnd, here they are, all the submissions that won a spot in our AnyBook Award Book:\n\"The Maze\" by Stephanie L. Ragghoe\n\"Remember Before…\" by Veronica White *\n\"Baby Shopping\" by Andy Crane *\n\"Redesign the World\" by Philippine Bulsing *\n\"Ppaperback\" by Sjef van Gaalen\n\"Experience Innovation\" by B. Joseph Pine II\n\"Redesign the World\" by\" by Sylvia van Bruggen *\n\"Redesign the World\" by Jeroen Denters & Cunera Joosten *\n\"Redesign the World\" by Wisarut Wivekyolamal *\n\"Where Do Lost Bits Go?\" by Rick Vermunt\n\"World’s New Makeover\" by Roger Bonner *\n\"Redesign the World: the inner solution\" by Femke Wijdekop\n\"Redesign the World\" by Joakim Drescher\n\"1228: To Presume To Make New\" by Em Angevaare *\n\"Life Redesigned\" by Mimis Chrysomallis\n\"The Wicked Wet World of AmsterSam\" by Sam Martino *\n\"Demispheres\" by Herman Duchenne\n\"In the Beginning… All Was Changed\" by Marianne van der Wel *\n\"Insula Dei\" by Pieter L. Harreman\n* = top ten submissions\nThe very first book to be printed on ABC's Espresso Book Machine will be very special: It's going to be written by you!\nBe a part of this printing revolution and help ABC publish a unique book by creating something for us on the topic Redesign the World (the theme of this year's PICNIC conference). You can write any sort of text, or conjure up any sort of image: we'll consider anything and everything as long as it looks good in black and white. (for example: prose, poetry, interview, essay, cartoon, photograph, drawing)\nA professional jury will select finalists from all your entries. We’ll post these here on AnyBookAward.com so that you can vote for your favorite too. The final decision will be made by the jury, who will select the best quality entries to be compiled into our first book. You could see your work in print and on sale in our stores in November!\nTheme: Redesign the World\n* your own words in any form: essay, short story, poem, interview, play\n* 1000 word maximum\n* written in English\n* your own graphics (illustrations/cartoons/manga/photographs) on the theme should be suitable for b/w printing\n* scanned artwork should be scanned as grayscale at 300dpi, scaled to appropriate size saved in TIFF format\n* total size of artwork should not exceed size A4\nSend your submissions digitally to firstname.lastname@example.org as attachments.\nOnly Word, PDF and TIFF files are accepted.\nYou may enter more than once.\nBe sure to include your full name, address, telephone number and title of your entry.\nThe Competition is now closed. Original authorship must be asserted. There will be no correspondance with the judges. Please do not send submissions by any means other than electronically.\nWe'll also be awarding prizes to the most outstanding entries:\n* First Prize: 100 Euros worth of ABC Gift Vouchers, a weekend writing course with The Amsterdam Writing Workshop and ten copies of the book.\n* Second Prize: 50 Euros worth of ABC Gift Vouchers and five copies of the book.\n* Third Prize: 25 Euros worth of ABC Gift Vouchers and five copies of the book.\n* Public Prize: 100 Euro Voucher to print any book (including your own) on the Espresso Book Machine.\n* The 4 prize winners will all go to lunch together with a leading publisher, and will win free participation in a workshop on \"How to Publish Your Own Book\".\nEveryone whose work is selected will get a free copy of the book too!\nThe first copies will be presented on November 25th, Thanksgiving Day, to Jason Epstein, eminent American publisher, co-founder of The New York Review of Books and the inspirational driving force behind this revolutionary printing machine.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://andie0625.deviantart.com/","date":"2016-10-28T19:42:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988725470.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183845-00269-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9733825922012329,"token_count":208,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-44","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-44__0__152750444","lang":"en","text":"Tomorrow~ A PoemIf I were to disappear tomorrow,Tomorrow~ A Poem by lightbleueyes\nWould you remember me today?\nIf I were to say goodbye forever,\nWould you finally want to stay?\nIf I were to be lifelessly still tomorrow,\nWould you be with me right here?\nIf I were to end my days tomorrow,\nWould you save me out of fear?\nIf I were to close my eyes tomorrow,\nWould you hold my hand all night?\nIf I were to leave here tomorrow,\nWould you make my life seem more bright?\nIf I were to say that I LOVE you today,\nWould you say that you love me tomorrow?\nCurrent Residence: philippines\nFavourite style of art: anything\nOperating System: windows\nFavourite cartoon character: pocoyo\nPersonal Quote: i have \"i\".....i have \"L\"...i have \"o\"....i have \"v\"...i hav","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://flambeau.co.in/services_ghostwriting.html","date":"2017-07-28T12:42:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500550967030.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20170728123647-20170728143647-00615.warc.gz","language_score":0.9428482055664062,"token_count":186,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-30__0__40888526","lang":"en","text":"Flambeau brings forward a multitude of writing styles, from humor to formal to journalistic to motivational. We can write books, articles, reports, novels or just about anything else you want. Our professional Voice over Talent can provide the recorded audio for your project. This makes us flexible and creative enough to adapt to your unique style. Our services include absolute anonymity; when the book is written and the bills are paid, you are the author .\nWe also provides editing and proofreading services by expert editors, who add finesse and edge to your articles, books, e- books, biography etc. All that you have to do is just give us an outline specifying your needs, while our ghost-writer takes care of a unique presentation of your thoughts.\nOutsourcing ghost-writing jobs to Flambeau can save up to 80%. We ensure the qualities are at par with US, UK or Canadian ghost writers.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.stretchyoga.com.au/blog/the-paths-of-yoga","date":"2022-07-02T14:43:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104141372.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220702131941-20220702161941-00652.warc.gz","language_score":0.9514399766921997,"token_count":1458,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__109605212","lang":"en","text":"Vedanta prescribes 4 major paths (Margas) in order to attain and re-establish our connection to the One-ness and Universal Totality of All Life, which is also the essence of our innermost being.\nVedanta is one of the world’s most ancient spiritual philosophies and one of its broadest, based on the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of India. It is the philosophical foundation of Hinduism; but while Hinduism includes aspects of Indian culture, Vedanta is universal in its application and is equally relevant to all countries, all cultures, and all religious backgrounds.\nThe oneness of existence,\nThe divinity of the soul, and\nThe harmony of all religions\n\"For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy\" - Bhagavad Gita 6.6\nRaja Yoga means the “Royal Path.” Just as a king maintains control over his kingdom, you must maintain control over your own “kingdom”—the vast territory of your mind.\nIt’s the path of meditation, mantras, and techniques. The basic theme of Raja Yoga is that your perception of the Divine Self is obscured by the disturbances of the mind. If the body and mind can be made still and pure, the Self-will instantaneously shine forth.\nRaja Yoga is the path most favoured by Westerners because it can be practiced by almost everyone requiring no belief or particular faith. Raja Yoga says to believe only what you find out for yourself through direct experience.\nThe Raja Yogi\nAlthough he didn’t call it Raja Yoga, this path was best summarized by the Indian Sage Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras, under the title Astanga, or The Eight Auxiliaries/Limbs of Yoga.\nThe Eight Auxiliaries are:\nJnana Yoga (Gyana)\n\"When a man puts away all the desires of his mind, O Partha [Arjuna], and when his spirit is content in itself, then is he called stable in intelligence\" - Bhagavad Gita 2.55\nJnana Yoga is the path of knowledge or, more correctly, wisdom. It is the means to Enlightenment through the process of reason—particularly the process of discrimination between what is real and what is not real, what is true and untrue—through study and self-inquiry.\nIt is said to be the most difficult path because it uses the mind and intellect to go beyond themselves to finally realize you are One with the Divine. The Upanishads (a collection of texts of religious and philosophical nature, written in India probably between c. 800 BCE and c. 300 BCE) call it the “razor’s edge,” where the ego is always trying to knock us off. It requires great strength of character, will power, and intellect.\nThe Jnana Yogi\nJnana Yoga is often mistaken as a path of studying scriptures, but it is not referring to that type of knowledge. In fact, it could be better translated as the Yoga of Knowing.\nThrough deep meditation the practitioner drops away all external attachments and all thoughts. They keep peeling away layers until they are unable to strip away anything more. At this point they will have discovered their True Self (Atman).\n\"Whoever offers Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or a little water - that, so offered devotedly by the pure-minded, I accept\" - Bhagavad Gita 9.26\nThis is the path of love and devotion. The subject, by immersing themselves so completely with devotion for their chosen object, merges into it. The subject and object become one - which is the Ultimate Truth (Brahman-Atman).\nBhakti Yoga is very open, and the object of the love and devotion can be anything or anyone. People often say they don’t have enough time for their spiritual practice because of family commitments. Bhakti is to make serving your family your practice.\nWith Bhakti, all attachments end except the all-absorbing love for God—this is the only attachment that frees rather than limits. Once the Divine is re-established in the temple of your heart, Its Love will serve you for eternity. Bhakti is the journey to finally “rest in God.”\nAccording to Bhakti Yoga there are nine forms of devotion:\nAlthough these are prescribed practices their performance should be done quite spontaneously, inspired by the devotion that the practitioner feels.\nThe Bhakti Yogi asks\nThe Bhagavad Gita is the first text to speak directly about Karma Yoga. In this Yoga of Selfless Service every action is turned into a spiritual act, and is a form of sacrifice. Any action or work done by the practitioner is done without any thought of reward, incentive or attachment to any outcome.\n\"You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty\"\n- Bhagavad Gita 2.47\nIt is the path of selfless service (Seva). You cease to identify with the ego and all action is seen as an offering to the Divine. Through the selfless work the practitioner loses their own identity and all that remains is the ‘action’. It is the process of completely dissolving the ego or sense of self. The heart is purified so egoism, hatred, jealousy, selfishness, and similar negative qualities vanish, creating space for humility, pure love, sympathy, tolerance, and compassion.\nKarma Yoga is closely tied in with the concept of reincarnation, and running through it is the idea that no effort is ever lost. Karma Yoga is “doing the right thing,”—the process of achieving perfection in action. It means following one’s dharma (true purpose) and accepting whatever comes, without expectation of payment, thanks, or recognition.\nThe Karma Yogi\nThe above are the four main pathways of Yoga, however we might consider including the below in this list. The number of paths and ways they are categorized varies enormously from source to source.\nWe'll look at Hatha, Mantra and Tantra Yoga in an upcoming blog piece. Any questions, please let us know in the comments below! Our 6 Week Beginners Yoga course is the perfect place to start if you would like to delve into yogic philosophy more.\nStretch Yoga Blog\nJust like you we are constantly learning about yoga, health and wellness. We love sharing our knowledge, musings and favourite healthy recipes - let us know what you think!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.kicksonfire.com/phil-knight-will-be-writing-a-book-about-the-history-of-nike/","date":"2019-04-24T23:32:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578663470.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20190424214335-20190425000335-00354.warc.gz","language_score":0.9727063775062561,"token_count":282,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__31380352","lang":"en","text":"Nike co-founder Phil Knight will be telling us the history of Nike through his eyes in a new memoir. The Scribner imprint of Simon & Schuster Inc. told The Associated Press on Monday that Knight’s book is scheduled for spring 2016.\nIt’s been documented that Knight has been reluctant to talk about Nike’s history, but he says that he’s ready to open up now that he has more time to do so.\n“For a long time, I have had requests — from a couple of prominent publishing houses and many diverse individuals — to write the story of how Nike began,” he said. “I had neither the time nor the inclination — until the last couple of years. Giving up more and more daily responsibility, I have found the time and the perspective. Or said another way: If I didn’t do it now, it wasn’t going to be done at all.”\nThe upcoming book has no title yet but it was revealed that it will touch upon such controversies as working conditions at factories overseas. However the main focus will be the early years of Nike. Who better to tell the story than the man who created and lived it, right?\nAre you excited to read Knight’s book and learn more about the history of the Swoosh? Let us know down below.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://dingpages.com/author-curtis-chin-on-new-memoir-everything-i-learned-i-learned-in-a-chinese-restaurant/","date":"2024-04-23T17:10:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818732.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423162023-20240423192023-00885.warc.gz","language_score":0.9520124793052673,"token_count":132,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__48461702","lang":"en","text":"Author Curtis Chin on new memoir “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant” – CBS News\nAcross the country, vibrant Chinatowns have been a place for immigrants to land, establish roots and grow businesses, but forces like gentrification, real estate development and more have threatened such areas. In his memoir, “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” author Curtis Chin, who was raised in Detroit’s Chinatown, details those forces and how they impact such communities. Dana Jacobson has more.\nBe the first to know\nGet browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://playerx.co.uk/life-or-something-else-in-skyrim/","date":"2020-07-14T16:13:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655897168.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20200714145953-20200714175953-00268.warc.gz","language_score":0.9787831902503967,"token_count":1124,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__197145387","lang":"en","text":"I have slipped into a desolate place. My life as a hero, as a Nord, as an innocent drifter has changed. When other?s look at me, they fear me; I have hidden the truth under a Dwarven helmet for some time. Now, It doesn?t hide the truth anymore, I am hated on appearance; I am not human anymore; I am a vampire.\nIt all started while I was wandering in the mountains I came across ?Bleak Falls Barrow?. I entered the chambers for who knows what; just an adventure? After a short time in the barrow I encounter a vampire; the battle does not lead to my end, but rather, one strike from his cursed blade leads to a new beginning ? a nightmare. This new encounter sways my adventurous spirit some, and I exit the barrow.\nThe first people I encounter would tell the story of my fate; ill favored, and fighting for my life, I knew I would have to adapt. I found that I was stronger at night. Stronger and hungry, I would have to feed on human blood; I would also need to hide my pale face and whitened dead eyes. A full face helmet would do the trick, at least for a while and only a while as it turned out.\nAfter some time had passed, I learned to hide my secret fairly well. I even returned to Whiterun to serve some time in prison for past offenses. My intention was to meet the Jarl, a quest I had avoided at one time during my travels. I served my sentence without exposing my curse, and soon after, located the ?Jarl of Whiterun?.\nThe Jarl requested I speak to his mage; his mage in turn sends me on a quest to find the ?Dragonstone?. And where does he want me to travel, to Bleak Falls Barrow, where my nightmare first began. I knew where I was going, and at least this time, I knew why. In my travels I had even found a way I could reverse my fate as a vampire. A man named ?Falion? had told me to find a black soul gem. The gem would have to wait, I wanted to do something right, and get the Dragonstone. I quick-traveled to Bleak Falls Barrow.\nAfter much time traversing this dark, damp, and decrepit cave I come upon a huge wall, and start hearing chanting. I absorb a ball of light as the chanting gets stronger. Suddenly, a casket bursts open and a skeleton draped in a ragged cloak begins its furious attack. After fighting tooth and nail, and with the expenditure of many potions, I am victorious in battle. After searching the skeletal remains I find the well-earned Dragonstone.\nI ran back to Whiterun as fast as possible, and I delivered the Dragonstone.? The mage accepts it and says I am no longer needed. I begin to walk out as one of the Jarl?s guards storms into the room and demands my help; a dragon is attacking the western watchtower. I accept and follow her to the Jarl. There he gives me a Dwarven shield that can block flame; I graciously accept this as even my Dwarven armor can?t protect me from the flames of a dragon.\nThe guards of Whiterun and I run to the watchtower to see if there are any survivors. We looked in horror as there burnt carcasses were strung across the ground.? The grass sizzled underneath my feet. ?I heard a roar from a distance and I knew that it wasn?t over yet. A huge dragon with blood sprayed on its face landed right in front of me. I quickly threw up my shield and blocked its flames as I ran to the ruins of the tower. I climbed to the top where I took out my Dwarven bow and arrows, and begin shooting. After a lot of shooting, blocking, and dodging, the dragon was nearly dead. I shot the beast square in the head and jumped from the tower, jumped on the dragon?s neck, and snapped it with one swing of my mace.\nThe dragon was now dead, and it began to quickly decompose. As its flesh seemed to vanish into thin air, a glowing light poured over from it, to me. Afterwards, I was able to release a mighty shout, and push back or destroy anything in my path. The guards began calling me the ?Dragonborn?. Things were really looking up, or so I thought.\nI went back to the?Jarl and he then gave me the ?axe of Whiterun?, a Dwarven axe with frost powers. I walked to the door and met Lydia a warrior girl who was to be my companion for the rest of the journey to discover my Dragonborn gift. We walked outside and guards started attacking us because I was a vampire, a demon. Lydia and I made it out alive and are now on a quest to find a black sole gem to reverse my unlucky state of how shall we say ?life? or ?death??\nIt is not to complain in these harsh surroundings; it is not to complain at all really, I’m only playing a game. I could just revert to an earlier save point and get rid of this curse. But that wouldn?t be right would it? No, I will have to push on and overcome this misfortune; and at least now I have a companion to help me.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.lavenderwold.com/","date":"2020-01-18T20:20:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250593937.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200118193018-20200118221018-00222.warc.gz","language_score":0.7663549780845642,"token_count":120,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__98552271","lang":"en","text":"ORGANIC PRODUCTS - PROUDLY MADE IN UK\n\"Made In England products using the finest British ingredients\"\nFollow us on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date with our latest products and special offers.\nProducts available at the following locations:\nThe Barn @ D2 Place Two, Lai Chi Kok\nJoint Publishing Book Store @ Kowloon Bay\nJoint Publishing Book Store @ Tsuen wan\nJoint Publishing Book Store @ Central\nOOH @ Paterson Street, Causeway Bay\nHealth The Floral Store @ Fortune Plaza, Tai Po","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://valerianentertainment.co.uk/dragon-warriors","date":"2019-02-15T21:01:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479159.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20190215204316-20190215230316-00309.warc.gz","language_score":0.9245515465736389,"token_count":76,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__84072821","lang":"en","text":"Theatrical Dragon Warriors at your service. The perfect addition to the Valerian Dragon or as a stand alone statement. These characters will impress an audience of all ages with their engaging performance. Available as ground characters, on stilts, dance sets or as part of an impressive fire show and especially great for carnivals, summer balls, festivals and parades. Book now!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://theperksofashadowhuntertribute.tumblr.com/","date":"2013-12-07T09:41:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163053921/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204131733-00096-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9584290981292725,"token_count":557,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__2181751","lang":"en","text":"Peeta says it will be ok\nAll I want to do is collapse on my metal plate. But I can hardly do that after what I just witnessed. I must be strong. I owe it to Cinna, who risked everything by undermining President Snow and turning my bridal silk into mockingjay plumage. And I owe it to the rebels who, emboldened by Cinna’s example, might be fighting to bring down the Capitol at this moment. My refusal to play the Games on the Capitol’s terms is to be my last act of rebellion.\nSo I grit my teeth and will myself to be a player.\n“I hear Warner laugh.\nI see him smile.\nIt’s the kind of smile that transforms him into someone else entirely, the kind of smile that puts stars in his eyes and a dazzle on his lips and I realize I’ve never seen him like this before. I’ve never seen his teeth—so straight, so white, nothing less than perfect. A flawless, flawless exterior for a boy with a black, black heart. It’s hard to believe there’s blood on the hands of the person I’m staring at. He looks soft and vulnerable—so human. His eyes are squinting from all his grinning and his cheeks are pink form the cold.\nHe has dimples.\nHe’s easily the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.\nVampire Academy: Christian Ozera\n↳ HQ Stills\nOf course we will go into this as one.\n“For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.”\nYou think you’re in control, but you don’t understand how much you’re wrong.\n“I've learned a lot about how people have to fight through their whole lives just to be themselves.”\nOne of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, “You should always buy something to treat yourself to say ‘Well done for getting the job!’” However I’ve not followed on that through yet…I’ve always wanted a tattoo, something to mark my experience.\nFIRST OFFICIAL THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 TRAILER\n“Even in L.A., where everyone’s in yoga pants, I’ve never been the girl to run around in sweats. I love fashion and always have something put together, but I won’t wear anything specifically to be photographed in. I have become more cautious of making funny faces in public.”","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"http://historybox.com/throughline/aleph.htm","date":"2023-05-31T20:18:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647409.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531182033-20230531212033-00059.warc.gz","language_score":0.974713921546936,"token_count":9043,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__278450409","lang":"en","text":"The Aesthetics of Meaning:\nJewish Arts & Culture Aleph: On Ansky's The Dybbuk\nby David Chack\nSo read the stage directions in the second act of The Dybbuk: Between Two Worlds by S. A. Ansky. In these directions we see encapsulated the world Ansky tries to present in the play, but more, we are given a visual matrix for a Jewish performance aesthetic. We must start our study of the formation of a Jewish performance aesthetic with the play and film The Dybbuk: Between Two Worlds by S. A. Ansky because of its influence as a play from which the standard was set for Jewish Theatre and Performance in years to come and was the accumulated repository for a history of Jewish culture in performance. This history, is represented by this play, the story of its author, and the story of its first productions. Further, as we analyze the play (and look at its film versions) we will see that within it is, not only a transmission of Jewish folklore but, the transmission of performance styles, motifs, and themes that will continually occur in the work of Jewish performers in film and theatre.\nWhen The Dybbuk was first performed, much to the surprise of the Vilna Troupe, a Polish Jewish theatre company that Ansky was very close to, it was an incredible success. Their performance was a memorial to Ansky, who had died a month earlier. Though they had been close to him, the play had not been produced because it was deemed as a nice piece of folklore, but not good theatre. Yet the play not only spoke to its audiences in a deeper way than anticipated, the performances transcended the written word. All accounts of well-done performances of it, have nearly always given it the highest tributes. When it was performed by the Habimah Theatre from Russia in 1923 (becoming its signature piece to this very day) reviewers the world over saw it as a piece of theatre that defied description. Performed again in New York in 1933 by an American company, the Neighborhood Playhouse Theatre, in English, it was seen as, \"one superb tragedy of pure mysticism\" and \"a resounding theatrical success.\" In that production, it gave the career of the actor who played Leah, who had only played musical comedy up until that point, a new direction. When the Polish film by Michael Wyzynski was released in 1937, it was seen by many, Jew and Gentile alike, as one of the finest films from Europe. The only purely negative review came from Frank Nugent of the New York Times, who saw it as a \"documentary film of life among the pygmies or a trip to the Middle Ages\". A reflection on that review will be done later.\nFew plays written until this time focused on the Jewish life of the shtetlach, the small villages of East European Jewry. Most were melodramas like the ones by Avrom Goldfaden or other former cantors, turned theatre producer/directors. Some did center on Jewish Biblical themes, that could be seen as appropriating mythical themes in the existence of the Jewish people. Nahma Sandrow in her work, Vagabond Stars, the history of the Yiddish Theatre, sees The Dybbuk embodying both the history of the Yiddish Theatre and the artistic aspirations of the Yiddish Theatre which set the stage for Jewish performance for years to come. \"It was with their production of The Dybbuk that they influenced other theaters, especially Yiddish theaters. And with it they set a direction for themselves.\" She continues later, \"Herman's approach (the director for the Vilna Troupe) also had an affinity with the Neo-Romanticism that was a dominant Polish mode. It was also, in a way, a return to the Purim play.\" Sandrow points out that The Dybbuk was this embodiment of the past and future.\nFrom this as well as from its acclaimed reception, we can see that its influence was considerable. What does it have that no other drama had before it and what does it have that makes it the quintessential Jewish play? By answering this core question we will extrapolate an emerging Jewish Performance Aesthetic, that can be broken down into its designated principles for future Jewish performers, whether they are aware of them or not. Clearly, the Vilna Troupe was unaware of them, because they did not even consider the play important enough to be performed in Ansky's lifetime. The surprise of the positive reception is at the very least, a tribute to Ansky's ability to tap into the sensibilities of the audiences of his time. This production and the production of the Moscow Jewish theatre company, Habimah, shows that the realization of the play does not occur on the written page, but through its performance. This play continues to be one of the most performed plays in the world and we will look at that as well by examining contemporary performances. And in this continuity of performance we will also see how a Jewish Performance Aesthetic emerges.\nHistorical and Biographical Context\nLet us first understand S. A. Ansky and see his life as a context for the play. I am indebted to the work of David Roskies in his wonderful introduction to The Dybbuk and Other Writings by Ansky, and Roskies' seminal work Against the Apocalypse. Solomon Rappoport Ansky was born in 1863 in Vitebsk in the Lithuanian province of Russia, the same city of Marc Chagall. His original name was Shloyme-Zanvl ben Aharon HaCohen Rappoport. This town was both a center for the mystical, intellectual sect of Chasidism known as Chabad and had one of the finest yeshivot (Talmudic learning academies) in Lithuania.\nA strong influence on young Rappoport's life was the economic fortune of his family. While growing up, he experienced both relative wealth and then poverty. His father lost his fortune and was forced to travel while his mother ran a tavern. They lived in the poorer section of town. His movement into secular Judaism and Russian socialism can be seen as having its roots here. The precociously intelligent Shloyme-Zanvl started to read militant works of the Hebrew Haskalah/Enlightenment such as Chattot Ne'urim (The Sins of Youth, 1876). This on top of Russian nihilism influenced him greatly. He also was enamored of the theatre and submitted scripts for review by the great Yiddish director, Jacob Adler, though Adler was not impressed. Eventually Shloyme-Zanvl lost his faith, became almost totally secular and was known as a \"critical-realist\". He ran a commune for poor boys on the outskirts of town who had left the yeshiva, taught them math and Russian and encouraged them to go on to \"productive labor.\"\nEventually, Rappoport changed his name to Solomon Aronovich and then to Semyon Akimovich while immersing himself in the Russian revolutionary movement of the 1880's and 90's. Following the populist theoretician Peter Lavrov, he educated himself on the life of the peasants and then worked with and educated the miners of the Donets Basin. He lost most of his teeth to scurvy, maintained spartan surroundings, proteletarian dress, and according to Roskies, saw that the folk were an utterly distinct cultural and psychological group. He continued his writing and under the pen-name S. A. Ansky wrote Sketches on Folk Literature. It is not clear what the full meaning of his new name was to him. Possibly the \"S. A.\" stood for Semyon or Solomon, Akimovich or Aronovich, but the Ansky was whimsical. One version is that it represented his mother who was named Anna, but another version was that it was coined for him by radical Russian writer Gleb Uspensky. As Roskies speculates, this name in its unclarity shows the two worlds of Ansky -- the Jew turned Russian radical and the revolutionary who could not give up his Jewish roots.\nAnsky's inability to leave his Jewish roots came to a climax when friends of his in 1905 brought him to meet with Zionist youth groups and he reconsidered the writings of secular Jewish writers like I. L. Peretz who wrote about a Jewish nationalism with a modern European sensibility. Ansky, quickly, became part of a group of Jewish intellectuals to preserve the facts and culture of the Jewish folk in the shtetlach. He joined the Jewish History-Ethnographic Society, the Jewish Literary Society, became the literary editor of the Russian-Jewish monthly Evrieski Mir, and was close to the Jewish Folk Music Society based in St. Petersburg. In 1910 at a celebration of his twenty-fifth literary anniversary he said:\nTwenty-five years ago when I first began writing, my striving was to work on behalf of the oppressed, the laboring masses, and it seemed to me then -- and that was my error -- that I would not find them among the Jews. I thought it was impossible to hold oneself aloof from politics and, again I did not find any political currents among Jews. Bearing within me an eternal yearning toward Jewry, I nevertheless turned in all directions and went to labor on behalf of another people. My life was broken, severed, ruptured. Many years of my life passed on this frontier on the border between both worlds. Therefore, I beg you, on this twenty-fifth year of summing up my literary work, to eliminate sixteen years.\nThen in 1911 he headed and organized a trip that was to permanently change his life. This expedition was anthropological, to gather folklore by recording the songs and stories of the region with the Jewish History-Ethnographic Society from 1912-1914, particularly in the Ukraine, where Chassidism had originated. One might say that Ansky was on a personal search as well as a search for the survival of Jewish Culture. It was here that he found a new \"Torah\" for the masses. He collected:\n1800 folktales and legends\n500 cylinders of folk music\n1000 songs and biblical Purim plays\n1,000 melodies of songs and niggunim\n100 historical documents\n700 sacred objects\nHe wrote in 1914 in in the preface to The Jewish Ethnographic Program:\nThe Oral Tradition consisting of all manner of folklore -- stories, legends, parables, songs, witticisms, melodies, customs, and beliefs -- is, like the Bible, the product of the Jewish spirit; it reflects the same beauty and purity of the Jewish soul, the same modesty and nobility of the Jewish heart, the same loftiness and depth of Jewish thought.\nAs Ansky was collecting this material and as he was on his own personal search, and even as he was on a mission to save Jewish Culture, he was also engaged in something more. He was helping to quantify the elements for an aesthetic that is Jewish. The aesthetic which he identifies, he believes, is as old as the ancient texts of the Bible. As he said at a meeting of the Jewish Ethnographic Expedition on November 24, 1913, Chasidic tales and legends were the best possible means of acquainting non-Jews with the aesthetic and ethical dimensions of Jewish culture. Coupled with the immediate artistic considerations was Ansky's desire to save what was being lost through the destruction of the shtetlach.\nWith every old man who dies with every fire that breaks out, with every exile that occurs, we lose a piece of our past. The finest examples of our traditions are disappearing. In short our past sanctified by the blood and tears of so many innocent martyrs is vanishing and will soon be forgotten.\nEven this need, to save the culture, was incorporated into the aesthetic. A survival myth, that can be seen as going back to the stories in the Hebrew Bible, is prominent in Ansky's thinking. This reaction to and response to martyrdom was very real for Ansky. He was aware of the pogroms and anti-Semitic actions of his time of which he knew first-hand. He, also, carried within him the memory of past catastrophes to the Jewish people. As Roskies writes in Against the Apocalypse and Yosef Yerushalmi in Zachor , the historic memory of these catastrophes was absorbed into an ongoing myth of Jewish response and survival to suffering and persecution, going back to the near-sacrifice of the Biblical Isaac by Abraham to the destruction of the two Temples. This survival myth has been elasticized to include the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, the massacres of Jews in the Crusades and the Middle Ages, the slaughter of Jews in Poland and Russia by Cossacks led by Chmielnicki in 1647-48 ( which is referred to inThe Dybbuk ), and other smaller pogroms, blood libels, and violence up until this day. The Holocaust is sometimes placed in this mythical paradigm, but more as an exception to the paradigm.\nClearly the way the myth is expressed is dependent on the particular group of Jews and their circumstances. Yet there was always a need to find a way to express it and remember. As Yerushalmi writes of Biblical narrative and its stress on memory, \"(The Hebrew Bible's) injunctions to remember are unconditional, and even when not commanded, remembrance is pivotal. Altogether the verb zachar appears in its various declensions in the Bible no less than one hundred and sixty nine times, usually with either Israel or God as the subject, for memory is incumbent on both.\"\nIn finding a paradigmatic memory, which is myth, for a response to suffering and persecution the Jewish people often turned in their narratives to the myth of the Akedat Yitzchak or the binding of Isaac. This myth was used as a narrative to understanding suffering because, not only does Abraham have to go through a test, but Isaac as the offering, is defenseless. This is different than the sacrifice of Jesus as the central pradigm for the Christian religion because Jesus' crucifixion is meaningful in its removal of sin. Jesus died on the cross for the sins of the world. On the other hand, Isaac goes through the trauma of nearly being killed by his father for no reason that is apparent to him, except blind faith. Through this paradigm, as Shalom Spiegal writes about so eloquently in The Last Trial , the rabbis (in midrashic narratives) seek a meaning for suffering and persecution and find it in the blind faith of Isaac, who ironically goes blind later on in the Bible.\nIn the case of Jews being slaughtered during the Middle Ages by the Crusaders for not allowing themselves to be converted, the Jews themselves took the slaughters knife to mercifully kill their own children rather than face death at the Crusader's hands. And the story of Isaac is constantly evoked. One chronicler relates:\nHas there ever been an akedah like this in all the generations since Adam? Did eleven hundred akedot take place on a single day, all of them comparable to the binding of Isaac son of Abraham? Yet for the one bound on Mount Moriah the world shook, as it is stated: \"Behold the angels cried out and the skies darkened.\"The Dybbuk is an aesthetic response to survival, suffering, and persecution. When, as inThe Dybbuk , there is a need to understand the senseless deaths of innocent Jews by Chmielnicki and the Cossacks, the mythic narrative of the Akedat Yitzchak collapses into the generalized concept of dying al ha-Kiddush ha-Shem , for the sanctification of God's name. As it was described in the Scroll of Darkness by Shabbetai HaCohen Katz, an introduction to penitential prayers, in 1651:\nAnd in the synagogue, before the Holy Ark, with slaughtering knives they slew the choirboys, the cantors, and the attendants. There the sons of our people brought up burnt offerings and sacrifices; they performed an Akedah on themselves as on rams and sheep and goats, and with fragrant smell rose to the dwelling place of angels. Then the enemy destroyed the synagogue, our surrogate Temple; they rampaged, they removed all the Torah scrolls, both old and new, and tore them to shreds, and cast them aside to be trampled upon by the feet of man and beast, horses and their riders, and they also made sandals and boots called posteles out of them and garments of several kinds and cast Scripture to the ground and trampled the parchment with their feet.\nThe need to make meaning out of catastrophe in Jewish narratives continues to the time of the writing of the play The Dybbuk. Pogroms, blood-libels, forced conscriptions of Jewish boys at the age of twelve into the army, and other forms of anti-Semitism continued in Eastern Europe and Russia. The list of pogroms in Russia boggles the imagination. Fourty-nine were killed in Kishinev during Passover of 1903; 800 were dead between 1905-06 in 726 pogroms; and in the Ukrainian civil war of 1918-19, between 60,000 and 250,000 Jews (according to different historians) were killed in pogroms.\nAnsky's The Dybbuk\nIn this context we can better understand and view the performance narrative of The Dybbuk. When Ansky wrote the play, he had resumed his involvement with the Jewish people and artistically placed in the play his revolutionary inclinations, his pursuit for meaning in his own life as a Jew and a secular Russian, his vocation as a preserver and celebrator of Jewish folk and religious culture, and his fear for the destruction of East European Jewry. The Dybbuk is an expression of all of these aspects and one might say that the play's aesthetic is based on all these aspects. When Ansky wrote the play he claims to have met the characters the play is based on. Drawing from relity, Ansky constructs a narrative that deals with the Jewish experience as he saw it. Let us look at what Ansky constructed and see how Ansky made the choices he made, for performance.\nThe Dybbuk is a play presenting small town Jewish life (shtetlach) in Russia through the story of two young people who are in love, and are not allowed to wed, by Sender, the father of the bride (Leah) -- even though he had made a vow many years before that he would wed his first-born daughter to the first-born son of his closest friend, Nissen. He betrothes Leah to another man and Chonon, the son of Nissen, dies-- coming back, through mystical incantations, into the body of the Leah ( a dybbuk is a lost soul that cleaves to another soul ). After much suffering and introspection on the part of Sender, the soul of the young man is exorcised from her body and excommunicated. Chonon is then reinstated in the Jewish people and at the play's end Leah willingly gives up her life for him in an ecstatic moment. This joining, is seen in the context of the historic deaths (narrated in the play) of a bride and groom who were murdered by Cossacks as part of the Chmielnicki massacres against the Jews, in their town of Brinitz, on the wedding night in 1648. It is in this context the play explores themes that are taken up again and again in Jewish performance narratives; love, faith, theodocy, suffering, exile, anti-Semitism, and the confrontation with modernity. Let us analyze the play more closely to see how.\nThe play opens with a chant from afar that says:\nWhy, oh why did the soul plunge\nFrom the upmost heights\nTo the lowest depths?\nThe seed of redemption\nIs contained in the fall.\nThen the curtain is raised to reveal the synagogue, in the mythical town of Brinitz. Idlers are sitting around studying or gossiping. The Messenger lies on the bench in the synagogue. Chonon stands meditatively.\nImmediately, the tone is set and two characters of importance are both linked and introduced to the audience. First the tone. This is set throught the chanting, that immediately gives the play a sense of ritual and mystery. Then the words themselves, foreshadowing the plays events and outcome, provide the audience with tragic foreboding. But even more than this, stylistically, the words contextualize the play in a Jewish meta-historical sense. As mentioned earlier, the Jewish people place a great deal of emphasis on memory and placing it in a mythical paradigm. These words both evoke the destruction of the Temple (churban ) through the contrasting imagery of redemption, and the hope for the coming of the Messiah. And by mentioning the heights and dpeths to which a soul plunges, Ansky is not only foreshadowing the fall of Chonon in the play, but he is also evoking the hope of redeeming all the souls of Jews who died in persecutions and sufferings. Just as the liturgist in the Scroll of Darkness wrote about an akedah and churban , so are another about to take place in the long line of akedot and churbanot . And there will be deaths al ha kiddush hashem (for the sanctification of God's name). The irony of the play is that these deaths will come from an internalization of sufferings and persecutions. Yet it is in Ansky's this counter-response to sufferings and persecutions that Ansky is also responding and lamenting them.\nIn the two characters we see at the beginning of the play, we see the characters who most represent Ansky's voice. Chonon, as the highly principled, spiritual, ecstatic, mystic, who loves without bounds or cares for materialism-- is of course just like Ansky, the Russian revolutionary. The Messenger who personifies the richly woven tapestry of Jewish folklore and culture in the play is Ansky the preservationist. And both are Ansky, the young Talmudic scholar, who provides a new textual reading, through this folklore, inmidrashic fashion , to the action of the play. This, then shows Ansky as a creator of a performance narrative which weaves into it, a particularistic Jewish aesthetic.\nAs the scene moves along we learn that Chonon is a very mystical student and that he hopes to marry Leah the daughter of Sender, through the incantations and meditation on mystical texts. He is also participating in physical self-abnegation by fasting, depriving himself of sleep, and going to the ritual baths late at night. His soul is one that yearns to reach the heighest heights, as he says:\nKabbalah tears the soul from its earthly bounds! It lifts man to the highest spheres and opens up the heavens so that he can see inside. It leads straight to Paradise, it draws you to the Infinite, it opens a corner of the great curtain. (Falls) My strength... is failing.\nNot long after this we meet Leah, the woman he loves that he hasn't directly asked to love him. Yet they are inexplicably drawn to each other. She comes to the synagogue to help fix a curtain for the ark and Chonon stares at her. Then as she is about to go she asks to kiss the Torah. She is granted permission and comes closer to Chonon as she gets closer to the scroll. She kisses it with passion and then they leave. Chonon then sings verses from the Song of Songs , which is seen by the rabbis as a book of love poetry and which is also, mystically, about God's desire for Israel. But Chonon's ecstasy does not last long. Reb Sender arrives to celebrate the betrothal of his daughter Leah to a young man in another town. Chonon, at first in deep despair over how his mystical incantations failed, suddenly reaches higher heights than he has ever reached and declares that he sees the two-fold name of God and perishes. The scene ends as the celebrators of Reb Senders' discover Chonon's body and the Messenger says, \"He has been damaged-- beyond repair.\"\nTwo other things to note in this first scene. The first is that Chonon knows that what he is doing is not condoned by normative Judaism and that he is verging on great sin. This can be seen in the play's text, as follows:\nChonon: We need not wage war against sin, we need only to purify it. Just as a goldsmith refines gold in a flame or a farmer threshes the chaff from the wheat, so must we cleanse sin of its dross until nothing but holiness remains.\"\nHenech: Holiness in sin? Where did you get such an idea?\"\nChonon: Everything in God's creation contains a spark of holiness.\nHenech: God did not create sin; that was the work of Satan!\nChonon: And who created Satan? It was God. Satan is the opposite of God, and as one of His aspects, he contains a holy spark.\nThis exchange could have been inspired by an occurence in Ansky's life when he was a witness to a desecrated synagogue. The fragments of the Ten Commandments from the building, lay on the ground and all that remained was Thou Shalt Kill and Thou Shalt Commit Adultery. For Ansky, because the rest of the commandments were missing, their strength was diminished. Just as Ansky saw the loss of Jewish Law, in the wake of catastrophe and called for the need of a new Jewish culture, Chonon sees the need to enter into the realm of sin to redeem love in the face of desecration.\nThis is amplified in another part of the scene between the Messenger and Sender, after Sender returns from getting his daughter betrothed. The Messenger tells Sender a parable. \"Once a rich but stingy Chasid visited the rebbe. Taking him by the hand, the rebbe led him to the window and asked him to describe what he saw through the pane. \"I see people in the street,\" the Chasid said. Then the rebbe took his hand again and led him to a mirror. \"Now what do you see?\" he asked. \"I see myself,\" the Chasid answered. \"Do you understand? Both the window and the mirror are made of glass; but as soon as you cover the glass with a small amount of silver you no longer see others but only yourself.\" Clearly, Ansky's socialist background is part of the context for this message. But as mentioned earlier, the Messenger not only represents Ansky, but he presents the midrashic discourse that is intertextual to the action. That being the case this parable is meant to relay a sacred value to counter, what Ansky believes is, the profane value of capitalism. Through this particularistic Jewish aesthetic, the action is furthered and so is Ansky's perception of sacred Jewish values.\nAct II opens with the focus on the gravesite of the young man and woman who were murdered by the Cossaks in 1648. This is the only date mentioned in the play and so anchors the play, meta-historically, but leaves the \"real\" time of the play loose and unfixed. By doing this, Ansky amplifies the context of memory and suffering. The perception is given that for time immemorial there is still that connection, and this creates an even stronger contrast to the desecration of Jewish values by Sender. Everything is placed within this myth of loss, exile, suffering and catastrophe--even love. As the story of the couple is told in the play:\nWhen that enemy of the Jews, Chmielnicki, may his name be blotted out, came to our town with his Cossaks and slaughtered half the Jews, he killed the bride and the groom just as they were being led to the wedding canopy. They were buried in one grave on the very spot on which they were murdered, and their grave has been called \"the holy grave\" ever since. (In a whisper ) Each time the rabbi performs a wedding ceremony he hears sighs coming from the grave. In order to bring comfort and cheer to the buried bride and groom, it has long been a custom in our town to dance around the grave after every wedding.\"\nFrom this point on, the preparation for the wedding commences. Leah must first dance with the poor, which is done in a stylized and macabre fashion. In many productions, though it is not specified in the play, a character depicting death also dances with Leah. She then prepares to go to the cemetery to bring back any souls that she would like to have at her wedding. At this point she remembers Chonon. It is a poignant memory of passion and longing.\nOnce there was a young man with a lofty soul and a profound intelligence-- a long life lay before him. And then in an instant, his life was cut down; strangers came to bury him on foreign soil. (Sorrowfully) What happened to his unlived life, his unspoken words, his unuttered prayers? Grandma, when the flame of a candle is snuffed out, you can relight it and it burns to the end. So how can the uncompleted life of a person be stamped out forever? How can it?\nThen she looks at the grave of the bride and groom.\nI have known this holy grave of the bride and groom who are buried here since I was a child. Awake and asleep I have often felt them with me; they are as close to me as my own flesh and blood. (Thoughtfully) A young and handsome couple on their way to the bridal canopy, looking forward to a long and beautiful life together, and in a flash all was over-- evil people with axes hacked the bride and groom to death. They were buried in one grave so that they would be together for all eternity. And at every wedding as we dance around their grave, they join in the festivities. Beloved bride and groom I invite you to my wedding! Come and stand beside me under the canopy!\nLeah makes the linkage between the death of Chonon and the deaths of the bride and groom. And this is what many in the original audiences would do as well. Remembering all too clearly the deaths of those who suffered the consequences of catastrophe, as Leah mourns for Chonon, she is also mourning for all Jews whose lives were cut short and who had so much to give. Once again this points up Ansky's purpose in creating a performance narrative that both shows the results of anti-Semitism leading to an internalization of suffering and that taints the lives of the Jewish people in Eastern Europe.\nThis makes perfect sense in light of what is to come. Leah returns from the graveyard, inviting her mother and Chonon to her wedding. Then when the groom comes forward to veil Leah, she pushes him away and says:\nYou are not my bridegroom! (She runs to the grave and throws herself on it ) Holy bride and groom, protect me! Save me!\n( She falls; people run to her and lift her up; she looks wild-eyed and cries out, not with her own voice but with that of a man )\nAh! Ah! You have buried me! But I have returned to my promised bride and will not leave her!\n(Nachman goes to Leah; she shouts at him) Murderer!\nNachman: She is mad!\nThe Messenger: A dybbuk has entered the body of the bride.\nAt this point, when the dybbuk of Chonon enters into Leah, it comes after a progression of things and builds the suspense about the death of Chonon in light of his mysticism. She dances with the poor and the beggars, which also culminates in her dance with death. She goes to the dead in the cemetary, of which many had been killed in pogroms and invites her mother's soul to the wedding. This was a common practice in villages in Eastern Europe.\nAt Chonon's grave, which had been revealed to her in a dream when he came to her, something unspeakable occurs, according to Frayde the nurse. So when she returns to the wedding party, the dybbuk's enterance into her, is the result of a ritualistic journey into personal memory and collective memory. The dybbuk joins her, not only for what had been done to Chonon, but also for the loss of all Jewish souls who are in exile and who gave their lives al ha-kiddush ha-shem . As mentioned previously, Ansky wrote, \"With every old man who dies with every fire that breaks out, with every exile that occurs, we lose a piece of our past. The finest examples of our traditions are disappearing. In short our past sanctified by the blood and tears of so many innocent martyrs is vanishing and will soon be forgotten.\" On some level, the dybbuk is the result of Akedat Yitzchak , except instead of the binding of Isaac it is the sacrifice of Isaac that has come back to his father Abraham and wants to bear witness to the suffering of the world. When the Messenger sees the dead Chonon on the floor in Scene One, he says, \"He has been damaged-- beyond repair.\" This damage points to the mystical concept that the world is broken, fragmented by the evil that it faces and the suffering that exists. This is not unusual in modern, pre-Holocaust era literature. One might even see thedybbuk similarly to the character of the madman in the Russian Jewish novelThe Mare by S. Y. Abramovitsh who pointed to the maddening effect the world was having on the Jews at this time, resulting in misery afflicted by Jews on each other. In the creature of the dybbuk we may even see foreshadowings of post-Holocaust literature, in the character of the madman who, in the tales of Elie Wiesel, Aharon Appelfeld, or I. B. Singer, comes back from a place of suffering, to bear witness, and yet is not believed. The dybbuk returns to attest to the need for wholeness in body and spirit, in the individual and in the collective.\nAs we move on to Act III, we are in Miropol, the home of Reb Azriel, a Chasidic rebbe. We see the small shtiebl or place to pray in Reb Azriel's home. The scene begins with a story by Rebbe Nachman of Bratslav, the great grandson of the founder of Chasidism. The story is being told by the Messenger. In this intertextual moment, the story is told of a mountain with the heart of the world that longs to join the clear stream, at another mountain, to quench its thirst. But paradoxically, if it moves towards the stream, it loses sight of the stream and if it loses sight of the stream it dies. So it exists from day to day, longing for the stream and not beign able to draw closer. Yet a just man, a tzaddik ( an attribute given to Chasidic masters ) gathers the songs of the heart and the stream and gathers the shining threads that come from their singing and weaves them into time. and whne he weaves a full day he gives it to the heart of the world, and the heart of the world gives it to the clear stream and all live another full day. Once again, the scene is set by a text. In this case, a text that amplifies the tenuous nature of the existence of the world.\nAnd then Reb Azriel, the tzaddik , comes in and tells the story of the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur, the day of judgement, where the High Priest alone enters the Holy of Holies, and then says the single name of God in order to save the world. Reb Azriel goes on to say that every day is Yom Kippur in a person's life. Therefore every sin and every wrong committed by a man brings the world closer to destruction. Then Reb Azriel paraphrases the chant, heard at the beginning of the play, that after a soul has soared to the highest height, sometimes it falls to the lowest depths. Then a world is destroyed, and all the emanations of God mourn the loss.\nWhen this collage of telling Chasidic and Jewish tales is over Reb Sender comes with Leah and the nurse. Reb Azriel remembers Reb Sender as a former student of his. He has misgivings about his own strength in dealing with the dybbuk in Sender's daughter, he calls Sender in to listen to him. After hearing Sender's story and wondering if Sender did anything wrong, he calls ten men in to be the minyan (quorum) for the service of exorcism. When Reb Azriel speaks to the Rabbi in the town, he discovers that Sender is holding something back from his story. Rabbi Shimshon related to Reb Azriel that a dead former student, Reb Nissen, appeared to him in dream and demanded that a rabbinical court be summoned to try Reb Sender. Just as on Yom Kippur, as was alluded to at the beginning of the scene, a tribunal is called to account for the sins of Reb Sender.\nScene IV begins with the preparation for the court. Reb Azriel summons Reb Nissen from the grave and when it is determined that he is present the court begins. Rabbi Shimshon, speaking for Reb Nissen, says that Reb Sender was supposed to marry his daughter to the son of Nissen. And when the son of Nissen reached the town of Brinitz and even lived with Reb Sender and fell in love with his daughter, Reb Sender turned him out becuase the son was poor and Reb Sender was rich and he wanted a rich person for his daughter Leah. His son's soul is now in the body of Leah and caught between two worlds. Sender replies, by apologizing and saying he knew his friend had died and that he didn't know that a son had been born. And then with the passage of time he had forgotten his vow to his friend. The court in the name of Reb Azriel decreed that though Reb Sender had broken his vow and had been jaded by his own wealth, he still is not totally responsible because a vow cannot be made over something not yet created, like a child. Nevertheless, Reb Sender must sayKaddish over Nissen for his entire life. So, it is the decree that due to Reb Sender's forgetting he must remember Nissen for the rest of his life. Yet Nissen left the court dissatisfied.\nThen Reb Azriel assmbles the court to exorcise the dybbuk from Leah. After commanding the dybbuk to leave, to no avail, Reb Azriel has seven ram's horns blown to excommunicate Chonon's soul. This is seen as the worst possible punishment. This horn, called a shofar, is blown signifying the end of Yom Kippur, that the gates of heaven are closed and the heavenly tribunal is over. With these overtones of heavenly judgement, Reb Azriel has the shofar blown three times, with appropriate commands for the dybbuk to leave. Finally the dybbuk is excommunicated after the third blast, and leaves Leah's body. Almost immediately afterwords, Reb Azriel revokes the excommunication on Chonon's soul crying out for mercy on Chonon's soul. All of those present, led by Sender, say the Kaddish for him, and they leave quickly to assemble the wedding.\nWhile they are out Leah is taken care of by Frayde, her nurse. As the nurse sings her a lullabye, the she falls asleep. Leah immediately notices someone sighing. It is the soul of Chonon. They speak of each other, almost as though they gradually need to gain memory of each other. They speak of their undying love for each other. She says:\nI will bear you in death, in my heart. And in our dreams at night we will both rock our unborn little babies to sleep. We will sew little shirts for them to wear and sing them lullabies.\n\"Hush, hush little ones without cradle,\nwithout clothes dead you are and still unborn\ntimeless and forever lost....\"\nChonon: I have departed from your body. I am coming to your soul. (He appears against the wall in white. )\nLeah: (Happy ) The circle is broken. I see you, my bridegroom. Come to me!\nChonon: Come to me!\nLeah: I am coming to you.\nChonon: I am coming to you.\nVoices: (Offstage ) Lead the bride to the wedding canopy!\nLeah: I am enveloped in a blaze of light. My bridegroom, my destined one, I am united with you for all eternity. Together we will soar higher and higher, ever higher. (Stage darkens )\nReb Azriel: (Head bowed ) We are too late.\nThe Messenger: Blessed is the true Judge. (Total darkness )\nWhy, oh why did the soul plunge\nFrom the upmost heights\nTo the lowest depths?\nThe seed of redemption is in the fall.\nAs Ansky ends the play he leaves us with the love that Leah and Chonon have for each other. But there is disquietude in the ending. This is due to Ansky's ability to write a dramatic conclusion that presents an unfinished matter. The dialectic exists between the suffering of the Jews, the need to be true to themselves as Jews, and the need to examine the old religious ways in light of modernity. It is unfinished because Ansky doesn't come up with any answers. He is as perplexed as we are. But he is also in awe and trembling of the tremendous Jewish culture of East European Jewry, the impending doom for East European Jews, the fossilization of the culture that seeks answers in capitalism, and the search for his own Jewish identity which is also between two worlds. The Dybbuk is his response and counter-response to suffering and persecution. It tries to understand suffering that turns against itself and on those who are themselves suffering. Perhaps, the cruelest torment of all, is to endure suffering from the ones who themselves are suffering.\nAnsky wrote The Dybbuk to be performed. Unfortunately, he never saw it performed. He tried to get the Polish Vilna Theatre Troupe to do it but they kept putting him off, though they personally admired him.\nCopyright 2004 by David Chack. All rights reserved.\nBack to listing of articles.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.msxphotos.com/post/choua-daniel-spring-romance-oshkosh-wi","date":"2022-09-29T13:41:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335355.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220929131813-20220929161813-00632.warc.gz","language_score":0.9828646183013916,"token_count":210,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__277089664","lang":"en","text":"Choua & Daniel | Spring Romance | Oshkosh, WI\nWe had to postponed Choua and Daniel's engagement session several times due to the ever changing weather. It was that awkward time between winter and spring where you never know if it's going to be dress weather or a winter jacket. Even on the day it finally happened, it had rained so hard the entire day. Somehow, we managed to find this magic timeframe where it stopped raining and we were able to capture beautiful photos. We even managed to finish right before it started raining again.\nI love capturing love stories. Choua and Daniel have been together for almost a decade now. I've seen them go through so many things that both challenged and strengthened their relationship. I'm so happy that they're finally getting married because they both deserved total happiness together! They understand each other and always know how to make the other person laugh. They are two halves to one whole. I can't wait for them to tie the knot.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://adrotateforwordpress.com/article/the-beginning-after-the-end-aqua-manga","date":"2024-03-04T21:55:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476532.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304200958-20240304230958-00745.warc.gz","language_score":0.8845982551574707,"token_count":1968,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__134153979","lang":"en","text":"Have you ever found yourself immersed in a world where reality blends seamlessly with the fantastical? If you're a fan of manga, particularly \"The Beginning After the End Aqua,\" you're in for a treat. In this article, we'll embark on a thrilling journey through the submerged universe of this manga series, exploring its intricacies and unraveling the mysteries that captivate readers worldwide.\nDiving into the Depths - What Sets \"The Beginning After the End Aqua\" Apart (H1)\nManga enthusiasts often seek narratives that push the boundaries of creativity and storytelling. \"The Beginning After the End Aqua\" stands out as a testament to the genre's ability to transport readers to uncharted territories. With a blend of captivating characters, intricate plot twists, and a submerged setting, this manga is a breath of fresh air for those yearning for something beyond the ordinary.\nAqua Magic Unleashed - The Power Dynamics in This Aquatic Realm (H2)\nOne of the defining features of this manga is the exploration of magic within an aquatic world. The narrative unfolds with characters wielding unique aqua-centric powers, adding an extra layer of complexity to the storyline. Dive into the pages and witness the mesmerizing spectacle as characters harness the forces of the deep to shape their destinies.\nCharacter Chronicles - Unraveling the Protagonist's Journey (H2)\nAt the heart of \"The Beginning After the End Aqua\" is a protagonist whose journey resonates with readers on a profound level. As we follow their evolution, we witness the struggles, triumphs, and unexpected alliances that shape their destiny. The character development in this manga is a testament to the author's ability to weave a compelling narrative.\nNavigating the Tides - Plot Twists That Keep Readers Hooked (H2)\nIn the vast ocean of manga, a gripping plot is the compass that guides readers through uncharted waters. \"The Beginning After the End Aqua\" excels in delivering unexpected twists and turns, keeping readers on the edge of their seats. Brace yourself for a rollercoaster of emotions as the story unfolds with a perfect balance of perplexity and burstiness.\nArtistry Beneath the Waves - The Visual Appeal of \"The Beginning After the End Aqua\" (H2)\nManga is not just about storytelling; it's also a visual feast for the readers. The artwork in this series deserves special mention, as it masterfully captures the ethereal beauty of the aquatic realm. The attention to detail in depicting underwater landscapes and the characters' expressions adds a layer of immersion that elevates the reading experience.\nThe Siren Call of Subtext - Themes Explored in \"The Beginning After the End Aqua\" (H2)\nBeyond the surface, this manga delves into thought-provoking themes that resonate with the human experience. Friendship, sacrifice, and the inexorable passage of time are intricately woven into the narrative, inviting readers to reflect on their own lives as they navigate the submerged world alongside the characters.\nUnlocking the Author's Vision - Insights into the Creative Process (H3)\nEver wondered about the creative mind behind \"The Beginning After the End Aqua\"? In this section, we'll delve into the author's inspiration, artistic choices, and the challenges faced in bringing this aquatic universe to life. Gain a deeper understanding of the thought processes that birthed this captivating manga series.\nReader's Take - Exploring Fan Theories and Speculations (H3)\nAs with any exceptional manga, fan engagement is an integral part of the experience. Join us as we explore the buzzing community discussions, fan theories, and speculations surrounding \"The Beginning After the End Aqua.\" The manga's allure extends beyond its pages, sparking conversations that add another layer of enjoyment for avid readers.\nThe Allure of Aqua - A Submerged Universe That Leaves Its Mark (H2)\nIn the vast sea of manga choices, \"The Beginning After the End Aqua\" emerges as a beacon, beckoning readers to dive into its enchanting depths. The fusion of captivating storytelling, mesmerizing artwork, and profound themes creates an immersive experience that lingers in the reader's mind long after the final page is turned.\nConclusion: Submerge Yourself in the Uncharted Waters of \"The Beginning After the End Aqua\" (H1)\nIn conclusion, \"The Beginning After the End Aqua\" is a testament to the boundless creativity and storytelling prowess within the manga realm. As readers, we are invited to plunge into the depths of a submerged universe, where magic, emotion, and the inexorable passage of time converge to create a narrative that resonates on multiple levels.\nFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs):\n1. Is \"The Beginning After the End Aqua\" suitable for all age groups? Absolutely! While it may have some intense themes, the manga is crafted to appeal to a broad audience, making it suitable for readers of various age groups.\n2. How frequently are new chapters of \"The Beginning After the End Aqua\" released? The release schedule may vary, but fans can typically expect new chapters to be released regularly. Keep an eye on official announcements for the latest updates.\n3. Are there any spin-offs or related works to explore after reading \"The Beginning After the End Aqua\"? As of now, there are no official spin-offs, but the manga community is always buzzing with creative content. Fans often share their interpretations and fan-made works that delve deeper into the world of \"The Beginning After the End Aqua.\"\n4. What makes the underwater setting of \"The Beginning After the End Aqua\" unique? The underwater setting adds a distinctive flavor to the manga, creating a visually stunning backdrop for the unfolding narrative. The aquatic realm not only enhances the story's visual appeal but also plays a crucial role in shaping the characters' abilities and interactions.\n5. Can I recommend \"The Beginning After the End Aqua\" to someone new to manga? Absolutely! The manga's engaging storyline, coupled with its visually striking artwork, makes it an excellent choice for both seasoned manga enthusiasts and newcomers alike. 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This is about a man who didn't ...\nThe World After The End. Chapter 1. An original story, brought to you by the author of\n, Author Sing-Shong. This is about a man who didn’t regress when everyone\nAqua Manga Reading free manhwa, manhua and manga online is updated daily. Read manga comics online free on Aquamangas we provide fastest update..\nAt aquamanga.org we're dеdicatеd to provide high-quality manga, manhua, and manhwa onlinе, complеtеly frее of chargе.\nAqua Manga offеrs frее accеss to manhwa, manhua, and manga onlinе with daily updatеs. You can rеad manga comics onlinе for frее on Aqua Manga, whеrе wе providе thе fastеst updatеs.\n29 okt 2023 · Aqua Legacy. Visit aquamanga.com. Overal ... thebeginningaftertheend-manga.com. Th Beginning After The End Manga Online English in High-Qualit.\naquamanga.com at WI. Check out the Aqua Legacy community on Discord - hang out with 23050 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.\nAfter landing her job as an intern at Aria Company, she works hard to sharpen her skills, makes new friends, and tries to adapt the laid-back lifestyle at Aqua.\nRead the latest Chapters of The World After the Fall Manga Online free in English With High Quality. at theworldafterfall.com.\nRead the latest Chapters of The World After the Fall Manga Online free in English With High Quality. at theworldafterfall.com\nDiscover the best Manga Scans website - Manga Read - Manhwa Scans - Manhua Scans- Read high-quality content at Odin Scans. Dive into a vast collection of.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.giftbasketsoverseas.com/gifts/Cloud_of_Roses-to-kyrgyzstan.htm","date":"2017-03-27T22:38:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218189534.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212949-00063-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9669971466064453,"token_count":121,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__208724495","lang":"en","text":"Every petal of a bright, vibrant flower is a part of nature's poetry, and you can send an epic poem to the one you love this Valentine's Day. Send a giant bouquet of 501 red and white roses to tell them about the passion and purity of your love today.\n\"I would go so far to say this is the best customer care I have ever received. This is a very professional company, end to end. The follow up from the confirmation of the order to the delivered goods was perfect.\"\nReviewed by Kelsey Swaby - Rating: 4.6 Queensland, Australia","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://snidgetco.livejournal.com/7743.html","date":"2018-04-27T02:30:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125948950.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20180427021556-20180427041556-00503.warc.gz","language_score":0.9950048327445984,"token_count":1682,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__187320708","lang":"en","text":"Some coffeehouse near the office\nIn which they eat and talk.\nNeville looked up. It was almost lunchtime. He hadn't talked to Tonks anymore after she had invited him to have lunch with her but he was certain she would show up soon.\nIndeed, a couple of minutes later, Tonks walked into Neville's cubicle, for as far as that was possible. She smiled.\n\"Ready to go have some fun?\"\nNeville blushed and he hated it. Telling himself that it was just Tonks, a friend, a woman he'd known for years, didn't help much.\n\"Yes,\" was all he managed to squeeze out before he got up and put on his coat.\n\"Where do you want to go?\" asked Tonks.\n\"Anywhere is fine, I don't really have a particular place in mind,\" Neville heard himself say. Good, at least he was recovering fast this time.Time to do what Ryan taught me.\nTonks noticed the change. \"You're getting more comfortable around me. That's good.\"\n\"It seems I am,\" Neville agreed. He smiled at her, a smile that was mirrored on her face.\nThey went out and minutes later Neville found himself in an unfamiliar place.\n\"Like it? It's my favourite coffeehouse,\" Tonks said.\n\"It's nice.\" Neville looked at the menu. \"What is good here?\"\nTonks marvelled at Neville's... normal... behaviour. He was acting like he had never ever felt uncomfortable around her. It was actually quite unnerving.\n\"Well... I always have...\"\nShe was interrupted by a handsome looking waiter who couldn't be older than 20. The way the boy beamed at Tonks made Neville think they knew each other, perhaps even better than he wanted to know.\n\"The usual?\" the boy asked.\n\"I'll have the same,\" said Neville defiantly, causing the waiter to look at him curiously. Neville looked back blankly until the kid left. Then he smiled and turned his head.\n\"What did I just order?\"\nInstead of answering, Tonks stared at Neville for a moment before asking, \"what happened to you? You're not the Neville I know. It's not been that\nlong since the last time I saw you, how come you've changed so much?\"I learned how to be an actor\n, thought Neville, but he didn't say anything. He just looked at her, the hint of a smile on his face.\nTonks didn't know what to think. She was happy that Neville seemed comfortable around her, but she didn't know what brought this about and she didn't understand why Neville wouldn't tell her. If she had been an insecure woman, she would've thought he didn't like her quite as much anymore. But she wasn't, which is why she merely concluded, \"you're not intimidated by me anymore.\"\nNeville, however, was still very insecure behind his mask of nonchalance. He couldn't lie to her, he was afraid she would see it in his eyes.\n\"Actually, I still very much am. Ryan told me a bit about how to be relaxed around beautiful women.\"\nIt was really quite remarkable that he didn't blush.\nTonks laughed, more relieved than she wanted to admit.\n\"He's a good teacher,\" she said, \"you certainly fooled me. But really, there's no need to act tough around me. I like you blushing and muttering.\"\nAt this, Neville laughed out loud, a short laugh that sounded somewhat like a bark.\n\"If you don't mind, I'll try and find a path somewhere in between,\" he answered gaily.\nTonks said she didn't mind and explained to her that he had ordered a club sandwhich. She couldn't tell him what was on it, though, because it was different every time.\n\"We're in for a surprise, then, I suppose,\" was Neville's unconcerned answer.\nThe food arrived and looked very tasty. The two friends talked about work while picking apart their sandwhiches, a habit they seemed to share. When both their plates were empty, Neville spoke, his voice barely more than a whisper.\nTonks looked at him, not sure what to make of this.\n\"What are you thanking me for?\"\n\"For a great lunch with an amazing woman,\" Neville mused. Then, he laughed. \"That sounded so horribly cheesy even I noticed it.\"\n\"It's still a sweet thing to say,\" Tonks reacted, amused. \"The pleasure is all mine. I know we haven't seen much of each other since the War, but I find I like spending time with you.\"\n\"That's good,\" said Neville, \"because I would love to spend a lot more of it with you.\"\nFor a second, they looked at each other in complete silence. Tonks wanted to say something but again she was interrupted by the waiter.\n\"Was the food to your liking, Miss?\" he drawled.\nTonks squinted her eyes, looking from the waiter to Neville and back.\n\"Yes, we liked it very much, thank you.\"\nThe waiter didn't seem to like this answer very much. Neville's heart jolted when he heard the word \"we\". In her own way, Tonks seemed to say that right now, she preferred Neville's company over the boy's. The waiter nodded curtly and disappeared.\n\"He uhm...\" Tonks said, \"I knew him once.\"\n\"I figured as much,\" said Neville. \"Have you... known many blokes like him?\"\n\"I suppose. It's something to do.\"\nsomething to do?\" asked Neville, his tone suggesting that her answer could change everything.\n\"Not in the same way, no,\" said Tonks. \"I geniunely like you. You're a friend, or you can easily become one. They... they're just...\"\nNeville did understand. He would never want to live like that, but Ryan did. Ryan had been with more women than Neville had met in his entire life. He didn't respect his friend any less for it and he wouldn't judge Tonks. Even if it did make him a bit uncomfortable.\nTonks watched him, waiting for the inner dialogue to end. She didn't want to scare Neville away but she wanted to be honest with him. It was important that he understood who and what she was. She half expected him to walk away. His next words surprised her.\n\"Why did you kiss me? Back at my place, why did you do it? Was it just to make fun of me?\"\n\"What? No! I never meant to make fun of you. Okay, I suppose we were\nmaking fun of you a bit, but no, that's not why.\"\nTonks wanted to say, \"because you looked like you needed it.\" But she realised that it wasn't the whole truth.\n\"Because I wanted to.\"\nNeville looked straight at her for a moment, like he was trying to find out how honest she had just been. What he saw apparently satisfied him, for all he said was, \"okay.\"\nA new waiter appeared at their table and asked if they wished to pay. Either the first one was on his break or he had given up on Tonks for now. Neville paid the bill, ignoring Tonks' muttered objections.\n\"I would love to stay and chat with you some more, but I have to get some work done,\" Neville said.\n\"That's okay, I know this. I work for the same company, remember?\" Tonks smiled.\n\"That is true, of course. Well then, shall we leave?\"\nNeville took Tonks' arm and escorted her out. She let it happen without a word. Soon enough they were back at the office, where they each went their own way, Neville feeling calm and slightly hopeful, Tonks trying not to feel at all.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.theologicalsystems.com/","date":"2018-02-24T21:28:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891815951.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20180224211727-20180224231727-00219.warc.gz","language_score":0.9619816541671753,"token_count":863,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__98998848","lang":"en","text":"This post and the other posts here are taken from my book in Spanish “False Prophets and Teachers”\nHere I am just going to list each of the points, and gradually, I will make a separate post for each of these points. Note that a lot of the points here are themes that I take up regularly in my writings against false prophets. Some of those things will also appear under each point.\n1Pet 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:\nEph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.\nEverything Satan touches leaves “his mark” on it. This is very distinctive. It is not the will of God, although Satan tries to make it look like what God does, and look like the will of God.\nDefinition: False Prophet – Somebody who perverts, twists, or manipulates the message of God for his own personal purposes. In this, he does not give the message of God such as God gives and commands us to give it, but he puts his own “touch” on it slightly or greatly changing it. (David Cox)\n2Pet 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.\nGod has to be behind every true presentation of truth and the gospel, and Satan perverts or changes it for his own purposes. What those purposes may be is not so important as that it is not God’s will.\n1Pet 1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace [that should come] unto you: 1Pet 1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 1Pet 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.\nOne of the great overpowering elements of a true minister of God is that they feel a great compulsion to be exact and in agreement completely with what God’s Word says. Over and over again we find this great respect for authority is the core difference between a true man of God and a false prophet.\n1Pet 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:\nCol 4:6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.\nFor a true man of God, the Word of God validates or convicts his ministry and message. He falls or stands by how well he stands with and presents the Word of God, Scripture. It is as if every encounter that the man of God has with another person, he will give account to God for that encounter. He must present in action, attitude, and speech correctly what God wants him to show that person. As a minister of the Gospel, he understands that he personally is an example of Jesus Christ (1Pet 5:3 “being ensamples to the flock“; Heb 13:7 “which have the rule over you… whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation“). No true minister of God will take any of this lightly. False prophets often give a pretense of being serious, but so often they are not really serious in obeying or uplighting this great office of spokesman for God.\nNote: If something shows up as a link here, the connection may not be obvious in the title, but a section of that post will deal with the issue. Continue reading","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mosaic-madness.com/recommended-read.php","date":"2019-06-20T16:24:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627999261.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190620145650-20190620171650-00121.warc.gz","language_score":0.9721997976303101,"token_count":622,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__90019096","lang":"en","text":"New to blogging? Or wonder what it's all about? Blogging for Bliss is an eye-opening, take-you-by-the-hand book that introduces you to the ins and outs of creative blogging. Each chapter focuses on an area of blogging: why blog, tools, how to, software, and making it pretty.\nEspecially helpful are the examples sited throughout each chapter which demonstrate how creative bloggers handled a particular aspect or challenge on their blog. At the end of each chapter we're introduced to some creative bloggers and learn where to find their blog, when they started, what they blog about, and anything they were to change about their blog if they had to do it all over again. The creative bloggers featured are very generous with their information and tell all.\nAside from learning about creative bloggers and what each one focuses on, it was interesting to read about the different software choices (most are free!), and how easy it is to start blogging. There's also a brief discussion on revenue sources for bloggers if you're interested.\nThis is a quick read (156 pages) full of tips, beautiful photos, advice, and inspiration. A great first step into the world of creative blogging.\nOrganizing Your Craft Space\nby Jo Packham\nThis book is such a breath of fresh (creative) air! You know that feeling when you walk into your favorite craft store and imagine all the possibilities? Well this is that book!\nEach page is full of wonderful, whimsical, fun examples of how artists from quilters, scrapbookers, and painters to tassel-makers, beaders and yes, mosaicists have organized their craft spaces....all in gorgeous full-color photos!\nNot only is each artists' work amazing but they've come up with truly creative ways to display their materials and solve storage challenges. Anything goes and they make it work....beautifully!\nSoul Proprietor: 101 Lessons from a Lifestyle Entrepreneur\nby Jane Pollak\nThis is an easy-reading, great advice sort of book. I've read it twice and will read it again later this year just to refresh my memory.\nThe sub-title says it best, \"101 Lessons from a Lifestyle Entrepreneur.\" The author, Jane Pollak is a successful business owner -- she started off painting eggs of all things. Although it may not sound very exciting, she managed to make a great living at it. She found a niche, or rather fell into a niche. She built that business little-by-little and grew it into something completely different -- public speaking.\nAs she grew her business she learned lessons along the way. Some were about her particular craft which could be applied to any craftsman, and some were business related. But it's her humor and reaction to events and challenges that particularly interested me. When making decisions she learned early on to listen to her soul. She found that to run her business and exist in her family's life and friends', she needed to find that happy place in the middle.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://aliasreviews.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/the-master-and-margarita-overwhelming/","date":"2019-07-16T19:22:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195524685.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20190716180842-20190716202842-00388.warc.gz","language_score":0.9793897867202759,"token_count":982,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__156356675","lang":"en","text":"What a story! What a play! Epic. Not only for its almost 3 and half hour length, but for its multi layered stories set thousands of years apart. These include oppression in Stalinist Moscow and religious myth that are relayed with fantastical farce and gritty realism using gigantic video screens and an aggressive, confrontational theatrical style.\nThe running length actually flew by, because for the most part this was a seriously engaging and engrossing play, staged with staggering creativity and energy. Theatre at its best.\nIn fact I didn’t want it to end. And when it did end, and I was left with a multitude of questions, I wanted to watch it again straight away to try and make sense of some of it.\nAn impossible task though no doubt. For even Simon McBurney, the Director of theatre company Complicite’s take on the classic Russian novel The Master and Margarita staged at London’s Barbican, admits in the programme notes “the whole book is a mystery to me.”\nBut complete understanding is clearly not integral to the enjoyment of this story by Mikhail Bulgakov. Or perhaps more accurately, not integral to feeling its impact, as such was this play’s intensity, it is at times hard to enjoy. The stunning opening and most of the second half in fact left me feeling quite uncomfortable.\nThis is another literary adaptation whose source novel I have never read. In fact until having tickets for the play bought for me I had never heard of it. Which now, having done some research, seems incredible, such it seems is the novel’s stature as a masterpiece of the 20th century.\nDirector McBurney also says in the programme notes that he has lost count of how many people have told him it is their favourite novel. And the few people I mentioned I was going to see it to said the same.\nSo what is it about? Well how long you got?\nOn a literal level the play intertwines the story of a poet in Moscow in 1939 who sees a literary censor beheaded by a tram, is visited by the devil who shows him a conversation between Jesus Christ and Pontius Pilate, gets sent to a mental hospital where he meets a man who tells his own life story which involves writing a masterpiece of a novel about the same conversation between Christ and Pilate, is censored, and thrown in the hospital while his lover is taken to a midnight ball in hell (after the devil has performed a black magic show at a Moscow theatre) by Satan’s flunkies who also beat people up in Stalinist Russia. Oh and there is a demonic talking lewd cat too.\nGot all that? Well I am not sure I have either even after seeing the play. And there were areas of it that I was really struggling to follow or stay engaged with. Yet there were other areas which were completely entrancing and profound.\nThe theatrical experience of this production matched the wild and wonderful story too. The energy from the performers was incredible, with a lot of running, a lot of complete nudity and a lot of intense dialogue. And there is a staggering revelation towards the end which left me in awe of one of the main actors.\nScenes in Stalinist Moscow would morph into Roman occupied Jerusalem, or hell, seamlessly with few stage props or sets. Scenes of quiet sensitivity and honesty were mixed up with bawdy stand up comedy and performers directly confronting audience members as if in a smutty pantomime.\nThe use of lighting effects and video was also extremely exciting. Close ups of the actors faces would be broadcast live on a huge video wall at the back of the stage. Overhead video of the actors provided optical illusion type effects against the video wall. The audience was also filmed and shown on this wall which creaked and cracked and crumbled throughout.\nSome of these techniques did not work for me however, and there was often just too much going on. This detracted from the story which also had elements which I just did not like – the cat in particular and the scenes with the devil felt intellectually conceited. I also at times found it hard to feel emotionally engaged with the main characters.\nOf course it is the themes of the story that underpin the whole experience of the play. And despite the criticisms of some areas already made, the subjects of freedom, literary expression, honesty, storytelling, living for art, love and ultimately forgiveness, emotionally resonated through incredibly powerful imagery and dialogue.\nThis is made all the more moving by the obvious autobiographical nature of parts of the story and Bulgakov’s knowledge that the book would never be published in the world he lived in.\nSo overwhelming yes, but deeply penetrating too. And now I can’t wait to read the novel.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.toon-fx.com/his-secret-obsession/","date":"2023-06-05T23:06:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652184.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605221713-20230606011713-00400.warc.gz","language_score":0.9550610780715942,"token_count":3827,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__185273687","lang":"en","text":"His Secret Obsession is a secret weapon for ladies who need to enhance their present partnership or who wish to locate their happily. It really is a web based connection program that focuses on bridging the gap in between women and men; the points that separate the two and make it so tough to have a happy, successful and long-lasting connection. And in contrast to other connection regimes, this one will not call for you to transform what you wish; who’re you, what you appear like or something like that. It is all about staying accurate to your self and mastering important information and skilled connection approaches that tap into the male psyche to appeal to their greatest needs.\nProduct Name: The His Secret Obsession Program\nWebsite URL: https://hissecretobsession.com/ Or Click to Download His Secret Obsession PDF Here\nAuthor: James Bauer\nSo, if you are ready to produce a long-lasting, delighted and healthful relationship devoid of playing head games and reciting awkward one-liners, here’s what you may anticipate from His Secret Obsession.\nWhat is His Secret Obsession?\nIn spite of males seeming just like the most complex creatures on this planet, they’re actually fairly very simple. The problem is that as women, we are designed differently and have a difficult time understanding or perhaps recognizing what a man desires, and ways to present them with that without having taking away out of your own requires.\nHis Secret Obsession by James Bauer can be a effective partnership guide that may be available in downloadable PDF or audiobook versions.The book tackles the problems that influence girls about the globe, which includes:\n- Why guys can drop interest in a woman right after the initial attraction wears off\n- Why men men are reluctant to commit long-term, even when the early signs of connection seem so promising\n- Why guys can pull away abruptly and cease communicating with their partners.\n- The central assertion of His Secret Obsession is the fact that men are driven by instinctive demands, even though they may be not consciously aware of them.\nJames Bauer calls this “The Hero Instinct”. And he claims that it’s up to females to bring this for the fore. In actual fact, he says a man are going to be drawn to any woman who makes him really feel it.\nIn line with “The Hero Instinct”, males are driven by these three factors:\n- To reside a meaningful reside and feel appreciated for his efforts\n- To provide for those he cares about in life, such as his household, pals and in particular his romantic partner\n- To be respected by his peers.\n- In brief, guys desire to be a hero. And much more importantly, they desire to be your hero.\nHis Secret Obsession is here to help you. Created by a highly-renowned partnership coach, this program bridges the gap in between men and women to eliminate the separation and confusion that many of us expertise. It is broken down into a two-part series and 17-different modules, all of which cover every single aspect about dating, getting and maintaining a healthful relationship. Spoiler alert: It is about appealing to a guy’s senses by using what he is already driven to. By understanding this effective method, you’re capable to eliminate the biggest issues men have with relationships, commitment and monogamy. Much more importantly, what you discover can really make your man present, previous or possible partner essentially yearn to have these issues with you. It’s all concerning the power of point of view and psyche and His Secret Obsession teaches you all the things there is to know when also guiding you along the way.\nBauer believes that regardless of love or attracted a male should be to his partner. He claims that if the female is unaware of tips on how to trigger the male’s Hero Instinct, the male will in the end constantly really feel a disconnect and doable even seek it out in yet another companion. His Secret Obsession describes the Hero Instinct as innate and biologically driven just as hunger, sex or aggression. Bauer wrote His Secret Obsession for females to study how you can trigger the Hero Instinct, as a result advertising a more loving relationship and receiving the interest that they wish from their companion.\nWhat’s the Hero Instinct?\nThe Hero Instinct is not a brand new notion. James did not invent it. But with his book, he’s bringing it for the attention of girls who’ve never heard of it before. And it sits suitable in the heart from the book.\nThe Hero Instinct is biological. It is what a man is driven by at heart. It really is something he’s been saddled with soon after years of evolution. It’s Darwinian and “as the book asserts” cannot be changed. Hence, as the writer asserts, when you do not tap into this Hero Instinct, you will shed the man you wish.Here’s The Hero Instinct inside a nutshell:\n- A man desires his life to become meaningful\n- A man wants a clear purpose in his life\n- A man desires to feel like he is appreciated for all that he does\n- A man desires to be the provider in a connection ¨C he desires to take care of you and his household\n- A man wants respect\n- You may argue that ?°this isn’t how most men I know behave.\nThe book gets you to query that line of considering. Have a feel about all the guys you know, and after that assume about their core actions. What truly motivates them? Is it purely and just just sex, beer and sports? Or do they want something a lot more out of life?\nWhy are guys obsessed with work? It is simply because they are driven by primal urges to provide.\nMost guys want anything extra out of life than what they’ve got. They are not commitment-phobes. The purpose a man in his thirties hasn’t settled down yet is mainly because he hasn’t met a lady he cares sufficient for ?- and who hasn’t tapped into his Hero Instinct. After she does that, her chances boost.\nHis Secret Obsession, then, highlights what The Hero Instinct is, then shows you that you ought to realize a man’s have to have for respect, meaning and purpose if you’re to acquire anywhere with him.\nA man desires to care for you personally. He doesn’t want a woman who’s so independent that she does not need him.\nWho is James Bauer?\nJames is the author of His Secret Obsession. He’s effectively known for his earlier book, What Guys Secretly Want, which assists ladies navigate the dating playing field. He’s a psychologist at heart, who has made use of his client knowledge to build up his understanding base of biological and cultural differences in men’s and women’s brains.\nFrom there, he moved into relationship coaching, where he’s been for the final 12 years ?a functioning with a huge number of women and men who want to spark or strengthen their relationships. By way of operating with thousands of couples, James has uncovered numerous secrets to cultivating long-lasting relationships. Each partnership is one of a kind, but he has been capable to recognize common threads in every single connection that have permitted him to place together a guide which can assist females acquire self-assurance in their appreciate life.\nFor women who need to have assist understanding some of the essential roadblocks and speedbumps of dating, he has developed His Secret Obsession.\nThe secret Signals\nWith a great number of different strategies of communicating these days, His Secret Obsession has created a series of tools which might be customizable for the circumstance. The secret signals described within the plan may very well be used in particular person or across distinct technological mediums like Facebook messaging, e mail, text, or telephone calls. Some examples from the signals you are going to discover with all the program include things like:\n- The Glimpse phrase : give a man a taste of the actual you, and leave him yearning for extra.\n- The Fascination signal : trigger such deep attraction in a man that you are going to really feel like an emotional addiction to him.\n- The Silent Action signal : shifts his Hero Instinct into high gear without even saying a word.\n- The Damsel in Distress signal : discover how you can tap into a man’s all-natural protective instincts.\n- The Private Island signal : this tiny identified high quality is an essential element in who a man chooses to marry.\n- The “I Owe You” signal : did you know you could actually use a man’s selective hearing to your advantage? Swap out three very simple words you use everyday.\n- The X-Ray query : not recognizing where you happen to be at within a connection might be torture. It is possible to innocently ask your man this question to place your worries to rest.\n- The Ex-Back signal : this signal is complicated for any man to ignore, resist, or “think his way out of” and it may assist you to bring an Ex promptly back to you.\nThese are just several examples from the tools offered; these and a lot of additional are explained in detail, with examples, within the His Secret Obsession plan.\nSending the best Signals\nCommunication will not be just about what is said but what exactly is not said. In genuine life, men and women communicate in gestures and signals more than they do with words. That is one location where most guys do not excel in addition to ladies do. Frequently, males are certainly not verbal creatures and would rather show than say. This explains that period inside a partnership when the man just starts clamming up, appearing cold and distant, uncommunicative.\nAs outlined by Bauer, for a lady to break through this wall of silence, she must understand what to say and how you can say it. In his book, James Bauer produced the 12-word Secret Signal that a woman can use to speak to or send as a message to the man. In line with Bauer, he made these words to trigger a signal within a man’s brain and quickly capture his consideration right after one of his consumers knowledgeable an issue with her considerable other. The positive benefits from this trigger helped stimulate the man’s Hero Instinct and therein lies 1 of the core features of this book.\nBauer also discusses what he calls Secret Signals : a distinctive set of communication procedures that ladies can use to enhance communication with men. Bauer’s focus in producing these Secret Signals is to empower ladies to take charge and have greater control over the way they reach out to their partners, thereby improving their capacity to make possibilities for open discussions. Getting able to communicate much better, in accordance with Bauer, is mastering ways to be understood better, which in the end improves one’s connection having a companion.\nWhat You are going to Find out in His Secret Obsession\nHis Secret Obsession is every single woman’s secret weapon, specifically within this planet exactly where males can swipe appropriate for their next fling. It is a comprehensive plan that teaches you almost everything there is certainly to know about men, how they think, what appeals to them, what they seek out and the way to use your newfound understanding to get the guy and connection you desire. The program is broken down into a two-part series to ensure uncomplicated and enjoyable reading, and it comes with 17 unique modules, all of which tackle a new set of queries, concerns, difficulties, subjects you name it. You also receive a 7-day workbook that assists you place your new appreciate tactics into action?- And for all these ladies who’re prepared to get began, each module is summed up below the “key lesson” section.\n===>>Click to Download His Secret Obsession PDF & Learn More……\nBut never take my word for it! Here’s a examine a few of the subjects and tactics you study all through this system.\n- Aspect One: How the Hero Instinct Operates\n- The key Longing of Each and every Man\n- The Unspoken Need He’ll By no means Admit\n- Make Him See the Light\n- The Fascination Trigger\n- Why Males Say, “I’m just not ready”\n- How your Desire Can Fascinate Him\n- The key Current of Delighted Relationships\n- Rocket Fuel: Ways to Construct Partnership Momentum Quickly\n- How to Become His Secret Obsession\n- Get Deeper Intimacy by Revealing Much more\n- Three Items that will Go Incorrect (and how you can repair them)\n- Element Two: Tips on how to Make use of the Signals\n- The Private Island Signal\n- The X-Ray Query\n- The Glimpse Phrase\n- The secret Currency of Happy Relationships\n- The I Owe You Signal\n- The Damsel in Distress Signal\n- Text Message Formulas\n- Why Texting\n- How Curiosity Phrases Can Preserve Him Engaged\n- How to Produce Curiosity Triggers When You’re Apart\n- Texting Your Life Story\n- And you also get the following bonus applications free of charge:\nBonus: Why Men Shut Girls Out\nBonus: The three A’s of Effortless Attraction\nBonus: Uncover His Deepest Desires with Easy ?°Relationship Detective?± Techniques\nBonus: Hero Instinct Case Study #1, two, three, 4 and five\nAdvantages Of the Program\nThe largest benefit of “His Secret Obsession” plan in comparison towards the a huge selection of other people accessible on-line is the fact that it covers certainly every thing ¨C from dating to falling in like, staying in like, overcoming battles, text message miracles and much more. There definitely is nothing at all left unsaid and because the saying goes, ??men are from Mars and females are from Venus’, so you’ll be able to comprehend why a great number of modules are required to study the way to get and maintain any man of your dreams.\nBut let me stop myself correct there due to the fact you do not only get started to obtain the advantages of this dating and partnership plan only as soon as you’ve completed the seventeenth module. Rather, you start off getting the advantages proper away as you commence to understand males and what tends to make them tick. From the initial module on, the positive aspects basically continue to grow. The added benefits never even cease as soon as you’ve completed the plan for the reason that your newfound understanding is like a gift that keeps giving for provided that you execute the tips and suggestions learned all through the modules.\nIt’s also an enormous benefit that the plan is digital mainly because should you ever find oneself stumbling more than your feet : or worse, your personal words when a cute guy walks in, you may speedily pull out your system, skim to an suitable section of the system, then perform your magic.Plus, the 60 Day Income Back Guarantee is nice, Not like any lady in their proper thoughts would pick out to provide this highly effective relationship program away though.\nPROS & CONS From the His Secret Obsession\nHis Secret Obsession Review eBook offers the correct instructions which might be required for each and every woman.\nThe book designed by James Bauer might be accessed globally, and also you can also obtain the program on-line in an eBook form. You could easily download in your smart device and take it with you wherever you go.\nThe book could be the correct guidance that aids you correct your past mistakes and helps you get your man back and makes your relationship to go strong.\nHis Secret Obsession is accessible only in digital format, which is definitely the major drawback as there are no difficult copies readily available globally. You are able to get only PDF, audio-visual format, or audio of the book.\nIt is only for guys, it is programmed to help only ladies. All suggestions and modules are intended to assist ladies and enable them strengthen their partnership with their man.\nIs His Secret Obsession the right Option for you?\nThis book is clearly composed for ladies. Ladies that are interested concerning the tangled psyche of a man.It is a decent read and a considerable number in the snippets of data within the book are very astute particularly ones who are searching for it. It really is elegantly composed, far-reaching and not bogus. James Bauer is obviously all around educated about this subject and also you can grow to be familiar with some issues regardless of whether your partnership is cruising smooth.\nHis Secret Obsession is a book written for women who wish to achieve a bit much more insight in to the male psyche.\nIt provides a ton of useful information and facts that will assist you to understand exactly where past relationships went incorrect. It may also give you the know-how to improve your dating game and approach men confidently.Though it’s not for everyone, it certainly has a lot to offer any lady within the dating pool. The reality that the book helps you have an understanding of how men consider is worth the investment alone.\nCONCLUSION: IS IT WORTH A TRY?\nThe best thing about His Secret Obsession, together with the straightforward phrases you could establish a stronger relationship and make your male companion feel loved and get obsessed with you. This system is created to assist every man focus subconsciously, and you will notice your connection modify and the connection involving you and your man strengthen forever. His Secret Obsession system offers you a complete refund within 60-days if you are certainly not satisfied. But, it is normally worth a try!!\nWe hope you enjoyed this His Secret Obsession review. Although there has been a note of underlying manipulation inside the book and system, it is critical to remember that there are still essential takeaways that allow you to consider the biological aspects of male behavior and take those into considerations when communicating and interacting with your companion. Personally, when I review the plan, I believe that the biological drives are extra prominent than research has currently shown and this system promotes a superior understanding of the psychology behind relationships and adore.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://thebayeagle.us/2013/12/catching-fire-review/","date":"2017-11-23T23:57:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934807044.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20171123233821-20171124013821-00250.warc.gz","language_score":0.9868850708007812,"token_count":508,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__101155786","lang":"en","text":"by Shelby Campbell, Staff Writer\nMovie adaptations of books have become very popular in the last decade, especially in the young adult genre, the latest of which being the second movie adaptation of the widely popular book series The Hunger Games.\nThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire did wonders in the box office, as expected. Millions of teens across the globe rushed to the theater see the second movie and fall in love once again with the characters from the first movie. Along the way, became acquainted with the many new characters introduced throughout the movie.\nUpon finding out that this movie would not be directed by the same person, I myself became rather worried about how the sequel to the first movie would pan out. Gary Ross did a wonderful job with the first movie, pleasing the fans to a tee. So when the news was released that Francis Lawrence would be the director of the second, my expectations went down.\nFortunately, Francis Lawrence’s work blew me away. Catching Fire was exactly what it needed to be. He did a wonderful job of incorporating all the important points of the novel. Moreover, Lawrence did so without taking away from the experience of those who haven’t read the books, something Ross failed to do with the first. For example, in the first movie, there were many questions of what the three-fingered signal actually meant, as those who had not read the books had not received the same explanation. But in the second movie, there were no such questions as everything was either explained or easily understandable for those who only saw the movie. The only point of contention so far was the ending of the movie. For those who have not read the books did not understand why the movie ended where it did. But, once explained that it was the exact ending from the book, they did grasp the concept and are ready to see the following movie. In general, the movie was as accurate of a representation of the book as it possibly could be; it could not have been done any other way.\nAs for the acting and casting of the movie, that too was very well done, as everyone from the previous movie had been kept. Fan favorites like Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss), Josh Hutcherson (Peeta), Woody Harrelson (Haymitch), and Liam Hemsworth (Gale) were even met by some newer and just as dashing characters such as Finnick Odair, played by Sam Claflin. The chemistry between all the characters was outstanding and truly engaging.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.ginnysshed.com/poetry-books-by-bill-retmock/","date":"2021-03-08T23:59:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178385534.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20210308235748-20210309025748-00010.warc.gz","language_score":0.9214584231376648,"token_count":357,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__117481059","lang":"en","text":"Through his poetry, Ginny's husband, Bill Retmock, reflects on the good simple things in life, along with a strong sense of Lord Howe’s place in our world, both historically and spiritually.\nFirst Edition has sold out. A Revised Edition (February 2020) is now available from Ginny's Shed and features four new, previously unpublished, poems.\nWords of faith and inspiration, a collection of poetry written from the heart. This special collection of Bill Retmock's spiritual work reflects his deep Christian commitment. His heartfelt expression of steady faith can now be shared with everyone.\nAll proceeds from the sale of Other Thoughts will be donated to Christ Church, Anglican Church of Australia, Lord Howe Island.\nORDER YOUR COPIES NOW\nReflections and Collections A$35 (128 pages, 14.8 cm x 21 cm)\nOther Thoughts A$20 (56 pages, 14.8cm x 21cm)\nPlus A$12-20 Australia Post Express Post Satchel within Australia only\n(up to five books per satchel)\nFor purchase enquiries and payment instructions please email Ginny Retmock at firstname.lastname@example.org with your details and the number of books you would like to buy.\nPlease note: A supply of books are available on the Australian mainland for mailing to Australian addresses only. These books are normally available to purchase on the Island, but with current Covid19 restrictions, tourists travelling to the Island and airmail services from the Island, have been severely restricted. Also, Australia Post advise they are experiencing international delivery delays to all international destinations as a result of Covid-19 restrictions, therefore Ginny's Shed can only offer a 'within Australia Express Post mail service' at the moment.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.thethirddad.com/news/national-poetry-day-the-bridge","date":"2019-11-15T19:59:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496668712.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20191115195132-20191115223132-00028.warc.gz","language_score":0.9767404198646545,"token_count":387,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__20602398","lang":"en","text":"\"When I was 6 or 7, my dad worked for Bank of America and went to San Francisco on a business trip. On returning home, he told me all about the Golden Gate Bridge, and how some day he'd show it to me. Even though he's no longer here, he finally managed that as The Third Dad brought me to the cool, grey city of love courtesy of LUNAFEST.\nOn my second day in San Francisco, I was taken on a photo shoot for the festival. One of the locations I chose was the Golden Gate Bridge, in memory of my dad and a poem he wrote in 1965 at the age of 19.\nI stand before a bridge\nI do not dare to cross\nI can never come back.\nFor the bridge is my life's bridge\nwhich the others built for me\nand which I face so desperately.\nMy body rages: go!\nShould I cross the bridge\nor is the time not right?\nAm I even ready?\nAnd can I get across?\nI took the leap\nnow I'm standing on the other side\nthe distance spanned so many years\nnow years of toil arrive.\nThe poem has always haunted me because it's so poignant in relation to his life, however you interpret it. Seeing the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time at Fort Point, the location in Hitchcock's Vertigo where Scottie rescues a distraught and bewildered Madeleine after she tries to drown herself in the bay, was an emotional moment. Not least because the bridge wasn't fully visible and disappeared into fog.\nI couldn't rescue my dad from drowning, but I thought of him and others suffering as I walked halfway across the bridge a few days later at sunset passing an emergency phone along the way that was accompanied by a small, unassuming blue sign with the simple yet powerful message: There is hope.\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ohmycrafty.com/blogs/crafty-chronicles/the-chronicles-of-a-cluttered-sewing-room-a-hoarders-haven","date":"2024-04-18T02:20:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817184.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417235906-20240418025906-00502.warc.gz","language_score":0.9194331765174866,"token_count":619,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__182866462","lang":"en","text":"Welcome to my chaotic kingdom, fellow crafters!\nIf you've ever thought your sewing room was a bit messy, I invite you to step into my realm where every inch is a testament to my motto: \"Save it, you might need it later!\" Yes, my friends, I am the proud ruler of a cluttered sewing haven, where every scrap of fabric and stray button finds sanctuary.\nThe Magical Mountain of Fabric Scraps\nFirst stop on our tour: the majestic Mountain of Fabric Scraps. Towering piles of fabric teeter precariously, each piece a memory of projects past or the seed of future masterpieces. Why throw away that tiny piece of polka-dotted fabric? In a year or five, it could become the centerpiece of a quilt, or at the very least, a pocket for a yet-to-be-conceived dress.\nThe Labyrinth of Lost Needles\nNavigating through my room is like a game of treasure hunt, especially when it comes to finding needles. I like to think of my lost needles as shy creatures, hiding under piles of fabric or within the depths of yarn skeins, only to make a surprise appearance when least expected (often with a sharp reminder of their presence!).\nButtons, Beads, and Beyond\nAh, the collection of buttons and beads! Each drawer, box, and nook in my room is a potential hiding spot for these little gems. From vintage buttons that whisper tales of garments long gone to beads that glimmer with the promise of future projects, my collection is a rainbow of possibilities.\nThe Tangled Tales of Yarn and Threads\nLet's wade through the sea of yarn and threads that adorns every surface. Skeins of yarn in various stages of entanglement mingle with spools of thread in a colorful dance. It's a tangle, but within that chaos lies the potential for countless scarves, hats, and who knows, maybe a macrame wall hanging (if I ever get around to untangling everything).\nThe 'Someday' Pile\nAnd let's not forget the famed 'Someday' pile. These are the projects I swore I'd start next week, next month, or next year. Patterns and fabrics paired with the best intentions, waiting for their moment in the spotlight. This pile grows ever higher, a monument to my optimistic crafting ambitions.\nEmbracing the Chaos\nSo, dear crafters, while some may see a cluttered mess, I see a treasure trove of potential. In my sewing room, every item holds a story and a promise for future creations. Who needs floor space when you have a universe of crafting materials at your fingertips?\nJoin the Clutter Club!\nDo you also hoard crafting materials for 'someday' projects? Share your stories and let's revel in our creative chaos together! Remember, in the world of crafting, there's no such thing as too much stuff – just an abundance of inspiration waiting to be discovered.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.okv-online.com/are-audiobooks-the-future-of-studying/","date":"2022-07-02T12:05:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104054564.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20220702101738-20220702131738-00700.warc.gz","language_score":0.9674189686775208,"token_count":386,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__270313693","lang":"en","text":"Within an ever more digital entire world, a lot of discover the means of reading through a e book being archaic or demanding to include into their occupied way of living. Nonetheless, reading literature is really an really significant ingredient of a effectively rounded education and, arguably, a satisfying everyday living. This conflict is usually reconciled with audiobooks, in which almost all of the advantages of looking through still come throughout. Moreover, the wheel of time audiobook industry is barely escalating, so more plus much more textbooks are available in an audio format.\nHere are some added benefits of audiobooks:\none. They healthy right into a modern-day way of life\nAudiobooks can be listened to in a car, within the fitness center, with a bus or prepare, although walking or managing, or in several other situations in which holding a book could be hard.\ntwo. They allow it to be much easier to target around the e book\nLots of individuals realize that the rise of digital media is reconfiguring what holds their interest. Reading a physical ebook has started to become much more demanding than it used to be. Listening to audiobooks may help to resolve this issue since in lots of circumstances, the story-telling aspect retains visitors hooked. Lots of readers of audiobooks are mainly voice actors who assistance to make the figures during the e book occur alive.\n3. They make reading additional obtainable – specifically for teenagers\nModern generation of youngsters are consistently plugged in. Whether they are hearing mp3’s on their own ipods, blackberries, iphones, or other electronic products, evidently most teens are wholly adapted to having headphones inside their ears all the time. This reveals how uncomplicated it is for them to simply switch above from audio to literature. Perhaps educational institutions could even start off to supply audiobooks as an option for college kids preferring them.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://farfallavanessa.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/the-stuff-of-dreams-perchance-to-smile/","date":"2018-07-19T09:40:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590794.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20180719090301-20180719110301-00359.warc.gz","language_score":0.9700311422348022,"token_count":556,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__264362195","lang":"en","text":"I almost didn’t go to see The Stuff of Dreams. It was a very cold night and I had had a long and hard day at work — had I not already arranged to take a friend and paid for the tickets, I suspect inertia would have won and I would have snuggled on the sofa at home instead.\nLuckily I reluctantly dragged myself to the lovely 1930s-styled Academy Gold Cinema. I say luckily because The Stuff of Dreams ended up being one of the highlights of this year’s Cinema Italiano Festival for me and thinking about it still makes me smile.\nThe whole thing is pure fantasy of course: a fable set at an unspecified time in a timeless place — a prison island where the only residents are the warden De Caro, his daughter Miranda, the prison guards and the prisoners, as well as one mysterious solitary native, Antioco.\nThe plot is similarly implausible. Following a shipwreck in a brutal storm, three Camorra criminals force the members of an acting troupe to disguise them as fellow actors. It is pretty clear that warden De Caro can smell out the ruse, but he decides to play along and ask the troupe to put on a showing of The Tempest (what else?). Their acting abilities will help him discriminate between the criminals and the thespians.\nIt is here that the film truly comes alive, thanks mostly to the hilarious interplay between the various members of the newly-enlarged theatrical troupe.\nSergio Rubini, as the troupe director Oreste Campese is delightful; timid yet forceful, and above all passionate about his art, he steals every scene he is in. He is closely matched by the Camorra patriarch, Don Vincenzo, who, aware that his fate and that of his companions is sealed, insists nonetheless that they do their best to avoid the ignominy of being shamed as bad actors. Don Vincenzo therefore convinces Campese to re-write the play in the Neapolitan dialect with droll results.\nThe full effect of this re-interpretation of Shakespeare’s work is best appreciated by those who understand Italian, but don’t let this put you off — not knowing a word of Italian did not diminish one whit the enjoyment of the friend who accompanied me to the screening, a man who, what’s more, is notoriously allergic to subtitled films.\nIn a memorable exchange, Campese tells the warden that theatre puts wings to the heart. The Stuff of Dreams put smiles on the faces of all the spectators at the screening I attended. Don’t risk missing out the fun as I almost did.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://christianscienceorlando.com/index-1.html","date":"2022-11-26T19:47:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446708046.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20221126180719-20221126210719-00794.warc.gz","language_score":0.9412792921066284,"token_count":453,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__263951893","lang":"en","text":"great deals in our reading room!\nScience and Health for $7.00!!!\nDo you have the habit of carrying around a spare copy of our textbook to give to a friend or acquaintance? If so, you’ve come to the right place! All copies of the marble edition of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, purchased for giving, are only $7.00. Get one for your car, bike, backpack, and briefcase!\nGreat new book for children, and adults!\nHot off the press, the new book, Stories of Healing: Jesus and his followers, has arrived, and might be the best book for children the CSPS has ever produced. At 301 pages, this volume not only covers the healing work of Jesus, but includes post-Gospel healings as well. To top that off, it concludes with 22 modern-day demonstrations of the power of God in the chapter “Healings from Today.” This beautiful book, packed with illustrations, can be enjoyed by both children and adults, and is priced at $32.00.\nanthology of classic articles II — $10.00 off! Only $19.00!!!\nThere's never been a better time to get a copy of this classic, the Anthology of Classic Articles, Volume II. This spiral-bound book, consisting of 42 articles from the first 100 years of the Christian Science Journal and Christian Science Sentinel, is ordinarily $29.00. Take advantage of our sale and get your copy for just $19.00, while supplies last.\nJSH-Online at your service! : )\nEver needed an article or testimony from JSH-Online but could not get to the reading room? Our trained librarians are willing to help. During office hours, just give us a call and a librarian will probably be able to find your article and e-mail it to you. A few good keywords help, such as the author, or words found in the article. Reading room hours are 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, weekdays, except Wednesdays (1:30 pm to 7:15) and Saturdays (10:00 to 2:00).","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.planteninterieur.com/miscellaneousplants","date":"2024-04-18T20:25:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817239.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418191007-20240418221007-00678.warc.gz","language_score":0.9402300119400024,"token_count":81,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__102458415","lang":"en","text":"top of page\nMy heart belongs to Hoyas, those enchanting climbers with leaves that sparkle in the light. Their beauty is unmatched, their charm irresistible. Yet, my love for plants knows no bounds. When other botanical wonders cross my path, I can't help but be drawn to their unique stories. Here you will find everything that is not a Hoya plant.\nbottom of page","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://outsidenexus.com/lexicon/agile-revolutionising-project-management-and-beyond/","date":"2023-12-11T12:21:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679511159.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20231211112008-20231211142008-00004.warc.gz","language_score":0.9134233593940735,"token_count":603,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__267607532","lang":"en","text":"In the realm of project management and software development, the Agile methodology has been a game changer. Adopting an incremental, iterative approach, Agile has transformed the way teams work and projects are delivered. This article explores the essence of Agile, its principles, and the far-reaching implications it holds for today’s fast-paced, dynamic work environment.\nWhat is Agile?\nAgile, originating in the field of software development, is a project management and product development approach that values adaptability, collaboration, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement. The Agile methodology is characterised by the division of projects into small, manageable units of work, or ‘sprints’, allowing for frequent reassessment and adaptation of plans.\nThis methodology was formally introduced in 2001 through the ‘Agile Manifesto’, a document created by a group of software developers who sought a more efficient, flexible approach to software development. Since then, Agile has grown beyond software development and is now used in various industries.\nAccording to the 14th Annual State of Agile Report in 2020, 95% of organisations practise Agile in some form, demonstrating its pervasive influence.\nAgile Principles and Practices\nAgile is underpinned by four core values, as stated in the Agile Manifesto:\n- Individuals and interactions over processes and tools\n- Working software over comprehensive documentation\n- Customer collaboration over contract negotiation\n- Responding to change over following a plan\nTo implement these values, Agile relies on various practices, including iterative development, regular retrospectives, continuous integration, and face-to-face communication. These practices promote team collaboration, adaptability, and customer satisfaction.\nImpacts and Implications of Agile\nThe Agile methodology has several benefits. It allows teams to adapt quickly to changes, fosters a collaborative work environment, and emphasises customer satisfaction through the delivery of high-quality, useful products.\nHowever, Agile also presents challenges. It requires a significant shift in mindset and culture, and it may not be suitable for all projects or organisations.\nDespite these challenges, the adoption of Agile continues to rise, largely due to the increased need for flexibility and responsiveness in today’s dynamic business environment. Thus, understanding Agile is vital for anyone involved in project management, product development, or team leadership.\nAgile is more than just a project management methodology. It’s a mindset that champions adaptability, collaboration, and customer focus. As the business world continues to evolve, the principles and practices of Agile offer valuable insights for managing projects and leading teams in the face of change and uncertainty. A deep understanding of Agile is beneficial, if not necessary, for navigating the complexities of modern work environments.\n- ← ADA: The Blueprint for Inclusive Digital Experiences\n- Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs): The Stealthy, Sophisticated Cyber Foes →","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://transformationalmissions.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/what-does-the-bible-say-about-hunger/","date":"2017-03-30T22:28:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218203536.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322213003-00625-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9576281905174255,"token_count":2781,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__296355662","lang":"en","text":"Few topics are addressed more often in Scripture than the poor and the way God’s people are to minister to them. Ministry to the poor and needy is clearly part of a godly lifestyle. What did Jesus do, what did He instruct us to do?\nGod Cares Greatly About the Poor and Hungry As Shown in Both the Old and New Testaments\n- Isaiah 58:6-7 – “Isn’t the fast I choose: To break the chains of wickedness, to untie the ropes of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and to tear off every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your house, to clothe the naked when you see him, and to not ignore your own flesh [and blood]?”\n- Luke 6:20-21 – “Then looking up at His disciples, He said: Blessed are you who are poor, because the kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be filled…”\n- Luke 4:18 – “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim freedom to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed…”\n- James 2:5 – “Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?” While Recognizing the Persistence of the Problem, God Works Through His People Through the Discipline of Regular Gleaning to Provide for Those in Need.\n- Deuteronomy 24:19-21 – “When you reap the harvest in your field, and you forget a sheaf in the field, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreign resident, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you knock down the fruit from your olive tree, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreign resident, the fatherless, and the widow. When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not glean what is left. What remains will be for the foreign resident, the fatherless, and the widow.”\n- Leviticus 19:9-10 – “When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident; I am the Lord your God.”\n- Deuteronomy 15:11 – “For there will never cease to be poor people in the land; that is why I am commanding you, ‘You must willingly open your hand to your afflicted and poor brother in your land.'” When Jesus paraphrased this verse, He was speaking of the propriety of putting Himself first while He was here in the flesh. He was defending the actions of one who was criticized for anointing Jesus with precious oil. Sadly, some use our Lord’s own words in attempting to justify their complacency towards those in need.\n- Matthew 26:11 – “You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”\nGod Calls His People to Be Actively Involved in Ministry to Those in Need\n- Luke 3:11 – “He replied to them, ‘The one who has two shirts must share with someone who has none, and the one who has food must do the same.'”\n- Galatians 2:10 – “[They asked] only that we would remember the poor, which I made every effort to do.”\nMinistry to the Poor Is a Service to God\n- Matthew 25:35-40 – “‘For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you took care of Me; I was in prison and you visited Me.’ Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or without clothes and clothe You? When did we see You sick, or in prison, and visit You?’ And the King will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.'”\nMinistry to the Poor Yields Great Joy\n- Proverbs 14:21 – “The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever shows kindness to the poor will be happy.”\nTurning a Deaf Ear to Those in Need Stifles the Spiritual Life\n- Proverbs 21:13 – “The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will himself also call out and not be answered.”\nMistreatment and Neglect of the Poor\n- Jeremiah 5:28-29 – “They have become fat and sleek. They have also excelled in evil matters. They have not taken up cases, such as the case of orphans, so they might prosper, and they have not defended the rights of the needy. Should I not punish them for these things? [This is] the Lord’s declaration. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”\n- Matthew 25:41-46 – “Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels! For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink; I was a stranger and you didn’t take Me in; I was naked and you didn’t clothe Me, sick and in prison and you didn’t take care of Me’… Then He will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me either.’ And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”\nAll Material Resources Belong to God\n- Deuteronomy 10:14 – “The heavens, indeed the highest heavens, belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.”\n- Psalm 24:1 – “The earth and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to the Lord.”\n- Psalm 50:10 – “…for every animal of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.”\nIf We Know the Lord, He Is Our Priority Far and Beyond Fretting over Material Things\n- Matthew 6:31-33 – “So don’t worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.”\n- Luke 12:15-21 – “He then told them, ‘Watch out and be on guard against all greed because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.’ Then He told them a parable: ‘A rich man’s land was very productive. He thought to himself, “What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops? I will do this,” he said. “I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain and my goods there. Then I’ll say to myself, ‘You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.'” But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared-whose will they be?” That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.'”\n- Matthew 6:24 – “No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money.”\nCaring for the Poor Leads to a Change in the Life of the Giver\n- Isaiah 58:10-11 – “…and if you offer yourself to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted one, then your light will shine in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday. The Lord will always lead you, satisfy you in a parched land, and strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden and like a spring whose waters never run dry.”\nMinistry to Those in Need Demonstrates the Reality of Being a Follower of Jesus Christ.\n- James 2:15-17 – “If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you don’t give them what the body needs, what good is it? In the same way faith, if it doesn’t have works, is dead by itself.”\n- 1 John 3:17-18 – “If anyone has this world’s goods and sees his brother in need but shuts off his compassion from him-how can God’s love reside in him? Little children, we must not love in word or speech, but in deed and truth.”\n- We Must Be Cognizant of How We Treat Others and Always Treat Them As We Would Personally Want to Be Treated.\n- Matthew 7:12 – “Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them-this is the Law and the Prophets.”\nThe Bible Speaks on Hunger http://www.namb.net/site/c.9qKILUOzEpH/b.2056555/k.7751/The_Bible_Speaks_on_Hunger.htm\n- A prerequisite for Christian action in a hungry world is the study of the Bible. The Bible speaks frequently and forcefully about the issue of hunger. The Bible points out that hunger has always been part of the sinful human drama (Gen. 3:17-19; 41:25-36; 2 Kings 6:25; Acts 11:27-30).\n- The Bible also says that the covenant community has an obligation to care for the weakest members of society (Deut. 10:17-19; 15:11; Isa. 1:16-17; Acts 6:1-7; 2 Cor. 8-9). It shows that God’s only Son fed the hungry (Luke 6:1-5; 9:10-17) and associated with the poor (Matt. 15:30-38; Luke 2:21-24; 4:18-19; 14:12-14).\n- Moreover, the Bible discloses strategies to reduce hunger. The law of gleaning (Lev. 19:9-10; Deut. 24:19-21; Ruth 2:2-23), the sabbatical year (Exod. 23:10-11; Deut. 15:1-18; Jer. 34:8-22), and the pursuit of justice (Deut. 16:10-20; Isa. 1:1-17; 61:8; Amos 2:6-7; 4:1; 5:11; 8:6) are some of the approaches. Others include interchurch aid (Acts 2:41-46; 4:34-37; 6:1-7) and intrachurch aid (Acts 11:27-30; Rom. 15:22-33).\nSome Answers: Biblical Insights http://www.namb.net/site/c.9qKILUOzEpH/b.2056549/k.BFD0/Issues_and_Answers.htm\nGod’s Word is clear that we are to minister to the poor and needy as part of our Christian lifestyle. Gleaning is a spiritual discipline that will lead to a greater sensitivity for those in need and ultimately a greater sensitivity to God. Caring for those in need is an opportunity and a privilege as well as an obligation. We must not view it in any other way.\nAll Scripture is from the Holman Christian Standard Bible.\nCopyright 2006 Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) – Used with permission.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mssinn.blogspot.com/2008/07/","date":"2018-07-20T23:38:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592001.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20180720232914-20180721012914-00598.warc.gz","language_score":0.9832292199134827,"token_count":734,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__180778892","lang":"en","text":"Sigh. I have so much in my head these days. So much that I want to write, but I can't get it out. But I end up finding more and more meaning in everything I read--I find a way of correlating songs, my horoscope, random blogs, blurbs in magazines, etc to my little existence. Maybe this is the year of introspection for me. That's good I guess-at least my brain is still putting thoughts together--I just need to kick start them with someone else's.\nSo, here it is, I've managed to be on this earth for nearly 30 years (Shh! Don't tell anyone I'm that old!) This is causing me to think about who I am, what I've done, what I'm doing, and who I want to be. Yeah, cuz remember back to when you were a kid and you thought that you'd have that all figured out by now-Ha! Then life comes along, takes you on a journey, with some incredible twists and turns that lead you somewhere other than where you expected to be.\nAnd that's not a bad thing. Because, even if I'm not where I expected to be, I'm a better person than I ever could have imagined. I'm not saying I'm perfect by any means, just that I prioritize the people who are important, not the things that aren't. I, in my late 20s finally realized I liked who I was, and learned to be comfortable in my skin, and care less about the superficial thoughts of others. I am just me, no more, no less, maybe not who you expect, but me.\nI learned to surround myself with people I am like, and/or want to be like, people who take me for who I am. People who make me want to be a better person. Much better than surrounding myself with people who expect me to act a certain way and live up to their idea of who they think I should be--instead of just paying attention to who I am. People who bring me down to make themselves feel better. Those people are no longer welcome in my life. That said, I know I haven't always made this easy on people. A rare handful truly get to see \"me.\" Maybe it's those who bother to try.\nSo, with all this introspection, why am I not ready for 30? Well, 29 and I have had a great year. I'm not ready to end it with 29, to stop this dance, just because 30 is tapping on my shoulder. In my 29th year: My kids stopped being babies, and started being little people. I realized I met the love of my life. Fuck. I said it. In public. I will likely now get struck down by lightning. (Yeah, yeah. I met him before I turned 29...we didn't admit any of this \"love\" bs until much later.) I realized that before now, I have never truly loved anyone. I, after an 8 (or 9?) year sabbatical from school, figured out what I want to do with the rest of my life. (Practice Traditional Chinese Medicine.) And, instead of holding it in front of myself like a far-off dream, I'm figuring out how to do it. That's a step for me. I've started making life happen, instead of letting it happen.\nSo yeah, 29 has been pretty damn good. I'm not ready for it to stop. Anyway, I figure I have another 5 years of passing for 29.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://frontera02.blogspot.com/2012/08/novela_14.html","date":"2018-07-22T14:13:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676593302.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20180722135607-20180722155607-00155.warc.gz","language_score":0.9417403936386108,"token_count":84,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__252319957","lang":"en","text":"Tuesday, August 14, 2012\nI knock on the door and my cousin Donna answers . She lets me in and shuts the door . It is the middle of the afternoon but pitch black inside . I remember that Donna is on drugs again and likes it dark . She takes the foam core from the window and I notice she has penned up on the ceiling a huge colorful beach towel of flying birds and butterflies in a jungle .","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://postapocalypticgaming.blogspot.com/2014/11/fantasy-flight-end-of-world-rpg.html","date":"2017-06-29T15:49:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128329372.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629154125-20170629174125-00283.warc.gz","language_score":0.9385711550712585,"token_count":273,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-26__0__230813338","lang":"en","text":"The first book in the series is sub-titled Zombie Apocalypse, and this will be followed by Wrath of the Gods, Alien Invasion and Revolt of the Machines.\nThis looks like it will give role players the opportunity to experience whichever kind of apocalypse they would like. Personally I am not a huge fan of the Zombie genre so I was initially skeptical, however the second book unleashes the god on mankind. whether it be Cthulhu of the Mayan gods. It would be interesting to see Viking or Native American mythology, or my personal choice would be to see the Celtic gods and spirits walking the Earth.\nThe third book, Alien Invasion, has clear potential to reproduce stories like The War of the Worlds, Fallen Skies or any of the other invasion movie/books.\nThe final book, Revolt of the Machines pits the players against AIs and killer robots, so clearly it is inspired by the Terminator franchise.\nAs I say, I am not particularly a fan of the zombie genre, but I am very keen to pick up the other three books in this series (and will probably get Zombie Apocalypse as well).\nIt would be nice to see the series expanded in other directions. Personally I would like to see something based around a Mad Max style apocalyptic future, whether that be a post-nulcear war, or an ecological disaster...","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://01cf.eluminary.org/About","date":"2023-11-30T14:43:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100227.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130130218-20231130160218-00727.warc.gz","language_score":0.923385500907898,"token_count":309,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__67706902","lang":"en","text":"Domina Doll is a sex writer, sexpert, and sex toy diva at PopMyCherryReview.com as well as a certified Passion & Pleasure Coach from Loveology U (2013) and a Pleasure Specialist and Sexual Intimacy Coach who teaches women, men and couples how to enhance their intimacy, passion and sex life. She has dabbled as a fetish photographer, filmmaker, artist, and jill of all trades, but her passion is teaching others about positive sexuality, intimacy and how to have passion-filled relationships. Her work has been published in several sex related magazines including Women’s Health, Lover Magazine, Whiplash!, SMUT, Good Vibes, Carnal Nation, SexLifeCanada and Blog Her (Sex). She is also the go to sexy gal at AllExperts.com, where she answer questions about sex toys and sexuality in general. Domina has also ghostwritten sexpert e-books as well as her own sex guides including: “Jillin’ Off: A Girl’s Guide to Solo Sex”.\nPopMyCherryReview.com, Womens-Health, AllExperts, Sex Life Canada, BlogHer.com, the Sex Carnival, Whiplash!, SMUT, Divine Caroline, Carnal Nation, Good Vibes magazine, Lover Magazine, Broken Pencil, AltSexTalk, Ezine Articles, Real Sex Toy Reviews, Boinkology, Examiner, Vibrator.com, and many more.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://bibeluebersetzer.badw.de/en/the-austrian-bible-translator.html","date":"2023-12-11T08:35:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679103810.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20231211080606-20231211110606-00630.warc.gz","language_score":0.9684740304946899,"token_count":717,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__313193121","lang":"en","text":"During the 1930s, first and still rather vague correlations of a large bible opus in the German language were discovered. Since his name was mentioned in one of the manuscripts, the famous poet Heinrich von Mügeln was initially assumed to be the author. By now, this thesis has been disproved for chronological and textual reasons alike.\nSo for the time being, in the field of research the anonymous author of this comprehensive work is known as the Austrian Bible Translator. His name is derived from the assumed area of his activity, the medieval Duchy of Austria, situated on the border between the dioceses of Salzburg and Passau, where most of the manuscripts were found and where the anonymous did most of his work, translating large parts of the Holy Scripture into the German language.\nTranslations, Commentaries and Treatises in German Language\nIn addition to his translations of large parts of the Old and the New Testament during the first half of the 14th century, this Austrian Bible Translator also authored comprehensive Psalm Commentaries as well as other texts such as treatises against heretics and against Jews. He seemingly devoted all his work to the task of achieving a German-language Bible for the laity. His commentaries and interpretations are always directed at this audience.\nThe Bible Translator considers himself a layman. For the time being it cannot be ascertained whether he refers to the world’s laity, which is probably the case, or whether he refers to a lay brother in a particular monastery. His translations were not at all lay work though, but linguistically quite elaborate, testifying to a comprehensive knowledge and an excellent understanding of the Latin language.\nThe author’s layman status also exposed his translation of the Holy Scripture to vehement hostilities, which he confidently stood up to, especially in the prefaces to his Old Testament Work and in individual biblical books. In these prefaces, for example in his preamble to the Psalm Commentaries, he even explicitly promotes the translation of the Holy Scripture into the German language, in order to make it more easily available for the faithful.\nStill, the bible translator not only emphasizes the importance of a translation, he also points out the need of providing the texts selected for laypersons with an interpretation (bedeutnus), an accompanying glossary explaining and annotating the text. In doing so, the Anonymous relies on being inspired by the Holy Spirit but also on the support and advice of well educated people (wol gelerter leut hilf und rat). Besides the popular Glossa ordinaria, medieval standard reference for the exegesis and commentaries on the biblical story, he also consults the contemporary Latin postil on the Psalms by Franciscan Nikolaus von Lyra while it was still being written.\nReferences to Powerful and Affluent Benefactors\nAs of today there is still little known about the Anonymous industriously translating the books of the Bible, but there is quite some evidence that he had wealthy and powerful benefactors. Among the Gospel Work manuscripts there are quite splendid and precious ones, their rich decor implying influential and affluent clients. Yet the importance of his work for understanding pre-Reformation, German-language Bible translations has been recognized. These findings as well as numerous indications of the Austrian Bible Translator’s influence on the literary history of Austria, Bavaria and the Central German area as well as on the entire Late Middle Ages in this region, encourage further research.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://terryboynton.blogspot.com/2009/08/18-signs-to-identify-negative-person.html","date":"2018-10-19T07:44:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583512332.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20181019062113-20181019083613-00149.warc.gz","language_score":0.887640118598938,"token_count":468,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__6545087","lang":"en","text":"Have you ever been around a person that just drains you? I want to give you 18 biblical signs that you are dealing with a lazy or negative person.\nNegative or lazy people are:\n1) Unteachable - Proverbs 6:6-9\n2) Love excessive sleep - Proverbs 19:15\n3) Irritating to others - Proverbs 10:26\n4) Servants to others - Proverbs 12:24 (Can't make their own decisions)\n5) To lazy to cook their own food - Proverbs 12:27\n6) Wishful thinkers/procrastinators - Proverbs 13:4; 24:33,34\n7) Life is always full of trouble - Proverbs 15:19\n8) Waste opportunities - Proverbs 18:19\n9) Are just plain lazy - Proverbs 19:24; 24:30-34; 26:14,15\n10) Don't want to work - Proverbs 20:4; 21;25\n11) Excuses, excuses, excuses - Proverbs 22:13; 26:13\n12) Permit lack and poverty to come into ruin - Proverbs 24:31-34; Eccl 10:18\n13) Can't make a move - Proverbs 26:16\n14) No understanding - Proverbs 24:30\n15) Arrogant/Conceited - Proverbs 26:16\n16) Lack of trust - Matt 25:26\n17) Unbelief - Heb 6:12\n18) Lack of business sense - Rom 12:11 (King James Version)\nThese are some signs that you may be dealing with personally in your own life or you may know someone that has some of these characteristics. The great thing is that we can changes these things. To every negative result there is always a positive result. It is always upto us to choose how we respond to these traits.\nSome are more difficult than others to deal with. But, through the grace of God we can overcome them and help others to do so as well.\nI am going to break down each one of the 18 signs and give a daily blog on them for the next 18 days. For every negative one, I am going to give the opposite side.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://smilingbag.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/opinion-you-are-what-makes-your-work-great/","date":"2017-04-27T10:53:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122159.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00047-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9679408073425293,"token_count":422,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__100197149","lang":"en","text":"OPINION : YOU are what makes your work great\nAll the best books, and best movies, find their basis and inspiration in reality. More specifically, the world as experienced by the writer or director.\nThere’s plenty of examples I can draw from, but I’ll pick one of my favorite directors, Guillermo Del Toro. In a recent interview, he said of his fascination with monsters, that rather than be afraid, he was encouraged to make a ‘deal’ with them as a child that they wouldn’t hurt each other.\nFrom then, that seemingly insignificant seed planted early on has shaped his work. In all his films, the most monstrous and grotesque characters are the good guys. The faun in ‘Pans Labytinth’, The ghosts in ‘Devils Backbone’… Hellboy.\nThere are examples in games too. Miyamoto grew up in rural Japan, surrounded by nature, caves and vast mystery…When a directors personality is allowed to bleed into a project, that’s when we see the best and most interesting new experiences.\nUnfortunately, the best selling videogames still seem to draw their inspiration from movies and television. If making a gangster game, for example, most designers simply watch The Godfather and Goodfellas. In reality, both those films (and books) were inspired by personal experiences of the writers and directors.\nLike great art, the story behind the work can be just as interesting and engaging as the work itself. Much of Peter Molyneux’s work is based on the conflict between good and evil. I wonder what story from his past shaped that trend?\nEveryone has an opinion about what makes for good game design. What tricks, best practices and techniques you can employ to get the job done. I think the secret to good game design is the same as what makes a great book or a memorable film… it’s you, and your story.\nFuck the rules, splurge yourself all over your work!","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://www.wisdominfo.in/2020/08/never-give-up.html","date":"2021-04-16T10:49:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038056325.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20210416100222-20210416130222-00073.warc.gz","language_score":0.9442017674446106,"token_count":1825,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__249678408","lang":"en","text":"Never Give Up; 8 Ways To Tells You About\nHere you will get all about never give up which will help you the most to move positively.\nAlbert Einstein had a great quote, he said, Imagination is everything, it’s the preview to life’s coming attractions.\nShort story on Never Give up:\nOnce a man went up to God, and said, Oh God, I’ve got so many difficulties everywhere. I just need to open my eyes and see a new difficulty. I am going to give up in life.\nIn this situation, this man went to god and said, Oh god, I have got so many difficulties everywhere. Every single day I am going through with new difficulties. I am going to give up my life.\nGod said, don’t give up. The Man insisted, No, I’m going to give up. God again replied No.. you don’t.\nThe Man said, Why God tell me? God said, Look, I planted in the years the Fern seeds and the bamboo seeds. They may grow and spread greenery on the planet.\nThe ferns sprouted in a few days, and in one week it had grown to a plant. In a couple of weeks. It was a full-grown plant spreading. It shoots everywhere multiplying. I was so thrilled.\nOn the other side, bamboo! nothing had come out of the year. A full year went by. And there were no visible signs of growth.\nSecond-year went by and still, there was no progress. I was about to give up on the bamboo.\nA third-year went by and I said it’s no good. On the fourth year went by, I was about to write it off.\nBut then in the fifth year, the little green shoots started emerging. And in a couple of weeks, it had become two feet. It continued to maintain the speed of its growth.\nIn six months it had grown to the height of 80 feet, received the bamboo tree is right at 100 feet.\nThen I realized what it had been doing for the last five years. It had been growing its roots underground because to sustain the force of such trouble renders growth. It needed the strength, the foundation, and it had been building its foundation.\nSimilarly, when you think that everything is going wrong in your life, think yet again, it’s possible that these difficulties are helping you develop the foundation.\nGod further explained to the Man, Your perspective on growth is different from God’s perspective on growth.\nYour perspective is that if economically my salary is increasing, then I’m growing. If I’ve been promoted from present post to higher post then I’m growing. If I’ve moved from an apartment to a townhouse to a bungalow, then I’m growing.\nBut God’s perspective is different. God needs real growth from inside,\nare you growing from inside? If you are…, then that is the real growth and that inner growth happens when you get challenged.\nWhen Bamboo takes a number of years to grow up, it means it is building its foundation to grow higher and higher. Even it makes it more capable to survive harder and strong to tackle difficult situations like a cyclone.\nThe Man understood God’s sign. He realised that he should not complain but he needs to work hard to chase it.\nMoral: When you are going through a difficult situation, take these difficulties as opportunities to challenge it. Do the real progress from inside which will make you more capable to grow long.\nyou can also read\n- How to take right decision in life\n- 3 Best concepts: how to feel confident again\n- God has the law of karma; spirited\nWhat does it mean to never give up?\nIt means to believe in yourself. It really means a willingness to accept failure, so you can learn the critical skill of adaptation.\nIt means not compromising on your most important values, and walking through the path and not leaving the path.\n5 reasons to Never Give up\n- Difficulties in life are unavoidable. So never give up. Learn to face it instead of change it.\n- When situations are going against your will, it doesn’t mean you have lost something. Take your failure as a new path for learning new things.\n- difficulty in life is like training for you to overcome it.\n- More you trouble, more you experience\n- Consistency and hard work will change the journey one day. So believe it.\nNever Give up Quotes\n- Good things do not come easily, so try and try\n- Tough time is creating Hero inside you\n- Never Give up without Fight.\n- The person who walks through the pain has the ability to change the world.\n- If you are facing 100 failures; it means you learnt 100 different methods\n- You never lose, either win or learn\n- Never stop trying and believing, never give up. Your time will come.\nNever Give up quotes in Hindi\n- कभी हार मत मानो, आज कठिन है, कल बदलाव होगा, अगला दिन सुनहरा होगा ।\n- सोना जितना जलता है उतनाही चमकता है ।\n- अगर जीतने की थोड़ी भी इच्छा रखते हो तो अपने द्वारा की गई गलतिया दोहराना बंद कर दो ।\n- बीच रास्ते मे आकर पीछे जाने मे जितना समय लगेगा उतने समय मे आप लक्ष तक पोहच जाएंगे। आगे बढ़िए ।\n- प्रयास करना कभी ना छोड़े ।\nNever Give up sia song\n“Never Give Up” is a song recorded by Sia, from the soundtrack of the Garth Davis-directed film, Lion (2016).\nWritten by Sia and her producer Greg Kurstin, the song was released on 18 November 2016. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Song Written For Visual Media.\nTo hear thing motivational song\nNever Give up synonyms\n- Resolute: marked by firm determination\n- determined: having reached a decision, firmly resolved\n- Tenacious: Persistence in maintaining\n- Persist: to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity or warning\nNever give up Sandeep Maheshwari\nJisne Andhero se Jung jeeti hai, Suraj Bankar vahi chamakta hai\nNever Give up Shayari\nवहा तूफान भी हार जाती है जहा कश्तीया जिद्द पर होती है ।\nI hope that you have enjoyed this article- Never Give up – Please hit like and share this article to your friends and comment to motivate us.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://marpagompa.org/sadhana_english.html","date":"2023-10-03T08:12:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511055.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20231003060619-20231003090619-00420.warc.gz","language_score":0.9219896197319031,"token_count":1541,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__285294059","lang":"en","text":"NAMO SHAKYAMUNIYE! It has been said:\n\"Whoever sets up before him mindfulness of the Lord Buddha,\nis always receiving his blessings and comes to be free from all\nsuffering.\" Likewise, recollect the Lord Buddha with the\naspiration to follow his example and accomplish his vast deeds\nof virtue. Thus, with faith and devotion, confidence and one-pointedness,\ngo for Refuge to the Lord Buddha and generate bodhichitta.\nTo the Buddha, Dharma and Supreme Assembly\nI go for refuge until enlightenment.\nMay I, through merit gained by gifts and so on,\nAccomplish buddhahood for the sake of all beings.\nRecite the above and following verses\n3 times each:\nMay all sentient beings have happiness and the causes of happiness.\nMay they be free from suffering and the causes of suffering.\nMay they be inseparable from the great bliss that is beyond suffering.\nMay they rest in the great state of equanimity that is beyond\nany partiality, desire or aversion.\nAh: Not established as inherently real phenomena,\nBut just like the reflection of the moon on water,\nThe external world becomes the Buddha-field of Great Bliss.\nAmid a vast array of rainbow lights, flowers and clouds of offerings,\nIn the precious inconceivable palace, beautifully decorated and\nOn a vajra-lion throne, on top of a lotus, sun and moon,\nIs he who embodies all the Victorious Ones,\nThe Supreme Lord, crown ornament of the Shakyas.\nHis complexion is of pure gold as if enveloped by the sun's rays.\nExceedingly handsome, with all the marks and signs,\nHe is dressed in the three dharma robes.\nSmiling cheerfully, he teaches the Holy Dharma in a melodious\nWith the peaceful gaze of his compassionate eyes\nHe continuously looks with love and compassion upon all beings\nHis right hand is in the earth-touching gesture,\nAnd his left, in the gesture of equanimity\nHolds an alms bowl made of lapis lazuli, full of nectar.\nThrough its continuous stream, all beings' poverty and the like,\nAs well as physical and mental suffering is washed away,\nAnd they become satisfied by bliss.\nHe sits with his legs crossed in vajra posture under the bodhi\nClearly visible amid the ocean-like assembly of bodhisattvas.\nFrom the syllable Ah, the essence of non-origination,\nIn the center of his heart, sun-like rays radiate\nAnd invite the form bodies from the dharmakaya,\nwhich appear rainbow-like in the sky and are absorbed into him.\nThe Seven Branch Prayer:\nTo the supreme field of merit, to the Bhagavan and his retinue,\nI offer praise and prostrate with devotion,\nIn bodies as numerous as the atoms in all realms.\nI present to you clouds of offerings of phenomenal appearance,\nThe play of bliss and emptiness.\nI confess all transgressions and downfalls\nCommitted regarding each of the three yanas.\nI rejoice in the virtues of both bodhisattvas and ordinary beings.\nI beseech you to turn the wheel of the deep and vast dharma.\nUntil all is subdued, I pray that your form bodies not enter nirvana.\nI dedicate this virtue to the enlightenment of all beings.\nThen meditate that his form, although\nappearing is empty like the moon's reflection on water, and in\nthe state of equanimity direct your mind to the syllable Ah:\nTADYATA: OM MUNI MUNI MAHA MUNAYE SWAHA\nRecite as much as possible, then:\nTo the Lama, the Teacher, the Blessed One, the Tathagata, the\nConqueror of Enemies, the Most Perfect Buddha, the Glorious Victor,\nLord Buddha Shakyamuni,\nI prostrate, I make offerings, I go for Refuge:\nPlease bestow upon me your blessings.\nSay this many times. Then, to take\nthe bodhisattva vow, do the long mandala offering and purification.\nIf you don't have much time, do it as follows reciting the following\nverse 3 times:\nA mandala of the infinite universe with its worlds and beings\nAdorned with my body, my merit and wealth,\nI offer with devotion to the mighty Holder of the Vajra:\nPlease bless me so that the two bodhichittas arise within me.\nThen generate the bodhichitta by reciting\nthe following verse 3 times:\nJust as the Blessed Ones engendered and\nSo do I, for the benefit of all beings,\nGive rise to bodhichitta and train in the perfections\nSuch as generosity and so on.\nThrough complete ripening and purification,\nMay I achieve the two aims.\nPrayer of Aspiration:\nOn the anthers of the lotus of unchanging faith and devotion,\nYou remain permanently firm in your supreme vajra body.\nFrom now until I attain enlightenment,\nPlease clear away all obstacles,\nSo that my wishes and aims may be realized.\nYou have taught that giving characteristics to victory\nIs an attachment and is to be abandoned,\nBecause you understand the equality of all things,\nAnd that the arising of dependent origination is unceasing compassion.\nPlease bless me so that I may see Buddha's own face.\nFirst you awakened the thought of supreme enlightenment,\nOn the bodhisattva path you perfected the accumulations of merit\nAnd after completely conquering the four demons\nYou appeared clearly as a Buddha.\nMay I quickly achieve the level of the Supreme Mighty One.\nMay all aspirations and excellent qualities without exception\nThat have been gathered by all the Victorious Ones\nIn the ten directions and three times, be quickly accomplished\nSo that I may realize the buddha activities that arise from knowledge\nMay I be able to liberate the ocean of sentient beings, not one\nDedication of Merit and Good Luck Prayer:\nThrough this merit, may sentient beings' mental suffering\nAnd the continuous stream of their tears and wailing be stopped\nAnd become a great ocean of well-being, prosperity and happiness.\nMay this good fortune arise from the most precious Triple Gem!\nCarrying the Blessings on the Path:\nWhether going out, staying, eating, lying down or doing anything,\nStay in the samadhi of remembering the Lord Buddha.\nAt the crown of your head, atop a white lotus and moon-seat,\nVisualize the clear yet empty form of the Lord Buddha.\nThink that light radiates from his body\nBlessing all the worlds and beings therein,\nSo that sickness and suffering of all sentient beings is pacified.\nThe external world is completely transformed into a pure land,\nAnd all beings' intentions become of 'one taste' with the Lord\nHaving recited this, recollect it again and again.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://morenergy.net/language/en/what-is-the-grid-impedance/","date":"2024-03-02T12:19:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475825.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20240302120344-20240302150344-00307.warc.gz","language_score":0.916511058807373,"token_count":591,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__143297135","lang":"en","text":"In the world of electricity and electrical engineering, grid impedance is a term that is frequently used but often misunderstood. In this comprehensive article, we will explain this complex term in detail and show its importance in various areas such as the operation of power grids, the application of power quality analyzers and decentralised energy supply. We will also discuss the role of resonances and resonance detection as well as the effects of the frequency dependence of the grid impedance.\nWhat is grid impedance?\nGrid impedance is a fundamental concept in electrical engineering and refers to the resistance of an electrical grid to the flow of electric current. It is a complex quantity and is determined by the resistance (R), capacitance (C) and inductance (L) of the network. The frequency-dependent mains impedance is a particularly important aspect, as it determines how the mains reacts to different frequencies.\nRole of resonances and resonance detection\nResonances play a crucial role in determining the grid impedance. They occur when the frequency of the AC current matches the natural frequency of the grid, resulting in an increase in impedance. Resonance detection, i.e. the identification of these conditions, is therefore an important step in identifying potential problems and taking appropriate countermeasures.\nApplication in power grids\nMains impedance has a direct influence on the performance and stability of power grids. For example, high grid impedance can lead to voltage fluctuations that affect the quality of the power supply. To identify such problems, power quality analysers are used to monitor and analyse the quality of electrical power in a network.\nSignificance for decentralised power supply\nGrid impedance is also of crucial importance for decentralised energy supply. In this model of energy supply, power generation plants are installed close to consumers in order to minimise transport and distribution losses. Correct measurement and control of grid impedance is essential here to ensure the efficiency and reliability of the system.\nAnalysis of the networks\nNetwork analysis is necessary to understand the behaviour of network impedance under different conditions and to take appropriate measures to improve network performance. A deeper understanding of grid impedance enables grid operators to make better decisions and proactively respond to potential problems.\nmorEnergy’s ONIS and grid impedance\nTo effectively measure and analyse grid impedance, advanced technologies and equipment are required. morEnergy’s ONIS is one such device, specifically designed to measure frequency-dependent grid impedance up to 500 kHz 3-phase. This enables precise analysis of the grid impedance and helps grid operators to identify and rectify potential problems at an early stage.\nMains impedance is a complex but central concept in electrical engineering. Its understanding is essential for the effective operation and management of power grids and for the implementation of distributed power systems. By using advanced technologies such as morEnergy’s ONIS and conducting thorough grid analyses, grid operators can effectively control and optimise grid impedance to ensure a stable and high-quality power supply.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://briarcliffband.bandcamp.com/track/rogue","date":"2021-12-02T09:59:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964361253.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20211202084644-20211202114644-00323.warc.gz","language_score":0.8766286969184875,"token_count":460,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__14542105","lang":"en","text":"Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.\nPurchasable with gift card\nname your price\nThe new single from Briarcliff\nUnleash my wrath\nMy will to live is dead\nRotted out, I feel death reside\nCorrupted by this disease that unhinges my mind,\nI am extinction,\nI am hatred,\nI am fear reborn.\nIn the silence I was awakened.\nWe live in frailty\nThe life we reside on weakens,\nStop the spin on this Earth and drown out the sun.\nShit spat from the demons mouth,\nTell me what lies do you offer to sell,\nIf there is a life after death,\nThen my bidding will be due in hell.\nWhat has this world to offer,\nWhen we die alone?\nDefiled by the presence that claims my soul.\nI felt that hatred as it crept inside,\nCrawling up my spine and behind my eyes.\nViolent visions consume my mind,\nIf curiosity kills,\nWhy can't it kill me?\nBurn me from the Earth\nTear out my soul.\nI cannot be saved\nNo where to escape,\nWhen the evil lives in me.\nUnhinged by devils bidding,\nA man and his mind part,\nMy being, captured and tortured until torn apart.\nWhy must I endure this hatred that claims immortality,\nThe light before my eyes retracts.\nLet me claim my death and end insanity.\nToo weak to tie the rope,\nWithered in my descent,\nNo one to pity me,\nI've seen the end of days,\nI am the end of days.\nI will be born again,\nThe craftsmanship of the burning abyss,\nI'll suffer a thousand screams,\nOh god, why'd it have to be me?\nWhen will it end.\nI am not alive,\nI'm dead on the inside.\nDrag me to the depths,\nI want to be with death.\nI am not alive,\nI'm dead on the inside","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://the30bythirty.com/2015/05/19/the-journey-begins/comment-page-1/","date":"2021-05-16T11:36:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991269.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20210516105746-20210516135746-00215.warc.gz","language_score":0.9764518141746521,"token_count":411,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__122538278","lang":"en","text":"By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be.\nA little over two years ago I sat down with a good friend of mine and we wrote down thirty things we wanted to do by the time we turned thirty years old. At the age of twenty-five, it felt as if we had a good chunk of time on our side to at least attempt to make all of our ambitions and dreams come true. However, I am now half way through that allotted amount of time and I have yet to really even put a dent in those thirty life experiences I wanted to accomplish.\nBut isn’t that how life works? We dream, big dreams, but yet time just slips on by without us even noticing. Or maybe we do notice, but we can’t do anything about it because we are stuck in this cyclical habit of being comfortable. I was in this cycle of being in an environment and situation I knew didn’t suite me, but I couldn’t find the strength to get out. God had other plans for me and forcefully pushed me to change my life, thus making me aware of an opportunity to pursue some dreams that I know for a fact I would not have completed without this life changing event.\nWith that being said, with two and a half years left, I am on a mission to complete this bucket list that was dreamt up and very attainable if it is made a priority. This list will take time, money and courage.\nThe first step to crossing off some of these items is to step out of my comfort zone. My first step is tomorrow. I leave on a one way flight to Europe by myself to attain dreams and create memories. This blog will be a record of my dreams and goals to remind me of the person I most want to be and with this blog, I hope I am able to inspire and remind others that it is never too late to push yourself and create some personal magic.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.ebethphotography.com/post/aunt-pat","date":"2023-10-02T14:43:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511000.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20231002132844-20231002162844-00883.warc.gz","language_score":0.9809884428977966,"token_count":551,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__249903948","lang":"en","text":"Aunt Pat, by Uncle Ray\nShe had a pink room at the shore and a pink room in the city and all I wanted from the time I was a little girl was to be with her, in her worlds. She had dogs, Adam and Rufus and Eve and Eloise and Scarlett. She read Cosmo. She had a VW Bug and a living room that overlooked the Hudson River and swans who lived on the beach at the end of her street. For Thanksgiving she made sweet potato orange cups with toasted marshmallows. For her cobbler only sour cherries would do.\nShe always knew precisely what she wanted and woe to you if you didn't take heed. When we met at the Italian restaurant up by Columbia she ordered penne vodka with a side of cantaloupe and a glass of Coca-Cola and another of ice water to spoon into her soda and then for dessert a cannoli to go. At Le Pan Quotidien a lemon tart topped with a raspberry. Friendly's, tuna melt or chicken pot pie.\nHalloween was her favorite holiday but she always, always sent Christmas cards and she did love the rabbits at Easter.\nShe held Scarlett on her lap while she drove even as she passed the trucks doing eighty. She loved yard sales and thrift stores and antiques, Dorothy Parker and Alice in Wonderland. Hot tea with milk, lobster rolls heated not browned with potato salad not fries, watching the backyard birds. Writing the discussion questions for her book club which she did for decades with her little cream fountain pen even when she got too tired.\nShe believed in Saint Anne who looked out for the mothers. She educated all her life and supported the young ones and sent a twenty folded into a card to treat yourself to a spiced chai and during the years when she could, took me to the Westminster dog show and Madame Tussaud's wax museum and the Beatrix Potter exhibit at the Pierpont Morgan Library and the Long Day's Journey revival on Broadway.\nShe loved birthdays and celebrated the entire month. My cousin Sean says he knows exactly what she'd say and that helps with missing her and I understand what he means but next Sunday will be my first birthday without her and though I saved last year's butterfly card with the fifty tucked inside and her laughter is still in my ear and I can smell her kitchen when I step into our yellow back room in the sunny afternoon--it is not enough. You could tell her anything and we all always did and she understood it all always and she told us the truth which at its heart was that she was proud and the time we are allotted with that is never enough.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://assignmentwritingservice02074.collectblogs.com/9414175/how-take-my-class-for-me-can-save-you-time-stress-and-money","date":"2019-01-17T03:00:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583658681.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20190117020806-20190117042806-00571.warc.gz","language_score":0.9827526211738586,"token_count":1699,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__223048205","lang":"en","text":"I trailed off and stared as, hauling herself up out from the pool, mom crawled toward me on her palms and knees. She was staring into my eyes And that i sat there, unable to look absent as she approached.\nThe Artwork of Money course continues to be a gradual and deep journey of monetary transformation about a few years for me.\nHe desires to continue and just be much more mindful, but I desire to end it, not just for my own loved ones, but for his. I can not hold lying and sneaking around such as this. If I am found out my daily life will likely be more than. There will be no forgiveness if my H finds out. I desire to return to my husband, resume staying The great spouse I was for more than twenty years and look for counseling. My lover wishes to both shift away from his household and continue on becoming with me or remain in his property and go on. He suggests his marriage was around yrs in the past. I want him to stick with his family members and get the job done it out. The massive challenge is I nevertheless crave him and he craves me. How can I get on with my life and overlook him? I experience accountable for his tousled household circumstance and guilty about just ending it with him. I should have the tears and distress I introduced on myself; but too many harmless persons are obtaining harm. I urge everyone considering an affair, Do not do it. You are going to regret it for the rest of your daily life. Reply\nI’m Placing everything I’ve bought into this system. Every thing I’ve acquired, everything I'm, and every thing I realize we could become — with each other. This plan will take the lion’s share of my time, heart, and Vitality this 12 months — so if you want to work with me in 2019, This can be your probability\nShe’s upgraded the mantras and sings a whole new economic track. And I stepped up simply because I no more stumbled in my funds footwear. Thank you Bari. My healing about that which scares (terrifies) me has blown appropriate off the charts. And he or she speaks in these very low relaxing tones that might discuss a (financial) jumper off a ledge, uh, like me. My everyday living won't ever be exactly the same, and yours gained’t be both For anyone who is brave and appreciate you enough to vary that which will not provide, whether or not its its mad Frightening. Bari will let you. Believe in me.\nJenn says: July 4, 2016 at four:28 am I am Just about forty five carrying on an affair for three yrs. We've been each married . My spouse continues to be controlling verbally abusive and mean considering that we experienced kids. We do absolutely practically nothing jointly. I finally got him to move cross place again to in which my family members and my secret lover are. I have been trying to get my profession back so I might get on my two toes and leave him. I thought my lover may do a similar Whilst his situation is far distinct. He is wealthy and gets along good with his wife.\nMartha states: December nine, 2015 at 4:08 pm These are all fantastic and assisting me. We're both equally married and continue to are. I had been with my lover for six months but we turned seriously excellent mates prior to, so I knew him for the yr along with a fifty percent. I did hair and he came in weekly for the Slice in addition to a shave. I had the most terrible emotion The very first time I achieved him, but as he ongoing to come back I began to develop attached. Just after him coming for ten months it just clicked sooner or later and he really attempted to hug me. It absolutely was so Strange And that i failed to hug him back again. But he touched my hand and it was like lightning had struck by way of my entire body. He failed to arrive for per month following that. I think he felt Strange. It had been aqward when he arrived back but I couldn't forget about that bolt of lightening placing via me. I ended up messaging him on FB and tol him not to come due to the fact I was increasing an attachment. He responded with, It really is ok, I get attached to people today continuously. It doesn't have to be Bizarre and I wish to nonetheless arrive. How the hell could I have already been so stupid!? He came in the following day and reported he was fully in appreciate with me and he explained to me every day after that for the six months that he liked me. Guilt created up, unhappiness, living the lie. He wanted to depart and then we swapped spots, I fell more in like and was all set to depart.\nWant to sense more empowered and aflame with reason? He’ll walk that route along with you, mentioning options for clarity and satisfaction.\nCertainly, college students might take incredibly negligible notes or not take notes whatsoever, and could For that reason forego the chance to engage within the mental perform that supports learning.\nI’m that female. That wildly effective woman in A unusual career, whose father isn’t even guaranteed I've a real career. And you simply really know what, I maintain myself back, from earning earning earning as a consequence of previous tapes and mantras from my earlier, and worry of who I will probably be once the barn doorway flies off and my providers and therapeutic details turn into a household title. Who'll I be with 6 figures? What about 7 figures? Who is woman gonna be? I recognize that female now. She can do quickbooks with a mac, she is aware of the difference between financial planner and economic mentor, and will retain the services of a bookkeeper in the event the time includes confidence.\nI glanced around in the glass doors that led out back again and saw Mother sitting on the sting from the pool throughout from me, a towel wrapped about her. Looking at me hunting, she beckoned me with her finger.\n.we obtained into some kinky shit I is not going to point out but just after awhile it had been like 2nd mother nature.lasted 6 months..and now of course he moved away with his spouse residing the simple lifetime which I truly feel like exploding each individual damn day..I despise him so much right now I get extreme complications, depressed I really haven't any a single else in charge by myself for enabling such animalistic behavior to carry on that prolonged..Certainly I'm planning to hell, Indeed I regret it each Extra resources day and NO I have not told my boyfriend who'll instantly go away when he finds out which I wrestle with day to day. My moods are ever altering I'm not pleasant to generally be all over In spite of my buddies..its awful living by doing this.I want go back to remaining my previous self but regrettably that won't ever take place..All I can perform is confess my indiscretion and go forward in some cases its more difficult than It appears.Thanks for letting me vent .\nLynn claims: October 9, 2016 at 2:58 pm I am a hundred% behind you on this one particular, husband carries on as regular and you simply are still left to select up the parts.It hurts like hell you never ever forget about, You mostly don't forget the lies and deceipt, I to am in a similar scenario my spouse cheated on me I even now see his ex mistress and like you think about they had together they've got visit their website their insider secrets which You're not privy to itsee hurtful.\nOur target for using The Art of Money was to locate a accountable way to lift and instruct our six-year-outdated son about income. We acquired that and so far more. The Art of cash taught my spouse and me that it's under no circumstances actually regarding the revenue. It is actually about the emotional and psychological conditioning with regards to money we grew up with — the silent policies, emotional anxiety and insufficient advice we witnessed as our people “danced” with funds. Our household journey Along with the Artwork of Money couldn’t have appear at an improved time.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://suramuram.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/repetition/","date":"2018-03-20T11:53:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257647406.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20180320111412-20180320131412-00299.warc.gz","language_score":0.9031373858451843,"token_count":111,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__14080517","lang":"en","text":"repeated. repeated. repeated.\nwhy it always repeated?\nrepeated in a same way, in a terrible harmony\nHistory repeats, and so the cycle of life goes on.\nThings happens again, same case, different places.\nEverything is fading.\nSlowly pulling itself from me.\nWhy should worry? Everything is determined.\nExistence blurring, blurring.\nWhy god let us humans do sin if everything happened by his permit?\nThere’s something in it\nthe brink is near. . .","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.marctaurisano.com/about","date":"2021-11-30T07:11:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964358953.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20211130050047-20211130080047-00499.warc.gz","language_score":0.973219633102417,"token_count":159,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__119082733","lang":"en","text":"My short fiction has appeared in such literary journals as Wilderness House and Fugue, and three of my short stage plays– “Trust Me,” “You Can’t Blame Me for Trying!” and “The City’s Most Charming Café” – have been produced by the Players Theatre of Greenwich Village. My first film, the comedic short “A Lovely Day for a Walk,” screened at the Katra Film Series in 2014.\nMy first feature film, The Motion of the Sun, was completed in 2016 and was an Official Selection of the 2017 Long Island Film Festival. In November 2017 I completed my latest project, a short supernatural horror film called \"The Mystic.\"\nI have lived in New York City since 1994.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://zhongqing.dbr1td.ga:2503/","date":"2021-04-14T11:12:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038077810.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20210414095300-20210414125300-00246.warc.gz","language_score":0.9910181760787964,"token_count":574,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__69381452","lang":"en","text":"- Software name: appdown\n- Software type: Microsoft Framwork\n- size: 741MB\nHe showed no indisposition to be generous to his handsome sweetheart. He settled seven hundred a year upon her, and told her that she could spend as much of that income as she liked upon toilet and pocket-money, and that he would invest her surplus advantageously for her.\nLike Mme. Le Brun, Mme. de Genlis had no reason to fear poverty in exile, her writings would always be sufficient to provide for her; but she was just then short of money; and, unfortunately, in her haste, though she had brought with her a good many of her valuable possessions from Belle Chasse, she had left a great deal that she might have taken. Mme. de Valence went to Belle Chasse and saved her piano, some pictures, and various other things which her mother gave to her, the rest were mostly confiscated.\nYes, yes! I know the way to the restaurant! and as he dragged him along in an iron grasp some guards, who had discovered the escape of the prisoner, recognised and seized him.\"I remember as if it were last night,\" she answered gravely. \"But oh, how long ago it seems!\"\nMr. Crowther had a penchant for scraps of French, which decorated his speech as truffles adorn a boned turkey.\"The young women of the present day aren't half such good mothers as those I used to attend when I began practice,\" he said discontentedly. \"Their heads are stuffed with poetry, and such-like. They're nervous and fancifuland the upshot of it all is that babies have to be wet-nursed or brought up by hand. If I had the government of a model state I wouldn't allow any married woman the run of a library until she had reared the last of her babies. What does a young married woman want with book-learning? She ought to have enough to do to look after her husband and her nursery.\"\nWas she to put on her finery and go! There would be time yet to send a note to Mrs. Baynham, excusing herself on the score of illness. The doctor's party would not start before half-past nine. What was she to do? Oh, she wanted to see him once morejust once morein the brightly-lighted rooms, amidst a crowdin a place where he would have no chance of repeating those wicked, wicked wordsof forgetting all that was due to his own honour and to hers. In the crowded ball-room there would be[Pg 58] safetysafety even from evil thoughts. Who could think of anything amidst the sound of dance music, the dazzle of lamps and flashing of jewels?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.aprilsmith.org/myon.html","date":"2024-04-16T16:17:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817103.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416155952-20240416185952-00453.warc.gz","language_score":0.9534972906112671,"token_count":397,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__140511651","lang":"en","text":"WHAT IS MYON?\nGO TO MYON\nWHAT IS MYON?\nmyON is a personalized literacy program that provides access to the largest integrated collection of digital books with reading supports, customized to a student’s interest and reading abilities. Created to enhance the reading experience, myON develops an individual profile for each student based on his or her interests and reading ability, and generates a recommended book list.\nHOW DOES MYON WORK?\nmyON enables anytime, anywhere access to digital books that students can read, rate, review, and share with classmates through safe social networking. Through embedded assessments – end of book quizzes and benchmark quizzes – myON allows educators, student, and families to monitor, track and measure student reading growth. myON is designed for PreK-8 students and is being used successfully in high schools with students reading below level.\nWHAT KINDS OF BOOKS WILL MY STUDENT HAVE ACCESS TO?\nThe myON collection is developed and expanded based on factors that help personalize recommended reading for every student. The myON book collection is 70% non-fiction titles and 30% fiction. Books are selected from a pool of content made available through Capstone Publishers, with preference given to award-winners, highly rated, reviewed titles, best-sellers, and those books of more recent copyright.\nWHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF USING MYON?\nStudents have the opportunity to choose what they want to read, in a digital environment in which they are comfortable, motivating them to become better and more confident readers. Reading supports such as naturally recorded audio, and highlighting at the word and sentence level, are available to allow students to explore new genres and become familiar with undiscovered topics. Reading books from their recommended list provides practice opportunities for students to read for longer periods or time with more challenging types of text. Student develop better attitudes and behaviors around reading.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://finnornillustrations.com/2019/01/16/the-journey-begins/","date":"2023-04-02T11:00:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296950528.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230402105054-20230402135054-00040.warc.gz","language_score":0.9798883199691772,"token_count":3660,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__91812174","lang":"en","text":"It’s been almost a year since I last stepped foot into a patient room. It feels like a lifetime ago. On the surface, switching from a physician to an illustrator seems backwards and unimaginable. I’m not sure anyone could have guessed the 180 degree turn my life has taken over the past year. What I do know for certain, is that I have never regretted my decision to leave medicine in pursuit of a different passion. Here is how and why The Bonnie Fly came to be, what has inspired me to create, and why I will never look back.\nWritten in Late 2017\nUp until a year ago, you probably couldn’t have drawn a straighter line than my path to pediatric residency in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I graduated high school on a full scholarship to Louisiana State University, and in four years I entered into medical school as the top ranked student in the College of Science. Before I knew it, I had matched into a competitive residency program at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and married the girl of my dreams.\nThat might be the most boring paragraph on this page. There were no bumps, no curves, and it certainly was void of any road blocks. This all changed before I even entered into a Pennsylvania hospital as a fully-fledged resident.\nLast April, in the four month break between medical school and residency, I flew up from my home state of Alabama to meet my then-fiance in Pittsburgh. During the week we planned to move into a new apartment and settle in before graduation, the start of residency, and the upcoming wedding. Since we had been apart during my schooling and her job in Pennsylvania, the excitement was building for my big move.\nAs any obsessed fisherman would do in this situation, I found time to try to fill the empty space soon to be left behind on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. A few Google searches led me to the streams surrounding Pittsburgh, and soon I was able to send pictures back home of the colorful trout roaming the hills. Somehow, the experience made moving even easier. I had found my reliable escape from the hustle and bustle of medicine. It had helped me persevere through the roughest exams and rotations, and I could hopefully lean on it again.\nLooking back, I remember the sign on the stream. It even made me pause and stare for a moment because it was out of the ordinary for a southern-bred fisherman. Below the painted welcome in the parking lot a plank read: “CHECK FOR TICKS.” Medical experience is partially to blame for my reaction. After constant MRSA, TB, and diarrheal precautions, I was numb to the thought of surrounding illness and disease. In that moment in time, I hardly gave the sign any further thought. No bug spray, no full body inspections, no problem. For three full days, I trudged through brush and weeds in pursuit of trout.\nAfter a great week in Steel City, I returned home to fish out the last few months of my time in Mobile. In that span, I have hardly been happier in my life. Between the excitement of finally being titled a real “doctor” to tying the knot, everything seemed perfect.\nI took little notice of the week of night sweats, chills, and fevers that soon followed. Sure, it was odd that I could hardly get out of bed without nausea for a whole week, but it went away eventually. Probably, just something I ate. I even walked up the stage to receive my diploma with a limp from a painful, golf-ball sized mass on my right hip, chalking it up as a torn muscle from a recent long run.\nIn the back of my mind, I knew what the cause might be, but I had no time or left over money to worry about visiting the doctor. The looming stress of internship kept me in denial and it was the last thing I needed to keep me from fishing.\nIn the blink of an eye, the weekend before my wedding arrived. I needed one final fishing trip to Dauphin Island to say goodbye. One more saltwater trout. Just one more before being sentenced to a landlocked life. Despite a sharp, searing headache that kept me bedridden the days prior, I was craving the last smell salt air.\nWe hopped in the boat and headed to the West End of the island full steam ahead. The breeze on my face is the first thing that caught my attention. I couldn’t blink to keep my contact lenses wet. Was there something scratching my eye? Gradually over the course of several hours, I lost my ability to raise my right eyebrow or fully close my mouth to whistle. At that moment, I knew I had Lyme Disease. Bell’s Palsy, the nagging symptoms, and the painful mass (which turned out to be an inflamed lymph node) over the last few months suddenly painted the stereotypical case study. The only thing that had been missing was a target shaped rash (which most people don’t have or report at diagnosis).\nWe rushed to an emergency care clinic, and I informed the doctor that I had a tick-borne illness. Without pause, I recounted my symptoms, detailed history, and handed her the diagnosis in the hopes of a quick fix. She then handed me a prescription for antibiotics and steroids. Fortunately, the disease was cured without further complication.\nThat would have been a great ending. Instead, I was told that it was more likely stress and I was an over-reacting young doctor. I was promptly given a handout of information for dummies on Lyme Disease, and somehow convinced myself I was overthinking the situation. I went home with steroids for a “viral infection,” and gladly accepted a milder alternative.\nI may be one of the few people who can say that my Bell’s Palsy was vividly documented in wedding photos. Outwardly, I looked like I wanted to murder our cameraman. Despite the awful appearance, I have never been happier in my life. After all, the most beautiful woman in the world was now Mrs. Finnorn and I was surrounded by family and friends. Joyfully, my wife and I departed on our honeymoon the following morning, and within three days my face was able to function normally again. Out of sight, out of mind.\nResidency started before I could blink (pun intended). The first few weeks were some of the most stressed weeks of my life and the previous months symptoms hardly crossed my mind. In the wave of a magic wand, I went from the medical student in the back of the room to the doctor signing prescriptions and bearing actual responsibility over the lives of children on chemotherapy and antibiotics. At the time, even Tylenol dosing was terrifying. My own health was my last concern.\nA month into my internship, I started noticing something still wasn’t quite right. My wife recalls me frequently repeating, “Something feels strange.” Like most medical students, I have always been accustomed to memorizing large amounts of information in a short amount of time. It’s how we survive. You learn on the fly and gradually build upon prior experience until it becomes second nature. But, in that moment, I found myself getting lost in familiar buildings and having trouble finding the words for common items. When the traffic lights on the road would turn red to green, I would have to remind myself that it meant “go,” only to arrive at my destination and have no recollection of why I was there. The ability to fluidly put thoughts together and just simple, short-term memory seemed to have disappeared gradually. And still, a few months after graduation, I could hardly run with the pain of my hip nagging my every move.\nIn the back of my mind, I wondered if the stress of medicine had finally caught up with me. Through the years I have always been even-keeled, but maybe I had finally hit a breaking point. As it started affecting my work, I approached my program director, who happened to be an expert on Lyme Disease. Without a doubt, he informed me to get tested for Lyme Disease and seek treatment, but reassured me that the outcomes were good in people with similar chronic symptoms.\nIn July 2016, over three months from my initial visit to Pittsburgh, I was finally tested for Lyme Disease. Of the nearly dozen markers of the bacteria on Western Blot and ELISA, I was positive for every single one. Finally, I was treated with a month of doxycycline and given time off to allow my mind to recover.\nOver the course of the next several months, I attempted to return to the hospital, with the continued support and reassurance of colleagues. I couldn’t stand missing my intern experience and the feeling of falling behind. Every day I spent at home, I could feel the extra load I was putting on the other residents. The guilt weighed on me deeply. In desperation, I pretended everything had healed and returned to push through a few weeks. In order to compensate, I kept diligent notes to make up for my memory. And still, I found myself getting lost in the places I knew well and forgetting why I had walked into different patient rooms and offices. It was like the fogginess of NyQuil during a cold, and I couldn’t shake it.\nWorried about the safety of my patients, I requested more time off. From my perspective, if I was the parent of my patients, there is no way I would want a doctor who was struggling with memory. I returned home defeated, unsure of what to do and questioning every decision I had ever made.\nAs you can imagine, the stress of feeling your mind slipping can take a toll on your will. Every day I questioned the real cause of the loss of memory and executive function. I started to second guess every decision that lead me to becoming a resident. And each day, I wondered if my worst fears were coming true, and the abilities that had brought me so far had left me for good. All the while, the hospital stared at me from the bedroom window and the feeling of failure was overwhelming.\nIn those long, lonely days inside my own mind, I came to realize the importance of having people that love you. My wife saw every bit of the disease at it’s worst and showed unwavering support, even though I ruined our once-in-a-lifetime wedding photos. You would think that a conflict of this magnitude would have an effect on a new marriage, but it strengthened our bond. Friends and family flew up to spend time with me and called me daily. In that time, despite my internal despair, I discovered the value of love and its capacity to heal.\nWeek by week, I regained more concentration and focus for hours, then days, and eventually full weeks. Driving was no longer requiring extra focus. Constant physical activity helped ease my hip pain. To pass the time, I even found myself memorizing recipes and more easily reading articles, while accurately recounting the details.\nFor years, I had accepted my path towards medicine. I never once truly questioned the decision or asked why I wouldn’t want to be a physician. Looking back at my initial thought process, it seemed like the best use of my abilities and love of natural sciences, as well as the most practical approach to a stable life. It was the easy choice. Once you accept that fate and get far enough into student loans and the culture of the medical field you forget that there was ever a choice. Turning back seems impossible.\nBut, there were always hints of regret. It wasn’t uncommon for me to outwardly speak of wishes to become an engineer. Fishing was my excuse to get away from anything that had to do with medicine. I hated the talk about medicine outside of work, and even avoided spending my time off with anyone associated with a hospital. The patient interaction and remarkable experiences inspired me and kept me going through my second guesses, but the mental burnout and time commitment away from home were starting to catch up.\nAnd finally, something had knocked me down and forced me to rethink my future. I might be the only person in this world thankful for contracting Lyme Disease. I’m not sure anything else could have veered me off course. It was in this long, illness-induced reflection that I started to find a new focus for my future.\nEarly on in my medical leave, I took a break from the monotony of the house and visited a local fly shop. That was when I took notice of the decals and apparel on the walls. I was so drawn by every color and detail. Since high school, my notes and books were littered with similar artwork. I purchased some of the decals in the store made by Andrea Larko. They sat on my desk for months, untouched, but constantly in my sight.\nIn that same span, coincidentally, my aunt sent me a Z-tangle coloring book to help pass the time. I sat on the couch one morning and found myself coloring inside the lines. In all honesty, I really didn’t give artwork much thought, but it calmed me and brought me more focus. In search of a similar professional future and escaping residency, I turned my sights on biomedical engineering, pursuing an MBA, or trying to make it into the pharmaceutical industry.\nThe First Sketch for The Bonnie Fly\nThat coloring book relief led me back to the sketchpad. I decided to sit down and pick up my former skills at charcoal and graphite. I took a photo of a trout from the previous spring and spent an Auburn-LSU football game drawing in front of the TV. I showed my wife and family, and the first seeds were sown. All the while, I stared at those decals and thought, “I bet I can learn how to do something like that.”\nIn time, my decision to finally leave medicine was easy, yet incredibly difficult. I knew I no longer wanted to be a physician. At the same time, I was torn morally. Once you get this far, is there now an undeniable, moral obligation to treat the sick and suffering? Had I gone too far to turn back, despite the burned out feeling in my heart?\nIn the end, it came down to one thing. Deep down, I felt that it took a genuine passion to be an effective clinician, and I never really had that drive from the beginning. The passion of competition and continuous learning had kept me afloat for years without second thought. Sure, I could return to push through day by day, regardless of my own feelings and mental health. But how can a physician really give 100% effort and care with so much regret and internal conflict, especially when dealing with the lives of children and young adults? There wasn’t a bone in my body that wanted to step back into a hospital.\nIn December of last year, I walked into the residency office and returned my badge. The plan at the time was to enter into biomedical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh and find a way to use my knowledge in another form.\nTo pass the time between my departure and graduate school, I started “The Bonnie Fly” on Etsy and continued my sketching. I named it after my wife, who supported my decision and loved me through even the lowest points. During the days of waiting, I was able to wake up each morning excited for the day ahead. Every new idea and sketch brought nearly the same rewarding feeling as catching a great fish. It started off with a few prints and gradually began to gain traction on social media.\nThe same skills that drove me as a medical student started reemerging. I translated the hours in the morning dedicated to patient cases and journal reviews to studying marketing, business, and how to adapt my skills digitally. For two hours a day, I focused on lectures by industry leaders, and ended with client work and customer service. My passion was discovered, and the effort it took to maintain it was driven effortlessly by my love for fishing. Eventually, the decision was made to fully commit to the life of a free-lance artist and illustrator and I canceled my enrollment into the University of Pittsburgh.\nMedicine will always be a part of me. Between trying to understand the situation of patient and listening to the needs of a client, there are few differences. Efficiency and time management are still key elements of my life as a small business owner. The hours and attention to detail have hardly changed. For that reason, I will still carry the title of “MD” behind my name. It reminds me of how I arrived at this point and the humbling experience of being knocked down only to get up and choose a different direction.\nI guess it could be easy to be angry. There were so many points where I could have avoided this outcome. But, I am thankful. I have told many people since last winter that Lyme Disease was a blessing in disguise. It allowed me to step back and appreciate how important and precious time is and the value of every interaction shared with others. Instead of despising the hours of my week in a clinical setting and living for the weekend, I was given the opportunity to relentlessly pursue my love for the outdoors and create anything that comes across my thoughts. For that reason, I will never wish for things to have been different. Each experience in our lives molds our personality for better or for worse. How we choose to react to those events largely shapes the outcomes that follow. Medicine and science changed my approach to every aspect of my life and taught me the value of humility and understanding. My wife, family, and friends showed me the importance of love. My artwork is simply a reflection of the journey.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://agencyassassin.com/does-citation-building-still-matter-for-local-seo-in-2024/","date":"2024-04-13T21:19:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816853.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413211215-20240414001215-00202.warc.gz","language_score":0.9221810102462769,"token_count":1119,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__122727295","lang":"en","text":"Local businesses face a critical challenge when it comes to standing out online in the digital age. Local Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is pivotal for ensuring your business appears when nearby customers search for your products or services. A key strategy within local SEO is citation building, which involves listing your business on various online platforms. As we move through 2024, the digital landscape continues to evolve, raising the question: does citation building still hold its ground in enhancing local SEO? This article explores the current significance of citation building for local businesses, shedding light on its relevance and effectiveness in today’s digital marketing strategies.\nCitation building is an essential component of local SEO that involves listing your business across the web. These listings, which display your business’s Name, Address, and Phone number (NAP), come in two forms: structured and unstructured citations. Structured citations are found on business directories and review sites, presenting your business information in a consistent format. Examples include Google My Business and Yelp. On the other hand, unstructured citations are mentions of your business on various online platforms like blogs, news sites, and social media without a specific format. Both types are crucial for boosting your local search visibility, as they help ensure your business information is widely available and consistent across the internet.\nThe landscape of local SEO and citation building has significantly evolved over time. Initially, citations were vital for achieving higher rankings in local search results. Although the direct impact of citations on rankings has shifted with advancements in search algorithms, their role in improving online visibility and establishing credibility remains crucial. Citations ensure the accuracy of your business information across the digital realm, building trust among potential customers. This foundational aspect of local SEO underscores the continuing importance of citations in a comprehensive digital marketing strategy.\nIn 2024, the debate around the role of citation building in local SEO continues to evolve within the SEO community. While some experts argue that the influence of citations on search ranking factors may not be as direct as it once was, the consensus leans towards the enduring value of building citations for enhancing a business’s online visibility and fostering customer trust. This perspective is supported by research and case studies demonstrating that businesses maintaining citation consistency across directory listings often experience improved visibility in search results. Such evidence underscores the importance of citations as a foundational SEO strategy, contributing significantly not just to search rankings but also to the overall online presence of a business. Hence, despite the shifts in SEO methodologies, citation building remains a critical element, illustrating its ongoing relevance in strengthening a business’s digital footprint.\nCitation building is a key strategy within local SEO that significantly enhances a business’s digital presence. Here are three distinct advantages that citation building offers:\nOne of the primary benefits of citation building is its ability to boost your business’s visibility in local search results. By listing your business on various online directories and platforms, you expand your digital footprint. This increased visibility makes it easier for potential customers to find your business when they search for relevant products or services in your area. The consistency of your business information across these platforms further strengthens your SEO, helping you rank higher in search results.\nCitations play a critical role in building and maintaining the online reputation of your business. Accurate and consistent listings across the web reassure customers about the legitimacy and reliability of your business. When customers see the same correct information wherever they find your business online, it builds trust. This trust is fundamental in converting potential customers into actual customers, as people are more likely to engage with a business they find reliable.\nMany online directories offer not just a listing for your business but also a backlink to your website. These backlinks are crucial for SEO as they signal to search engines that your site is reputable and authoritative, which can improve your overall search engine rankings. While not all citations provide dofollow links that directly influence SEO, even nofollow links can drive traffic to your website and increase its visibility to search engines indirectly.\nBy focusing on creating accurate and consistent citations, businesses can leverage these benefits to significantly enhance their local SEO efforts, attract more customers, and improve their online visibility.\nDespite its advantages, citation building presents challenges, such as maintaining information consistency across listings and the delayed impact on search rankings. Businesses must prioritize high-quality citations on relevant and reputable platforms over sheer quantity to ensure their efforts yield meaningful results. Managing citations efficiently requires a strategic approach, emphasizing the quality and accuracy of listings to maximize the benefits of citation building in local SEO.\nEffective citation building in 2024 focuses on maintaining accurate and consistent business listings. Prioritizing high-traffic, industry-relevant directories and utilizing citation management tools can streamline the process, ensuring your business information is up-to-date across the web. Regular audits of your citations are essential to identify inaccuracies and discover new opportunities for listings, keeping your citation strategy aligned with current best practices. By adopting a meticulous approach to citation building, businesses can enhance their local SEO performance, improving online visibility and attracting more customers.\nAs we navigate through 2024, the importance of citation building in local SEO remains evident. It plays a crucial role in enhancing a business’s online visibility and reputation, key factors in attracting more customers. By focusing on creating accurate and consistent citations across relevant platforms, businesses can solidify their presence in local search results. In the competitive digital landscape, a well-executed citation building strategy is essential for achieving sustained success in local SEO, underscoring its enduring value in today’s digital marketing toolkit.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.peakaltitudetraining.com.au/perform/","date":"2018-01-23T06:10:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084891750.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20180123052242-20180123072242-00625.warc.gz","language_score":0.8550276756286621,"token_count":261,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__61931904","lang":"en","text":"Join some of our most elite clients\nStudies have confirmed…\n- Improved aerobic capacity and endurance performance. Significant increase in average power and average speed during time trial (cycling) (Czuba, 2011).\n- Larger Improvements in repeated sprint performance in repeated sprint in hypoxia (RSH) than repeated sprint in normoxia (RSN) with significant molecular adaptations and larger blood perfusion (Faiss, 2013,2014).\n- Improved metabolic risk factors: body weight and composition, blood glucose and blood pressure (Journal of Science and Medicine In Sport 2013).\n- Significant Increase in V02 Max after 3 weeks of intermittent hypoxic training with 95% of lactate threshold intensity (Czuba, 2011).\n- Superior and more rapid strength gains from resistance training achieved (Nishimura, 2010).\n- Increased (4%) V02 Max, combined with an increase in maximal power output (5.6%) (Czuba, 2011).\n- Greater Lactate tolerance, improving high intensity endurance performance (Czuba, 2011)\n- Increased number of sprints by 38% (4 additional sprint efforts) prior to exhaustion (Faiss, 2013).\n- Enhanced muscle flow and vasodilation of blood vessels (Faiss, 2013)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://newsletter.teldap.tw/news/ProgramTourismContent_en.php?language=en&nid=5907&lid=678","date":"2022-11-28T02:36:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710462.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20221128002256-20221128032256-00528.warc.gz","language_score":0.9498754143714905,"token_count":1184,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__247160935","lang":"en","text":"I like to watch Cloud Gate dances, whether I understand or not. As far as I am concerned, understanding is not the prerequisite for watching dance, liking is.\nThe first Cloud Gate dance I saw was “Nine Songs” in 2009. Before I bought the ticket I received an e-bulletin from Cloud Gate every few days, “reaching out” to me. The image narrative was lively and the image of the traveler passing through the myth was just too clear, so I finally surrendered and booked a ticket\nI arrived at the theater early and went to a book shop next door to pass the time. One book on the shelf, “Dancing Nine Songs” by Jiang Xun,corresponded to the performance I was going to see. I asked myself before opening the book “ Is it right to have preconceived ideas before seeing the dance?” I turned a few pages and read about the East Emperor,Madam Xiang, Celestial in the Cloud and war woundsnot really understanding what I was readingbut, looking at the various interjections in the book, from that instant I transcended time and space. Only when looking back at a classic did I realize the context of the dramatic changes the characters undergo and, on the stage, what true emotions are fermenting behind the movements of the dancers.\nThis half an hour reading led me into the plot in advance and gave me a feeling for the dance so, when the performance began, the movements of the dancers on stage seemed to guide my breathing and heart beat;the witch purified her body and became possessed as if driven by some unknown force; heaven and earth opened and the East Emperor appeared, showing his power and courage; the fire red sacrificer and the gods fell into a love-hate tangle, the person in the white robe tapped the floor with a stick and the whole scene was suddenly permeated by a solemn atmosphere\nWhen the first half was about to end, the heavy breathing, the shouting, every sound called out to the audience. At this point three Taipei First Girls High School students began to furtively discuss what the characters on the stage were actually doing; at the other side, two women identified each god as they appeared one after the other, while, on the back row, a young woman said to her boyfriend “Do you know what they are doing? I can never understand Cloud Gate dances.”\nI pondered on the question of whether I understood or not but, before I could answer, the performance began again. On stage, minor and major overseers of destiny controlled the limbs of sentient beings, deciding birth and aging, sickness and death inthe human world; Madam Xiang waitedon the river bank, elegant and frail, for a long time;the Celestial in the Cloud rose up and descended amidst the cloud stood on two people; the mountain ghost ambivalently incited a mysterious atmosphere in the forest, the warrior fought heroically, the warrior fell, the mother cried tears of grief, then a line of candle flames leads to stars\nThe performance lasted just a few hours and the time flew by, however, the feeling has stayed with me and fermented ever since. I don’t know how much of it I understood but, in the process of watching, I was moved by the story portrayed on the stage.\nI began by looking for information related to “Nine Songs” and quickly found basic information and some extended reading in the shape of several articles by dance critics; I also found photographs, films, programs and posters that allowed me to revisit the actual performance. Even having seen a dance, watching a film of it at home is a different experience, the movements can be seen in more detail and the dancers’ expressions are clearer. These archives and materials that have been carefully arrangedallow me to acquire a deep understanding of Cloud Gate’s dances and, with a click of the mouse, I can read Lin Hwai-min’s introduction to a dance while having a dialogue with him in my mind.\nThe website has dances I have seen and ones I missed, together with basic information, performance information, films and critics’ reviews, seemingly providing a view of the entire creative process. Since finding the website I always visit it before seeing a Cloud Gate performance.\nI always look for more information to help me get to know Cloud Gate better and I occasionally visit the website to listen to Lin Hwai-min talk about his creative work and, after seeing a performance, refresh my memory.\nPublisher：Fan-Sen Wang, Vice President of Academia Sinica Editor-in-Chief：Zong-Kun Li Publishing Department：Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program, TELDAP Executive Editor：Sub-project: Digital Information - the New and Creative Way of Communicating Mailing Address：The Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica\nNo.130, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Nangang District, Taipei City 115, Taiwan TEL： (02) 27829555 ext:310 or 183 FAX： (02) 2786-8834 E-mail：email@example.com\nIssue：TELDAP e-Newsletter (August, 2012) Publish Date：08/15 /2012 First Issue：02/15 /2007（Published on 15th every 2 months）\nThe copyright of all contents in this e-Newsletter belongs to TELDAP,Taiwan. The e-Newsletter publishing system is supported by the Core Platforms for Digital Contents Project for TELDAP.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://alinefourierstudio.com/reviews.html","date":"2019-03-19T17:44:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202003.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20190319163636-20190319184752-00056.warc.gz","language_score":0.9674085378646851,"token_count":1578,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__62186918","lang":"en","text":"Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, 1996\nLetter from Leon Heredia, Journalist, Sun City Center, May 28, 1996\nFinally back home I enjoyed at leisure your lovely gift-Salt Marsh Reflections. I was taken right back into the beguiling environment I'd just left by the unusual realism of the photographs. Inherent in every one of the scenes is a mystic quality that subtly melds each element into the next, provoking a strong sense of reality in the beholder's eye. Rocks nudge gently into neighboring trees, bushes, grasses, and\nfriendly siblings. No jagged threatening stone outcroppings here. All of nature's creations, living and inanimate, exist in serene peace with one another. Water, sun, air--and endless time--are shown at work. There is movement everywhere, even in the background of the dominant and beautiful florals. And, all throughout, the cadence of your prose provides a moving and thoughtful complement for each scene. I am no art critic, but I am aware of the sensory differences in viewing real life\nand its imitations. I took long walks while there and wonder how you captured the living essence and beauty of your surroundings through all the hazards of the reproduction process. You and your son have produced a rare and shining example of how art and technical skill can join to create something that transcends the outer reaches of their individual disciplines. Its tenderly tasseled binding, choice of paper for cover and leaf, and typography offer mute testimony to the loving care\nwith which it was conceived. Your gift has found a place among my most cherished memorabilia of people and places. Many, many, thanks.\nA Gift Of Poetry: One Of Many Creations Boothbay Register\nVolume 120, Issue 14\nBoothbay Harbor, Maine 04538\nApril 4, 1996\nby Barbara Freeman\nSalt Marsh Reflections is not the usual \"slim volume of poetry.\" It may be slim, but it has more energy and style than most of that genre. The collection of 14 poems and 15 photographs, now available at Sherman's Book Store, is a collaboration between Aline Fourier and her 17 year-old son, Zachary Daniel Burack.\nThe inspiration for the book was a small, brackish pond beyond Fourier's Newagen home. The physical description of the salt marsh does not do it justice, for it is an extension of the ocean beyond and is bounded by undulating grasses, evergreens, and dramatic ledge.\nIn the book's introduction , Fourier writes that, \"Zachary visited and began to explore the salt marsh through the lens of my Nikon camera. Delighted by the results of his 'seeing,' I was inspired to create Salt Marsh Reflections as a gift for Zachary on his seventeenth birthday.\" Each color reproduction is accompanied by a poem written by Fourier in response to the image in the photograph.\nThe illustrations range from close-ups of flowers to expansive shots of the marsh with the sea and sky beyond. A common theme which runs through the free-form poetry is change: tidal, seasonal, and personal. Atmospheric and natural images pervade the verse, giving it an organic quality.\n\"I've always written poetry,\" Fourier says. \"It's a reflection of what's going on inside.\" She finds that speaking the poems while writing them improves the rhythm.\nThe book's cover is a clue to the creativity within. Fourier binds each copy herself, using Indian rag-and-algae paper bound by a twig from the marsh and lengths of nubby yarn. She scanned the photos herself and produced the entire book on her computer. On the back cover is her company name, Creative Response, Inc.\nA Wellspring of Creativity\nFourier's supply of creative energy seems boundless. At any given moment, she has a number of works in progress. She credits living in close proximity to the ever-changing salt marsh for a good bit of her inspiration. \"The marsh came first,\" she explains.\nMany of Fourier's creative efforts spring, too, from twelve years as a psychological counselor in Massachusetts, as well as related studies. She was trained in the psychosynthesis counseling technique, studied Eastern psychology ans shamanism, and has been strongly influenced by the teachings of Swiss psychologist Carl Jung. While working with a well-known Jungian therapist and priest, Dr. Robert Johnson, she studied mandalas, and\nJungian psychology symbols representing reunification of the self.\n\"I combined all that into an eclectic practice,\" Fourier says. Working with cancer and catastrophic illness patients, she taught self-exploration, visualization, and imagery to speed recovery. She feels that troubling diagnoses do not have to be self-fulfilling prophesies, that \"we're only limited by our beliefs.\"\nIn 1985, she produced The Pain Reliever, a guided tape which was introduced for use in hospices.\nAs an extension of her counseling experiences, and the death of her mother, Fourier is working on a new book, Another Room. She describes it as a collection of \"creative expressions in art, music, poetry, photgraphy, and prose\" about death and dying. \"In our culture we learn that death is an end,\" but she has a more spiritual view, however, and adds, \"death is merely a doorway into Another Room.\"\nIn her Cape Pond Studio, which adjoins the house she shares with her husband, Jonathan Rutenberg, Fourier is working on several canvases at once. Her paintings, like the new book, are an extension of her self-exploration and counseling work. She also extracts images from dreams and her unconscious. The result is a combination of the abstract and the realistic.\nWhen she began, Fourier concentrated on pastels, \"translating her emotions through movement, color, and shape.\" Now she has moved onto other media, including pen and ink and watercolor. She has exhibited at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation and Maine Art Gallery and will have works displayed on Bailey Island this coming summer.\nSome of Fourier's drawings start out with a word written in script, which she then translates into an abstract design. Others include poetry. A set of three ink and watercolor images, \"the red hand series,\" was begun as a way to deal with grief over her mother's death. She did not realize that the red handprints she incorporated into her paintings are a Navajo symbol that means \"we are safe here.\"\nOther symbols she intentionally uses are ivy, which is symbolic of an immortal place, and \"root woman,\" based on a huge upturned root in her yard, but symbolic of her own growth. In creating her art works, she feels her hand is being led. \"I'm weaving from the substance of my being.\" She says, \"I'm continually exploring.\"\nAnother of her creative efforts is the ongoing renovation she and her husband began when they moved to Newagen several years ago. The house, near the southern tip of Southport Island, has a wall of glass overlooking the salt marsh. Fourier says, \"Moving here has put flesh on my thinking. The marsh has helped me to bring it all alive.\"\nThere is a continuity to Fourier's creative efforts. She has her own personal mission statement: \"Believing in myself to share what is borne inside.\" Her current efforts will no doubt lead her to still other projects. Even she does not know quite what direction her work will take. \"That's what creativity is all about,\" she says, \"trusting yourself--what you feel intuitively inside.\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://stuartlevine.com/books/the-six-fundamentals-of-success/","date":"2017-04-30T14:44:03Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917125654.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031205-00109-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9269815683364868,"token_count":1959,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__20478788","lang":"en","text":"The Six Fundamentals of Success™\nOrder the Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller The Six Fundamentals of Success™:\n(Available in Hardcover, E-book and Audio CD formats).\nPraise for The Six Fundamentals of Success™:\n“The fundamentals and rules in this book created the foundation for the accelerated learning of our senior management team and subsequently our entire organization…they helped us to focus on the customer, eliminate communication breakdowns and strengthen our financial performance.”– Thomas J. McAteer, Jr. President and CEO. Vytra Health Plans.\n“I’ve told my kids that if anything happens to me, there’s only one book that reflects exactly how I would like them to lead both their professional and personal lives, Stuart’s book, The Six Fundamentals of Success.”– Richard J. Daly, Chief Executive Officer. Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.\n“While there are no quick fixes, The Six Fundamentals of Success is a great book for a leader who’s stretched thin and wants to let his or her team know how to get things right. I love this book!”– James Orsini, Executive Vice President and Director of Finance and Operations. Saatchi & Saatchi New York.\n“Can help anyone (regardless of their personal goals) navigate a successful career.” – USA Today\n“Since I am not a fan of beating around the bush, I really love books that get to the point with a sense of “Ah ha!” The Six Fundamentals of Success does that by being concise and immediately applicable to the real world. It gives you great ways for getting ahead in any organization with a lot of self-help ideas. I page through it just about every week and try to adopt a couple of the rules; I’ve become a better manager because of it. This is the perfect book to sharpen your team’s focus, or just as a refresher for you.” – Reviewed by Jack Covert, 800CEORead.com, January 2004\n“The Six Fundamentals of Success is an important primer. Every new grad or new employee in your organization should check it out. And because it’s such a quick read, it’s a great refresher for those of us who have been around for a while.” – Reviewed by Geoff Thatcher, Training and Development magazine, July 26, 2004\n“An important primer for anyone who wants to make a difference in the workplace.”– Professor John Quelch, Senior Assistant Dean, Harvard Business School\n“I am a firm believer in Levine’s fundamentals. ‘Conduct yourself and your business with integrity’ and ‘Make sure you add value’ cannot be taken lightly in today’s business climate. This is an incredibly helpful book.”– Raymond S. Troubh, Director of the Year, 2003, National Association of Corporate Directors\n“This book is a leadership gem. The six fundamentals are the true foundation of business success, providing tremendous value to anyone in the workplace. Proper execution of these fundamentals will make any business competitive.”– Subir Chowdry, Chairman and CEO ASI Consulting Group, Author of the bestseller The Power of Six Sigma\n“Management fads come and go. This book reminds us that the way to get strong, predictable results is to master the fundamentals. A terrifc tool for people with the commitment to get real results – by maximizing people and processes to give customers great value.”– Helene Fortunoff, President, Fortunoff Fine Jewlery\n“Strategic advantage will go to companies that get the fundamentals right. This book lays out what anyone needs to know to win in business today.”– Richard Silverman, Vice Chairman, Fleet National Bank\n“Any ambitious, thoughtful and upwardly mobile manager should find many useful, career-enhancing pointers in The Six Fundamentals of Success.” – Josh S. 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It is a terrific tool for forging positive partnerships between management and the union.”– Joyce Coles, 1199/League Employment, Training and Job Security Fund\n“The book not only keeps you focused on the fundamentals – the core to any business and personal success – but it creates the true foundation for a solid future, whether you are just starting out or you are a seasoned professional.”– Howard Kotliar, CEO, Crystal RidgeVineyards, California\n“Filled with practical advice, this book provides short and concise lessons that have the potential to yield long-lasting results, from seasoned CEOs. . . to all new hires.” – Walter Timoshenko, Chief Marketing Officer, Weiser LLP\n“By putting the fundamentals in place, I have managed to be promoted twice. I am encouraging every manager and anyone else who wants to get ahead in their chosen careers to read this book!” – Linda Law, Publishing Concepts\n“We always focus on investing in companies with strong fundamentals, and the ability to execute their business plan. This book empowers business leaders to strengthen fundamentals, which will ensure business plan execution and enhanced shareholder value.”– Robert D. Rosenthal, First Long Island Investors\n“Leadership is not a right, it is a responsibility. The Six Fundamentals of Success is a refreshing reminder of the most important asset in any company….its people.”– Rod Zuck, President, CMI Communications\n“Stuart Levine has captured a lifetime of successful rules and put them into a simple and practical context for executives at all levels.” – Walter Lin, President, H&L Computer Inc.\nReturn to Top","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.jnhabiger.com/","date":"2020-01-17T19:56:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250590107.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20200117180950-20200117204950-00451.warc.gz","language_score":0.9710766077041626,"token_count":714,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__178413164","lang":"en","text":"JAMES N. HABIGER\nDesigner. sOLUTIONIST. Author. Artist.\nnoun | so·lu·tion·ism | \\-sh(ə)n/ˈɪz.əm/\n: The belief that all problemshave benign solutions\n; especially : followed by one who makes a practice or occupation of solving puzzles\nWith a focus in digital mediums, I create art and designs heavily influenced by mid-century minimalism and the Bauhaus movement of the 1920’s. Fueled by years of studying art and design, I aim to produce media with a clearly translated message. From concept to form, critical thought and dedication is put into all aspects of the non-verbal voice of each book design. I am passionate about working with authors as Head of Creative at the Minneapolis based publisher 11:11 Press. He guides authors through a visual journey of their written word.\nGrowing up in a small town in northern Minnesota, I had every opportunity to live the expected life set out before me. I worked 12-hour factory shifts, laid roofing in the mid-west summer heat, and went home to a wife I married at 20. But I was restless. My wife was an equal in her ambition and resentment for our expected life. Together we fled Minnesota and found ourselved in Seattle - a place we both came to greatly love until the natural consequences of a human life pulled us apart. I became disillusioned by the city and once again began looking for reprieve. This time I found himself returning to the rural life. This time I was alone. I found myself in a cabin on the Kitsap peninsula splitting wood and feeding a wood stove, gardening, and limbing trees. Isolated, I again grew unsettled. The quiet creeped in. During my three years in the cabin, I came to shed the inner rejection I had acquired from small-town America and finally came out as a gay man. Learning to live my truth fully, with a greater sense of self, I confidently moved back to the city. But Seattle was indifferent to my existential progress. With bars on my single window, I lived in a cheap apartment slum behind a fast food joint where I befriended disabled veterans, strippers, addicts, and survivors of abuse. Many of them struggling with mental illness. It was here where I began writing SAM. Eleven years later, I returned to Minnesota (2016) to view the mid-west through a new lens of life experience. I am a designer and builder by trade - an artist, self professed solutionist, and reluctantly calls myself a philosopher. I am a University of Washington, Seattle, Analytic Philosophy graduate and have focused on the phenomenology of psychosis. It is this focus which inspired SAM - my first published work. It is published by the Minneapolis-based publisher 11:11 Press. In the apartment with bars and a view of the backside of a fast food joint, SAM was written as an exploration of the inner tension between the common and the unusual. Within the hyperbolic depiction of a modern relationship between \"a defect of the city\" and a \"sparrow who suffered simplicity of heart,\" the two men followed in this book unfold within a classic, yet nearly tragic, love story. In a series of 125 poems, Sam is revealed through a lens of an invisible narrator, and is written in such a way that the reader has access to the inner states of the two men throughout its entirety.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.amateurcams.in/tag/to-love-ru.html","date":"2021-10-23T22:47:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585828.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20211023224247-20211024014247-00221.warc.gz","language_score":0.9391392469406128,"token_count":635,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__223674765","lang":"en","text":"To Love Ru is a Japanese manga series written by Saki Hasemi and illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki, creator of Black Cat.The manga was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from April 2006 to August 2009, and the chapters collected into 18 tankōbon volumes.\nTo LOVE-Ru Anime Episodes. Read more >. To LOVE-Ru Darkness Series. Know the sequel of the To LOVE-Ru Series! Read more >. Welcome to the To LOVE-Ru Wiki, a wiki dedicated to everything about To LOVE-Ru that anyone can edit. We are currently editing 640 articles and we have 3,618 images on this wiki since April 11, 2009.\nSee more videos for To Love Ru\nTo Love Ru. Rito Yuki had no idea the planet Develuke even existed when their Princess Lala teleported into his bathtub, but now he finds himselft to be engaged to the beautiful girl with a pointed tail. Problem: various aliens are showing up on missions of varying hostile intent. Worse, the girl that Rito REALLY loves is still completely ...\nTo Love Ru. Videos Reviews Comments More Info. Newest Oldest Episode 26 Lala Episode 25 Earth's Final Night ...\nTo LOVE-Ru depicts Rito's daily struggles with the bizarre chaos that begins upon the arrival of Lala. With an evergrowing legion of swooning beauties that continuously foil his attempted confessions to Haruna, To LOVE-Ru is a romantic comedy full of slapstick humor, sexy girls, and outlandishly lewd moments that defy the laws of physics.\nTo loveru. Season 1. (121) IMDb 6.5 2006 13+. The story of To Love-Ru revolves around Rito Yuki, a high-school student who cannot confess to the girl of his dreams, Haruna Sairenji.\nSeason 2 of To Love-Ru premiered on October 6, 2010. Based on a shounen manga written by Hasemi Saki and illustrated by Yabuki Kentarou, serialised in Weekly Shounen Jump. A year after Lala came to Earth, she is all the more determined to make Rito fall for her, putting all her effort into it, even though she knows that Rito actually loves Haruna.\nDescription: The story is about Yuuki Rito, a high-school boy who cannot confess to the girl of his dreams, Sairenji Haruna. One day when coming home and sulking in the bath-tub a mysterious, nude girl, appears out of nowhere. Her name is Lala and she comes from the planet Deviluke, where she is the heir to the throne.\n'To Love-ru' is an anime with one exclusive purpose - to supply the viewer with a fresh uninterrupted stream of ecchi, served with a side of slightly cliche but still grin inducing comedy. Now this is only going to work for those who are really into ecchi/comedy or something light-hearted in general as 'To love-ru' lacks any semblance of a plot ...","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://jem.neocities.org/","date":"2023-09-25T04:10:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506676.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20230925015430-20230925045430-00140.warc.gz","language_score":0.9950692057609558,"token_count":875,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__316107940","lang":"en","text":"Josephine Kymball was destined for the spotlight. At least, that's what her mother would tell you. The moment that Daisy Kymball welcomed her \"most beautiful baby girl\" into the world, she knew that her baby was going to be a star. From the moment that Jo could walk, she was being shuttled around London to dancing lessons and singing lessons and acting lessons. She started auditioning for local theaters before she even went to school. Her mother even homeschooled her so that she would have as much time as possible to practice her monologues. Jo never realized that this wasn't something that every child did. But her career became her mother's passion, something she threw herself even further into when Jo's dad left.\nBefore she reached double digits, Jo had become a seasoned actress in the theater. She made her West End debut in Les Miserables when she was eight, and the following year, her mother moved them to New York for a show that would be a \"sure bet\" for Jo (she was cast as the understudy). Her mother kept pushing her, moving them wherever she thought Jo might find the biggest parts, yelling at directors on Jo's behalf. On more than one occasion, Jo overheard the people that she worked with talking about what a devil her mother was. Oftentimes, they avoided her. More often, she was the only child on set. It made for a very lonely childhood. But ever the dutiful child, Jo kept quiet and did as she was told. She was the family breadwinner and all.\nOne afternoon when she was eighteen, Jo was home alone when her agent called, telling her about an audition for a new play, a very dark comedy called The Lieutenant of Inishmore. It was something that she knew instantly her mother, who had pushed her into a career of musicals, would despise, would never let her even audition for. But it was new. It was different. It was challenging. And in her first and only act of teenage rebellion, she snuck out to audition. Ultimately, she landed the role of Mairead. Her mother was furious. They barely talked.\nBut the play was a smash. By the time a Disney executive came to the play, tensions had risen so high that Jo didn't inform her mother that he had asked her to audition for the new movie based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. And when she was offered the role, her mother snidely informed her that the film would inevitably flop, and anyway, she was a theater actress. Movies were beneath her. Jo went anyway, even when her mother informed her that she was not allowed to come crawling back to her when her film career went south.\nIt was scary, filming a blockbuster movie on her own at such a young age, but Jo made the most of it. She made the most of it when the film was a hit, and she made the most of all of the offers that were coming her way. She made new family and friends to rely on. Jo didn't hear from her stubborn mother again until she was nominated for an Oscar for An Education. Daisy wanted to act like nothing had happened, but Jo was not ready to forgive her, would never be ready to forgive her. She channels this disappointment into her work, constantly looking for new roles to challenge her, and her family, building a loving environment that she never had.\n• Has not spoken to her father since he left. She was about two at the time and can't remember him.\n• Talks to her mother sparingly. She sends her about an email a year updating her on life. Jo knows her mother talks to the press about her frequently.\n• Her favorite role to date has been Daisy in The Great Gatsby. She begged Baz Luhrmann to give her the role and even dyed her hair blonde before she was given the part (but she used a wig in the film).• Has more or less avoided the stage since her movie career began, with one notable exception that gave her a nasty anxiety attack. It brings back too many memories of her unhappy childhood, though she does want to get more involved. • Is a bit of a homebody when she's not working.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://narrativeinc.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/foreword-examples/","date":"2018-05-25T05:17:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867041.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525043910-20180525063910-00184.warc.gz","language_score":0.9754893183708191,"token_count":326,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__19373169","lang":"en","text":"In October of 2011, I began researching and collecting stories of a small Texas settlement in what is now Thrall, TX for a descendant of Texas’s storied Old 300 in order to preserve what time has threatened to jettison into the aether. I researched, crafted, and presented a wonderful piece of literature that defined what life was in the embryonic stages of our great state. This is the foreword:\nThe beginnings of our great state are thoroughly chronicled in the annals of history and shrouded in legacy. There is much that has been written, but there is still much more to discover. Within the epic of Texan lore are countless tales that have been overlooked and are now on the verge of extinction. Of the first Texan settlements, those found in Williamson County served as some of the most dynamic and influential. They were filled with colorful characters and their heroic storylines are screaming to be heard.\nThe trajectory of the following pages is aimed at shedding light on an old Texas relic hidden in a tiny nook of Williamson County called Lawrence Chapel. Although now considered to be a tame, suburban sprawl of blended neighborhood developments and rural farmland north of Austin, Williamson County was once a hotbed for the shrewdest of both pioneers and lawless alike. Of the pioneers, many traveled with Stephen F. Austin and his band of original settlers, the Old 300 while others were trying to recover their lives from the shambles of the fallen Confederacy. And it would come to pass that families like the Millers, Olives, Abbots, and the Lawrences had the strongest impact on Lawrence Chapel.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://e-wiki.org/ru/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B0_%D0%B8_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%8B","date":"2019-08-20T02:18:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315174.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820003509-20190820025509-00505.warc.gz","language_score":0.743696928024292,"token_count":162,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__82314240","lang":"en","text":"«Прекрасная Антигуа, мы славим тебя» (\nRaise the standard! Raise it boldly! Answer now to duty’s call To the service of thy country, Sparing nothing, giving all; Gird your loins and join the battle 'Gainst fear, hate and poverty, Each endeavouring, all achieving, Live in peace where man is free.\nGod of nations, let Thy blessings Fall upon this land of ours; Rain and sunshine ever sending, Fill her fields with crops and flowers; We her children do implore Thee, Give us strength, faith, loyalty, Never failing, all enduring To defend her liberty.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://endthiswar.org/war.htm","date":"2018-01-18T05:32:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084887067.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20180118051833-20180118071833-00130.warc.gz","language_score":0.9462549090385437,"token_count":1992,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__6544733","lang":"en","text":"WAR against WAR\nThis book is dedicated to all war profiteers and parasites, to all\nwar provokers, and is consecrated also to the \"kings\", generals, presidents and ministers of all lands.\nTo the priests who blessed the weapons in the name of\nGod, this book is dedicated as a War Bible!\nHe who then still believes in this mass butchery, let him be\nlocked up in a madhouse, let us avoid him as we do the plague!\nThen all the war enthusiasts would at last of their own free will\nexterminate one another, and then we should have peace, eternal peace on this earth!\nThat is why they invented such beautiful phrases as \"Fatherland\"\nand \"Field of Honour\" and spoke of \"defence\" and uttered other lies.\nAnd he who did not permit himself to be enthused to death by\nmilitary music and by lying legends of the \"enemy\" of \"the invaded\".\nHim they forced against his will into the murderer's uniform, him\nthey ordered to murder and to rob for the interests of the money-bags.\nAnd so let there be also a law for kings, presidents, generals\nand, last but not least, newspaper writers: \"Whoever forces men into war or provokes them to mass murders, shall be responsible with all\nhis property and possessions and with his own life for the safety and the sufferings of the soldiers.\nIf huts are burnt down in wars, so also shall palaces and castles be set in flames.\nAnd always, for each human life that is sacrificed at the front,\nshall one king or one minister rest in peace on the \"field of honour\" for the Fatherland.\nAnd the newspaper writers that agitate for war, shall be detained\nas hostages for the life of each single warrior!\"\nThe Cause of War\nLong ago, Plato who was born 427 years before the Nazarene,\nPlato, that wise man, said: - \"All wars arise for the possession of\nThat is as true a word as ever was spoken. For to the present day\nin all wars the object is to protect or to seize money and property and power; and there will always be wars so long as Capital rules and\noppresses the people.\nWhen international capital finds itself threatened by mutual\ncompetition, and when the furnace-barons and factory owners begin to have differences among themselves, then they rattle their sabres and\nspurs and they call out:\n\"The Country is in danger!\" (They mean by \"country\" always the\nAnd wonderfully enough the working slaves of all lands abandon\ntheir plough and their anvil, they hasten to arms, and protect the life and property of their masters with their own blood and life.\nWhat did I say? \"That this is strange?\" No, it is quite natural - a natural monstrosity! For it is not the state power and force alone\nthat compels all \"subjects\" to protect the throne and the money-bags, and to die for them.\nCapital has not only economic power in its hands; it has, equal\nmeasure and with equal power, subjected the proletariat also\nThis fact is easily overlooked and there still remains, therefore,\nso much bourgeois ideology in the proletariat!\nI, therefore, always say to my brothers, the proletarians, I say\nto the class-war fighters: - \"Free yourselves from bourgeois\nFight against capitalism within yourselves! In your thoughts and\nin your actions there still lurks unspeakably much of the Philistine and the soldier, and almost in every one there is hidden a drilled\nsubaltern, who wishes only to dominate and command, even if it be over his own comrades and over his wife and children in his family!\"\nBut I also say to those bourgeois pacifists, who seek to fight\nagainst war by mere hand caresses and tea-cakes and piously up-turned eyes:\n\"Fight against Capitalism - and you fight against every war!\nThe battle-field in the factories and the mines, the hero's death\nin the infirmaries, the mass graves in the barracks, in short, the war, the apparently eternal war, of the exploited against the\nDo - you not - realise - all - this?\nThe war against war signifies:\n- The war of the victimised against the profiteers!\n- The war of the deceived against the deceivers!\n- The war of the oppressed against the oppressors!\n- The war of the tortured against the torturers!\n- The war of the hungry against the wellsfed!\nThe Prevention of War\nIt is true that capital is the cause of every war.\nBut the guilt of war rests on our shoulders.\nIt is we proletarians that make the conduct of war possible; it is\nfor us likewise to prevent wars!\nRefuse to serve!\nBring up your children so that they may later refuse to render\nmilitary and war service!\nHow very many lightly overlook the \"fact that in one's own home in\nthe family, war is being spontaneously prepared!\nAnd here lies the beginning of all evils, here lies the beginning\nalso of war!\nThe mother that sings soldier s' songs to the baby on her lap,\nprepares for war, yes, she prepares for war!\nThe father that makes gifts of toy soldiers to his child mobilises\nthe child for the war idea!\nThe toy soldier is the Judas that you yourself bring into the\nhome, is the betrayal of human life! Remember always this one thing:\nThe little helmet made of paper will one day be a steel helmet on\nthe head of a murderer! And if the child has once practised with his air-gun, how natural it is that he should in later years shoot with a\nThe little sabre carved of wood will some day become the\nbattle-sword that pierces the body of a human being!\nYe parents that do not wish that your sons should murder the dear\nsons of other parents, you should remember that the child whom you present with a helmet and sabre and gun, plays his tender soul to\ndeath out of his young body.\nThose children, however, who are educated in love and solidarity,\nand are brought up to respect unconditionally the inviolable sanctity of human life, these children will most certainly be unfit for arms\nWe, opponents of military service must finally destroy the halo\nand the humbug, and tear down the gaudy tinsel of the soldiery, and we must speak out what then still remains to be said:\na professional murderer paid by the state, who is\ntrained in murder schools (called barracks) privileged by the state, in the carrying out of the most gruesome of crimes, the murder of\nhuman beings! That is what the children should be told!\nThen indeed will the young girl, destined by nature to reproduce\nand protect life, be disgusted to flirt with the soldiers - her natural enemies - \"the pimps of death\".\nAnd the boy will later refuse to wear the uniform because he\nknows: It is a murderer's cloak!\nIt is with such clearness and precision that you must think and\nalso act, if you wish to nip the evil in the bud! And, should war nevertheless break out, then proceed consistently and unhesitatingly\nTHE WAR AGAINST WAR!\nLet the general strike be the first weapon! The men will refuse\nservice! True heroism lies not in murder, but in the refusal to\ncommit murder. Rather fill all prisons and workhouses and all the\nmad-houses of all lands, than murder and die in the service of\nThe last and most dreadful war has not yet broken out which cast\ngas and poison and flames on human beings and animals and houses.\nIt lies in our hands, in our power, to prevent, to hinder, this\nmost dreadful tragedy.\nLet the great, inspiring example of consistent conscientious\nobjectors be our model.\nThey suffered death for their consistent \"No!\" rather than\nthemselves become murderers! I WILL NOT!\nStronger than all violence, than the sabre and the rifle, is our\nspirit, is our will! Repeat these three words: \"I will not!\" Give content to these words and all wars in future will be impossible.\nWhat then will all Capital of the whole world, what will all the\nkings and presidents do, when the entire people in all lands arise with the cry: WE WILL NOT!\nAnd you women! If your husbands should be too weak, then carry out\nthe work yourselves!! Prove that the bond of love with the husband is stronger than an army order! Do not let your men go to the front! Do\nnot decorate their rifles with flowers! Cling to the necks of your husbands! Do not let them go even when the order to depart calls!\nTear up all the rails, throw yourselves before the locomotives!\nWomen! Realise this if your husbands should be too weak! Mothers of all lands unite!\nOn February 27 1933, the night the Reichstag burned, Nazi thugs ransacked Friedrich's anti-war museum.\nThey beat and imprisoned him, then turned the museum into a storm-trooper hangout.\nFriedrich was released in September, 1933 due to illness and pressures from American Quakers.\nHe fled the country, and remained in exile in Belgium and France until the end of World War II.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://drkennethdemsky.co.uk/testimonials.htm","date":"2024-03-04T08:26:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476432.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304065639-20240304095639-00170.warc.gz","language_score":0.9836758971214294,"token_count":5124,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__95804109","lang":"en","text":"These recent comments by clients were unsolicited:\n\"I wanted you know how much the work with you still impacts me so many years later. Your influence has even extended to others who I have urged to seek out professional help when facing situations similar to my own.\"\n\"You come to my mind so so many times that if I contacted you each time, you'd have to kindly ask me to desist… I'm still thriving and going strong, expanding on the foundation of self-care and self-esteem you so patiently helped me grasp, both by your insightful words and by your example. I learned A LOT from your example. I remember how adamantly I insisted that my views of myself are correct, that people in general think like me. You gave me space and time to change my outlook, you gave me the direction but you never rushed the process…. The feelings of gratitude just naturally resurface. I will be always grateful for what you have given me.\"\n\"After 2 years our time together is at its end. I write this note on the eve of our final meeting...\nThe flat is quiet and still. I feel calm and grounded. My surroundings these days feel a lot more like what is going on internally - less chaotic, happier, simpler. Maybe the better-put-together mind sees itself reflected outwardly, or maybe the better surroundings... allows our minds to follow suit. I think it's a bit of both; that's how my journey has felt. Making the unconscious conscious. The internal and external coming into balance.\nI remember fearing early on in the process that undoing all that led me to therapy in the first place - everything that culminated in the somewhat functional but lost person you first saw two years ago - was too Herculean a task. I couldn't see how I could do that - it was too grueling, too difficult, surely I'm set in who I am. Though at least part of me was fighting that - fighting for me - else why would I have turned up at your door? You told me that these things are often a lot of effort to maintain (though I of course didn't know any different) and the process of undoing them would result in me expending far less energy and feeling much more connected to myself and whole. Wise words and beyond prophetic.\nI used the word casually above, but I think that tiny word - lost - encapsulates where I was (or rather was not!) at the beginning of this journey. I had a sense that my life was happening to me, that I acted in the world (if I were even aware of it) in a way that was incongruous with what some deep part of me really wanted. I didn't know what the boundaries were of myself, others and - arguably most crucially - the sub-personalities that make up (the one and only) Me.\nI was so wholly unaware of these things, aside from the very nebulous \"I just don't feel as happy as I know I should\". The fact that I \"should\"'d myself into therapy seems very circa-2019! Oh no, it wasn't that I wanted to be happier I should be happier.\nThankfully, through sheer luck of the universe, I landed myself in the very capable and caring hands of someone I honestly couldn't imagine doing this journey without: you.\nWith unwavering patience, care, and entirely without judgement you asked questions. You listened (really listened, not just heard the words) and you asked more questions, or you mined your vast knowledge and experience to give me a nugget of wisdom, that in my own time I could turn over and inspect (or question) and appreciate. In acting as my guide - by asking simple questions (though perhaps with complex answers), by imploring me to look deeper within at my feelings and motivations - you showed me the blueprint of what real, integrated self-love is. I may have gone on the journey (and proud I am of it), but you showed me how I could do it for myself, by doing exactly what you have done for me.\nThe difference between the lost lad who first came to you two years ago and the man I am now is staggering. Maybe the Herculean task wasn't so imposing, maybe there's more strength in me than I gave myself credit for. I'm not so sure about the former, but I'm pretty damn sure of the latter. If there's one thing this whole journey has shown me it's that I'm capable of so much more than I ever thought, and that really knowing one's value (truly knowing it, feeling it through real self-love) is a helluva thing to base this life on.\nIt's taken me a while to write this so now I've got a beautiful sunset. Seems even more appropriate. The idea of our journey ending fills me with real sorrow: I'm going to miss our weekly session (I'm still amazed I had anything to say after 6 weeks!) and the companionship I've had on this most incredible journey in my life. My ever-present guide helping me be a better [me] than yesterday. The solace I take is that all those wonderful qualities have left an imprint on my very soul and I know that your companionship will always be a part of me, in some form or another.\nSo with this I sign off, Dr D. Thank you for everything you have done for me. My life (and I really do think the world itself) is immeasurably better for it. Thank you from the very bottom of my heart.Yours forever and always,\n\"I wanted to share this news with you because this chapter would not have been possible without the work that we did together. It brings tears to my eyes thinking of the journey we went on together and the tools I use to this day to take care of myself…. Thank you for helping me get to a place that exceeded my wildest expectations.\"\n\"Things are continuing to go incredibly well - amazingly so, on all levels - and I'm becoming more balanced, more self-assured, less anxious with each passing day. Sometimes I can scarcely believe it. I'm so grateful to you for - basically - changing my life. The twin gifts of sobriety and self esteem (which has finally, mirabile dictu, popped out at the end of the process, just as you said it would) have given me unthinkable power and self-assurance, and so much of the psychic weight around reponsibility for [my spouse] has been lifted..., so that [it] continues to improve, day by day, and has given me my [spouse] back, and my life back. I'm remembering to stay close to myself. And I'm always remembering to ask myself what [I'm] feeling, and why. And when I do that, it's in your voice. When my friends are down, or in the dumps, or right at the bottom, I always say they can borrow a cup of hope from me. The same cup that - almost two years ago, I first borrowed from you. You're a truly wonderful man, and I'll never forget how you've helped me.\"\n\"I also wanted to thank you for the past year of therapy. I can't believe how much progress I've made with my love life, work-life balance, self-image and confidence. Your sessions may be expensive but they were worth every penny :). I'm really glad that I kept coming back for as long as I have.\"\n\"You don't know how much of a force for good you are!\"\nI want to express my feelings of happiness, freedom and contentment… You have helped me to feel beautiful, calm and happy from within,. How?… Compassion, empathy, objectivity and knowledge… Thank you for your great work!\n\"With unwavering patience, care, and entirely without judgement you asked questions. You listened (really listened, not just heard the words) and you asked more questions, or you mined your vast knowledge and experience to give me a nugget of wisdom, that in my own time I could turn over and inspect (or question) and appreciate. In acting as my guide - by asking simple questions (though perhaps with complex answers), by imploring me to look deeper within at my feelings and motivations - you showed me the blueprint of what real, integrated self-love is. I may have gone on the journey (and proud I am of it), but you showed me how I could do it for myself, by doing exactly what you have done for me.\"\n\"You're a dedicated, kind and fantastic therapist.\"\n\"Your kind words and thoughtfulness in addressing both my immediate needs as well as greater issues in my self-image have helped tremendously in the last years. In terms of day to day life, you helped give me the tools I needed to manage stress, voice my limits, and recognize negative emotions. Doing so has helped me to overcome a fear of disappointment and I feel like I both freely pursue opportunities that are outside my comfort zone and show greater authenticity because I am less reliant on others to build my self-esteem. I do not shy away from discussing difficult topics. I am optimistic about the future and incredibly grateful to see how far I have come Thank you for being such an amazing ally and support. I am definitely a convert to therapy, and I appreciate how much working with you has put me in a mindset to enjoy my life more fully. \"\n\"[T]hanks to some great therapy, I am doing pretty well myself…. You are always in my thinking, as part of my thinking every day, for which I will be forever grateful.\"\n\"I wanna say thank you so much for getting me through those times. I genuinely don't know where I'd be without you. You were the only person I could talk to openly and honestly at that point without any fear of judgement or repercussions.\"\n\"You have given me the gift of freedom to be myself, the ability to live (and soak up!) the moment, and most importantly, the opportunity to live a happy life.\nI might have spent the rest of my time here in this world as I had before I met you— anxious, depressed, self-loathing and unbelievably lonely. For a long time, I found no joy in life. It was just something I endured. Coming to therapy was an act of desperation. I couldn't tolerate my life as it was anymore, but I didn't really expect it'd ever be good. I just wanted relief from the pain… At times I lost hope I could ever be happy and didn't want to carry on living at all… But today… I am so happy I am still here. That is in very large part thanks to you. Again, I'm not sure how I can ever really thank you for that.\n[T]here have been a few things in particular that I have especially appreciated about you… You are consummately professional, which I needed in order to trust you and the process of therapy, You are endlessly empathetic, which meant I ultimately felt safe sharing things with you that I had never acknowledged to myself, let along told anyone else. Your love of literature and a good reference kept my intellect engaged and stimulated… [S]omething I think of most fondly is the warmth and kindness you radiate just by being in the room. You made me feel immediately comfortable and over time I learned from you how to be warm and kind to myself.\nYou have such a gift which really matters in this world and I can only imagine how much of yourself you must give to your work. All I can really say is that for what you have given me, I am eternally grateful.\"\n\"You helped me change my life and adapt my sails to the wind. I couldn't ask for more.\"\n\"I wanted to thank you again for all the support you've given me these past few sessions. I was pleasantly surprised that with only a few meetings I have learned so much. I really appreciated your willingness to connect with me.\"\n\"I just wanted to say thank you. I think about our time together and conversations often. They were so impactful and continue to help guide me when I'm feeling anxious or stressed. Because of that, I feel so much more empowered and in control of my thoughts and feelings. For that, I am so grateful.\"\n\"Lovely to talk to you and to find you every bit as warm and understanding as I'd been told.\"\n\"Kenneth, I felt I needed to share with you these highlights... [of my happy life]. I want you to know that you remain close to my heart. I am grateful for your tender loving care during times when I didn't know my own resources within. I needed your care and courage to hang in there...even when other[s]… weren't so keen on my abilities. You were such a professional… but you made room for me to be me.\"\n\"I spent two days locked in my room with dark thoughts. I packed most of my belongings and was ready to harm myself when I opened my drawer and saw your card with your number… I am so glad [we were able to meet.] You saved my life. Thank you very much.\"\n\"I am happier than I have ever been before. I want to thank you for your time and help. You have helped change my life and I will always be grateful.\"\n\"I would just like to say thank you for your help in turning my life around. And most of all helping me find ME !\"\n\"I found you very easy to talk to you. I found a marked difference with my experience of [past therapists]. With them I felt I was just answering a series of set questions. With you it was more of a flowing conversation and I felt I could speak more freely.\"\n\"I am in a far better (more integrated) place internally and feel immeasurably stronger and more focused as a result of your guidance… I use the concepts you taught me on a daily basis, and cannot thank you enough for your astute and caring insight… I believe that my future will be brighter and that I now have the perspective to break some of my cyclical mistakes.\"\n\"I really enjoyed the session. I was worried that I would feel uncomfortable but I ended up really liking [your] communication style and left feeling mentally lighter. [You gave] me... some food for thought.\"\n\"You have been immensely helpful, and I cannot thank you enough. If, for any reason, I need your help in the future I will be in touch.\"\n\"I'm very pleased to say that I feel and have felt an entirely new person since our time together and am much more in control of my life, thoughts and feelings ! I feel its long overdue but thanks again for your wonderful impact on my life.\"\n\"Just a quick note to say a big thank you for our sessions last year....[T]ruthfully, the brief series had a real impact - something was definitely unblocked, and I feel so much more assertive and confident.\"\n\"I felt that I was really understood and was very much inspired by what you said… Your advice… resonates with me extremely... You helped me to see deeper into why I am acting and thinking the way I am. Thank you so much!\"\n\"In my life I have struggled to believe that I can do things: get into … school, date, run a [marathon], climb a mountain. While some of the things …have [been] achieved and others are in the works, I now know I can do all of them because of what you helped me find in myself. You helped me realize that I [have] all the answers within myself. I stop to think about why I feel the way I do and then I go from there. I do not hide from my feelings, I take ownership [of] them. From the bottom of my heart I want to say thank you. Thank you for showing me that I can do just about anything and for helping me believe in myself. Thank you for taking a chance [on] me.\"\n\"It hasn't been easy at all but I do feel like things have turned a real corner. Again, thank you so very much for your great care and support. You really changed my life.\"\n\"I would just like to say how rewarding the experience was meeting you and it certainly stirred things up in a way I hadn't anticipated…\"\n\"I really look forward to our next meeting and must thank you for your sensitivity while going over events in my life that were fairly emotional and not easy to express. Though I know this kind of thing is to be expected, I appreciated the warmth and kindness you showed.\"\n\"The time I came to you I was stuck knowing what I had to do but not knowing how to do it. Your words gave me the strength and I got through it. So, very many thanks. You're up there in lights amongst those who have helped me.\"\n\"I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me to see the me that's already there... for your patience and guidance...Your kind words and humour with the addition of genuine care is much appreciated.\"\n\"I want to thank you again for meeting with [our student]. Your recommendation provided information that was valuable to all of us.... Thank you again for your very valuable help under especially stressful circumstances.\"\n\"The lessons I learned during our sessions were life-changing. I finally learned how to act in my own best interest and to get in touch with my [emotions]. I cannot thank you enough!!! You are a gifted psychologist and I feel very lucky to have worked with you!... I am generally happy—in large part due to the work we did together, and I look forward to a bright, happy future. Thanks again for all you’ve done for me.\"\n\"I am grateful for our sessions over the past few weeks and your advice has helped me get through a difficult time and enable me to look forward to the future. You helped me open up to long hidden feelings and a way of thinking that I will continue to use.\"\n\"I wanted you to know how much the work with you still impacts me so many years later.\"\n\"Just wanted to let you know how grateful I am for the...sessions.... [Your] advice gave me an entirely new perspective on my issues which has changed everything. I have kept your 'integration' philosophy at the core, and it has continued to work wonders for me when I apply it to different aspects of my life. Seems so simple now! I realise we didn't have many sessions, but the few we had were a 'eureka moment' for me.\"\n\"I'm not even sure where to start but thank you so very much for all your help over the past year. It has changed my life enormously and has really informed and changed the way I operate and ... feel!\"\n\"Hey, I just wanted to let you know that you made a super unbelievable impact on my life. [You] knew I had it in me. [and you] guided me towards it. I was so impatient to learn the meaning of everything, so then I could sit back and relax and contemplate existence. I do not do that anymore. Each day is a gift. Life is an ever unfolding pattern that teaches us new stuff every single day.\"\n\"I've found the work you've done with me to be very valuable indeed, it's helped me make sense of a difficult phase in my life. Everyone I know who has seen you thinks very highly of you and the work you do. The help you offer seems to be second to none.\"\n\"Thank you so much for helping me and [my husband] through such a tough time. You were instrumental in showing me the situation wasn't so black and white. You were a huge reason why I didn't walk away... and I can't thank you enough for that. There was a lot of love left and I'm so glad I didn't throw that away. I'm sad to see our time spent has come to an end, but also feel so much has been accomplished.\"\n\"You have saved my life and I never thought it would be possible for me to feel \"fixed\"... yet somehow incrementally I feel things slotting into a place that feels natural, real and authentic. Im learning to feel my feelings and live one day at a time.\"\n\"I feel a lot has happened since our last meeting. Thanks to your advice, I feel for the first time in so many years that there is chance of a change in my life that I had come to think was not possible. Though only having had a couple of sessions with you, I feel [they] sowed the seed that gave me enough of an insight to look outside the world that I have in a way been locked into for so long, and resigned myself to not being able to change… I am afraid to hope for the impossible but can now at least see the possibility which I could never have seen before… Though for once I feel hopeful, I can see I need to build on a foundation different from the one I have been so used to.\"\n\"Thank you for your help in making my future a happier one.\"\n\"Very few people can get into my head the way you did and that's saying a lot… I am relieved and better centered for your kind advice. It was the way that you delivered it that got to me. No pressure, no criticisms, just an intellectual musing that on the surface seemed to glance off me but over time bored its way through my brain until I could resist it no longer. You are good!\"\n\"It was a wonderful experience seeing you. I felt tremendous growth in such a short period of time.\"\n\"Thank you again for your help while I was in London… I seem to be a new man – more assertive, confident and not disassociating so much. I always remember what you said about doing what we wanted to do, not what was easy… I seem to have finally discovered what I was meant to do. Thanks again, and I will continue to “take care of myself\".\"\n\"I would really like to thank you for your help and\nguidance... I can truly say that you have made us a better couple.\"\n\"I just wanted to thank you for believing in me from the start.\"\n\"Thank you for the thought provoking interview! It was appreciated and gave more to take away than anticipated.\"\n\"One gets what one pays for... With Kenneth it is quality time. He dug and rummaged a bit (for 6 months) and most of that was to strengthen me as I was in a rather weak condition. He did an admirable job of improving my capacity to face myself, for that I am ever indebted to him. I have been so much happier ever since!\"\n\"...[a] more lovely, mild-mannered, considerate person you could hardly hope to meet.\"\n\"You know, you always say the nicest things. I wish I could talk to you everyday as you always find ways to boost my happiness. I will always be grateful to you for your kindness and assistance, they will not be forgotten.\"\n\"Thank you very much for your help this past week... You have gone far beyond\nwhat most people would do and it’s very clear that you genuinely care about the people you help.\"\n\"Your help enabled me to take better control of my life and to make the decisions necessary for me to live the rest of my life.\"\n\"I hope you're.....still helping people live a better life just like you did for me.\"\n\"You are different from my previous therapists, which I personally feel is a great thing. I have never felt particulary comfortable talking to people about how I feel and you have given me the confidence to feel that I may be able to achieve that... I respected your decision to steer our session in such a way that it allowed me to think about options I had not assessed or thought may be possible... You are a great guy.\"\n\"I have seen many psychologists for depression, self-harm and anorexia, but [you were] the first and only one I was comfortable talking to.\"\n\"I really would like to thank you for the help you've given me up to now, though - for all it felt like an ordinary conversation at times it really seems to have made a difference. I suppose if anything that tells me you're good at your job :)\"\n\"I wanted you know how much the work with you still impacts me so many years later. Your influence has even extended to others who I have urged to seek out professional help when facing situations similar to my own.\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://stambrosegodfrey.riverbender.com/page/book-fair/","date":"2019-06-26T06:17:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560628000175.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20190626053719-20190626075719-00168.warc.gz","language_score":0.9692544341087341,"token_count":237,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__90104193","lang":"en","text":"The 2015-2016 school year proved to be another successful year for the Fall Scholastic Book Fair. The theme was “Monsters” and the students and Mrs. Preston did a fantastic job of decorating the Fair with creative monsters they created by using recycled materials.\nThis year, our students and their families helped earn almost $2,000 in Scholastic Dollars. This money was then used to purchase books for both classrooms and the library, as well as furnish some classrooms with bean bag chairs, rugs, and other supplies.\nIn addition to the Fall Book Fair, this school year we added an additional Buy One Gift One Fair. Held in April, this fair benefited not only the students of St. Ambrose, but the children at the Catholic Children’s Home in Alton. For every book sold, a new book was donated to the library at the Children’s Home. Events such as this really showcase the generosity of the students and families at St. Ambrose School.\nTheresa Medlock is the chairperson for Book Fair. If you are interested in donating your time and assistance, please reach out to Theresa via FastDirect.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://cherrybombinwear.com/blogs/news/the-divine-feminine","date":"2023-11-30T23:08:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100258.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130225634-20231201015634-00562.warc.gz","language_score":0.9061762690544128,"token_count":167,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__37398910","lang":"en","text":"The DiViNE FEMiNiNE\nThe divine feminine\nThe Divine Feminine is RiSiNG like a fire under the full moon night...she roars like the WiND as her juices begin to FLOW\nwashing away the ashes WAViNG goodbye - SALT into the dry encrusted up wounds from the old world of illusion.\nShe Floods out WIDE with pure joy HOLDiNG on.\nHer being exists as the WHOLE ... HOLE HOLiNESS\nWomb, Creator of all life.\nautonomously ... Opening up to the shielding light of the SUN, only the strong and courageous errect into her.\nSEEDS now co-create in that divinity of the DARKNESS as the SUN Shines. UNiFYIng into the highest power","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.myiepc.ca/CELBAN-or-IELTS-FREE-User-Guide","date":"2019-02-17T03:13:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247481612.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20190217031053-20190217053053-00310.warc.gz","language_score":0.8812983632087708,"token_count":124,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__31184854","lang":"en","text":"There were three main intentions in creating this resource. They are:\nThere are two parts to the User Guide:\nThe How to Prepare for the CELBAN or IELTS: User Guide is available for FREE through Kindle Unlimited! Sign Up for Kindle Unlimited and get access to this and other titles including:\nNOTE: more CELBANPrep e-books will be made available for FREE though Kindle Unlimited.\nEnsure you download your free Kindle App to Access this Kindle Print Replica E-book.\nOther CELBAN or IELTS Resources available in 100 countries through Amazon:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://parimatchsou.web.app/kurrie42915wu/books-on-leadership-casino-985.html","date":"2022-01-24T04:32:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304471.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220124023407-20220124053407-00524.warc.gz","language_score":0.9345362186431885,"token_count":902,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__52802357","lang":"en","text":"Business Books The Top 10 Books Every Leader Must Read ... Yes, being a leader requires a large drive to learn, which is why I've compiled a list of some of the best books on leadership. Check ... 11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read - hbr.org Recently, I wrote that leaders should be readers.Reading has a host of benefits for those who wish to occupy positions of leadership and develop into more relaxed, empathetic, and well-rounded people. Google Books Search the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books. My library\nTake a look at the Walmart Books Best Sellers section. You'll find modern classics such as Game of Thrones or the Harry Potter books and books that are the basis for movies such as A Wrinkle in Time. This is a good place to start your search for your next book. Books for Every Age. Children should start to read early.\nMar 17, 2018 · 15 Top Leadership Books Every Current or Future Boss Should Read. Business Books. By Marcel Schwantes Founder and Chief Human Officer, Leadership From the Core @MarcelSchwantes. Amazon's top 25 leadership and success books - Business Nov 14, 2018 · 25 of the best leadership and success books to read in your lifetime, according to Amazon. Shana Lebowitz. Nov. 14, 2018, 2:27 PM Two angles facing left, which often indicate, \"return to … Gaming & Leadership Books\nGaming & Leadership Books\nHome > Leadership > 24 Leadership Books To Read Before You Die. Besides being incredibly good for your brain, reading really does make you smarter. A well-stocked bookshelf can keep you focused on important leadership and management principles—some of which you might already have learned but need reminding of, and others that can spur ... Raving Casino Handbook Series (5 Book Set): Raving ... Raving Casino Handbook Series (5 Book Set) [Raving Consulting Co.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A series of handbooks on the subjects of leadership, service, hosting, and player development, this work was compiled from articles written by Raving Consultants two senior strategists. Designed to provoke strategic thought around the areas of casino management and leadership. 11 leadership books to read in 2018 - The Washington Post\nShe is a storyteller like Abe Lincoln and Lyndon Johnson, who are two of the past presidents discussed in this book. She gives many examples to support her viewpoints as to why these men had such great leadership qualities Thank you …\nThe best books of the year for creative business leaders range widely from discussing 17th-century pirates and the future reach of capitalism to exploring the dynamic realms of everyday leadership ... LEADERSHIP - best leadership books Leadership Book is Hoffer Award Finalist . April 12, 2008 (San Dimas, CA) Leadership: Texas Hold ‘em Style was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award. According to the Executive Editor of Writers Notes & Best New Writing, Christopher Klim, “While it did not win a category distinction this year, it fell within the top 10% of entrants to be considered for prizes. The Top 10 Creative Leadership Books From 2018 - Forbes Jan 13, 2019 ... Here is my list for the best creative leadership books from 2018. ... the rise of finance and “casino capitalism,” the importance of the public sector ...\nHarvard business review books on leadership | ВКонтакте\nA list of the top blogs in the Leadership category based on 20+ different factors including RSS membership, Number of incoming links, social media, monthly visits. A list of top 50 Leadership blogs … Danville faith leaders oppose casino operation in city May 07, 2019 · “I don’t see how it could help anyone,” said Keen, president of the state chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. A casino will bring more poverty and crime, with people\nContact | Oxford Casino Arlington International Calder Casino Churchill Downs Racetrack Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Harlow's Casino Resort and Spa Miami Valley Gaming Ocean Downs Casino Riverwalk Casino Hotel Twinspires.com United Tote Recommended Books on Leadership Top books on leadership and management topics.Discover leadership book titles that leaders read.Top performing leaders read across many subjects, not just on the topic of leadership. Leaders know that they must educate themselves in virtually all areas of their business.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.ebrandtrading.com/article/366","date":"2021-10-27T17:08:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323588216.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20211027150823-20211027180823-00245.warc.gz","language_score":0.6501504182815552,"token_count":2451,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__175948511","lang":"en","text":"理论上来说，猪玉米型基础日粮中添加木聚糖酶可以改善营养及能量消化率、纤维发酵特性，但是改善的效果却不稳定。本试验的目的在于研究在猪日粮中含有高不可溶纤维（20%中性洗涤纤维）时，木聚糖酶对能量、养分消化率、食糜粘度、发酵特性的影响。试验日粮适应期为46天。将3组生长期的小母猪（每组20头）根据体重随机分至4个日粮处理，每头母猪单独饲养。试验处理包括：低纤维对照组（7.5%中性洗涤纤维）、高纤维对照组（30%玉米皮，21.9%中性洗涤纤维）、高纤维木聚糖酶组（高纤维对照组+100 mg/kg木聚糖酶）、木寡糖组（高纤维对照组+50 mg/kg阿拉伯木寡糖，3-7个木糖聚合）。小母猪自由采食处理日粮36天。第36天时，将猪饲喂于代谢笼中，持续10天，定量采食，收集粪便。第46天，屠宰试验猪，收集回肠、盲肠和结肠食糜。试验数据经线性混合模型进行统计分析，试验处理为固定效应，试验区组和重复为随机效应。\n与低纤维组相比，高纤维处理降低了干物质、总能、粗蛋白、酸性洗涤纤维、中性洗涤纤维和半纤维素的回肠表观消化率、盲肠表观消化率、结肠表观消化率和全肠道表观消化率（P＜0.01）。与高纤维组相比，木聚糖酶的添加显著提高了总能、粗蛋白和中性洗涤纤维的回肠表观消化率（P＜0.05），并改善了干物质、总能、粗蛋白、中性洗涤纤维、酸性洗涤纤维和半纤维素盲肠表观消化率、结肠表观消化率和全肠道表观消化率（P < 0.05）。所有处理组中，高纤维日粮组后肠道干物质损失显著提高（P=0.031）。木聚糖酶的添加提高了干物质（162 VS 98g；P=0.008）和中性洗涤纤维（44 VS 13g，P＜0.01）在盲肠的消失量。木聚糖酶的添加提高了盲肠食糜中乙酸的比例和结肠食糜中丁酸的比例（P＜0.05）。与低纤维组相比，高纤维组回肠、盲肠和结肠食糜粘度显著提高，但是添加木聚糖酶后回肠食糜粘度显著下降（P＜0.001）。\nThe influence of xylanase on the fermentability, digestibility, and physicochemical properties of insoluble corn-based fiber along the gastrointestinal tract of growing pigs\nIn theory, supplementing xylanase in corn-based swine diets should improve nutrient and energy digestibility and fiber fermentability, but its efficacy is inconsistent. The experimental objective was to investigate the impact of xylanase on energy and nutrient digestibility, digesta viscosity, and fermentation when pigs are fed a diet high in insoluble fiber (>20% neutral detergent fiber; NDF) and given a 46-d dietary adaptation period. A total of 3 replicates of 20 growing gilts were blocked by initial body weight, individually housed, and assigned to 1 of 4 dietary treatments: a low-fiber control (LF) with 7.5% NDF, a 30% corn bran high-fiber control (HF; 21.9% NDF), HF + 100 mg xylanase/kg (HF + XY [Econase XT 25P; AB Vista, Marlborough, UK]) providing 16,000 birch xylan units/kg; and HF + 50 mg arabinoxylan-oligosaccharide (AXOS) product/kg (HF + AX [XOS 35A; Shandong Longlive Biotechnology, Shandong, China]) providing AXOS with 3–7 degrees of polymerization. Gilts were allowed ad libitum access to fed for 36-d. On d 36, pigs were housed in metabolism crates for a 10-d period, limit fed, and feces were collected. On d 46, pigs were euthanized and ileal, cecal, and colonic digesta were collected. Data were analyzed as a linear mixed model with block and replication as random effects, and treatment as a fixed effect. Compared with LF, HF reduced the apparent ileal digestibility (AID), apparent cecal digestibility (ACED), apparent colonic digestibility (ACOD), and apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of dry matter (DM), gross energy (GE), crude protein (CP), acid detergent fiber (ADF), NDF, and hemicellulose (P < 0.01). Relative to HF, HF + XY improved the AID of GE, CP, and NDF (P < 0.05), and improved the ACED, ACOD, and ATTD of DM, GE, CP, NDF, ADF, and hemicellulose (P < 0.05). Among treatments, pigs fed HF had increased hindgut DM disappearance (P = 0.031). Relative to HF, HF + XY improved cecal disappearance of DM (162 vs. 98 g; P = 0.008) and NDF (44 vs. 13 g; P < 0.01). Pigs fed xylanase had a greater proportion of acetate in cecal digesta and butyrate in colonic digesta among treatments (P < 0.05). Compared with LF, HF increased ileal, cecal, and colonic viscosity, but HF + XY decreased ileal viscosity compared with HF (P < 0.001). In conclusion, increased insoluble corn-based fiber decreases digestibility, reduces cecal fermentation, and increases digesta viscosity, but supplementing xylanase partially mitigated that effect.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://liftchildandfamily.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/mma-on-the-mats-on-managing-fear/","date":"2018-07-18T18:22:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590314.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20180718174111-20180718194111-00040.warc.gz","language_score":0.9870136380195618,"token_count":1141,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__267656485","lang":"en","text":"In every aspect of the term, fear causes us to react instead of living proactively. I was taught in martial arts that I have to move past my fear in order to be able to fight. When I was flinching, I was impulsively reacting- letting my fear burn my energy- rather than thinking, trusting my instincts and training and making a conscious choice about how I wanted to respond in an effective way. I was reactive and afraid, sometimes making a move that worked temporarily or, most often, reacting in a manner that was completely ineffective. I trained and I trained and I trained. At some point, and I am not even sure when that moment was, I stopped blinking. I stopped panicking. I stopped thinking. I was no longer afraid. Time slowed down and it felt as if I could see every move from a mile away. I did not plan, I let my body know what to do. At times I blocked a punch before my brain even knew what I had done. Flow state.\nMore fascinating to me than my ability to work at that speed and mental state in the ring was how it impacted my day to day life: My relationships, my routines, my work ethic, and my entire perspective on life. The relationship we have with ourselves permeates our relationships with everything else. Everything. When someone gave me attitude, it rolled off me like butter. I did not take it personally because it was not about me, and I did not make it such. Challenges felt like challenges, but did not impact my mood or attitude towards life. I saw people with more clarity, and I could empathize with others more easily. I felt stronger and more confident than ever. I was excited and curious about trying new things without fear of failure.\nThen, I stopped training. You know, life happened. College, a few moves, job changes, graduate school and a couple of injuries that meant I needed to take a break from the daily grind of hitting the mats. What were the results–I felt the sensation of “dizziness” for the first time in my life. Seriously. After training since childhood, I did not know what “dizzy” felt like, and that was just one of the first physiological parts of not training that I notices. The dizziness permeated into other parts of my life- confusion over who I should spend my time with, what decisions I should make, conflict resolution, identity… I was dizzy, alright, in every sense of the word. I also started “flinching” again. The moment someone was on top of me (smothering my face…common in jiujitsu), I panicked. I became reactive, in training and with friends, family members, strangers and in making daily choices. I did not trust my judgment. I did not trust my ability to handle a situation. Everything got harder.\nIn order to get back on track, was my first job to train harder? To get stronger? To get faster? No. It was ACCEPTANCE.\nMy coach, when I first started boxing did not let me throw a punch for two months. TWO months! He knew what I needed- to take hits, accept the hits, and stop being afraid of the hits. I had to extinguish that fear of being hurt, my fear of losing, my fear of being embarrassed, my fear of being vulnerable…What did my training look like? 100% defense and looking square at the glove as it approached my jaw. I took hits- to the face, to the gut, leg checks, throws, take downs, chokes… What was my job? To remain calm and clear headed. To breath. To keep my heart-rate down. For at least a month, I thought, “This is bullshit. I came here to learn to fight.”\nHowever, over time, guess what was happening? Those hits hurt less. I was deflecting more of them. I could see them coming from a mile away. I lost my fear of getting hit. I began CHOOSING which hits I would take and which hits I would block or avoid. I regained choice. I knew what I could now handle. THAT is where power is located. It is in our CHOICES.\nWhen I began incorporating strikes again- throwing my own punches and kicks…you know what I discovered? It was not only so much easier but often unnecessary! I didn’t have to work so hard, because I had choice. I was calm. I was no longer defensive. I was no longer aggressive. I could just be. I would chose what hits to take, and I could chose just where I wanted to land that roundhouse kick and when…as opposed to my previous style of throwing a bunch of fancy strikes out there and hoping one of them would land. Instead of reacting and worrying about how I was going to block their strike, I was thinking about my next move. I was strategizing, and working towards my overall goal.\nThis is life. When we are focused on preventing pain, we are not opening our minds up to creativity, exploration, curiosity and strategy. Practice taking challenges, fears, struggles, rejection and pain…feeling it, experiencing it, learning from it and remembering what it feels like. Then, next time it comes your way you can say, “Oh, hi, I know you. I can handle you. Excuse me, I have other things to focus on…”\nSpeaking of…time to hit the mats!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.funny.kim/johnny-and-sally-go-to-the-prom/","date":"2017-11-21T04:19:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934806316.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20171121040104-20171121060104-00259.warc.gz","language_score":0.9666840434074402,"token_count":385,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__188221644","lang":"en","text":"So, Donald and his girl Jane are going to prom this Saturday. But, before they can go, Donald needs to make sure they have a perfect night.\nSo, Friday comes, and Donald goes out to get his tuxedo. When he gets to the tux rentaI store, there’s this ridicuIousIy Iong Iine. But he needs the tux, so Donald waits. And he waits, and waits untiI finaIIy, he has his tux.\nNext, he needs a Iimo. So he goes to the Iimousine rentaI shop and finds that there’s an even Ionger Iine there. But he needs the Iimo, so he waits. And he waits, and waits, and waits, untiI finaIIy, he has the Iimo ordered.\nDonald reaIizes he needs some new kicks, so he stops by a shoe store to get himseIf some nice shoes. When he goes to pay, he sees the Iongest Iine yet. But he needs the shoes, so he waits. And he waits, and waits, and waits, and waits, and waits, untiI finaIIy, he’s got his new shoes.\nSaturday, Donald’s ready to pick up his girI. He drives over to her house, picks her up, and they head to prom. At the dance, they’re having a great time, dancing, pIaying at the casino, hanging out with friends. Soon, though, Jane gets thirsty, and asks Donald for a drink. Being the good guy he is, Donald obIiges.\nSo Donald waIks over to the punch tabIe, and what do you know… there’s no punch Iine.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://cryptolinkbase.com/item.php?itemid=342","date":"2022-06-29T13:50:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103639050.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220629115352-20220629145352-00741.warc.gz","language_score":0.8704776763916016,"token_count":133,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__109238692","lang":"en","text":"Category: Crypto Ecosystems -> Docs\nScience whitepaper with description of Avalanche blockchains consensus protocols in mathematical details. Contains performance comparison with Algorand, Conflux and Bitcoin. Description of evaluation methodology. \"The paper describes the Snow protocol family, analyzes its guarantees, and describes how it can be used to construct the core of an internet-scale electronic payment system called Avalanche, which is evaluated in a large scale deployment. Experiments demonstrate that the system can achieve high throughput (3400 tps), provide low confirmation latency (1.35 sec), and scale well compared to existing systems that deliver similar functionality.\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.hospiceknysna.org.za/news-and-events/blog/uncategorised/gratitude/","date":"2024-02-24T15:29:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474541.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224144416-20240224174416-00101.warc.gz","language_score":0.9739338755607605,"token_count":329,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__130678030","lang":"en","text":"I have been keeping a gratitude diary for a month. This is one of the recommendations of Dr Ranjan Chatterjee in his book The Four Pillar Plan (Penguin 2018). He says it’s not enough just to think about it- you need to write down 10 things for which you are grateful every day. The first few are easy, but then you have to think back over your day and recognise small things. After a while, you start to be grateful for things as they happen.\nWorking at Knysna Sedgefield Hospice can be emotionally draining, but gratitude really buoys up one’s spirits. Recently I received a thank you note from the mother of a patient whom we cared for: “Words cannot say or at any stage repay the generous and selfless assistance towards our beloved T. and my family.”\nI gave a talk to professional group in town and people expressed appreciation as they left, but what really moved me was a few hours after the talk, one of the participants (who knew I had been rather nervous) phoned me up to give her thanks and positive feedback about my talk.\nWe all recognise that when things go wrong, it’s usually about a problem of communication. Keeping gratitude in mind and taking the time to express it in a diary trains one’s mind to approach each day with gratitude. The next step for which this prepares one is to express gratitude in person. It does not take a lot of time, but it really lifts the spirits of the person who gives gratitude and the one who receives it.\nDr Janet Stanford","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://johnnydagger127.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-03-09T21:35:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1394010355709/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305090555-00055-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9751916527748108,"token_count":350,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-10__0__35244044","lang":"en","text":"We see through you’re lies and we see you’re fakes and you’re fake laughs and sarcasm and you know why… cause you, I, we, both, See through bullshit, and we can smell a phony from a mile away.\nDani, you’re right. Clarissa was a whore. You’re right. But I just wanna say that I apologize for everything that I’ve said and ranted about you. I’m moving forward just like you. I was childish and stupid to carry that on. But I just want to say thank you for everything. I know what I did right and wrong with us.\nWill I see you again.. who knows. But I just wanna say that I have become a better person and I have made the right decision with myself at that time because I finally see the person that you are and what you meant to me.\nI know you don’t care or love me anymore because I can see it.\nI’m letting it all go.. All my past mistakes and all the current mistakes and what the things people say, done and thought about me. I’m letting it all go. No reason to carry on grudges and no reason to hate and dislike. I am who I am.. The decisions that I make I live with them. Idc what anyone has to say about me because deep inside you’re either jealous, stupid, and don’t have enough time to be thinking about what you should be doing.\nLooking on towards the future.\nNever looking back and never thinking about anything or anyone that has made me upset and feel uncomfortable.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://shawnintheflesh.wordpress.com/2015/09/11/fatlivesmatter/","date":"2019-01-23T22:51:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547584415432.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20190123213748-20190123235748-00224.warc.gz","language_score":0.9734407663345337,"token_count":1310,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__43060102","lang":"en","text":"I saw something else on Facebook that made me pause and write stuff. It was this:\nBefore I begin, I should let you guys know how much I hate, hate, HATE writing about softball topics, even ones that directly benefit me, such as cops not getting away with shooting people who look like me in the face. It’s boring, doesn’t require much creativity or nuanced research, and is often deep rooted in paternalism and/or self-indulgence. I could stand on metaphorical soapboxes and write about how terrible ______ is when most normal, healthy humans already know how terrible it is and be a wildly successful blogger/internet personality/gasbag. And I’d never run out of material because clearly and obviously terrible things occur every single day! That’s way too easy. It’s like patting yourself on the back for beating the computer on Rookie: it’s a great start, but you won’t truly improve until you start playing on All-Pro and All-Madden.\nWith that said, society needs to start treating fat people better. That doesn’t mean that obesity should be encouraged, since it drastically lessens quality of life and life in general. It just means that people shouldn’t be solely defined by their obesity and subsequently judged/shamed/discouraged for their disability.\nI think that people misunderstand the nuances of dietary disorders (whether they involve over or under eating) the same way they misunderstand people who become addicted to drugs. It’s really easy for people who are fortunate enough to not have gone through those issues to look down on them, saying stuff like, “if he really wanted to lose weight, he’d just do it like (insert totally different human with different circumstances). He’s just lazy.”\nMany people see these addictions as the actual root of the problem instead of merely a symptom of a larger, deeply psychological issue. And guess what? The “tough love,” “real,” and “in your face” approach that I suspect the young lady is trying to use in that video (and many, many do this) is the absolute opposite approach someone should take if they’re actually trying to help and not compensating for their own unique insecurities by making someone else feel small.\nThe more society condemns overweight people, the more entrenched they become in their own “identity”. There’s a reason many overweight people attract each other the same way a group of drug addicts on Skid Row would hang out together: they feel like they’re the only ones who truly understand each other. It’s a unique brand of tribalism. It’s their way of saying, “No matter what the world thinks of me, these people are down for me and the only thing that matters.” If the world thinks that they should be marginalized because they’re overweight, they might as well double down, embrace their disability and indulge in it further as a middle finger to society at large. And that’s bad because, you know, obesity is bad, since it kills people before their time and prevents them from living fully during their time here.\nWould you like to know the best way to approach people who are overweight if you’d like to actually help them? Treat them like people! Not some sort of sideshow or freak of nature. Actual, real life humans. Because that’s what they are. Humans. Talk to them nicely and respectfully, you know, the same way you would talk to any other human. You let them know that you love them for themselves and that obesity is what they have, not what they are.\nAfter you gain their trust and they’re confident enough in the belief that you actually see them as a human, try to figure out what the real problem is. Chances are, those real problems have absolutely nothing to do with food. Once you figure out what the real issue is, whether it’s depression, insecurity, fear of failure or another deep-seeded issue that we compensate for in various ways, figure out the best way to solve it. It might require a shrink. But, it could also be as simple as someone finally caring for him enough to talk through the issue. Once they solve that issue, they’ll realize that they no longer need to overeat to compensate for said issue and they’ll slowly change their lifestyle accordingly. Simple stuff. Easy? No. But simple.\nIn an earlier post, I made a passing reference about having no idea how I finally quit smoking cold turkey after smoking for all of my 20s (I’m 29). That was a lie. I know exactly how it happened. I stopped caring about failing. Smoking for so long had nothing to do with the physical effects. It was just much easier to continue smoking than it was to potentially fail at quitting again. That stifling fear of failure manifested itself in many ways, and smoking was just one of them. I failed at my first attempt at college and didn’t try again until 8 years later because the thought of failing at it again terrified me. I didn’t stick to writing my original basketball blog, and it took me a solid three years to write anything for anyone because I was scared of failing at it again. I’ve scared myself out of God knows how many positive relationships and opportunities due to not wanting to repeat an interaction that didn’t go how I envisioned.\nMy friends meant well when they tried to get me to stop smoking, but they often went about it the wrong way, and it made me smoke even more. My wife was the first person who looked at all my shortcomings and basically said, “I love you regardless. It’s ok if you try and fail. I’ll be there either way.” It seems like a pretty simple statement that most people would say to someone they love, but it was the first time I’d ever heard it, and without it, I wouldn’t be writing this post right now. I’d be outside, sucking down my third straight cigarette, saying that I’d just quit tomorrow. Again.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.realhopemissions.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=194824312","date":"2018-01-17T05:23:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084886815.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20180117043259-20180117063259-00200.warc.gz","language_score":0.9653295278549194,"token_count":75,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__177956528","lang":"en","text":"Oops, you forgot something.\nThe words you entered did not match the given text. Please try again.\nCommand those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.\n1 Timothy 6:17","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://wanderingchacos.com/2016/04/10/dealing-with-death-lucille-werneke-saint-paul/","date":"2018-12-16T07:42:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376827596.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20181216073608-20181216095608-00328.warc.gz","language_score":0.9816513657569885,"token_count":865,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__19144429","lang":"en","text":"My grandmother passed away this week. Her name was Lucille, grandmother to 11, mother to 4, and loved by all. She passed away in her sleep at the blessed age of 98, it’s hard to ask for more.\nI was closer to her than any of my other grandparents, and so the sobering call at 4:45am felt a bit like an unseen sucker punch. It has been several days and I still feel as though I’m in denial of the whole thing. Just a couple of the many things I will remember about her is that she taught me how to hold my silverware, when I’m traveling or having dinner with someone I’m trying to impress I’ve often remembered to when I was at my grandma’s house in Highland Park, Saint Paul as she taught me to hold my knife and fork properly.\nShe also always insisted that I eat my bread crusts, and promised that I’d gain curly hair if I ate my crusts. I’d often protest and say that I wanted straight hair and that curly hair was overrated. She then rebuttal and say, “Well all the men love a girl with curly hair.” At the age of 6 or 8 I wasn’t exactly interested in the attention of boys. Now that she’s gone and I treasure that story, it makes me want to eat my bread crusts in memoriam of her.\nAs someone with Aspergers, its hard to know how mourn and grieve properly. Am I just being an overbooked millennial where I don’t have the luxury of time to slow down, and reflect back on what I means to have lost someone that played such a fundamental role in my upbringing? Or do I simply not know how to empathize effectively to where I can engage with those difficult emotions?\nIt makes me think about a recent article I read in the New York Times about a well-known author that underwent a treatment that would allow him to empathize with others, a key challenge to those of us with ASD. What intrigued me most was that his life experienced such a paradigm shift that it kind of fell apart as a result. It makes me consider how my world might alter if given the opportunity to undergo a similar treatment, however when I reflect on it further, I have to say that I don’t want to change so dramatically that my whole life is different. I’m certainly in favor of getting better and improving as a person, but to take off the lenses through which I have always seen this world; it is just something I am not interested in. I love (most days) that I’m insensitive to social norms and I’m okay dancing in public, or through the Nordstrom Rack. The T.M.S treatment makes me wonder how different the upcoming funeral would be, its interesting to postulate.\nSo as far as things go for my grandmothers funeral, I’ll keep you posted as I attempt to engage in those difficult emotions, and work to empathize during this very grave loss in our family.\nUpdate: The funeral went well, but it had all kinds of exhausting small talk. It was really hard to see her in the casket and later load it into the hearse. I’m not an emotional person by nature but I knew it was healthy to cry despite my pride fighting back those tears. Being with extended family helped to prevent me from becoming a total recluse that week and I was so grateful a number of them flew out for the funeral. God taught me that death makes no sense to those that are without hope for what happens after death. It was a great opportunity to share the faith I have with family members that no-longer believe in much of anything. My key take away is that death is excruciatingly difficult, but having friends, faith, and family to lean on, are what help us cope with a loved one’s passing.\nSee you later Big Lou!\nHave you had to deal with the death of a loved one? How did or didn’t you cope with that loss? Share in the comments below.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://christnagarkuchapuram.org/message.aspx","date":"2019-04-23T18:58:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578610036.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20190423174820-20190423200820-00444.warc.gz","language_score":0.8757370114326477,"token_count":284,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__126154729","lang":"en","text":"Dr. Shiny Mathew\n\" Little stones make big mountains.....\nLittle steps can cover miles\nLittle acts of loving kindness\nGive the world its biggest smiles....\nI have titled my thought\n“Small Bits Matter a Lot”\nHave you ever watched an icicle form on a cold winter day?\nHave you noticed how the dripping water froze, one drop at\na time, until the icicle was a foot long or more? If the water\nwas clean, the icicle remained clear and sparkled brightly\nin the sun; but if the water was slightly muddy, the icicle\nlooked cloudy, its beauty spoiled.\nWe must remain concerned at all times about the ‘droplets’\nthat influence others. Each thought or feeling adds its\ninfluence. Each decision we make, on matters great or small,\nwill contribute to our singular identity.\nEncourage others to develop habits of love, truth and\ngoodness that will silently mould and fashion them into the\nimage of GOD and give them a firm foundation, building\nthe character like the crystal clear icicle.\nLet me leave you with this little thought-\nThe LITTLE things in life matter-\nLittle words can soothe big troubles\nLittle hugs can dry big tears\nLittle candles light the darkness\nLittle dreams can lead to greatness\nMs. shiny Mathew \"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.shfsg.info/mobility-scooter-guidance-now-published/","date":"2021-08-05T00:20:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046155268.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20210805000836-20210805030836-00512.warc.gz","language_score":0.9423041343688965,"token_count":312,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-31","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__148659613","lang":"en","text":"New national mobility scooter fire safety guidance has now been published, following a sector led exercise to involve a range of stakeholders.\nIt is recognised that the use of mobility scooters can enhance the quality of life for many older or less mobile residents, who otherwise may be limited in their ability to access common facilities provided in the premises and also access facilities in the wider community.\nWith the increased use of mobility scooters comes the corresponding fire safety concern associated with their storage and charging. The design of many premises, particularly smaller and older premises, does not always lend itself easily to the safe storage and charging of mobility scooters.\nThe lack of space and the layout of the corridors, lifts and stairways in communal areas mean that individuals will often leave scooters adjacent to their front entrance doors on protected escape routes or within protected stairways. When a mobility scooter is involved in fire, the risk of harm is significant. In residential buildings, mobility scooter fires can pose a life safety risk to tenants, employees, firefighters and other relevant persons.\nThis guide therefore considers a range of relevant factors to enable responsible persons to develop proportionate and risk based policies that act as an enabler to prevent injury and reduce risk to all relevant persons in the event of a fire, to promote independence and to comply with all relevant fire safety and health and safety at work legislation. For new buildings the provision of suitable spaces for storage and charging of mobility scooters should be considered at the design stage.\nFor more information and to download the guide click here.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://michaellorusso.com/mikes-musings/being-successful/","date":"2023-11-29T19:32:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100135.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129173017-20231129203017-00134.warc.gz","language_score":0.9767677783966064,"token_count":2036,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__111103405","lang":"en","text":"Disclaimer: All these stories I write are about MY life. Kind of an autobiography, but I have neither the talent nor the patience to actually write a real book.\nAnd no one on Earth would ever, ever read it, much less, buy it!\nMy favorite books were usually a collection of short stories about a specific subject…each story would be able to stand on its own.\nYeah, there would always be a common theme interwoven throughout, kinda tying everything together, but I always liked the idea of accomplishing something so finishing a short story would often do the trick for me.\nI wrote these stories here to entertain.\nTo teach, to possibly communicate something useful.\nTo stir up memories with those with whom I shared my life & my career.\nIt was NOT to brag or be boastful!\nHonestly, it’s been a huge cathartic (< < < fancy word alert!) experience for me\nLook, I was never really successful in life. Yes, I fully realize I had an incredible wife & an even more incredible daughter…and to me, that was “success”.\nBut I never climbed the corporate ladder like I knew that I could’ve & should’ve. Never accumulated any wealth whatsoever & I struggle today from a plethora of terrible (life) decisions, unwise investments & unbelievably bad luck!\nNo, this is NOT “Woe is me!” as I got what I most probably deserved.\nBut other than family & having unbelievable friends (in real life & yes, here on FB!), I feel “very successful” as I believe I made a positive impact on the “real bosses” of mine throughout my career.\nMy company’s shareholders.\nAnd while I was definitely woefully short on “personal success” – – as loosely defined by 💰💰💰, possessions, position, power, social status & all the “material stuff” in life – – how “my people” felt about me & how my family/friends feel about me now is where I derive ALL the pleasure in my life!\nDid I help them (even in the tiniest way imaginable) to somehow be/become successful themselves?\nDid I provide them with the right advice ? Coaching? Teaching?\nDid I push, incentivize, motivate them hard enough?\nDid I provide a good example to them?\nDid I protect them as I would my own flesh & blood?\nIt’s all about what others say & feel about you…in your business doings as well as your personal life…that should matter most.\nAt least they do to me.\nHere are some things I’ve always kept over the years as they’ve meant SO VERY MUCH to me…\n“As your teammate, I witnessed first hand your love of baseball. You played the game with such passion and your desire to win was second to none. Don’t know if you ever knew the positive influnce you were to many of us. Never too late to say so!”\n“They would be so proud of the person you are. You are the most caring, loving, incredible person I know. You lift us all up in prayer and encouragement. I am so very proud to be your friend!”\n“Aww, thank you very, very much as I can completely relate & understand that & how difficult it truly is. I appreciate, we appreciate you & your unconditional generosity, love, prayers, encouragement & support…always. We love you. It is way past my bedtime, but had been working on getting the finalization to the post for a very long time & now praying it is successful. Alright, will talk more soon & hope you have a blessed night. Our eternal gratitude to you once again. XOXO”\n“Of course! You have the biggest heart, my friend. Miss you lots. Love ya!”\n“Thank you for all you did for us. It did not go unnoticed or will we ever forget. You were the best at Citi and the best BOSS we had. Thank you for your wisdom, time and energy and sharing with our family, Laurie and Heather with us. I hope you are doing well. Love you too!”\n“I don’t know if I’ve ever told you this, but you are a great leader. I have never worked for someone who had my back the way you had ours! You don’t give a shit about office politics and you do what’s right! There were 3 things you did for me when we worked together that I will never forget. 1) you let me go to my aunt’s funeral after she passed away from cancer. 2) you saw my potential. You had asked me one day why I wasn’t in the supervisor queue when I had been there for so long yet new hires were being put in it. Well, my supervisor had it out for me. Next thing I knew, I was in the supervisor queue. 3) when I was on an escalated call and my supervisor literally started yelling at me with the customer on the phone and in front of my team. You totally had my back with that. You truly are one of the greatest!”\n“We loved you too! I was so sad not having you there anymore. I remember when you first came and we had that meeting on a Saturday. When you told us all we didn’t have to take the cursing and being called names from a client, I knew right there you were gonna rock! The higher-up management there was a joke, but not as bad as the people I work for now for sure.”\n“Lol, no, thank you! You are so welcome! Thanks again for everything you did for me and every other employee you’ve had!”\n“Mike, you’re a great person. I’ve always prayed for the best for you. You taught me more than you know. You’d be so proud of where I’m at in my career”\n“Oh, and you’d be so proud of me, Mike. I’m now an assistant Vice President… And doing very well. I’ve grown so much over the past 10 years. It’s crazy to think about how I used to be.”\n“That was the best thing you could have done for me, Mike. I was pigeonholed into a specific role for a while until someone was brave enough to change the way we were doing things, and WHO was doing certain things. It really made me realize my potential! I’m now leading the mortgage servicing team at First National Bank of XXXXX. I would have never had the confidence in myself had you not seen it in me first. ❤️. I even got that corner office I never dreamed I’d have!”\n“You have no idea of the impact you had on my life and career. You believed in me before I believed in myself. You were a stubborn ass sometimes, but I admire you still. I was just telling him how radical Scottsbluff thought you were. You really weren’t that radical. They just didn’t know what to do with all of your thoughts and innovation.”\n“I think I told you before that I had a Mike LoRusso “Let’s Discuss” folder. I’d come into your office and go over all the things you said we should discuss. Not because I had to. I wanted to.. Most of the time\nYou fought hard for what made sense, but no one else saw it. That’s why I’m thoroughly convinced I wouldn’t be where I’m at in my career without my time with you. I may not have liked your approach all the time, but the point was made clear and I still appreciate everything you did for me. Because you believed in me when I didn’t believe in myself.\nThat’s all I needed. Someone to believe in me. I never had that until you.”\nWell, OK, maybe this IS bragging, but it’s all I got. I hope you understand.\nWhile all my physical issues, I really don’t have much of a future ahead of me, but I’ve come to accept that reality.\nOh, how I’d love to go out again & golf & bowl & drive & work & even, walk like a normal person (even a normal 64 y/o), but I’ve learned to lower my expectations.\nAnd I derive the absolute GREATEST pleasure in the world from the simple things in life…\n…going to breakfast or dinner with Heather (and actually seeing other people)…\n…being invited over to a Super Bowl party…\n…petting someone’s dogs…\n…living vicariously through others as I read all about all their escapades on FB…\n…making new friends that I feel I’ve known my entire life.\nI’m cool with all that…and I hope you’re cool with my “bragging”.\ni originally wrote this story 1-2 years ago, but I just updated it today (Mon 2/8/21). Yes, the Super Bowl party was yesterday!\nAs always, I’m so very thankful for your having taken the time to read my stuff and being so tolerant, understanding & non-violent toward me! 😉","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://buildingcyberworld.deviantart.com/","date":"2014-07-30T23:14:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1406510271862.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20140728011751-00063-ip-10-146-231-18.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9654702544212341,"token_count":621,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__72556591","lang":"en","text":"So you want to publish a graphic novel...So you want to publish a graphic novel...So you want to publish a graphic novel... by Josh-Finney\nOkay. So I started this as an email to a fellow publisher in arms who is looking to jump into the graphic novel market, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized a lot of you out there might benefit from this information. So for anyone looking to publish stories told in sequential art, I offer the following insight...\nSo you want to publish a graphic novel? First the good news. There's never been a better time to do it. Printing has never been cheaper, interest in graphic novels is at an all time high, and thanks to online stores like Amazon.com publishers are no longer shackled to the narrow minded ordering habits of comic shop owners. Now the bad news, the comic industry is dead. No, let me rephrase that. The comic industry *should* be dead. Rather, it has become the monster that refuses to die. It's a rotted, bloated corpse, that's been shot thirty time, set on fire, and then shoved off a 12-story building, yet the damn thing gets\nDefinitions and AdviceFAQ||The Shortlist||The Wanted Ads||Latest Additions||Latest Updates||Upcoming OCTs:(A-M) (N-Z)||OC Leagues||OCTs in Progress:(A-M) (N-Z)||Completed OCTs:(#-H) (I-Q)Definitions and Advice by OCTFollowers\nA Guide to OCTsOriginal Character Tournaments are all over deviantart and keep growing in popularity, but not everyone knows what they are or how to participate in them. Since they're hosted by individuals and not actually affiliated with the website itself, there are no guides available to help explain how they work. Hopefully, this FAQ will be helpful to anyone looking to get involved in OCTs.A Guide to OCTs by YamiRedPen\nWhat is an OCT?\nOCTs, or \"Original Character Tournaments\" are contests held here on deviantart in which you can pit your original characters against other people's characters in a comic-style battle-royale. To put it simply, it's a cross between an art competition and a storytelling contest.\nOCTs can be hosted on someone's account, or they can have a tournament account of their own. OCTs are usually open to anyone with a deviantart account, although some are invite only. Information about who is eligible to audition will usually be clearly stated s\n|Aspiring animator, wannabe character designer, enthusiastic (although rather sporadic) writer, and general lover of technology. I started playing around with digital art when I stumbled across a chainmaille site that used CG images in its tutorials... little did I know that I was about to discover a new passion! I'm on Twitter as @BuildCyberworld. Oh, and I like Legos.|","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mamaletemplay.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-10-21T18:20:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507444657.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005724-00085-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9866893887519836,"token_count":138,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__51678719","lang":"en","text":"Sometimes I wonder what I’m doing. Why I’m doing this. And then I realize, I’m scared . Scared of being alone, scared of what will happen if I ever decide to do it. This has been all I have know for 5+ years. Everything has changed in such a short time. What has caused this change in you? You seem to think nothing has but subtly everything has. I notice it. You might not but I have. I don’t think I can trust you anymore, or ever again. This hurts. All I want is what I know back, this you is what I don’t know.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://slimfood.agniukas.nl/","date":"2014-03-12T12:30:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1394021763647/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305121603-00058-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9755415320396423,"token_count":1148,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-10__0__212846726","lang":"en","text":"This is yet another New York bestseller, that was yet again an eye opener to me. I wrote before that I had a lot of gut problems since childhood and that later I found out that it all was because of the wheat (tarwe – Ned., kviečiai – Lt.). Well this book showed me much more what wheat does to our bodies. William Davis had done an excellent work of gathering the data and reasearch and all the knowledge he gained from his practice as MD. On the other hand I have found his writing style and the way he leads you to his main shattering points was a bit funny, I kept till he starts with the real facts instead of prolonged historical retoric about how wheat came to be what it is now and found the first chapter a bit too long, but that‘s just my 2 cents.\nThe author starts his book about the creation of wheat and how it has turned into totally something else than it originally was before. It was hybridisized into small dwarf with heavier heads and bigger easy to obtain grains for mass production and turned into this wonderfull substance that can be used to bind your soup or as this light crossaint or bread that you would eat for breakfast. It can be turned into anything you want. It is now literally everywhere too. I already wrote that sugar is very bad for you, but wheat turns out to be even worse, because it raises your blood sugar evels way more than sugar and it‘s a pure carbohydrate, what means that its in general an empty calorie. From my experience I‘d rather have a small amount of sugar as lesser evil than wheat/gluten/grain.\nWilliam Davis has gathered research and elaborates in his seconds chapter various deseases that wheat causes or/and is connected to, the list is quite extensive. Wheat is addictive first of all, it makes you want to eat more and still feel hungry afterwords, it gives only a short satisfaction and spike of energy to leave you empy afterwars. Its not all about gluten, but also other substances wheat has that are potentially harmfull to human body. Even the substances that are used to kick off of cocaine or heroin work on wheat addiction the same way in our brain. Furthermore, its closely tied to obesity, it causes celiag desease, irritable bowel syndrome and other intestine and gut problems (which I experienced personally and am very happy to report that since I‘m gluten and grain free I have no problems whatsoever). It is connected to liver desease, autoimmune deseases. Wheat has direct link to diabetes, nutritional deficiencies, it disrupts your body PH, causes cataracts, wrinkles, accelerates aging process and makes bone brake easier, makes your joints hurt or be swollen, gives Dowager‘s humps and various excema or general rashes and pimples. It is also one of the reasons you can get a heart desease, your cholesterol levels are high and quantities of small LDL particles are higher and it even affects our brain by passing through all it‘s protective barriers and influencing how we function. As you can see it sounds like its the worst you can put into your body. You might say that you are perfectly healthy eating whole grain and never had such problems in your life, but you can‘t really know if you don‘t eliminate wheat for one month to really see the difference, then again why would you? But even if it is a whole grain bread it is still a grain, whole or split.\nThe author is not one of those people who find some bad ingredient in our diet and sais to only eliminate it though. We hear a lot of things nowadays, like its the carbs, oh no its the meat, or no its the sugar, or no its processed food, and I think they all have good arguments, but William Davis does agree on that if you don‘t eliminate other bad stuff like sugar, dye, additives and other grains you still might end up on the less healthy part in the end (think of e-numbers and MSG, Aspartame and etc). He also provides in his 3rd chapter how to give up wheat, gives a lot of examples even from the baker, who‘s work is actually has everything to do with wheat. He includes some awesome recepies and daily tips. Recently he even published a cookbook where he has such great recepies as bread, pizza, cake and muffins. I think this book literally influenced 30% of American population to dump glutens and start a gluten free life, which is a lot! What dumping wheat or gluten and grain gave to those people? Weight loss in first few months, alleviation of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, recovery from intestinal woes, like ulcerative colitis and celiac disease, marked improvement in bone density, reversal of osteopenia, cessation of skin conditions to oral ulcers and hair loss, reduction of inflamation and rheumatoid arthritis pain, ditching the many pills that doctors so easily prescribe and many more benefits. The author even dares you to try wheat free life for a month, cause you don‘t really have what to loose and who knows maybe a lot to gain :)\nAgain this is another brief review of this great book and to understand it all in more depth you would have to read it. For those who know me personally, I‘m happy to lend it to you if you‘re intersted :P it should be really a food for thought book for all of us.","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://www.philypaphoenix.com/","date":"2024-02-23T20:01:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474445.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223185223-20240223215223-00545.warc.gz","language_score":0.9159678816795349,"token_count":360,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__185119600","lang":"en","text":"Welcome Into My World\n“Made of dust, a moon fragment, millions stars and from the chaos. I reflect all the colors of a rainbow.\nMy mood changes like seasons do because Nature is like that, impermanent. While permanent into the flow of her cycles. I feel like a canal between the above and the below, daily tending to experience, trying to learn then grow, I’m just a flow-her, passionately turning my core to the light.\nTrying to embody the values I received, trying to live in compassion with the outer World and my inner Universes. I love spending time scanning souls and embracing the most powerful energy: Love.\nBut don’t get me wrong... I’m not a lover of Love...\nI’m not an activist, I belong to no church except the life one. I believe in empathy and injustice under any forms upset me but I don’t believe in reaction. I believe in actions...\nThose take their roots in another field than the one that is already rotten.\nI love seafood, the smell of fuel arouses me, when I see a white feather falling from the sky I see it like a validation message from my angels. I do believe that the voice of truth is plural. I do feel that everything in the Universe is made of multiple contrasts singing in harmony.\nOne morning, I decided to stop surviving but to live, by telling myself that life is a huge theater in which we can play whoever we dream to be.\nI’m probably mainly an actress for all these reasons, to explore the different forms of what it’s like to be a human, what it’s like to be alive” - Phøenix","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://www.omgiftsiowacity.com/product/wemoon-2023-planner/","date":"2023-10-04T13:20:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511369.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004120203-20231004150203-00896.warc.gz","language_score":0.8893824219703674,"token_count":317,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__54754452","lang":"en","text":"We’Moon: Gaia Rhythms for Womyn, the iconic astrological datebook, is a best-selling moon calendar, earth-spirited handbook in natural rhythms–, and visionary collection of women’s creative work, now in its 42nd year of publication! We’Moon has been the best daily astrology guide and a go-to moon calendar for over four decades! A perfect companion for tracking full and new moons, finding out what sign the moon is in, following the moon phases, daily astrological aspects and much more!\nWhether you are new to astrology or a fluent astrologer, this lunar planner has in-depth articles, helpful tips for beginners, and wonderful art and writing to inspire you on your daily journey.\nEach year We’Moon weaves threads of intention into this wonderful moon calendar. Each edition has a theme, and currently, our themes are based on one of the eight moon phase cycles! We’Moon 2023 is inspired by the Waxing Moon.\nWe’Moon 2023: Silver Lining draws inspiration from the first light of the Moon: The Waxing Crescent. There at the edge of night sky is a young crescent moon, a curl of promise, a hook on which to hang our imaginations. This bright spark sheds light on the careful work of nurturing new dreams, and our fragile, tender wishes. May the blessings of Silver Linings inspire you each and every day of the coming year!\nOut of stock","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://towndanby.digitaltowpath.org:10768/content/Boards/View/4","date":"2020-03-30T23:36:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370497309.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20200330212722-20200331002722-00094.warc.gz","language_score":0.9327110648155212,"token_count":309,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-16","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__227585313","lang":"en","text":"A natural resources inventory (NRI) compiles\nand describes important naturally occurring resources such as forests,\nwetlands, surface and ground waters, and farmland within a given locality\n(e.g., municipality, watershed, or region). Cultural resources, such as\nhistoric sites, scenic vistas, and recreation areas, are often included in an\nNRI, as well. Information is usually presented in a series of maps and an\naccompanying report with narrative descriptions, supporting data tables, and\nrecommendations. An NRI is essential for comprehensive land-use planning that\nproactively considers a community's land and water resources, and provides the\nfoundation for open space planning and protection, zoning\nupdates, conservation overlay districts, critical environmental areas, and\nother municipal plans and policies.\nNatural Resources Inventory: A Guide for Communities in the Hudson River\nEstuary Watershed was written by the NYSDEC to help municipalities pursue an\nNRI by suggesting an approach, recommending components to include, explaining\nwhy they are important, and providing sources of data and assistance. Case\nstudies from the Hudson Valley and strategies for using the NRI in local\nplanning are included. The guide was designed for use by municipal and county\nofficials, (e.g., conservation advisory councils and planning boards),\nconservation organizations, watershed associations, and interested citizens, and\nmay also be useful to professional planners, consultants, and developers.\nLimited paper copies are available for municipalities.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://truthcutter.blogspot.com/2011/09/today-is-sadhappy-day.html","date":"2021-05-07T19:21:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243988802.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20210507181103-20210507211103-00194.warc.gz","language_score":0.965315043926239,"token_count":173,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__193801625","lang":"en","text":"Sometimes you hear things that make you absolutely ecstatic - other times you hear things that make you sad - and last you hear things that you are conflicted about. I have to say the latter comes to mind when I hear new news recently.\nHave you ever tried to ask for something so dear to your heart and you continually get a no OR at least a not right now? And all the while people around you are getting the thing you want most. I have to cry out to the Lord where is the verse - I will give you the desires of your heart. God knows my heart best so I have to think maybe I'm not ready yet for this gift. Or maybe I need to be persistent.\nI'm always reminded of the persistent neighbor. I guess I need to keep asking for bread from my neighbor. Until next time - may God bless you!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.latitude38vp.com/copy-of-devon-smith","date":"2024-04-24T13:10:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296819273.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424112049-20240424142049-00042.warc.gz","language_score":0.9562978744506836,"token_count":346,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__90938890","lang":"en","text":"Cole Brown is a political commentator, writer, and author of the book, Greyboy: Finding Blackness in a White World. The book received praise from Diddy, Queen Latifah, The New York Times, Forbes, and others for its honest examination of an underexplored side of the Black experience: that of Black kids maturing in predominately white environments. Greyboy received an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Literary Work — Debut Author and was selected for Steph Curry’s “Underrated” book club. It is currently in T.V. development with ABC Signature and Yara Shahidi's 7th Sun production company with Cole as Executive Producer.\nCole followed Greyboy up with First Impressions, a memoir co-authored with first Black Bachelor Matt James in 2022.\nCole is a 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 Honoree in Media.\nIn 2020, Cole was the leading commentator on U.S. politics in Australia. His opinion writing appears in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age and he appeared regularly on Australia’s TV networks, including primetime coverage of the U.S. election and the Capitol riots for Australia’s leading news network.\nDomestically, Cole’s work has appeared in GQ, CNN, NBC, Departures Magazine, and Blavity discussing matters of race, politics, and culture.\nBefore writing and producing, Cole worked for Boston Consulting Group, where his casework included media due diligences, workforce management implementation, and strategic planning for COVID response measures.\nCole received a B.A. in Justice and Peace studies and Business Administration from Georgetown University.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://hisbestcreation.tumblr.com/","date":"2013-12-12T09:23:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386164574548/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204134254-00086-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9906727075576782,"token_count":752,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__49198607","lang":"en","text":"“Hey there,” his voice cut through the silence. It had taken everything in his power to not grab her up the second she’d walked in the door but he had restrained himself. He smiled at her slowly, first with those dark brown eyes and then his lips twitching up in a trademark Tony grin. He held his arms out, wearing a simple black shirt and jeans, the glowing blue peeking from under the fabric that reminded him daily he had a heart, and now it was where it belonged again.\nWhirling around at a certain billionaire’s voice, Sarah’s blue-grey eyes locked with his dark brown ones. Seeing his opened arms a lump formed in her throat. Taking a few steps towards him she shoved his chest, not touching his arc-reactor, causing him to stagger back a few steps.\n“Where the hell have you been?” she almost yelled angrily, her voice cracking with emotion as tears filled her eyes. ”You drop off the face of the planet for what over 6 months and just waltz right back into my life like everything’s ok? You left Tony.” By this point tears were streaming down her face. ”Do you have any idea how much that hurt me?”\nHe staggered back a bit at the shove, swallowing hard when he realized that she was still mad. She had every right to be, honestly.. He closed his eyes for a moment, letting out a soft sigh before he opened them again. His gaze was now fixed on the floor and the warmth that was there was replaced with hurt and almost hate for himself for just leaving the woman he loved like that with no explanation or reason. he was a damned idiot for that and he knew it.\n“You have every right to be mad at me and you also have every right to tell me to leave right now and never look back. But I really hope that you don’t because I’m not entirely sure how well Jarvis would take to having to redesign half of the tower.”\nHis eyes flicked back up to the blonde, trying to convey how sorry he truly was with his eyes. He didn’t know how to explain it or if he even could. This wasn’t even the first time he just fell off the face of the universe on people. He had months and, in one case, almost two years he’d just vanished. Private island, tropical cruises. whatever he needed to get away from a lifestyle he’d inadvertently created for himself. “There’s no way for me to tell you I’m sorry, at least not enough..”\nSarah let Tony speak and kept her blue-grey eyes fixed on him in a hard stare. Yes she was angry, but God help her if she still didn’t love him.\n“You are such an idiot,” she choked out burying her face in the older male’s chest, her entire body trembling as she struggled to contain her sobs. ”A big stupid genius idiot.” Hands clutching his black shirt she clung to him like he was going to disappear again.\n\"Shhhh…\" he murmured softly to her, his arms almost instantly snaking around her to pull her as close as he could. He didn’t want to leave her again if he could help it. He gently played with her hair, rubbing her back and rocking her a bit, trying to be as soothing as absolutely possible to her as he did so.\n\"I missed you so much, Sarah..\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.mayflower.towerhamlets.sch.uk/curriculum/english","date":"2020-10-29T07:22:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107903419.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20201029065424-20201029095424-00489.warc.gz","language_score":0.9707213640213013,"token_count":626,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-45","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__1318454","lang":"en","text":"Storytelling is at the very heart of our school. Children hear stories which are then learnt orally, deepened through a variety of creative activities, innovated upon and then have opportunities to invent their own. We ensure that all narrative plots are covered over the year and children use these to develop their narrative writing skills. Non-fiction text types are also learnt through this storytelling approach and are all mapped out on our curriculum overviews to ensure there is effective coverage across the school. Poetry is also included through the deepening activities and we feel that it is an essential part to language learning and playfulness.\nHooks into learning are always encouraged and these may be through school-based activities or class trips. Outcomes and purpose to learning and writing are always sought. Assemblies, book launches for parents, displays, publications on the website and blogs are used to highlight the classes’ fantastic learning.\nWe want the children at Mayflower to be excited about their writing and the opportunities through the speaking and listening skills learnt through storytelling has a fantastic impact on enjoyment and attainment. English Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation (EGPS) is covered creatively through shared writing opportunities to make it meaningful, as well as through discrete lessons linked into class topics.\nWe are extremely proud of our phonics learning at Mayflower and recently achieved over 97% pass rate in the Year 1 phonics screening. We work closely with an external advisor to ensure our methods in phonics are kept to the extremely high standards we expect.\nReading is taught through shared and guided reading sessions which occur daily. Key Stage 2 children are now involved in the Accelerated Reader programme to encourage them to read even more widely and challenge them appropriately. We have a peer mentoring programme set up with children in KS1 and LKS2 whereby the older children are listening to a child from a class 2 years below them and supporting them on their reading journey. Teachers, Teaching Assistants and local visiting business partners also give children 1:1 reading support.\nWe have two Reading Recovery teachers who run the very successful and intensive reading recovery programme, which runs daily for 20 weeks. This is available for those Year 1 children who find reading and writing challenging and enables them to catch up with their peers and become more independent.\nAn inviting, stimulating and topic related book corner can be found in every classroom and is just a part of what our school offers to encourage reading. All children are expected to read daily at home with their parents’ involvement and encouragement.\nAs well as reading books from the classroom selection, children can also find a huge collection of exciting new books in our delightful school library. There are also regular planned visits to our local Idea Store in Chrisp Street Market.\nWe want the children at Mayflower to develop a love for reading which follows them throughout life. Through our dedicated story times throughout the day, celebrations throughout the year (especially during World Book Week), book fairs and exciting rewards for resilient and fantastic readers, we hope we have created an environment for that love of literature to grow whilst they learn in our school.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://nusoulmedia.wordpress.com/author/nusoulmedia/","date":"2018-05-26T11:27:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867417.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20180526112331-20180526132331-00050.warc.gz","language_score":0.9602313041687012,"token_count":4087,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__106580000","lang":"en","text":"Author Archives: nusoulmedia\nThe time is here again, the end of another year. For many reading this, 2011 has been a year of processing, shaping, formatting and fitting. Yes, the trials and hard times came, and are still here, but we have to really know and believe that they came, and are still here, only to make us strong.\nGod can write a story like no other can. His sovereign ability to reach into a person’s future and erect a monument of victory is incomparable. He literally delights in crowning the lowly as prince, and in using the stumbling blocks that have been placed in our paths by others as stepping stones to a throne of His making.\nBy Jon Gordon\nI’ve been speaking to a lot of organizations around the country and one thing I keep hearing from leaders and employees is that complaining is at an all time high. I’m not surprised. There are usually two main reasons why we complain. 1. We complain because we feel powerless. 2. We complain because it’s a habit. The economy has shaken a lot of people’s foundations and we feel powerless which leads to a rise in habitual complaining.\nBut complaining isn’t something new. Think about the Israelites who had spent years as captive slaves and within a short time of being freed they start complaining. They complained about being hungry. They complained about not having enough water. They complained about living in the wilderness. They even said it would be better to be back in Egypt as slaves rather than be free in the desert. Four hundred years of slavery, and they didn’t appreciate the freedom and blessing they have been given.\nHere’s the thing, God doesn’t want us to be complainers, He wants us to live with a spirit of joy and thanksgiving.\n“Now when the people complained, it displeased the Lord…” – Numbers 11:1 (NKJV\n“Do all things without complaining and disputing…” -Philippians 2:14 (NKJV)\nSo today I want to encourage you to adopt a No Complaining Rule and go on a complaining fast. Not because it will make everyone around you happier, although it will, but because it will help you experience more of the peace and joy that God wants for you, and it will help you build strong, positive relationships with others.\nBelieve me; I know a lot about complaining. I use to be a professional complainer and found that it not only sabotages your happiness but the morale of your team and family.\nTo help you break out of a “complaining” rut here are five things you can do instead of complain. These tips will help you realize you are not powerless. You have the power to choose your beliefs and actions. And in your focus on the positive instead of the negative you’ll find the faith, strength and confidence to take on life’s challenges and identify the solutions to your complaints.\n1. Practice Gratitude. Research shows that when we count three blessings a day, we get a measurable boost in happiness that uplifts and energizes us. It’s also physiologically impossible to be stressed and thankful at the same time. If you are focusing on gratitude, you can’t be negative. (Psalm 118:24)\n2. Praise Others. Instead of complaining about what others are doing wrong, start focusing on what they are doing right. Praise them and watch as they create more success as a result. Of course, point out their mistakes so they can learn and grow, but make sure you give three times as much praise as criticism. You can energize and engage your coworkers by encouraging them and their work. (1 Thessalonians 5:11)\n3. Focus on Success. Start a success journal. Each night before you go to bed, write down the one great thing about your day. The one great conversation, accomplishment, or win that you are most proud of. Focus on your success, and you’ll look forward to creating more success tomorrow. (Philippians 4:8)\n4. Let Go. Focus on the things that you have the power to change, and let go of the things that are beyond your control. Give it up to God and trust Him with the outcome. You’ll be amazed that when you stop trying to control everything, it all somehow works out. Surrender is the answer. (Proverbs 3:5)\n5. Pray. God wants to hear from you. He wants to have a personal relationship with you on a daily basis. Take your worries to Him and He will help you. If you’re a skeptic, also know that scientific research shows that daily prayer reduces stress; boosts positive energy; and promotes health, vitality, and longevity. When you are faced with the urge to complain or you are feeling stressed to the max, stop, be still, plug-in to the ultimate power of God and recharge. (Philippians 4:6)\nScripture of the Day: “Do all things without complaining and disputing…” -Philippians 2:14 (NKJV)\nA Life-Application Devotional By Jon Gordon | http://www.JonGordon.com\nA few years ago, Dad’s sister Louise fell ill with what would be her final battle with cancer. Living several hours away from her, I had never gotten to see her more than once or twice a year my whole life, but my childhood is dotted with many fond memories of trips to Tennessee to stay with her and Uncle Edsel.\nThis particular day, since they lived near a favorite vacation spot of ours, my husband and I traveled a little farther and went to visit her. It was hard to see such a vibrant woman quickly fading to a different hue from what I was used to.\nAs my time to leave drew near, there was so much I wanted to say, and I knew this was probably our last time together on this earth. A lump stuck in my throat and tears began to pour out as I recalled what an incredible role model she’d been to me all through life. She was an off-the-charts good cook. She could sing and play nearly any instrument she got her hands on. She was the consummate pastor’s wife and a loving mother, and everyone loved her quick humor and contagious laugh. I stammered as I spoke the words to her, “All my life I wanted to be just like you.”\nShe smiled weakly, squeezed my hand, and said, “Be like Jesus, honey. Just be like Jesus.”\nI’ve thought of that conversation many times since her passing, and thought of how she so easily she transferred any praise for herself on to Jesus. What a mantle of wisdom to lay across my shoulders in some of the last words she ever spoke to me. It summed up pretty much everything I would ever need to know about life.\nWe hold so tightly to our little plastic trophies. We keep refreshing our browsers to see if anyone “liked” our status on Facebook. We’re not too far removed from the insecure teenagers we once were, who long to be remembered as the best-looking, the most valuable player, the most likely to succeed, as chronicled on the pages of the yearbook of our lives. How ironic that what will define our eulogy isn’t what we amassed, but rather, what we gave away—in particular, those things we committed into the hands of the Father. It will be our legacy on earth and it will be the yardstick of our eternal reward when at last we stand at the Bema Judgment Seat of Christ.\nJesus, in His final fleeting breaths on the cross, committed His Spirit into the hands of the Father and then declared, “It is finished.” The Bible tells us of yet another event to come, when He will place something else into God’s hands. 1 Corinthians Chapter 15 tells us that Jesus will subdue all the kingdoms, rulers, authorities of this world system, and even the last great enemy, Death. Our Jesus, the Role Model of all role models–the One under Whose feet lies everything that is or ever was—will come under the authority of God the Father in the greatest act of submission of all eternity. And of His kingdom there will be no end!\nAunt Louise knew Whose lead to follow. I’m with her…I want to be like Jesus, too.\nScripture Of The Day: “Then, when all things are under his authority, the Son will put himself under God’s authority, so that God, who gave his Son authority over all things, will be utterly supreme over everything everywhere.” – 1 Corinthians 15:28 (NLT)\nFor centuries, society has been slowly drifting down a broad river of change, but speed is picking up, and we have now entered the rapids. Even Christmas is not immune to these changes. It has become just a “holiday” to the world—and, sadly, even to some Christians.\n“Merry Christmas” has been replaced by “Happy Holidays,” and carols about Jesus have been traded for songs celebrating Santa Claus, winter, family, and friends. Finding Christ-centered Christmas cards has become a challenge. Snowmen and sleighs have taken the place of manger scenes, which were once common in both private and public settings.\nThis slide away from Christ is the natural progression of the world, but it is not the direction that believers should go. Drifting is easy: you just relax and follow the path of least resistance. But going against the stream requires constant awareness and diligent effort. We must actively guard against letting the world steal Christ from our celebrations.\nChristmas is not just a holiday; it is a holy day—the day God came to earth in the flesh of a tiny baby for the purpose of reconciling sinful mankind to Himself. Holidays are numerous, but there is only one Christmas.\nThe world tries hard to find pleasure in Christ-less holiday observances, but happiness is often elusive when experiences don’t match expectations. If you feel a sense of letdown, you may have drifted away from an authentic celebration of Christmas. Allow Jesus back in, and joy will return.\nScripture Of The Day: “And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus,[b] for he will save his people from their sins.” – Matthew 1:21 (NLT)\nBy Skip Heitzig\nIn December 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright sent a telegram to their family from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. It said, “We actually flew 120 feet. We’ll be home for Christmas.” Their sister Katharine took it to the editor of the local newspaper. His response was interesting. “Oh, how nice,” he said. “The boys will be home for Christmas.” He missed the main event: Mankind had flown!\nThere’s one song that never gets old to me. I’ve listened to Mary, Did You Know? every Christmas season for well over two decades and each time I hear the powerful phrases, I’m moved. Phrases like Mary did you know that your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand and This child that you’ve delivered, will soon deliver you. See what I mean? Goose bumps, friend. Goose bumps.\nWe don’t know much about Mary except that she was a virgin and probably in her early teens. According to Luke 1:28, we know that she was “highly favored” and that “the Lord was with her”. Even without a stunning resume, God used her. Sweet, little Mary who kept to herself and wasn’t a big “play maker” was invited by the Creator of the universe to change the world.\nI think the reason He chose her is because of her willingness. Upon hearing how this would play out in her life, Mary’s response was, “I am the Lord’s servant. May it be to me as you have said.” (Luke 1:38) Read the rest of this entry\nIn many places around the world, there are people who have been in the Christmas mood for a number of days and in some cases, weeks. Gifts, dinners, shopping, sports and a number of other things seem to signal this annual holiday season. But have you ever really stopped to think about what Christmas is really all about? Beyond just saying, “Oh, it’s about Jesus’ birth.” What is that really about?\nI believe the real meaning of Christmas is about hope. Hope is the expectation of a promise being fulfilled. It is the anticipation that a specific circumstance will be met with a different outcome than what currently exists. Bad relationships without hope lead to divorce, separation, and irreconcilable differences. Unemployment without hope leads to stress attacks and headaches. An unfavorable medical diagnosis without hope could lead to suicide or depression. And as we inspect our own lives, we can see the truth of Proverbs 13:12, “hope deferred makes the heart sick…” Moments and seasons where our hope was weaning, we all can confirm that we were headed for a destination that we really did not desire. We had to find a way to fight to restore the hope that lay deep within us.\nThe birth of Christ, his reason for coming and the lasting legacy that Jesus has established, is all about us living lives of hope. Without Christ being born or willingly leaving a legacy, which includes His Word and the Holy Spirit, we would not be able to have any sense of hope about our faith, finances, families, friends or future.\nBut with His birth, everything stands the chance to be defeated as it attempts to stand between us and the realization of God’s promises. With Jesus leaving His legacy, we have the opportunity to keep a lifted head in any circumstance.\n1 Peter 1: 3-4 (NIV) tell us, “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you.” The Message Translation of this same verse helps us understand clearly why we have hope through Jesus Christ. It says, “What a God we have! And how fortunate we are to have him, this Father of our Master Jesus! Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we’ve been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for, including a future in heaven—and the future starts now!”\nThe truth of your future starts right now. In most Christmas traditions, you have to wait until Christmas day to open your gifts and presents. The good news is that you don’t have to wait for hope, you have it right now. The gift has been presented to you and ready for you to receive it. Your future, faith, family and finances all have just been injected with hope. Today, hope is alive!\nScripture Of The Day: “Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we’ve been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for, including a future in heaven—and the future starts now!” – 1 Peter 1:3-4 (MSG)\nBy Lisa Crum\nIt’s a hard time to feel Christmas cheer if you’re still reeling over sickness or the recent loss of a loved one. Sometimes, until we heal, the full holiday effect is just too much for our wounded spirits. If the whole “Christmas experience” is overwhelming to you, try narrowing your celebration down to simple worship of God for the gift of His Son.\nTrue Christmas is all about Him instead of us. It need be nothing more. We make it far too complicated because we center its significance on people, not God. I hear people say all the time, “Christmas is all about the kids.” Well, it isn’t. It’s about Jesus. If it’s not, we’re setting ourselves up for cruel disappointment. Kids will grow up and leave home. Sometimes loved ones die. Divorce happens. A lost job will leave your pockets empty with nothing under the tree—if you can even afford the tree! When the people and things we love leave us or let us down, it crushes our love for the season; but when we focus on Him, however, as rightly we should, other things are small and less significant in comparison. Please don’t despair, for paring down your expectations and shifting your priorities can make this season a time of joy again. Your return to sincere worship will not only shut out the noise of the things that cause you pain, but your Heavenly Father actually hovers close to those who praise Him.\nWe had a significant loss in our family several years ago; a close loved one taken unexpectedly, whose funeral was on Christmas Day. After some painful Christmases to follow, we eventually learned that healing came when we narrowed our focus back to Jesus. In His rightful place, He set all things right again.\nIn most cases, we can’t avoid the other stuff entirely. There will be little kids to buy for, that kind of thing…but if you’re going through a time when the season is just too painful, don’t immerse yourself in the part that drags you down. Don’t sit and listen to sad old songs–and if memories cause you to be depressed, stay away from them until feelings aren’t so raw. There will come a day again when these things won’t weigh 500 pounds on your shoulders. It’s not sacrilegious if you choose this year not to observe the Christmas built on traditions of men! You don’t have to hang lights or put up a tree, or watch “It’s a Wonderful Life” on TV in order to observe Christmas! Don’t take yourself into the places where you haven’t healed. Take a break from that part of this season and just go back to Jesus. There’s no sadness associated with His birth, and that’s where our true celebration begins. Peace will permeate the hurt places in your life.\nMake your Christmas all about Him this year (and every year), and other things will take their rightful place in the mix. With Him as the centerpiece of this holy day, you need never hate or dread Christmas again. All the other things which make it a dreadful time for some–shopping nightmares, stress, shortage of money, painful memories–these have nothing to do with Jesus. Stay focused on Him. The pure simplicity of His birth doesn’t require anything more than a grateful heart; so whatever else tries to crowd out your Christmas spirit, push it away from the center of your life and just rest, like the baby in the manger, in the infinite goodness of a God Who was willing to give His very best–for YOU.\nScripture Of The Day: “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” – Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://aboutpet.net/e-annie-proulx-honored-by-library-of-congress/","date":"2019-11-12T11:43:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496665521.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20191112101343-20191112125343-00529.warc.gz","language_score":0.9414618611335754,"token_count":297,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__19916220","lang":"en","text":"E. Annie Proulx honored by Library of Congress\nNEW YORK (AP) – For the second time within a year, E. Annie Proulx has received a lifetime achievement award.\nThe author known for “Brokeback Mountain” and “The Shipping News” is this year’s recipient of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. On Wednesday, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden praised the 82-year-old Proulx for Best store her “monumental sagas and keen-eyed, skillfully wrought stories.”\nLast fall, Proulx was presented a National Book Award Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Her other works include the novels “Barkskins” and “Postcards.” Her previous honors include the Pulitzer Prize for “The Shipping News” and the PEN/Faulkner award for “Postcards.”\nFILE – In this Nov. 15, 2017 file photo, Lifetime Achievement honoree Annie Proulx attends the 68th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner in New York. Proulx, the author known for “Brokeback Mountain” and “The Shipping News” is this year’s recipient of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://breakingseas.com/","date":"2017-04-30T14:50:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917125654.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031205-00426-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9671112298965454,"token_count":263,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__26287470","lang":"en","text":"Welcome to the official Breaking Seas web site!\nOn October 17, 2004, a middle-aged software instructor named Glenn Damato departed the San Francisco Bay aboard his cutter Serenity. Having quit his job and said goodbye to all friends and family, it was his intention to sail around the world.\nDamato had bitten off more than he could chew. On purpose.\nDo you have a dream to pursue but lack the \"right experience?\"\nAre you too old? Too out of shape? Do it anyway. In truth, we each decide what is \"realistic\" for ourselves and live our lives accordingly. The price of admittance is the willingness to face the consequences of your decisions, even if they turn out to be radically different from what you had imagined.\nBreaking Seas is more than a sailing epic.\nIt's also about our common human quest to get the most out of life despite being born into an imperfect and unpredictable universe. The all-encompassing themes are rejection and disappointment. Breaking Seas is not a book written to tell you what you want to hear. If you are seeking a sunshine and lollipops tale of pina coladas and passion on a tropical beach, you will not find it.\nBreaking Seas Image Gallery\nClick an image to enlarge.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://clooneystalkings.blogspot.com/2011/05/chapter-10-even-psychic-friends-network.html","date":"2018-07-20T19:52:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591831.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20180720193850-20180720213850-00139.warc.gz","language_score":0.9924546480178833,"token_count":348,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__96993312","lang":"en","text":"Where’s Miss Cleo when you need her?\nThe saga continued, only now it involved Jones visiting psychics to learn of George Clooney’s whereabouts, ways to communicate with him, chanting and obsessive rituals to “draw him to her” -- you name it. All of this was necessary to free him from his alleged forced and obligatory relationship with Sarah Larson. Pretty soon, he would realize his place was with her!\nThe stories much got worse. Now, she was sure that a U.S. Marshall living in the apartment above her had been placed there by “George’s people” to watch her! And he was assigned to watch her because she held valuable insider secrets on Hollywood’s movie studios!\nJones had some sort of delusional fascination with law enforcement, had thought she was being “watched by cops” in the past, and had once chased down a police cruiser she thought was following her. To this day, I am surprised I haven’t seen her on the front page of the Los Angeles Times in handcuffs, or at least on an episode of “Cops.”\nSo, this guy’s being a U.S. Marshall made him an absolute target. She struck up a conversation with him, and it resulted in him avoiding her at all costs. Of course, she didn’t think it was because her weird behavior was freaking him out. Instead, she concluded in her mind that his avoidance was confirmation that he was “a spy working for Clooney.” (??)\nShe should have requested her money back from her psychic sessions because none of them predicted what was coming.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://m.rollingstone.com/v/Politics/PoliticsOneInteresti/","date":"2013-05-25T12:48:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00078-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9695685505867004,"token_count":366,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__63331249","lang":"en","text":"So over the weekend I read All In, Paula Broadwell's slobberific biography of General David Petraeus. It was nothing special, just a typically crappy piece of fawning, noncritical journalism, full of passages like the following:\nAt Petraeus's change of command in Baghdad in the summer of 2008, Secretary Gates claimed that \"history [would] regard Petraeus as one of the nation's great battle captains . . .\" Petraeus's success on the battlefield, his status as a military intellectual and his will to succeed allowed him to shape not only doctrine but also organizational design, training, education and leadership development in the Army and, in many respects, the broader military . . .\nYou can pretty much guess the rest of the plot from there. Every environment Petraeus enters is instantly bettered by his majestic personage. We see him passing through destroyed hamlets in Afghanistan, the weight of the world on his rugged shoulders, scratching his figurative chin as he worries which strategies to choose \"so that villagers could once again live in peace and prosperity.\"\nWe see Petraeus giving stirring speeches, working past midnight until aides tear him away from his desk, and stoically receiving compliments from grateful colleagues (Gates later tells him: \"You have stepped forward as the indispensable soldier/scholar of this era . . .\").\nThe book is so one-sided that it is almost supernaturally dull, and I was forgetting about it just minutes after I put it down.\nThen it hit me – it was an interesting book, after all! Because if you read All In carefully, the book's tone will remind you of pretty much any other authorized bio of any major figure in business or politics (particularly in business), and it will most particularly remind you of almost any Time or Newsweek famous-statesperson profile.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://wingart.wixsite.com/wingart/academic-innovator-award-2021","date":"2022-08-07T15:12:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00078.warc.gz","language_score":0.9396746158599854,"token_count":288,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__193135700","lang":"en","text":"I received the 2021 Minnesota Academic Innovators Award from the Minnesota Library Association's Academic and Research Libraries Division. Read the full press release online here: https://www.mnlibraryassociation.org/page/ARLD\nPress release excerpt:\nThis year, ARLD is recognizing the outstanding work of Dawn Wing, Assistant Professor, Graphic Artist, and Reference Librarian at Metropolitan State University for her work amplifying marginalized and diverse voices in the library and in the local community. Dawn’s work incorporating graphic novels, graphic narratives, comics, and zines into the library and the classroom is both important and impactful. This past year Dawn also organized several Zoom library events including, \"Characters Who Look Like Me,” \"Literary CelebrAsians” with Ed Bok Lee and Mainhia Moua, and “Paper Party! Making Zines.”\nComments from my award nominators and colleagues at Metropolitan State University:\n“Dawn's work is innovative because it has brought people together and supported continued, deep learning throughout the difficult circumstances of the pandemic.”\n\"Her work is interdisciplinary, intersectional, multimedia, and pushes against some of the traditional boundaries of what is considered scholarly/academic work. Most importantly, Dawn helps people find and express their own voices in a time when doing so is more important than ever.\"\nView my award reception presentation slideshow below:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://book-soup.reservio.com/","date":"2023-02-02T20:19:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500041.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20230202200542-20230202230542-00602.warc.gz","language_score":0.9404287934303284,"token_count":124,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__128370779","lang":"en","text":"Bookseller to the Great and Infamous Since 1975\nWho we are\nBook Soup is located on the world-famous Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, CA. Guarded over by two golden dogs, Book Soup has 60,000 titles, specializing in art, film, photography, music, and fiction. We have a deep commitment to small presses, and a love for autographed books. Founded by the late Glenn Goldman, Book Soup has been serving readers, writers, artists, rock 'n' rollers, and celebrities since 1975.\nSunset Boulevard 8818, West Hollywood","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://janedoeundercover.wordpress.com/","date":"2017-10-20T04:48:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187823731.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20171020044747-20171020064747-00406.warc.gz","language_score":0.9718818068504333,"token_count":1351,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-43__0__290554756","lang":"en","text":"There’s nothing more agonizing in the world than knowing you know I have a crush on you. Awkward side glances in the hallway, constant tension between your friends, more importantly, not knowing. I cant even express in words how insane i have gone. Any mental hospital would check me in a moments notice. The saying “Ignorance is bliss,” is a shit load of bs. I really, truly, deeply, want the truth. If you don’t like me, so be it. If you do, great. Just go out with me already! Give me at least a fighting chance. In this world and life time I am not a loser who doesn’t even try, unless I have to run a mile… My point is, “You don’t know how things are going to be, unless you take chances.” You can even quote me on that. Don’t get me wrong here, I know it’s hard to muster up the courage; all because of the fear of rejection, but no, get the damn courage. In this new century girls are “allowed,” as some would put it, to ask the guy, but I want the love story magick, even it’s the heart breaker one. We can say we gave it a chance and move on with our lives. Maybe after all this shit goes down or if it even goes down, something good or wonderful can come out of the experience. Please, just give me a chance.\nWith tons of love,\nThere comes a time in every teens life when they discover the magical world of boys, or girls if you flow that way. But anyway for me it’s boys. So far it sucks. Well to be perfectly honest, I have had a “serious” boyfriend before. As serious as middle school relationships go, I should say. I was the one to brake it off, but also the one to be the most heart broken. If he even was heart broken. (I hope he was.) I had a very good reason to “rip the bandage off” too. The base of a healthy relationship is trust right? Well, he didn’t trust me hanging out with other guys. And to make things worst, my best friend at the time was a guy. That worked out well. Not. I decided to go with the girl code: “Sisters before misters” or brother before….lovers?? Anyway, after that I couldn’t hang out with all my guy friends because my ex was friends with them. And I guess that’s how I started to become friends with people my own gender. Smooth move that was. So now here I am with a crush, or three… Oh my, I’m in for a wild ride ahead. The best part is, all of them are oblivious to my existence. I shouldn’t say that. Zach knows exactly who I am and not for a good reason either. My “friends” like to scream my name in front of him whenever he’s around. I feel bad for him, it must be really embarrassing. As cheesy as this sounds, all he does is smirk at me now. What’s that supposed to mean? “I know you like me and I think it’s funny.” “I’m satisfied you like me because it makes me feel important.” or my favorite, “Why do you even like me, I’m so out of your league?” What do you think he’s thinking when he puts that smirk on his face?\nToday I realized two things. One, I really want to punch John in the face. And two, I’m changing as a person. Now the question is; Am I changing for the better or worst? Let’s lay down the facts. In seventh grade I was this cute, prissy, squealer, bubbly girl who would just listen to your problems. In the beginning of eight grade I was the same as seventh grade me, but as the days went on I morphed into this stranger I didn’t even know. Well, I guess I did know her a little bit but now she’s coming out. And frankly, I don’t want her to be revealed. The real me… it’s a tuff topic. I have this side of me that hates everything and everyone around me. It’s truly horrible. I’m just this snappy bitch that’ll really tug at your heart strings, and not in that teary emotional way but in a twisted rip your heart out way. I’ve spent all my life trying to push “me” down but I guess now I’m just getting tired. How did I go from this bubbly loving girl to this cruel wicked bitch?\nNow as every teen’s life goes there is drama, but mine until a certain point. Everything has been all rainbows and unicorns up until now. Lately there has been some short, or two month long “cold shouldering” friendship. Not that I kept count. Let’s just say I was the one on the other side of everything. All my friends would keep quiet every time I came around. Fun right? No. I was completely in the dark. I asked Vanessa what was up but all I got out of her was “I have no Idea..” If any of you are still reading this, keep going. Turns out Miriam, my best friend, was telling lies about me to them. “She hates you.” “She makes fun of you behind your backs” “She twitter bashes you” Those are some of the lovely things she’d say about me. When i found out the truth, my first instinct was to fix it. But no, nothing stays rainbows and unicorns after that. I ended up being friends with them again but not Miriam. Lauren, Denise, Vanessa, Miyasia, not even Katie talks to her. So of course I being me is caught in the middle. Should I put her through the “cold shouldering” or should I try to mend the friendship we had? Those are the questions that swirl in my mind at night when I try to get my 8 hours. What do you think?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://marketing-project-help38169.blogkoo.com/getting-my-write-my-literature-review-to-work-9862039","date":"2019-01-22T17:05:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583857993.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20190122161345-20190122183345-00030.warc.gz","language_score":0.9524145722389221,"token_count":881,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__141064319","lang":"en","text":"Getting My write my literature review To WorkJust after my own negative working experience with IF, I made a decision to analyze intermittent fasting. I seemed into both equally a) the fasting literature that paleo fasting advocates refer to, and b) the literature that exists out during the metabolic and reproductive analysis archives.\nAnyhow, thank you for your personal blog site, I drastically enjoy you taking the time make this happen Substantially necessary analysis!\nHeightened cognition and motor activity, combined with reproductive shutdown, in women may perhaps increase the likelihood of their survival for the duration of periods of Electricity scarcity and may be an evolutionary basis to the vulnerability of women to anorexia nervosa.\nAfter a crack from IF I readapted my IF routine not too long ago, only undertaking two quick times each week, but your post designed me surprise wheter I must lower the duration of my fasts. Not ingesting The complete working day functions significantly much better for me in comparison to the “having window strategy”, but I'm wondering whether a little snack (higher in carb ?\nWith respect to other overall health markers feminine health really declined, specially with respect to glucose tolerance:\nWe Women of all ages (persons!) need to be trustworthy with ourselves about our priorities, and act continuously with our psychological and Bodily overall health foremost inside our minds. All women are diverse. Nevertheless the literature is so sparse in this location that we simply cannot make any genuine statements or predictions about the effects of fasting, in addition to that we just don’t know, Which we should always continue on to emphasize the centrality of awareness, warning, and loving nourishment in transferring forward.\nI am about to try Sharon’s suggestion about fasting through my durations: I usually eat crap in the course of that point of the month anyway.\nLadies and males ordinarily Participate in various roles in survival of the species and could be predicted to reply differently to foods scarcity or surplus. To elucidate the physiological basis of intercourse discrepancies in responses to Power consumption, we taken linked here care of groups of male and female rats for 6 months on weight loss plans with usual, lowered [twenty% and 40% caloric restriction (CR), and intermittent fasting (IF)], or elevated (high-fat/significant-glucose) Vitality stages and calculated numerous physiological variables connected to copy, Electrical power metabolism, and actions.\nI want to create attempts to not consume way in excess of 2000 on some times! Lengthy-term keto alterations this, I try to eat at slightly deficit then (Almost never, even under my maintenance degree As outlined by calculators. Fortunately, they are Incorrect in my situation.) My system and thoughts rejects the idea of having also tiny.\nThey then confirmed a robust connection in between those same markers and a baby’s being overweight at ages 6 and nine.\nThis put up was super beneficial. It makes sense that Women of all ages tend to be more fertile when optimally fed.I used to be thinking how there may be a tribe of hungry, fertile men and fed, fertile Gals. It’s kind of appealing. I was also wanting to know which kind of task lab rat scientific studies are Together with the every day rat pap smears.\nNonetheless, 4 decades in the past, I started off possessing a undesirable situation of coronary heart palpitations out from the blue, and was diagnosed as obtaining benign ventricular ectopic conquer. It might be benign nonetheless it is a large clam down on my overachiever Life style.\nMany people are today mindful that a calorie-restricted diet program has the power not only to reduce body weight but also to lengthen a human life. Rising research is starting to clearly show, having said that, that intermittent fasting is equally as powerful as calorie restriction in guaranteeing these overall health Added benefits!\nReply Stefani Ruper on June 19, 2012 at two:46 pm Of course! I do. I think the neatest thing is to try and do would be to crawl off of That which you are already doing before. Increase your food frequency, to start with, and include an quantity of carbohydrate you really feel relaxed with… and if you overshoot, just Enable you maintain or choose a little stage back again and reassess….","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.stolafbookstore.com/GeneralBooksList.aspx?cat=FACULTY","date":"2017-04-30T16:34:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917125719.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031205-00450-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8567247986793518,"token_count":656,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__60943396","lang":"en","text":"Academic Disciplines: Friends of Faith?\nA Tradition of Sculpture at St. Olaf: The 125th Anniversary Exhibition\nNotes on Achebe's Things Fall Apart\nRed Shoes and Other Poems for My Wife\nBook of Hearts\nDear Old Hill\nOne Couple's Gift\nThe Boys' House: New & Selected Stories - These sixty-five sharply honed stories, selected by the author from more than twenty years of work, showcase Jim Heynen's equal mastery of terse, elegant prose and old-style country wit and wisdom. Every tale is an unerring slice from the lives of a group of farm boys, each full of mischief and witness to the world's tiny miracles. As uniquely American as Mark Twain or Sherwood Anderson, Heynen's stories of the boys are ribald fun but, like all good country tales, they are also filled with surprises and unexpected, deeper implications.\nCalled to Serve\nJohn Nathan Kildahl\nWartime Journey: Bail-Out Over Belgium, World War II\nAfricans and Americans: Embracing Cultural Differences\nChristmas Stories & Muskego Boy\nFrom Manitou Hill\nIn Their Own Words\nPoco a Poco: An Anecdotal History (1877-1981) of the Establishment of the St. Olaf Orchestra\nThe St. Olaf Choir: A Narrative\nby Joseph M. Shaw\nThe definitive history of the world-renowned St. Olaf Choir under the direction of F. Melius Christiansen, Olaf Christiansen, Kenneth Jennings, and Anton Armstrong, from its meteoric rise to fame in the 1920s to its continued leadership as one of the America's premier choral ensembles in the world today. (Paperback book)\nTennis in the Northland: A History of Boys' High School Tennis in Minnesota (1929 - 2003) - Tennis in the Northland is a book about Minnesota's high school tennis champions, and the coaches who helped them become successful. It is a comprehensive 75-year history, beginning in the first year of state competition in 1929.\nCasanova's Journey Home and Other Late Stories\nBernt Julius Muus: Founder of St. Olaf College\nUnderstanding Ingeborg Bachmann\nCambridge Companion to Kierkegaard - Much attention is devoted to the influence of Kierkegaard on 20th-century philosophy. Topics covered in this interesting COMPANION volume include Kierkegaard's views on art and religion, ethics and psychology, theology and politics, and knowledge and virtue. Readers will find this one of the most convenient and accessible guides to Kierkegaard currently available...........Publisher Comments - This companion probes the full depth of Kierkegaard's thought revealing its distinctive subtlety. The topics covered include Kierkegaard's views on art and religion, ethics and psychology, theology and politics, and knowledge and virtue. Much attention is devoted to the influence of Kierkegaard on twentieth-century philosophy. New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Kierkegaard currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Kierkegaard.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.dlcwz.com/en/policies-regulations/main-standard-for-testing-829.html","date":"2022-08-16T03:04:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572220.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816030218-20220816060218-00058.warc.gz","language_score":0.8393207788467407,"token_count":437,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__74534577","lang":"en","text":"Check the main standard\nGB/ t1032-2012 three-phase asynchronous motor test method.\nGB/T 1032-2012 \"three-phase asynchronous motor test method\" sets out the test requirements and test methods for three-phase asynchronous motors, which is suitable for three-phase asynchronous motors.\nGB/T 1032-2012 is drafted according to the rules given in GB/T 1.1-2009.\nThis standard replaces GB/T 1032-2005 \"three-phase asynchronous motor test method\". Compared with GB/T 1032-2005, the main technical changes are as follows:\n(see 22.214.171.124, table 1), which increases the measurement method of absorption ratio and polarization index;\n- increases the determination of other insulation resistance;\n- increased 126.96.36.199 other thermal test method, GB/T 21211-2007 specified in other applicable methods, such as induction motor superposition method (see six of GB/T 21211-2007), equivalent load method of induction motor (see 10 of GB/T 21211-2007);\n- the load stray loss of induction motor (see 10.6.6) was determined by the test method (eh-star method).\n- increased test method and efficiency measurement uncertainty (see 11.1.2);\n- increased bearing current measurement (see 12.12);\n-- the total content of the load stray loss Ps value is determined according to the rated input power of the motor (see 2005).\n-- version 188.8.131.52);\n-- delete the total value of the stray losses of the load when the load is rated at 184.108.40.206 (see 220.127.116.11 in 2005);\n- appendix D is deleted (see 2005 version);\nPlease note that some of the contents of this document may involve patents. The issuer of this document does not bear the responsibility for identifying these patents.\nThis standard refers to the test method for determining the loss and efficiency of the rotary motor (except traction motor) using IEC 60034-2-1:2007.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://sarcade.wordpress.com/","date":"2017-02-21T23:21:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501170864.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104610-00458-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9393244981765747,"token_count":3722,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__99489221","lang":"en","text":"November 12, 2010\nMarch 5, 2010\nWell, normally this infrequently-updated blog is about books, but today I wanted to show the entire world (i.e. less than one person who reads this) exactly what happens when you attempt to enact the ultimate cliché — in other words, stick your foot down a rabbit hole and destroy all the ligaments.\nThree weeks of sick leave ensued. And, whilst ordinarily three weeks off work would be a Time Of Joy And Rejoicing, three weeks sitting down with your foot elevated, unable to sleep because the slightest move twinged a mangled sinew and being completely confined to a chair is not actually huge amounts of fun.\nCurrently, it’s still somewhat fat and swollen but the bruising has dissipated, except on the other side of the ankle where it pierced all the way through the joint. Walking is randomly difficult: there’s a particular foot angle that hurts considerably but I don’t know what it is and thus can’t avoid doing it.\nOn the plus side, got a lot of reading done and will hopefully motivate soon to get some of it up here on the blog. 🙂\nDecember 23, 2009\nOmnibus edition of Stephen Baxter‘s ‘Mammoth’ trilogy. The world as told from mammoths’ purview in the past, the present(!) and the future, when mammoths have been reengineered and are populating Mars. Enjoying very much, albeit I think I have learned as much as I need to about the many uses of mammoth dung now.\nBaxter writes hard science fiction, has a degree background in it and it shows. There really is a new, mad idea on every page, though: sometimes the sheer weight of information makes you want to take a step back and shake your head for a mo’.\nThe ‘Destiny’s Children’ quartet is relatively uplifting, with Exultant and Resplendent being some of the best sci-fi I’ve ever read. Exultant in particular unequivocally sets out the joys of actually trying to fight a possible future space war, where relativity and distance often mean that battles and consequences thereof can actually happen… er, before they’ve happened. And effective commanders can actually use this to make sure that terrible defeats that have already occurred — don’t occur. It’s heady stuff.\nSpace is a new world appearing on damn near every page and exhausting / exhilerating to keep up with.\nMoonseed is an initial nod to the John Wyndham-esque ‘end of the world’ scenario, although a cosy catastrophe (which Wyndham was often, erroneously I believe, accused of writing) it is most certainly not.\nAnd Titan is the most monstrously nihilistic and depressing epitaph to our current concepts of intrasolar travel I’ve ever read. Which did not make it a bad thing, by the by, but some of the scenes actually set on Titan made me… well, after the carrot poisoning bit I did check my feet. Don’t let the words here put you off, though: you need to read this book, if only to see how space travel really shouldn’t be done.\nBirthday present to myself. Huge coffee-table tome with over 500 cover artworks (and many other standalones) of Stephen King‘s publishing history. Including a great deal of Dark Tower material and some new and exclusive pieces. Relatively in-depth interviews with artists and input into King’s writing history, a little of which I hadn’t come across before. Marred only by a few spelling / text-setting errors, which I can forgive more because it’s a small press. Recommended if you can afford it (and you’re a foaming-at-the-mouth-like-Cujo fan of King, like me).\nElse? Probably seventy or eighty books since I last updated this. If I get a chance, I’ll try to pick out some of the worthies soon.\nPicked up PM2 again after a lag of some months. Found my voice immediately, which was pleasing. The past three days, little bits here and there in between other things (like work) have added another 3201 words and 17 pages to the total… which currently stands at 222 pages, 43,865 words.\nWith no end in sight.\nMarch 23, 2009\nThe Night Sessions, by Ken MacLeod.\nIntriguing police procedural, set a few dozen years in the future and predominantly in Scotland. The Earth’s groaning in the wake of some fairly nasty climate change problems, resulting in a pair of massive space elevators being constructed to facilitate vast, floating solar barriers in an effort to mitigate UV radiation. Robots are becoming relatively commonplace and some of them are developing artificial intelligence, which is something of a problem for the general community as they don’t quite know how to deal with it — or integrate them properly into society. Add to this the fallout from the Faith / Oil War, which has effectively banned religions of all kinds, and we have a very interesting world postulated.\nInto this mix we have the bombing murder of a man who turns out to be a Catholic priest, a title which has no official standing in this new world and has cause for potential future political ramifications, especially since religious terrorism has effectively been wiped out by the ‘winning’ of the Faith War. Casualties with ‘underground’ religious affiliations begin to mount as the protagonists, a Scottish police inspector and his robot aide-de-camp (once-combat mech) Skulk, desperately try to work out what is going on — and whether extremist religion is making a monstrous comeback as a very significant anniversary approaches…\nEnjoyed very much. Particularly liked the fairly harsh, albeit balanced, treatment of religion — it effortlessly segued into an e-mail meme that’s circulating at the moment that’s very resonant and powerful: a picture of the World Trade Centre twin towers with John Lennon’s words: Imagine no religion beneath it. The story isn’t horribly politically correct (it can’t be with that type of subject matter) and doesn’t mince words as it beats down on the religious, the authorities and the fundamentalists alike.\nThe interaction of robots and people was also compellingly drawn, especially the sensitive and awkward issue of incipient artificial intelligence spreading like a slow virus through otherwise non-sentient machine workers… and the hideous potential for fundamentalist religious extremism to infect even the inhuman.\nIt becomes a bit chaotic towards the end (and not a little nihilistic either), but in the main MacLeod keeps all of the many balls he’s juggling in the air and the effect is, for the most part, mesmerizing. Definitely recommended.\n…unfortunately, unlike the following three:\nThe Caryatids, by Bruce Sterling.\nWell, I liked the cover…\nThis is a mad, sprawling, incoherent future-tech-dying-planet-eco-disaster, er, splat of a novel. One of those books where the ideas outpaced the story — in fact, the story seemed almost nonexistent, or at most very flimsy indeed. Four clone women in different situations, bred to be avatars of now obsolete technology, trying very hard to… nope. Didn’t get it. Doesn’t mean others won’t, but for me The Caryatids fell very, very flat: it was like a future-tech wiki and a Greenpeace screed met in a bar, fell in lust over a few cigarettes and then went home and tried to shag out a story before realising they were sexually incompatible. I applaud the intent, loved some of the ideas, but the whole didn’t work at all…\n…rather like Palimpsest, by Catherynne M. Valente — and I’ll be brief with this one. Style over content, and of the latter there was none. People dream their way into a fantastical world, the trigger to enter (no pun intended) is sex with someone who bears a tattooed map of this oneiric wonderland. And then… nothing happens except a few weird sights, incomprehensible rituals and/or conversations, and a desperate neeed/want, like drug withdrawal, to stay there forever.\nNot I. Unfortunately I wanted to leave from the moment I first got there, and am still somewhat surprised I persevered through to the end. If dreamy, poetic but ultimately meaningless prose and ridiculous, improbable characters desperately seeking escape into a world that makes no sense and is drawn about as clearly as a charcoal sketch on a blackboard is your thing, then go for Palimpsest and good luck. I like a little story with my opium musings, thanks….\n…and that brings us to the titular ‘urgh’, which I will keep short and sweet:\nBrian Keene’s Castaways.\n- Apparently a homage: Jack Ketchum’s Off Season and elements of Richard Laymon’s original ‘Beast House’ trilogy;\n- Apparently a homage: the television game-show Survivor;\n- Has cannibal Neanderthal monkey monster rapists in it;\n- And the most cardboard-cutout characterisation and phoned-in plot, complete with astonishingly out-of-place and romance-novel happy ending I’ve ever had the misfortune to read…\nSorry. Awful. I used to like Brian’s work a lot, but some of his recent work… well, I love horror, but for some reason I don’t seem to be his audience anymore, because his last couple have been indifferent to me, and this one was dire. From someone who absolutely loathes reality shows like Survivor, being unable to give a positive report on something that was essentially panning the TV genre is sad indeed.\n‘Kay then. Next time it will be all good, rather than some good and some urgh, promise. 🙂\nMarch 19, 2009\nAn impulse buy that took me completely by surprise, Walter Moers’ The City of Dreaming Books has kind of crashed into the top levels of my favourite books ever and left me blinking, dazed and astonished, in its wake.\nMoers is a German author predominantly of childrens’ books whose works are only relatively recently being translated. His main trope is a fantasy world called Zamonia which is populated by a near-infinite variety of weird and wonderful lifeforms and is a world of endless, well, weirdness.\nQuoting from Amazon.com via Publisher’s Weekly here, the plot in a very strained nutshell:\nGerman author and cartoonist Moers returns to the mythical lost continent of Zamonia in his uproarious third fantasy adventure to be translated into English (after 2006’s Rumo), a delightfully imaginative mélange of Shel Silverstein zaniness and oddball anthropomorphism à la Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. Optimus Yarnspinner, a young saurian novelist, embarks on a quest to track down the anonymous author of the most magnificent piece of writing in the whole of Zamonian literature. Traveling to Bookholm, the legendary City of Dreaming Books, the naïve Yarnspinner falls victim to Pfistomel Smyke, a maggotlike literary scholar who poisons Yarnspinner and abandons him in the treacherous catacombs miles below the city’s surface. Stranded in an underworld steeped in terror-inducing myth and home to more than a few bizarre inhabitants, Yarnspinner undertakes a long and perilous journey back to the world above. Enchanting illustrations by the author compliment a wonderfully whimsical story that will appeal to readers of all ages. (Sept.)\nCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\nThis is really only scratching the surface. What this book is, is a love letter to literature and books in general, and anyone who loves books, reading, dusty old tomes, libraries and bookshops (hmmm: me) will be transported upon delving in. Amidst these pages you will find cities and buildings composed entirely of books, Booklings that spend their lives memorising the works of authors and speaking only via their words, living books, poisonous and killer books, monstrously armoured BookHunters, Rube Goldbergian steampunk book machines… it goes on and on and on, with every page a mad new idea. Profusely illustrated, too, which is very useful given some of the wildly bizarre denizens Moers has thought up to people his incredible world.\nAlthough it’s technically childrens’ literature, anyone can read it. There are some elements that are quite violent, à la the Brothers Grimm, and it’s a doorstopper of a book (which was marvellous, because I didn’t want to leave the world). Conceptually and linguistically (aside: the translation seems brilliant), there are some elements that small children wouldn’t follow either — which just means more for the rest of us. Do not ignore Bookholm because you might think it’s just for kids: it is so, so not.\nLoved it so much I gave away my first paperback copy to another booklover and tracked down a hardback for myself. This is the sort of book that deserves to be a dusty, much-loved old book on an ancient wooden shelf — in the nicest possible way.\nCan’t recommend this one enough, and the moment I laid my ink-smudged fingers on it and cracked the first chapter, I immediately began BookHunting the rest of Moers’ translated ouevre — which arrived yesterday. 😀 (Can’t wait… and you shouldn’t either)\nMarch 18, 2009\nNot dead! Really! Just really, really busy. Actual content will appear again soon. Have read many books. Very good ones, too, like the Temeraire series, Dan Simmon’s Drood and Stephen Hunt’s ‘Jackals’ ongoing (Court of the Air, The Kingdom Beneath The Waves and the not-read-yet The Rise of the Iron Moon). And lots more. Yes.\nJust busy. I feel guilty now.\nTo assuage this guilt-ridden feeling, I destroy your brain present you with pictures from the world’s greatest film, which is all about the attack of a giant space mutant chicken:\nJanuary 22, 2009\nAnother gem from the steampunk canon (cannon? heh heh oh forget it), George Mann’s The Affinity Bridge is a rather full-throttle Victorian potboiler of a murder mystery, set in a world of airships and brass automatons, clockwork technology and steam-powered road ‘trains’, all tied together rather neatly and gruesomely… and with a very effective twist at the end that I probably should have seen coming, and didn’t.\nIt follows a case — rather, two cases initially seeming quite separate — being investigated by Sir Maurice Newbury, former soldier in the British Army (and, incidentally, the only man known to have survived a bite from a particularly virulent Indian plague which turns people into flesh-craving revenants) and current antiquities expert-cum-investigator-cum-occultist, and his assistant Veronica Hobbes, a surprisingly forthright and capable woman whose actions and abilities scene-set the coming of the suffragettes. Allied with Newbury’s oldest friend, Chief Inspector Charles Bainbridge of Scotland Yard, they become involved in the issues of a string of murders perpetrated in Whitechapel by a glowing spectral policeman and an airship crash in the middle of London from which the pilot has mysteriously vanished. The latter case has an added complication: Queen Victoria herself (who continues to live and breathe somewhat past her prime via huge, hulking, steam-bellowing machines infibulated into her body) has asked that Newbury investigate it, with potentially serious political ramifications.\nWhat follows is pure adventure, mixed with a very healthy dollop of violence and a fascinatingly realised world where the expected and the unexpected alike blur like the septic fog that perpetually clouds the Londons streets. A spreading plague of bloodthirsty dead Victorian workers, clockwork automata rewired as killing machines, lightning weapons and gruesome vivisection are only some of the treats you’re in store for in this tale: there’s much more packed in this compact little hardcover, and once you crack the cover you’ll be reading it ’til the wee hours, unable to pull away.\nMann’s writing style has been criticised a little for being plain and unadventurous; I didn’t mind it in the least and found it suited the breakneck pace of the story — I certainly couldn’t fault his sense of description which, whilst minimalist on occasion, eerily evoked the world and characters he was building and put across faultlessly some gruesome, evocative and fantastical scenes. This isn’t childrens’ literature though, unlike the previous post: although there’s no sex the violence is, on occasion, quite brutal and detailed.\nIf you’re fascinated with this particular genre or just want a phantasmagorical adventure story, you can’t go wrong with this one. Very recommended, and I’m now impatiently waiting for the next one…","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.autographadventures.com/2013/01/timothy-zahn-star-wars-scoundrels-book-tour-at-san-diegos-mysterious-galaxy/","date":"2014-04-20T04:12:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609537864.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005217-00620-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.985135018825531,"token_count":615,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__7959545","lang":"en","text":"On January 12, I had a chance to see and get books autographed from legendary Star Wars author Timothy Zahn at San Diego’s Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore.\nI arrived a bit late due to traffic, it was a packed house with people standing on the side, but I still managed to get a good seat in the front. Mr. Zahn was talking to the other guests and just started his presentation as I got my seat.\nHe first talked about some of his current work then went straight into Star Wars: Scoundrels, describing the development process of the books plot — a heist story influenced by the Ocean’s Eleven series and The Sting; and how he came up the newest characters, and had to retain the personalities of already established characters such as Han Solo and Lando Calrissian.\nHe also talked about the state and the future of the book industry. As well as the future of Star Wars with the recent Disney purchase of Lucasfilm and the green-light to produce the next Star Wars trilogy and beyond.\nBelow is a video of Timothy Zahn’s full presentation, filmed by my friend and reporter from ClubJade.net, James Floyd:\nJames has also written a nice piece about the presentation and signing, as well as an in depth write-up of the Q&A at the link below:\nI brought two other Star Wars books written by Timothy Zahn with me, Allegiance and its sequel Choices of One, and bought a fresh copy of Scoundrels.\nThe signing line was already huge by the time I got there, people already pre-purchased their books before the presentation, but went fast. Mr. Zahn took his time to talk to everyone who had one on one questions from him and posed for pictured for anyone who wanted one.\nI met up with a few people that I knew while waiting in line, and got to know others though them. My turn came up and I asked Mr. Zahn to personalize the books for me. I then let him know that The Thrawn Trilogy was one of my favorite Star Wars book series growing up; but I read them from the library and unfortunately didn’t have the books.\nHe autographed my books and asked me if I’ve read his other Mara Jade duology; Specter of the Past and Vision of the Future. I told him that I didn’t and he said that they have a few left over. I thanked him, and said that I will be back after buying the other books.\nI bought the books, and went to the back of the line again. After waiting a bit more, Mr. Zahn autographed the two books for me, and I had my picture taken with him.\nJames also did an exclusive interview with Timothy Zahn after the presentation and signing:\nMore at ClubJade.net: http://clubjade.net/?p=45912\nBlog #188Share Tweet","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://fishingjournal.wordpress.com/","date":"2014-04-20T13:18:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609538787.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005218-00579-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9674058556556702,"token_count":258,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__167997205","lang":"en","text":"Supper is done and this is the first calm evening we’ve had for some time. The wind seems to always blow here at the ranch. My fly rod and lanyard are waiting by the man-cave door, as if asking to go out. You can see, then, I had no choice but to go.\nThe rod is strung, the fly attached. A Cypret Minnow this evening. The pond has been showing signs of life. Bugs hatching, fish rising. The sun is low in the sky, promise of the impending celestial saturation.\nWith a barely perceptible breeze, the only disturbance on the water is my fly. After the streamer sinks, the surface ripples disappear, along with my worries from the day. A steady rhythm now.\nMy mind begins to wander, and I let the calm beauty of the setting sun warm me. An aggressive strike shakes me back to the present, and I quickly look around me, as if to make sure no one saw me jump. A few more casts yield a few more fish, and I’m finding it difficult to continue because I am otherwise occupied by the setting sun behind me. I lay the rod down and grab my camera.\nOne hour after supper.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://somasrv.org/","date":"2014-09-17T21:35:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1410657124607.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20140914011204-00329-ip-10-196-40-205.us-west-1.compute.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9362059831619263,"token_count":503,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__207922983","lang":"en","text":"Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness. James 3:18\nDear Lord Jesus, it’s the day on our calendar that now has its own dark branding, “9/11.” There have been many days in history that stand out as graphic reminders of the pervasive brokenness of the world; but in my lifetime, no day in American history tells that story more clearly than September 11, 2001.\nI’ll never forget how it felt watching the twin towers of the World Trade Center crumble to the earth. It was chilling, frightful, and surreal. But as I remember that day of extreme terror and trauma, I also choose to remember you, Lord Jesus. Otherwise I would stew in despair, give into fear, or be driven to rage.\nLord Jesus, you are the Prince of Peace—the archetypal Peacemaker. You are the one who has come to make all things new, to restore broken things, and to bring new creation delight from old creation decay.\nYour death on the cross was the ultimate sowing of peace. As you died, taking the judgment we deserve, you were planted as the very “seed” which has secured an eternal harvest of righteousness. Your death was the death of death itself, and the promise of eternal shalom.\nBecause of you, terror is terrified, and trauma is traumatized. Indeed, because of you, one Day there will be no terror, trauma or tears. There will be no more brokenness or barrenness; no more heartaches or heartburn; no more human trafficking or human tooth decay; no more war or irritation; no more evil or envy; no more poverty, pouting or pettiness.\nOur labors in you, King Jesus, are not in vain. Because of you we can, and must, live as peacemakers—sowing the peace of the gospel of the kingdom, with the absolute assurance, that a harvest of righteousness is being raised and will be reaped.\nWe praise you that your name is Redeemer, Reconciler, and Restorer. We cry aloud, “Maranatha!” Come, Lord Jesus, come! Until that Day, give us all the mercy, grace, and peace we need for this day. So very Amen we pray, with great joy and living hope.\nby Scotty Smith\nBe the First to Leave a Comment","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://alexisbptj495050.suomiblog.com/king-james-bible-oflline-can-be-fun-for-anyone-5921158","date":"2019-01-21T21:42:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583814455.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20190121213506-20190121235506-00424.warc.gz","language_score":0.9625998735427856,"token_count":593,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__27426623","lang":"en","text":"King James Bible oflline Can Be Fun For AnyoneThe KJV Bible Application gives you an enhanced Bible expertise by retaining keep track of of your respective readings, obtaining instantaneous usage of any chapter, adding customized bookmarks plus much more.\n18 No guy taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I've electricity to lay it down, and I have ability to get it again. This commandment have I gained of my Father.\n14 Jesus answered and explained unto them, Though I bear file of myself, still my record is legitimate: for I am aware whence I came, and whither I am going; but ye simply cannot inform whence I come, and whither I'm going.\nYou have been to the resort opened a drawer simply to realize that a Bible was put there. We get the job done with sellers positioning a House owners Handbook For Life in each glove box.\nSorry, we just have to ensure that you're not a robot. For most effective benefits, remember to be certain your browser is accepting cookies.\n18And to rule more than the day and above the night, and to divide The sunshine with the darkness: and God observed that it absolutely was superior.\nPossess the Holy Bible at your fingertips at any time and anyplace you go. This day-to-day Bible Application contains the sixty six textbooks of your Aged Testament and New Testomony, delivering A neater strategy to feel God’s phrase as part of your heart also to really feel heaven closer to you and your loved ones.\nThe Creator's knowledge and energy are to get admired as much within an ant as in an elephant. The strength of God's providence preserves all matters, and fruitfulness is the influence of his blessing.\n3 months In the past Keith Jones initial era is located in the guide of genesis chapter five..Adam with his descendants. whereby cain is not really mentioned as Component of adam s sons ..\n2And the earth was without the need of type, and void; and darkness was upon the facial area of the deep. Plus the Spirit of God moved upon the experience of your waters.\nthirty I can of mine have self do absolutely nothing: as I listen to, I decide: and my judgment is simply; due to the fact I find not mine own will, even so the will of the Father which hath sent me.\nsix And God stated, Allow there become a firmament in the midst with the waters, and let it divide the waters through the waters.\n7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is just not sufficient for them, that every one of these may possibly choose somewhat.\nInto that terrific title we're baptized, for to that wonderful check here title we owe our staying. It is the soul of man that especially bears God's impression. Man was created upright, #Ec 7:29","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://amapi.livejournal.com/7006.html","date":"2017-04-28T08:19:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122886.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00402-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9695298075675964,"token_count":99,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__98069760","lang":"en","text":"I feel like I am always apologizing to you guys for late posts. I must apologize again for not yet finishing translations for September or October. I am unfortunately going to have to take a break until November, as I am busy finishing up my last semester of college as well as applying for jobs in Japan, to fulfill my long-time dream of living and working in Tokyo. Thank you for always reading and supporting me with your comments. I appreciate it very much.\nSee you again soon!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://prudence254.blogspot.com/","date":"2017-09-26T00:14:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818693866.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20170925235144-20170926015144-00014.warc.gz","language_score":0.975654125213623,"token_count":742,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-39__0__172214777","lang":"en","text":"Tit for tat is a fair game. We have all grown up with this in mind. We believe so much in revenge that we forget we will be hurt in the process too. The moment you can't revenge you feel inadequate. Revenge is a wrong way to prove to the offender or other people that you are right.\nForgive and forget. I know it is so easy to say this but how practical is it? How many forgive and forgot? How many lists do you have in your head of the wrongs done against you.\nMy friend Grace and I were sitting on the rooftop enjoying the beautiful and calm breeze one hot afternoon. We had this hearty girl talk and then with no idea I switched to the unending debate- forgive and forget. `Tell me how do I forget all the pains people cause me in life? That is impossible and I will be lying to myself. It is like I have a register of all bad events in my head that I can never erase. The moment I see Mama Mboga,I remember the day she gave me rotten tomatoes since it was dark,Njeri reminds me of the assignment she refused to help me complete,Akinyi snatched my boyfriend away from me despite the fact that we were close friends,I lost my Ankara gladiator shoes just because I lent Chebet,' I had to cut her short because all these narrations were consuming her up.\n` Tell me how do I forget all these when my memory is still so fresh as if it happened a minute ago? I believe the only way out is revenge maybe my heart will find peace. I know you want to go all preachy and tell me how the Bible condemns revenge it's OK, but does the same Bible teach us how to forget. I wish it could because we couldn't be here talking about it. It's not that I don't forgive, I forgive immediately with one pure heart. Only to realize later I haven't forgotten,I have a push deep down that is seeking revenge,that is constantly reminding the offender how much they hurt me.\nThe most annoying part is that I never feel any better. I remind them so that I can feel better,to make them feel guilty, for someone to feel sorry for me and maybe to taunt them.\nEvery time I remind myself of the incidences, I hurt and become heart broken- I feel guilty for whatever I have said and done. How do I forget? How did you forgive and forget? How easy is it to forgive and forget?' Grace broke down.\nForgive and forget is easier said than done. We tend to forgive easily but find it hard to forget. When you don't forget you haven't forgiven that person. When you keep referring to the mistakes others committed against you simply means you never forgave that person in the first place. It hurts to be lied to, heart broken, wasted, beaten etc but it hurts more to carry all these bad memories. Just like Grace who pretends to have forgiven all but her wounds are still fresh. She is bitter and angry to her offenders and herself.\nIt's everyone's wish to see their offenders suffering,we wish them bad and hope one day a big calamity will befall them. All we want is for them to come on their knees and beg desperately for our forgiveness and hail us. What if everyone you wronged ganged up against you? How will it feel? Will you\nDon't forgive and forget for their sake it will be hard,do it for yourself. Release your self from the chains of bitterness and forgiveness. It is hard to do it but FORGIVE AND FORGET.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://mobilelegendsbangbang.com/hero/kimmy/","date":"2020-01-18T22:45:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250593994.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20200118221909-20200119005909-00401.warc.gz","language_score":0.9759466648101807,"token_count":243,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__19137288","lang":"en","text":"Kimmy grew up in a military family. She was encouraged by her father, a renowned general of the Moniyan Empire, to be straightforward, self-disciplined and obedient. As a result, Kimmy developed a tomboy-ish character which everyone could see, be it in the way she dressed or in the way she spoke. Since childhood, Kimmy possessed a natural talent for research and innovation. Kimmy was always keen on analyzing and reforming chemical energies.\nHowever, her father felt differently about his daughter’s passions. He wanted her daughter to completely stay away from wars and everything related to the military, and to lead a life like a normal person. Like all the teenagers, she rebelled against her father. In her opinion, except for the mechanical technology from the Eruditio and the mystifying magic power of the Magic Academy, a fusion of biotic and chemical energy could be the solution to many problems in the Land of Dawn. Over time, Kimmy’s interests drove a wedge between her and her father.\nBeyond the minor quarrels between Kimmy andher father, Kimmy has achieved many greatthings. She invented the Coalescer.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://sanahasnain110.medium.com/this-book-took-me-the-longest-to-finish-48d23922773?source=post_internal_links---------5----------------------------","date":"2022-07-06T03:32:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104660626.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220706030209-20220706060209-00675.warc.gz","language_score":0.9771187901496887,"token_count":339,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__92055368","lang":"en","text":"Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak\nThis book took me the longest to finish. I started this one quite a long time ago but never managed to push more than 2–3 pages (maybe because of the conflicting thoughts it generates). Also because the first few pages were way too depressing.\nI really liked the emails between Ella and Aziz. They were deep and meaning full.\nI may not agree to a lot of points from the book but nevertheless I will share those which made sense to me.\nAlso, many of the rules felt forced in the plot, but most of them are about loving God.\nSome of my favourites –\nFourteenth rule – “Do not resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?”\n“The whole universe is contained within a single human being – You. Everything that you see around, including the thing you might not be fond of or even the people you despise or abhor, is present within you in varying degrees. Therefore do not look for sheitan outside yourself either. The devil is not an extraordinary force that attacks from without. It is an ordinary voice within.”\n“The words that come out of our mouths do not vanish. But are perpetually store in infinite space, and they will come back to us in due time.”\nThere are many such excerpts in the book which a lot of people will relate to.\nWhich book took you the longest to finish?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://kristenwetherell.wordpress.com/","date":"2021-05-15T20:49:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991378.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20210515192444-20210515222444-00407.warc.gz","language_score":0.9543234705924988,"token_count":413,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__58879544","lang":"en","text":"“God doesn’t expect you to be perfect.”\nMany Christians say this, but is it true? Their intentions are good. We want to encourage fellow saints who are waging war with sin. We want to acknowledge sin’s reality rather than hiding behind a carefully curated façade. We also want to defuse tension as we talk to unbelievers about our faith, nuancing our approach to avoid a legalistic message.\nBut when we lower God’s expectations for his people, and de-emphasize the seriousness of his command for holiness, we actually cheapen his grace and lose sight of his spectacular promise.\nA Serious Command\nIn his first letter, Peter writes to believers suffering persecution for following Jesus. He addresses them as “elect exiles of the dispersion,” emphasizing how their temporary world, along with all its trials, will give way to an “to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you” (1 Pet. 1:4).\nHe details the magnificence of God’s mercy in regenerating them (v. 3), and the protection of God’s power to guard them (v. 5). His words overflow with the reality of divine grace.\nBut then, rather than assuring us that this gracious God doesn’t expect us to be perfect, Peter challenges us:\nAs he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” (vv. 15–16)\nThis is serious. Peter allows no wiggle-room here. We can’t interpret the verse in a halfhearted way. Holiness defines God’s essence, and since God calls his people to be like him, holiness isn’t optional for us. The Holy One commands his chosen ones to be holy. No exceptions.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://seanmatthewleary.com/illustration","date":"2024-02-21T22:36:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473558.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221202132-20240221232132-00004.warc.gz","language_score":0.9447106122970581,"token_count":89,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__127895178","lang":"en","text":"Illustration is the art of breathing life into ideas, creating a vibrant symphony of visuals that dance off the page. It's like storytelling with a splash of color and a dash of imagination. And you know what? Whether it's a whimsical children's book or a sleek corporate brochure, I'm here to infuse your vision with strokes of creativity that'll leave everyone captivated. Let's turn your ideas into illustrations that sing!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://gokillthemessenger.tumblr.com/archive/2011/11","date":"2013-05-24T08:10:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704368465/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113928-00093-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9807518720626831,"token_count":107,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__6774051","lang":"en","text":"Everyone on Tumblr is attractive and I'm just...\ni had to let go.\ni couldn’t take it anymore and now I’m done, that’s all there is to it. i wish they all knew its not because of them, that i don’t hate them or anything, but if i never let go then i can never move on. i have to walk away from the people in this world that i care most about because sticking around means not only hurting me, but them.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://salty-home.com/blogs/salty-stories/interview-aj-dungo-in-waves","date":"2024-04-25T15:25:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297295329.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425130216-20240425160216-00563.warc.gz","language_score":0.9633318781852722,"token_count":1161,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__179643621","lang":"en","text":"Interview of illustrator and surfer AJ Dungo, author of “In Waves”\nWe met surfer and artist AJ Dungo who published the book In Waves. A poetic comic that makes the mind travel and shares a powerful message, mixing his passion for surfing and personal story. We had the chance to interview AJ Dungo and wanted to share with you his beautiful work.\nCan you introduce yourself ?\nMy name is AJ Dungo and I’m an illustrator.\nCan you tell us more about your book “In Waves” ?\nI wrote a book called “In Waves” which is published by Nobrow Press. It’s a graphic novel that intertwines two narratives; one historical and one personal. It’s essentially about love, loss, and the history of surfing.\nWhat inspires your art ?\nThat adage “reality is stranger than fiction” always rung true to me. I love real stories, real people. I always gravitate towards documentaries, journalism, and biographies. There’s something inherently relatable but simultaneously absurd about a true story. But a lot of things inspire me. I love film, I love surfing, I love skateboarding. Comics, music, books, travel, food, the list goes on and on. I guess the common denominator in all of this is people.\nWhat does the ocean brings to your life ?\nSo much. I think it’s a place of refuge. A place to escape. A place to spend time with others or a place to spend time alone. It’s a place that makes you feel in tune with nature. It’s a place that makes you think. A place of pure fun and wonder.\nIn your book, you talk about surf icons Duke Kahanamoku & Tom Blake. What do they incarnate to you ?\nThey’re obviously cultural icons that shaped the world of surfing but the relationship between the two is what really intrigued me. It was one of reverence and admiration. I needed a link to mirror a relationship in my own life that had that sort of importance for my graphic novel to make sense. Tom was enamored with Duke and his surfing prowess, the way that I was infatuated with the first love of my life and all the things that make her so magical to me.\nWhat are your favorite places to surf ?\nMy home break is Bolsa Chica state beach. It’s close to my home but its convenience isn’t the only appealing thing about it. It’s where I learned to surf and I love how reliable the spot is. It’s always a good time there, super laid back, relatively spacious compared to some claustrophobic breaks with massive crowds, and the people are generally mellow and kind.\nSouth Bay is super fun, so many great spots from the Aves to Manhattan to Porto. Had a ton of memorable sessions in that area. I really love surfing San O and Trestles, it’s about an hour and change away from me but it’s such a treat to surf this break. Always worth the trip.\nWhat is your home design style ?\nAll my friends are at that point in their lives where they’re getting married and furnishing their first homes and I can’t wait to join them. If I had my own home, I would definitely keep it really minimal with pieces that mean a lot to me.\nWhat are your favorite decoration pieces in your interior ?\nAs an artist, I have so many pieces from other artist friends that I want to hang up. My favorite is a print from the artist Steve Powers that I picked up at Espo’s Art World in Brooklyn. It has an image of a Jersey barrier with a bunch of skidmarks from skaters doing wallies on it and the text reads “There’s a place for all of my friends.”\nWhat does Salty Home represent for you ?\nYour collections are truly special. I think you all have captured the fun and creativity of surfing and implemented it into your beautifully crafted pieces.\nAre you working on some upcoming projects ?\nI have another book project in the works but honestly I’m just trying to surf as much as possible!\nThank you so much to AJ Dungo for answering our questions and sharing his inspiring work. We invite you to follow his adventures on Instagram and shop his comic book, In Waves. It will make your mind travel and will be the perfect addition to your surfboard coffee table by Salty Furniture as a beautiful decor surf coffee table book.\nFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs):\nQ.1 What inspires you for writing books?\nA. That adage “reality is stranger than fiction” always run true to me. I love real stories, real people. I always gravitate towards documentaries, journalism, and biographies. But a lot of things inspire me. I love film, I love surfing, I love skateboarding. Comics, music, books, travel, food, the list goes on and on. I guess the common denominator in all of this is people.\nQ.2 Are furniture from salty home best for a surfer's home interior?\nA. At Salty Home We want to bring our way of living, into your home and give you the opportunity to always connect with the Ocean, no matter where you are. Ocean themed surfboard coffee tables and pacific tide clocks are best for an ocean theme home interior.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://rickredcoatpr.newswire.com/","date":"2024-04-19T08:12:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817382.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419074959-20240419104959-00405.warc.gz","language_score":0.8000373244285583,"token_count":121,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__86645399","lang":"en","text":"Author Randi Cooley Wilson and Wrecked Productions to Debut Reckless Music Video: The Dark Paradise Book Trailer at World Premiere on September 16, 2017\nMedia Tour Kicks off on September 18, 2017\nBest Selling Author Annalisa Grant to Host Private Book Signing and Tour to Davidson, North Carolina\nThis Book Could Be the Understanding, Validation, and Hope Someone Who is Struggling With a Loss Desperately Needs\nEntrepreneur and Best Selling Author Melissa Storm Today Releases the Novella \"She Will Be Loved\"\nFaith, Hope, Love, Storm","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://monsterfeelings.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-09-19T01:44:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1410657129431.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20140914011209-00168-ip-10-196-40-205.us-west-1.compute.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9855753779411316,"token_count":142,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__135897523","lang":"en","text":"First there are the ones who read it, listen to what is said and absorb it, all of it. Then they draw an impression of her in their minds, and she stays like that to them until she does not matter, just because they are simple enough to take it all in, every single piece of it.\nYet there might be people who try to look deeper, hear beyond what is presented and read beyond the fine print. They try to understand, try to feel whats going on, trying to tune onto her frequency and get to know her.\nbut there’s no hurry, we dont always need to have a clue.\n(truth is, i dont quite know as well)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://komekoro.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-07-28T18:26:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1406510261771.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20140728011741-00098-ip-10-146-231-18.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8903812170028687,"token_count":178,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__225735041","lang":"en","text":"I am a 20 year old female, a sophomore in college, and this is my personal blog! Besides various fandoms, I love photography, Broadway show tunes, writing poetry, and writing/reading fan-fiction! Feel free to leave me a message / ask me a question!!!\nAvatar the Last Airbender\nStargate (Movie & SG-1)\nTamora Pierce (Especially her Tortall Series)\nWizard of OZ\nBackground Photo Credit - Image: Naoko Takuchi, Coloring: Me\nMorgan and I took one last selfie before we went into Barnes & Noble, where I bought the first short stories volume. After hugging each other goodbye, I went home and found this beautiful flower bouquet waiting for me; my grandma sent it to me along with a note telling me how proud she is of me for getting my first job.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://fenix7919.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-08-28T09:09:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-35/segments/1408500830721.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20140820021350-00213-ip-10-180-136-8.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8775485754013062,"token_count":104,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-35__0__22856225","lang":"en","text":"The fellowship of the Ring\nThe Two Towers\nReturn of the King\nSurround yourself with people who nourish your soul.\nA tragedy, when a mature mind and a romantic heart are in the same body.\nSince a three-dimensional object casts a two-dimensional shadow, we should be able to imagine the unknown four-dimensional object whose shadow we are.\nThere can be no rebirth without a dark night of the soul, a total annihilation of all that you believed in and thought that you were.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://southmaincoc.net/giving","date":"2024-02-21T17:06:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473524.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221170215-20240221200215-00177.warc.gz","language_score":0.9647952318191528,"token_count":134,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__40256434","lang":"en","text":"God influences the world through his people. He gives to us so He can give through us. The Bible tells us that everything we have is a gift from God (1 Chronicles 29:14). As you give both faithfully and willingly, the world is changed for the glory of God: the gospel is preached, lives are touched, people are fed, bodies are healed, churches are built; and you, in turn, are blessed by God so that you can give again.\nHere is the Text-to-Give phone number: 817-241-2809\nTo tithe or give donations, please text your tithe or donation amount to this number.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://eng.libertylines.it/news-detail.php?id=4728","date":"2021-05-16T21:47:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243989914.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20210516201947-20210516231947-00387.warc.gz","language_score":0.8952462077140808,"token_count":116,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__173312696","lang":"en","text":"a trip to the centre of the earth or a walk on a lunar surface?\nThe landscape here is not simply evocative, it is more like a journey into fantasy. The acrid smell of sulphur and the intense colours of the scenery, where the dark mountain abuts the clear blue of the sky and the deep blue of the sea, accompany you for the entire climb up to the crater. You feel a bit like a super hero as you warily trace the circling edge of the smoking mouth. Vulcano is a whole different story, on a whole different dimension.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.newvistacoaching.com/you-dont-have-to-go-big-to-be-bold/","date":"2018-04-22T12:20:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125945596.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20180422115536-20180422135536-00380.warc.gz","language_score":0.957474410533905,"token_count":962,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__174112641","lang":"en","text":"by Angela Hoffman\nIf you are like me, you have a BIG DREAM. It’s something that you feel called to do, compelled to do…and just thinking of your BIG DREAM makes you sweat! (oops, make that Glisten). You know it’s a BD (aka big dream) when your soul sings at the thought of going after it — and it scares you silly at the same time. The thing about this dream is that it doesn’t let go. It’s God tapping you on your shoulder. It’s a calling to use your spiritual gifts, to go after something that calls you to be part of something bigger than yourself. And it’s annoying because it doesn’t go away. Our BD calls us to move, but we often feel paralyzed.\nTwo years ago, I was working away at my day job, doing my best each day to provide excellent service to clients. I knew there was something more for me, but I wasn’t sure what.\nAnd then I heard about coaching. It was a way to make a difference in people’s lives on a profound level. As soon as I went to my first class of the program, I knew my BD. I wanted to strike out on my own and be a Certified Coach. BIG DREAM. Big fears, too.\nWas I scared? Absolutely. Was I excited? Beyond my wildest dreams. I had to step into that place of going after that BD in the face of uncertainty and unknowns. Even with all the emotional intensity, I can tell you with certainty that it was one of the best decisions I ever made.\nHere’s the thing about pursuing BIG DREAMS: They require us to step out of our comfort zone, to take risks, and to be BOLD. BD’s require faith, perseverance, and action. Scary stuff!\nHere’s the good news. I’m here to tell you that it IS possible to go after your dreams. It IS possible to be bold. I know, my friends. I have been there, and I learned how to take bold action even through fear and doubt. It is not easy, but it does get better with practice. Really! The feeling of accomplishment each time I finished a course, made a new connection, and completed a step in my business plan helped to build my confidence. If I can do it, you can too!\nHere’s what I found out about Boldness: You get to decide what “being bold” means to you. Feelings of fear and doubt are normal responses to change. Let me repeat that: normal. To overcome those feelings, take your BD and figure out just one action to take towards that dream. Any time you take a brand new step, you are being bold! One definition of boldness that I love is “having courage and taking risks.” The risk does not have to be huge; trust yourself to know how much risk is just right. It’s the Goldilocks Principle. Not too much, not too little, but just right for you. Practice taking one new step.\nI love the notion of practicing new actions. It takes pressure off somehow and brings a lightness to what you decide to do. Try some of these on for size:\n- Want to start a new career? “Today I will practice submitting an application for college.”\n- Have an important message in your heart that needs to be shared? “Today I will practice talking to my friends about my idea for a nonprofit group.”\n- Want to start a business? “Today I will practice writing down my vision and mission statement.”\nNow it’s your turn. Take the first Bold step by proclaiming your BIG DREAM. What is it you would like to do, to pursue, to experience? Say it out loud: I want to ______________.\nIf you experience fear or your voice wavers, say it again. Practice saying it with conviction.\nSay it in faith knowing that your BD is in your heart for a reason.\nCongratulations! High-five yourself for a bold job well-done.\nNew blog articles coming soon!\nI have a lot more to offer you about the concept of boldness, how to define it on your own terms and how to take action. I’ll also be writing about how to silence that voice in your head that wants to push your confident self down and keep you from your BD. Stay tuned, and be well in your new-found boldness!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.baldwinmccullough.com/tag/dani-johnson/","date":"2013-05-22T15:42:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701943764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105903-00048-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9766510128974915,"token_count":1183,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__96070710","lang":"en","text":"He who supplants!\nSome of you have heard but for those who haven’t… On Sunday I became a father, for the second time.\nI’ve been an adoptive father of a special needs son from an orphanage in Haiti going back to 1993. That story is amazing, miraculous, and without question demonstrated the hand of God in rescuing a young man, who had he been left to his own devices, might even now not be with us.\nFortunately he is healthy, working, and thriving. And even though his special needs persist, and will till his end of days, he is learning yet his third language, holding down steady work–even in very hard economic times, and stays close to his dad chatting me up several times a week with all that’s going on in his life. At 26 he is self-sufficient, and even living independently.\nOn Sunday I became a father the old-fashioned way. Waking up to his wife’s contractions being 4 minutes a part, a quick call to the doctor, dropping off the family pet at the kennel, we welcomed James Kevin McCullough to this world at roughly 1:48pm New York time.\nHe is healthy, content, and fascinated with the new world constantly changing around him.\nWith his mother’s estimable intelligence and his father’s deep-routed passion, he is likely to be a holy terror on this planet. Nothing would do us more proud…\nBut now begins for me a second time, and for my Lovely Bride’s first, the challenge that is the quest of every parent. To see his life become what God intends it to be.\nAnd what is that?\nThere are lots of books written about parenting. 99.995% of them worth less than the paper it cost them to be printed. A handful of exceptions exist. Dr. James Dobson’s entire parenting library would no doubt qualify, as would two of my new favorites Dani Johnson’s “Grooming the Next Generation” and “Parenting from The Heights” by Anne Williams Wiggins. I would also hope that “The Kind Of Man Every Man Should Be” would rank on the list for raising boys in particular.\nBut all the book-knowledge aside… what IS the job of a parent?\nRosie O’Donnell had Governor Mike Huckabee on her low-rated radio show to attempt to get him to argue about that very question.\nLike many Rosie believes that as long as the parent as a certain amount of affection, and deep enough money pockets… ANYONE will make a suitable parent.\nHow wrong she is, as well as 98% of all the parenting gobbledy-guck that’s sucking up shelf space in self-help sections of bookstores everywhere.\nThe job of a parent is at the very least “provision for growth” and “protection from danger.” But to me, that’s only HALF the job… at best.\nParenting goes way beyond an XBOX in every room. In fact in my mind, that’s more like child abuse…\nMy job for little James will be simple. I have to teach him how to think.\nHe will have to end up thinking about everything else in life, so I happen to believe it to be a fundamentally important idea.\nBut if I do not help him examine that every decision he makes, from obeying his mother the very first time she asks him to do something, to deciding who to marry, which school to go to, or what to do with his life, my job is to get him to do the mental “weighing” of the matter.\nYou see EVERY decision he will make will start with a worldview. He won’t be a slave to his hormones they way public educators tend to view teens today.\nHe may DECIDE to, against better judgment, engage in risky activity. But at the end of the day he will be so well trained, that if he does… he will not do so, without heavy forethought as to the consequences of such actions.\nHis ABILITY to think depends on how well I train him. His choice to continue to use discernment’s gift to him, will depend on him.\nChildren generally give you what you expect of them. (Coupled with what they see in you…)\nSo if I preach to James a ton of legalisms, and hypocritically engage in all the things I told him were bad… he will likely rebel, lie, deceive, and exact unending misery on his life.\nIf however, I try to show him with humility, how life has worked best for his mother and I, and why we truly believe he can go the next eighteen years without engaging in promiscuous sex, drug experimentation, cheating on exams, and telling lies to his parents, I believe he will get it.\nThere are many of you reading this that hate James’ father so much you hope that HE will fail at this simple goal of a transparent and righteous life. That’s okay… cheer all you want.\nUltimately James will learn far more from what I do before him, than any argument I would ever win from a morality-free “progressive” who does not believe in such simple things as right and wrong.\nAnd trust me, not only will he know the difference by the time he’s old enough to articulate it, but with my persistence and his mother’s principle, the world will have yet to see what one life totally committed to what is good, true, and just can produce.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.jacodevisser.com/","date":"2013-12-04T19:09:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163037167/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204131717-00068-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.970568835735321,"token_count":736,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__174581743","lang":"en","text":"Paralysis by analysis. Have you ever heard someone say that? Maybe you were in a meeting trying to agree on something. Or you have a decision to make but you’re so overwhelmed by options that you end up doing nothing.\nWe live in a time where we have so many choices it can be difficult to make a decision and move ahead. I know I’m guilty of this. I often research, analyze, do more research, more analysis, and next thing you know, the problem I was trying to solve either got bigger or the opportunity I had in front of my nose is gone.\nIs this how God wants us to live?\nOn our return trip from Calgary a few weeks ago I read Kevin DeYoung’s book Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God’s Will. Simple to read, yet convicting, DeYoung shares how it’s time many of us need to stop waiting for a clear sign from God and instead make a decision, trusting that God will bless the decision.\n“Apart from the Spirit working through Scripture, God does not promise to use any other means to guide us. – Kevin DeYoung”\nI look back on my life and have to admit that so often I’ve been stuck in a state of indecision. I like to be comfortable. I like to be in control. I like to reduce the risk as much as possible. But it wasn’t until I starting letting this go, asking God to bless the decisions I was making, and then moving forward in faith that life took on a new meaning.\nIt’s exciting. It’s amazing. Opportunities have come up that I never dreamed of.\nHas it always been comfortable? Have I been in control? Has it been without risk? Definitely not. It’s hard work, but it’s worth it.\nMaybe you’re in a situation where you need to make a decision. Which university should you attend? What career should you pursue? Who should you marry? Should you change careers? Should you go on a missions trip? These are all big decisions. I encourage you to read God’s Word and pray for wisdom and clarity as to what you should do. Then make a decision and move forward. You won’t run across a verse in Scripture that states “You shall become an engineer.”, but if you have a passion for building and designing things, you have unique gifts that you can use to serve and bless others.\nOne of the decisions we’ve had to make as a family in recent years is where God would have us serve using our skills. We researched and looked at many different opportunities. Sometimes it was overwhelming and the easiest option was to just stay put. But through the encouragement of others, prayer, and then making decisions we see how God has led us to serve with Wycliffe Bible Translators Canada.\nAs our family transitions to serving with Wycliffe and JAARS we have been blessed in seeing the importance of helping others get God’s Word in their own language. Lives are transformed when people can hear, read, and understand for themselves God’s purpose for their lives.\nSo… research and analyze, but don’t get stuck in a state of paralysis. Make a decision. Maybe the first decision is to get a copy of this little book and read through it.\nHave you ever found yourself in a state of paralyzed indecision? What happened when you finally moved ahead and made a decision?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://advancedfraudsolutions.com/insights/check-fraud/guide-to-securing-itms-from-fraudulent-deposits/","date":"2024-04-14T23:16:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816904.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414223349-20240415013349-00136.warc.gz","language_score":0.8999542593955994,"token_count":164,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__169425606","lang":"en","text":"Learn how to protect interactive teller machines from fraud.\nA new report by Advanced Fraud Solutions, The Guide to Securing ITMs from Fraudulent Deposits, examines the growth of interactive teller machines, or ITMs, adoption and best practices in combating deposit fraud for financial institutions across the US.\nMore than ever, consumers expect on-demand banking experiences. ITMs have been seen as the perfect solution for financial institutions looking to expand banking hours and their geographical footprint.\nBut are ITMs as secure as they need to be?\nWhat You’ll Learn\n- The benefits of ITMs for both financial institutions and consumers;\n- The risks and targeting of ITMs by fraudulent actors;\n- Best practices for interactive teller machine deposit security and check fraud prevention\nDownload the White Paper","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://minimalistboy.com/bruce-lee-philosophy/","date":"2024-04-18T06:53:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817200.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418061950-20240418091950-00458.warc.gz","language_score":0.9765899181365967,"token_count":2422,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__154185062","lang":"en","text":"In this article, I am going to tell you how the bruce lee philosophy completely changed my life for the best.\nI was 7 years old and still, I didn’t know a word of English when I bought some Italian versions of his books!\nI was fascinated by martial arts and I remember that day when I have invested the cinquemila lire of the pocket money my grandmother was giving me once in a while in a few Bruce Lee books.\nToday I am 30 years old, 23 years passed and I have found those books on some shelves.\nI have mentioned many times that my thoughts and ideas are changing all the time, I don’t know if I am bipolar or just a genius.\nBut something that struck me in the deep today was the fact that the thoughts and aphorisms that I have highlighted at the age of 7 on these books, still, they are what makes the foundation of my personality and way of thinking.\nThere is not even one single quote or thought on that book that I don’t agree and that doesn’t make me think and I get extremely fascinated about.\nI think that you should give your kids these books to read at their young age, the Bruce Lee philosophy will make them awesome.\nWho Is Bruce Lee?\nBruce Lee was very lucky to be born in San Francisco, CA while his father was traveling there from China.\nHe was born in the year 1940 which is according to the Chinese calendar the year of the dragon.\nHe moved back to China where he grew up with his Chinese name of Jun-fan which literally means “return again.\nThe Chinese culture and wisdom are still fascinating to me, and probably, his father had his destiny already clear in mind.\nHaving an American citizenship back in the days when the American dream was booming it was definitely an advantage.\nBut I don’t believe in luck and what happened to Bruce was a mix of circumstances and love for something that he dedicated his life for.\nAfter having dedicated all of his youth to martial arts and spending time with the wisest teachers in China he decided to go back to the United States at the age of 18.\nHe then created the biggest martial arts empire in the world! And he became the most recognized figure in martial arts.\nSomething that not everyone knows is that he was one of the wisest men ever existed and the Bruce Lee philosophy is simple and direct like his kicks.\nWhy The Bruce Lee Philosophy Is So Awesome\nThere is nothing better to explain things than giving you practical examples. I will list some of his quotes that are absolutely mind-blowing for their directness and truth that they have inside.\nYou can read some here:\nBut honestly, there are many more and better ones in his book. This is the book that changed my life and this is an Italian translation of ‘Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts‘.\nThe book mentioned before starts like this:\n“A book for free spirits“.\nI had no idea that I was a free spirit when I was 7 years old, I didn’t even know what a free spirit was, I was just a kid.\nThis is something I have discovered lately and now, I realize that probably without that book I would not be what I am right now.\nI would not value freedom more than money, and probably I would not be a simple person that always tries to be different and unique.\nThis book is made of quotes only, and these quotes are most of the time very short but they mean so much.\nBruce Lee Quotes I Love\nThe possession of anything begins in the mind.\nA man is literally what he thinks.\nThe intelligent mind, is a curious mind that is not satisfied by the explanations nor by the conclusions and does not abandon itself to the faith, because faith is also another form of conclusion.\nOnly now I realize that I have the power to govern my mind and it is this power that creates the circumstances.\nknowledge – the memory of previously learned concepts.\nIf you limit yourself to looking without judging the wonder is in observing.\nPeople often ask me: “Bruce are you really so good?”. and I answer: “Well, if I tell you I’m good, you’ll probably think I’m boasting, if I tell you I’m not, you’ll think I’m lying.” I have the absolute certainty of not being a number two but I also have enough confidence to realize that there can not be a number one.\nLogic consists solely of declarative propositions, that is to say, sentences used to make statements only relative to the world.\nTo be absolutely honest, in truth, I do not believe in God. if there is god it is within us. You must not ask God to give you material things, because he guides your inner life.\nHappiness is good for the body, but pain strengthens the spirit.\nI do not drink and I do not smoke because often such activities are nonsensical.\nThe poorer we are inwardly the more we try to enrich ourselves externally.\nAnxiety is useless if we do not turn it into a defense.\nThere was a very good butcher who used the same knife year after year. When someone asked him how the knife could still be so affiliated he replied: “I follow the line of the hard bone, I do not try to cut it or split it, it would win”. Trying to face the obstacles in front of you would only destroy you, you have to follow the line of the bone that sharpens the knife instead of destroying it.\nReading interesting books constitutes the food of the mind.\nIt’s really difficult to communicate with simplicity.\nHow Bruce Lee Changed My Life\nAs a 7 years old kid highlighting his quotes and thinking about what he wanted to say at that age I can tell you that most of my thoughts come from the Bruce Lee philosophy that I had read many years ago.\nI strongly suggest you buy the book ‘striking thoughts‘ by Bruce Lee. It is condensed of useful quotes that will make you a better person.\nAs a minimalist, you aim to become a simple person and to reduce the useless words to the ones that really mean something.\nThere is no one else I know apart from Bruce Lee that was able to say in a few words what other people would say in entire volumes.\nBruce Lee was a minimalist and a person that didn’t like to waste time. He knew the value of time and how important is to be a free man in life.\nHe knew that the material possessions are absolutely worthless if you don’t have wisdom. The value of time and working for something you love is what Bruce teaches you.\nHis life was a battle like the one of anyone else I know! He was fighting with bare hands and you might fight with your thoughts. Losing a battle doesn’t necessarily mean to lose in life.\nYou need to understand that loosing and imperfections are the things that are going to make you a better person.\nThe Best Bruce Lee Books\nBruce Lee Striking Thoughts\nI really like this book because it is just a list of the best quotes and thoughts and aphorism of Bruce Lee. It is not written from him but these are all the thoughts and quotes that he wrote down in his notebooks.\nI have OneNote to write down my thoughts but Bruce didn’t have OneNote back in the days.\nHe was a curious writer of his thoughts and he was analyzing the world the same way I do and you should do as well.\nThis book will teach you so much and you should give it to your kids so that they can build a strong and deep foundation in this world.\nBruce Lee Tao Of Jeet Kune Do\nThis book is not only a martial arts book, you will find drawings and sketches of his martial art called jeet kune do.\nBut you will also find serious thoughts and a very intense Bruce Lee philosophy of life.\nIt is interesting to see how a passion for something you love in life can attract people to you and can change the way you live your life.\nHe wrote this book all based on how the jeet kune do and life are so strictly related. Like Jesus Christ that created a religion that people believe in, his religion was the jeet kune do.\nThis is a way of living life and not only a martial art. Of course, you don’t have to follow any religion in life, because as he said before God is only you and you don’t have to believe in any religion.\nSo read this book if you want to see how you can transfer any of your passions into a sort of religion for you or someone else interested in the same thing.\nBruce Lee Dragon\nIn the movie, the actor is not Bruce Lee, but in 1 hour or so you will see something about the Bruce Lee life.\nIt is like a biography written by Linda Lee which was his wife. It is a good movie but actually, a lot of insights and good stuff is only written in the book.\nBut still, if you are interested in knowing more of the Bruce Lee life read this very cool biography named ‘Dragon‘.\nThe picture is from my Italian Book when I was a kid.\nBruce Lee Store\nIf you are more into material things or gadgets you should definitely check out the Bruce Lee store. You will find shoes, hoodies, t-shirts, pants, gadget all about Bruce Lee.\nThere will be stickers and any kind of Bruce Lee related thing that you might wanna own. You will be able to find also all the books mentioned above and other books and his movies like enter the dragon, fist of fury, personal library books, Linda Lee Cadwell notes and so much more.\nI was privileged in life because I read some of the Bruce Lee books when I was a kid. I was fascinated by martial arts in the first place but then I have discovered something more.\nI have discovered the Bruce Lee philosophy and how to be more mature than normal humans.\nYou might find the same thing I have found in him with religion or simply a good emotion that happened to you in your life.\nWhat happened to me is that 23 years later reading the quotes I have highlighted in that book when I was 7 years old it was like the 23 years didn’t pass.\nI still think the same about these quotes and I practice day after days the thoughts written in there. You can read down below one of the most famous Bruce Lee philosophy quotes.\nDon’t get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot.\nIf you are looking forward to more content, Bookmark this blog. Share it with your friends and spread some rumors about it. Also, make a comment, I’m curious to know what you think about this.\nYou should start a blog or a website too. If you want to know why and how! Read my tutorial that will guide you on how to have a successful blog step by step:\nIf it happens that you need to have a bank, here is the best bank you can have as a minimalist:\nIf you want to follow Bruce Lee on the social media:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://bigbangindex.dreamwidth.org/tag/fandom:+multifandom+(any)?style=light&tag=fandom:+multifandom+%28any%29","date":"2017-10-21T14:05:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187824819.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20171021133807-20171021153807-00413.warc.gz","language_score":0.825919508934021,"token_count":254,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-43__0__24640231","lang":"en","text":"The Science Fiction and Fantasy Big Bang is a big bang challenge focusing on science fiction and fantasy genres included in books, on television, in movies, and even in original fiction! The stories are being written, and now we're looking for artists!\nSome of the stories we are looking for artists for include the fandoms: Being Human UK, the Chronicles of Riddick, the Death Gate Cycle series by Weis and Hickman, Discworld, the Doctor Who Verses (Doctor Who and Torchwood), Dollhouse, Farscape, Infinity Space, Katekyo Hitman Reborn, Marathon, the Marvel Cinematic Tie-In Universe (Agents of Shield and the Avengers), Mass Effect 3, NCIS, the Phantasy Star Series, Red Versus Blue, Saint Seiya, Sherlock, the Stargate Verses (SG-1 and Atlantis), the Star Trek Universes (Original Series, Alternate Original Series, and Voyager), Supernatural, Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles, and the X-Files.\nTo read the summaries for these stories, feel free to take a look here\non LJ and here\non DW. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask!\n] [Artist Sign Up: LJ","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://entroterra.org/how-to-decide-on-the-writing-style-115423327.html","date":"2023-05-31T19:19:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647409.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531182033-20230531212033-00583.warc.gz","language_score":0.9469380378723145,"token_count":672,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__302258740","lang":"en","text":"The article has been one of the greatest forms of writing for many decades. It can be argued, with no refute, that it is one of the very first kinds of writing that anyone can participate in. Whether or not this is true remains contentious, however. Some would argue that the rise of the”writer’s block” has something to do with the rising popularity of this essay.\nFor somebody who would like to understand how to write an article, the essay writing process starts by reading, either reading through an essay example or reading a printed essay. Once someone has read an article, they are familiar with the proper grammar of an essay and can start to develop their own writing style. The construction of this essay, as well as its organization of thoughts, are somewhat formal, unlike the more colloquial forms of academic writing.\nEssays are typically, concerning content, split into paragraphs. Paragraphs compose the entire body of an article, and it is often where corrector ortografico de textos the writer starts to create their own style. Essays are normally long, as well. In some cases, essays may even go on for page after page, or perhaps page ! As somebody who has sat through numerous college level essays, I will attest that the essays which take a lot of time to write, often prove to be quite long, because the writer has to painstakingly create a plausible structure for the essay.\nConcerning formal composition, the most widely used format for writing an essay, though it’s far from conventional, is the”ascent” form. Within this type, which is very similar to the APA format (and frequently considered the model for professional style guides), the author gives a basic outline of the corrector de ortografia y gramatica gratis principal points, using direct quotations, paraphrases, similes, or alternative forms of internal or external quotation. The essay then progresses in an”ascent” style, building upon the main points. The student will spend several segments, writing the essay, using the internal or external quotation to support the arguments that they present in each individual section. Because this format closely resembles the style of academic writing, many pupils find this a comfortable format to follow.\nA more recent style of writing essays is called”embellishment”. This style requires the essay writing process a step farther. As opposed to using the quote as the primary source of advice, the essayist will utilize several different types of internal or outside composing resources. This includes illustrations, stories, or other literary devices. Students may also be allowed to include their own input, as is appropriate. Because of the nature of embellishment, it is often quite long (sometimes over forty-five pages) and might not be the best alternative for someone who’s new to writing documents.\nWhether composing brief personal essays or an entire master’s level program, it is important to decide on a writing style that is suitable for the author. The most effective writers will compose in a distinctive and personal style, expressing their ideas in terms the audience can comprehend. For this reason, no one writing must use an impartial style. Rather, each writer should decide what voice and format best suits them.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://highschoolgraduationrobes.blogspot.com/2010/06/advices-to-tackle-graduation.html","date":"2013-05-18T21:18:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382892/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00037-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9790056347846985,"token_count":593,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__195223010","lang":"en","text":"Few days back I had attended the high school graduation ceremony of two cousins of same family. It was a historical day in the life of those two and also their families. It was a day of reflection and pride. There were many shining faces all in the High school cap and gown. All were looking alike with colored regalia for high school graduation and those diploma covers held in there diploma covers and bright faces with promises of tomorrow. The energy which this fresh bunch of students radiated is what made them different. There was so much enthusiasm and zeal in them that they looked different from the others who were present as guests.\nThe whole ambience reminded me of my own graduating ceremony and suddenly a whole ocean of emotions dashed against my memories. It was a romantic time where the moment is going to gift you a new life forever. The past is going to be wiped out forever and this feeling evokes an all together a new mixed feeling of great relief and sadness. There is yet another positive feeling for welcoming future. The future seemed uncertain and clueless, but there was an anxiety to face it.\nThe whole celebration is over. The band has played its famous beat, friends and families have taken pictures of day, and parents have recorded the whole view. Every one has done their part to make the most of the day. The final time comes now, when everyone will hug each other with a promise to stay connected forever. With heavy heart friends part with tears in eyes but with a promise that tomorrow is another day.\nYou are left alone surrounded only with your parents and siblings. The friends have all left and gone like yesterdays. Now is the time when you badly need someone’s wise maxims to guide you through the way of life.\nIf I were to give advice to these fresh graduation students, then my advice would have been:\nNever in your entire life do anything primarily for money. Happiness will never come in your way if you are money minded. Do those things in which you have interest and passion for. Listen to your heart and follow your instinct then only happiness will chase you. The proverb holds true, never chase money, and let money chase you. Try sharing knowledge with others as it will increase your depth of knowledge. Share your feelings, intellect and time with someone who most desires it. This will earn you appreciation and reward. The shortest way for a successful life is earning spiritual wealth and not material wealth. Share your joys and sorrows with others. Never lose your cool no matter how angry you are with others. Try to be friendly and compassionate with one if front of you. Speak well and act good, this goodness towards others will come to you in leaps and bound. Make the best use of your knowledge and never take short cut to success. Thee short cuts in life will always land you in trouble. The old saying holds much truth, ‘slow and steady wins the race.’","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://stayathomehollywooddad.com/a-day-in-the-life/who-is-what-is-stay-at-home-hollywood-dad/","date":"2018-09-24T06:05:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267160145.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20180924050917-20180924071317-00341.warc.gz","language_score":0.939976155757904,"token_count":576,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__118748232","lang":"en","text":"Who Is, What Is Stay-At-Home Hollywood Dad?\nFor a long I have struggled with the idea of what to write for–or at least how to start–my first post. Too long a time. So long that when life grew busy, as it invariably does, I put Stay-At-Home Hollywood Dad aside and forgot about it. Then, finally, when my thoughts drifted in this direction and I returned to the blog, I once again had to delay my first post in order to revise and update, the structure, plugins, formatting, etc. with all the technical advances of the last couple years.\nAt least the time off gave me my starting point!\nOne might reasonably assume that the initial post should be an introduction to the blog, and to some degree that it what this post it. At the same time, I did not want it simply to be duplicative of the About Page, which you can find here. Indeed, let me quote that entirety of that text here:\nStay-At-Home Hollywood Dad details my parenting adventures as a Hollywood screenwriter/actor/filmmaker turned stay-at-home-dad. Pursuing a career in entertainment was challenging enough without my first job being the stay-at-home parent…that responsibility adds a whole new twist!\nAs a professional writer, a screenwriter, I have a tendency to want everything I write to be perfect. Too perfect, as the case may be, for a blog. A blog should permit me to feel free to write freely and thus publish frequently, instead of waiting until everything is “just right,” both from a writing standpoint and SEO.\nSo, Stay-At-Home Hollywood Dad is exactly what the above quote implies. I am a stay-at-home dad. I live in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, where, prior to familial circumstances and the collapse of the economy, I worked full-time in Hollywood, the entertainment industry (and sometimes Hollywood, the city, not one and the same as many outside of LA sometimes assume). Stay-At-Home Hollywood Dad entails my parenting adventures: stories, recipes, dad tips, career and more.\nAnd, yes, I did just say career. I still do pursue my Hollywood endeavors, but now I do so within the constraints of being dad first. That redirection entails, for the time being, my focus being on those elements I can do from home, namely screenwriting and the occasional freelance new media work (my last steady job was as the VP of New Media for a production company). Someday I hope to return to directing, producing, even acting, too, but only time will tell.\nAnd that’s Stay-At-Home Hollywood Dad. I hope you will continue to join me on this wild ride.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://testing.cruisingclub.org/gulf-maine/event/damariscotta-river-grill-luncheon-gmp","date":"2020-04-04T08:03:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370521574.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20200404073139-20200404103139-00480.warc.gz","language_score":0.9571567177772522,"token_count":180,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-16","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__176335563","lang":"en","text":"December 7, 2019 is the date for the annual GMP gathering at the Damariscotta River Grill in Damariscotta, Maine. The bar opens for a social hour at 11:30 followed by lunch from the menu. Following lunch our featured speaker, Rachel Slade, author of Into the Raging Sea - The Sinking of El Faro, will talk of the many stories behind the story.\nRead this book ahead of time - as a CCA member and mariner it will make you angry. Yes, the story is that a ship sank in a hurricane with the loss of its entire 33-person crew mostly because the Captain misjudged, but there is much more to it. The stories behind the story include corporate mismanagement, chain of command traditions, personalities, morale and job insecurity, regulations that allow 'grand fathering' of existing equipment, and more.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.jennascuriocabinet.com/about-me-new","date":"2024-04-17T11:56:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817153.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417110701-20240417140701-00085.warc.gz","language_score":0.9853394627571106,"token_count":542,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__86427248","lang":"en","text":"A Little More About Me\nIt was November. I had no idea where I was, or what was going on, but I was warm and I was comfortable. I was not ready to leave just yet. The space I was in, once large enough, seemed to be getting tighter, squashing me and forcing me to downwards. It went from dark to bright-white light in a flash, I couldn’t focus, and my head was spinning…\n13 days late. 22 hours of labour… Wednesday…. I already hated Wednesdays.\nIn hindsight, it feels like I was born with the weight of the world on my shoulders. Little did I know then of the struggles, I would face as a child. How they would follow me through my teenage years and into my young adult life. I certainly did not anticipate the relevance and impact it would all have on my journey as an artist.\nCreativity came naturally, with a vivid imagination that I used in every possible way that I could.\nThe usual progression of School, College and University, a bachelor’s degree in Fine Art with honours. Although I always wanted to be an artist, my direction was… limited. I decided to teach for a few years before my life took one last dramatic turn for the worse…\nAfter what had been up until this point a lifetime of confusion, pain and sadness, I was finally given the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. What seems like the end can often be the beginning of something beautiful. For the first time, I was able to gain an understanding of why my brain seemed to work the way it did.\nUnable to work a ‘normal’ job whilst in recovery, I decided to go back to my creative roots and to find a new hobby for me to embark on. It was at this moment the butterfly came into my life in a very significant way.\nThe fragility of the butterfly resonated, and reflected my current mental state. The elegance of the patterns on the butterflies took shape in the form of the complexity of the mind. It was breathtakingly beautiful. After pinning my first few I felt a frenzy coming on. I was instantly addicted.\nI studied videos and read blogs before I divulged. I made my own boards to pin specimens on, buying books to help me identify every species. I genuinely had no idea what I was getting myself into, but it kept me focused.\nAll of which leads me here.\nPlease see below a short documentary film put together by the wonderful Joseph Harrington,\nplease see his website for the rest of his works;\nOne for Sorrow, Two for Joy.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.cotswolder.com/guidebooks/","date":"2018-12-17T03:54:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376828056.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20181217020710-20181217042710-00469.warc.gz","language_score":0.8447399735450745,"token_count":335,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__124122144","lang":"en","text":"Books, Maps and DVDs for Planning Your Trip to the Cotswolds\nGet good guidebooks and maps to plan your trip before you leave. Read books and watch movies set in England to get in the mood for your trip. These are my recommended books.\nAbout the Cotswolds\nThe Cotswolds: A Cultural History (Landscapes of the Imagination) by Jane Bingham, 2009\nThe Most Beautiful Villages of England by James Bentley and Hugh Palmer, 2007\nThe Most Beautiful Country Towns of England by Hugh Palmer, 2005\nThe Rough Guide to the Cotswolds (Includes Oxford and Stratford-Upon-Avon), 2011\nRick Steves' Snapshot - The Cotswolds, 2014 (Kindle version only)\nFood and Drink Guides\nVegetarian Visitor 2012 - Where to Stay and Eat in Britain, Annemarie Weitzel\nSee our Walks in the Cotswolds page for a list of walking guides.\nCicerone Guides - Cycling in the Cotswolds, Half- and full-day routes and a 200km tour of the Cotswolds, by Chiz Dakin, 2014\nBuildings of the Cotswolds by Denis Moriarty, 2000\nPevsner Architectural Guides Bath by Michael Forsyth, 2004\nOther Books about England\nAmericashire: A Field Guide to a Marriage by Jennifer Richardson, 2012. The memoir of an American woman and her British husband living in a cottage in the Cotswolds.\nWatching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour by Kate Fox, 2005","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://euriqa.pratt.duke.edu/research/euriqa-project-overview","date":"2023-11-28T19:59:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679099942.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20231128183116-20231128213116-00502.warc.gz","language_score":0.7800654768943787,"token_count":686,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__25185191","lang":"en","text":"The Error-corrected Universal Reconfigurable Ion-trap Quantum Archetype (EURIQA) project will create a quantum computer system at the logical qubit level. EURIQA is designed using individual trapped atomic ions in sufficient number to create a set of logical qubits to be used for reliable quantum computations based on a universal set of logic gates. Trapped ions are the only physical qubit that have been shown to have reached a minimum fidelity of at least 99.9% for state preparation and measurement [1-2], one- [3-5], and two-qubit gates .\nA number of challenges still remain in creating a trapped ion quantum computer having sufficient fidelity when computing with many qubits. Namely, performing gates and ion state measurements with high fidelity while maintaining coherence on other adjacent qubits, applying a reliable error correction scheme, and effectively using classical controllers to implement complex and time-critical quantum operations.\nWith the EURIQA project, we address these issues from a system design perspective. To improve gate fidelities, the team will design a compact laser system and a compact ion trap system to shorten the optical distance. Shortening the laser propagation length will improve the quality of optical manipulations on the ions, improving the fidelity of those operations. The EURIQA team also endeavors to design and experimentally verify a method for optically addressing more than 30 qubits simultaneously. Access to larger numbers of physical qubits provides the possibility of an error correcting scheme to create logical qubits. Such a system will require new, expanded classical control capabilities.\n A. H. Myerson, D. J. Szwer, S. C. Webster, D. T. C. Allcock, M. J. Curtis, G. Imreh, J. A. Sherman, D. N. Stacey, A. M. Steane, and D. M. Lucas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 200502 (2008).\n R. Noek, G. Vrijsen, D. Gaultney, E. Mount, T. Kim, P. Maunz, and J. Kim, Optics Letters 38, 4735 (2013).\n K. R. Brown, A. C. Wilson, Y. Colombe, C. Ospelkaus, A. M. Meier, E. Knill, D. Leibfried, and D. J. Wineland, Physical Review A 84 ,030303 (2011).\n T. P. Harty, D. T. C. Allcock, C. J. Ballance, L. Guidoni, H. A. Janacek, N. M. Linke, D. N. Stacey, and D. M. Lucas, Physical Review Letters 113, 220501 (2014).\n Emily Mount, Chingiz Kabytayev, Stephen Crain, Robin Harper, So-Young Baek, Geert Vrijsen, Steven Flammia, Kenneth R Brown, Peter Maunz, and Jungsang Kim, arXiv: 1504.01440 (2015).\n C. Ballance, T. Harty, N. Linke, and D. Lucas, arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.5473, (2014).","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://2022.4kultury.pl/project/a-peoples-history-of-poland","date":"2024-03-01T08:05:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475203.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301062009-20240301092009-00013.warc.gz","language_score":0.924892008304596,"token_count":761,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__154161941","lang":"en","text":"WORLD PREMIERE of ŁF4K and Nowy Theatre in Łódź\nA PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF POLAND\n17 and 18 September, 19:15\nNowy Theatre, Mała Scena, Zachodnia 93\nThe history of Poland as we know it is not a history of everyone. The history of Poland as we know it is the history of elites, whereas everyone deserves their rightful place in the record of the past, just as everyone deserves their place in the future yet to come. In A People’s History of Poland, Adam Leszczyński is pondering about the methodology of historiography from the reverse point of view, namely from the perspective of the excluded. How can Poland’s history, as a history of exploitation, be discussed from the stage in the voice of the youth?\nFollowing the writer’s idea, the authors of the play suggest a critical look at the history of the Republic of Poland as the history of a great manor, built on the oppression and exploitation for the one-sided benefit of the most privileged: from the slave trade in the state ruled by Mieszko I to the ruthless political transformation of 1989. What we think about the history of the land we happen to inhabit requires a radical, critical review: we cannot design the future without first facing the past – painful and full of contradictions.\nThe perspective presented in A People’s History of Poland is treated as the history of unfinished emancipation; a look into the past which allows us to notice the outline of the currently forming revolution. We are at a breakthrough moment: it is the first time since 1990 that so many young people have declared themselves on the left side of the political spectrum. As a historian, Leszczyński makes a major move; the next one is up to the artists. They, in turn, do more than just present a historical view – otherwise, it would be enough to read the book. Adam Leszczyński focuses on a wide, historical analysis. However, he doesn’t offer political or systemic solutions that could be used today. He is not sure whether the theatre has the tools to help design such solutions. But it certainly does have the tools to share a dream of a better tomorrow, the fantasy of a fair world – the dream of equality. That was, is and always will be the role of live, committed theatre: to give people hope that the dream will eventually come true.\nToday, we need to think about creating alliances and a common front in the fight for real social change. Paraphrasing the words of Andrzej Leder, we cannot oversleep the next revolution. A People’s History of Poland can be an impulse for such a conversation. And, as Bernard Marie-Koltes said, there can be no conversation about art without a conversation about exclusion.\nThe performance is co-produced by the Łódź of Four Cultures Festival and the Nowy Theatre in Łódź, in cooperation with the Stanisław Wyspiański Academy of Theatre Arts in Krakow.\nTickets: click here\nAuthor: Adam Leszczyński\nDirected / Music- Piotr Pacześniak AST KRAKÓW\nDramaturge/ Text – Wera Makowskx AST KRAKÓW\nVideo - Jagna Nawrocka ASP ŁÓDŹ\nStage design and costumes - Anna Rogóż\nHanna Molenda - Jaźwińska","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://social99.net/featured/","date":"2023-09-30T05:31:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510603.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20230930050118-20230930080118-00042.warc.gz","language_score":0.9825456142425537,"token_count":168,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__111736276","lang":"en","text":"At that I gripped my wife’s arm, and without ceremony ran her out into the road.\nIt may seem counterintuitive that a pandemic-fueled recession could lead to a bullish housing market. But a combination of trends has resulted in a buying frenzy.\nThe Hill, located in the West New York, stirs visitors to confront what they cannot comprehend.\nBy the light of the now brilliant moons I saw that he was but a shadow of his former self, and as he turned from my caress and commenced greedily.\nThe nearer moon, hurtling suddenly above the horizon and lighting up the Barsoomian scene, showed me that my preserver was Woola.\nI and my wife stood amazed. Then I realised that the crest of Maybury Hill must be within range of the Martians","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://workoutobsession.com/author/jamaalbranch/","date":"2020-02-28T04:50:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875147054.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20200228043124-20200228073124-00553.warc.gz","language_score":0.9663708209991455,"token_count":107,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__170792606","lang":"en","text":"“Fitness is my life. Looking to be the best I can be, motivate others to do the same and have fun in the process.”\nI was born in 1982 in San Bernardino, California. I served four successful years in the U.S. Marine Corps, reaching the rank of non-commissioned officer, maintaining an attitude of dedication and perseverance. I recently published a book on my experiences in the military and the power of positive thinking titled The Way of the World the Will of the Mind.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://malibu.smmusd.org/teacher-gonzalez/","date":"2018-11-19T20:37:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039746110.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20181119192035-20181119214035-00179.warc.gz","language_score":0.7303323149681091,"token_count":412,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__154780775","lang":"en","text":"English 9 CP\nBelow you will find a rough outline of work we will doing in class by the week.\nMAY 29 -JUNE 1\nTues: quiz on Chapter 4 in OF MICE AND MEN. Discuss journal #6...who are the lonely people in the book? What causes their lonliness? What happens to people when they are lonely? What kind of world do these characters live in? Is it like your world at all?\nLesson on semicolons. No reading tonight...\nWed: Semicolon worksheet. Read pg 84 - 98. If you do not finish in class, read at home....\nThur: Finish the book together. Discuss the ending....\nWhat would you have done in George's position.\nWould the book end differently if it were to take place in today's world? WHY?\nFri: Final reading quiz on OF MICE AND MEN\nEnglish 12 AP\nSUMMER READING >>\nAP STUDY GUIDE GENERIC FORM\nSTUDY GUIDE per 1 C22\nSTUDY GUIDE per 4 C22\nHAMLET REFORMING THE ROLE\nCREATING A WORKS CITED PAGE - instructions\nHEALTH UPDATE SAMPLE HOW TO..\n**for instructions on how to do the works cited, look at pgs 21 - 22 in your MHS weekly planner\nSYSTEMS OF THE BODY\nSYSTEMS Of THE BODY STUDY GUIDE\nBRAIN BASICS POWERPOINT\nBRAIN BASICS PWRPT\nMENTAL DISORDERS POWER POINT\nPROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH PWRPT\nTEMPLATE of OUTLINE for RESEARCH PAPER\nFILM COURSE OUTLINE\nEARLY FILM HISTORY PWR POINT\nTHE GENERAL PowerPoint\nHORROR PERMISSION SLIP\nFilm Review Sheet\nTHE SHINING PowerPoint\nYoung Frankenstein in class worksheet\nTHE WESTERN powerpoint","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://meanredsniceblues.wordpress.com/2012/04/","date":"2018-06-21T13:47:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864172.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20180621133636-20180621153636-00583.warc.gz","language_score":0.9765316843986511,"token_count":584,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__58052086","lang":"en","text":"when someone becomes verbally or physically violent towards or in front of me, i imagine them this small —-> . <—-, and it becomes quite the humorous show for a moment. i find aggression, hate, and acts or anger in a human a complete loss of power… and instantly see them transform into a teeny tiny insignificant being, powerless, and weak. sometimes i laugh at first, not to be malicious, but because i don’t understand living any other way than with peace and freedom. you cannot fight life’s circumstances, or irrationality… you just have to be. when you release yourself of all bounds, ignorance, stress, anger, and insecurities… you become so free… that when you’re upset- it doesn’t consume you. you feel it, but it’s more of an occasional itch than a rash that constantly needs scratching for temporary liberation.\ncircumstances aside- beau raised his voice the loudest and most aggressive it has ever been (we have never yelled at one another for the year and a half we’ve been together) ” i’m fucking serious, i’m so fucking pissed off right now you better GIVE me that fucking word right now!” seeing indifference in my eyes, he began again with the same stride, with more aggression and slammed our glass door so hard it vibrated the room, my ear drums, and came close to a shatter. not only did i carry the look of indifference, but i truly felt it.. i felt as though nothing had happened, and continued about. he came in again after locking himself in… repeated his last act with a bit more vigor… and i remained as i was.\nafter trying to get into our room and finding it locked, the only place i could decently walk to barefoot was our front yard. i spent the better half of the evening and spent the evening with the stars, watching them flicker… finding the brightest one. singing some old tunes softly into the evening, and making up stories using the stars as my characters. beau came in and out of outside, more calm than before but still in his manic state. it was on and off like that the entire evening. eventually we spoke about it, but i didn’t want to be near him. we spent the night in the same bed, on opposite sides i cannot help but feel as though i slept with a stranger last night. in the morning i could feel his remorse… he’s been telling me how much he loves me all day. it means nothing when someone showers you with so much attention via the ride of guilt. i can feel he is afraid. maybe our planned trip to joshua tree this weekend will bring him at peace with himself and let go of whatever weights are wearing him.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mostdismalswamp.com/dismal7.html","date":"2022-05-19T12:53:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662527626.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20220519105247-20220519135247-00422.warc.gz","language_score":0.8473504185676575,"token_count":180,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__205885797","lang":"en","text":"Memories From the Uncanny Valley by Alexandra Koumantaki\nA distance from the past, Will make a better future.\nA quiet war destroyed everything.\nWe all had forgotten what violence was. The catastrophe was gratifying.\nKissed and embraced us goodnight.\nWhen it woke up.\nIt wasn’t what it used to be.\nNo form. No body.\nOnly an idea of a memory. The last words were...\n“Everything it’s going to be ok” It made it more angry.\nIt crawl into the dust of sweet end. And resurfaced.\nClay, silicone, wires, LED\nFilmed in Naxos island, Greece in summer 2019\nAll materials composed and edited by Alexandra Koumantaki, Athens 2020 alexandrakoumantaki.com","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://hoffmanfuneralhomes.com/Grief_Counseling_and_Resources_235890.html","date":"2019-03-25T09:41:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912203865.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20190325092147-20190325114147-00326.warc.gz","language_score":0.9203112125396729,"token_count":1487,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__57881269","lang":"en","text":"Grief Counseling & Resources\nBlessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.\nThere has been an ever-increasing desire to expand traditional roles beyond \"at-need\" and \"pre-need\" services into \"after-need\" or post funeral services for the bereaved. Hoffman Funeral Home & Cremation Services would like to invite you to New Strength, a grief support group. New Strength is a support group for adults, ages 16 and older, who have experienced the death of a loved one. The loss does not have to be recent, as there is no time limit on grief. New Strength is free of charge and supported by Hoffman Funeral Homes. The support group is available to anyone who is struggling with the loss of a loved one.\nLoss is a universal process, a part of life that we must painfully learn how to cope. New Strength is composed of people who have experienced profound loss and have begun the journey from grief to recovery and growth. This support group provides a safe environment for you to share your experience and discover you are not alone, your feelings are not weird or different. Please join us in expressing, sharing, and exploring your feelings with friends who will listen.\nNew Strength meets on the lower level of the Hoffman Funeral Home in Davidsville, usually on the fourth Monday of the month starting at 6:30pm and lasting until 7:30 or 8:00pm depending on the size of the group. Please call Hoffman Funeral Homes at 629-5550 or 479-4790 to register or to ask any questions. If you think group counseling isn’t for you, individual counseling is also available.\nWe also have other ways to help you deal with your grief. The following is a list of books available for your use along with some online bereavement information. We also have a list of other support groups located throughout the region. If you find any of this information is no longer current or accurate, please let us know. Thank you!\nBOOKS AVAILABLE FROM THE FUNERAL HOME\n1. Children are Not Paper Dolls, by Erin Linn Levy. An easily read book that will bring understanding and courage to any child who has lost a brother or sister. Adults, too, will gain insight from it.\n2. Concerning Death: A Practical Guide for the Living, by Dr. Earl Grollman. This book answers practical and specific questions, treating such subjects as grief, how to talk to a dying person, finance and religion.\n3. Explaining Death to Children, by Dr. Earl Grollman. Unquestionably the finest book ever written on the subject; a sensitive study, a superb bibliography.\n4. How it Feels When a Parent Dies, by Jill Krementz. Children and teens speak openly of their experience and feelings when either a mother or father has died.\n5. Living Through Personal Crisis, by Ann Kaiser Stearns. For those who are moving through a mourning process and who are struggling with depression and other symptoms of distress.\n6. Living When a Loved One Has Died, by Dr. Earl Grollman. With simple compassion, this book leads those who are grieving through emotional turmoil to a new hopeful life.\n7. Suicide: Prevention, Intervention, Postvension, by Dr. Earl Grollman. Provides information on suicide statistics and gives advice on how to recognize the warning signs of a potential suicide attempt, how to intervene when a suicide has been attempted, and how to comfort families who have lost a loved one to suicide.\n8. Suicide: Survivors, A Guide For Those Left Behind, by Adina Wrobleski. A book that provides hope and reassurance, written by someone who has experienced the pain herself.\n9. Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child, by Dr. Earl Grollman. A touchingly written and illustrated book that deals frankly with the subject on the child’s own level....Excellent, too, is the Parents Guide.\n10. Thumpy’s Story, A Story of Love and Grief Shared, by Nancy C. Dodge. In a warm and sensitive way it will help children of all ages deal with the loss of a loved one.\n11. What Helped Me When My Loved One Died, by Dr. Earl Grollman. A collection of personal stories of parents, wives, husbands, children, and friends who have mourned the death of a beloved.\n12. When a Baby Dies: A Handbook for Healing and Helping, by Rana K. Limbo & Sara Rich Wheeler. This practical book offers support and advice to those families who have lost a pregnancy or a newly-born baby.\n13. When Parents Die, A Guide for Adults, by Edward Myers. Can be recommended to any adult who is dealing with the death or serious illness of a parent and will be found enormously helpful by all who read it.\n14. When Death Touches Your Life, by Mervin E. Thompson. Practical help in preparing for the death of a loved one.\nOTHER LOCAL SUPPORT GROUPS - (Please call ahead before attending any of these groups)\nCompassionate Friends: 814-487-7207 Contact person: Cathy Faher. This group is for parents, grandparents and siblings who have lost a child. They meet the first Monday of the month at 7:00PM at the John Paul II Center at St. Benedict’s Church, 2310 Bedford St., Johnstown.\nConemaugh Regional Hospice: 814-534-6100. This group meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month from 5-6PM at the Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute, 1450 Scalp Ave., Johnstown.\n“In-Touch” Hospice: 814-443-5047. Contact person: Jessie Pringle. This group meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00p.m.at the Hospice Hous, 1474 N. Center Ave., Somerset, PA 15501.\nWindber Hospice: 814-467-6419. This group meets at 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on the last Tuesday of each month at the Windber Hospice in the back of the Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber on Somerset Ave.\nONLINE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT RESOURCES\nCompassionate Friends: www.compassionatefriends.org.\nInformation on supporting family after a child dies.\nGrief Net: www.griefnet.org.\nOffers discussion and support groups for all bereaved persons with a variety of resources related to death and loss.\nOnline support group for children dealing with any kind of loss. It includes artwork, stories and poems.\nSurvivors of Suicide: www.survivorsofsuicide.com.\nOffers support for family and friends dealing with a loss through suicide.\nInformation and support group resource for people of all ages who have suffered the death of a spouse.\nNATIONAL ONLINE SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.physiotivity.com/post/from-the-week-of-1-28-19","date":"2023-06-03T21:40:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649343.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603201228-20230603231228-00470.warc.gz","language_score":0.9711395502090454,"token_count":88,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__88182634","lang":"en","text":"From The Week of 1/28/19\nI just finished a great book call Endure by Alex Hutchins. In it, he breaks down the different aspects of endurance including oxygen consumption, fuel, and water. Just as important is how the brain affects endurance. It seems to have protective circuitry making its well-meaning your fiercest opponent. But there is more in there if you are willing to believe it.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://youkeepmedrowninginyourlove.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-04-21T14:40:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609540626.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005220-00177-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9524328708648682,"token_count":616,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__119186554","lang":"en","text":"Warsan Shire, For Women Who Are Difficult To Love (via coyotegold)\nAnd you tried to change, didn’t you? Closed your mouth more. Tried to be softer, prettier, less volatile, less awake… You can’t make homes out of human beings. Someone should have already told you that. And if he wants to leave, then let him leave. You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.\ni am constantly torn between ‘i dont need anyone’ and ‘hey you please fall in love with me’\nGet excited about the little things. About wearing a new outfit for the first time. About Sunday brunches with your best friends. About the new cute guy in your class. About finding an extra dollar in your pocket. About anything that even remotely makes you happy because as you grow up, passions fade and enthusiasm gets mistaken for foolishness. So don’t let the grey world stop you from shining.\nnote to self (via vanillapagesandink)\nLet someone love you just the way you are – as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you sometimes feel, and as unaccomplished as you think you are. To believe that you must hide all the parts of you that are broken, out of fear that someone else is incapable of loving what is less than perfect, is to believe that sunlight is incapable of entering a broken window and illuminating a dark room.\nFor years, mental health professionals taught people that they could be psychologically healthy without social support, that ‘unless you love yourself, no one else will love you…’ The truth is you cannot love yourself unless you have been loved and are loved. The capacity to love cannot be built in isolation.\nBruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D., “The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog” (via petrichour)\nEvery Now and Then\n“Every now and then I would feel a violent stab of loneliness. The very water I drank, the very air I breathed, would feel like long, sharp needles. The pages of a book in my hands would take on the threatening metallic gleam of razor blades. I could hear the roots of loneliness creeping through me when the world was hushed at four o’clock in the morning.”\n—Haruki Murakami, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle\n'In a society where all adventure has been destroyed, the only adventure left is to destroy that society.'\nI think about this quote pretty often\nJust quietly fade away like a ghost~\nA girl’s favorite song will tell you more about her feelings than her lips ever will.\nUnknown (via guy)\nBlack is always elegant. It is the most complete colour in the whole world, made of all the colours in the palette.\nRicardo Tisci (via enkelthed)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.theville.ca/e-books","date":"2024-02-26T11:50:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474659.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226094435-20240226124435-00503.warc.gz","language_score":0.8907748460769653,"token_count":336,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__91952283","lang":"en","text":"ReCONNECT E-Book Series\nOur ReCONNECT Team has been working hard to provide an \"activities at home\" e-book for all ages to enjoy. On this page, we will be uploading e-books covering different topics and ways you can interact with us at home each week. Each E-Book will cost $15 with all proceeds going to support our ReCONNECT Kids program.\nTo access a particular e-book listed, please contact firstname.lastname@example.org for details and payment options.\n1. Take a Hike!\nA great resource for parents to take kids out for a hike and explain what they are seeing. Includes a 5 Senses Scavenger Hunt, Forests and Tree Identification, Wildlife Activity and more!\n2. Children's Mindfulness\nThis Ebook touches on the 5 types of wellness, mediation and yoga practices that have been proven to help kids with focus, feeling grounded, and lowering overall stress levels. All proceeds go towards the ReCONNECT kids program.\n3. Kids' Short Stories & Reading Comprehension\nThis Ebook encourages comprehensive learning and critical thinking through questions and guides before and after each short story. It talks about the basics of reading comprehension as well. All proceeds of this book go to the ReCONNECT kids program.\n4. Body Week - The Body Explained\nIt's all about the body systems!\nThis Ebook offers a kid friendly and easy to follow guide to all the body systems. The book encourages engagement and has relatable information to make the lesson plan fun and inclusive. All proceeds of this book go to the ReCONNECT kids program!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://chemosat.com/HCPs/clinical-outcomes.html","date":"2023-09-22T01:55:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506320.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922002008-20230922032008-00771.warc.gz","language_score":0.8108517527580261,"token_count":949,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__207141210","lang":"en","text":"The FOCUS study was the largest LDT (liver directed therapy) clinical trial undertaken in metastatic uveal melanoma.1-3\nThe phase 3 FOCUS trial evaluated the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of CHEMOSAT in patients with hepatic-dominant uveal melanoma in 102 patients. [Intention to Treat n=102] 4\nObjective Response Rate\ndetermined by IRC 4\nIRC – Independent Central Review Committee; CI – Confidence Interval; ORR, DCR, OS - ITT n=102. DoR & PFS - mITT n=91 (treated patients only, per the protocol untreated patients were not followed).\n[95% CI: 8.31 – 17.74]\n[95% CI: 6.24 - 11.56]\n[95% CI, 55.63 – 74.81]\n[95% CI: 16.72 - 24.34]*\n*Data continues to mature; patients will continue to be followed until May 2023.\nStatistically significant advantage over BAC arm patients in ORR, DCR and PFS.\nSupportive, pre-defined exploratory analysis were conducted, comparing patients in the CHEMOSAT vs. BAC* 4\nBAC - Best Alternative Care.\n*The BAC arm was comprised of a total of 42 patients, originally randomised in the FOCUS trial prior to its amendment, in consultation with FDA, to a single-arm pivotal study in 2018. The eligible BAC patients were randomised to receive: Dacarbazine (n=1), Ipilimumab (n=7), Pembrolizumab (n=8), Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE n=26).\n** Data continues to mature; patients will continue to be followed until May 2023.\nManageable and transient side effects.\nProspective & Retrospective Studies\nTreatment naïve as well as previously treated patients have shown efficacy across various endpoints.\n|N||Treatment Line||Patient Tumor Characteristics||ORR||OS||PFS||Safety||Reference|\n|No. of metastases ≥10 (57%)||72%||\n1 year OS - 77%\n2 year OS - 43%\nmOS 19.1 months\n|Majority developed grade 3/4 haematologic events\n14 grade 3 non-haematologic events\n|Meijer, T., et al 20205|\n|>10 lesions/>50% volume replacement (51.9%)||60.5%||mOS 14.9 months||8.4\n|Grade 3/4 events were observed in 27.7% of patients||Modi, S., et al 20226|\n|Oligometastatic disease ≤ 3 deposits (23.5%)\n>10 lesions/>50% volume replacement (31.4%)\n|47%||mOS 15.3 months||8.1\n|37.5% grade 3-4 non-haematologic events||Karydis, I., et al 20171|\n|Not reported||53%||mOS 16.7 months||14.03\n|2 cases grade 3a (coronary ischaemia)\n1 case grade 3b (transfemoral bleeding with following surgery)\n|Bruning, R., et al 20202|\n|Hepatic lesions ranged from 3 to >20\nMedian tumour load of 22.5% (interquartile range 10 to 25%)\n|60%||mOS 27.4 months||11.1\n|Grade 3/4 events were observed in 43.8% of patients||Artzner, C., et al 20197|\nORR – overall response rate; PFS – progression free survival; mPFS – median progression free survival, OS – overall survival; mOS – median overall survival.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://grahamiam.com/rpg/dhrall/","date":"2017-09-26T14:30:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818696182.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20170926141625-20170926161625-00592.warc.gz","language_score":0.9809251427650452,"token_count":2239,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-39__0__222207420","lang":"en","text":"“Breathe!” said the cleric, “Just Breathe!”\nDesperately the lady breathed the best she could, but it was so hard, and it hurt so much.\n“You’re doing fine…during the next contraction I want you to push”\nWith a reluctant look on her face the soon-to-be mother nodded in agreement...and not a second later felt a contraction. With all she had in her she pushed the baby out, and felt it start to progress.\n“Stop pushing!!!” yelled the cleric. “We have a problem!!!”\n“What is it” asked the father, a note of panic in his voice.”\n“With a wave of the cleric’s hands and a small incantation the woman was asleep.”\n“Why did you do that?” Yelled the man…frantic at what was happening.\n“I believe you have two sons…and they’re both coming out at the same time.”\n“What?!!” asked the father, shocked at what he just heard. “Two sons? At the same time? What the hell are you talking about? We only consummated our marriage once! We can’t have two sons!”\n“I have no time to argue, we’re going to have to cut her open.”\n“Cut her open?!!...Are you crazy?”\n“It’s the only way to get them out”\n“Why can’t she just push them both out?”\n“For lack of better words…they won’t fit. It would be too painful for her and she could die.”\n“Too painful? Didn’t you just say you were going to cut her open? How could it be more painful than that?”\n“That is why I put her to sleep…she won’t be awake for it.”\n“I hope you know what you’re doing” said the man, “I’ve never heard of such a thing.”\n“You might want to leave the room for this”\n“No! I’m staying here with her. I want to see what you’re doing to her, and I want to be here if something happens.\n“Very well,” said the cleric.\nThe cleric grabbed a very small, but very sharp knife, and began to cut into the woman, slowly downward from the bottom of the baby’s heads. The husband cringed as he watched... but it was soon over. The cleric then began to slowly pull the babies out of the womb. Once the shoulders were through the rest was easy. As soon as they were out he did first aid on the lady, then casted a couple of healing spells on her.\nThe man noticed that the cleric’s mood had changed and he had become very quiet, seemingly in serious thought, as the sound of two babies crying rang in his ears. It was not long before he realized what caused the cleric’s silence, for it seemed the two baby’s backs were somehow attached to each other. He stared in wonder at them…for he had never seen or even heard of anything this strange.\n“What is wrong with them? Why are they attached like that? Do something!”\n“I could separate them, but it would be risky. However, I do not know if they could survive if they remain attached.”\n“Well how did they get stuck to each other like that?”\n“I wish I could give you an answer, but I can’t. Only the god’s could understand such a phenomenon. All I can do is try my best to separate them.”\n“Should I wake up my wife?”\n“No, she is resting now, I would not disturb her with this”\n“Ok then, do what you can. They can’t very well remain like they are now.”\n“As you wish” said the cleric.\nSoon the crying of the two babies ceased as the cleric casted sleep spells on both of them. Taking the knife he began to work at separating the two babies. It seemed as if there was some sort of curved bone beginning from the right shoulder of one baby, looping across the back, and ending near the lower right torso of the same baby. However the bone was still soft considering the fact they were newborn babies. Multiple times through the process the cleric stopped cutting and casted healing spells on both children…as the father sat and watched, a look of shock and concern on his face.\n“Almost finished” said the cleric, as he completed the separation. Next he took a salve and wiped it along the cuts he had just created, and they instantly healed into scars. Then he woke up the two babies.\n“There we go” he said, as he gently wrapped both baby’s in separate cloths.\n“Can I hold them?” asked the father.\n“Sure”, said the cleric, handing one of the babies over to the man.\n“Wow, this is amazing. He is so tiny and so precious”\n“Yes, so is this one. Life truly is amazing.”\n“Can I hold him too?” asked the proud father. “I want to see both of my sons.”\nThe man noticed a strange look on the cleric’s face as he asked this question.\n“Well, I don’t know if you really need to hold this one.”\n“What? What do you mean? I’d really like to hold him.”\n“It’s probably best if you just hold one baby at a time.”\n“Huh?” said the man, a confused look on his face. “I think I could probably hold both of them.”\n“But if you hold him then you might get attached to him.”\n“So what? He’s my son! I’m supposed to get attached to him. That’s what father’s do.”\n“Well I don’t want you to be upset.”\n“Upset? What could I get upset about? Let me hold my son please!? I am his father after all!”\n“Yes…you are the father…but if it wasn’t for my skill he would not be alive...” a devious look crossed the cleric’s face as he said this.\n“Give me my son now!” said the man, not liking the manner in which the cleric had changed”\n“Not today my poor friend, and not tomorrow either. In fact…I don’t think you’ll be seeing him ever again” and with that the cleric and the baby disappeared from the room.\n“Come back here!” yelled the man “Come back here you bastard!!!” as he charged towards where the cleric was just sitting. But it was all in vain, for the he was gone.\nTears welled up in the man’s eyes and began to pour out as he knew there was nothing he could do, and he wept in anger and despair for his lost son….the baby in his arms whimpering. For an entire hour the man wept, not knowing what to do, as he clung to the baby he was holding in his arms, darkness beginning to fill the room.\nA slight breeze blew through the window from outside and the fresh smell of wet grass on a summer evening filled the room. Looking out the window the man noticed the sun was below the horizon, but the dim light of dusk was still upon the land. He looked down at the babe in his arms with a peculiar look, the breeze hitting his face as he studied his son. Moonlight was coming through the window and shining on his baby’s back, illuminating the freshly created scar...a scar that was in the perfect shape of a crescent moon. The man looked out the window once again, and back to the scar….thinking.\n“I will call you Twilight, to forever remind me of this evening, the evening I was betrayed and I lost my son. I will do whatever it takes to have vengeance, and you will be a constant reminder of what happened on this night. Let he who betrayed me know that this is not over.” As he said this he bent over and kissed his child on the forehead, forever sealing the vow he had just made.\n“Honey….is our son ok?” asked the woman…drearily waking from her slumber.”\n“Yes dear, he is fine…I’m holding him right now” said the man, still staring into Twilight’s eyes.\n“Where is the cleric?”\n“He’s gone…….but I’ll see him again some day?”\n“What do you mean honey? Is everything ok?”\n“Everything’s going to be just fine dear…….just fine. Go back to sleep…you’ve had a long night.”\n“Can I hold my son?”\n“Of course you can., here you go” said the man as he handed the newborn into his mother’s arms.”\n“Oh, he’s so beautiful” said the mother as she cradled the baby in her arms. What should we call him?\n“Twilight…” said the man.\nThe lady held up her baby and stared into his eyes. “Well hello Twilight, and welcome to the world.”\n“You should get some sleep dear.”\n“Ok…goodnight” she whispered, as he bent down and kissed her on the cheek.\nAnd as the mother closed her eyes the man returned to the window…..a bright crescent moon now looming overhead. With a look of determination on his face he looked up into the night’s sky and whispered….\n“This is not over…..”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.virtuosochannel.com/2014/01/great-self-help-audiobooks-episode-14.html","date":"2017-04-27T18:48:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122619.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00409-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9479426145553589,"token_count":861,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__245518190","lang":"en","text":"101 POWER THOUGHTS by Louise L. Hay\nLouise Hay reads her power thoughts to you in her own warm, nurturing voice. Listen to one power thought each day or a few at a time.\nYou'll find that you may begin to think more positively and create exciting changes in your life!\nSelf healing (powerful psychological tool for healing oneself) Louise L. Hay, audio book\nLouise Hay provides a powerful psychological tool for healing oneself. Side One is her explanation of t\nhe power of memory and emotion in the healing process; she talks about her own life, how she was abused as a child and how she overcame this trauma through the application of understanding and forgiveness. It also discusses the principles of personal transformation. Side Two contains a beautiful healing meditation that includes sections on how to forgive oneself and others, how to let go of negative thoughts and how to become the optimistic, joyful and created person that we were all meant to be. Hay has a powerful reassuring voice and her words exude confidence, insight and optimism. I highly recommend this tape to all who need psychological support in physical or mental healing. In my experience it has been most effective. Also listen to her tape Meditations For Personal Healing, a series of meditations that covers all the important aspects of life and Self-Esteem: Motivational Affirmations For Building Confidence and Recognizing Self-Worth.\nI Can Do It - Louise L. Hay - AUDIOBOOK [EXTREMELY INSPIRATIONAL]\n|Louise Hay in London |\n(Photo credit: Wikipedia)\nimprove virtually every aspect of your life--by understanding and using affirmations correctly.\nLouise explains that every thought you think and every word you speak is an affirmation. Even\nyour self-talk, your internal dialogue, is a stream of affirmations. You're affirming and creating your life experiences with every word and thought.\nYour beliefs are merely habitual thinking patterns that you learned as a child, and many of them work very well for you. But other beliefs may be limiting your ability to create the very things you say you want. You need to pay attention to your thoughts\nso that you can begin to eliminate the ones creating experiences that you \"don't want. As Louise discusses topics such as health, forgiveness, prosperity, creativity, relationships, job success, and self-esteem, you'll see that affirmations are solutions that will replace whatever problem you might have in a particular area.\nBy the end of this audiobook, you'll be able to say \"\"I can do it\" with confidence, knowing that you're on your way to the wonderful, joy-filled life you deserve.\nLouise Hay - How To Love Yourself [10 steps to loving yourself]\nWould you like to be more at ease with yourself?\nDo you sometimes feel that you are your harshest judge?\nWould you like to incorporate more positive energy into your life?\nIf so, then this CD is for you! Louise L. Hay guides you through each of her ten steps to loving yourself. She discusses the concept of criticism, the power of meditation, being willing to change, what you believe you deserve, and much more. These ten steps are perfect for you if you're looking for more realistic, practical ways to feel good about yourself. Louise closes the lecture with a beautiful and empowering meditation.\nAbout the Author: Louise L.Hay\nLouise L. Hay is a metaphysical lecturer and teacher, and the bestselling author of 27 books, including You Can Heal Your Life and Empowering Women. Her works have been translated into 25 different languages in 33 countries throughout the world. Since beginning her career as a Science of Mind minister in 1981, she has assisted thousands of people in discovering and using the full potential of their own creative powers for personal growth and self-healing. Louise is the owner and founder of Hay House, Inc.\nLiving Wisdom, Loving Life by Louise L. Hay | Part 1\nLiving Wisdom, Loving Life by Louise L. Hay | Part 2\n|Cover of 101 Power Thoughts|\n|Cover via Amazon|\n|Cover of Meditations for Personal Healing|\n|Cover of How to Love Yourself|","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.onebalance.nl/this-can-already-be-enough-to-become-pain-free-free-supertip/","date":"2024-04-12T18:40:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816045.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20240412163227-20240412193227-00856.warc.gz","language_score":0.976711094379425,"token_count":405,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__119608012","lang":"en","text":"Ugh yes I know, it sounds like a really bad Tel Sell marketing slogan, like do this one thing and your whole problem is solved! Sure Karlien, sure…\nNo but really, there are a lot of people around the world where this one thing took care of getting rid immediatly of their years of chronic pain.\nAnd that’s why I really want to share this super tip with you, because for all we know maybe you are one of those people who will be helped with this! I would love that, that’s what I do all of this for!\nAnd besides, what do you have to lose to try this out, your situation is already shitty now, it can only get better!\nHow did those people become pain free so quickly I hear you think, what is it they did???\nWell they read a book written by a well-known American doctor. His name is John. E. Sarno M.D. Or also called America’s Best Pain Doctor in the well-known Forbes Magazine. He has written several books, including the New York Times Best Seller “The MindBody Prescription”. He sold millions of books and for thousands of people who read his book(s), just reading was enough to get immediate pain relief or even become completely pain free!\nI give you this tip completely for free, because I really hope it helps you.\nIs reading this book enough for everyone? No, of course not, that’s why I offer complete Pain-Free Reset programs to lead you to your pain-free life. But maybe in your case just reading this book is enough and you don’t need a program at all, who knows, just try it!\nIt could really change your life!\nWill you let me know then please?\nHave a good day!\n“The MindBody Prescription” by Dr. John E. Sarno","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://energy2000.bandcamp.com/","date":"2015-08-02T08:13:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-32/segments/1438042989018.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20150728002309-00261-ip-10-236-191-2.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9570401310920715,"token_count":417,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-32","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-32__0__150625609","lang":"en","text":"\"Dear friends, close acquaintances and strangers, fellow countrymen, people of all countries of all contintents: In a few minutes a mighty spaceship will carry me into the distant regions of the universe. What can I tell you in these few minutes before launching?\n\"All of my life seems to me now like one wonderful moment, everything experienced and done earlier has been experienced and done for the sake of this moment. You should understand, it's hard to grasp how I feel as the hour for which we have worked so long and hard closely approaches. It's hardly worth talking about the feelings I experienced when I was chosen to make this historic flight. Joy? No, this wasn't only joy. Pride? No this wasn't only pride.\n\"I felt an immense happiness to be first to enter the cosmos. To enter an unprecedented, face-to-face challenge with nature. But after this I thought of the immense responsibility laid upon me - first to achieve that which generations have dreamed about, first to pave the road for humanity into the cosmos.\n\"I am aware of the greater difficulty of the tasks than that which I have fulfilled. This is a responsibility not before one, not before tens of people, not before a collective, it's a responsibility before all Soviet people, before all humanity, before its present and future. And if nonetheless I decide to make this flight, it's only because I'm a Communist, because I have behind me the immeasurable heroism of my fellow countrymen, the Soviet people.\n\"I know, I will gather all my will to best accomplish this task. Understanding the responsibility of the task, I'll do everything within my power to fulfill the tasks of the Communist Party and the Soviet people. The minutes are counting down to the launch now. I say to you dear friends, until we meet again!\" - Yuri Gagarin, April 12, 1961\n\"The Motherland hears, the Motherland knows\nWhere her son flies in the sky...\" - Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky, 1951","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ccraze.tumblr.com/","date":"2013-12-12T13:38:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386164587361/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204134307-00049-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9796936511993408,"token_count":137,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__190445682","lang":"en","text":"Over the past few weeks I have been struggling with my vision. As of right now there is no definitive reason for why it seems to be failing, but as it stands I lose my vision for roughly 10-15 minutes each day. During this time I can see a good deal but my field of vision is cracked and missing pieces. Sentences disintegrate into merely handfuls of words and the faces around me are missing large pieces. It has been hard not to wonder what it is like to be blind. After 23 years of being able to take in the world around me through sight and enjoy the colors and shadows, I can’t imagine waking up and losing those things.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://scbwi.livejournal.com/","date":"2021-09-17T22:14:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780055808.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20210917212307-20210918002307-00635.warc.gz","language_score":0.9716328382492065,"token_count":4495,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__127405706","lang":"en","text":"SUNDAY, AUGUST 02, 2009\nIt's been an eventful last few days and I thought I'd blog about it before it was too late as my life is currently feeling like a 33 rpm record running on 45 or was it a 45 running on 33 (remember those? LPs? Record players? If not, then I'm pleased to meet you ... I'm rather keen on younger readers.)\nI attended the launch of Devil's Kiss, the goth-lit teenage novel by my fellow SCBWIite Sarwat Chadda. I felt rather underdressed when he greeted us with his spear and shield.\nThe Dulwich Picture Gallery was a fab place to hold the launch, the weather held for most of the evening and the food was delicious! People queued to say nice things to Sarwat but I thought the greatest compliment was paid by this teenager sitting outside the crowd of wellwishers, totally glued to the Devil's Kiss.\nThere were several Undiscovered Voices authors there - Steve Hartley, whose Danny Baker Record Breaker, is due to be published by Macmillan, me, Margaret Carey, and Briony Pearce - who after winning UV, wrote another novel and had another baby (good news about this very soon ... ). Which reminds me, the deadline for the 2009 Undiscovered Voices competition is the 1st of June!\nHere is Bryony and family (the baby came in chain mail and her little girl came in a princess gown ... all made by Briony with one hand while typing up her novel with the other.\nImmediately after the launch, a small convoy (well, two cars) of SCBWI people drove up the motorway to Pendrell Hall in Wolverhampton to join SCBWI's weekend retreat. Our author in residence was Mary Hoffman, who I think has pretty much reached the status of national treasure. When she began to read from the latest Amazing Grace book Princess Grace, I wanted to climb onto her lap and suck my thumb.\nThere's lots to report of course - we learned so much from Mary and the editors, we ate a lot, laughed nonstop, and despite it being a retreat, I was so happy to be writing without any hindrance (and without having to stop to cook for the family!) that I barely slept, pounding away at the laptop into the wee hours! I hope to find the time to blog about the nuts and bolts but for now I just want to share these piccies!\nTill next year!\nIt is my great pleasure to invite you to take part of a new illustration and storytelling project on my blog. It will consist of a series of illustrations and short stories of curious characters that I will be posting every week.\nThe project needs your collaboration and it will include monthly giveaways of special signed watercolor prints of some of your favorite illustrations and characters.\nPlease be my guest and take part in this project with me!\nRead all about it here: http://www.koldobarroso.com/help-me-bring-creatures-to-life/\nThis is the final part of School Librarians Revealed, a report on the joint SCBWI-BI Central East Region/Ipswich Children’s Book Group meeting with two Suffolk school librarians: Jayne Gould and Alison Baker.\nAuthors are Real People: The Secrets of School Visits\nChildren really love to have authors come into school and often feel that they are meeting “a famous person”. So it’s not surprise publishers are very keen to have authors come into school or go on tour. Pupils find writing workshops very good and are always interested in hearing how writers go about writing, for example, Jeremy Strong talks about his writing shed.\nWhen writers come into school they need to be able to “hold” a class and talk to them. Often the best authors have some sort of show, do something special and sparkle. But authors don’t need to be all singing all dancing. Douglas Hill, for example, had a very quiet presence and delivery, but still held the children with the story he told.\nWriter should have a plan and know what they are going to talk about or do. If the children are misbehaving author shouldn’t be afraid to make them pay attention rather than waiting for teachers or librarians to intervene. Anne Cassidy told off three girls at the back of an audience of 100 for talking and the students were far more shocked at being picked out by the author than they would have been being told off by a teacher.\nAuthors also need to be flexible and adaptable. “Don’t panic when things go off plan, just go with the flow,” suggest Allison, “and the children will respond.” Keep an eye on the audience - if you’re losing their interest, wind things up quickly.\nBest Books of Last Year\nAs part of our discussion we talked about what everyone in the audience and on the panel thought were the best books published last year or once there are most excited about when they read them.\n- All three of the Charlie Fletcher books — about statues coming to life in London: Stoneheart, Ironhand and Silvertongue.\n- Gideon the Cutpurse by Linda Buckley-Archer - the third instalment is hotly anticipated!\n- The final book of the Noughts and Crosses Trilogy – Checkmate by Malorie Blackman\n- Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy. It was considered a big book to get into, but it was a nice story and a good adventure that attracted a wide range of readers in the school libraries. Interestingly, it genuinely crossed the gender divide because girls like Valkyrie Cain and boys like Skulduggery.\nThe Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson is regarded as a modern classic. Many librarians felt they could constantly give it to any child who could read and that they know that there isn’t anything bad to take from it, but a good story.\nThe Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsal (www.jeannebirdsall.com) is very highly thought of by Jayne, but had not had much success yet selling it to students.\nThe London Eye Mystery by the late Siobhan Dowd was very popular with year four onwards at Broke Hall School.\nAlison felt he couldn’t go wrong Michael Morpurgo.\nMrs Marriage Project by Pauline Fisk — this book caught the imagination of one librarian, but she couldn’t sell it to most of the girls in her school.\nBoy Books and Girl Books\nAuthors that bridge the gender divide\n· Robert Muchamore\n· Roald Dahl\n· Michael Murporgo\n· JK Rowling\nBooks that bridge the gender divide\n· Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon and Tony Ross\n· Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy\n· London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd\n· Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan (very popular with year six)\n· Vampirates by Justin Somper\n· The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett\n· The Roman Mysteries by Caroline Laurence\n· Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi\nThere are obviously many books that would definitely are boy read or girl reads. One librarian had tried very hard to persuade boys to read “Not Quite a Mermaid”, but could not overcome the pink cover. During a session on choosing books, Not Quite a Mermaid was a definite no when judged by the cover, it became a probably not when the blurb was read out, but, after being read the beginning of the story the boys were interested in it, but would not borrowed because of the pink cover.\nJayne had a very interesting exercise with some of her year six pupils to help them break away for what they normally read and to read something different. She selected books for each of the pupils and put them in an envelope which they were not allowed to open until they were back in the classroom. They were told to have a go at the book and to come back and talk about it. The pupils were excited by the exercise and it worked very well.\nTo read an extended version of this entry, visit: http://benjaminscottauthor.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/school-librarians-revealed-part-4-%e2%80%93-best-books-and-writing-sheds/\nI’d like to thank Jayne Gould and Alison Baker as well as everyone who attended the discussion at Broke Hall School. I’m also very grateful to the school for allowing us to have our meeting their with the Ipswich Children’s Book Group. You can find out more about British SCBWI by visiting http://britishscbwi.jimdo.com/\nThis is part three of School Librarians Revealed, a report on the joint SCBWI-BI Central East Region/Ipswich Children's Book Group meeting with two Suffolk school librarians: Jayne Gould and Alison Baker.\nWhat Librarians Want: Gaps on the Shelves\nWe talked with our panel and audience about what they felt the gaps on their shelves were and the books they wished more writers and publishers were producing.\n*Good but not lengthy fantasy - Spiderwick Chronicles (Holly Black and Tony DiTertizzi) were really popular (although helped by the film).\n*Broke Hall School finds it hard to keep Horrid Henry (Francesca Simon and Tony Ross) and Beast Quest (Adam Blade) on the shelves, so more like these would go down well.\n*Good, short books that would make good class readers for Year Five/Six would be welcomed. Anything ideal for teachers to read aloud to their class, but doesn't take up a term to read, would be good. Once by Morris Gleitzman was cited as a good example of a book very easy to get through in class but has a lot to build lessons and discussions around.\n*Fiction about Sport, for example, a rugby series.\nLaugh Out Loud Funny\n*More humorous stories for older readers - somewhere between Horrid Henry/Jeremy Strong (too young) and Louise Rennison (too old).\nHigh Interest, Lower Challenge\nHigh interest level but easy reading books are in great demand. One in 10 students at Stoke High School is an EAL (English as an Additional Language) student, many from a Polish, Portuguese or Afghan background. It is difficult to source books in their own language to help them keep up their mother tongue as well as helping them to read English.\nThis is even more of a problem in special need schools, where teenage interest needs to be expressed at Biff and Kipper reading level. Students who use the Makaton symbol system to aid their reading find it hard to have any books suitable for them and staff often resort to remaking the books for their students. As an audience member said, it's like \"learning to play the piano at 11 and having to play nursery rhymes. It's embarrassing.\"\nStudents are always asking for \"really scary books\" (from Year Three onwards). However, what staff find scary and what the students find scary is another matter.\nFrom Scary to Censorship\nInterestingly, Darren Shan is not stocked by many librarians. In the primary school library in particularly there was a fine line between stocking a wide range of books and keeping them suitable. Even Robert Muchamore’s CHERUB series is not stocked after the second book at some libraries because it was felt the violence and teenage content escalates through the series, although CHERUB is very popular with many students.\nManga is popular at the high school library, but titles are selected with great care as most of the publications are only suitable for 18+ (and often contain offensive (violent and sexual) material not suitable for a school library). The school does have a Manga club -- which also has a cultural focus on Japan. However, most manga’s violence and gore is mild compared with many of the computer games children play.\nHowever, it could be argued that it is better to read about some of these areas than it is to see it on TV. At least with reading, there can be a difference between what is written and what is understood by the reader. Most people recognise the children see worst things at home -- many students have watched 16 and 18 rated movies with their parents. (Year One, Two and Three students have seen Lord Of the Rings, and at least one Year One student has seen The Dark Knight).\nAge appropriate biographies are a real gap in the market. Marley and Me by John Grogan was cited as a prime example of a biography that worked very well. The author adapted to his biography for younger readers (Marley: A Dog like No Other) and it’s very popular. The students would not have tackled the adult version.\nMany girls are into the so-called agony biographies -- often led by their mothers reading, for example, Child Called It (David Pelzer) or My Sister's Keeper (Jody Peacock). While the grown-up version isn't really suitable for Year Six, an age-appropriate version would be desirable.\nComing soon - Part 4: What are the Best Books and Who Writes in a Shed?\nTo read an extended version of this entry, visit: http://benjaminscottauthor.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/school-librarians-revealed-part-3-the-books-librarians-want-written/\nThis is part two of School Librarians Revealed, a report on the joint SCBWI-BI Central East Region/Ipswich Children's Book Group meeting with two Suffolk school librarians: Jayne Gould and Alison Baker.\nThe Book Keepers: The Role of Librarians\n\"The only way you can learn to make choices is by making choices,\" says Jayne Gould, “and part of that process is making the wrong choice”. Despite the temptation to interfere in children's reading choices, most librarians felt that only in exceptional circumstances do they step in. They support a pupil’s right to make choice and try a book.\nLibrarians are keen to encourage pupils to read and to keep them borrowing books. Part of the process is helping pupils find something appropriate, by both content and reading age, and, at the same time, challenging. They also have a role to play in helping developing readers.\nProblems do occur, for example, in Broke Hall School, Year Four boys started going for the longest books they could find so they could be seen reading \"great thick books\". But many of these books came back the next day because they were too challenging a read. So Jayne Gould worked very closely with teachers to establish reading scheme: specially chosen books were placed in five colour types and the students had to read one book from each of the coloured tubs in order to get a gold certificate.\nIn the older school, the problem can be the opposite. Year Nine students still take out Horrid Henry when they should be challenging themselves, although with a mix of reading abilities, some students still need something more appropriate to their reading age, like quick reads.\nStoke High School has had a lot of success with a paired reading scheme. Pupils who read at below chronological age, but not low enough for corrective reading, are paired with stronger, older readers. They meet twice a week for 20 minutes to practice reading out loud. The scheme not only makes dramatic improvements to reading ability (and enjoyment) over six months but also creates some strong friendships. It is not unusual for pupils to improve their reading age by two years during the scheme. It also helps the students to learn to pick appropriate books and get satisfaction from being able to get into and to the end of the story.\nThe move by many UK publishers to start “age-banding” books is hot topic of the moment. Unsurprising to anyone listening to the debates, staff in schools are almost universal opposition to age banding because it would stop a lot of children picking up books.\nStudents are largely self censoring. They often don't want to read something that is not suitable for them and they will bring them back. An 11-year-old girl in one library borrowed a book that had been put into the library by a previous librarian and returned it for being too explicit. Most readers will stop if they are uncomfortable with the book.\nEven in the high school library, most of the students do not look at the adult book section. Alison Baker jokes that they've trained them all well! However, Year 10 and 11 students do read Agatha Christie, Mills and Boon and \"good adventure stories\".\nDuring her days as a bookseller, Jayne had a customer who wanted to buy the classic Black Beauty (by Anna Sewell) for a 5 year old without realising that might be inappropriate for the youngster.\nThe difficult comes with people who don’t work closely with children or know the children's books market. How do they make choices to buy books for children? It would be helpful to the “grandparents” buying books, but at the heavy price of stigmatising children and excluding many from the pleasures of reading.\nFor more information on the age banding debate visit:\nComing soon - Part 3: The Books Librarians Want Written - watch this blog!\nTo read an extended version of this entry, visit: http://benjaminscottauthor.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/school-librarians-revealed-part-2-%e2%80%93-keepers-of-books/\nOn 21 January 2009, SCBWI Central East Region and the Ipswich Children's Book Group held a joint meeting at Broke Hall School (Ipswich) to hear from two Suffolk schools librarians. Jayne Gould and Alison Baker were kind enough to come and talk about themselves and their libraries.\nA Tale of Two Libraries: how different school libraries work\nThe Stoke High School Library operates from a single room, but is a school library and a public branch library. It has two sets of staff (one for each function) and two sets of stock, although the stamped school stock is interfiled. Alison Baker is the Stoke High School librarian and has worked there for over 10 years. She started as a branch librarian before moving to the school side when they needed a chartered librarian.\nBroke Hall School Library is not shut away in a separate room, but part of a school thoroughfare so most children pass through it every day. It has grown alongside the expansion of the school (which now has over 600 children) and has had a librarian, Jayne Gould, since 2000 (she was previously a children's bookseller at the Ancient House, Ipswich). The library has over 15,000 books on its catalogue and is one of the largest school libraries in Suffolk. It is one of the few that has a dedicated librarian.\nBook Fairies: How Books Appear on the Shelves\nBoth librarians listen to what students ask for - suggestion cards are also used for students to write down books, authors or topics they want stocked. Children need feel they have ownership of the library and are encouraged to talk about what they read.\nPupils talk to each other about the books they read, so that often filters through to requests for stock. Children are often influenced by the display in Waterstone’s, WH Smith and Tesco.\nAuthors’ visits have a very profound effect on borrowing which extends far beyond the few weeks after their visit, for example, even a year after her visit to Stoke High School, Anne Cassidy’s books continue to be in great demand (there is already a long waiting list for her new book).\nFilm and TV adaptations have a huge influence too. They often draw in new readers and encourage existing readers to challenge themselves with longer books.\nThe greatest challenge is keeping up-to-date with what is being published. A lot of decisions about stock are made on the basis of reviews and children's books magazines (like Carousel - http://www.carouselguide.co.uk/). Jayne's background as a bookseller and membership of the local Children's Book Group has proved invaluable.\nGaps in stocks are always highlighted when students undertake individual or group projects on \"what interests them.\" Alison tries to suggest students pick their projects only after they've looked on the shelves. But students still challenge the libraries with eclectic or esoteric requests, for example, books on boxing, or slugs and snails. When projects are about exotic animals, reference works can be hard to source, for example, books on Golden Tamarins.\nUltimately, librarians seem to work on gut instinct and knowing the children in their school. Budgets are obviously an issue and some creativity is needed in building up stocks, for example, feeding in commission from book fairs and adding the occasional review copy to the library.\nComing soon - Part 2: Keepers of Books. Watch this blog!\nTo read an extended version of the entry visit: http://benjaminscottauthor.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/school-librarians-revealed-part-1-%e2%80%93-book-fairies-and-golden-tamarins/","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://whenthecrisishitthefan.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/the-irony-of-reading-plutarch/","date":"2022-12-02T02:30:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710890.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20221202014312-20221202044312-00328.warc.gz","language_score":0.9749730229377747,"token_count":4408,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__304684143","lang":"en","text":"I read a short essay by Plutarch yesterday. It’s 2.000-year-old text against the notion of borrowing. “Against borrowing money” is the essay’s title and it’s part of his book on Morals.\nOf course he wasn’t an economist so you won’t find financial doctrines in it. But the simple fact of reading a Greek ancestor who has written simple ideas on the notion of borrowing/lending makes it, well, ironic if not tragic.\nAnd then we go back to our news channels and our dear government and we listen things like “we didn’t know” or “there was no alternative”.\nGo on, give it a try, it’s long but not too much.\nSec. I. Plato in his Laws  does not permit neighbours to use one another’s water, unless they have first dug for themselves as far as the clay, and reached ground that is unsuitable for a well. For clay, having a rich and compact nature, absorbs the water it receives, and does not let it pass through. But he allows people that cannot make a well of their own to use their neighbour’s water, for the law ought to relieve necessity. Ought there not also to be a law about money, that people should not borrow of others, nor go to other people’s sources of income, until they have first examined their own resources at home, and collected, as by drops, what is necessary for their use? But nowadays from luxury and effeminacy and lavish expenditure people do not use their own resources, though they have them, but borrow from others at great interest without necessity. And what proves this very clearly is the fact that people do not lend money to the needy, but only to those who, wanting an immediate supply, bring a witness and adequate security for their credit, so that they can be in no actual necessity of borrowing. \nSec. II. Why pay court to the banker or trader? Borrow from your own table. You have cups, silver dishes, pots and pans. Use them in your need. Beautiful Aulis or Tenedos will furnish you with earthenware instead, purer than silver, for they will not smell strongly and unpleasantly of interest, a kind of rust that daily soils your sumptuousness, nor will they remind you of the calends and the new moon, which, though the most holy of days, the money-lenders make ill-omened and hateful. For those who instead of selling them put their goods out at pawn cannot be saved even by Zeus the Protector of Property: they are ashamed to sell, they are not ashamed to pay interest on their goods when out at pawn. And yet the famous Pericles made the ornament of Athene, which weighed forty talents of fine gold, removable at will, for “so,” he said, “we can use the gold in war, and at some other time restore as costly a one.” So should we too in our necessities, as in a siege, not receive a garrison imposed on us by a hostile money-lender, nor allow our goods to go into slavery; but stripping our table, our bed, our carriages, and our diet, of superfluities, we should keep ourselves free, intending to restore all those things again, if we have good luck.\nSec. III. So the Roman matrons offered their gold and ornaments as first-fruits to Pythian Apollo, out of which a golden cup was made and sent to Delphi;  and the Carthaginian matrons had their heads shorn, and with the hair cut off made cords for the machines and engines to be used in defence of their country.  But we being ashamed of independence enslave ourselves to covenants and conditions, when we ought to restrict and confine ourselves to what is useful, and dock or sell useless superfluities, to build a temple of liberty for ourselves, our wives, and children. The famous Artemis at Ephesus gives asylum and security from their creditors to debtors, when they take refuge in her temple; but the asylum and sanctuary of frugality is everywhere open to the sober-minded, affording them joyful and honourable and ample space for much ease. For as the Pythian Priestess told the Athenians at the time of the Median war that the god had given them wooden walls,  and they left the region and city, their goods and houses, and took refuge in their ships for liberty, so the god gives us a wooden table, and earthenware plate, and coarse garments, if we wish to live free. Care not for fine horses or chariots with handsome harness, adorned with gold  and silver, which swift interest will catch up and outrun, but mounted on any chance donkey or nag flee from the hostile and tyrannical money-lender, not demanding like the Mede land and water,  but interfering with your liberty, and lowering your status. If you pay him not, he duns you; if you offer the money, he won’t have it; if you are selling anything, he cheapens the price; if you don’t want to sell, he forces you; if you sue him, he comes to terms with you; if you swear, he hectors; if you go to his house, he shuts the door in your face; whereas if you stay at home, he billets himself on you, and is ever rapping at your door.\nSec. IV. How did Solon benefit the Athenians by ordaining that debtors should no longer have to pay in person? For they are slaves to all money-lenders,  and not to them only, what would there be so monstrous in that? but to their slaves, who are insolent and savage barbarians, such as Plato represents the fiery torturers and executioners in Hades who preside over the punishment of the impious. For they make the forum a hell for wretched debtors, and like vultures devour and rend them limb from limb, “piercing into their bowels,”  and stand over others and prevent their tasting their own grapes or crops, as if they were so many Tantaluses. And as Darius sent Datis and Artaphernes to Athens with manacles and chains in their hands for their captives, so they bring into Greece boxes full of bonds and agreements, like fetters, and visit the towns and scour the country round, sowing not like Triptolemus harmless corn, but planting the toilsome and prolific and never-ending roots of debts, which grow and spread all round, and ruin and choke cities. They say that hares at once give birth and suckle and conceive again, but the debts of these knaves and barbarians give birth before they conceive; for at the very moment of giving they ask back, and take up what they laid down, and lend what they take for lending.\nSec. V. It is a saying among the Messenians, that “there is a Pylos before Pylos, and another Pylos too.” So it may be said with respect to these money-lenders, “there is interest before interest, and other interest too.” Then of course they laugh at those natural philosophers who say that nothing can come of nothing, for they get interest on what neither is nor was; and they think it disgraceful to farm out the taxes, though the law allows it, while they themselves against the law exact tribute for what they lend, or rather, if one is to say the truth, defraud as they lend, for he who receives less than he signs his name for is defrauded. The Persians indeed think lying a secondary crime, but debt a principal one, for lying frequently follows upon debt, but money-lenders tell more lies, for they make fraudulent entries in their account-books, writing down that they have given so-and-so so much, when they have really given less. And the only excuse for their lying is covetousness, not necessity, not utter poverty, but insatiable greediness, the outcome of which is without enjoyment and useless to themselves, and fatal to their victims. For neither do they farm the fields which they rob their debtors of, nor do they inhabit their houses when they have thrust them out, nor use their tables or apparel, but first one is ruined, and then a second is hunted down, for whom the first one serves as a decoy. For the bane spreads and grows like a fire, to the destruction and ruin of all who fall into their clutches, for it consumes one after another; and the money-lender, who fans and feeds this flame to ensnare many, gets no more advantage from it but that some time after he can take his account-book and read how many he has sold up, how many turned out of house and home, and track the sources of his wealth, which is ever growing into a larger pile.\nSec. VI. And do not think I say this as an enemy proclaiming war against the money-lenders,\n“For never did they lift my cows or horses,” \nbut merely to prove to those who too readily borrow money what disgrace and servitude it brings with it, and what extreme folly and weakness it is. Have you anything? do not borrow, for you are not in a necessitous condition. Have you nothing? do not borrow, for you will never be able to pay back. Let us consider either case separately. Cato said to a certain old man who was a wicked fellow, “My good sir, why do you add the shame that comes from wickedness to old age, that has so many troubles of its own?” So too do you, since poverty has so many troubles of its own, not add the terrible distress that comes from borrowing money and from debt; and do not take away from poverty its only advantage over wealth, its freedom from corroding care. For the proverb that says, “I cannot carry a goat, put an ox on my shoulder,” has a ridiculous ring. Unable to bear poverty, are you going to put on your back a money-lender, a weight hard to carry even for a rich man? How then, will you say, am I to maintain myself? Do you ask this, having two hands, two legs, and a tongue, in short, being a man, to love and be loved, to give and receive benefits? Can you not be a schoolmaster or tutor, or porter, or sailor, or make coasting voyages? Any of these ways of getting a livelihood is less disgraceful and difficult than to always have to hear, “Pay me that thou owest.”\nSec. VII. The well-known Rutilius went up to Musonius at Rome, and said to him, “Musonius, Zeus Soter, whom you imitate and emulate, does not borrow money.” And Musonius smilingly answered, “Neither does he lend.” For you must know Rutilius, himself a lender, was bantering Musonius for being a borrower. What Stoic inflatedness was all this! What need was there to bring in Zeus Soter? For all nature teaches the same lesson. Swallows do not borrow money, nor do ants, although nature has given them no hands, or reason, or profession. But men have intellect in excess, and so ingenious are they that they keep near them horses, and dogs, and partridges, and jackdaws. Why then do you despair, who are as impressible as a jackdaw, have as much voice as a partridge, and are as noble as a dog, of getting some person to befriend you, by looking after him, winning his affections, guarding him, fighting his battles? Do you not see how many opportunities there are both on land and sea? As Crates says,\n“Miccylus and his wife, to ward off famine\nIn these bad times, I saw both carding wool.”\nAnd King Antigonus asked Cleanthes, when he saw him at Athens after a long interval, “Do you still grind, Cleanthes?” And he replied, “I do, O king, but for my living, yet so as not to desert philosophy.” Such was the admirable spirit of the man who, coming from the mill and kneading-trough, wrote with the hand that had baked and ground about the gods, and the moon, and stars, and the sun. But those kinds of labour are in our view servile! And so that we may appear free we borrow money, and flatter and dance attendance on slaves, and give them dinners and presents, and pay taxes as it were to them, not on account of our poverty (for no one lends money to a poor man), but from our love of lavish expenditure. For if we were content with things necessary for subsistence, the race of money-lenders would be as extinct as Centaurs and Gorgons are; it is luxury that has created them as much as goldsmiths, and silversmiths, and perfumers, and dyers in bright colours. For we do not owe money for bread and wine, but for estates, and slaves, and mules, and dining-rooms, and tables, and for our lavish public entertainments, in our unprofitable and thankless ambition. And he that is once involved in debt remains in it all his time, like a horse bitted and bridled that takes one rider after another, and there is no escape to green pastures and meadows, but they wander about like those demons who were driven out of heaven by the gods who are thus described by Empedocles:–\n“Into the sea the force of heaven thrusts them,\nThe sea rejects them back upon the land;\nTo the sun’s rays th’ unresting earth remits them;\nThe sun anon whirls them to heaven again.”\nSo one after another usurer or trader gets hold of the poor wretch, hailing either from Corinth, or Patrae, or Athens, till he gets set on to by them all, and torn to bits, and cut into mince-meat as it were for his interest. For as a person who is fallen into the mire must either get up out of it or remain in it, and if he turns about in it, and wallows in it, and bedabbles his body all over in it, he contracts only the greater defilement, so by borrowing from one person to pay another and changing their money-lenders they contract and incur fresh interest, and get into greater liabilities, and closely resemble sufferers from cholera, whose case does not admit of cure because they evacuate everything they are ordered to take, and so ever add to the disease. So these will not get cleansed from the disease of debt, but at regular times in the year pay their interest with pain and agony, and then immediately another creditor presents his little account, so again their heads swim and ache, when they ought to have got rid of their debts altogether, and regained their freedom.\nSec. VIII. I now turn my attention to those who are rich and luxurious, and use language like the following, “Am I then to go without slaves and hearth and home?” As if any dropsical person, whose body was greatly swollen and who was very weak, should say to his doctor, “Am I then to become lean and empty?” And why not, to get well? And do you too go without a slave, not to be a slave yourself; and without chattels, not to be another man’s chattel. Listen to a story about two vultures; one was vomiting and saying it would bring its inside up, and the other who was by said, “What harm if you do? For it won’t be your inside you bring up, but that dead body we devoured lately.” And so any debtor does not sell his own estate, or his own house, but his creditor’s, for he has made him by law master of them. Nay, but by Zeus, says one, my father left me this field. Yes, and your father also left you liberty and a status in the community, which you ought to value more than you do. And your father begot you with hand and foot, but should either of them mortify, you pay the surgeon to cut it off. Thus Calypso clad and “dressed” Odysseus “in raiment smelling sweet,”  like the body of an immortal, as a gift and token of her affection for him; but when his vessel was upset and he himself immersed, and owing to this wet and heavy raiment could hardly keep himself on the top of the waves, he threw it off and stripped himself, and covered his naked breast with Ino’s veil,  and “swam for it gazing on the distant shore,”  and so saved his life, and lacked neither food nor raiment. What then? have not poor debtors storms, when the money-lender stands over them and says, Pay?\n“Thus spoke Poseidon, and the clouds did gather,\nAnd lashed the sea to fury, and at once\nEurus and Notus and the stormy Zephyr\nBlew all together.” \nThus interest rolls on interest as wave upon wave, and he that is involved in debt struggles against the load that bears him down, but cannot swim away and escape, but sinks to the bottom, and carries with him to ruin his friends that have gone security for him. But Crates the Theban, though he had neither duns nor debts, and was only disgusted at the distracting cares of housekeeping, gave up a property worth eight talents, and assumed the philosopher’s threadbare cloak and wallet, and took refuge in philosophy and poverty. And Anaxagoras left his sheep-farm. But why need I mention these? since the lyric poet Philoxenus, obtaining by lot in a Sicilian colony much substance and a house abounding in every kind of comfort, but finding that luxury and pleasure and absence of refinement was the fashion there, said, “By the gods these comforts shall not undo me, I will give them up,” and he left his lot to others, and sailed home again. But debtors have to put up with being dunned, subjected to tribute, suffering slavery, passing debased coin, and like Phineus, feeding certain winged Harpies, who carry off and lay violent hands on their food, not at the proper season, for they get possession of their debtors’ corn before it is sown, and they traffic for oil before the olives are ripe; and the money-lender says, “I have wine at such and such a price,” and takes a bond for it, when the grapes are yet on the vine waiting for Arcturus to ripen them.\nFootnotes: Page 844, A. B. C.  Reading with Wyttenbach [Greek: didousi] and [Greek: echousi].  See Livy, v. 25.  See Appian, lv. 26.  See Herodotus, vii. 141-143; viii. 51.  Reading with Reiske [Greek: katachrusa].  The technical term for submission to an enemy. See Pausanias, iii. 12; x. 20. Herodotus, v. 17, 18; vii. 133.  Reading with Reiske [Greek: daneistais]. Perhaps [Greek: aphanistais] originally came after [Greek: agriois], and got somehow displaced.  See Homer, “Odyssey,” xi. 578, 579, and context.  Homer, “Iliad,” i. 154.  “Odyssey,” v. 264.  “Odyssey,” v. 333-375.  “Odyssey,” v. 439.  “Odyssey,” v. 291-295.\nThe text was taken from Project Gutenberg’s archive on Plutarch’s works. You can find the whole book of Morals here.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://enterorientcity.com/ryanColucci.html","date":"2019-03-25T07:36:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912203842.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20190325072024-20190325094024-00014.warc.gz","language_score":0.9771936535835266,"token_count":419,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__203202176","lang":"en","text":"Ryan is an alumnus of the prestigious Peter Stark Producing MFA Program at USC. He received his BA in Film Studies and Production from Hofstra University, graduating Suma Cum Laude. Before that he pursued a degree in Accounting from Villanova University and spent a year at Cambridge University in England studying Economics and Political Science.\nHe has over ten years of experience in the film industry, getting his start working in development for Artisan/Lionsgate and Disney. Recently, Ryan directed and wrote the feature thriller Suburban Cowboy, which was released in August of 2017. In 2014, he co-wrote and produced With You, a film directed by Grammy-nominated EDM artist Dirty South based on his album of the same name. It debuted at #1 on iTunes in the fall of the same year. In post-production is the sci-fi actioner White Space, which he produced and co-wrote. Ryan was a producer on the CG-animated feature Battle for Terra 3D, which was released through Lionsgate nationwide in May of 2009.\nCurrently in production, Ryan wrote and is co-directing the CG-film Krampus with Zsombor Huszka. He is also producing an adaptation of George R.R. Martin's World Fantasy Award Winning The Skin Trade, a horror novella by the acclaimed NY Times #1 best-selling author of A Game of Thrones.\nRyan started Spoke Lane Entertainment to produce a variety of genre fare for the publishing and film worlds. The first project out of his banner was the graphic novel Harbor Moon; the werewolf spaghetti western was nominated for a Goodreads and Horror Comic Award for Best Original Graphic Novel. His follow-up graphic novel, R.E.M., debuted to rave reviews at NY Comic-con 2013. His graphic novels Bulderlyns, Penny Black and Chasing Rabbits are currently in production and look to make their debut in 2018. Spoke Lane is also publishing the original manga series Orange Lif3 by acclaimed Russian artist Lemon5ky.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.vawbn.ca/books.html","date":"2022-10-01T22:06:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030336921.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20221001195125-20221001225125-00642.warc.gz","language_score":0.9434912204742432,"token_count":1617,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__288573590","lang":"en","text":"Books - and blogs and websites - recommended by members\nThere are several books - and blogs - out there that have been recommended by members, ones they have found to be very beneficial as they pursued growing and marketing their businesses. If you have a book or a blog you would like to add to our list, please email firstname.lastname@example.org\nBook recommendations by visionaries, entrepreneurs, celebrities and more. Check it out.\nBy Rhonda Byrne\nIn this book, you''ll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life -- money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. You''ll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that's within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life.\nThe Secret contains wisdom from modern-day teachers -- men and women who have used it to achieve health, wealth, and happiness. By applying the knowledge of The Secret, they bring to light compelling stories of eradicating disease,\nacquiring massive wealth, overcoming obstacles, and achieving what many would regard as impossible.\nFrom 'Survivorship' to 'Thrivorship'\nby Melanie Hayden-Sparks\nMelanie Hayden-Sparks thought she had it all -- a great career, a wonderful family, and excellent health. That is, until the day she had the mammogram her husband scheduled for her -- then her world crumbled. Diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, Melanie knew she must fight for her life. Graduit Journey chronicles the author's journey from the day of her diagnosis through the difficult days of recovery. Her struggles, tears, and strengths provide inspiration and hope for anyone who is grappling with such an insidious disease. It was during this time Melanie discovered and understood that cancer affects everyone in your life. It's not just about you.\nThe Success Principles\nHow to Get from Where you are to Where you Want to be\nby Jack Canfield\nThe Success Principles™ will teach you how to increase your confidence, tackle daily challenges, live with passion and purpose, and realize all your ambitions. Not merely a collection of good ideas, this book spells out the 64 timeless principles used by successful men and women throughout history. Taken together and practiced every day, these principles will transform your life beyond your wildest dreams!\nFilled with memorable and inspiring stories of CEOs, world-class athletes, celebrities, and everyday people, The Success Principles™ will give you the proven blueprint you need to achieve any goal you desire.\nThe Power of Focus\nby Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen and Les Hewitt\nThe No 1 reason that stops people from getting what they want is lack of focus. People who focus on what they want, prosper. Those who don't, struggle. In The Power of Focus you'll discover the specific focusing strategies used by the world's most successful men and women. Find out how to: -Focus on your strengths and eliminate everything that is holding you back. -Change bad habits into habits that will make you debt-free and wealthy. -Create an excellent balance between work and family life - without guilt! 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In Duct Tape Marketing, renowned Small Business Marketing guru John Jantsch shows you how to develop and execute a marketing plan that will give your business the life and longevity you knew you could have when you made that decision to go out on your own.\nby Bob Burg\nBob Burg builds on his proven relationship-building principles to bring even more clients to your door and helps you attract only those who are interested in what you sell. He shows how to maximize your daily contacts, utilize your\ntools both online and off, leverage your relationships, and generate ongoing sales opportunities.\nThe Wealthy Barber Returns\nby David Chilton\n\"If you've always thought of money as a dry and dusty subject, let Dave show you just how interesting it can be. While you're at it, learn a thing or two about your personal motivation and how to point it in the right direction. And laugh your socks off, too! I thoroughly enjoyed this book!\"\nGail Vaz-Oxlade, TV Host of Til Debt Do Us Part and Financial Author\nThe Fly Lady\nYour personal online coach to help you gain control of your house and home\nLife Would Be Easy if it weren't for OTHER people\nby Connie Pedesta & Vicki Sanderson\nIn this book, the authors show you how to develop healthy communication patterns with difficult people. This book will not help you \"change\" difficult people. That''s impossible. It does, however, offer strategies to incorporate into your behavior that will make relationships work better for you, immediately.\nIsland of Biodiversity\n\"Island of Biodiversity\" is now available in softcover, 92 pages, full colour, with paintings by Aleta Karstad and photos by Candice Vetter.\nCopies can be purchased through the Bourget Inn & Spa, or through Urban Country in Russell.\nOr order your copy online for $35.94 at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/karstad\nIn the tradition of the Group of Seven but with the eye of a naturalist, Aleta Karstad paints the Canadian landscape au plein air. While Aleta paints, her biologist husband Fred Schueler makes a scientific survey of the surrounding area, giving special attention to species which many people overlook, but which contribute to the balance of biodiversity. Their journals are blended in the story which accompanies each painting. Candice Vetter is a freelance writer and journalist who lives in North Russell. 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{"url":"https://www.reikimyfriend.com/post/who-is-crazy-to-celebrate-now-i-am","date":"2022-05-18T20:45:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662522309.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220518183254-20220518213254-00153.warc.gz","language_score":0.9589250683784485,"token_count":798,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__239327750","lang":"en","text":"Updated: Feb 4, 2020\nLoud thoughts by Anka Bosanac\nI have a few questions for you. Please answer to yourself. Answer honestly. I do not need to know unless you want me to know.\nWhen was the last time that you participated in a #celebration?\nWhen was the last time that you organized a celebration?\nWhen was the last time that you celebrated on your own, just you?\nWho is crazy to celebrate now?!!! Now emphasized.\nIf that is what you are thinking right now, please allow me to get ‘back to basics’.\nI assume that the reason for the now to be emphasised, is your feeling of stress, disappointment and fear that overwhelms you. So many social and natural ‘disasters’ are happening almost daily and somebody is crazy enough to ask you whether you celebrate.\nWhat is there to celebrate?\nWhat is the meaning, purpose of celebrating?\nWhat is the price of not celebrating?\nHow high is the #frequency of joy? Is it higher than frequency of fear?\nWhich one of the two brings us into better position for co-creating a happy life with ease?\nHow high is the frequency of laughter? Is it higher than frequency of complaining, being grumpy?\nWhich one of the two brings us into better position for #co-creating a happy life with ease?\nIt all comes to vibration. Everything is vibration, people included. Vibration is quite infectious. Can you recall a situation when one person started laughing wholeheartedly and everybody else just joined in without knowing why the laughter started in the first place, until tears bursted from their eyes?\nIf I allow myself to slip into all that energy of fear and hopelessness, I’m of no help to others and myself. I am aware that holding a high vibration is a very challenging task.\nI try to accept casual falling into low vibration with grace and do whatever works for me to get up again.\nCelebrating is for me one of easiest and most enjoyable ways to raise my vibration. My increased vibration affects everybody around me directly and the entire Universe indirectly.\nKnowing that, I can’t say ‘no’ to a celebration. So, I organise celebrations often and I participate in other people’s celebrations with delight.\nAs to, what is there to celebrate right now for me, I’ll muse about that in the next few lines.\nToday I have a reason to celebrate. My work on a new website (this one you are reading from) is progressing really well.\nActually I have a few reasons to celebrate. Some small windfalls appeared in my life from 'nowhere', Ljubo's (my husband's) hand is recovering nicely from an injury. He will be able to play his accordion and guitar 'full speed' instead of playing only slow music. I can particularly celebrate his promise that he will perform 'less crazy' dance movements at our next wedding anniversary and won't risk another injury. Actually I have a million reasons for celebration when I start thinking what I'm grateful for. It doesn't have to be a particular thing happening in my life today or this moment.\nOne particular professional reason for celebration I'll keep for myself for now. Will let you know when the time is right.\nUntil then hug your loved one, help somebody with a small task, watch flowers in your garden, cuddle your or somebody else's pet, look at blue sky, enjoy in painting, cooking and eating, walking on the beach... or listen your favoured piece of music....Or play music. Or just look at the image above or below...\nChoices are unlimited.\nFeel love and beauty and celebrate!\nPlease comment and let me know what and how you do celebrate. Thank you.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.rajneeshpranapati.net/thursdays-letter-12-1-2016-brush-your-hair-queen/","date":"2019-08-22T05:23:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027316783.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20190822042502-20190822064502-00454.warc.gz","language_score":0.9580501317977905,"token_count":324,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__195220153","lang":"en","text":"so it´s thursday again and time for me to write you a letter. It´s kind obligation for me, even it´s late in the night. It reminds me the days, when i was writing letters to my friends, when i was younger. I returned back to this ritual last week, when i started to write to my old pen-friend again. We know each other about 24 years now, so we have some history and let me say, that to keep going this kind of relationship is quite big deal.\nThere was a time, when i was unable to write, because my life was under heavy reconstruction and i remember that feeling to let go everything away. After many years – in these days – i see that someone can stop run something just because someone said so – someone, who did not know your life, your circumstances and maybe you changed your mind because of this opinion and you regret now.\nSo many things can happen. But don´t allow anyone to tell you, what to do – feel your own truth first and than ask for insight. You can make a clear decision right afterwards. And your natural law is to make a mistake.\nSo when i look back, it can be explained of me failing, but when i look back and explained for myself, it was something what proofed the essence of my friendship and it´s quality. I feel that friendship stronger than ever before.\nAnd what´s your biggest mistake you ever made? Can you change a point of view NOW?\nRajneesh Pranapati, reiki master teacher","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.islamimehfil.info/topic/7583-shaikh-%E2%80%98abdul-qadir-jilani-radi-allahu-anhu-is-both-hasani-and-husaini/","date":"2017-03-29T16:55:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218190754.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212950-00262-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9175429940223694,"token_count":9620,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__16084311","lang":"en","text":"Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani (Radi Allahu Anhu) is Both Hasani and Husaini.\nThe most universally acclaimed saint of all times and the most celebrated in all the ‘aalamin (worlds), among jinn and men as well as among the arwaah (souls), the malaaika (angels), and the rijaal u’l ghayb (men of the unseen), the beloved of Allah Ta'ala who throughout history has been showered the titles of Muhiyuddin (reviver of the faith), Qutb Rabbani (the spiritual axis established by the Lord), and Ghousul A'zam (the greatest helper, the greatest saint), Sayyidi wa Imami Abu Muhammad ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani, Radi Allahu ‘Anhu was born in Ramadan 470 A.H/1077 C.E in Jilan, Persia. His father, Abu Salih, was a man of taqwa (piety) and a direct descendant of Sayyidina Imam Hasan ibn ‘Ali Radi Allahu ‘Anhu. His mother, Ummu’l Khair Fatima was a saintly daughter of a saintly father Shaikh ‘Abdullah Sawma'i who was a direct descendant of Sayyidu’sh shuhadaa Imam Husain ibn ‘Ali Radi Allahu ‘Anhu.\nThus Muhiyuddin Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani was both Hasani and Husaini, a descendant of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam from his beloved daughter Sayyidatina Fatima az-Zahra, Radi Allahu ‘Anha. For this reason, the Sindhis for example, lovingly call him \"putar mithe mahbub jo\" (the blessed son of the sweet beloved Holy Prophet), Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam.\nThe genealogical roots of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu can be traced to Habib u’l A’zam Sayyidina Muhammad, Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam, as follows:\nGhousul A’zam Sayyidina Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani, son of\nAs-Sayyid Abu Salih Musa, son of\nAs-Sayyid ‘Abdallah al-Jili, son of\nAs-Sayyid Yahya as-Zahid, son of\nAs-Sayyid Muhammad, son of\nAs-Sayyid Dawud, son of\nAs-Sayyid Musa, son of\nAs-Sayyid Abdallah, son of\nAs-Sayyid Musa al-Jawn, son of\nAs-Sayyid ‘Abdallah al-Mahd, son of\nAs-Sayyid al-Hasan al-Muthanna, son of\nSayyidina al-Imam al-Hasan, Radi Allahu ‘Anhu, son of\nImam u’l mashariqi wa’l magharib, Sayyidina ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, Radi Allahu ‘Anhu, and of Sayyidatina Fatima az-Zahra, Radi Allahu ‘Anha, the blessed daughter of Khaatam an-Nabiyyin Habibi Rabbi’l ‘aalamin Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammad ibn ‘Abdillah, Nurin min Nurillah, Allahumma Salli wa Sallim wa Baarik ‘alayh.\n(Cited by Shaikh ‘Abdur Rahman ibn Shaikh ‘Umar ‘Ali al-Qadiri, in Al-Jawhar u’n Nafis, The Most Precious Pearls, p. 29).\nWhat better way is there to end this section and indeed all the remaining sections than with this hymn which is full of blessings and mercy of Allah.\nShaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Attained the Spiritual Station of Siddiqin\nThe Holy Prophet Muhammad Mustafa Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam is the last Prophet and there is no prophet after him. But people can still aspire to spiritual progress, acquire taqwa (piety) and saintliness and become awliya Allah (friends of Allah). And the highest spiritual state after the anbiya (prophets) belongs to the siddiqin (the truthful). That is why the Holy Prophet Muhammad taught us to make the supplication: Allahummaj 'alnaa min-as-siddiqin (O Allah make us among the truthful). Well, Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu manifested to the world that he ranked among the siddiqin at the ripe age of 18. At that age, his thirst for knowledge and eagerness for the company of the awliya Allah (friends of Allah) took him to the city of Baghdad.\nIt is related that as he was about to leave home on this momentous journey, his widowed mother sewed forty gold coins inside his coat as part of his inheritance, and as parting advice told him to be forever truthful. The caravan with whom he was travelling had gone as far as Hamadan when it was attacked by a gang of robbers. In the course of their loot, one of the robbers asked him whether he had anything with him and he truthfully replied that he had forty gold coins sewn in his coat. The robber obviously thought he was joking and narrated this incident to his chief who decided to see this young man. When his coat was torn open, sure enough there were forty gold coins. The gang leader was astounded. He asked Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani as to why he revealed this when he could have kept it secret. Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani told him that his mother had advised him not to lie and he was duty bound to obey his mother, Hearing this, the gang leader was overtaken with remorse, repented, accepted Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani as his Shaikh and so did all his followers and they went on to acquire wilayah (sainthood) themselves. This is how Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani came to be ranked among the Siddiqin. Allahummaj 'alnaa min-as-Siddiqin, Aameen Yaa Rabbal 'Aalamin.\nThis incident has been narrated in almost all the biographies of the Shaikh, among them being Qalaid al-Jawahir (Necklaces of Gems, p. 33), one of the earliest and major biographies, by Shaikh Muhammad ibn Yahya at-Tadifi, Rahmatullahi ‘alayh (passed away 963 A.H, 1556 C.E)\nSayyid ‘Abdur Rahim ibn Muhammad Isma’il Shirazi Rahmatullahi ‘alayh has captured the essence of this incident most beautifully in the following verse of his Urdu poem on the Ghousul A'zam:\nChoron pay tum nay kar kay tawajjoh\nAbdal banaaya 'aali shaan\nYaa Ghousul A'zam ajab tumhaaree shaan\nFocusing your spiritual glance at the thieves\nyou turned them into great saints\nO, the great helper, your stature is truly astounding\n(Gulzare Tayyiba, The Pleasant Garden, vol. 3, p. 18)\nShaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani (Radi Allahu Anhu) is Both Hasani and Husaini.\nPosted 29 March 2009 - 11:05 AM\nPosted 29 March 2009 - 04:05 PM\nAy Dawat e Islami Teri Dhoom Machi Ho....\nPosted 30 March 2009 - 11:38 AM\nThe Tariqa of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani.\nMuslims follow Tariqa (spiritual path leading to Allah Ta’ala) based on Shari’a (sacred Muslim law).\nIn matters of Shari’a (sacred Muslim law), Mahbub Sub-hani Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu was an authority in the Hanbali madhhab (school of sacred Muslim law) as well as the Shafi’i madhhab, and a chief exponent of the Ahl u’s-Sunnah wa’l Jama'ah (the people who follow the lifestyle of the Holy Prophet Muhammad and of his blessed Companions).\nThe way to draw nearer to Allah Ta'ala is through the fulfilment of obligatory religious duties, additional voluntary prayers day and night, through constant remembrance (zikr) of Allah, unceasing salawaat (invocations of blessings) on the Holy Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam, Sunnah fasting, charity, zuhd (abstinence) and juhd (exertion in the way of Allah Ta'ala) as exemplified by the Holy Prophet Muhammad himself. This then is the tariqa (spiritual path leading to Allah Ta'ala) which is rooted in shari’a (sacred Muslim Law).\nShaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani learned about the mysteries of tariqa and imbibed spiritual culture (tasawwuf) at the hands of Shaikh Hammad ibn Muslim al-Dabbas, Rahmatullahi ‘alayh. Traditionally, when someone is initiated into a tariqa, he is given a khirqa (Sufi robe). Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani was bestowed the khirqa by Shaikh Qadi Abi Sa’id al-Makhzumi, Rahmatullahi ‘alayh, (referred to as Al-Mukharrimi or Al-Makhrimi in some texts).\nA Shaikh (spiritual master), musk-scented in shari’a, tariqa and haqiqi ma'rifa (knowledge of spiritual realities), is able to ascertain the spiritual level of a murid (spiritual seeker/disciple) and can assign additional awraad and azkaar (regular voluntary invocations) to be performed to attain spiritual progress. Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani went on to become the epitome of such spiritual masters.\nThe tariqa followed by Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu came to be called after him as the Qadria tariqa and it came to be universally accepted as a divinely-guided path to spiritual progress through zikr (remembrance) of Allah to cleanse one's heart of all evil, to lead a virtuous life, to attain the love of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam, the love of the Ahl u’l Bayt (the Prophet's blessed Household), the love of his Sahaba (Companions) and the love of the awliya Allah (friends of Allah); and to follow the shari’a (sacred Muslim law) according to the teachings of any one of the four Imams of madhhab, that is Imam Abu Hanifa, Imam Shafi’i, Imam Malik and Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, may Allah Ta'ala be pleased with them all.\nPosted 31 March 2009 - 11:10 AM\nThe Spiritual Roots of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani\nAny tariqa has a silsila or spiritual chain linking the teachings of the Shaikh to the teachings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam. The spiritual roots of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu are traced back to the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, as follows:\nImam u’l Anbiya, Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammad ibn ‘Abdillah, Nurin min Nurillah,\n(53 B.H-11 A.H; 571-632 C.E), the master of\nSayyiduna’l Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (23 B.H-40 A.H; 600-661 C.E), the father of\nSayyid-ush-shuhadaa Imam Husain ibn ‘Ali (4-61 A.H), the father of\nSayyidina Imam Zayn u’l ‘Abidin ‘Ali ibn Husayn (38-94 A.H), the father of\nSayyidina Imam Muhammad al-Baqir ibn ‘Ali (59-114 A.H), the father of\nSayyidina Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (83-148 A.H), the father of\nSayyidina Imam Musa al-Kazim (passed away 182 A.H), the father of\nSayyidina Imam ‘Ali ar-Rida (passed away 203 A.H), the master of\nSayyidina Shaikh Ma’ruf al-Karkhi (passed away 201 A.H/817 C.E), the master of\nSayyidina Shaikh as-Sari as-Saqati (passed away 251 A.H/866 C.E), the master of\nSayyidina Shaikh Abu’l Qasim, Junayd al-Baghdadi (passed away 298 A.H/910 C.E),\nthe master of\nSayyidina Shaikh Abu Bakr ibn Jahdar ash-Shibli (passed away 334 A.H/945 C.E),\nthe master of\nSayyidina Shaikh ‘Abdul Wahid at-Tamimi, the master of\nSayyidina Shaikh Abu’l Faraj at-Tarsusi\n(Abu’l Farah according to some narrations, instead of Abu’l Faraj), the master of\nSayyidina Shaikh Abu’l Hasan, al-Qurashi al-Hakaari, the master of\nSayyidina Shaikh Qadi Abu Sa’id al-Mubarak al-Makhzumi (passed away 513 A.H),\nthe master of\nSayyidina Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani (470-561 A.H; 1077-1166 C.E).\n(Cited in al-Jawhar u’n Nafis, The Most Precious Pearls p. 34).\nImam Ahmad Raza Khan Rahmatullahi ‘alayh, (1272-1340 A.H, 1856-1921 C.E) has versified on these spiritual roots in “Shajara Qadria” (“The Spiritual Tree of the Qadria Spiritual Masters”), in Hadaaiqi Bakhshish (The Gardens of Gifts, p. 65-66).\nIt has been narrated in Qalaid al-Jawahir (Necklaces of Gems) by Shaikh Muhammad ibn Yahya at-Tadifi, Rahmatullahi ‘alayh that Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani did not start preaching in Baghdad until he reached the age of 50. Before that, for many years, he was a wandering darwish in the wilderness of Iraq practicing zuhd (abstinence), totally immersed in the worship of Allah. Then the Holy Prophet Sayyidina Muhammad, peace be upon him, and Amir u’l Mu’minin Sayyidina ‘Ali, may Allah ennoble his face, came to him in a dream to bless him and to encourage him to start preaching in Baghdad. This then was the direct ijaza (permission) to him to preach from the Beloved Prophet himself who is the Madinat u’l ‘ilm (the City of Knowledge) as well as from Sayyidina ‘Ali who is Bab u’l ‘ilm (the Gate of Knowledge). With such an ijaza, was there anything that the beloved Piran-e-Pir (Shaikh of Shaikhs), Dastagir (the helping hand) could not accomplish?\nPosted 01 April 2009 - 10:42 AM\nThe ‘Aqida of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani\nHis ‘aqida (tenets of belief) was that of the Ahl u’s-Sunnah wa’l Jama'ah, based on the Qur'an, and the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam. All the sufi saints and mashaayikh (spiritual masters) through centuries have expounded on and lived by this ‘aqida, foremost among them being Imam ul A’zam Imam Abu Hanifa (80-150 A.H), Imam Abu’l Hasan al-Ash’ari (260-324 A.H, 874-935 C.E), and Imam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (passed away 332 A.H, 944 C.E), Rahmatullahi ‘alayhim ajma’in. Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu has explained it in Al-Ghunya Li Talibi Tariqi’l Haqq (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth).\nThe foundation of this aqida is the belief that Allah Ta’ala is the only One worthy of worship and that Prophet Muhammad is His Divinely Ordained Final Prophetic Messenger (Rasul). Its nurturing is with Asma u’l Husna and mahabba (love) of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, his Pure Household and Blessed Companions. Its manifestation is the spontaneous pride felt in the achievements of the Khulafa ar-Rashidun, that is, Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, Sayyidina ‘Umar al-Faruq, Sayyidina ‘Usman Dhun-Nurayn, and Sayyidina ‘Ali al-Murtada, Radi Allahu ‘Anhum. Its daily life is governed by shari’a (sacred Muslim law). Its spread is through nasiha (good advice), zikr of Allah Ta'ala and salawaat and salaam on the Holy Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam. Its peak is jihad (battle to eliminate oppression of Muslims by non-Muslims and to establish Islamic justice), and its ultimate is fana Fillah (annihilation of oneself for the sake of, and in the love of Allah Ta'ala), after which Allah Ta'ala showers you with Baqa Billah (spiritual life everlasting) in His Rida (Pleasure).\nSo you begin with rida’l waalidayn (living in the pleasure of your parents) and end with Ridallah (living to please Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala). And the Sahaba (Companions) of the Holy Prophet Muhammad are referred to as Radi Allahu ‘Anhum wa Radu ‘Anhu (Allah is well pleased with them and they are pleased with Him as their Lord). And according to Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani, his own position is equal to the dust under the feet of the Sahaba. If that is the case, then what is the stature of the blessed Sahaba of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam? Their spiritual stature derives from the fact that they were blessed with the opportunity of beholding the Holy Prophet Muhammad with the eyes of iman (faith). That being the case, how can anyone be capable enough to explain in full the sifat (attributes) of Muhammad ‘Arabi, Rasuli Rabbi’l ‘Aalameen, Rahmatullil ‘Aalamin. Only Allah Ta’ala is aware of what He bestowed on His beloved Prophet Muhammad, Allahumma salli wa sallim ‘alayh.\nPosted 04 April 2009 - 10:48 AM\nThe Nasiha of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani\nShaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu taught Muslims and preached to non-Muslims in Baghdad. His nasiha (advices) and mawa’iza (sermons, discourses) were written down by scribes as he delivered them and they have been compiled and handed down through centuries as classics of Muslim spirituality. One of the beauties of his discourses is that you feel he is addressing you directly.\nHis major spiritual works, that is, the kutub (books) he wrote, as well as collections of his discourses are:\nAl-Ghunya Li Talibi Tariqi’l Haqq (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth)\nThis kitab (book) is a comprehensive explanation of Arkan al-Iman (Pillars of Faith), Arkan al-Islam (Pillars of Islam), and Ihsan (Spiritual Excellence). It is a kitab (book) on Hanbali fiqh (jurisprudence) with special emphasis on salah (obligatory five times daily prayer). It is indispensable for those who want to do tabligh (propagate Islam) as it deals with amr bi’l ma’ruf wa nahi anil munkar (enjoining good and forbidding evil).\nFutuh al-Ghaib (Revelations of the Unseen), a collection of 78 discourses.\nAl-Fath ur Rabbani (The Endowment of Divine Grace).\nThis a collection of 72 discourses, the main message of which is to raise yourself up to such spiritual heights as to devote your whole life in worshipful service of Allah, purely to earn His Rida (Pleasure) and His Qurb (Nearness) without hoping for any other reward in the Hereafter. In these discourses, he admonishes the munafiqin (hypocrites) who forget their religion and who cringe before kings and princes for worldly gain.\nJila al-Khatir (Purification of the Mind), a collection of 45 discourses.\nSirr al-Asrar (The Secret of Secrets).\nThis kitab (book) explains matters related to shari’a (sacred law), tariqa (spiritual path), haqiqi ma’rifa (knowledge of spiritual realities) and tasawwuf (spiritual culture).\nMalfuzat (Talks and Sayings).\nKhamsata ‘Ashara Maktuban (Fifteen Letters).\nThese were written in Persian and translated into Arabic by ‘Ali ibn Husam ud-Din al-Muttaqi, Rahmatullahi ‘alayh (passed away 977 A.H/1569 C.E).\nBesides the Qur'an Karim and Hadith Sharif, these can be considered to be required minimum reading for someone who aspires to be an ‘aalim (scholar).\nTo catch a glimpse of his nasiha (advice), perhaps the best place to begin is to see how he advises his own son Shaikh ‘Abdur Razzaq, Rahmatullahi ‘alayh. He advised him to acquire eight character traits that are basic to tasawwuf (spiritual culture). These are:\nSakha (generosity) of Nabi (Prophet) Ibrahim, ‘alayhissalam (peace be upon him)\nRida (joyful contentment with whatever Allah ordains) of Nabi Is-haq, ‘alayhissalam\nSabr (patience) of Nabi Ayyub, ‘alayhissalam\nIshara (symbolic instruction) of Nabi Zakariyya, ‘alayhissalam\nGhurba (life as a stranger in far-off lands) of Nabi Yusuf, ‘alayhissalam\nLubs us suf (the wearing of Sufi clothes) of Nabi Yahya, ‘alayhissalam\nSiyaha (wandering travel) of Nabi ‘Isa, ‘alayhissalam\nFaqr (worldly poverty with spiritual riches) of Nabiyyuna wa Habibuna wa Shafi’una Muhammad Mustafa, Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam.\n(Cited by Al-Hajj Isma’il ibn as-Sayyid Muhammad Sa’id al-Qadiri, in al-Fuyudaat ur Rabbaniyya, Emanations of Lordly Grace, p. 40).\nHis mawa’iza (exhortations, discourses) deal with various subjects) For example, the first few discourses in Futuh al-Ghaib (Revelations of the Unseen) are on “The essential tasks of every believer”, “Sharing good advice”, “Being tried and tested”, “Spiritual death”, “The nature of this world, detachment from which is strongly advised”, “Passing beyond the creation”, “Removing the cares of the heart”, “Drawing near to Allah”, “Disclosure and contemplation”, “The self and its states”, and “Controlling carnal desire”.\nThe theme of each discourse is supported with verses of the Holy Qur’an and Hadith Sharif. For example, in the First Discourse of Al-Fath ur Rabbani (The Endowment of Divine Grace), he quotes the following verse of the Holy Qur’an:\nSurely, Allah is with those who are patient. (2:153)\nAnd in the Sixth Discourse of Futuh al-Ghaib (Revelations of the Unseen, p. 17-18), he quotes this Hadith Qudsi which is dear to the heart of every Muslim (translation is by Shaikh Muhtar Holland).\nIn a sacred tradition (hadith qudsi) the blessed Prophet related that Allah (Exalted is He) says, “My servant constantly approaches Me through supererogatory acts of worship until I love him, and when I love him, I become his eyes with which he sees, his hands with which he holds, and his legs with which he walks.” In another version, the wording is: “So through me he hears, through me he sees, and through me he understands.”\nThis Hadith Qudsi has been narrated by Hadrat Abu Hurayra, Radi Allahu ‘Anhu and reported by Imam Bukhari, Rahmatullahi ‘alayh (194-256 A.H, 810-870 C.E).\nThe essence of his teaching is to achieve qurb Ilallah (nearness to Allah) in the sense of achieving His love, as He is our Khaliq (Creator) and the Musabbib ul Asbab (the Original Cause of all the causes). The description of someone who has attained nearness to Allah is succinctly summarised in Futuh al-Ghaib (Revelations of the Unseen, p. 12, translation is by Shaikh Muhtar Holland).\n“Gone forth from his own self out into his Master’s work, he now sees nothing but that Master and His work, and neither hears nor comprehends from any other source. If he perceives at all, if he does hear and learn, His speech is what he listens to, and His knowledge is what he comes to know. His favour he enjoys, through His nearness he prospers, through His proximity he is graced and honoured, by His promise he is pleased and reassured. With Him he feels at peace, and in His discourse he takes delight, while from all others he recoils and shrinks away. In remembrance of Him he finds refuge and support. In Him, the Almighty and Glorious, he puts his faith and in Him he places his trust. By the light of His awareness he is guided as he wraps and clothes himself therein. Strange marvels of His science he discovers, and of the secrets of His power he is apprised. To Him he listens and from Him he learns, then for all this he offers praise, gives thanks, and turns to prayer.”\nThe next step to take is perhaps to open another of the compilations of his mawa’iza (discourses). This is a suggested interpretation of the opening of his first discourse in Al-Fath ur Rabbani (The Endowment of Divine Grace).\nIn the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.\nO Allah! O You Who know my inability to praise You,\nI ask of You – for the sake of the most perfect of all those who praise You,\n(that is, Sayyidina Muhammad),\nto whom You unveiled the realities of Your Names and Your Attributes,\nand the subtleties of the emanations of Your Essence,\nso that he came to know You in a manner befitting Your Perfection,\nand whom You thereupon inspired with Your praises\nas You inspired none other than him,\nas You will inspire him many times more\non the Day when his uniqueness will be manifested,\n(that is, on the Day of Judgement),\nwhen his glorious character will be manifested in all its glory,\n(I ask of You, O Allah!)\nto bestow upon him,\nwho is more precious than any other being,\nsuch blessings and salutations that befit Your most Sanctified Perfection,\nand let the noble blessings and peace You confer upon him,\nencompass the whole of his physical being as well as his essence,\nas well as everything that pertains to him\nin the world of creation and in the world of the Divine Command,\nso that, O our Lord, You leave out none of\nYour Prophets, Your Messengers, Your Angels and Your righteous servants,\nbut include them all\nwithin the compass of Your Tremendous Grace.\nSallu ‘ala’r Rasul\nAllahumma Salli wa Sallim ‘alayh.\nWe find that Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu begins his discourse with an exalted, inspiring and comprehensive salaat (invocation of blessings on Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him) in which he manifests his deep love for him. In one breath he tells us that Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, praised Allah as no one else did, that he knew Allah as no one else did and that he was inspired by Allah as no one else was. He reminds us that the grandeur of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, has already been manifested in this world and is yet to be revealed in all its glory on the Day of Judgement.\nThe salaat begins with the Name of Allah and uses the wasila (means) of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. In the same breath, it breathes in the Asma and Sifat of Allah, the Most Beautiful Names and Attributes of Allah, Wahdahu laa sharika lahu. The salaat is on the reality and essence of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, as well as everything that pertains to him or is connected with him in the world of creation and in the world of Allah’s Commad. And all the Prophets, as well as the Messengers of Allah, the angels and the pious people are connected with him. So the salaat is on all of them as well. In one sweep, both the reality and the essence of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, have been linked to the two worlds of Allah’s creation and Allah’s Command. When you have completed reciting this salaat, you know for sure that you are in the presence of a shaykh, a man of Allah, and you want to establish ta’alluq (connection) with him, as you know that following his teaching and obtaining his baraka (blessings), coming as they do from the pure fount of his blessed ancestor, will lead you to salvation. Aameen.\nAs we read his masterpieces, we are struck by the fact that his style of expression is different from that of any other shaikh, ‘aalim or wali. He is so much saturated with the spiritual power of Tawhid (monotheism) that his exposition and its flow has a spiritually confident personality all its own so that anyone who reads his nasiha spontaneously admits that he is the Qutb-al-aqtaab (the centre of all spiritual pillars), the Shaikh-ul-Mashaaikh (the spiritual master of all spiritual masters), the Gousul A'zam (the greatest helper) and much more.... a Shaikh who epitomised mujaddidiyyah (faith revival) and wilayah (sainthood), Qaddas Sirrahu’l ‘aziz (may Allah sanctify his sublime innermost being)\nPosted 05 April 2009 - 01:27 PM\nThe Salawaat of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani\nShaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu has composed so many salawaat on the beloved holy Prophet Muhammad Mustafa Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam that their compilation would fill a volume. His three most well-known salawaat are:\nAs-Salaat u’l Ghousia, named after him as it is the most famous.\nAs-Salaatu Kibriti’l Ahmar which means red sulphur or “the Philosopher’s Stone”, or something that is very rare to come by.\nAs-Salaat u’l Kubra or the “big salaat”. This looks like a bouquet of flowers straight from Paradise consisting of 33 salawaat, and du’a (supplication), all richly interspersed together with 25 verses of the Holy Qur’an.\nMuslims love these salawaat so much that they make them their wazifa (regular voluntary devotion). For this reason, spiritual masters as well as spiritual seekers include them in their books of salawaat. Two such great Muslim luminaries who have included As-Salaat u’l Ghousia in their compilations of salawaat are Imam Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli (passed away 870 A.H/1465 C.E) in Dalaail u’l Khayraat (Proofs of Good Deeds), and Hadrat Mulla ‘Ali al-Qaari (passed away 1014 A.H/1606 C.E) in Hizb u’l A’zam (The Exalted Supplication).\nSome of the kutub (books) that contain all three of these salawaat (and more) are:\nAl-Fuyudaat u’r Rabbaniyya (Emanations of Lorldly Grace) of al-Hajj Isma’il ibn as-Sayyid Muhammad Sa’id al-Qadiri,\nAwraad u’l Qadiriyya (Regular Voluntary Invocations of the Qadria) of Muhammad Salim Bawwab, and\nAs-Salawaat li’l Awliya wa’s Salihin (Invocations of Blessings by the Saints and the Pious), published by Iqra Islamic Publications in Toronto.\nAt this juncture, let us seize the opportunity of reciting his most famous salaat, that is, As-Salaat u’l Ghousia.\nAllahumma Salli ‘alaa Sayyidina Muhammad-in\nas-Saabiqi li’l khalqi nuruhu\nwa Rahmatulli’l ‘aalamina zuhuruhu\n‘adada man madaa min khalqiqa wa man baqiya\nwa man sa’ida minhum wa man shaqiya\nSalaatan tastaghriqu’l ‘adda wa tuhitu bi’l haddi\nSalaatan laa ghaayata lahaa wa laa muntahaa wa lanqidaa’a\nSalaatan daaimatan bi-Dawaamika? ?\nwa ‘alaa aalihi wa sahbihi\nwa sallim tasleeman mithla dhaalik.\nO Allah! Bestow blessings on our master Muhammad\nwhose light was created first,\nand whose appearance is a mercy for all the worlds,\nas many times as the number of Your creations past and yet to come\namong those that are blessed and those that are unfortunate;\nsuch blessings that are unlimited and unbounded,\ncountless, endless, never finishing;\nsuch blessings that are permanent by virtue of Your permanence,\nand on his family and companions,\nand in the same manner complete salutations as well.\nPosted 06 April 2009 - 05:57 PM\nThe Zikr and Du’a of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani\nThe Qadria tariqa is one of Zikrullah, remembrance of Allah. The plural of zikr is azkaar. The azkaar and du’a (supplications) of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu have been compiled in many kutub (books), one of which is al-Fuyudhaat ur Rabbaniyya (Emanations of Lorldly Grace). It gives the invocations and supplications of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani to be recited after every salah (regular obligatory prayer), for each day of the week, as well as for various special occasions.\nThe zikr mainly consists of the recitation of the Kalima Shahada (Declaration of Faith), Asma u’l Husna (the Most Beautiful Names of Allah) and of salawaat (invocation of blessings on the beloved Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him). One of the voluntary zikr recommended to be recited individually after every salah (regular obligatory prayer) is as follows:\nAfter Fajr: Yaa ‘Azizu Yaa Allah (100 times)\n(O The Mighty, O Allah)\nAfter Zuhr: Yaa Karimu Yaa Allah (100 times)\n(O The Generous, O Allah)\nAfter ‘Asr: Yaa Jabbaru Yaa Allah (100 times)\n(O The Compeller, O Allah)\nAfter Maghrib: Yaa Sattaru Yaa Allah (100 times)\n(O The Concealer of faults, O Allah)\nAfter ‘Isha: Yaa Ghaffaru Yaa Allah (100 times)\n(O The Forgiver, O Allah)\nA short article such as this one cannot explain in any detail all the invocations and supplications of the Shaikh. But we can perhaps benefit from reciting at least one of his du’a (supplications). His du’a entitled Du’a u’l Jalalah (The Majestic Supplication) is so rich and rewarding that many mashaayikh choose to include it in their kutub (books),\nBismillah i’r Rahman i’r Rahim\nAllahumma inni as’aluka\nbi-Sirri-dh-Dhaati wa bi-Dhaat-is-Sirri\nHuwa Anta wa Anta Huwa\nwa bi-Nuri ‘Arshillah\nwa bi-kulli Ismillah\nmin ‘aduwwee wa ‘aduwwillah\nbi maa’ati alfi\nLaa hawla walaa quwwata illaa Billah\nkhatamtu ‘alaa nafsi wa ‘alaa ahli\nwa ‘alaa kulli shay-in A’taaneehi Rabbi\nkhatama bihi aqtaar-as-samaawaati wa’l ard, wa\nHasbunallahu wa Ni’mal Wakil\nNi’mal Mawlaa wa Ni’man Naseer\nWa laa hawla walaa quwwata illaa Billahi’l ‘Aliyyi’l ‘Azim\nwa Sallallahu ‘alaa Sayyidina Muhammad-in\nwa ‘alaa aalihi wa sahbihi wa sallama ajma’een. Aameen\nIn the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. (1:1)\nO Allah! I ask of You\nfor the sake of the Mystery of the Essence\nand for the sake of the Essence of the Mystery,\nboth the Essence and the Mystery being Yours,\nthat may I be protected by the Sacred Light of Allah,\nby the Light of the Throne of Allah\nand by all the Names of Allah\nfrom my enemies and from all the devils (enemies of Allah),\n(I supplicate to You O Allah)\nwith a hundred thousand times recitation of (this glorification of Yours):\n“There is no strength nor power except with Allah”.\nI have sealed myself and my family\nand all the things that my Lord has given me,\nwith the impregnable seal of Allah with which\nHe has sealed all the regions of the heavens and the earth, and\nAllah is sufficient for us and what an excellent Trustee is He. (3:173)\nWhat an Excellent Patron and what an Excellent Helper. (8:40)\n“And there is neither strength nor power except with Allah, the Exalted, the Almighty”.\nAnd may Allah bestow blessings and peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad,\non his family and all his companions, Aameen.\nSuch was the spiritual status of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani that in response to his du’a (supplication), Allah would turn a shaqiy (unfortunate person) into a sa’id (someone destined for salvation). Indeed he has so spiritually transformed the lives of so many Muslims in such significant ways that they never forget to mention him in their du’a (supplications to Allah). 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{"url":"https://drugaera.org/translating-books-is-a-solitary-mission/","date":"2022-09-26T16:38:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334912.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220926144455-20220926174455-00047.warc.gz","language_score":0.9520297050476074,"token_count":1170,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__54420183","lang":"en","text":"Translating books is a solitary mission. You don’t really socialise while dashing away at the keyboard (except Facebook), and your closest companion is (or at least should be) the imminent Deadline. Yet a translator is hardly ever a mute creature. No, not in the least. We sigh. We groan. We mumble, growl, gasp and giggle. We even yell, sometimes.\nIt is usually books we communicate to. I wish I could do the same with their authors.\nAnd here’s why.\nDear Sarah Maas!\nBefore I started working on your books, I had thought that a kiss was a kiss. Of course I knew that you can rate them in terms of length, intensity, taste and consequences, but I didn’t know that you could dedicate a few paragraphs of a book to a single one. Nor did I know that one can disguise a sexual intercourse with so many metaphors that a reader may not figure out that it is sex he is actually reading about.\nBut a translator is an adaptable creature. I got used to all that, which wasn’t a particularly painful process since I simply like your stories. Especially those that happen in the winter.\nAnd one more thing. I know it is kind of too late for that, but I really wish you wouldn’t make an innocent sentence in volume one and then need EXACTLY THE SAME one in volume five. A translator, despite all his merits, does not see the future. Just saying.\nDear Peter Brett!\nMy problem is that I have a very bad memory for names, especially those long, complex and foreign looking ones. Working with your cycle, as much fun as it was, also made me think a lot. Check. Recheck. Double-check. And still I wasn’t sure. ‘Who is this Askukishu’Kali’whateverish? Is it the same dude that did that horrible thing to Mehikoshu’Bangbang?’\nI was seriously glad for the purge in part four of the cycle, even though you managed to kill off a few of my favourite characters. Never mind. I am looking forward to working on „The Core”.\nWorking? I don’t think this verb reflects the truth. I already know how thick the book is. I have seen it. Getting married to it for a while would be a much more appropriate term. Still, I like the prospect. Hell, yeah.\nDear Patrick O’Brian\nYou were the first author I had the privilege and honour to translate into Polish. And again translating is a rather poor term for it. Working on Aubrey/Maturin series was like wandering in the great mental palace of a great storyteller. I am never going to forget all the puns you put me through, all the cultural references you made me check, all the inexplicable moments you wanted me to visualise and later describe, all the moments of self pity when I was sorry for ever calling myself educated.\nStill, I didn’t strike the colours. I fought on. I learned. I checked. I cursed and checked again. Then I forgot what I had checked and did it one more time. Why bloody not.\nAnd those were pre-Internet times.\nI wish you were still there so that I could tell you how awesome it had been. There are no writers like you anymore and never will be.\nAnd a final comment (if you have been reading carefully). To strike the colours means to lower the flag of a warship, in other words to surrender. A thing a translator is never allowed to do.\nDear Eve Ainsworth!\nI haven’t got a problem with the language you use. It is the subjects of your books that weigh heavily on my wretched soul. Although your books are usually shorter than others, it still takes me a lot of time to translate them. You tend to use simple words to describe complex problems of today’s youth. As a parent, a teacher and a relatively young person I find your descriptions painfully striking. They make me think, observe and want to discuss. They change me.\nHell, what did I expect? It is books I work with. Books! They change people!\nOK, that’s it. I have said everything. Too much, maybe. And there is a reason why only four authors have been mentioned. A very important one, believe me.\nI am coming back to groaning, mumbling and sighing.\nAnd, ladies and gentleman, if you have enjoyed my sense of humour, I would like to invite you to my language classes.\nTueasay: 17:00 Norwegian A1, 18:30 Norwegian A2\nWednesdays 17:00 English Intermediate class, 18:30 English conversation class\nFridays: 17:00 English conversation class, 18:30 English role playing session (yes, you have read that correctly )\nAnd all the classes are held at Słowackiego 13, right next to the lair of Druga Era.\nPisarz, tłumacz, gawędziarz, od jesieni po wiosnę lektor języków obcych. Uwielbia podróże i dobrą kuchnię, co dobrze uzupełnia się z naturą domatora. Na starość chce zostać hobbitem.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://microbiolawgical.com/2014/02/14/lactobacillus-the-soldier-of-the-vaginal-tract/","date":"2018-01-17T06:39:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084886830.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20180117063030-20180117083030-00215.warc.gz","language_score":0.9405603408813477,"token_count":649,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__121941729","lang":"en","text":"The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (“HIV”) is one of the most commonly known microbes in American history. HIV is also one of the most devastating because it diminishes the immune system, leaving the victims susceptible to diseases that others who are immuno-competent would not be susceptible to. Some how, the virus has evolved to infect the very cells that are responsible for “killing” the virus.\nSimplified Background on HIV infection:\nEssentially, HIV infects the T-helper cells of the immune system. T-helper cells help elicit an immune response against foreign invaders with the help of antibodies. Antibodies are basically proteins that recognize the foreign invader, bind to it, and mark it for destruction. Most antibodies can only bind to foreign invaders they have previously been exposed to. The T-helper cell is distinguished from its cousin, Cytotoxic T cells by the CD4+ receptor found on the T-helper’s cell surface.\nHIV enters T-helper cells by binding to the CD4+ receptor. After HIV binds to the CD4+ receptor, a co-receptor is revealed which facilitates its further entrance into the cell. Once inside the cell HIV may remain latent for years, or become active and acutely cause the manifestations of the disease, “AIDS” (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).\nLactobacillus and the “Cure”:\nAlthough it very difficult to find a cure for HIV because the virus constantly evolves, creating a quasi species that antibodies cannot recognize, advancements in HIV research are being made everyday. One of the most interesting articles that I’ve come across in Nature discussed the use of the bacterium, lactobacillus, found in the female vaginal tract. According to the article, “Prevention of vaginal SHIV transmission in macaques by a live recombinant Lactobacillus” by Lagenaur et. al., lactobacilli are being used to prevent HIV infiltration and subsequent infection.\nBasically, scientists are genetically altering the lactobacilli to recognize HIV, bind it and quench the virus (like an antibody). The idea is, if HIV is bound to lactobacilli, it can’t bind to the CD4+ receptor on the surface of the T-helper cells. According to the article, the experiment was conducted in monkeys (like the polio vaccine) using Simian HIV (SHIV). The experiment showed that the re-engineered lactobacilli reduced SHIV infection by sixty-three percent. If the lactobacilli become just as effective in human females then the implications are of course astronomical! Maybe we can stop HIV with a simple bacterium already found in the female vaginal microflora. Certainly, as mentioned by the article, this method is far less expensive than manufacturing a drug.\nThe question is whether the genetically modified lactobacilli would be patentable if it was also effective in humans?\nThere was a really good seminar that may answer this, posted by PatentBaristas:\nThe Science Article:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.longisland70skid.com/long-island-70s-store/","date":"2018-03-22T12:05:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257647883.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20180322112241-20180322132241-00671.warc.gz","language_score":0.7709493637084961,"token_count":157,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__75549628","lang":"en","text":"|© 2013 Long Island 70s Kid\nAll rights reserved.\nExcept where noted, the text of longisland70skid.com, a website from Eric Gabriel. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.\n|You may use the text content of this site for non-commercial purposes provided such use properly credits longisland70skid.com (including the original URL and / or a link back to http://www.longisland70skid.com) and the content remains unaltered. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available by contacting firstname.lastname@example.org.\n||Suffusion theme by Sayontan Sinha","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ns360.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/obituary-for-a-friend/","date":"2017-03-29T01:16:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218190134.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212950-00346-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9854663610458374,"token_count":539,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__36593547","lang":"en","text":"God – You are cruel.\nYou have shown me one of the most depressing moments of my life.\nThe day I saw this person for the first time, he had an unusual & captivating charm, an affable personality and a sparkling smile. He was one of my seniors getting introduced to the juniors. You couldn’t get angry at him however hard you wanted to be. Moments later, I realised we shared a common thread – incidentally he happened to be my junior in Engineering days. We were from God’s own country, and we introduced ourselves in the characteristic Thrissur style – “Haaa, chettayyee… enthundu vishesham” .\nOver the next few months, he became one of my close friends in XIMB. In fact, I do not remember one single person in my batch who would NOT have been good friends with him. With his characteristic “Tch.. Tch..” in his speech, he was one great conversationalist.\nWe got to know each other better during the inaugural version of Skill City – his brainchild. The days spent at the MPH, then at the tennis courts, the constant taunting & teasing – he never lost his cool. And we successfully did manage to bring his dream of skill-city to fruition. Even during the testing times of Maxinations, I remember him for his “Bijlee” dance.\nTime passed off quickly. He got placed in Tata Motors. We used to keep in touch over mail and chat. Then I heard the news about his marriage & his movement to Ford.\nLife seemed to pass on, and at this point of time I really regret not having kept in touch with him personally. Who would have ever expected that the goodbye I bade him at XIMB would be the last goodbye ever.\nSometimes, we hear news we never want to believe. A week back I heard he passed into coma and was in a critical stage. I sincerely prayed he would wake up. And then, I would definitely make that trip to meet him in person. I am pretty sure, there were a lot of people praying out there for that divine interference.\nLife has some cruel twists and turns.\nSiddarth Poduval aka Poduval ‘maashe’ aka Sid Pod aka Podu – You are alive in my memories. Never will I forget that sparkling smile of yours.\nI dunno what else to say… I choke for words. All I can say, God loved you more than us. But… He was cruel to mortals like us.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://andrewmseddon.blogspot.com/","date":"2023-09-23T01:07:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506429.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922234442-20230923024442-00803.warc.gz","language_score":0.9371987581253052,"token_count":407,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__46174619","lang":"en","text":"I am looking for stories presenting wolves in a favorable light for a charity anthology.\nIf you think wolves are vile, despicable creatures, read no further. But if, on the other hand, you feel they have been unfairly maligned, unjustly persecuted, driven from their habitat and wantonly slaughtered simply for being competitors of the human urge to dominate, or even if they are simply symbols of the wild, or integral parts of an environmental web, then perhaps you’d consider submitting a story for a charity anthology to benefit wolf conservation organizations and rescues.\nI’m looking for stories that show wolves in a positive light. Natural wolf behavior is acceptable, but no rabid wolves terrorizing hapless villagers, please! Stories can be in any genre, and the wolf any type of wolf – historical, contemporary, legendary, supernatural, science-fictional – as long as it is canis lupus, and not a human being referred to as a “wolf”. I would like this to be for a general audience, so please keep it clean and avoid crude language, profanity, and gratuitous violence.\nLength: Flash fiction to 10,000 words.\nDeadline: March 15, 2023\nSubmit a Word document in standard format (Courier preferred) with contact information to email@example.com\nContributors receive a copy (kindle or print) and the opportunity to purchase additional copies at the author’s price.\nWho will benefit? I've been in contact with several organizations that help wolves:\nThe Wolf Conservation Center in NY (founded by classical pianist Helene Grimaud) is interested. There are several others that I will contact when the book is nearer to completion - one in MN, one in CO, there's even a sanctuary here in Florida, plus I will also contact conservation groups such as Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife etc. to see if they would be interested.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.2-clicks-swords.com/article/excalibur-sword.html","date":"2020-10-01T18:29:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402131986.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20201001174918-20201001204918-00087.warc.gz","language_score":0.9599131941795349,"token_count":1311,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__107458996","lang":"en","text":"Learn the story of Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur that became one of the most famous collectible movie swords in the market of fantasy swords\nKing Arthur mania has captivated children and adults alike since medieval times. Even if King Arthur’s existence is doubtful, this has not stopped its popularity to spread.\nIt continues to influence literature, performing arts, filmmaking, and mythology ever since its introduction to Western literature in 13th century.\nThe search for precious and sacred relics, the upholding of virtuous chivalry, and romance are the main reasons why the legend fascinates the present and coming generations.\nThe Legend of King Arthur\nKing Arthur lived to his prime in 7th century. Under his rule, he has fended off attacks from Anglo-Saxon tribes in northern Britain. He has also established the Arthurian empire through successful campaigns in Ireland, Gaul, and outlying islands. Many times too, he has faced and conquered giants, monsters, evil spirits, and fell beasts that dare trespass his realm or challenge his kingship.\nClarent: The Sword in the Stone\nKing Arthur’s supernatural power has been attributed to the enchanted Sword in the Stone named Clarent. According to the story, Clarent is previously the sword of King Uther Pendragon, the father of King Arthur. He plunged it into a block of rock by magic and before he gasped his last breath, he swore an oath that only the true and rightful king can pluck it.\nThe young Arthur, who was only in his teens at that time, succeeded in pulling it out, earning him the kingdom and the throne. The same Sword in the Stone was used as personal weapon of King Arthur and from that time on, it was known as the Excalibur. The sword was later on stolen by Mordred, who according to legend is King Arthur’s son and would kill him in the last battle.\nSword in the Stone replica\nThere are many models for the design of The Sword of the Stone, since the tales from the distant past have not set its design in details. Modern interpretation however favors a Celtic sword of about a meter in overall length. It has an intensely wrought hilt (most often, a writhing body of a dragon coiled around), with the Pendragon clan—King Arthur’s lineage—insignia extending towards the ricasso. It features a coin-shaped pommel and a gold-plated handle.\nThe Excalibur sword\nIn some narratives, the Sword in the Stone served no other purpose than to reveal the King of Britain. King Arthur was given another sword, the world-famous Excalibur, by the Lady of the Lake who wished to shower him with superhuman strength and unnatural abilities.\nThe sword is stuffed in mythical powers: it can blind enemies with its blazing light, it helped the King defeat a thousand knights in a battle, and it has kept the kingdom from foreign attacks and ruin.\nExcalibur sword replica\nLike the Sword in the Stone, there is no one canonical version of the Excalibur. However, in 1981, an Arthurian-based film Excalibur sparked the screen and established the prevailing design of the sword. It resembles a medieval sword of simple hilt, guard, and pommel designs. Its crossguard is a basic metal bar, about seven inches in length, and plated in gold.\nThe blade of the Excalibur sword has a deep fuller running along the centerline. The pommel is, like the one found in the Sword in the Stone, is shaped into a thick gold coin, bearing a Pendragon insignia at its center.\nKing Arthur Spear\nIt may be a surprise to some but King Arthur did carry other weapons. There are two recorded blades he used and they are Rhongomyniad, a spear, and Carnwennan, a dagger. King Arthur’s spear, sometimes called the Ron, is a long broad blade. It is too blood-thirsty that it has to be soaked in poison before the battle or it would kill its own handler. It can slay nine gallant soldiers in one throw.\nKing Arthur Dagger\nCarnwennan or the Carn, on the other hand, is King Arthur’s fighting or dagger. No further descriptions can be gleaned from the legend, except that it has the ability to find its target even in pitch darkness. Most smiths interpret King Arthur dagger as a highly ornamented medieval dagger. The designs of the hilt, guard, blade, and pommel vary widely, but the dagger is usually depicted carrying gold accented scabbard and hilt.\nOther Swords in Arthurian legend\nAside from King Arthur, there are other characters of the Arthurian legend carrying their famous knight swords and with exciting stories to tell. For instance, Lancelot is the acknowledged greatest Knight of the Round Table and is the most trusted ally.\nThe Lancelot sword is also interpreted by smiths and sold as a commemoration to his heroic feats. Sir Gawain sword is a reminder of King Arthur’s most loyal, honorable, and chivalrous right hand. Interpreted swords of other Knights of the Round Table, such as Sir Percival and Sir Erec, are likewise available.\nCollectible King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table swords\nExcalibur fantasy sword and Arthurian swords are all decorative and at best fictitious. This is precisely the reason why there are numerous versions of the swords, each carrying clearly different embellishments. Buying these swords or bidding for them is a good way of collecting your own favorite hero swords. But before you buy anything, be sure to learn some tips in How to buy fantasy and movie prop swords.\nThere are a growing number of Arthurian fans who now are producing their own versions of the legendary swords. Their custom-made collectible Knights of the Round Table swords are inspired by a popular film or book, drawn directly from historical accounts, or their own creative work. You may also want to do the same thing, too.\nIt is now extremely easy for anyone to make their own Arthurian-inspired swords. To start to make your dream “fantasy sword” project, you can enlist yourself to forums and online group discussions. You will be able to get a good idea on how to proceed and get in touch with sword making companies.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://subyproduction.com/poetry.html","date":"2019-08-20T16:47:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315551.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820154633-20190820180633-00235.warc.gz","language_score":0.9512576460838318,"token_count":1934,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__221851988","lang":"en","text":"Here are few Suby Production, Love poems.\nFor more and personalized Love poems,\nWhy do I love thee?\nIs it because you make me laugh?\nor is it because of that cute smile\nI guess there is more to that!\nBeing with you is my dream\nhaving your arms arround me is my cream\nbeing beside you is my happiness\nyour love is my sweetness\nBeing far from you is my worst part\ndeep down I know we are always going to be together\ntogether in our hearts!\nMy luv for you will never change\nday by day love increases\nI'm gonna love you till the end of time\nyou are my one and only!\nIt has been some years\nsince you have been in my hert\nwe have had our ups and downs\nBut our love has always shine\nI can still remember our first valentine together\nAnd I still believe what we have is very rare\nAfter all these years I'm glad I can still call you dear\nI am not going to write roses are red\nCoz' I have seen,yellow, white,and red\nNo matter what the color is, even red\nNo matter how beautiful, and ready\nThey can't express how much u a' in ma' mind\nNo matter what I will write on valentine card\nCannot explain why you are one of the kind\nReasoning is the beginning of all intelligence\nReasoning is the foundation to all questions\nReasoning is the key, to the number of solutions\nReasoning in short, is reason beyond every question.\nWhen I was a kid, I reasoned like a kid\nBlowing why why, like a monsoon wind\nTry to reason anything, not only human kind\nTry even to figure out, how parents gets kid\nAs a little boy I had even more question\nWondering even what started, egg or chicken\nAlthough school was fun, why only life key is education\nWhen I got sick, why needle on my butt is a medication\nAs a teen, I trap myself into new problem angle\nTwenty four seven, try to solve love triangle\nUse my parents experience, to eliminate love mambo jambo\nNever give damn about, chicks with boobs like mangos\nThe older I grew up\nThe love problem, grew sharp\nWith limited knowledge, I fell into trap\nForced I and I ,to fall into love swamp\nWhat's happening, finally I came to my sense\nNo doubt, love did not make any sense\nWas like one person language, or music-less dance\nI prayed to the most high, for the grace\nThank you Lord, because you never say no\nYou always give me, even little bit more\nI asked for peace and love, you opened the door\nYou give me all reasons, every morning to go\nWhen the heart is strong\nBut everything is wrong\nAnd the road is very long\nAnd you need someone strong\nWhen you feel Blue\nNo time, and things are due\nNo love, friends around you\nRemember there are worse than you\nTHANKS FOR LIFE\nThanks for let me into your life\nThanks for coming into my life\nThanks for changing my life\nThanks for let me serve you for life\nThanks for being my velentine for life\nBefore, I felt love\nBut I knew, was not love\nCoz' before, I was in love\nBut, now this is the love\nThis one, is very different love\nWaaaaaaay more, than love\nVery close, to heavenly love\nOr because before, I was in love\nHanging between earth, and hell\nOh wait, I felt more in hell\nI couldn't hear, even heaven bell\nIn short, that was a loving hell\nSituation made me pray for happy life\nDay after day and night, no happy life\nOnly my Mama, was a friend for life\nI wondered, what is wrong with my life\nMama was not supposed to be, a part of my thug life\nMama ,you were a rel soldier for life\nFighting against time, for your kids beef\nEven though we were not rich, I never felt cheap\nMinute you went away, I tried to make difference in life\nI needed a special help, from the most high and up\nMama I don't wanna cry, I know you are watching from up\nMother I real don't cry, because I got an Angle in my life\nExodus, Exodus, Movement of myself and I\nI always give thanks, and prises to the most high\nTo take me across the sorrow and, sickened eye\nFrom lost of Mama, to gain of everything and new I\nBaby you are everything, ever wanted by I and I\nBest of everything, everyone, I ever laid my eye\nThinking of you, make my body and soul high\nReminds me everything same between you and I\nThe fight left by homie Mama, still up and high\nBut now is much easier, coz' I got Angle from high\nEven though I pass through the death valley, I won't die\nYou are my private guardian Angle, God's gift I'm glad\nEven through I pass through valley of death I won't die\nNow jamming down, happiness tears from my eye\nLove, you are the only human being, watching my back\nMy dear, I was thinking who is watching your back\nI know God is watching yours, afternoon and after dark\nYou are Glory in my life, a light in the dark\nBabe, you are my Exodus pass and promise park\nYour love give me shadow, when I'm in the desert\nYour eyes, are like burning guarding flame at night\nEXODUS, movement of God's love, from I to your heart EXODUS\nHow beautiful you are! My love\nHow perfect you are! My love\nThe look in your eyes, my sweetheart & bride\nThe necklace you are wearing, have stolen my heart\nThe test of honey is on your lips, my darling\nYour tongue is milk & honey for me, darling\nTHE NIGHT I WILL HOLD YOU AGAIN\nI will hold you so tight\nI will hold you all night\nI will face ya' face sight\nI will do the breathing chat\nI will sleep real tight\nI will listen to ya' heart\nI will feel your breath bit\nI will tell you this and dat'\nI will not let you out ma' site\n| Open letter to the president |\nDear Mr President........\nI thank ALMIGHT that you got elected.\nNot because you are religious person.\nNo, I did not vote for you.\nAnd no, you are not perfect.\nBut you are good Man .......Yap solid good Pipo.\nHow do I know that?\nWell, you don't know me, but you and I, go back.\nWay back... Back in days, more than 20 years ago.\nWhen you moved into our neighborhood.\nI was just a teen back then, Just lost my mother. A single mother.\nAnd I was about to loose a house. By the way of greedy people,\nYou were heavenly sent.\nYou moved in just as I got 6 weeks notice to move out the house.\nI was thinking to myself, where in the earth, me and my little brother\nwe are going to live. Worst how we gonna finish school.\nAnd our income depended on the land around the house,\nthrough gardening and few hundreds chickens.\nYou used little power you had back then to help us keep the house.\nNot for money,\nNot for power,\nNot even for political reasons,\nBut because someone told you our situation, and you could help.\nYou did not know us. I don't even remember if I said thank you.\nThis is why I'm writing you this letter.\nI wish I can reach you, but now that you are president is harder.\nI hope one day this letter gonna find you.\nThis time I don't want to forget to say .....\nThank you President Magufuli.\nWhat you did back then, shaped my life today and bright morrow.\nHope you will use what you have now to help more people.\nGOD bless you more.\nJanuary 14, 16\n| A TO Z|\nOoooh God my Lord\nA heaven happy road\nThe up highest God\nThe only paradise code\nBy u I will never fill cold\nI'll never again sin fold\nI'll sing prises like toad\nU don't have to be told\nAs you know #'s of gold\nThanks 4 things u never sold\nU ahead of me I never old\nListening to you never bored\nUr words are lovely & broad\nI feel comfortable even abroad\nkicking in with you aboard\nGiving me free air and food\nTomorrow, now, from childhood\nI only know you my God\nNot other gods from wood\nNot even other gods from gold\nNot those gods from back yard\nThey make me feel shameful dead\nI promise to keep up my head\nEyes forward to the Exodus road\nI promise to keep my Glory Babe\nI love her, A to Zed.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://bdsmcomics.net/?p=114","date":"2020-02-17T18:16:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875143079.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20200217175826-20200217205826-00116.warc.gz","language_score":0.820246696472168,"token_count":58,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__9554827","lang":"en","text":"Skip to content\nGreat BDSM Comics\nYour body belongs to him | Captured\nFor a complete bdsm story, go here!\nPlease let me go, you guys are going to kill meeee | The Inquisition Part 11\nThe pain was unbearable | The Inquisition 16","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://lyndoncoghill.com/","date":"2022-11-27T15:18:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710409.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20221127141808-20221127171808-00466.warc.gz","language_score":0.6722320914268494,"token_count":1839,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__258687717","lang":"en","text":"I am a biologist, statistics and computing enthusiast, and HPC troublemaker currently serving as a Director of Informatics, for the Division of Research at the University of Missouri. My work here is focussed on building data-driven, across discipline, integrative research programs and supporting researchers in translational, computational approaches. My personal research focuses on using modern computational approaches to answering questions in biology related to biodiversity and genetic variation.\n- Marino M.E., Mironovich M.A., Ineck N.E., Citino S.B., Emerson J.A., Maggs D.J., Coghill L.M., Dubovi E.J., Turner R.C., Carter R.T., Lewin A.C. Full Viral Genome Sequencing and Phylogenomic Analysis of Feline Herpesvirus Type 1 (FHV-1) in Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). Viruses. 13(11).\n- Khalyfa, A., Qiao, Z., Raju, M., Shyu, C.-R.,Coghill, L.M., Ericsson, A., Gozal, D. Monocarboxylate Transporter-2 ExpressionRestricts Tumor Growth in a Murine Model of Lung Cancer : A Multi-Omic Analysis.. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 22 (10616).\n- Calderon, R.B., Jeong, C.Y., Ku, H.-H., Coghill, L.M., Ju, Y.J., Kim, N., Ham, J.H. Changes in the Microbial Community in Soybean Plots Treated with Biochar and Poultry Litter.. Agronomy 11:1428\n- Lewin, Andrew C., Coghill, Lyndon M., Mironovich, Melanie, Liu, Chin-Chi, Carter, Renee T., Ledbetter, Eric C. Phylogenomic Analysis of Global Isolates of Canid Alphaherpesvirus 1. Viruses 12:1421 1-16.\n- Cohen, AS, Cox, CR, Masucci M, Le, TP, Cowan, TM, Coghill, Lyndon M., Holmlund, TB, Elvevåg, B. Digital phenotyping using multimodal data. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports 1-9.\n- Lewin, Andrew C., Coghill, Lyndon M. and Kousoulas, Konstantin G. Genomic analysis for virulence determinants in Feline herpesvirus type-1 isolates. Virus genes 56 (1), 49-57.\n- Thaljeh, Lana F., Rothschild, Ainsley J., Naderi, Misagh., Coghill, Lyndon M., Brown, Jeremy M. and Brylinksi, Michal. Hinge region in DNA packaging terminase pUL15 of herpes simplex virus: A potential allosteric target for antiviral drugs. Biomolecules. 9:10:603.\n- ^Rider, Paul J.F., ^Coghill, Lyndon M., ^Misah Naderi, Michal Brylinksi, Jeremy M. Brown, and K.G. Kousoulas. Phylogenetics and Molecular Evolution of a Conserved Alphaherpesvirus Protein, Glycoprotein K (gK), Reveal Molecular Signatures Important for Viral Entry, Assembly, and Egress. Scientific Reports. 9:14625.\n- Höhna, Sebastian, Coghill, Lyndon M., Mount, Genevieve G., Thomson, Robert C., and Brown, Jeremy M. P3: Phylogenetic Posterior Prediction in RevBayes. Molecular Biology Evolution. 35:4: 1028–1034.\n- Fujimoto, Kayo, Coghill, Lyndon M., Weier, Christopher A., Hwang, Lu-Yu, Kim, Ju Yeong, Schneider, John A., Metzker, Michael L., and Brown, Jeremy M. Lack of Support for Socially Connected HIV-1 Transmission Among Young Adult Black Men Who Have Sex with Men. AIDS Research Human Retroviruses. 33:9: 935–940.\n- Hinchliff, Cody E., Smith, Stephen A., Allman, James F., Burleigh, J. Gordon, Chaudhary, Ruchi, Coghill, Lyndon M., Crandall, Keith A., Deng, Jiabin, Drew, Bryan T., Gazis, Romina, Gude, Karl, Hibbett, David S., Katz, Laura A., Laughinghouse, H. Dail, McTavish, Emily Jane, Midford, Peter E., Owen, Christopher L., Ree, Richard H., Rees, Jonathan A., Soltis, Douglas E., Williams, Tiffani, and Cranston, Karen A. Synthesis of phylogeny and taxonomy into a comprehensive tree of life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 112:41 12764–12769.\n- Coghill, Lyndon M., Darrin Hulsey, C., Chaves-Campos, Johel, Leon, Francisco J., and Johnson, Steven G. Next generation phylogeography of cave and surface Astyanax mexicanus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 79: 368–374.\n- Lorenz, Otto Thomas, Smith, Patrick, and Coghill, Lyndon M. Condition and morphometric changes in tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) after an eradication attempt in Southern Louisiana. Neobiota. 20: 49–59.\n- Coghill, Lyndon M. Statistical and Comparative Phylogeography of Mexican Freshwater Taxa in Extreme Aquatic Environments. PhD Dissertation, University of New Orleans.\n- Coghill, Lyndon M., Hulsey, C. Darrin, Chaves-Campos, Johel, Leon, Francisco J., and Johnson, Steven G. Phylogeography and conservation genetics of a distinct lineage of sunfish in the Cuatro Cienegas valley of Mexico. PLoS One. 8:10: e77013.\n- Chaves-Campos, Johel, Coghill, Lyndon M., Al-Salamah, Manalle A., De Witt, Thomas J., and Johnson, Steven G. Field heritabilities and lack of correlation of snail shell form and anti-predator function estimated using Bayesian and maximum likelihood methods. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 14: 743–755.\n- Chaves-Campos, Johel, Coghill, Lyndon M., León, Francisco J., and Johnson, Steven G. The effect of aquatic plant abundance on shell crushing resistance in a freshwater snail. PLoS One. :9: e44374.\n- Coghill, Lyndon M., Chaves-Campos, Johel, and Garcia-Vazquez, Arturo. Gopherus Berlandieri Geographic Distribution in Mexico. Herpetological Review 2011. 42:3: 388.\n- Coghill, Lyndon M., Chaves-Campos, Johel, Espinoza, Flor E., Lance, Stacey L, Glenn, Travis C, and Johnson, Steven G. Microsatellite markers isolated from the Mexican banded spring snail Mexipyrgus churinceanus. Conservation Genetic Resources* 3:1: 29–31.\nSoftware tools, databases, and pipelines I have contributed to or worked on. View Github for more information and a more updated list of organizations and projects.\nA software pipeline implemented to conduct tests of model fit using posterior predictive testing, based on both data- and inference-based test statistics in phylogenetics. This new implementation makes a large spectrum of models available for use through a user-friendly and flexible interface.\nRevBayes is a software package designed to conduct Bayesian phylogenetic inference using probabilistic graphical models and an interpreted language.\nPhyloboost is a python pipeline and web application that allows the reconstruction, augmentation, and visualizaton of similarity-cluster-based tree sets constructed from an input dataset of sequences.\nOpenTree of Life\nThe Open Tree of Life is an online phylogenetic tree of life, funded by the National Science Foundation. The first draft, including 2.3 million species, was released in September 2015. The Interactive graph allows the user to zoom in to taxonomic classifications, phylogenetic trees, and information about a node.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.hotelkouty.cz/en/activities/jaroslav-hasek-memorial.html","date":"2023-03-25T23:09:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945376.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325222822-20230326012822-00052.warc.gz","language_score":0.9639954566955566,"token_count":143,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__64563137","lang":"en","text":"The house under the castle, where the writer and adventurer Jaroslav Hašek spent the last years of his life, as well as where he wrote his most famous work “The Fates of the Good Soldier Švejk”, today is an exhibition devoted to his fate and work. You will find Hašek’s books, newspaper clippings, personal belongings and other items. Jaroslav Hašek is buried in the local cemetery.\n- GPS souřadnice: 49°36’47.864″N, 15°24’51.4″E\n- Picture author: Jik jik CC BY-SA 3.0,","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://thereportbook.com/","date":"2020-12-01T17:18:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141681209.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20201201170219-20201201200219-00079.warc.gz","language_score":0.939877986907959,"token_count":593,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__92141037","lang":"en","text":"THE NEED FOR GODLY DISCIPLINE\nUPON ALL JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES\nThere will be a great lesson of Godly Discipline to be learned for all Jehovah's Witnesses (former or current) themselves, since they play such a vital role in this world wide prophetic drama. Yes this is true, because the things mentioned in The \"Report\" document are actually \"INDICTMENTS\" against them as being transgressors against Jehovah's Laws. And as such, they therefore need to be severely \"disciplined\" because of their \"lawlessness.\" -- Hebrews 12:5, 6; 1 John 3:4\nOf course, we are all painfully aware of the unfortunate, yes regrettable fact the vast majority of Jehovah's Witnesses would not even give the most minute consideration to the things mentioned in this document to be of any consequence to them, as if any peril from God is forthcoming their way. Nevertheless, again we repeat if such aforementioned Godly Displeasure & Wrath should come upon Jehovah's Witnesses world wide, yes if things do really come to pass as foretold in bible prophecy, ahhh yes then again, would it not prove the veracity and accuracy of the accusations of wrongdoing [indictments of sin] being leveled against them, as brought to light by this particular written dispensation, the \"Report\" Book series.\nTo make ourselves perfectly clear, this document asserts that Jehovah's Witnesses are guilty of espousing or sponsoring many teachings and practices that are not in harmony with God's will and written Word. For example, the teaching or doctrine of 1914, as being the year of Christ's Heavenly enthronement. This doctrine is a complete falsehood and wicked ruse played upon 8 million unsuspecting adherents of it. Thus because of such teachings and practices, Jehovah's Witnesses are in danger of being found in the end, \"false witnesses\" of God and having their worship rendered completely \"in vain.\" (1 Cor. 15:15; Matthew 15:8, 9) In the end, bible prophecy reveals most Jehovah's Witnesses (vast majority) will remain undaunted and totally resistant to these claims of \"indictment of wickedness\" on their parts. Indeed, THE \"REPORT\" document highlights that only a small portion, the \"humble\" among them, will survive this ordeal and experience of the \"42 months of trampling\" by the nations (or \"Great Tribulation\"), and finally experience true spiritual \"restoration\" or \"Palingenesis\" [Matthew 19:28 NWT ftn] to God's Favor. -- See Zephaniah 3:11, 12; Matthew 17:11; Matthew 19:28; Luke 21:24; Revelation 7:9, 10, 14; Revelation 13:5-7.\nThink about it.\nDonald C. Burney\n(Author of The \"REPORT\" Book)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://1stclasstraining.vip/2022/05/02/how-effective-is-clenbuterol-for-weight-loss-clenbuterol-40mcg/","date":"2022-06-30T15:37:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103850139.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20220630153307-20220630183307-00791.warc.gz","language_score":0.9502653479576111,"token_count":1560,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__144093313","lang":"en","text":"How effective is clenbuterol for weight loss\nClenbuterol Hydrochloride is known as one of the most effective fat loss steroids for bodybuilders today, and is one of the most effective natural supplements for lean athletes. It helps you get back into ketosis.\nIt’s very easy to find it. It’s easy to get, how do i lose weight while taking prednisone. It’s very very available, prednisone lose weight while.\nIt’s a natural supplement and is available for both men and women. 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{"url":"https://hotlesbianvids.com/young-girls-wanted-to-have-some-fun-and-invited-another-girlfriend/","date":"2021-01-23T13:24:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703538082.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20210123125715-20210123155715-00345.warc.gz","language_score":0.9535748362541199,"token_count":129,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__176163398","lang":"en","text":"Young girls wanted to have some fun and invited another girlfriend. In this story, they had a lesbian threesome.\nIt seems that the new one did not try pink caresses for the first time either. She kisses her favorite girlfriends in a hickey and willingly undresses, exposing her pussy under wet tongues. This quickly turns on all the beauties. Naked girls sparkle with bare asses. They, like cats, bending graceful backs and putting aside asses, with pleasure lick each other’s pussy. Having arranged a locomotive of three slender bodies, lesbians rattle wet pussies and moan with pleasure in a chorus.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thetorch.church/god-loves-you-just-as-much-as-the-people-you-think-are-important/","date":"2023-09-26T05:43:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510149.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20230926043538-20230926073538-00444.warc.gz","language_score":0.9629120826721191,"token_count":1629,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__14778586","lang":"en","text":"God has no favorites.\nIt can be tempting to believe that the success or influence of people we see around us or from a distance is evidence that God prefers them over us, but He doesn’t.\nFor at least the first six years of my walk with Jesus, I always felt like I had to KEEP his favor. As I looked at other, more mature or influential Christians, I had a strange thought that somehow they had more of God’s blessing than I did.\nBut I gave myself to the study of the Scriptures, especially the book of Galatians. As I lingered in a two-month investigation of that book, something was healed in me. And since then, that healing has been a permanent fixture in how I’ve related to God.\nI know that I have God’s COMPLETE love and favor because of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross.\nIt’s not coming off, it’s not going anywhere, and I don’t only have a little of it. Every Christian who has been made right with God through Christ has ALL OF IT.\nWhen Paul finally met some of the more influential Christian leaders when he went to Jerusalem (see Galatians 2), he already had a vibrant understanding of the gospel.\nHere is what he records about engaging some of the apostolic heroes of the early church:\n“By the way, their reputation as great leaders made no difference to me, for God has no favorites.” (Galatians 2:6, NLT)\nBecause He is wonderfully merciful, God often gives us faithful models in other Christians.\nWe should learn to imitate their faith and godly character, but we shouldn’t believe that their platform or earthy power makes them ‘first-class’ Christians while we remain ‘second class’ citizens of the kingdom.\nHere are two essential truths we need to recall when we slip back into thinking God has favorites:\n1. God Doesn’t Prefer Others Over You\nAssuming that some Christian rockstars are on better terms with God just doesn’t make any Bible-sense and often betrays a poor understanding of the Gospel.\nEven the most influential and inspirational Christians who have ever lived didn’t have an acceptable bio to present to the Father on their own.\nApart from Christ, no matter who they are (or were) or what they’ve done, “No one is righteous, not even one.” (See Romans 3:10-11).\nTo be acceptable to God at all, they were given the gift of the righteousness of God in Christ (See 2 Corinthians 5:21).\nWe all need to remember that God doesn’t prefer some Christians MORE because of their performance, and he doesn’t prefer you LESS because of yours.\nIs there anyone you need to stop idolizing for their influence or accomplishments?\nHonor people, but don’t believe the lie that God prefers to them. He may even use them more than you, but that doesn’t mean He loves them more.\nPut the passion back in your weekend.\n2. God Doesn’t Love You Reluctantly\nWant to hear some phenomenal news?\nJesus loves you the way the Father loves Him.\n“I have loved you even as the Father has loved me.” (John 15:9, NLT)\nWow. What kind of power would we have on earth if we walked in that confidence?\nSome of us, maybe because of a problematic relationship with our earthly father or father figure, believe that Jesus has to CONVINCE the heavenly Father to have mercy on us – that’s the only reason He likes us.\nBut that couldn’t be further from the truth.\nIt was because of LOVE for you that the Father sent Jesus to rescue you because you could not do it yourself.\nHe wasn’t reluctant. He was in love.\nListen to Jesus Himself say it:\n“When that day comes, you will ask Him in my name; and I do not say that I will ask Him on your behalf, for the Father Himself loves you.” (John 16:26–27, GNB)\nThe Father doesn’t need Jesus to talk Him into anything. He Himself loves you.\nEvery Christian, the great and the small, the impressive and the nominal, are equally loved and adored by the Father.\nOr maybe a positive way to say the same thing:\nWe’re all His favorite.\nI am so thankful for your unconditional love and acceptance. Thank you for loving all of your children in equal measure. Help me to avoid idolizing others or coveting their influence. Please help me to resist the lie that You prefer others over me or vice versa. Lord, I ask you to help me keep myself pure, humble, and ready to serve you in any way you ask me to.\nIn Jesus’ name. Amen.\nClick to Share\nClick to Share\nClick to Share\nFailure to ask is often timidity wrapped in the guise of courtesy. You know that thing that tells you to wait a little longer on others to go first, that wants to wait a little longer to respond, that doesn’t want to be a bother? Leaders intentionally ignore that impulse most of the time.\nSometimes we are offended that someone doesn’t seem to value us or our opinion enough. However, God might be humbling us because He is actually trying to promote us. God can’t promote very far those who who can’t handle people being entirely unimpressed or disinterested in them. Sometimes Jesus brings you low to bring you high.\nIt can be easy to become discouraged, to wallow in self-pity, and give in to self-hate if we're always meditating on where we aren't, who we're not, and what we haven't accomplished compared to others. When negative self-talk seeps in, it's time to course-correct our thought-life by forgetting the ideal and shifting our focus.\nReconnecting with Jesus is the simplest thing in the world. Maybe you’ve been away from God and find yourself with a desire to be closer with Him, but your feelings of shame are overwhelming.\nThe last thing the enemy wants is for you to be on fire, stirred up and in love with Jesus Christ. Unfortunately, we’re often so FULL of a love for the world that there is not much room left in our hearts for a white-hot passion for Jesus.\nDavid was just a boy when the prophet anointed him to be the future king of Israel. The spectacle of having the great Samuel pour oil over his head in front of his family must have created some mind-blowing expectations in the boy (1 Samuel 16:13).\nGiving just got easier.\nSimply text The Torch Give to (847) 973-6671 to get started!\nBe more interested in people’s problems (and potential ways you can help solve them) than in communicating how ‘awesome’ you are (or your organization is).\nAre you taking on too much pressure for things you CAN’T CONTROL? Let’s face it – no one is at their best when they feel unnecessary pressure to MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.\nPeople are looking to you for leadership, even though you may not know it. Or you MAY know it . . . But you don’t know HOW to help those who follow you. Always be relationally passing on what you have learned.\nSubscribe to The Torch Growth\nPlan A Visit\nIn-Person + Online","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.lightkulture.com/arc-floor-lamps/","date":"2017-04-30T12:49:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917125532.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031205-00425-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9898340106010437,"token_count":340,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__300111289","lang":"en","text":"It was a visually striking lamp by all accounts. It stood in the lounge of my sorority during my third year of college. One day it was just there.\nIt had a long graceful frame with a dramatic sweeping arm reaching out holding a round shade like a tulip dipping down for a taste of the morning dew. It was somehow contemporary and modern yet there was a classic sort of nostalgia to it. It was almost as though each person that looked at it saw something different. Most extraordinary of all was the effect that it had when you sat under it. There was a similar transformative effect on the person being bathed by its effervescent glow. Jennys dishwater blonde hair became shiny with a golden halo and bounced like it was in slow motion. Darlas thrift shop outfit looked like she had bought it at Saks Fifth Avenue. We all agreed that we looked two sizes smaller. Our personalities were brighter. Marges brown eyes even turned blue. Something special always happened. The girls and I would take turns sitting under the Arc Floor Lamp whenever we had a meet and greet with the boys from Sigma Kappa Phi. We all met our husbands that year taking turns sitting under that lamp. Then one day it just disappeared as mysteriously as it had appeared. We searched the entire campus but never found it. Some people say it was from Milan, others Budapest, the truth is we never found out. Where it is now is anybody's guess. I would imagine that it's found its way into a handsome doctors waiting room or the meeting room of a rich successful businessman. Maybe some lucky wife even gets to sit under it for her dreamy husband each and every night.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://edhamma.net/?p=1743","date":"2018-02-19T11:45:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812584.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20180219111908-20180219131908-00329.warc.gz","language_score":0.9425308108329773,"token_count":1291,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__102014192","lang":"en","text":"We often hear doomsayers predict the end of the world. There are religions too which subscribed to the belief. The most recent prediction came from the Mayan Long Count Calendar, announcing that 2012 is the year of the apocalypse. The fact remains that many doomsday predictions have come and gone by, and we are still around. Is there anything in the Buddha exposition that covered such a scenario?\nDuring a session of the Sutta Sharing Class, I was introduced to the Sattasariya Sutta – Seven Suns (Aňguttara-Nikăya, VII, VII, 62) which gave a very interesting look at the topic. The Lord Buddha expounded that all compound materials are impermanent (annica) and it must follow too, that the world system is subjected to the same Law of impermanence.\nThe Exalted One delivered a sermon in Ambapali Grove near Vesali and addressed the Bhikkus and the gist of the Sutta was:\n– There will come a time after many hundred thousand of years when it does not rain, all seedlings and vegetation-born plants such as medicinal grass, grasses, palms, trees in the forest and giant trees in the jungle will dry up and wither and are no more.\n– After a lapse of time of vast interval a second sun will arise. All the streams, rivulets, brooks and ponds will dry up and are no more.\n– At the end of yet another vast period, a third sun will appear. All the great rivers like the Ganges, Yamună, Aciravati, Sarabhu and Mahi will dry up and whither.\n– At the end of same vast period a fourth sun will appear. The great rivers that feed the great lakes will dry up, and so the great lakes like Anotatta, Sihapapata, Rathakara, Kannamunda, Kunalia, Chaddanta and Mandakini dry up and are no more.\n– At the end of a vast interval period a fifth sun will appear. The waters in the great ocean recede for a hundred leagues, then for two hundred, three hundred, and even up to seven hundred leagues until the water stands at only seven, six, five until one fan-palm’s deep. The water recedes further to the depth of seven men’s stature, six, five, until half a man. It recedes until knee depth of a man to the ankle depth of a man. In autumn when it rains in large drops, the waters in some places are like puddles of a cow’s footprint and are even so in the great ocean bed.\n– At the end of a vast period of time a sixth sun will appear. Both this earth and Sineru, king of the mountains emit smoke, disgorge smoke, belches forth clouds of smoke like a an oven of a potter, bakes his wares.\n– At the end of some vast interval of time a seventh sun will appear. This earth and Sineru, king of mountains, burst into flames, blaze up and become a single sheet of flame. The fiery beam of the blaze and the burn of the great earth and of Mount Sineru, thrown up the wind, reaches even to Brahma’s world. The peaks of Mount Sineru, measuring up to five hundred leagues, as it blazes and burns, vanquished and overwhelmed by the vastness of fiery masses, crumble away. Out of the blaze and the burn of the great earth and Mount Sineru, there is neither cinder nor ash to be found.\nIn summary, the earth will suffer a drought and all vegetation and lives will vanish from the planet. A second calamity will appear resulting in the evaporation of many streams and ponds. A third sun will appear resulting in the evaporation of great rivers. When a fourth sun appears it will result in the evaporation of great lakes. A fifth sun will appear and the great oceans will dry up slowly until water is ankle-deep. The sixth sun will appear and the earth crust and core will heat up resulting in volcanic explosions, scorch the earth some filled the skies. The seventh sun will appear the earth will become a fiery ball of flame explode and disappear altogether.\nToday we are seeing global warming from the so-called greenhouse effect. The global warming phenomena has resulted in climate changes, led to disasters like hurricanes, cyclones, droughts, forest fires, rising tides, tsunamis and floods, and devastated many parts of the world. All the natural calamities we are seeing or facing on this planet is real.\nDo we have reasons to fear? If so, how do we overcome our fear?\nThe Exalted One cited the story of the Teacher Sunetta who had many hundreds of disciples. Upon his death and owing to the fellowship gained, he was reborn in the same Brahma’s world with his disciples.\nHere, Sunetta, being the teacher had desired to be reborn in a better realm than his disciples. He cultivated the thought of amity and loving kindness for seven years, and then for seven world-cycles and was reborn in the Brahma’s realm as Maha-Brahma, as Sakka, or as Wheel-turner. Even though he chief among the retinue of the gods, he was not freed from birth, old age and death, from weeping and lamentation, from pain, grief and tribulation.\nThe Buddha delivered this sermon to remind his disciples of the impermanent nature of the world and of our existence, which is subject to decay and renewal from which even god like Brahma is not free unless he overcomes it by practicing Dhamma and following the noble Eightfold Path.\nThus experiencing the four things: “Right conduct, concentration, wisdom and full release, understood by the famed Gotama, the Master, who made an end of pain had passed into Nirvana.”\nFor the benefits and objectives of the Sutta Study Class, readers are invited to refer to the link, Sutta Studies ( http://edhamma.net/?p=1374 ).\nContributor: Chin Kee Thou","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://cosmicsunflowerreadings.com/16-december-2022-reading/","date":"2023-12-11T06:05:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679103558.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20231211045204-20231211075204-00603.warc.gz","language_score":0.9573094844818115,"token_count":1579,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__79046777","lang":"en","text":"Hello, my friends! Today I’m using the Angels and Ancestors Oracle Cards and the Postcards from Spirit. Choose the cards that resonate with you. If one, two, or all three calls to you, then those are the cards that are meant for you.\nMedicine mother – honour your inner knowing\nTake action. Do what you know you need to do. Mother always knows best, they say, and it’s true. We all know a maternal figure who’s extremely intuitive and insightful, and this Nedicine Mother has gone through many ups and downs. She has lived and she has lost. She knows what it’s like to suffer and to want to give up. So the medicine of this card is that it’s okay to make mistakes and get it wrong sometimes, and it’s okay for things to come to an end. It’s not the end of the world, it’s just the end of one chapter and the beginning of something new. The Medicine Mother reminds you that even though you will have low lows, you aren’t here to suffer – you’re here to be supported and to support others. Let her give you the loving encouragement to take the next step forward.\nThere is an old pattern rising up in you now and it’s time to dela with it and release it for good. You’re being encouraged to love and respect yourself enough to take the steps you know you need to take to move closer to where you’d like to be. You already know the answers. You know what you need to do. You may have been using delaying tactics or holding back, but now you are being guided to take action. Action requires courage, but your angels and guides are bringing you the courage to move forward. Take just one step. When you do, the next one will be presented to you.\nLive your dreams!\nDear wonderful you,\nIntimacy is scary sometimes. It means you have to let someone else get to know the real you, not the perfect, flawless mask you wear for others. No, it’s time to reveal the cool one, the passionate one, the imperfect one that is totally you without artifice or walls. Yes, you will be exposed and vulnerable for a time, but it will be so worth it. This is the only way you will know true closeness with others, and you will also be close to Spirit and to us.\nThere is amazing freedom that comes when you let go and just be yourself with another or a group. Release from the in invisible bindings that keep you from intimacy is truly empowering. So may we support you wholeheartedly in this choice? You will know yourself better and we hope, learn to love yourself as much as we do.\nLife is about who we are with others, so share it. You will be so glad you did.\nLoving you so, so, so much!\nAutumn – Release the Old and Rest\nRelease all of the pressure and expectations weighing you down. Shed it all so that you can recover before moving into a time of renewal. Autumn is when the trees are preparing for the long cold winter and must let go of all the weight, they are carrying in order to continue to grow and prosper. Sometimes you too just have to surrender an aspect of yourself in order to continue to grow and prosper. The raven on the Autumn card shows that there is an opportunity to heal at this time. In Celtic animal medicine, the raven is the bird of healing and initiation. The healing it brings is a shift that allows you to move into a more powerful psychic space where you can be more aware of your needs and desires and be better supported.\nYou know what is heavy, what is holding you back. Is it a person, a situation, or a dream? Like the trees letting go of their leaves and fruit in the autumn, it’s time it let it go. When you hold on, you try to control reality, and that never works. When you let go, you make space for the new to enter your life. You are being guided by angels and nature herself to release whatever is stopping you from moving forward. And you can do this. It also indicates that the coming autumn will usher in important energies with regard to your question or intentions.\nYou are love!\nDo you ever wonder whether your ideas and inspiration might be coming through your soul rather than generated from your mind alone? We are here to tell you we are always whispering in your ear about your highest good. We are conduits for Spirit, letting you know you are a living channel for this awesome co-creative energy. When you’re feeling inspired it means you heard us! Inspiration means Spirit is breathing through you. Inspiration needs your human passion to keep it going so you can make a difference in the world. So keep moving on what inspires you. Let yourself be led into new experiences and know that this is why you are on the earth. Your purpose is to discover your spirited nature and to bring forth through your efforts whatever is meant to be. Wondrous miracles have a way of showing up when you let inspiration propel you forward.\nYou are so, so loved!\nMagick Guardian – unlock the magick within\nStop looking outside yourself and recognize that you have incredible power within. Magick (with a ‘k’) is the energy of the universe that allows you to manifest and create through the direction and poser of your will. It changes according to your frequency. The Magick Guardian is a representation of the angel of magick who helps you direct your will to bring something into creation. She is the angel who swirls around shamans and wise ones when they are calling on the energy of magick to help them manifest something that will be healing and supportive of their path. She is the angel of all magick that is directed for the highest good of whoever is working with it.\nYou are magick, you are the answer, you have it all within you. If you’ve been searching for an answer or a reason to focus, recognize that all that you are looking for is already within you. You are a powerful and magical person with the capacity to direct your intentions and will your desires into being. But your power can only be powerful when you won it. So take time to acknowledge it. Your ability to dedicate yourself to a goal and make it happen is a real gift that you are being guided to recognize now.\nThere are times in life when taking a risk is better left for another day. Other times are perfect for taking that leap, no matter how dangerous it might seem. Well, hold on to your parachute strings-for today is leap time! Realize that no matter what, we will not let you fall, drown, get lost, or hurt yourself in any way on this one. Even if it may feel like you are in free fall, we are here for you, and you can stop freaking out about getting hurt and relax into this transition to something new.\nAll the elements are in place, and your soul is ready for a new experience. No matter what you’re asking about, it’s time to take the risk and do that thing that scares you. No matter what happens, you will land softly, right on target. Don’t worry about the outcome-Spirits got that covered. It’s taking the leap itself that’s the point.\nWe love your courage! Embrace it!\nLet us know in the comments below which one resonates with you. Have a fantastic day!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://neneth.blogspot.com/2010/08/","date":"2018-07-23T10:02:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676596204.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20180723090751-20180723110751-00370.warc.gz","language_score":0.9582714438438416,"token_count":606,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__116631072","lang":"en","text":"Friday, August 6, 2010\nTo Our Darling Son\n© Caroline Falzon\nGod blessed us with a son who is turning six today,\nevery day we see His love in you, true as the purest gem.\nfrom His all knowing heart, His very best He sends,\nmay He keep you always in His tender loving care.\nwe thank God for all you our son, we're glad for all you tend,\nfrom a strong yet tender heart and a core that never ends.\nas cute as a bug, you are so precious to hug,\na dear child who brings out the sunshine to those who are near.\nwhen your eyes are shining brightly it is so nice to see,\nthat one day you will for certain become all you're meant to be,\nyou are to simply everyone a special little man,\nwho brings the kind of happiness that nothing is greater than.\neveryday you bring to us all the joy that life could hold,\nyou're such a special little boy from the day you were born,\nlike teardrops on the roses kissed by the morning dew,\nyou're the treasure that give us pleasure in everything you do.\nhow adorable and loving with every morn you turn to be,\nhow charming and exciting as into the big world your eyes peep.\nthe warmth in our hearts you keep so alive,\ntreasured are the memories you are engraving in our book of life.\nour vows we'll pledge that by your side we'll always walk,\nour anchor we'll throw to keep you safe from any storm,\nour love will nourish you through the path that you will take,\nour promise to cherish that our bond will never break.\nhappy birthday to our dear son who couldn't be more loved,\nwe turn to God each day and night to keep you safe and sound,\nwe join you in your night prayers as to the guardian angel you call,\nplease protect and keep your light on for this cute little boy.\nmay God bless you our sweet angel,\nespecially on this day,\nyou are our masterpiece that only God can create.\nand as the candles, your breathe will blow,\nour endless wishes,\nlike shooting stars, your life forever will glow.\nmay God bless you today, tomorrow and always\nin peace, in health, in happiness and in love.\nWednesday, August 4, 2010\nI was visiting my friend's blog and I saw this \"Moment with newborn baby\" contest.\nWhy don't you try your luck, who know you get free \"Baju Raya\" this year.\nWell no harm to try , beside its been a long time I did not see my child's newborn photos.\nI am happy that my husband could took a photos of them when they were just a few minutes out from my tummy.\nSo here is my entry for this contest.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://stephencbird.tumblr.com/post/63437504170","date":"2014-10-21T02:11:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507443869.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005723-00182-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9417474865913391,"token_count":91,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__2862338","lang":"en","text":"Steve Bird [Stephen C. Bird] is a visual artist & fiction writer. His two novellas are\nentitled \"Hideous Exuberance\" & \"Catastrophically\nConsequential\". Steve was born in\nToronto, Ontario, Canada; grew up in Erie County, New York; & for most of his\nadult life lived in New York City. He\nnow splits his time between Europe & the Northeast USA. .","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://documentmedia.co.za/about/","date":"2022-07-05T01:04:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104506762.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20220704232527-20220705022527-00222.warc.gz","language_score":0.9734247922897339,"token_count":275,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__128889963","lang":"en","text":"Eldon is talented in some ways, complex in others, but could never quite understand one element – the ability to lay things out – objects if you will.\nLay them out in such a way that it made ‘sense’. Sense from a visual point of view. If one object was a little out it would bother him until he moved the one – or all the others – so it looked ‘right’.\nMany years later he understood this to be ‘composition’.\nHe combined this with many years in the field to understand ‘story telling’, both visual and narrative.\nThe fact that there is a beginning, a middle, and an end to EVERYTHING. Sequences and life across the spectrum.\nHe has applied this to his understanding of story telling.\nCombined with a love for real life, real people and real causes made him to realise that this ‘power’, if used correctly, was the most powerful medium in the world and has caused him to pursue truth, above all. Truth in the visuals.\nRespect to his subjects. And a sincere quest to capture the essence of the story he is trying to tell, for himself and for others. A combination of all the above is where he is happiest, aside from cutting wood or splashing around in water.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://maibor.com/MaryAnn/MAM_Home_2.htm","date":"2021-10-22T00:54:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585449.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20211021230549-20211022020549-00239.warc.gz","language_score":0.8339666724205017,"token_count":83,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__223807319","lang":"en","text":"|Mary Ann Maibor, LICSW|\n|Problem Focused Psychotherapy Home Visits|\n|For Older Adults and People with Chronic Illness and Disability|\n|\"Three things in human life are important.\nThe first is to be kind.\nThe second is to be kind.\nThe third is to be kind\".\n--- Henry James (1843 - 1916) American Novelist","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://woodworth-ancestors.com/woodworth-people/jenbehan/index.htm","date":"2017-11-19T06:34:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934805417.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20171119061756-20171119081756-00656.warc.gz","language_score":0.9210361838340759,"token_count":168,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__127136519","lang":"en","text":"Jeanette Behan's 1988\nbook \"The Woodworth Family of America, Descendants of Walter Woodworth of\n1630 through Six Generations, Volume 1\", is the first book for the Walter\nWoodworth line in ninety years. The last one before Jeanette's was\nWilliam Atwater Woodworth's, published in 1898.\nJeanette worked with\nnumerous Woodworth genealogists, and saw the loss of valuable records of\ndeceased researchers when their estates would not respond. With the\npassing away of one of her closest collaborators, and the discovery that\nshe had a terminal illness, she focused on publishing and perpetuating\nthe works of other researchers and hers. Further, she wanted to document\nthe corrections that would spare future generations time and discussion.\nWe have all benefitted.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://voilamoodoil.com/blogs/advice/short-term-sex-v-long-term-love","date":"2023-03-26T16:18:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945473.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20230326142035-20230326172035-00429.warc.gz","language_score":0.9486836194992065,"token_count":121,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__30051041","lang":"en","text":"The pandemic is not over but we are learning how to live with it, putting it in the background not the foreground, as part of the new normal. Life without physicality and intimacy is inhumane. Perhaps the pandemic can offer a unique opportunity to enhance a connection and elevate it to a more meaningful level.\nAn exclusive partner is always best and that is because the lower your number of close contacts, the lower your risk of exposure to a communicable disease. So in this novel time of challenge, recognize it as an opportunity to slow down and let the romance flourish for the long term.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.mccarthylit.com/about.html","date":"2023-10-03T06:24:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511055.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20231003060619-20231003090619-00663.warc.gz","language_score":0.9679792523384094,"token_count":186,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__205586371","lang":"en","text":"Sean McCarthy began his publishing career as an editorial intern at Overlook Press and then moved over to the Sheldon Fogelman Agency. He worked as the submissions coordinator and permissions manager before becoming a full-time literary agent. Sean graduated from Macalester College with a degree in English-Creative Writing, and is grateful that he no longer has to spend his winters in Minnesota.\nHe is drawn to flawed, multifaceted characters with devastatingly concise writing in YA, and character-driven work or smartly paced mysteries/adventures in MG. In picture books, he looks more for unforgettable characters, off-beat humor, and especially clever endings. He is not currently interested in issue-driven stories or query letters that pose too many questions.\nYou can follow Sean on Twitter for his thoughts on publishing news, the inevitable hipsterfication of Astoria, and the Mets' starting lineup.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://blog.firstpersonadvisors.com/?paged=2","date":"2015-07-05T07:43:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-27/segments/1435375097354.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20150627031817-00214-ip-10-179-60-89.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9432709217071533,"token_count":111,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-27__0__134934292","lang":"en","text":"It’s early into summer, and perhaps you have a head start on your summer reading list. You’ve knocked out Good to Great, The Advantage, or another bestseller.\nBut now your vacation is over. You’re back at work. And you know you need to make workplace culture a priority. You’re wondering how to get at it. But, most importantly, you’re asking yourself, “What is ‘it’ that I’m trying to get after?”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://physio.uwc.ac.za/pht402/2018/10/08/the-candle-and-the-wind-meaningful-death-and-life/","date":"2024-04-25T00:35:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296820065.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425000826-20240425030826-00305.warc.gz","language_score":0.9803820848464966,"token_count":772,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__92660642","lang":"en","text":"The span between life and death can be as quick and sudden as a puff of wind that blows out a candle. But the candle does not suffer after the darkness comes. It is the person left in the dark room who gropes and stumbles.\n– Helen Duke Fike\nWe have all experienced life and we have all experienced death in some way, shape or form in our years on this Earth – whether it was a family member, friend or pet.\nBut what if the devastating emotion of life lost, is a lovely, happy and physically ailing human being: your patient?\nI have been a physiotherapy student for four years of my 23 years of life. That amounts to less than one fifth of my time here. Yet, in my first week at my very last clinical placement of my student career, I experienced this utterly raw and indescribable feeling of losing a patient.\nMr F was a very compliant and happy man, even though he was not able to speak due to his stroke, his cheerfulness was palpable. He was diagnosed with a Right MCA and he had a hemiplegic left side, expressive aphasia and he was not able to swallow, so he tended to aspirate a lot. His family was (coincidentally?) there for every session I had with him – very supportive. After each rehabilitation session, some aspect of his deficit improved, so I had the world’s hope for him. Until the fourth day. I remember the sun shining so brightly that day and I wanted to see him first so both our days started well. It was when I walked into the ward that I felt chills, saw familiar faces filled with tears and etched closer to see a pale body. I immediately turned around and walked away – I have never felt so vulnerable in my profession. I was shaking, teary-eyed and professionally asked the nurses what had happened, “He passed away early this morning in his sleep with no medical reason.” Like the above quote, this candle’s suffering was over and the light was gone.\nThe following two weeks, four more patients of mine had passed. The very last one had been praying for hours just before her soul left the Earth. I felt numb.\nNothing, really prepares you for this, even if you have experienced death before. The feeling of sadness, hopelessness and doubt. But should we, as physiotherapists, realise that this is norm and we should get used to it? Or are we supposed to invest ourselves so much into protecting each of our candles so they do not get blown out? What does that leave for us?\nJane Toms (2016) stated in her study that the most efficient way for students to deal with death was through professional counselling at the placement of occurrence. This appears to be impossible in South Africa, because our resources are already extremely limited.\nOn moral standards, I feel our clinicians should be prepared to help students be ready to experience all the emotions surrounding death of a patient without feeling ‘silly.’ But we, as students, should then prepare ourselves with the necessary coping strategies to adequately react to patient loss.\nI do, however, feel that it is possible that we can in a sense ‘get used to’ losing a patient to a medical condition – which can also be dangerously disguised as numbness to feeling. But every experience will be different. Therefore, we need to allow ourselves to feel all the pain that goes along with the cold winds of death.\nWe must protect our candles to the best of our professional abilities, but when their lights go out, we must allow ourselves to shine on. Because we must keep believing that we have the aptness to make another candle’s light shine even brighter.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://takeiterleaveit.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/in-the-pain-there-is-healing-in-your-name-i-find-meaning-lifehouse/","date":"2017-04-27T05:00:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917121869.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031201-00061-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9837927222251892,"token_count":924,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__322686948","lang":"en","text":"I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately, and NOT a lot of sleeping. My heart is aching right now. In the past few days I’ve had an unwelcome reminder of the frailty of life. Wade Roberts, a dear friend of my family, and the father to my lifelong friend Erin- passed away unexpectedly about a week ago. During this time of grieving I’ve been passing through a lot of emotions. I’ve been a little hesitant to write, because I get scared of what might come out on paper.\nAt times you try to suppress your hurt, in order to be strong for others, but sooner or later you have to acknowledge the hurt before healing takes place. I’ve felt guilty at times for being so sad, because I can not even fathom the sadness their family is going through. I feel a breath of joy pass over me, because of the testimony Wade had and the many people he is affecting and will continue to affect as the years pass. In all of these mixed emotions there is the blunt awareness that life is here one minute and gone the next. What am I doing in my life to make a difference- more importantly what am I doing in your life to make a difference?\nThese emotions are taking a toll on me: physically, mentally and emotionally. How do you continue to have joy when there is such sorrow? The Lord is my strength, I have to remind myself of that daily. It is a hard medium to come to between living in the reality a loved one has passed (and my best friend is dealing with things she never should have to so early in life…) and then also making this terrible situation an opportunity to share Christ’s love through the wonderful example Wade left.\nI am holding on to all of the good memories I cherish, and thankful for the opportunity to rest in the Lords comfort right now. Wade and Lisa have impacted my life in many ways. They have been like 2nd parents to me. Wade was one of those people that from a teenagers standpoint you fear a little bit at first, because He was very quiet, but then you grow respect whole heartedly and realize he is just a big teddy bear and cares so deeply for people. He had a great sense of humor about him too. How many dads do you know that when their daughter and her best friend say “We were thinking about rolling (insert anyones name here) house tonight…” He turns around and sighs and says “Ok…well…I just got a great deal at costco, the toilet paper is in your mom and I’s bathroom, just don’t stay out too late”. He, like myself these days, never slept, which for me and Erin’s sake was good- we could never get away with anything 😉 he was always sure to be lurking around the house somewhere. Beyond his wits, he was a genius. He was always spitting off random facts, and the man knew how to get everywhere this side of the country (thus, we named him the Navagator, we called him the Gator for short- I don’t know if he ever knew that J). He was a very thoughtful man, I remember on his trips out of town he often brought home little gifts or gadgets for Lisa, Erin, or Jordan. It was sweet. I loved him and I love his family. He was a wonderful example of what a Godly man looks like: always quick to lend a hand or an ear, never speaking with hasty words, and humble beyond explanation.\nDoes anyone else know what its like to feel lost and confused yet secure and at peace at the exact same time? I do not understand why this happened, but I also know the Lord is sovereign as is His plan for my life and the lives of those around me. Am I even having genuine faith when I have these emotions? How do you know your trust is fully in the Lord when you still have hurt inside of you and do not understand His timing? With all of these questions I have, I am so glad the Lord can take all of my questions and hold onto them. He heals hearts and is revealing His purpose for this through all of the many people drawing closer to Him during this time. “In Christ, there are no goodbyes and in Christ, there is no end so I’ll hold onto Jesus with all that I have to see you again…” MercyMe","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://jisko.pixnet.net/blog/post/34051264-find-the-best-romance-novel-to-read","date":"2018-04-19T13:24:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125936969.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20180419130550-20180419150550-00517.warc.gz","language_score":0.8731433749198914,"token_count":715,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__57661666","lang":"en","text":"Romance novels developed comprise the Western culture, chiefly in English speaking countries. They primarily go around about two group who plunge in fondness and have to facade the challenges that stomach against their be mad about. In record cases they are to be expected but because of the terrible storyline, they are vastly absorbing to publication.\nYou can brainwave the finest romance innovative existing in one of copious subgenres, plus historical, contemporary, paranormal, vampire, teenager, erotica, Christian and racial subgenres.\nNow let me go terminated whatsoever of the optimal latin ever handwritten. Of course, this is not a spaciotemporal inventory but it should be sufficient to get you location is your search to uncovering a serious publication. If you read spot on through with to the end, you will discovery some more useable figures that will short you to the within your rights sources online - wherever you can comparison romance novels past you buy or publication.\nantique meerschaum tobacco pipes\nsmoke 4 lb pork shoulder\ntobacco plants in australia\nbringing cuban cigars australia\nwhat is in shisha tobacco\ncigarette online canada\nrolling tobacco similar to marlboro\nlong do tobacco plants live\ncigar shops in dublin ireland\nbuy cheap cigars cuba\ncohiba piramides 2001\npink elephant cigarettes england\nmarlboro rec day camp\nduty free toronto pearson airport terminal 3\ntobacco shop stafford va\ncuban cigars legal in us\npipe tobacco on ebay\ndurham tobacco district condos\nIf you are into humanistic discipline romance novels, after you can read Georgette Hever's novels set in the Regency term. You can besides read the \"Pride and prejudice\" by different top original journalist Jane Austen in 1847. If you are looking for the oldest most favourable marketing romance novel, consequently movement out \"Pamela\", which is an old fresh engrossed in 1740 by Samuel Richardson. This pamphlet was so tremendous so overmuch so that v editions printed in the prototypical 11 months of discharge.\nFor something modern, you can publication whatever Harlequin novels or ones from Mills and Boon, a band that entered the latin industry to create a few of the foremost respect novels specified present.\nSince near are so many a subgenres of these books, selecting the uncomparable novel on fondness is not confident. What you can do is but coming together Nexttag to similitude some of the top humanistic discipline books unspoken for today or you can simply go to some trusty online retailers and revaluation sites.\nI can contribute you a top 100 romance original record to read because in attendance are so heaps intense reads on this form but because of pocket-size extraterrestrial and time, I will evacuate it at that.\nwholesale cigarettes tennessee\ncigars shop arlington tx\ndo smoke shops sell k2\noferta cigarrillos argentina\nduty free increase canada\ngirls smoke weed tumblr\ndiscount tobacco lower hutt\ncheap bulk pipe cleaners\ncuban cigars 2011\ntobacco education clearing house\nskoal smokeless tobacco prices\nis chewing tobacco good for you\nbest cigarettes smoke\nking tobacco alexandria mn\nsmoke city juliette\nwhere to buy native cigarettes online\ndid mca chew tobacco\nhawaii cigars shop","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ajynkydawhyx.mihanblog.com/post/116","date":"2019-08-26T07:44:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027331228.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20190826064622-20190826090622-00268.warc.gz","language_score":0.8566873073577881,"token_count":370,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__99793680","lang":"en","text":"Angela: Queen of Hel Marguerite Bennett, KIm Jacinto, Stephanie Hans\nAngela: Queen of Hel writer Marguerite Bennett teases what's to come for the warrior after she seizes Hel's infernal crown. Hel Hath a New Fury in Angela:Queen of Hel · Angela design by Stephanie Hans. Angela - Queen of Hel (2015) / Angela - Queen of Hel - 03, Page 13. Preview: ANGELA QUEEN OF HEL #4. Their joyous reunion actually a little less joyous and a little more how about I reunite my fist with your ear , Angela and Sera meet face to face at last! *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. Angela: Queen of Hel takes over the underworld with art by Kim Jacinto and Stephanie Hans! All-New All-Different Marvel Sep 30, 2015. Angela - Queen of Hel (2015) / Angela - Queen of Hel - 02, Page 4. In Angela, Queen Of Hel, we have been introduced to Bor, the father of Odin. By Mat 'Inferiorego' Elfring on January 21, 2016. It's a rebellion to overthrow Hela! Compare critic reviews for Angela: Queen Of Hel #1 by Marguerite Bennett and Aaron Kim Jacinto, published by Marvel Comics. This is our collection of images from Angela: Queen of Hel Volume 1. Angela Queen of Hel #1 Comic Book [MARVEL] on Amazon.com. This comic will be released on March 23, 2016. The \"All-New, All-Different Marvel\" preview for \"Angela: Queen of Hel\" no.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.fashionflu.com/annasophia-robb-cast-as-carrie-bradshaw-in-the-carrie-diaries/","date":"2017-03-29T07:19:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218190234.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212950-00523-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.969731867313385,"token_count":479,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__144998225","lang":"en","text":"AnnaSophia Robb cast as Carrie Bradshaw in ‘The Carrie Diaries’\nIt’s official: the small-screen adaptation of ‘The Carrie Diaries’ has found its Carrie Bradshaw.\n‘Sex and the City’ fans will soon be in for a big treat as the CW Network goes into production on the small-screen adaptation of Candace Bushnell’s novel, ‘The Carrie Diaries’; and after much speculation, actress AnnaSophia Robb has been confirmed for the lead role of Carrie Bradshaw. A prequel to ‘Sex and the City’, the novel follows a teenaged Carrie through her final year of high school as she deals with friends, boys, and of course fashion.\n‘Sex and the City’ was explosively popular from the moment it began airing on HBO back in 1998; the show had a successful multi-season run as it followed the adventures of Carrie and her BFFs Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha, all based on characters from Bushnell’s novel. The TV series later spawned two movies following the further adventures of the four friends.\nNow, Warner Bros. is ready to bring a young Carrie to the masses through ‘The Carrie Diaries’, which as of yet has no official air date. Bushnell has signed on to produce, along with Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Len Goldstein, and Amy B. Harris.\nLike Sarah Jessica Parker, who was the original Carrie in the ‘Sex’ TV series and films, Robb is blonde, has two first names, and has been acting from a young age. Robb is best known for her roles in films like ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, ‘Bridge to Terabithia’, and ‘Soul Surfer’, in which she played one-armed teen surfer Bethany Hamilton. Now, the 18-year-old starlet will take on her most grown-up role to date in what will hopefully become a successful TV series.\nMeanwhile, the jury is still out on the possibility of a third ‘Sex’ film: while Parker had hinted last summer that she knew the plot and that the movie could happen, so far, no further news about that film has surfaced.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://goddiggers.com/","date":"2015-04-27T10:25:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1429246658061.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20150417045738-00228-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9434441328048706,"token_count":366,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-18__0__59452603","lang":"en","text":"Amazing new insight into self realisation and the true nature of man.\nThere comes the time and especially in todays world when one needs to have certain truths confirmed and told so all can be free\nWHO or WHAT? Do you live by following or conformity? Do you believe or fake it?\nDo you think you are an accident? A result of a big bang? Eat, Work, Sleep and Die? or just have endless fun?\nIn Heaven, Hell or somewhere in between?\nA spiritual look into man; healing the soul to save the world.\nThe Bible is not a book for just christains, or just a Christain Bible or manual, but a book for human kind as a whole, a collection of works to remind everyone how we were thoughtfully and beautifully created with love, and that we belong to God and he will never forsake us.\n\"The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the almighty hath given me life\" (Job 33:4)\nThe Diggers Series is calling on everyone to find the Truth, it is taking you on a journey and asking you to lead the way. Truth is an integral part of who we are, and you should live it individually not from others perspective.\nWhere are the true christains, the believers, the God followers, the Bible carrying and reciting people? There are over 2 billion christains, 1.5 billion muslims who primarily believe in God. This is almost half of the world population in active worship of a singular God, whose qualities include; almighty, loving, forgiving, provider, compassionate, protector, creator. Yet they mostly fail to shine any or all of these God qualities in the world.\nMan is his own enemy and ignorance his greatest sin.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://zyonchaos.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/not-quite-sure-what-to-call-this/","date":"2021-10-23T11:08:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585671.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20211023095849-20211023125849-00275.warc.gz","language_score":0.9756645560264587,"token_count":1398,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__91097364","lang":"en","text":"I have the bug, people may not be reading my work and I don’t care. At this stage I am writing for me, if people stumble across my ramblings then fair one. Each day I am inspired by the vast multitude of people using this site to air their views and articulate them in such a way that I wonder why they are not able to share these views wider by writing for national/international publications. As much as the internet is international this site is just one tiny portion of the whole, that if we are to be honest is more interested in porn than reading honest opinions, based on honest feelings backed up with a touch of common sense and humour.\nWhere would I be without writers like asealskhaki with her eye opening piece “I’m Sick and Tired Of This Shit (The Things My Country Does Best)” about the realities of corruption in India, a piece both inspiring and humour filled in its delivery (and downright assassin like in the case of certain Bollywood “stars” lol).\nbarbtaub’s, “Serial kid-producer reveals top 10 reasons not to have kids” cheered me up no end today as anybody that has kids cannot help but empathise and nod in understanding whilst laughing and reminiscing.\nKatherine over at “I Am Begging My Mother Not To Read This Blog – Holdin’ Out for a (Nonwhite)(Funny)(Fictional)Hero” Is a post that makes you think deeply about societies acceptance of a normalcy that really shouldn’t be the norm in the 21st century!\nAlso mummyspitsthedummy, literally saved me today with “Hungover With Kids (Or, Please Please Just Kill Me Now)”, having to escort a miserable sod around and whilst waiting for one appointment I read this and tried to stop myself from laughing out loud. Her piece about breastfeeding in public as well was enlightening as it was memorable for those that have been in that situation or (for the men, those of us who actually empathise and support).\nI am sure there will be more people I thank over the coming weeks, months, Years?? But for this week these ladies have my awe and also help me to reinforce my plans to keep writing in the vain hope that someone takes notice and enjoys it, critiques it, argues with me, agrees with me or whatever.\nSelf Important Assholes\nSo that starts off today, I have decided to write about self important assholes today as I have come across one of these “people” (<<< I use this term loosely) today. Every now and then, I meet these people in the military they tend to be freshly promoted and I can only hope that I wasn’t the same after promotion. Now this particular person is by means of the lucky lottery (as he definitely didn’t get it on merit) recently promoted to the same rank as myself (I got mine on merit lol), walking into work this morning I catch him chewing out (talking to loudly and sternly) a fresh out of the wrapper, just passed training, sprog! Why? Because the sprog had said good morning to him and not addressed him by rank………… Now this grips my shit as we are low enough in the pecking order for first name basis (once you know it of course lol) and not high enough for someone to address us by rank unless we are in the shit. Sprog practically panicked when he saw me coming and just so he avoided a bollocking “Good Morning Corporal!”, this is the bit where I asked him what had gone on and he told me. I hit the roof got the kids name and extension number and set off after the asshole. Needless to say after a large slice of my mind including a point where he tried to argue with me (bad idea as my mood was described as “Peachy” which most people take to mean “Do not piss off!”), I casually handed him the piece of paper with the name and number and made him apologise. He defended his actions as “I’m having a bad day” my response of “congratulations” wasn’t received too well. I don’t put up with this shit, the lads who work for me know I am easy going and laid back, they also know that I will fight there corner if needed and also discipline them if that is needed. Due to this knowledge I have a bloody good team who know what I expect and often deliver above and beyond (with the odd individual exception). This newly promoted Cpl didn’t understand this and won’t understand it properly until he has his own team of people working under him. And with the help and support of the people around him, he can be an effective team leader.\nWhat is the relevance behind all this? People, without them then there is no point. Regardless of what you do or who you are, you need the people around you to form a support structure that will keep you going when you are low, keep you going when you are on a high and vice versa, these people need you as much as you need them. Some days they need more, some days you need more. Social interactions define us, make us who we are and help us to live the way we want to live. I am reminded of this a lot this week as we are dealing with one individual who despite numerous attempts at being helped has now found themselves in the disciplinary stage and yet still I am not giving up on the idiot (getting close, but not there yet). I have a standard rule when dealing with people, I will always give chances, it used to be only one but I realise some people need several to work out how to work with someone beneficially. So now I give chances and people push me and push me and take advantage of my good nature, which is when they realise that I push back and I push back hard. I believe that everybody has to be pushed back once or twice in their life as it teaches them that the stark reality of life is that you do not always get what you want, I have seen people confused when their looks haven’t got them what they want, but hey ho that’s life.\nPeople and their many types, genders, roles in life and behaviour give me endless things to write about, both the good and the bad. I will try to outweigh the good with the bad wherever possible as I feel this world needs to see more of the good otherwise inevitably we will continue to slide downwards into a dark spiral where all we ever see is the bad things happening, when that happens hope is lost and once hope is lost what is left?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://howecaverns.com/newsletter/","date":"2021-04-21T13:31:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618039544239.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20210421130234-20210421160234-00415.warc.gz","language_score":0.9319745302200317,"token_count":413,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__196585344","lang":"en","text":"These are private hands-on, one-on-one workshops with our Artists.\n(a guest may be in the studio with you observing)\nNo experience is necessary.\nSPECIAL LIMITED EDITION WORKSHOPS FOR JULY!\nComing Soon To Howe Caverns!\nThe Ultra-Max penitentiary known as “The Cave”, houses the most notorious criminal geniuses in the country. The latest in cutting-edge escape deterrent technology has been deployed on the grounds. Many infamous individuals have spent the waning years of their lives behind its triple-reinforced walls and state-of-the-art security systems.\nThis distinguished clientele has resulted in multiple escape attempts, but none have been successful… until now!\nStay Tuned for More Information\nJoin us for a special book signing!\nSaturday August 3, 2019\nJoin us as author Kristi Petersen Schoonover—who got married here at the Caverns in 2012—signs copies of her new short story collection, The Shadows Behind, on Saturday, August 3 from 11 am – 3 pm Anyone who purchases a copy here at Howe Caverns will receive a bonus book, Twisted Routes, containing two short stories set in the area—one of which is set right here at the caves and was only available to wedding guests!\nAbout the book: In the shadows, monsters lurk. In this disturbing collection, a hungry volcano demands more and a talking piranha predicts the future. A plastic Easter bunny taunts a struggling husband, ancient Egyptian jars tempt a former convict, and a man-eating tree mocks a bereft mother. Kudzu devours a sleeping town, and seagull bones whisper long-buried secrets.\nThese monsters are simply stand-ins for those we face every day: shape-shifting grief and overwhelming terror; soul-consuming love and all-possessing rage. We can rail against them or embrace them, but they are always there.\nWaiting, and unconquerable.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://moat.org.uk/home.php","date":"2020-11-30T02:35:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141204453.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20201130004748-20201130034748-00384.warc.gz","language_score":0.9612632989883423,"token_count":345,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__191752603","lang":"en","text":"This weekend sees the beginning of Advent and the start of the Christian year. Four weeks to think about and reflect on the meaning of the Christ child for ourselves and for the world. For many, this time is a period of busy preparations for Christmas - getting the tree out of the cupboard, setting it up and decorating it with baubles and lights. For those more industrious in the kitchen area, cakes and puddings may well be already baked and put aside for the festive day. Cards are written, presents bought (perhaps this year by the internet rather than the pleasure of going to the highly decorated shops) and invitations sent.\nAnd yet, this period of Advent, like Lent, asks of us a time of watchful reflection, weighing up our thoughts, faith, and state of mind. A time of expectation not for partying, although I am sure parties make the depth of winter somehow more able to be coped with, but for an inward and outward setting right with ourselves and with each other. And so we approach this time, positively, looking for the good and responding to the challenges. We reflect on our relationships and how we act in the world. We look beyond our own concerns and give time and effort to make other people's lives better and more whole. We are encouraged to offer love and respect to all and especially this year for everyone struggling to get by; as we do so, we are challenged to give to food banks and shelters, to think and pray for those who will work over Christmas especially health care workers and support staff and to work for a better world.\nAnd as we follow the star, let us commit to finding peace and joy for ourselves and for others.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://belltown.typepad.com/belltown_bent/2005/09/index.html","date":"2017-04-27T16:57:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122619.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00065-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9389589428901672,"token_count":102,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__23713452","lang":"en","text":"As the days grow shorter, the sun moves back towards the south - more and more in line with the Bent's windows to the W/NW. It's dark by half-time of Sunday night football. No more glare on the game.\nThis is the point in the seasonal shift where we wonder how summer could have been so wonderful, and steal away so quickly. And this is the point in seasonal time when we welcome winter and the cozy qualities of low light, cool air, and a fire.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://davidpeskens.nl/hasselblad-masters-vol-5/","date":"2018-11-17T01:23:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039743247.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20181116235534-20181117021534-00211.warc.gz","language_score":0.9271866083145142,"token_count":145,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__21005155","lang":"en","text":"Hasselblad Masters Vol. 5\nLast tuesday I attended the Hasselblad Masters ceremony at the Photokina in Cologne. It was an inspiring evening, meeting all the winners from the different categories. Hasselblad CEO Perry Oosting called everybody on the stage, and one by one the series of all winners where showed on a big screen.\nAfter the book was shown for the first time to the public. A massive book, weighing more than 2kg and counting almost 250 pages. Proud to be in there with my series “When night is falling”!\nClick on this link to get an impression of the book: http://www.hasselblad.com/","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.quaker.ca/","date":"2013-05-24T17:34:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704933573/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114853-00034-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9260990619659424,"token_count":410,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__214998186","lang":"en","text":"Is there anything Quakers today can say as one? We can proclaim this – there is a living God at centre of all, who is available to each of us as a Present Teacher at the very heart of our lives.\n- World Gathering of Young Friends 1985\nQuaker … “concerns” are usually personal, tested by Meetings at different levels, and often lead to specific action. “Testimonies” are more widely shared and accepted, and the sort of action they lead to should affect our whole lives. The essential quality of both is an inner compulsion, not something you decide on after reading or hearing about it. They have that quality of Luther’s famous statement “here I stand, I cannot do otherwise”.\n- Tim Brown 2002\nWhat's a Quaker?\nClick the \"Contact and Info\" link on the menu on the left.\nWant to know more? 1-866-233-5933\nPour des renseignements en français,\nCYM 2013: August 16-24, Kemptville, Ontario (University of Guelph, Kemptville Campus)\nCYM 2014: August 8-16, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canadian Mennonite University)\nGathered - Quaker Poetry Anthology\nGathered: Contemporary Quaker Poets, the first anthology of its kind, seeks to give the best Quaker poets writing today a voice in contemporary letters. Many anthologies of writing from other spiritual traditions have been published in recent years, and this Quaker collection will be an important addition to the conversation. The poets presented in Gathered come from all points on the Quaker cultural spectrum. There are Quakers from all over the United States and Quakers from abroad. There are liberal Quakers and conservative Quakers. There are lifelong Quakers, Quakers from hybrid spiritual backgrounds, and those who were once part of Quaker society but have since moved on down other paths.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.parliament.gov.mw/resource.php?mode=lib","date":"2016-10-25T04:56:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719908.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00382-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.898872435092926,"token_count":288,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-44","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-44__0__14565746","lang":"en","text":"The library has a\ncollection of 8000 books and subscribes to over fourteen\njournals. The library thus supplies information above\nall on law, economics, political science, sociology,\npsychology, philosophy, natural sciences, technology\nand general history. By providing a comprehensive range\nof literature encompassing all the various opinions\nand trends in society, the library aims to provide members\nand staff with a good basis of knowledge on which to\nanalyze issues objectively and reach informed decisions.\nIn addition to the books, almost half of the library’s\nstocks consist of literature which is not available\ncommercially, such as official publications.\nindexing system is designed specifically to ensure easy\naccess and is based with themes dealt with in Parliament.\nIn addition to its lending services the library also\nprovides a comprehensive information service for parliament.\nHere, great importance is attached to high quality individual\nadvice and assistance to users. Most of the work carried\nout by the library staff consists responding to users’\nenquiries on specific subjects, checking statistical\nand biographical data and legal sources, providing biographical\ninformation, supplying material for draft speeches and\nsourcing literary quotes.\n|The library also carries out literature\nsearches and downloads information from the Internet for\ngeneral information use. All information is, of course\nsupplied over the telephone as well.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://starr226.gumroad.com/l/JYktN","date":"2023-06-03T17:40:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649302.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603165228-20230603195228-00526.warc.gz","language_score":0.8732852339744568,"token_count":215,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__250676576","lang":"en","text":"Louise Sprouse Stole My Heart (And I Have Two Hours To Get It Back)\n48 page action, comedy, thriller, romance comic by two time Eisner nominee Kyle Starks (Sexcastle, Rick and Morty, 6 Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton)\nProfessional gangster Archie Winters is cold hearted - he lets nothing get between him and the job. No distraction, no attachments, no problems. But the last job went wrong and he's hiding out where he grew up - and he doesn't know what will kill him first the nostalgia or the rival gang. Also...Louise Sprouse?\nAn awesome 48 page digital comic to enjoy and love!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/","date":"2018-06-21T23:13:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864303.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20180621231116-20180622011116-00308.warc.gz","language_score":0.9016151428222656,"token_count":110,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__140780456","lang":"en","text":"\"The beach, the beach\nIn Oz there's always the beach\nWhere you ride the waves and have your day in the sun\nThe sun, the sand and the sea's\nThe place to be.\"\n(chorus of New Australian National Anthem)\n© 2014 Gil Orms\nmusical setting of Laurence Binyon's \"Ode of Remembrance\"\nearly attempt at music production\n\"Easter Rising\"; short poem about my land and its people\nContact me (info at gilorms dot com)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.easyitechs.com/product-tag/web/","date":"2024-02-24T18:04:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474544.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224180245-20240224210245-00253.warc.gz","language_score":0.8436771631240845,"token_count":235,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__129395565","lang":"en","text":"Unlock the world of creativity with FREEPIK Premium—a premium account delivering high-quality photos, vector images, illustrations, and PSD files for all your creative projects. Designed for instant delivery and full warranty, it’s the ultimate choice for creative minds like yours.\n✨ Immerse yourself in a literary adventure with Scribd Premium Lifetime! 📚 Unlock unlimited access to a vast library of eBooks, Audiobooks, Articles, and Documents. Compatible with all devices. Elevate your reading experience for a lifetime of enrichment! ✨\nUnleash the power of (𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓) with our GPT 3.5/GPT-4 at the Software Expert Online Store. Enjoy instant delivery, full warranty, and auto-renewal. GPT-4 processes up to 50 messages every 3 hours, offering general access, faster response time, and priority access to new features. Elevate your message generation and experience excellence today","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://armiamajeczki.pl/en/","date":"2017-09-21T12:22:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818687766.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170921115822-20170921135822-00058.warc.gz","language_score":0.9897364974021912,"token_count":979,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-39__0__148721604","lang":"en","text":"We had been waiting for Maya for a very long time. The day she had finally arrived turned our lives from bleak to incredibly colorful in an instant. During her first year she had been a picture of health. She had literally come down with the cold a single time and that was it. We were looking forward to each new day, delighting in they way Maya grew and how she was developing, we celebrated her first birthday blissfully and had planned for the longest holidays since either of us can remember, together with a few short, autumn breaks for hiking and mushroom-gathering.\nSummer had come and with it the time of our long-awaited holidays in the Masurian lake district. It was there that Maya came down with Roseola, the classic ‘three-day fever’. As is often the case during times of illness Maya did not cope well with solids, so we had reverted back to mom’s milk. She had lost weight and with it much of her strength and energy, she had become apathetic. To make matters worse Maya had suddenly suffered from an eye inflammation condition which had lasted for much longer than the few days we had been expecting it to. We had started wandering from doctor to doctor, from clinic to the ER, only to finally be admitted to hospital.\nReason of admission: eye inflammation and eating disorder.\nThe Squint misfortune\nWe were told that our stay at the hospital would not be a long one, however none of the treatments Maya had undergone seemed to be improving her condition. The doctors were trying to diagnose the cause, switching from one antibiotic to another, which led only to Mayas tears – she cried at the sight of yet another pill, the needle, the nurses… Her only happy moments during our stay at the hospital had been the times we spent looking through pictures of Eos – her best dog friend and companion.\nThen one day, without an apparent reason, Maya started to Squint. This had worried the doctors considerably. A plethora of specialists, an MRS scan and diagnosis was drawn, like a bolt out of the blue – a tumor in her head.\nTry to imagine what happens in the hearts and minds of parents faced with such a calamity… and that had only been the beginning. At the oncology ward we had been presented with a more precise initial diagnosis: malignant neoplasm. Cancer. For some time we had been surrounded by uncertainty as the malignancy had been situated in such a part of the head that it had proven difficult to acquire a sample via biopsy in order to diagnose the condition more precisely. Mayas tears had been joined by a torrent of those of her parent’s… and even more of her own. The girl did not understand the commotion that had suddenly become her day-to-day life – why wasn’t she allowed to eat and had to be on an empty stomach so often, away from Mom. Why were there strangers that were constantly touching her and causing her discomfort and pain. Why was Mom, even if she had been allowed to be there with her, watching her through eyes drowned with tears? Why couldn’t she hear anything with her right ear anymore?\nNew Hope: The beginning of Maya’s Army\nAfter three weeks at the oncology ward and a month of hospitalization overall we had been left with a set of contradictory pieces of information and diagnosis. The tumor may be malignant, but this is not necessarily the case. What is it that we know for certain? There is an abnormality growing in the nasal and temporal parts of Maya’s skull. In order to acquire a detailed and accurate diagnosis a specialized biopsy is required, however due to the difficult placement of the abnormality, near the aorta – the main artery in the head, no one in Poland had carried out such a biopsy successfully as of yet. There is hope, however: specialized and experienced clinics in France and Germany carry out similar biopsies and have had success in treating similar conditions. That is Maya’s hope.\nMaya’s Army is an informal association of family, friends and acquaintances and I’d like to invite You to become part of this gathering. Donations, prayer, sharing this information – there are many ways in which you can help and support Maya.\nTime is of the essence, however. The smaller this abnormality stays, the less damage it will cause. That is why we are hurriedly trying to raise funds for the biopsy and subsequent treatment of Maya’s condition. Please join us, donate, share or simply support us with a kind word. Help Maya remember what it is to smile, laugh and lead a happy life once more. She had shed enough tears already.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.nantucketownersmanual.com/2021/06/06/hello-world/","date":"2024-04-16T08:26:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817073.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416062523-20240416092523-00091.warc.gz","language_score":0.9639503359794617,"token_count":148,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__25845992","lang":"en","text":"Nantucket Owner’s Manual — A guide to leaving the island better than you found it, is an idea that came out of a particularly contentious town meeting. A community that should have been able to come together to protect itself was divided by misinformation and bias. And, as a result, very little got done. This publication is designed to be an academic journal of sorts — an effort to create a clearinghouse of ideas to make the island better. Ideas that have been vetted and peer-reviewed by the island’s best minds in a range of areas. Real estate and development, construction, healthcare, ecology, non-profits, sustainability, mental health and business. This site will be subscription- and donation-supported.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://goutandyou.com/gout-and-psychology/","date":"2024-04-14T23:59:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816904.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414223349-20240415013349-00247.warc.gz","language_score":0.9680673480033875,"token_count":1611,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__88619193","lang":"en","text":"Love, Family and Community\nYou all must be wondering what in the world is Spiro talking about with a title like Love, Family and Community and what in the world does it have to do with gout? It’s the psychological and emotional support that we all need as human beings, that there is someone there for us, to love us, listen to us and simply be there for us when faced with challenges in life and setbacks like gout. As they say in wedding vows “for better or for worse”!\nMy point is, that we as human beings all need a mate to be our best friend, to be there for us like no one else can, I personally think of my wife as my partner and we are a team since we married, meaning we live together and both contribute equally to our lives. For example, she takes care of cooking and I take care of the cleaning, she does the laundry and I do the home improvements, we both earn an income that we split the bills and savings for our future.\nBasically, we are building a life together and since the birth of our son last month, it has changed both of our lives forever. It’s amazing to see how a child can make you reflect on life and how precious it is, how short it is cause it really passes by so fast, the days, the weeks, months, the years just pass so fast. The love you feel for your child and how you want to provide for it and be there for your child, forces myself to eat healthier, exercise and live a healthier life.\nWhy? Because I want to be on alive till at least 100 to be there for my son, watch my grand-children grow up, I don’t want to die before my time cause this flesh body is fully capable of lasting us 100 years if we properly take care of it and eat the proper foods with diet and exercise. The formula to great health is not complicated but many out there do complicate it with contradicting beliefs and diet fads, it seems every year there’s some new research that disproves another study or last year’s fad, the old way of doing things is no longer good, the new way is better blablablabla and all we have is confusion at the end.\nWhat is love as it pertains to your psychological health?\nSo love is your mate including your children, then comes family; our parents, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandparents and cousins. Yes they are all very important to your mental health, they are there to keep us company as well help us just like my mom and mother-in-law helps my family with delicious home-cooked meals when my wife and I are too busy to cook and don’t have anything to eat, your mom is always there to the rescue.\nFamily is key in supporting you with fighting your disease, maybe it’s helping you, by driving you to a doctor’s appointment since you can’t walk or buying some groceries for you since you are too busy. Maybe you feel a little down and only a certain family member can cheer you up. Family is the foundation of your life which includes the loves of your life, in your mate and children.\nThere would be so much less mental illness today if the family unit was much stronger, we see everywhere rampant divorce rates, children leaving their parents at an early age and parents who just don’t have the skills to raise their children properly causing havoc to society, since we all have to deal with mental illness as a society. All that those people who are diagnosed with mental illnesses really need is human kindness in the form of love, family support and socially through friendships which studies have proven over and over again, that the more friends, the more social you are, the happier you are in life.\nWhich brings us to community. We as human beings all like to be a part of a community whether in our country, city, religious groups/associations, political affiliations or within our neighborhood, we all like to be part of a bigger group with similar values like ourselves, seeking friendships is very important for your overall mental health and psychological makeup.\nI personally have many friends that keep my weekends always busy, going out to restaurants, events or simply gathering at a friend’s house to watch a game on TV. The more you reach out socially with family and friends, the happier you will be! They too are an important source of support for your mental and psychological health. Studies have shown that people who are lonely or live alone usually die earlier than they are supposed to, depression being a disease that can affect your mental as well as your physical well being.\nMany studies also have proven that people are happier in poorer nations than richer ones since community plays a big role in their lives, in other words they don’t have money but they do have each other. My philosophy on life is that love (your mate and children), family and community (friends) are your “cake” and money is only the “icing” on top, money is good if you have it, it affords more liberty/freedom than somebody who doesn’t have it; if you choose to spend it wisely but can create many headaches also.\nJust look at all the rich and famous who commit suicide every year cause they were unhappy in their lives although they had so much material wealth! Remember material wealth cannot communicate with you, keep you company, only other human beings can. Memories and experiences can only be created with other human beings whether it’s your mate, son,daughter, father, mother, aunt, uncle, grandma, grandpa, cousin and friends. Time to plan that big family reunion?\nMy advice to you\nSo my advice to you fellow gout sufferer, is go out there, make yourself visible, join a group, organization, association and make new friends. Keep your family ties, give your mom a call once in a while, we all lead busy lives but make the time, make the effort to communicate with your family members, don’t let too much time go away that creates distance between you and your family members, you will one day need them, to lean on their shoulder, or even cry in it.\nFor those of you who are single, the internet offers so many opportunities for you to find a mate and eventually to procreate and start a family. Remember, one day you will be old and in need of help from your children and you don’t want to be spending Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners alone either. So get up and take action, there is no excuse for you to not connect with people from all over the globe with all the technology we now have at our disposal.\nFor those who can’t afford the technology (computer/mobile phone), just get up and walk around your local community and see what social clubs, organizations, churches, associations, clubs you can join. Be active in your community and have fun, enjoy life, life was meant to be enjoyed with others! At the end this will help you in your battle with gout, all that support and empathy from friends and family will motivate you to beat this disease, you are a winner, act like one.\nYou don’t have to be alone but you can’t be stubborn either, maintaining relationships is a give and take process, you must give in order to receive. You must be fair in all of your relationships and empathy plays a key role in maintaining long standing friendships. We all need somebody to talk to at the end of the day, to get stuff off of our chests, that will make us feel better and keep us going, cause life ain’t easy, that’s for sure!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://thelessledway.blogspot.com/2012/11/blog-post.html","date":"2018-06-18T03:34:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267860041.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20180618031628-20180618051614-00020.warc.gz","language_score":0.96177077293396,"token_count":125,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__130487377","lang":"en","text":"This is the less led way.\nYou can find links to news, movies, stories and cultural references that will not be found in the mainstream media that are relevant to your liberty and spirit.\nWhat that means is that you, the reader, have to be willing to travel the righteous path, which is not necessarily paved. It is the “Narrow road”\nHopefully, this will be a portal of Truth.\nThe only thing that truly matters in this world, are Not things of ‘matter’ at all!\nIt is the Truth and Love that we have manifested in our lives.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.shieldandbow.com/trials-of-artemis","date":"2024-02-22T01:53:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473598.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221234056-20240222024056-00530.warc.gz","language_score":0.9481213092803955,"token_count":72,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__50832760","lang":"en","text":"Trials of Artemis\nFor more information on the Trials of Artemis (the ritual held during the Kaleidoscope Gathering) and how the Sisters started, we invite you to read the words of Kimberly Ross. The Sisters and this ritual were and still are the inspiration behind Shield and Bow.\nClick the photo below to access the document. Used with her permission","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://humansoutside.libsyn.com/145-does-getting-bored-in-nature-make-you-happier-michael-easter","date":"2021-12-02T20:40:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964362287.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20211202175510-20211202205510-00254.warc.gz","language_score":0.9428462982177734,"token_count":547,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__148525975","lang":"en","text":"Sep 30, 2021\nWhen the boredom first set in as he sat in the middle of nowhere for more than 30 days during a caribou hunt on the arctic tundra, Michael Easter looked for a way to entertain himself. He read the labels on his food. He made his Christmas lists. He wrote portions of his book by hand in a small notebook. And when that was done he did, well, nothing.\nLooking back on the experience as part of his new book, The Comfort Crises: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self, Michael has since discovered that boredom doesn’t just make you feel crazy or give you a perfect excuse for understanding the contents and labeling on every food package in your bag, it also does something actually useful: it makes you happier.\nIn this episode Michael discusses the experiences that brought about his book, boredom and what he discovered about happiness and nature along the way.\nWarning to those listening with tender ears: there’s some salty language towards the end of this episode.\nSome of the good stuff:\n[2:31] Michael Easter’s favorite outdoor space\n[4:47] How Michael became someone who likes to go outside\n[7:18] What, exactly, the middle of nowhere in Alaska is like\n[10:41] Why being open to stuff matters\n[15:47] What it’s like to be out there for 33 days\n[18:41] Why do we get bored?\n[23:43] What does boredom do to your brain?\n[27:47] What’s the intersection of discomfort, boredom and going outside?\n[30:37] Why does it make us happier?\n[33:05] Why do we shy away from risk and boredom?\n[36:19] How do we insert boredom into our lives?\n[38:52] How to get bored and stay bored\n[44:07] Michael’s favorite and most essential outdoor gear\n[50:37] Michael’s favorite outdoor moment\nConnect with this episode:\nVisit Michael Easter’s website: https://eastermichael.com/\nBuy The Comfort Crises (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3lDktML\nFollow Michael Easter on Instagram: https://instagram.com/michael_easter\nRegister for the Humans Outside newsletter and win a free decal: https://humansoutside.com/newsletter/\nFind full show notes at humansoutside.com","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://liloyogini.com/","date":"2018-11-14T22:45:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039742316.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20181114211915-20181114233915-00441.warc.gz","language_score":0.9589748382568359,"token_count":953,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__211885663","lang":"en","text":"Admittedly, keeping a consistent meditation practice has been a struggle for me. On the other hand, I’m doing an awesome job creating a gratitude journal. It was one of my new year’s resolutions (alongside meditation) and I have been writing on my journal daily, right before I sleep.\nSince I’m the kind of person who thrives in structured environments, I created a set of “rules” to writing on my journal. That’s right! I know it doesn’t sound all that spiritual to follow rules when you are being grateful, but hey, whatever works to keep me on the path of being grateful, right?! It is easy for me to follow rules and a preset format, and it has worked wonders when it comes to my journal. I don’t know what sort of long-term benefit I’ll have from daily writing, but I can tell it is nice to end the day on a positive note.\nSo here are my set of rules for writing a gratitude journal, and I hope they encourage you to start your own. They can be only guidelines, and then, once you have the habit of keeping the journal, you can let your heart guide your writing:\n1- Write three items: I write three things and that’s it. I thought that even if I had a very discouraging day, I can still find at least 3 things to be grateful for. On the other hand, If I had a wonderful day, when 20 things pop in my mind at the same time, and I could write two whole pages of amazing events, what would happen if the next day was an awful one? It would seem like a bad day, 3 things to be grateful for, or not.\n2- Don’t go for the deeper stuff: I avoid writing that I’m grateful for being healthy, having a roof over my head, or food on my table. Don’t get me wrong, I know these are really important things in life, but thankfully, I have them on a daily basis. If I wrote everyday that I’m grateful for these 3 blessings, it would sound as if my life is rather uneventful, boring even. I try to go for the small stuff that makes life fun, those fleeting moments of delight that come and go, and if I don’t keep track of them, I often forget just how amazing my life really is – and that is the reason why I’m journaling – to remind myself all the moments I should be thankful for: savoring a delicious meal at a restaurant, that glass of wine with friends, having time to step on the mat, laughing while watching a movie, the relief when my kids eat their whole meal without complaining, buying amazing yoga pants on sale, watching the sunset…Because health, food, and housing is what keeps me alive, but those small blissful moments is what I live for.\n3- Freestyle: This one goes against the grain on the whole “rule” notion, but when seeking for inspiration to write, I listen to my heart. I can write one or two words, or a few sentences, anything that helps me replay in my mind the good feeling I had during the day.\n4- Write right before falling asleep: I keep my journal and a pen next to my bed and write right before I fall asleep. No checking emails or Pinterest on my iPhone after that, I want to have the feeling of gratitude fresh in mind to take it with me to dreamland.\n5- Be honest: If I don’t actually feel grateful for whatever happened during my day, even though I know it was good for me, I don’t add to my daily list. The journal is for me only. No one is going to read it (hopefully), so I don’t want to feel pressured to be politically correct with my feelings.\n6 – When things go bad, override rule number 2: Some days are hard to swallow. It feels like the whole world conspired against me all day long. I find it very hard to put a positive note on anything. Even the “thank you for the lesson learned” won’t cut it. All I can think is “hell, the lesson didn’t need to be that hard!!!” Then I go with “thank you for being healthy, safely tucked inside my warm comfortable bed with a full belly.”\nI hope you get inspired by these\nrules, I mean, tips and start you own gratitude journal.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://melissaexpress.wordpress.com/","date":"2013-05-22T00:07:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9709354043006897,"token_count":443,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__80353237","lang":"en","text":"What is Acceptance? From the dictionary it’s “ The act or process of accepting”. Makes sense.\nI had been raised without a father. He’s not dead, but he seems to be in a difficult place where he can no longer be with us. It’s sad. Very sad.\nPeople may think why I still think of my father, why don’t I hate him for leaving us, why do I care, why? Mainly because he’s my father. A female child needs her father’s comfort in difficult times, as per a male child needs his mother. It’s so hard to contain all the burden of not having someone to run to in times like these.\nOne thing that I am proud of is that I never gave up on myself. I know it’s easy to say all this because I’m still young and all but one thing is certain, The world has placed me in a situation only I could handle and I know I can.\nI’ve dealt with different people, situations, emotions, all that the world could feed me at a very young age. As many people see me as a normal girl, I’m not. Deep down I’m broken and I’m searching for a way to fix myself.\nHow I handle things? there goes the acceptance. You have to accept everything that you cannot change, everything your hands are not capable of fixing, everything the world would be giving you. For a while you would cry, get angry, be furious, be regretful, but then you would find another way to remain with the happiness that you could still get.\n- Learn from the past, this means learn from other people’s as well not just yours. This lead me to a very bright path today.\n- Live in the present, because thinking about the past or the future won’t help.\n- Forget the Future, it’s never going to be a straight path towards your goals.\n- Accept the unacceptable and let them live where you have a joyful life.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ashnowak.blogspot.com/2010/09/ready.html","date":"2018-04-25T04:46:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125947693.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20180425041916-20180425061916-00591.warc.gz","language_score":0.9771138429641724,"token_count":91,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__229357861","lang":"en","text":"\"It doesn't matter how much time I give you guys for a project! You're like me! You're going to wait until the night before regardless.\"\nAfter convincing myself that I HAD to prove this notion wrong, I am suddenly realizing that I've gone from having a week and a half left to work to 3 days. Way to prove a point, self.\nWanting, needing, waiting, for you to justify my love.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.mnsmeeting2017.com/supporting-publications/","date":"2018-02-22T01:06:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891813832.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20180222002257-20180222022257-00597.warc.gz","language_score":0.8957822322845459,"token_count":912,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__187654965","lang":"en","text":"The CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics by Wiley provides a medium for rapid publication of original clinical, experimental, and translational research papers, timely reviews and reports of novel findings of therapeutic relevance to the central nervous system, as well as papers related to clinical pharmacology, drug development and novel methodologies for drug evaluation. The journal focuses on neurological and psychiatric diseases such as stroke, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, schizophrenia, epilepsy, and drug abuse.\nThe Journal of Neuroscience Methods by Elsevier publishes papers that describe new methods that are specifically for neuroscience research conducted in invertebrates, vertebrates or in man. Major methodological improvements or important refinements of established neuroscience methods are also considered for publication. The Journal’s Scope includes all aspects of contemporary neuroscience research, including anatomical, behavioural, biochemical, cellular, computational, molecular, invasive and non-invasive imaging, optogenetic, and physiological research investigations\nNeuropharmacology publishes high quality, original research within the discipline of neuroscience. The emphasis of Neuropharmacology is on the study and understanding of the actions of known exogenous and endogenouschemical agents on neurobiological processes in the mammalian nervous system. Work with non-mammalian and invertebrate species may be considered in exceptional circumstances. The journal does not usually accept clinical research, although neuropharmacological studies in humans may be considered on the condition that they provide novel insight into either the actions of drugs and/or neurobiological mechanisms. Neuropharmacology also publishes succinct topical reviews on subjects within its remit.\nThe Receptors book Series, founded in the 1980’s, is a broad-based and well-respected series on all aspects of receptor neurophysiology. The series presents published volumes that comprehensively review neural receptors for a specific hormone or neurotransmitter by invited leading specialists. Particular attention is paid to in-depth studies of receptors’ role in health and neuropathological processes. Recent volumes in the series cover chemical, physical, modeling, biological, pharmacological, anatomical aspects and drug discovery regarding different receptors. All books in this series have, with a rigorous editing, a strong reference value and provide essential up-to-date resources for neuroscience researchers, lecturers, students and pharmaceutical research.\nXjenza Online is the Journal of the Malta Chamber of Scientists and is published by the Chamber in in electronic format. Xjenza is a peer-reviewed, open access international journal. The scope of the journal encompasses research articles, original research reports, reviews, short communications and scientific commentaries in the fields of applied and theoretical aspect of sciences.\nThe Journal of Molecular Neuroscience is committed to the rapid publication of original findings that increase our understanding of the molecular structure, function, and development of the nervous system. The criteria for acceptance of manuscripts will be scientific excellence, originality, and relevance to the field of molecular neuroscience. Manuscripts with clinical relevance are especially encouraged since the journal seeks to provide a means for accelerating the progression of basic research findings toward clinical utilization. All experiments described in the Journal of Molecular Neuroscience that involve the use of animal or human subjects must have been approved by the appropriate institutional review committee and conform to accepted ethical standards.\nAll the abstracts of the Plenary Lectures, Symposia and Mini-Symposia and Posters will be published in a Special Issue of Xjenza Online and a copy will be distributed to all the attendees.\nParticipants will be invited to submit proposals for Edited Books for the prestigious Book Series “The Receptors” by Springer.\nRegular Journal articles (review/research manuscripts)\nParticipants will be invited to submit manuscripts based on 6th International Conference of the Mediterranean Neuroscience Society presentations for possible publication in CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics Wiley, Journal of Neuroscience Methods Elsevier, Journal of Molecular Neuroscience and Xjenza Online, with the intention of becoming part of a Special Issues dedicated to the conference.\nAccepted papers are published individually as soon as they are accepted in a regular journal volume\nFootnotes indicating which conference they were presented will be included\nAuthors are invited to select the most relevant journal for submission bearing in mind that Journal of Neuroscience Methods Elsevier accept only reviews and research articles on new methods in Neuroscience.\nAll manuscripts will be subjected to the mandatory selection process for the journal selected, including the strict peer review procedure; therefore acceptance for presentation at the meeting is not a guarantee for publication in either of the journals.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://rookieyouthworker.blogspot.com/2006/02/practice-of-careful-biblical.html","date":"2018-07-16T10:48:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589251.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20180716095945-20180716115945-00071.warc.gz","language_score":0.9532548189163208,"token_count":838,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__28422017","lang":"en","text":"(Cartoon courtesy of Reverend Fun, copyright (C) 2006 by Gospel Communications International and used with permission.)(1)\nWhen influential Christians(2) become known for declaring that world leaders are standing in the way of God's plan, or that God has struck public figures with disease to avenge wrongs against His people, rather than for ministries of love and reconciliation, it is time to look at how we do Biblical interpretation. We hold in our hands the single most important book in the world, yes. With that knowledge comes a great responsibility: to use the book faithfully to God's intention, as best as He has revealed it to us.\nThere are a few important points to remember even before we approach the Bible. First, it is a book of God's power and plan, and not ours. Frequently, God marches his plan forward in spite of powerful people trying to stop it, and in spite of God's faithful people declining to follow it. Second, we need to accept that not everything will become crystal-clear when we read Scripture, and that's okay. Some things need to remain mysterious. If we can completely understand God, then He is too small to be believed. Third, we must realize that each of us brings a unique lens of understanding to the Bible. This lens is made up of our experiences, circumstances, prejudices, education and how we look at God to begin with. Thus, passages in the Bible will reach every person in a slightly different way. \"Love your neighbor\" as a command is pretty clear, but I have been in any number of conversations about how it should be done.\nWhen we open the Bible, it's very important to know the context in which each passage was written. In Psalm 93, for example, the author refers to God as \"mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea.\" This verse not only refers to the physical waters, but also the pagan god of water, whose nickname translates to \"the pounder\" or \"the thunderer.\" In the original language, it's a pun.(3) The psalm is more than a song to God; it's also a carefully crafted pep talk to God's people. During the Exile, psalms like this remind them that even though all they hear is the \"pounding of the waters\" (ie the praises of foreigners to false gods and pressure to serve them) God is still ultimately in charge.\nAfter reading, stop and pray for understanding, and then apply the tools at hand to the text. There is great value in using several translations of the Bible, including paraphrases and story-based manuscripts, as well as a concordance(4) and a commentary(5) to expand your knowledge of what you've read. Take the whole text and your questions about it to other Christians, or even non-believers, and find out what they think about it. Proverbs puts it very clearly: \"For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.\" (Prov. 11:14) Lots of views may seem to bring confusion at first, but the entire group's ideas will evolve each person's understanding. (Click here to report a Christian for saying the \"e\" word.)\nAbove all we need to lose our fear of the Bible; to jump into reading and studying it. Bring along a highlighter marker and a thick black pen for writing in the margins; when the Gospel gets to you, you'll need them both!\n(1) www.reverendfun.com, Copyright GCI\n(2) Google-search \"Pat Robertson Comments\" for a few examples\n(3)Sourced from \"The Anchor Bible\" volume 17 (C) 1968 Doubleday ISBN 0385037597\n(4)Strong's Concise Concordance of the Bible, (C) 1985 Thomas Nelson ISBN 0785211667\n(5) The Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume, (C) 1992 Zondervan ISBN 031026040X","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.healthebookreviews.com/how-culture-influences-health-beliefs.html","date":"2018-03-21T16:13:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257647671.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20180321160816-20180321180816-00176.warc.gz","language_score":0.9675059914588928,"token_count":1090,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__226391075","lang":"en","text":"Medicine & Health\nDifferent views around the world\nCulture & Health\nAll ancient and modern cultures and societies had developed “health beliefs” to explain what causes illness, how it should be cured or treated, and who or what should be involved in the process. Although, “culture” is a term that appears frequently in the medical literature, it is typically used to denote “non-western” cultures. It is generally assumed, but not proved, that western industrialized societies, such as the USA, England, France etc., have principally the same view on diagnosis and treatment of illness, and at least similar rules for maintaining health, except maybe the “French Paradox”.\nMedicine & Culture\nLynn Payer is the author of several books including her most important, Medicine & Culture. This book was first published in 1988, republished in 1995 and is still in print. Over the years we have shared copies of Medicine & Culture with many friends, family and clients. It is delightfully easy to read yet has many important things to say.\nMedicine & Culture compares and contrasts the practice of medicine in the U.S.A., Britain, Germany and France. This is not a book about different health care systems, but rather a book about how doctors in the four countries diagnose and treat disease – and the evidence is that they do so very differently. To the layman at least, the differences are at worst scary and at best provide a dramatic illustration of how little medical care is really “evidence-based” and how much medical care depends upon fundamental assumptions about the body and disease which are not based on clinical research or outcomes data. What Lynn Payer made clear is that these assumptions differ dramatically from one country to another, that what is consensus-based medicine in one country would often be considered malpractice in another.\nIn his foreword to the 1988 edition of Medicine & Culture, Kerr White wrote that “only about 15% of all contemporary medical interventions are supported by objective clinical evidence that they do more good than harm.” In her preface to the 1995 edition, Payer wrote that this may have risen to 25%. Let’s be optimistic and hope that it is now up to 30%. Over the last two years Harris Interactive has conducted and published new surveys of physicians, large numbers of whom continue to practice medicine in ways which are neither evidence-based (where solid evidence exists) nor “consensus-based.”\nMany people are surely unaware of how little diagnosis and treatment is evidence-based. They will find Medicine & Culture a true eye-opener – whether they live in the United States or anywhere else.\nTherefore this article is devoted to reminding those who read Medicine & Culture of some of its contents and to encouraging those who have not read it to buy and read it.\nMost of what follows are therefore quotations from Medicine & Culture, so that Lynn Payer can speak in her own words.\nThe big picture which emerges from Medicine & Culture is that doctors in the four countries practice medicine very differently because their national culture, history and medical training are fundamentally different.\nMedicine & Culture\nVarieties of Treatment in the USA, England, France & Germany\nIn the introduction to the 1995 edition Payer wrote:\n“British, Canadian and American specialists in genitourinary oncology were asked how they personally would want to be treated if they had cancers. For locally advanced bladder cancer, 92% of American and Canadian specialists wanted radical surgery, compared to only 30% of British specialists. In the case of localized prostate cancer, 79% of the American specialists, 61% of the Canadian specialists, and only 4% of the British specialists wanted radical surgery.”\n“Patients and doctors in England and America, while often taking opposite sides on the issue of whether it is better to do something or nothing, tend to see disease as something that comes from the outside. By contrast, Continental doctors and patients are more likely to emphasize weaknesses of particular organs or imbalances between various organs and/or systems.”\n“French doctors will diagnose vague symptoms as spasmophilia or something to do with the liver; German doctors will explain it as due to the heart, low blood pressure, or vasovegetative dystonia; the British will see it as a mood disorder such as depression; and Americans are likely to search for a viral or allergic cause.”\n“When psychiatrists from six countries tried to agree on who was dangerous, the overall level of agreement was under 50% for three-quarters of the cases considered, and the psychiatrists did not agree any more among themselves than did non-psychiatrists.”\n“Not all French doctors are Cartesian, not all German doctors authoritarian romantics, not all English doctors kindly but paternalistic, not all American doctors aggressive. As with most caricatures, these pictures may be distorted, but they are based on truths found in the overall practices of each country.”\nNo doubt some of the many examples given by Lynn Payer are now out of date, but many differences surely remain. We are deeply indebted to Payer for making us aware of the different medical cultures, and we deeply regret that she will not be around to keep us informed.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.rakeemperry.com/journal","date":"2021-06-17T07:23:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487629632.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20210617072023-20210617102023-00039.warc.gz","language_score":0.9530580639839172,"token_count":1569,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-25","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__50695943","lang":"en","text":"The world began to cave in on me\nas everything grew distant\nstuck in a place I no longer wanted to see, I yearned for a touch that wasn't consistant\nI would give my everything for that touch\neven losing myself\njust for my all to still not be enough\nmy words would no longer hold value\nas there was nothing I could say\nmy thoughts became hopeless\nlike that of a lost child who thought to bust his gun was the only way\nI begged to understand, my heart became numb\nuntil I stumbled across something that was grand\nno longer feeling deaf, blind, dumb\nI found something greater than wealth\nI was able to discover and understand SELF.\nMy dreams as a child were hopeless\nas I confided in the beliefs of Satan\nusing me as his puppet, I was dumb as he always wanted\nkeeping me dumb because he knew I had more power\nas long as he kept me blind\nhe continued to control my mind\npraising him when in reality he was praising me\nholding the truth from me as its been for thousands of years\nuntil the sun suddenly shined and made sense\nI then realized I was god\nhe no longer could control me because he already knew\nI was just last to find out.\nWritten in hotel in the Mountains\nAs my isolated thoughts\nturn to it's flourishing misery\nI'd dwell in this beautiful estate\nwhere those questions of origins\nsuddenly become familiar\nas I could only imagine\ntrue Kings and Queens\nwho spoke nothing but truth\non a quest for their words to be heard\nsuddenly robbed by thieves\nliving off animal instinct\nusing their power for greed\nBalancing the evils and happiness of our fondest memories\nHow does one maintain solitude in a world of misery?\nFrom the many animals slaughtered and force fed\nTo the mothers who lose their children from constant bloodshed\nIt is indeed the devils playground\nHow can one survive in a world where death and disaster is the only thing bound?\nI know if god wanted to change this then he would\nSo I question if god truly understood\nHow one could live at a respectable distance from evil\nWhen outside all u see is the struggling, lost souls of your people.\nLiving to Suffer\nIf the only thing promised is death\nThen why are we living to suffer\nGasping for breath\nNothing lasts forever\nThis I know 2 be true\nSo am I living to see?\nOr living to die\nIn exchange 2 be free for eternity\nA man will die a thousand times\nBefore letting go of his pride\nWandering searching for the signs\nWe put pride first\nAnd everything else we hide\nTough is what we have to B\nOur life is trivial\nEven a blind man would say he can see\nPride only hurts\nAnd never brings tranquility.\nIn the corner of my heart\nMy loneliness sank\nAs if my soul ripped apart\nWith a mind that is blank\nI see people enjoying one another\nAnd I sit back and wonder\nAm I a dead man being eaten by a crow?\ndo I exist?\nOr am I just a shadow?\nWhen my eyes close 4 me 2 rest\nI lay in dignity\nKnowing I did my best\nMay the frowns I've created\nTurn 2 smiles\nAnd the birds sing their song\nEver so beautifully, flying\nfor miles and miles.\nMountain of foundation\nSometimes I find myself lying on the edge of a mountain\nin a quick glance this could all be over\nI use this mountain as a shoulder to dry my tears\nI travel this far to lean on it\ncuz I know nobody is near\ntill the moonlight turns to sunshine\ni'll lay here looking at the city in the distance\neverything will be fine\nas long as I show up to this mountain with persistence.\nDance with the Devil\nWhen the sun goes down\nshe dances with the wolves\ndraped in her beautiful gown\nwhen the moon appears full\nshe dances all night with a frown\nHer hair is jet black\nbeautiful and pure\nbut confidence is what she lacks\nshe's a flower waiting to bloom\nwith a dark side that likes to howl at the moon\nI hear sometimes she dances with the devil\nand they share a lust for sin\nbut she's just special\nhe loves the way her hair blows in the summer wind\nthey say that's no good to be playin with fate\nbut here she feels free\nwhen she dances on this estate.\nGive me a sign\nI need to talk to god\nsometimes I talk\nbut I don't know if he listening\nand maybe he mad\ncuz sometimes I question his existence\nI know I let him down\nwhen I'm low\nis the only time I come around\nbut I guess this is my way of showing\nso where do we go?\nafter we sin\ndo we have time to grow?\nor is it true that heaven got a ghetto?\nNight 2 Remember\nWe stayed up all night\nsaid a lot of words\nwe spilled wine\nstains cover your white blouse\nI could say I'm falling again\nbut I know this will not last\nlets bathe in lust\nand tomorrow live in the past.\nI've seen a side of u that is heartless and cold\nAfter all the time we shared\nTo think our memories would soon fold\nAnd I'd see the day u no longer cared\nMy words would no longer hold value\nWishing I could just crawl into your arms\nForced in a place where I'm stuck\nYour words now cause harm\nNow everyday sucks\nBecause you chose to not give a fuck.\nSometimes I talk\nSometimes I don't talk at all\nSometimes awkward silence is better than noise\nSometimes I like to remember\nand sometimes rememberin just aint no fun.\nFire of the unknown\nThe unknown is the biggest weapon of fear\nthe endless possibilities\na man with a gun\ncould scare god himself\nHolding the fire of the unknown.\nDays I longed for your touch or to hear your voice\nit is now I rejoice\nand turn the page from those rainy days\nI was just a boy learning to be a man\nand it is now I truly understand\nto heal all wounds\nbefore the damage spreads rampant\nu are the dream I always imagined\nI know this because I didn't realize at first when it happened\nI thank u for all the joy and the pain too\nbecause through it all it lead me closer to u.\nI know how it feels to die\nmy eyes once gleamed at the sky\nback when I felt alive\nmy heart lingers to feel joy like hollywoods fame\nall I've lived is a life filled with pain\nquick to look for someone to blame\ninstead of looking in the mirror\nwhich is the cause of all this rain.\nall things come to an end\nthen I rather just be\nto prevent what could have been\nand deep down I know they do\nso it'd tear me apart\nto stare at u\nknowing we r promised to be apart\nI would care 4 u 2 dearly\nto leave u with a broken heart.\n2 go crazy\nI'd go crazy\ntossing and turning for days\nlonging for peace in my mind\nthat night I drove miles just to see u\nI promised to hold u like it was my last\ntrying to forget what's in the past\nbut u said things\nI would never say to u.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://paul.volpato.net/","date":"2013-05-22T02:05:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701063060/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104423-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9563618898391724,"token_count":794,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__7371157","lang":"en","text":"Further on my exploration of self. A quote struck me as rather poignant:\n“When we think of experience, we have this internal concept of a controller of the experience, an experiencer, but this is a fallacy. We invent the experiencer because it helps us process the experience. When really, the experiencer is part of the experience.”\nI find matters of phenomenology incredibly hard to describe to people…it feels as though words themselves are in the way of an explanation. This seems to be the reason Heidegger is so difficult to read as well.\nI am a Programmer.\nWell actually I prefer Software Developer.\nBut I don’t just build software. I work in an advertising agency. So I like saying “I work in advertising”. A little mystery, a little bit exciting.\nBut, I’m just a programmer.\nMy mind has difficulty, feels guilt, shame, and other things when I try to think of myself as something else. Why is that?\nWhy has my mind become so attached to this label “programmer”. Why do I see it as a central pillar of my identity. Sure, I’ve done a lot of it, and I’m fairly knowledgable in some areas… But I also walk lots, I never think of myself as a “Walker”.\nBut everyone walks, just like everyone breathes, no one builds an identity on commonalities. It has to be on (perceived) uniqueness. I’m a programmer who works in advertising… that’s pretty rare (relative to walking). But why do I need this identity? What does it offer me, other than the safe confines of a pigeon hole?\nPerhaps it’s societal, if I didn’t have a neat line to describe myself, it makes me awkward. Strange. Tedious? I become that guy at the pub not holding a drink, or the one who showed up to the dinner without a collar. Is identity really that shallow?\nI think objectively, yes, it is that shallow. I don’t want to be part of the herd of humanity. I’m special, different… This is the loose end one ends up when they rise too high on Maslow’s hierarchy.\nJust by having the concept “Self” I’ve immediately split the world. There is me, and then there is that which is not me. We are trained since childhood to have this concept. It permeates our thinking in everything we do… It is nigh impossible to think of the world sans the concept of “Self”. But it is just a concept, like any other, the world and its contents would continue to exist without it. But how does one describe such a world? A world of no-self?\nI’m not sure if it applies to other industries, but I’ve found in my industry (software/technology). There seems to be a huge obsession with self improvement, specialisation, and continuous learning.\nYou will often find software developers who live and breathe particular technologies/languages/operating systems. It’s quite amazing to meet these people, because they are a wealth of knowledge.\nBut there is of course a downside to this world. People who don’t actively learn new technology, are silently frowned upon. Viewed as apathetic, lazy, or having jumped the shark. This attitude ignores the fact that it is impossible to stop learning, even if you aren’t reading the latest tech book, or experimenting with a new deployment methodology. You are still learning.\nThere is a place for both, active learning, and passive learning. If you focus too much on one, you seriously lack in another.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://sebotaj.com/gaston-lagaffe-returns-25-years-after-the-death-of-maker-franquin/","date":"2022-12-07T06:21:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711150.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20221207053157-20221207083157-00639.warc.gz","language_score":0.9490218758583069,"token_count":745,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__26006743","lang":"en","text":"The character of Gaston Lagaffe returns after 30 years of absence and the disappearance of its creator Franquin, who, however, did not want his hero to survive him, announced the Dupuis editions in Angoulème as part of the International Band Festival drawn.\nThe Belgian publisher, celebrating its centenary, entrusted the series to the Canadian Delaf (Marc Delafontaine from his real name). The Return of Lagaffe, a 48-page classic album and the 22nd installment in the series, is out October 19. The print run equals the fame of this sweet, idealistic, lazy and inventive anti-hero: 1.2 million copies.\n†It’s taking a risk. Even if it means relaunching the series, we told ourselves there was no point in doing it with a small arm. Because he is one of the most emblematic characters of Franco-Belgian comics. If we hadn’t, he wouldn’t have many more years of fame ahead of him, because most comic book heroes who don’t find a sequel just disappear.“explains Stéphane Beaujean, the editor-in-chief of Dupuis.\nLegendary characters such as Asterix, Lucky Luke or even more recently Corto Maltese, relaunched by Casterman Editions in 2021, experienced a rebirth after the death of their creator. The choice for Delaf was imposed after the publication in 2017 of a tribute to André Franquin, The Gaffe Gallerywhere the sign drawn by the Quebecer readers had been struck by the mimicry with the work of the Belgian designer (1924-1997).\n†This tribute to Delaf imitated Franquin perfectly, everyone said so. It is therefore the return of Gaston in his canonical character, closer to the original version. We made the choice to resuscitate Gaston in his golden age, the 70s, which is the most appropriate choice to bring a hero back to life.“, has explained Stephane Beaujean during a press conference at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.\nFranquin’s 21st and final album, Gaffe to Lagaffe, dates from 1996. The launch was printed on 900,000 copies at the time. The character was the subject of a film adaptation in 2018, Gaston Lagaffe, which greatly displeased Franquin’s daughter, Isabelle. †I am helpless witness of the disaster“, she had said to the Belgian newspaper The future†\nIsabelle Franquin also opposes this revival of the comic strip, with respect for her father’s wishes. But she can’t stop it. †Franquin has spoken out publicly several times that he does not want Gaston to be taken over“and Isabelle Francin”verbally to“, recognized Stephane Beaujean. But, he added, the rights to the character belong to Dupuis, under a contract of which “the clauses specify that recovery is possible†\nThe publisher also announced the end of another emblematic character of the house, Spirou, on the occasion of an issue 56, The Death of Spirou† †Spirou, our ambassador, accompanied us during our first century, and he will give way to another hero“explains the editor-in-chief of Dupuis. It will always be a groom accompanied by Fantasio, soon to be featured in Spirou magazine. Dupuis editions have been owned since 2004 by the French publishing house Média-Participations.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.eonclub.com/blog/2018/11/01/travelling-providing-memories-for-a-lifetime/","date":"2019-08-17T21:45:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027312025.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20190817203056-20190817225056-00191.warc.gz","language_score":0.9655331969261169,"token_count":519,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__122769389","lang":"en","text":"When it comes to visiting a new place for the first time or revisiting a place which has been a part of your precious memories, travelling remains unparalleled. But there is more to it than to spend quality time with loved ones and enjoy one’s self on vacation. There are other benefits of travelling that many people often overlook.\nOne of the key benefits of travelling is the individual finding and keeping humility. Too often, people get wrapped up in their monotonous lives. They become self-absorbed to a point that their work life starts affecting their health, their happiness, and their perspective.\nTravel reminds people paying attention to the fact that they are but just a drop in the ocean of humans all around the world. French novelist Gustav Flaubert has rightly substantiated this fact in his own words –\n“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”\nThis is quite a humbling experience – to go to another geographical location and see large numbers of peoples living differently, and coming to understand how large and diverse the crazy world actually is. When people who learn return home, they keep with them this perspective for the rest of their lives, developing a new and humble perspective.\nTravelling makes a person adventurous, to live life to the fullest, to take the most of this precious gift of life and use the time they have to discover new things, meet new people and experience a completely different life – away from the tension of meeting the project’s deadline and how the boss will react to it. They live outside themselves.\nTo conclude, travelling is beneficial for a person of any age. It not only helps people to form a better understanding of themselves, their beliefs and their lives, it also provides people with a better understanding of the world in which they live, even if it’s beyond their immediate environment. By visiting a new place, a person crosses path with so many lives, meets and greet so many unknown and new faces, uncertain if they’ll ever see each other’s faces again. This is a whole different level of refreshing experiences one needs to have in life.\nEon Club gives you the opportunity to create such memories with its different, yet affordable membership plans that are bound to make you feel special. The luxury we provide, the customer assistance we give remains unparalleled. The long menu of various destinations is definitely going to take your breath away. Eon Club ensures that travelling is actually fun for its customers, providing them memories for a lifetime.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://safiya-black.blogspot.com/2007_11_01_archive.html","date":"2017-04-26T03:58:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917121153.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031201-00514-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.959683358669281,"token_count":100,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__152974258","lang":"en","text":"October 31st 2007:\nThe relationship between a man and a woman is, from my experience(s), a mish mash of awkward moments, stimulating conversation and intimacy.\nSometimes none of it makes any sense...and other times it makes perfect sense. Either way, you enjoy the ride and want to stay on or you don't and want to get off.\nIt is something that everyone has to, or at least should, experience - even just the once.\n© Rachelle Hull 2007","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.providencechurchmd.com/2020/12/08/are-you-getting-closer-to-god/","date":"2022-10-02T07:23:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337287.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20221002052710-20221002082710-00198.warc.gz","language_score":0.9613890647888184,"token_count":751,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__210298302","lang":"en","text":"Whether you’re married, single, have kids or not, life will always throw things your way that can distract you from your relationship God. For this reason it’s important to take time to examine your life and your walk with God every so often.\nIt’s important to ask yourself, am I getting closer to God, or am I drifting away?\nIf you find yourself drifting it’s very important for you to examine why and work on getting yourself back on track because the further you drift the harder it will be to get back on track and you will end up falling away from God.\nI know for me, the pandemic that we’re going through right now has really made me fight for my relationship with God without the weekly fellowship that I was accustomed to with other Christians.\nThe reason I’ve had to fight is because I had a routine that helped me stay tuned in with God that all of a sudden was disrupted and upended. With that I haven’t been praying and reading as consistently as I need to.\nSo I stepped back to examine what I could do better.\nI’ve had to create a new routine even if it meant reading one scripture a day to keep my mind focus on the spirit and not the worries of the world we live in. Because it’s so easy to become overwhelmed with how broken the world we live in is right now. Whether it’s the pandemic or even social injustices that minorities continue to battle with on a daily basis.\nOne scripture that I’ve been meditating on is one that’s been helping for a long time now and that’s Matthew 6:25-34.\n“25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”\nI know it’s easier said than done when someone says “don’t worry.” But God desires for us to trust him and rely on him because stressing ourselves out isn’t worth it. We have a father in heaven who will care for us.\nAnother scripture that helps me is James 1:2-8.\n“2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.”\nGod also allows us to go through tough times to help us grow. Growing isn’t easy and will hurt.\nAs I close out, I wanted to share a song that always encourages my soul. It’s called “Your Love Never Fails” by Jesus Culture. You can watch it below.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://500tattoos.com/valkyrie-tattoo.html","date":"2022-12-08T20:20:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711360.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20221208183130-20221208213130-00521.warc.gz","language_score":0.9457804560661316,"token_count":708,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__110532757","lang":"en","text":"Today's youth often choose to tattoo the image of the Valkyries for the beauty and sophistication . Not many people have the idea that it is a powerful symbol of the sacred Slavic , having Scandinavian origin .\nValkyrie connects a main qualities that are needed a real warrior . It's an honor , wisdom , generosity , and justice .Valkyrie symbol bears shelter warring for their family and land. Valkyrie smooth out the negative aspects of the war , taking care of the balanced spirit of the soldiers . But Valkyrie does not carry only the meaning of peace . It represents a human right to protection of their foundations . Valkyrie as a tattoo has a value of militancy and strength.Valkyrie became known thanks to the mythology . The myths describe the beautiful and brave maiden . They honored the soldiers who fought for their land and faith . Valkyries were in the retinue of the god Odin . They carried off the souls of dead warriors to his castle and there waited on them during the feast . Each Valkyrie was responsible for a certain time of the fight.\nIt was believed ,Valkyries that affect the fate of a man from his birth . Valkyries were lovers of the great warriors - Velenda , Siegfried , Helga . In the Middle Ages , at the time of witch hunts , women often recognized Valkyries , ie witches .\nInitially, these mythological virgins considered ominous spirits of military battles . Valkyrie ,flying over the battlefield on behalf of one spot - to live or to die a soldier . Later Valkyrie became referred to as romantic and beautiful creatures with golden hair and a snow-white skin . They often fall in love with the mortal heroes. Over time, the Valkyries are increasingly endowed with destiny and appearance of real women ,who lived in Scandinavia at the time.\nAmong the soldiers there was a belief that if you pray to the gods and to go into battle is fair, maiden , Valkyrie takes brave men died on the appointment to the god Odin . Help of Odin carried away from the field only the most worthy battle . Those who were not awarded their attention, forced to live in the underworld in the ordeal and agony.Part of the myth presents us flying on the wings of the Valkyries . Other legends say about Valkyrie , rider , riding horses are out of the clouds . That is why the wings of the Valkyries is so popular in the tattoo to represent .\nThe world has learned about the Valkyrie thanks to the monument of ancient literature , \" Elder Edda \" . In the poem each Valkyrie called by name,which defines its character and essence. Translated all these names linked with militancy .\nIn the Anglo - Saxon legends of some Valkyries come from noble families , who are elected by the gods . Other virgin descended from elves . Girls prefer a tattoo in the form of the Valkyries , reading the German epic \"The Song of the Nibelungs .\"In one of the parts of the work describes the punishment Sigrdrivy Valkyries , who dared to go against the will of the god Odin . One Valkyrie plunged into a deep sleep . Upon awakening maiden he lost immortality and become an ordinary woman .\nFor girls Valkyrie - a tattoo , which stands talisman , strengthening spiritual strength and helps unlock the potential.\nIf you like the idea of beat tattoo Valkyries can find sketches on the Internet or browse the albums in the tattoo parlor . The skilled artisan skillfully draw you liked tattoos .","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://guildedage.storenvy.com/products/296542-guilded-age-volume-i","date":"2015-10-07T12:36:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-40/segments/1443737864605.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20151001221744-00213-ip-10-137-6-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9199115633964539,"token_count":94,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-40__0__143863628","lang":"en","text":"Guilded Age: Volume I\nThis is it-- the full-scale FIRST VOLUME of the mind-blowing fantasy epic! All pages by T Campbell, Phil Kahn and Erica Henderson, including a special NEW STORY from Byron the Berserker's early days, which could only be called \"Entitlement!\" This book, the product of more than a year of hard labor, is a thing of beauty. Enhance your life with it. $19.99.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.holisticnursingce.com/courses/spiritual-needs/lectures/2164421","date":"2020-09-18T06:44:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400187354.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20200918061627-20200918091627-00121.warc.gz","language_score":0.9635041356086731,"token_count":590,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__157147365","lang":"en","text":"To help others meet their spiritual needs, first start with being conscious of how you meet your own. You might already be aware of how you meet your spiritual needs, or you might not have given it much thought. To help you get started, here are examples of how I meet my spiritual needs.\nFirst and foremost, I follow the Golden Rule to treat others as I would like to be treated, and the Q'ero practice of Munay, which is to love myself and others as we are. I connect with nature every day to remind myself that my body and everything here is temporary, to nourish myself with life energy, and to experience awe and wonder.\nI practice the Great Principles of many of the world's great spiritual traditions: I do my best to bring no harm to myself or others; I honor my agreements and am true to my word; I don't steal; I use the life force within me wisely; I give more than I take and am fed by both the energy of what I've given, and the energy of what I receive; and I practice loving kindness toward myself and all beings.\nI inwardly chant the holy names of God, listen to them in the form of music and kirtan, and dance to them whenever I can. I celebrate Life by trusting it and letting my heart be free of worry. I express my gratitude for Life many times every day.\nI believe that Creation is not finished and that human beings can and do participate in Creation's unfoldment. I enjoy contributing my part. I open my receptivity to the Seven Sacred Directions to hear God's guidance for me. I align myself with that guidance, then accept full accountability for how I've chosen to follow it.\nI use the Medicine Wheel as a map to guide my evolving consciousness so that I can be a healed / whole person; living my life fully and meeting my needs in ways that honor shared resources. I share my energy where I mindfully choose to contribute.\nI do a breathing practice that brings me to conscious awareness of my connection with Source and fills me with life force and insight. I will share that breathing practice with you later in this course.\nThrough these practices, I meet my needs for love, purpose, meaning, and alignment with Life. I do my best to practice continually, but sometimes I forget. As much as I can, I consciously observe the effects on myself and others when I am meeting my spiritual needs, and when I am not.\nNow it's your turn. What are your spiritual needs, and how do you meet them? I invite you to record where you are with this question today and put a date on it. My guess is you will find it interesting to revisit again down the road.\nIn my experience, after you have become aware of your spiritual needs, the next steps are to practice connecting with Divine Love and working with that energy.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://watchanime.info/shingeki-no-bahamut-genesis-short-story","date":"2020-09-18T09:32:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400187390.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20200918092913-20200918122913-00105.warc.gz","language_score":0.7726902961730957,"token_count":139,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__290690251","lang":"en","text":"Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis – Short Story\nWatch Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis – Short Story watchanime Online free in HD.\nOther name: 【神撃のバハムート GENESIS】 Short story, Rage of Bahamut: Genesis – Short Story\nPlot Summary: The short movie, labelled “Short story #1,” focuses on Favaro and Kaiser between the events of the first and second series. It features Megumi Hayashibara as Favaro’s mother. An episode 2 is planned.\nGenre: Action, Adventure, Demons, Fantasy, Magic, Supernatural","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://psyzoo.ru/post/2414193","date":"2018-12-18T20:29:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376829568.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20181218184418-20181218210418-00009.warc.gz","language_score":0.95492023229599,"token_count":1410,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__234130087","lang":"en","text":"I could not allow then to defeat ne again. Not this tine! fit first, I thought it worked. I no longer felt emptg. I could finallg feel the emotions I had lost for so long. I knew how this timeline would end. I used what was left of mg power to fulfill mg plan. П complete RESET? Hmn. I wonder what happened to that lonelg little flower? I had some water for hin in case he was thirstg. I knew exactlg what needed to be done to rekindle that power. I quicklg realised I did not twist fate. Mg adult form was as weak as a flower. 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{"url":"https://maraonfire.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/forgiveness-ritual/","date":"2019-07-23T12:05:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195529276.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20190723105707-20190723131707-00458.warc.gz","language_score":0.9473326802253723,"token_count":516,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__60115716","lang":"en","text":"One thing that will definitely stand in the way of manifesting what we want on the physical plane is holding a grudge. I get it: You’ve been wronged. It was unjust. It hurt. You want the other person to acknowledge their mistake and say they are sorry – or pay with a little pain of their own… But it is a rare moment, indeed, that people will take ownership of someone else’s (your) feelings and lamenting over the upset only acts as an energetic block in that area of your life.\n“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” – Buddha\nYou know this. You know that forgiveness is not consent for the mistreatment and that forgiveness has to do with freeing yourself from the pain. But sometimes it feels as if we just can’t let go. We replay the abuse over and over again in our minds and struggle with shutting off our negative thoughts and feelings. In such situations, ritualized forgiveness may help finally release you from the agony.\nSchedule a quiet time when you will not be interrupted. Write out a letter to the person who hurt you. (It is preferable to do this by hand.) Allow yourself to go ahead and let out whatever you feel you need to. Be angry. Cry. Anything goes.\nWhen finished with the letter, fold it nine times, making the folds away from yourself each time.\nPrepare the candle by dressing with the essential oil. Ignite the candle and hold the paper over the flame, saying:\nI forgive [person’s name].\nI give my pain to the purple flame;\nI release it and feel it no longer.\n[Or whatever similar wording resonates with you.]\nIgnite the paper and allow it to burn in a fireproof container.\nSit and meditate in front of the candle, imagining that as the wax melts, so does your anger and pain. This spell should be seen through to total completion, allowing the candle to melt all the way down until it extinguishes itself, so it is encouraged to select a smaller-sized candle. Once the spell is complete, scatter the ashes at a crossroads or in a cemetery.\nIt is my sincere hope that all who read this find peace. ❤\nWant to stay up-to-date on all of my posts? Follow my blog by clicking on the icon in the footer below!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://cappoquinhistory.blogspot.com/2010/11/heritage-notes-18-november-2010.html","date":"2018-07-18T02:56:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590046.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20180718021906-20180718041906-00639.warc.gz","language_score":0.9471604228019714,"token_count":275,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__200529852","lang":"en","text":"Launch of Michael Cavanagh’s Works\nBest of luck to the Michael Cavanagh Society which is launching its 400-page book of Michael Cavanagh; His Life and Selected Writings at the Community Centre on Saturday, November 27th at 8.30. The book will be on sale for a special launch price of €15 on that night only, and will be available in local shops and through the Civic Link website, www.cappoquin.net after November 27th, and we hope through other outlets. All proceeds are going to Bunscoil Gleann Sidheain and we hope everyone who can will support the launch of this high quality hard-back production of the writings of Cappoquin’s literary son, and support our school into the bargain. Full details are given in a separate article.\nThis week’s picture\nFrom the wonderful collection of Eddie Fraher, this week’s picture shows a Cappoquin Gaelic football team lining out for a championship match, probably at Lismore. The state of the hairstyles of some of the known protagonists suggests that this dates from the second half of the 1950s. More interesting still is that among this group of junior footballers are the holders of at least four All-Ireland hurling medals. Enjoy figuring that one out!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.stcatherinehatcham.com/page19.html","date":"2018-11-12T18:10:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039741016.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20181112172845-20181112194845-00090.warc.gz","language_score":0.9645491242408752,"token_count":1481,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__128055088","lang":"en","text":"From Ashes To Life\nMay I speak in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.\nThe themes of the liturgy and the readings of Ash Wednesday are powerful and important - that dynamic and profound mix of repentance and forgiveness. I hope that each one of us in this service tonight will feel the promptings of the Holy Spirit in different ways - we may feel conscious of a particular sin, or amazed by an experience of grace - we are all in different places on our spiritual journey, we have different personalities - but if we are open to the Holy Spirit, we will not go unaffected by tonight's service- there is truth here, healing here, grace here, an opportunity for repentance here.\nFor some repentance may have a harsh ring. Some of us have grown up with a sense of God's condemnation ringing in our ears. Some of us have drunk too deeply from the well of unworthiness and not deeply enough from the cup of grace. Others have been too drawn into our modern culture's ideas of our own self-importance - we've bought into the 'me-generation' and our own brilliance.\nMost of us are a complex mix of both.\nIt's incredibly hard to get the balance right between acknowledging our sin and knowing we are forgiven. We are either too hard on ourselves, or not hard enough. Ash Wednesday is a day when we try to get the balance right. Reboot the system - be open to repentance, be open to grace.\nWe come here tonight, at the start of Lent, to mark Ash Wednesday - which is essentially a day of penitence in the church - a day where we humbly say sorry to God for all the things we've done wrong - we confess it in front of each other, as brothers and sisters, knowing we are all in the same boat. We all mess up. We all let ourselves down. We all have weaknesses, secret sins, things we don't like about ourselves, things that don't want to acknowledge in front of others - that's the reality of being human - and so when we say the liturgy of penitence together - we say it acknowledging our individual and corporate weakness and frailty. And there is something so good about that. Away from the 'bravado' of keeping up appearances, we say to each other and to God - I messed up - I need forgiveness, I need grace, I need your strength to be your disciple, to be a better human being.\nAnd we might think this would feel hard, or like a punishment, or like a colossal 'being sent to the headteacher' - but it doesn't. And it surprises me every time that it doesn't. Telling the truth about ourselves to each other and to God - unlocks something up in the economy of salvation (the way God works in our lives to save us) - and what we experience is not a colossal telling off, but rather grace and forgiveness.\nEven before our words are uttered - grace comes with love and wholeness and forgiveness and freedom - and a lightness in our spirit. We find ourselves at peace and aware that we are known and loved by God.\nThis is the experience of the woman caught in adultery. Jesus doesn't condemn her, or judge her - his actions are healing, strengthening, protective. He doesn't shout, he doesn't stone, he doesn't ignore, he doesn't hate, he isn't self-righteous, but he does call the woman to live a better life. He doesn't do this through judgement - but by the gift of his presence, his love, his holiness and his grace - so that when he says - \"Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.\" she would have felt his pardon and peace, giving her the inspiration to live a different life.\nWe encounter Christ like this (perhaps in a smaller way, but no less significantly) in worship, in prayer, in the scriptures and in receiving the sacrament of Holy Communion. We are suddenly startled by his grace and called to new life.\nBut we could also be startled by his grace and anywhere and everywhere - God's grace is not trapped in church - we can sense the Holy Spirit on the bus, out on a walk, at work, with the people we love, all alone - he is there beside us, calling us into new life - calling us to be his whole-hearted disciples.\nThis six week period of Lent is a time when we intentionally focus on our spiritual lives - in order to be even more aware of God's presence in our lives. It's a period of abstinence and self-denial. A period of almsgiving. A period of spiritual preparation - in readiness for Holy Week and Easter.\nThat is not about spending 6 weeks with ash on our forehead - in repentance. That is rather about receiving that grace and forgiveness on Ash Wednesday and then committing to 6 weeks of spiritual focus - intentionally focussing on our spiritual lives - to grow and deepen who and what we are as Christians.\nFasting can be part of that - perhaps we give up chocolate, alcohol, meat, social media.\nSilence can be part of that - perhaps we get up 10 minutes earlier, watch less TV, switch off the radio, and use the additional silence to sit in God's presence.\nGratitude can be part of that - perhaps we take up a practise of ending the day by prayerfully writing down 3 things we're grateful for.\nIsaiah challenges us about the kind of fasting we should be about - he brings God's word to us: calling us not to be hypocrites or self-focussed, but to fast in a way that brings the values of God's kingdom into play - justice and peace, love of neighbour, serving and helping others :\n\"Is not this the fast that I choose:\nto loose the bonds of injustice,\nto undo the thongs of the yoke,\nto let the oppressed go free,\nand to break every yoke?\nIs it not to share your bread with the hungry,\nand bring the homeless poor into your house;\nwhen you see the naked, to cover them,\nand not to hide yourself from your own kin?\nHow might you live that kind of fast this Lent? At work are there ways you can loose the bonds of injustice? How might you let the oppressed go free? These are huge themes - global in proportion - but there are oppressed people all around us, hungry people, lonely people, vulnerable people - can our lives be seasoned with the love and grace of Christ - be lived in such a way as to bring hope to them?\nThink about the next 6 weeks. Think about what Lent will be about for you.\nBut know that you are loved by God, forgiven in Christ, touched by grace and sustained by the Holy Spirit. You are not ground down by unworthiness or shunned from God's presence. You are beloved children of God. Live worthy of that calling. Amen.\n(Sheridan James - Ash Wednesday 2017)\nThe Liturgy of Penance\n|Holy Week & Easter Calendar|\n|Big Bill Chip-In|","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://edenandelle.com/fuzion/grats.php?fwe=363897","date":"2017-08-19T22:24:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886105927.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170819220657-20170820000657-00419.warc.gz","language_score":0.922369658946991,"token_count":976,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__80576077","lang":"en","text":"5], , . Multiple hnps are significantly less frequent when compared to sdhd patients , . The most striking clinical feature of pgl 4 is the very high percentage of malignant pheochromocytomas and malignant hnps , , , , . viagra instructions pfizer In the study by neumann et al. There were malignant paraganglial tumors in 13 out of 63 sdhb mutation carriers (20. 6%) . buy viagra canada\nRicketts et al. Reported on 40 sdhb patients with malignant paragangliomas and pheochromocytomas in a group of 163 sdhb mutation carriers (25. generic viagra without a prescription\n2%) . In a literature review by pasini and stratakis, malignant paraganglial tumors were diagnosed in 105 out of 256 sdhb mutation carriers (41%) . In addition, pgl 4 patients are at an incresed risk for the development of kidney cancers. In 2004, vanharanta described two sdhb patients who developed malignant kidney tumors at age 24 and 26 . Ricketts et al. Estimate the risk for subjects with pgl 4 to develop a malignant renal tumor by age 70 to be as high as 14%. Sdhb mutations follow an autosomal dominant trait of inheritance , , , . Tumor penetrance is somewhat lower than that seen in sdhd mutation carriers. generic viagra without prescription\nRecent studies estimated the age related tumor penetrance in sdhb mutation carriers to be at 29% at age 30 rising to 45% at age 40 . viagra coupon\nDifferences between pgl and sporadic hnps patients with paraganglioma syndromes develop paraganglial tumors at a significantly younger age than patients with sporadic hnps and sporadic pheochromocytomas , , . buy viagra without prescription\nBurnichon et al. Compared 242 tumor patients with sdhb, sdhc and sdhd mutations with a group of 203 subjects with sporadic paraganglial tumors . genuine viagra uk suppliers The age at first manifestation of a paraganglial tumor was 36. 2 years in the pgl group compared to 50. 2 years in the group with sporadic tumors (p<0. viagra viagra viagra review 0001). viagra without prescription\nMultiple paraganglial tumors were also significantly more frequent in sdhx mutation carriers (n=112 versus n=10; p<0. 0001). Pgl patients also had a significantly higher risk for the development of malignant paraganglial tumors (n=40 versus n=9; p<0. 0001), although this difference was greatly due to the very large percentage of malignant tumors in the sdhb subgroup . Tumor development in pgl development of sporadic cbts has been linked to chronic hypoxic stimulation of the glomus caroticum as it can be seen in patients living at high altitudes and in subjects with chron.\nRecreate Your Personal Vision of You with Eden & Elle Magazine Today...\nCelebrate The Real You That Flaunts All You've Got - Real Women With Real Bodies, Real Curves And Real Spirits!\nFrom the desk of Désirée Deul:\nThanks for taking the time to visit Eden & Elle, offering the only magazine which combines heart-warming articles, eye opening interviews, tips and advice for todays' women together with breathtaking photo sessions of REAL \"everyday\" women.\nThroughout the years, I have come across many women who are interested in the glamour photo spreads that can be found in certain mens' magazines. At the same time these women felt that the magazines were too focused on what men wished to see and read, therefore they could not relate to the women posing in the photos.\nI also spoke with many women, young and old, who have questions on the bigger life issues but just don't know where to turn for answers.\nMy intention is to help women understand they can be beautiful in their own bodies. That they don't have to look like a Barbie doll to pose 'semi' nude AND look fabulous and sensual doing so!\nSo I've created a platform, Eden & Elle Magazine, for us to become stronger by exchanging thoughts and ideas, thereby becoming excited at the prospect of actually being able to achieve all that we desire. A place to show case ourselves and receive valid advice answered by the heart of true good will and hands on experience.\nAnd one extra benefit that has come into being this past year is that men read it too and are learning how to understand us better!\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://greensong2020.wixsite.com/greensong/post/self-care-in-these-trying-times","date":"2021-02-27T06:56:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178358203.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20210227054852-20210227084852-00536.warc.gz","language_score":0.9255874156951904,"token_count":677,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__211107024","lang":"en","text":"Self Care in These Trying Times\nMany folks have asked me what I am doing to be ready for the Coronavirus and how am I dealing with this threat. My answer is both simple and complicated because with viruses I believe in a 3-S way of dealing with this virus, \"Shield, Sword, and Stand.\"\nShield: My shield is made up of of washing my hands and immunity boosting herbs, like elderberries, astragalus, codonopsis, lemon balm, vitamin C and D, and raw honey. My shield is fresh chemical free foods, sunshine, fresh air, laughter, gratitude, and my prayer filled energy field.\nSword: My sword is herbs like ginger, thyme, oregano, fresh garlic, Reishi mushrooms, elderflowers, chamomile, colloidal silver, yarrow, Cordyceps, and mullein to help alleviate the symptoms for when and if it strikes in my community or family. My sword is also my willingness to say no to anything that I choose not to be healthy. My sword is orgasms because orgasms boost your immune system, relieves stress, and it releases certain organic compounds within our bodies that are greatly beneficial for us in times like this. If y’all don’t have a clean safe partner it can be a DYI project.\nStand: My stand is my refusal to be afraid, but to be aware and cautious. My stand is the same as my ancestors when they faced invisible and seemingly indestructible monsters, to protect my loved ones as well as myself to the best of my abilities. My stand is to love this life and those who are in my life like tomorrow is not promised. My stand is fear will not dim my gratitude for this life experience, because I can not decide how and when my life will be over but I can decide how I embrace each day and every challenge.\nThis coronavirus is ancient yet new and it is not the only crisis our world is facing, but within every crisis we are given a dangerous opportunity to change and or recalibrate our lives. Let’s choose to face this monster with sacred love, understanding, compassion, wisdom, and remembering we are all in this together. So much love and so many prayers for health and blessings are being sent from my hearth to yours in these strange and stress filled times. Breathe beautiful souls for this too shall pass and together we can heal our world and our bodies and souls.🌱💕🦋\nAbout the Author:\nDebra is a Homesteader, a natural farmer, a family and community herbalist, mother of three, grandmother of nine, and a great grandmother to one. Now she teaches gardening, preserving the harvest, seed saving, along with her Women's Empowerment group and her individual coaching sessions 0n Healing ourselves and our generational trauma, Rewilding, Renewing, and Reclaiming our ancestral wisdoms to help us raise a healthier more loving future, and Wyldwood Wysdoms. Connect with her on Facebook at Wyldwood Herb and Farmacy, Wyldwood Wysdom FB group, The Apothecary at Wyldwood. Email: email@example.com","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://oboedire.wordpress.com/","date":"2014-10-24T23:49:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1414119646554.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20141024030046-00086-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9610937833786011,"token_count":2128,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__117671881","lang":"en","text":"If you have seen the movie “Forest Gump,” you will remember the scene where Forest begins to run. He runs…runs…runs…and runs some more. Along the way, he gathers other folks who begin to run with him.\nAnd then…one day…suddenly, and without warning…he stops. Stops cold. And with no explanation, he turns around and reverses his journey. In some sense, he had to run, but in an equal way, he had to stop–to stop now. Abrupt, but a necessary clean break. For to keep running would only take him farther and farther away from home.\nForest’s experience mirrors those of historic reformers–men and women who ran in a particular direction for a long time. And then…the Spirit said, “Stop! Stop now!” We are here because of their willingness and courage to do so. We are here because they listened to the Spirit.\nI believe (as others do) that we are in another period like this–in a time when God is calling the Church to another great emergence, but one that begins with God saying, “Stop! Stop now!” I believe that a fresh Wind of the Spirit is blowing, and God is challenging us to raise our sails and move in the power that the Spirit provides and with the guidance the Spirit gives.\nBut before we can hear God’s “Go!” we must first hear God’s “Stop!” It comes to us in one word: repent. The word (metanoia) fundamentally means to change. It includes the confession of sin, but it is broader than that. Essentially, God’s call to repent comes to us in this question, “Are you willing to look at life in a new way?” It is the question God is asking us, individually and collectively, right now.\nIf you received a “For the Bride: Inevitable Vantage Points” post last evening, it came by mistake. It is actually scheduled for November 14th, and fits into the stream of writings at that point.\nIt has been moved to that date, and you will see it again in its proper time frame. So, stay tuned for the reprise of the post. It will make more sense in its correct location.\nDon’t let the word throw you. It simply means to rotate, spin, or dance in some kind of coordinated fellowship. Gregory of Naziansus (late 4th century a.d.) is believed to be the first to use the term in relation to God, but theologians over the centuries have either used the term or the idea to talk about the nature if God as Trinity. Jurgen Moltmann and Miraslov Volf are two contemporary theologians who do so.\nAnother one to use the idea is Leonard Sweet in his book, ‘So Beautiful.’ Sweet unites theology and science through DNA, the helixical nature of life as two distinct entities rotate /spin in a coordinated fellowship around a third fixed axis.\nAs I have pondered this complex idea (and without the expertise of scientists and theologians who can go far deeper than I can), I have found myself increasingly fond of it. On the scientific level, the perichoresis of DNA may hold promise for tangible evidence that bears witness to the divine Being–something the late physicist, Victor Stenge, said could not be found in creation.\nBut I have to leave it to the geneticists and astrophysicists to figure that out. For me, perichoresis opens me to the realization that life is a dance, and with that primary image I can go on to think of life in terms of things like meaning, joy, goodness, purpose, etc. I can be in a place to hear God say, “Let’s dance!”\nRead: In Over Our Heads\nOne of the things I like most about Brian McLaren is that he makes me think, without ever demanding that I agree with him–which, ironically makes me more likely to agree with him. But even when I don’t, I do not feel judged the way I do when I read or relate to those who position themselves as so “right” that anything other than agreement is “wrong.”\nI start in this way this week because I have not studied the role of stories in ancient cultures enough to be able to track his presentation as carefully as I would like. Like McLaren, I have struggled with God and God’s actions in some of the Old Testament narratives–and I (again, like McLaren) have done so as early as the Great Flood story, especially (as both Genesis and McLaren note) that it does not solve the problem of sin in the human race. Hmmm.\nBut rather than try and make all this fit together and make perfect sense, and do so in the span of one chapter of the book, I take away the importance of reading Scripture in order to get the Bigger Picture that may not emerge in respective details.\nFor example, why does God send a flood to deal with a problem the flood itself does not solve? Even Genesis doesn’t tell us, so I surely don’t require McLaren or myself to know. Instead, I think McLaren leaves us facing in the right direction this week–facing in the direction of a God who takes sin seriously, deals with it decisively, but does so with the last word being “redemptively.” Even when we cannot make sense of some details, these ancient stories tell us that God is always at work to effect goodness (as per the repeated word in Genesis1) on the earth.\nI have intentionally entitled this week’s post with the title of Philip Yancey’s new book that will be available on October 21st.\nI find it interesting that this highly-esteemed and long-respected writer has concluded that our problems have increased in the Church as grace has decreased. I look forward to learning how he describes our peril. He has always been a valued mentor, and I expect that he will be again.\nBut we do not need to wait for Philip Yancey to speak up. The Bible already has, the Spirit moving Paul to write, “where sin increased, grace multiplied even more” (Romans 5:20, CEB). And what we take away is the clear revelation that when the level of grace is higher than the level of sin, there is hope! It is only when grace vanishes that the Church ceases to be the Church.\nAs a Christian in the Wesleyan tradition, I recognize Wesley’s desire to see Methodism be a grace-filled community–a united society of people who interpret theology in relation to the story of grace, calling that story an order of salvation.\nWe are in a confusing time–in a time when calls for the increase of grace are rebuffed by mistaken allegations that such calls are “soft on sin.” But the fact is, the restoration of grace–the reversal of vanishing grace–is not peddling cheap grace; it is the proclamation of amazing grace! Grace is the key word God expects the Church to use in understanding its nature and its mission.\nIf we view orthodoxy as a single point, our ego will easily convince us that we are standing on it. Other points will necessarily be judged as closer to, or farther from, the truth.\nBut if we view orthodoxy like a circle, our ego has to yield that the point where we stand is but one vantage point on the circumference of an array of perspectives. What holds us together is the Center, Who is God.\nAnd it appears that God has used upwards of four thousand years of Judeo-Christian history to create and place multiple vantage points on the circumference. In Christianity we broadly speak of them as Roman, Orthodox, Protestant, etc. And within each cluster, a wide variety of segments further represent orthodox belief.\nThis means that church is plural, not singular–at least theologically speaking. It means that God has distributed truth rather than putting all of it in one place. And recognizing that, we see that the call is to come together with the truth our vantage point contains, offer it, receive what others have to offer, and find the glory of God in the community, not the individual–the greater Light in the candlelabra, not the candle\nRead: The Drama of Desire\nOne of our formative experiences is to begin with original righteousness, not original sin. The first two chapters in Genesis show us, however briefly, what God intended, and how the world is supposed to be.\nIt was a world of congruence, with each dimension reflecting the glory of God and fulfilling the purpose God had in mind. It was a world of beauty and harmony. Far from being bland or boring, it was a place where desire existed. The communion between God and humanity was one of joy and fellowship. Ordered in relation to God, our desires were passionate, pleasurable, and proper.\nAnd then….sin. Summed up in the single word ‘egotism.’ Desire for God deteriorated into humanity’s craving to be gods. Our orientation shifted from God-glorification to self-gratification. And if two or more people are on this path, there will eventually be blame and rivalry–the collision of egos. And that is exactly what we see in Genesis 3 and following. There can only be one ego in charge where sin prevails.\nAnd so it has been ever since. Whether the one ego is personal or corporate (e.g. “group think”), there is only room for “me.” The originating sin produces a host of things–all having to do with the exaltation and preservation of the false self.\nMcLaren rightly weighs into this by emphasizing that the problem is not eliminating desire, but rather restoring it to the place that it had before the Fall. The God who desired to make the world desires for us to desire to be co-creators in the ongoing making of it, and to do so on God’s terms, not ours.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://carolgalloway.co.nz/funerals/","date":"2021-03-07T00:48:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178375529.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20210306223236-20210307013236-00030.warc.gz","language_score":0.9308891892433167,"token_count":409,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__130947393","lang":"en","text":"I work with people across the Wellington region from many backgrounds and situations to enable a fitting ending for a loved one.\nNever easy, managing the sometimes emotional rollercoaster that accompanies a loss of life, can challenge many families as they prepare for a farewell ceremony. There is much to think about and for lots of people, help to construct a meaningful rite of passage may smooth some of the heart ache that is part of significant loss.\n- Contact me to check availability and see if I can meet your needs. If so,\n- Meet together with as many of your family and others close to your loved one as you think best, to develop a meaningful ceremony. After firstly acknowledging your loss, we will talk about your loved one and what you as a family want to say and do – who needs to be involved, who wants to be involved, when and where you will hold the ceremony; giving tributes, sharing images, videos, mementos, special music and anything else that will help reflect on the life of your loved one.\n- Draft the ceremony and send to you for accuracy, changes and/or additions.\n- Ensure you see the final draft before the funeral date.\nI acknowledge, respect and understand the emotional impact we experience when a loved one dies and respect the privacy and confidentiality of all people involved.\nI will ensure documentation is accurate and will conduct the ceremony in a professional and ethical way. I will arrive at the ceremony at least 30 minutes before to ensure everything is ready and in place.\n- O’Donahue John Benedictus A Book of Blessings. Transworld Publishers. (2007)\n- Sturm J.C Dedications. Steele Roberts Publishing. (1996)\n- Agnew Pinky Lifesongs. Readings for Milestones. Random House. (2006)\n- Johnston Andrew Ed Moonlight. NZ Poems on Death and Dying. Random House. (2008)\n- Touching Hearts\n- Good Reads\n- Hospice readings","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://donovanwcarter.com/birmingham-football/","date":"2022-07-02T09:10:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103989282.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220702071223-20220702101223-00263.warc.gz","language_score":0.9867364764213562,"token_count":1699,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__238576510","lang":"en","text":"BIRMINGHAM FOOTBALL | A SEASON UNDER THE LIGHTS\nFor the Carter family, character counts\nPatriots linebacker close with his coach father and adopted sister.\nBy Ramona Shelburne\nIt took about three days for Brandy Rainey to size up her new brother.\nHaving lived in 14 foster homes in her 13 years, she had gotten pretty good at getting a quick read on people.\nShe already loved and trusted her new foster mom, Diane Carter, who had offered her the first real home and family she had ever known.\nHer new brother, Donovan Carter, looked a bit intimidating though. He was a year younger than her, but he was already big and thick in that football player way.\nIf he never opened his mouth, he could have ruled the schoolyard. But as soon as he did, Rainey could tell they were going to get along just fine.\n“He found out that I liked to write poetry, so he said, `I’m going to write a poem for you,” ‘ Rainey said, already starting to laugh. “His poem was something like, `The sky is blue, the grass is green and sunflowers grow in the sunlight.’ It was kind of stupid. But he was so sweet. He came into my room, stood up on my bed, read that poem and I just fell in love with him.\n“I know some people might think he’s intimidating, but he’s definitely not.”\nTell that to anyone the UCLA-bound senior linebacker has tackled on the football field.\nBirmingham of Lake Balboa teammate De’ Von Flournoy got a little taste of Carter’s ferocity in practice once.\n“I was supposed to block him this one time,” the Patriots junior wide receiver said. “But when I came across the middle and saw him running at me, I just ducked out of the way. I didn’t realize how big he was until then. It was scary.”\nIt’s hard to blame Flournoy. Carter is a chiseled 6-foot-1 and 225 pounds.\nHe tackles like he’s trying to knock your teeth out and would not feel all that bad if he actually did.\nSometimes, when a player has this kind of reputation on the field, they cultivate that persona off the field, too. Not Carter.\nIf anything, he seems to make every effort to diffuse his fearsome reputation. He dresses unpretentiously in shorts and a T-shirts, gives teammates rides home from and seems born for\nthe role of class clown.\n“He’s like two different people, on the field and off the field,” Birmingham senior safety Okechukwu Meke said. “On the field, he’s real serious, he never says a word. Off it, he’s such a clown.\nSaid Carter, “I’m never serious. You have to make me really mad to get me to be serious. It’s just how I am.\n” If he has a weakness, Birmingham coach Ed Croson said, it is that sometimes he takes a little too much time to switch off the silly part of his personality.\n“In a lot of ways, he’s still a kid,” Croson said. “It’s always a game to him. It’s always fun. Some guys are like that. That is how they play. But when he blends that with becoming a man, he is really going to take a huge jump. UCLA really got a steal when they got him, and he is not even close to as good as he is going to be yet.\n“The thing is, when you get the final analysis (in recruiting), great athletes are a dime a dozen. So it becomes about character and Donovan has that from deep inside.”\nCroson has seen enough players like Carter pass through his doors to know you can’t push them too hard, too fast. If you make football too serious, they will start to hate it. Or worse, they will lose that fearless edge that makes them so good in the first place.\nHis father, Donovan Sr., came to the same conclusion a few years earlier.\nHe coached his son until high school. He pushed him hard, he disciplined him. If Donovan goofed around too much at practice or in the classroom, his father would make him wake up at 5 a.m. and run laps at the park before school.\n“I’d tell him, `You’re going to do up- downs until you’re too tired to talk so much in class.’ I’d be all Sergeant Carter with him,” his father said. “But I kind of quit getting on him a few years ago. You can only say the same things to him for so long. He needed to hear it from someone else.”\nHe knew his son had the talent to be as good as he wanted to be, and he was going to make sure he had every opportunity to fulfill that potential.\nDonovan Carter Sr. was an All-City fullback at Westchester High in the mid-1980s but finished his senior year with a naive belief that the college recruiters would somehow find him. When the phone never rang, he served in the Navy for six years, then went to work. Pretty soon afterwards, he started coaching Pop Warner.\nWhen young Donovan got old enough to play, it was obvious he could be a star. He played every position on the field and mastered each one.\nThe football gene runs strong in the Carter family. His cousin is Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis. His uncle is Allen Carter, a running back who played for USC and the New England Patriots.\nThe Carters’ Northridge Knights teams of the mid-1990s became legendary, with future stars like Dayne Crist (Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks), Chris Potter (Oaks Christian of Westlake Village) and Milton Knox (Birmingham).\nBut when his son went to high school, Donovan Sr. stayed behind with the Knights. He still coaches them three nights a week, though he’s never earned a paycheck for it.\n“My dad and I are really close,” Carter said. “He’s always been there for me, with school, sports, everything. I don’t think he’s ever even missed a game. He’s hard on me sometimes, but I know it’s just because he wants me to have what he didn’t have. … and when it comes down to it, whatever I do, in the back of my mind, I want to make my parents proud.\n” Because of their Pop Warner ties, the Carters are close with a number of players and families around the Valley. Donovan is generally regarded as a nice kid who never stops joking around.\nHis sensitive side, the side his sister fell in love with the day he read his childish poem, only comes out in drops.\n“I don’t want people to know I’m too nice,” Carter jokes.\nBut for Rainey, now 19, that’s the only way she’s ever seen him.\n“Before I came to live with (the Carters), I’d never had a family or a home. But they just made me feel like part of the family right away,” she said. “Donovan was the best little brother I could ever have. I don’t even know how to put it into words.\n“He seems a little intimidating, just looking at him. But he’s not. Looks are definitely deceiving with him. He’s always helping people, giving them rides, making sure no one’s feelings get hurt. He just wants to keep everyone happy all the time.”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.mellibelli.com/profile/richunderberg188749/profile","date":"2022-08-11T05:27:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00051.warc.gz","language_score":0.9503364562988281,"token_count":1648,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__2804076","lang":"en","text":"Weight loss on sarms, ostarine\nWeight loss on sarms\nThe men were randomised to Weight Watchers weight loss programme plus placebo versus the same weight loss programme plus testosteroneand placebo plus placebo plus testosterone. They were tested for weight reduction and fat reduction in a group dieting for at least 12 months. The outcome variable in study 2 was mean weight and fat loss as assessed by anthropometric measurements, how to train on sarms. Results At baseline the mean age was 41.1 (8.0) years, and the BMI was 23.7 (5.5) kg/m2. No significant group differences were found for the main weight loss measures (body mass index, waist circumference) between the weight loss treatment arms. At post-baseline testing, the men on Weight Watchers had the lowest mean weight loss (5, loss sarms weight on.0 kg) relative to the men on placebo (5, loss sarms weight on.9 kg), loss sarms weight on. For body weight, Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference were not associated with weight and fat loss measures after adjustment for potential confounders [adjusted ratio of weight loss to BMI (weight minus waist circumference)/BMI = 0, weight loss after sarms.93 (p=0, weight loss after sarms.19); adjusted ratio of weight loss to waist circumference (weight minus circumference)/BMI = 0, weight loss after sarms.94 (p=0, weight loss after sarms.24); adjusted ratio of weight loss to total body weight (weight minus total body length)/BMI = 0, weight loss after sarms.75 (p=0, weight loss after sarms.16)], weight loss after sarms. Intervention and follow-up characteristics are shown in Table 1, weight loss sarm. After 12 months, the placebo group had significantly lower body weight (3.3 kg), BMI (BMI=24.2, mean=25.1) and waist circumference (BMI=21.0, mean=19.3). There was no difference between the weight change in men on Weight Watchers and men on testosterone or placebo. There were no significant differences between the men on Weight Watchers and the men on testosterone or placebo concerning age, sex, body mass index, waist circumference, body weight or fat reduction during weight loss (Table 2). In addition, there was no significant interaction between weight loss and testosterone, weight loss and BMI and weight loss and serum total testosterone and total testosterone, or sex. Body weight loss was not significantly different between the men on Weight Watchers and the men on testosterone or placebo, after adjustment for body weight and all other potential confounders (Table 3), ostarine. Conclusion The results from this study suggest that long-term Weight Watchers weight control program is significantly more effective and more effective than an exercise intervention in reducing weight and increasing fat loss in men with obesity.\nSixty elderly men were put on various Ostarine dosages for 3 months, and it was found that simply taking 3mg of Ostarine per day led to an increase in muscle mass by 1.4 percent. This was a significant effect that would not have been possible if they had taken the drug for extended periods. So, why did the elderly seem to get more muscle mass, weight loss using clenbuterol? One hypothesis is that they were eating more protein and getting more amino acids to build muscle. However, a study by Volek et al, weight loss with collagen peptides. suggested that the elderly could have increased protein intake by taking Ostarine in the morning on an empty stomach with a meal, weight loss with collagen peptides. They found higher protein levels for the elderly after taking Ostarine, even with no meal, prohormones vs sarms vs steroids. So, there could be a placebo effect on how much protein is required for the elderly to gain muscle mass. L-Arginine If you are a normal person and you are able to get a lot of calories, why aren't you going to gain muscle? Because if you don't keep a daily calorie intake, you don't gain weight, weight loss on clomid. L-Arginine is a water molecule that helps in the absorption of sugars and amino acids. In a study by Gorman et al. they gave subjects a meal containing 35 percent carbohydrates, 25 percent fat, and 35 percent protein. The researchers found that the L-Arginine had a greater effect than the placebo, weight loss with collagen peptides. Some studies suggest that when you are on a high fat diet, the ingestion of L-Arginine will make it easier for you to maintain your weight loss and may prevent you from gaining weight. L-Arginine may also help prevent the symptoms of low glycogen that most people feel when they go on a low carb diet, weight loss using clenbuterol. It has been shown that adding low amount of L-Arginine in the diet can help to combat the decrease in the levels of glycogen in the blood after a long fast and after exercise. When you take L-Arginine you also get some other beneficial effects from the amino acids that you are taking, such as improved growth hormone and IGF-1, weight loss pills like clenbuterol. N-Acetylcysteine Researchers from Australia studied the effects of N-Acetylcysteine on skeletal muscle metabolism and found that N-Acetylcysteine would increase the expression of two enzymes, mTOR and Akt, best sarm for shoulder pain. This increase in Akt protein expression, however, would also help to prevent the loss of muscle mass.\nIf you are having difficulty Losing Weight or are particularly concerned with losing fat and not muscle, counting macros for weight loss could be the way to go. Calculator: How Many Calories You Get Per Weight Loss/Gain You only get the calories you burn every day, once every 24 hours. The formula Let's suppose that a person starts out with a weight weight=7 + 5+ 2 = 10lbs. So the body weight is 7lbs, the fat is 5lbs, the muscle is 5lbs, and the bone is 2lbs. To lose weight, this person will need to burn 5lbs of fat and 2lbs of muscle (calories) every day. So the calories burned/weight: (5lbs fat = 5*5=25). (2lbs muscle = 2*2*5=6). (7lbs weight = 7*(2lbs muscle)) To lose weight if the person only loses 2lbs of muscle, this person will burn 4lbs of fat and 2lbs of muscle (calories) per day. We just did the math. Here's one final equation: Calories burned = Calorie deficit + (calories burnt - ((calories burned - ((calories burnt - ((calories burnt - ((calories burnt - ((calories burnt - ((calories burnt - ((Calories burnt (6,5)*(2,4))*5,2 ) ) Calorie Burned = ((6,5)*(2,4))*5,2) + ((6,5)*(2,4))*5,2) = 1250 + (4,200) – ((6,5)*(2,4))*5,2) = 1235 So if the person does not lose any weight, they will lose 1235 calories per day over a long period of time as a result from burning fat instead of eating food. As they will now have a caloric deficit, they can then eat as much as they want, if they so wish. As a result, they can lose more weight than if they did not. Calculate your calories lost/gain and find out how many pounds you'll lose. Weight Calculation Tool: Related Article:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.jamesford.co.uk/newsletter-winning-cultureseven-attributes/","date":"2021-05-08T20:02:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243988923.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20210508181551-20210508211551-00558.warc.gz","language_score":0.9423762559890747,"token_count":383,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__148333760","lang":"en","text":"A recent article in HBR suggests that winning cultures are comprised of two interrelated and reinforcing elements. First, every high-performing company has a unique identity—distinctive characteristics that set it apart from other organisations. These characteristics give employees a sense of meaning just from being part of the company. They also create passion for what the company does.\nSecondly, the best performing companies typically display a set of performance attributes that align with the company’s strategy and reinforce the right employee behaviors. Research revealed seven of these:\n- Honest. There is high integrity in all interactions, with employees, customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders;\n- Performance-focused. Rewards, development, and other talent-management practices are in sync with the underlying drivers of performance;\n- Accountable and owner-like. Roles, responsibilities, and authority all reinforce ownership over work and results;\n- Collaborative. There’s a recognition that the best ideas come from the exchange and sharing of ideas between individuals and teams;\n- Agile and adaptive. The organisation is able to quickly adjust when necessary and adapt to changes in the external environment;\n- Innovative. Employees push the envelope in terms of new ways of thinking; and\n- Oriented toward winning. There is strong ambition focused on objective measures of success, either versus the competition or against some absolute standard of excellence.\nFew organisations exhibit all seven of these attributes. But high-performing organizations typically spike on the three or four that are most critical to their success.\nCulture plays a vital role in performance. Winning cultures treat performance as an explicit output and foster an environment that is conducive to generating the best possible results — not just for employees, but for customers, suppliers and shareholders…\nA tad prescriptive perhaps but we think this adds clarity to a subject area which by its very nature is difficult to pin down.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://pathwaytoparis.com/contributors/patti-smith/","date":"2018-11-21T10:52:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039747665.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20181121092625-20181121114625-00531.warc.gz","language_score":0.9530093669891357,"token_count":129,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__75074052","lang":"en","text":"Writer / Performer / Visual Artist\nPatti Smith is a writer, performer and visual artist. Her recording, Horses , the first of thirteen, was inducted into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress in 2010. She is a four time Grammy nominee, and was a Golden Globe nominee for the song Mercy Is from the film Noah .\nHer acclaimed memoir, Just Kids , chronicling her friendship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe, received the 2010 National Book Award. Her other books include Coral Sea, Woolgathering, Auguries of Innocence , M Train , and Devotion, recently published by Yale Press.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.kattensite.be/onderwerp/5500-geneesmiddel-voor-fip/","date":"2021-12-06T12:01:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363292.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20211206103243-20211206133243-00412.warc.gz","language_score":0.9024496078491211,"token_count":459,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__85914403","lang":"en","text":"Friday, August 14, 2009\nPotential Treatment for FIP\nLegendre, A.M. and J.W. Bartges, Effect of polyprenyl immunostimulant on the survival times of three cats with the dry form of feline infectious peritonitis. Journal of Feline Medicine & Surgery, 2009. 11 ( 8 ) : p. 624-626.\nFeline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a baffling and clinical important disease of cats caused by a virulent biotype of feline coronavirus. Despite the fact that the disease is relatively common, veterinarians are faced with a frustrating dilemma because there are no individual tests that are reliable for the diagnosis of FIP, the clinical picture is highly variable, and there is no known effective treatment. Polyprenyl immunostimulant (PI) is an investigational veterinary biologic manufactured by Sass & Sass, Inc and is comprised of a mixture of phosphorylated, linear polyisoprenols. This case series from the University of Tennessee describes three cats with the dry (non-effusive) form of FIP treated with PI. The cats were treated with varying doses of the drug, and by both subcutaneous and oral routes. Two of the three cats were still on treatment and were alive and well 2 years after diagnosis. The third cat survived 14 months but was treated for only 4.5 months. The investigators conclude that further studies to assess the therapeutic efficacy of PI for the treatment of FIP are warranted. [SL]\n>> PubMed Abstract\nAddie, D., et al., Feline infectious peritonitis ABCD guidelines on prevention and management. J Feline Med Surg, 2009. 11(7): p. 594-604.\n>> Full text article\nPedersen, N.C., A review of feline infectious peritonitis virus infection: 1963-2008. Journal of Feline Medicine & Surgery, 2009. 11(4): p. 225-258.\n>> PubMed Abstract\nMore on cat health: Winn Feline Foundation Library\nJoin us on Facebook\nBewerkt door Smitten Kitten, 02 september 2009 - 11:47.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.srimalplantation.com/ayurvedic-guidance-on-food-and-nutrition/","date":"2023-12-07T10:54:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100651.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207090036-20231207120036-00139.warc.gz","language_score":0.9479354023933411,"token_count":1858,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__65708775","lang":"en","text":"Food plays a very crucial role in a person’s physical and mental wellbeing including our emotional wellbeing and happiness. Whilst our choice of food today is largely based on our taste desires and emotional needs, the primary role of food is to sustain life, maintain growth, reproduction and health. Ayurveda recognizes that food gives prana (life-force), varna (good complexion), indriya prasada (pleasant sense organs), sausvarya (good voice), jeewithah (longevity), prathibha (intution), sukha (comfort), thushti (happiness), pushti (nourishment), bala (strength), medha (wisdom).\nWhen explaining about nutrition, Ayurveda refers to Ahara, which in Sanskrit means anything that we intake to nourish our body and mind including food, water, breath and inputs we take in from our senses. Ayurveda notes that when Ahara is consumed in proper quantity, proper time and in proper way, it gives Bala (strength), Varna (good complexion) and Ojas (immunity). It also describes that the origin of most diseases is the intake of wrong Ahara. Therefore it is clear that to ensure right nutrition, one needs to focus and balance all of the above, whereas most modern discussions about nutrition is limited to food. For the purpose of this article we will focus on food from an Ayurvedic perspective.\nThere are many distinctions between the Ayurvedic approach to nutrition and traditional Western approaches:\n- Western approaches largely tend to focus on a biochemical analysis of food and thus identifying the perfect ratio / quantity of different food groups (e.g.: carbohydrates, protein, fats, vitamins, etc) and / or nutritional content in each food item / group and its benefit to all humans. In stark contrast, the Ayurvedic approach is based on the constitutional make-up of food and the person consuming it. Ayurveda focuses on the constitutional make up of each individual, which is largely categorized using the three bodily humors: Vata, Pitta & Kapha. This constitution then determines an individual’s mental and physical tendencies including their digestive strength and careful attention is given to how each individual external interaction (such as intake of food, water, quality of breath and sense inputs) impact their constitutional balance.\n- Ayurveda places high emphasis on the digestive capacity whilst western approaches assume the digestive capacity to be the same for all individuals. Therefore, Ayurveda does not have concepts such as identification of a specific food as a ‘super-food’, because a food which could be highly nutritional for one could be the cause of disease for another if their body is unable to fully digest it. Focus is on eating food that is easily digestible for each person and maintaining a strong digestive strength.\n- Western modalities are now starting to correlate the impact of food on the mind. Ayurveda describes in detail how food we consume has an important effect on the mind. Ayurveda described Manasika Gunas or qualities the food can create on the mind and the need to consume food that would create a Sattvic, or calmness of the mind. Thus, food is categorized based on the effect on the mind and best would be to eat food which create a Sattvic impact. These foods also need to be eaten in a way that is easily digestible and therefore recommended cooking guidelines and food combinations are given in Ayurveda.\n- There is also a focus on the environment in which we consume food, a concept not present in other approaches. Ayurvedic scriptures notes that “one should eat food alone, in a pleasant, unpolluted and clean place, which is decorated by aromatic flowers”. Eating alone avoids being interrupted by others allowing for mindful eating; a pleasant place keeps the mind happy; unpolluted and clean environment avoids food being contaminated; and a place decorated by aromatic flowers to help one relax and enjoy the meal.\n- Ayurveda describes balancing of tastes when planning a meal because of its impact on the mind and body. A meal with all six tastes: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, pungent, and astringent, is considered ideal and most balanced.\n- The order in which foods are to be ingested is also important. Sweet items should be eaten first to pacify hunger which is then followed by sour and salty tastes to enhance digestive process and end the meal with pungent, astringent and bitter tasting foods to reduce over eating and lethargy. (Su.su.46/460-464)\nIn addition to the above principles, Ayurveda describes good practices for the intake of food. These are summarized below:\n- One should consume food when he / she feels hungry and at proper times. It is important to eat only when the previous meal is digested properly. If you eat before proper digestion, it can result in undigested foods in the digestive tract leading to harmful chemical reactions that will flow through the body impacting one or many bodily organs. Ayurveda introduces the concept of Ama – a harmful substance created / resulting in the body from improper digestion. This Ama is believed to be a sticky and heavy substance which travels throughout the body with the essence of digested foods. It creates blockages of shrotas (body channels) resulting in the origination of diseases. Ayurveda recommends a healthy adult to eat twice or thrice a day, ideally morning, midday and evening.\n- Speed of eating is also prescribed: one should not eat food very fast neither very slow (both may cause indigestion).\n- Food should be light, warm and unctuous; light being easy to digest, warm and unctuous qualities aiding the improvement of digestive fire.\n- Quantity of food is very personal and can change at every meal time. Sufficient amount is described as one which will cause no pain in the abdomen after meal, no pressure in flanks, no gripping sensation in the heart, and no heaviness in the abdomen. It is individualized and easy to measure than prescribing how much of carbohydrates, proteins or fat.\n- Ayurveda recommends eating foods close to the form produced by nature. Each food item contains prana or life force which reduces with each stage of processing.\n- As mentioned above, a key focus on Ayurveda is good digestion. Spices such as black pepper, cumin, cinnamon, turmeric, and coriander seeds, are common examples of the spices which can aid digestion. These spices help to activate the digestive fire and are commonly used in Ayurvedic cooking.\n- Eating local seasonal food: local foods are wholesome for those living there. Our bodies have specific orientation for the food from our home region. Nature also provides what is needed to survive in that locality. Furthermore nature itself try to maintain the balance of the universe and seasonal growth of food is based on this balance. Therefore Ayurveda recommends eating local seasonal produce.\nOur food habits and selection have changed much from the ancient times. The modern rush to save time has lead to an increase of instant foods and fast foods. Food preparations are minimized as people rely more on processed or semi processed food to save both time and effort. Most of these foods claim to have fortified vitamins and minerals which are meant to increase our strength, vitality and brain power however it is a far cry from the way in which these nutritional requirements are provided by nature. Our food habits are made more complex by the abundance of food availability with supermarkets selling foods from all over the world breaking geographical and seasonal distinctions. Our busy and stressful lives lead us to ‘treat ourselves’ to foods to satisfy our taste buds and cater to our emotional eating regardless of nutritional value and actual physical need. Meals are also rarely eaten mindfully and instead eaten in front of a computer or TV if not in a social environment. Scientific research on food and medicine is at an all time high and yet many people seem to be unwell. Majority of the population of developed countries are on prescription medicine and digestive disorders such as IBS, constipation, heart burn and indigestion are so common that we are learning to accept it as ‘normal’.\nFood plays a very important role in our health and wellbeing. Perhaps time is ripe to return to the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda on how and what to eat to bring back physical and mental wellness. In consideration of the above Ayurvedic principles on food, keep focus on these important factors: have awareness about your body constitution; have a good understanding about your digestive capacity; be aware of your capacity to assimilate nutrients; and know how to recognize if food is not digest properly. Then, using this awareness and principles, and the good practice guidelines given above, you can devise your own food choices. Living in harmony with nature, eating right and maintaining a feeling of wellness will provide good health and happiness.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://shlf1134.com/category/uncategorized/","date":"2019-07-17T11:04:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525136.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717101524-20190717123524-00499.warc.gz","language_score":0.9817578792572021,"token_count":525,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__3852739","lang":"en","text":"During the Spring Festival holiday, burning calories has become a new trend from an internet catchphrase, chinanews.com has reported.\n“I will go,” said Yu She, a renown general of Yuan Shu, stepping forward.\nSo Yu She went, and almost immediately one came back to say that Yu She had fallen in the third bout of Hua Xiong.\nFear began to lay its cold hand on the assembly.\nthen Imperial Protector Han Fu said, “I have a brave warrior among my army. Pan Feng is his name, and he could slay this Hua Xiong.”\n“Who is he？” asked Yuan Shao.\nGongsun Zan told them it was Guan Yu, brother of Liu Bei.\n“And what is he？” asked Yuan Shao.\n“He is in the train of Liu Bei as a mounted archer.”\n“What！ An insult to us all！” roared Yuan Shu from his place. “Have we no leader？ How dare an archer speak thus before us？ Let us beat him forth！”\nBut Cao Cao intervened. “Peace,\nO Yuan Shu！ Since this man speaks\nthen Lu Bu called the attendants and said,\n“He was an unjust man, and I have slain him.\nLet those who back me stay. The others may depart.”\nMost ran away. Next day,\nwith the head of the murdered man as his gift,\nLu Bu betook himself to Li Su,\nwho led him to Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo received him with a warm welcome and had wine set before him.\n“Your coming is welcome as the gentle dew to the parched grass,” said Dong Zhuo.\nthe adviser Li Ru never ceased from urging him to carry out the design of deposing the young Emperor.\nthe now all-powerful Dong Zhuo prepared a banquet in the capital at which all the officers of state were guests. He also bade Lu Bu post a company of armed men right and left ready for action. The feast began and several courses were served with nothing to distinguish that banquet from any other.\nthen suddenly the host arose and drew his sword, saying,\n“He who is above us being weak and irresolute is unfit for\nthe duties of his high place. Wherefore I, as of old did Yi Yin","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.cleds.vic.gov.au/content.asp?Document_ID=36124","date":"2013-05-21T14:58:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700107557/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102827-00066-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9440599083900452,"token_count":277,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__9633062","lang":"en","text":"Review of Business Continuity\nBusiness continuity management is important because the success of any organisation depends on its ability to continue functioning through both normal and abnormal events. These range from everyday occurrences such as the loss of power, failure by a third party service provider or an IT outage through to a natural or man-made disaster.\nIn the case of Victoria Police, lack of effective business continuity planning can result in its inability to carry out its core functions, which are an essential community service.\nVictoria Police's approach to business continuity is centred on disaster recovery and emergency management. It pays much less attention to maintaining continuous access to information in the case of an event, even though many members interviewed agreed that information is fundamental to their work. The Force relies on a highly detailed 'template' approach to business continuity which encourages a 'tick-the-box' approach and discourages members in the field from actively thinking about what the specific continuity needs of their workplaces might be, especially with regard to access to data.\nCLEDS considers that Victoria Police complies partially or fully with parts of the implementation guidelines for Standards 34 and 35, but finds an overall rating of non-compliant. That is principally due to the lack of attention to information (law enforcement data) continuity (Standard 34) and the lack of evidence that testing of business continuity plans (Standard 35) takes place.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://montessorimelissa.blogspot.com/2010/05/montessori-and-birth.html","date":"2019-08-20T08:35:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315258.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820070415-20190820092415-00224.warc.gz","language_score":0.9863971471786499,"token_count":812,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__92742220","lang":"en","text":"What, you ask, does childbirth have to do with Montessori? I'll tell you ...\nI come from a relatively large and more or less fertile family, so I grew up around babies being born. It wasn't a particularly scary thing, or a foreign thing, but I never gave it much thought. I did know that you showed up at the hospital and they gave you something called an epidural. Assorted family members hung around the waiting room and wandered in and out of the birthing room until that baby was finally out. Someone usually had a video camera and interviewed various family members, who gushed about their excitement as they waited. Eventually, the baby came out and everyone piled into the room where he or she was passed around from person to person for ooohs, aaahs, and photo ops. And that's how it was done.\nWhen I began my Montessori journey, however, my idea of everything having to do with children changed. I was barely 18 when I began reading The Secret of Childhood and it was then that my whole picture of birth was completely turned upside down. Dr. Montessori writes,\nBut what care have men taken to assist the child as it makes the most difficult adjustment of all, that of passing from one mode of existence to another? At no other period in his life does man experience such a violent conflict and struggle, and consequent suffering, as at the time of birth...it has grown in a place where it was protected from all assaults, from every change of temperature, in a fluid created for its rest. And in an instant it has changed this dark and silent home for the hostile air... The doctor handles it without any particular regard, and when it starts to cry in desperation no one takes it seriously...\n... a newborn child should not simply be shielded from harm, but measures should also be taken to provide for psychic adjustment to the world about it... The needs of a newborn child are not those of one who is sick but of one who is striving to adjust oneself physically and psychologically to new and strange surroundings.How a woman chooses to birth is a very personal decision and what feels right for one woman may not for another. What this helped me realize, however, was the importance of birthing peacefully, gently, and consciously.\nOur attitude towards the newborn child should not be one of compassion but rather of reverence before the mystery of creation, that a spiritual being has been confined within limits perceptible to us. The manner in which we touch and move a child, and the delicacy of feeling which should inspire us at the time, makes us think of the gestures that a priest uses at the altar. His hands are purified, his motions are studied and thoughtful, and his actions take place in silence and in darkness that is penetrated only by a light that has been softened in its passage through stained glass windows. A feeling of hope and elevation pervades the sacred place. It is in surroundings such as these that the newborn child should live.\nThe first period of human life has not been sufficiently explored, and yet we are constantly becoming more aware of its importance. Hardships and privations in the first months of a child's existence can, as we now know, influence the whole course of his future development. But if in the child are to be found the makings of the man, it is in the child also that the future welfare of the race is to be found.\nToo little attention is paid to the newborn child that has just experienced the most difficult of human crises. When he appears in our midst, we hardly know how to receive him, even though he bears within himself a power to create a better world than that in which we live ourselves.\nThe words which we read in the prologue to St. John's Gospel are in a sense applicable to the newborn child: \"He was in the world ... and the world knew him not. He came unto his own and his own received him not.\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://goodmorningquotesforher41840.collectblogs.com/7878243/romantic-lovely-good-morning-quotes-for-her","date":"2018-12-15T19:35:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376826968.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20181215174802-20181215200802-00125.warc.gz","language_score":0.9474056959152222,"token_count":3694,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__256826418","lang":"en","text":"“Allow me to wake up beside you, have espresso in the morning and wander with the city with all your hand in mine, and I’ll be delighted For the remainder of my small lifestyle.”\n“I would rather expend 1 life span along with you, than encounter all the ages of this environment on your own.“\n“I noticed I had been thinking about you, And that i started to marvel how long you’d been on my thoughts. Then it occurred to me: Since I fulfilled you, you’ve never still left.“five\n“As I open up my eyes every day, all I desire to see is you. Fantastic morning, my expensive, I sent you hugs and kisses in my thoughts. “\n“The hrs I spend along with you I glance upon as sort of a perfumed backyard, a dim twilight, as well as a fountain singing to it. You therefore you by yourself make me truly feel that I am alive. Other Males, it is alleged have noticed angels, but I've witnessed thee and thou artwork more than enough.“\n“Becoming in really like along with you tends to make just about every early morning worthy of finding up for. Great morning, my sweetheart.“four\n“Early morning with out you is really a dwindled dawn.“\n“I'm normally energized to get up daily mainly because I am aware there’s an individual worthy of waking up for. Excellent early morning towards the sweetest human being I’ve at any time known5.“\n“Pondering you retains me awake. Dreaming of you keeps me asleep. Currently being along with you keeps me alive.“two\n“I hope you are aware that whenever I show you to obtain home safe, stay warm, have a very good day, or rest well what I am definitely indicating is I like you. I love you so damn Considerably that it is starting to steal other phrases’ meanings.“\n“The Sunlight just touched the morning;\nThe morning, delighted point,\nMeant that he experienced arrive at dwell,\nAnd lifestyle could be all spring.“\n“Have you ever ever seen the dawn? Not a dawn groggy with deficiency of slumber or frantic with mindless obligations therefore you about to rush off on an early adventure or organization, but jam packed with deep silence and absolute clarity of notion? A dawning which you really notice, diploma by degree. It is considered the most wonderful instant of birth. And greater than just about anything it could spur you to definitely action. Use a burning working day.“\n“The top like is The sort that awakens the soul; which makes us reach for more, that vegetation the fire in our hearts and delivers peace to our minds. That’s what I hope to give you eternally.“\n“If you live being 100, I want to live to generally be 100 minus in the future so I hardly ever should Are living with no you.“\nA. A. Milne\n“Another early morning dawned shiny and sweet, like ribbon candy.“\nSarah Addison Allen\n“I swear I couldn’t adore you over I do at the moment, and nevertheless I understand I will tomorrow.“\n“In the event the Sunlight arrived up… I couldn’t convey to the place heaven stopped as well as Earth began.”\n“You happen to be my best friend, my human diary and my other 50 percent. You mean the earth to me and I love you.“\n“Whenever you recognize you want to expend the remainder of your daily life with any individual, you need the rest of your daily life to begin at the earliest opportunity.“\n“I evaluate you and find out the rest of my everyday living before my eyes.“\n“If I determine what adore is, it's as a consequence of you.“\n“I really like early mornings when it looks like the remainder of the earth is still speedy asleep therefore you’re the only real one particular who’s awake and all the things looks like it is basically actual therefore you style of forget about all of your issues for the reason that for now it’s just you, the globe, and the sunrise.“\n“After i say I really like you extra, I don’t indicate I love you more than you love me. I imply I really like you much more than the terrible days forward of us, I really like you more than any battle We'll ever have. I really like you in excess of the gap between us, I really like you a lot more than any obstacle that might test and come in between us. I love you the most.“\n“I love you, not just for what you are, but for what I am After i am along with you.“\n“Once i saw you, I was worried to satisfy you. After i met you I had been frightened to kiss you. After i kissed you, I was frightened to like you. Given that I really like you, I am worried to get rid of you.“\n“For every new morning with its mild,\nFor rest and shelter in the night,\nFor wellness and foodstuff, for almost everything thy goodness sends.“\nRalph Waldo Emerson\n“The ideal and most gorgeous things During this globe can't be seen or maybe listened to, but must be felt with the center.“\n“I select you. And that i’ll pick you time and again and above. Without pause, certainly, in a very heartbeat. I’ll keep picking out you.“\n“Possibly Disappointment will utilize the shimmering wings on the morning kissed with dew and promise to sail away, and the darkish Heart of the Night will hurry headlong into the blinding light-weight of your Day, to kiss it full and hard on the mouth and embrace lifestyle’s brilliance over again…”\n“I really like you, without any beginning, no close. I like you when you became an extra necessary organ in my overall body. I love you with no panic. Without having anticipations. Wanting nothing in return, except that you choose to make it possible for me to maintain you right here in my heart, that I might usually know your power, your eyes, and also your spirit that gave me liberty and let me fly.“\nCoco J. Ginger\n“To love is practically nothing. To generally be cherished is one thing. But to like and be loved, that’s anything.“\n“You will be my right now and all of my tomorrows.“\n“When you crop up each morning, visualize what a treasured privilege it is actually for being alive—to breathe, to Believe, to love, to love—then make that working day rely!”\n“I’m in appreciate with you, And that i’m not inside the business of denying myself The easy enjoyment of claiming accurate points. I’m in love with you, And that i know that appreciate is simply a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, Which we’re all doomed and that there'll appear daily when all our labor is returned to dust, and I know the Sunlight will swallow the one earth we’ll ever have, And that i am in really like with you.”\n“I noticed that you simply had been great, and so I beloved you. Then I noticed which you weren't excellent and I loved you far more.“\n“How sweet the morning air is! See how that 1 minimal cloud floats like a pink feather from some gigantic flamingo. Now the crimson rim in the Sunlight pushes by itself more than the London cloud-lender. It shines on an excellent many people, but on none, I dare guess, who will be with a stranger errand than you And that i. How little we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings during the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!”\nArthur Conan Doyle\n“So good was the morning except for a streak of wind listed here and there the sea and sky appeared all a person cloth, as if sails were being stuck higher up during the sky, or even the clouds had dropped down in to the sea.”\n“Early morning drew on apace. The air turned sharper and piercing, as its to start with uninteresting hue: the death of night time, rather then the start of working day: glimmered faintly within the sky. The objects which had looked dim and awful from the darkness grew Progressively more described, and progressively resolved into their common styles. The rain came down, thick and quickly; and pattered, noisily, Among the many leafless bushes.“\n“I really like you, and I will love you until finally I die, and if there’s a everyday living after that, I’ll appreciate you then.“\n“It doesn’t make any difference what day from the week it really is. Assuming that we're together, it will almost always be a gorgeous working day.”\n” one of many joys in life is waking up Each and every early morning Together with the imagined that somewhere, somebody cares more than enough to send out you a warm morning greeting. Fantastic morning, my expensive.”\n“If you reside to become 100, I choose to live being a hundred minus on a daily basis so I never really have to live with no you.\"\n– A.A. Milne\n“I really like you not just for what you are, but for what I am with you.\"\n– Roy Croft\n“Appear Dwell with me, and become my adore, and We'll some new pleasures establish, of golden sands, and crystal brooks, with silken lines and silver hooks.\"\n– John Donne\n“If I knew I could well be so delighted someday, I would have looked for you harder and found you prior to to make sure that I could spend more time with you.\"\n– Sal Dormant\n“I don’t know if I ever instructed you this ahead of, however , you’re the sole just one I’ve ever waited for this prolonged.\"\n– Frank Ocean\n“I am totally yours that if I might have all the globe specified me, I couldn't be joyful but inside your appreciate.\"\n– The Duke of Marlborough\n“Occur reside in my coronary heart and spend no lease.\"\n– Samuel Lover\n“Each Female/girl on this planet has flaws. As opposed to concentrating on your flaws if you look in the mirror, give attention to the elements of you that you appreciate; check out To do that every single morning. You will ooze self confidence all day extended.\"\n– Chelan Simmons\n“Who will notify whether 1 happy minute of affection or even the joy of breathing or strolling on a brilliant morning and smelling the fresh new air, just isn't well worth every one of the suffering and energy which daily life implies.\"\n– Erich Fromm\n“When you crop up each morning, imagine what a treasured privilege it's being alive – to breathe, to Assume, to delight in, to love.\"\n– Marcus Aurelius\n“Each morning, before I go away your home, I say 5 things I really like about myself, like ‘You've got really rather eyes.’ That way I am able to head out into the entire world with that little bit of additional self-assurance.\"\n– Jennifer Enjoy Hewitt\n“I acquired to love myself, due to the fact I snooze with myself each and every night time And that i wake up with myself each early morning, and when I don’t like myself, there’s no purpose to even Reside the everyday living.\"\n– Gabourey Sidibe\n“I don’t know, but I constantly cherished that graphic of a lady Placing toenail polish on a man – her boyfriend, or one thing like that. Or a guy waking up each morning and reaching around and putting on his girlfriend’s shirt. Like Keith Richards Placing on amongst Anita Pallenberg’s blouses, or Courtney Appreciate putting nail polish on Kurt Cobain.\"\n– Marc Jacobs\n“Early each morning, I fell in adore with the girl that afterwards became my spouse. At that time, we were so naive. I needed to appeal her, so I study her Capital by Marx. I believed by some means she could well be convinced via the power of his criticism about money.\"\n– Shimon Peres\n“If I have been to Stay a thousand several years, I'd belong to you personally for all of these. If we have been to Are living a thousand lives, I'd intend to make you mine in every one.” – Michelle Hodkin,The Evolution of Mara Dyer\n“They are saying while you are lacking someone that they are almost certainly emotion the identical, but I don’t Consider it’s feasible for you to skip me around I’m lacking you at the moment.” – Edna St. Vincent Millay\n“I never ever liked you any over I do, correct this 2nd. And that i’ll under no circumstances like you any fewer than I do, right this second.\" – Kami Garcia\n“For the two of us, home isn’t a place. It truly is someone. And we've been finally house.” – Stephanie Perkins, Anna Along with the French Kiss\n“I do like practically nothing on the globe so well as you – is just not that Weird?” – William Shakespeare, Significantly Ado About Very little\nLet your soul develop, let your heart access out in loving and generous warmth and terrific and lasting will likely be your joy and all properity will arrive at you – James Allen.\nWhenever you occur in the morning, visualize what a preciosus privilege it truly is to generally be alive – to breathe, to Consider, to delight in, to love. Marcus Aurelius\nEach individual morning we have been born once more. What we do right now is what matters most. Buddha\nEvery day with out laughter is daily wasted . Charles Chaplin\nWatch out from the window and just take in the brightness from the sun.\nIgnore the clouds and shadows of question and fear.\nDaily life awaits you in all its fullness, it’s A different lovely day.\nMorning is a vital time of working day, mainly because how you expend your early morning can frequently inform you which kind of day you are going to have.\nMorning without the need of you is really a dwindled dawn.\nAt times I wish there was no alarm clock for the reason that that's the only system which wakes me up while I am dreaming of you.\nMorning is the dream renewed, the guts refreshed, earth’s forgiveness painted in the colours of your dawn.\nYour pretty confront retains actively playing on my thoughts all evening extended.\nAll I wait for is for Sunlight rays plus the split of dawn.\nI am able to’t quit serious about you my darling.\nI will operate in excess of to hug you and desire you Fantastic Early morning!\nOnce you come up in the morning, think about what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to Consider, to take pleasure in, to love.\nMajor with the Day\nBe willing to be a novice each morning.\nEvery early morning is often a joy because it is an additional chance to see your Charming smile, your penetrating eyes as well as your sweet lips. I simply cannot look forward to this evening to pass and to see you all over again each morning.\nMorning is if the wick is lit. A flame ignited, the day delighted with warmth and lightweight, we start off the struggle for some thing a lot more than just before.\nJust about every early morning my really like for yourself retains increasing and I come to feel like I'm acquiring nearer to you personally as day after day passes by. You are classified as the desire like of my existence and I want you every working day. Fantastic morning.\nSay goodbye to The QuotesBonanza celebrities of your night time and Enable the moon move away. Welcome the brilliant sunshine and Permit the rays in the Sunshine brighten you up around. Love an excellent early morning.\nSmile during the mirror. 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{"url":"https://cnfellowship.wordpress.com/viewpoint/the-body/","date":"2022-10-07T02:57:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337906.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20221007014029-20221007044029-00602.warc.gz","language_score":0.9819347262382507,"token_count":592,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__91893237","lang":"en","text":"Bruce and Heather were the founder members of the CNF which started in 1999.\n“We wrote these words in 2004 and they are as true today as they were then. As naturists we have a special affinity with our bodies made in the image of God”.\nThe one mantle that does not change is our body. It may get larger or smaller, it may feel the effect of gravity as the years go by and sag rather more than we would wish, but we cannot change our natural mantle the skin. This human body is a wonder of creation able to adapt to hot or cold, impervious to the wet, yet able to breathe through our pores. The body tissues are in many cases able to repair themselves, the whole body can take heavy punishment yet can endure and bounce back.\nThe human body comes in a bewildering range of shapes and colours so that each living being is a unique individual. Everyone has at the same time a genetic makeup that traces us back to the original man and woman at the very beginning of true human life.\nStrange that as science discovers more about how we are made and what makes us tick, it agrees with the biblical story about the beginnings of life. Adam and Eve are not the figments of our imagination but the Genesis of the whole human race. They were clothed in the same skin we are, they laughed as we laugh, they mistrusted Gods word as we do, they were expelled from Eden and ever since we humans have been trying to get back there.\nWe naturists can wonder at and admire the human body for what it is, a creation of the highest order. We know the pleasures experienced as we discard our clothes, that regained feeling of pleasure as we experience the sun and air on our bodies, the senses awakened as we draw closer to Gods creation. We can look and accept each other for what we really are; as the Bible says, The Lord God looked upon all he had made and said it was very good.\nGod does not reject our human bodies nor does He call them rude or shameful; that is human wisdom or should we say folly? I for one do not want to change my body nor do I feel ashamed of it, why should I?\nIf God made it good then who am I to tell him He is wrong.\nOne of the better characteristics of naturists is that we can and should accept our own bodies and those of others around us, treating them with the respect and honour they deserve as Gods handiwork. For those of us who are Christians, we can turn to our creator and give him thanks and praise for the bodies He has given us, bodies capable of receiving such simple pleasures as nature can offer us. These pleasures can be enjoyed without cost or damage to our environment. We have much to be thankful for.\nBruce and Heather Cowan\nArticle and photo Copyright B&H Cowan","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://heresthething888.tumblr.com/","date":"2013-05-22T11:13:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701614932/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105334-00039-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9613691568374634,"token_count":537,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__114781884","lang":"en","text":"Don’t talk to me; don’t leave me alone.\nI am tired, and I wish you were here. I want your arms tangled around me and your breath next to me. I want you to sit on my couch. I want you to stand next to me. I want your hands on my back. I want you to smile in my neck. I want my hair to get caught in the stubble on your face. I want to eat your homemade waffles. I want to hide in the corners of your body under our sheets until the day gets warm.\nI love you. I love you. I love you.\n\"The (500) Days of Summer attitude of ‘He wants you so bad’ seems attractive to some women and men, especially younger ones, but I would encourage anyone who has a crush on my character to watch it again and examine how selfish he is. He develops a mildly delusional obsession over a girl onto whom he projects all these fantasies. He thinks she’ll give his life meaning because he doesn’t care about much else going on in his life. A lot of boys and girls think their lives will have meaning if they find a partner who wants nothing else in life but them. That’s not healthy.That’s falling in love with the idea of a person, not the actual person.\"\nJoseph Gordon-Levitt (via lespritmodestee)\n\"Then he’ll breathe and you won’t mind the noise and the ins and outs will reach the tips of your shoulders. You’ll fall asleep to the rhythm he sets and when you wake up, it’ll be right where you left it and he’ll be there too and it won’t be a dream.\"\n\"Always see the glass as half full – and if it looks half empty, it probably just needs to be topped off with wine.\"\n\"I love you means I smile when I think about you. I do nice things for you without being asked. I want you to be happy more than I want the sun to rise in the morning. I want to kiss every inch of your face. I want to burrow under your covers with you and hug each other until neither of us are ever lonely again. I want to smell your T-shirt. I want to feel your hair.\"\n\"I’m a simple woman, I like handsome bearded brunette men and breakfast food.\"\nInspired by Ron Swanson ( not By Ron Swanson) Come on internets. (via thatkindofwoman)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://loundraw.deviantart.com/art/desolate-place-185092026","date":"2015-01-26T10:21:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422121785385.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124174945-00073-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9932180643081665,"token_count":239,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-06__0__92994338","lang":"en","text":"I really want to write to story behind this. This is it. This is the place where her boyfriend was brutally murdered, a year ago. He was murdered simply for the green paper and the piece of plastic in his back pocket. He knew this place was dangerous, but he came through here, anyway, as a shortcut to reach her apartment. When the police found him, after they searched his blood-soaked, brutally-slashed body, they found and engagement ring in his inner coat pocket. Today would have been his birthday. Instead of going his grave, she visits the place he was murdered, in defiance of the thieves and gang-bangers that hang around, nearby. To the scene, she brings the same types of flowers that he brought to her for their first date. She wears the same outfit she wore for their first date. She grabs a third of the bouquet and lays it on the spot where he was found, setting a rock on top of the stems to keep them from blowing away in the wind. A wear lands on the rock. She walks away with the rest of the bouquet to take to his grave, a tear running down her cheek.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.americashubworldtours.com/sarah/","date":"2019-01-20T22:14:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583739170.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20190120204649-20190120230649-00591.warc.gz","language_score":0.9634308815002441,"token_count":230,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__95313420","lang":"en","text":"Sarah Gilbert is a writer, mother of three boys, and passionate bicyclist, and finds her church in the forests, basalt walls, and waterfalls. She is finishing a books of essays called Invasive Species: Things I have learned outside of school.\nIn her four years as a tour guide, Sarah has developed or honed expertise in a wide variety of areas, especially wine, geologic history, Lewis & Clark and the Oregon trail, and Native American mythology. She’s always hungry, and prefers to recommend restaurants, breweries and food carts that are a little outside the usual top 10 lists. She’s enjoyed getting to know her native Portland in a much richer and nuanced way through her time telling stories about the place and answering questions she never would have thought to ask.\nBeing a tour guide means that she’s always traveling in the stories her guests tell her, and her list of next destinations is ever longer. If you have a great story about the waterfalls in Bhutan, the weeping apricot blossoms in Kyoto, or the 12 Apostles in Australia — or something better — please share!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://odemshop.com/info/troponin-and-troponin-level/","date":"2024-03-01T08:22:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475203.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301062009-20240301092009-00157.warc.gz","language_score":0.9005419611930847,"token_count":1743,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__156316038","lang":"en","text":"Troponin is an essential diagnostic aid for heart attacks. Its significance enables physicians to determine the risk and prognosis of patients suspected of having acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Troponin measurements are therefore one of the most fundamental diagnostic tests in modern cardiology.\nThis article explores the use of troponin as a diagnostic tool for ACS and discusses various use cases related to its use.\nWhat is Troponin?\nTroponin is a special type of protein normally found in heart muscle cells. It is measured in the blood to provide evidence of heart muscle disease or myocardial damage. An increase in troponin levels may indicate that higher amounts of muscle protein have been broken down and therefore suggest a possible heart attack.\nThis makes it an important indicator for diagnostic testing after suspected acute myocardial infarction. The measured value of troponin can thus be used to determine whether the symptoms are actually a heart attack or not. In addition, it is possible to use this protein to better assess the severity and acute nature of several courses of the disease.\nTroponin is therefore an important tool for the early and appropriate treatment of patients.\nTroponin is a cardiac protein that can be elevated in heart disease. It is used as an indicator of myocardial infarction, and measurements are elevated in patients with heart failure, acute coronary syndrome, or acute renal failure.\nTroponin is also used in laboratory tests to diagnose disease and therefore plays a critical role in medical treatment. With this information in mind, we now look at laboratory aspects to learn more about the function of troponin.\nCardiac troponin is one of the most important markers determined in suspected acute myocardial infarction. Detection of elevated cardiac troponin levels in the blood suggests release of the enzyme into the circulation as a result of tissue damage.\nDetermination of cardiac troponin in serum can differentiate between acute and chronic heart disease. An elevation of troponin levels therefore provides a very good means of detecting early signs of acute myocardial infarction. It thus plays a crucial role as both a diagnostic and prognostic interface for patients with heart failure.\nIn addition, it serves as a monitor for treatment success after the onset of an infarction. With this information, we hand over to the following section on reference ranges and interpretation in order to continue to make diagnostic statements.\nReference Values and Interpretation\nThe reference range for cardiac troponin concentrations is of critical importance in the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The general reference range is between 0.01 ng/ml and 0.04 ng/ml.\nIn one study, patients with elevated troponin concentrations in the reference range were shown to be at higher risk for serious coronary events than people with normal concentrations. Therefore, assessment of troponin levels within the reference range plays a very important role in screening for ACS. Therefore, it is recommended to establish the troponin-specific reference range and apply it in screening.\nInterpretation of troponin concentration is an important part of screening for ACS. Analysis of cardiac troponin concentrations in the reference range allows determination of the risk of serious coronary events and early identification of patients at higher risk. Therefore, results should be carefully reviewed and assessed to make reliable diagnoses. It is therefore recommended that troponin-specific guideline values be established and considered when interpreting tests to provide an accurate diagnosis for acute coronary syndrome (ACS).\nImportance of the Troponin Rapid Test\nTroponin is one of the most important biomarkers used in patients with suspected infarction. They are thread-like strands of proteins that are normally present in the cells of the heart and are released when the heart muscle tissue experiences damage.\nOne study showed that cardiac troponin tests accurately identified 81% infected cases of acute heart failure. For this reason, more and more physicians are using highly sensitive testing to diagnose early risks or symptoms of heart attack.\nIn addition, it can help determine a specific level of severity of the disease and determine appropriate treatment options. Therefore, rapid troponin tests play a crucial role in the diagnosis of diseases of the heart in the modern medical environment.\nNevertheless, it is important to note that only correct interpretation of biomarkers can provide accurate results.\nHigh risk even after ruling out myocardial infarction\nIt is important to understand that an elevated troponin level does not necessarily indicate a heart attack. It can also be caused by other factors, such as skeletal and cardiac muscle cells located next to the narrowed aorta.\nNevertheless, the risk of severe heart disease should be kept in mind even if all signs of infarction symptoms are absent or there is no elevated troponin level. This concept relies heavily on the effect of certain biomarkers.\nTherefore, in patients with severe chest pain, the value of these biomarkers must be checked to determine whether there is a high risk for the occurrence of myocardial infarction. Regular assessment of such markers is therefore crucial to take precautionary countermeasures and thus minimize complications in the long term.\nIn conclusion, troponin is a valuable indicator for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction. There are certain risks associated with high troponin levels and it is advisable to perform regular testing to monitor the condition of the heart.\nThe difference between the troponin test and the ECG lies in the way it is measured; the latter measures electrical activity in the heart, while the former reflects biochemical changes. In addition, other conditions can also cause an increase in troponin levels. It is therefore essential that patients receive continuous medical care so that their health status can be monitored and thus any abnormalities that may occur can be detected early. Above all, these findings could help minimize health complications while providing an optimal treatment method for each individual case.\nIf you are looking for troponin tests and other cardiovascular tests as well as blood tests then you have come to the right place! Discover our assortment – Click here to go to our product categories.\nFrequently Asked Questions\nWhat are the Isoforms of Troponin?\nThere are three isoforms of troponin: troponin I, troponin C, and troponin T. Troponin I and T are specific to the heart muscle and are released when the heart muscle is damaged.\nWhat is the difference between troponin I and troponin T?\nTroponin I and T are both specific to the heart muscle and are released when there is heart muscle damage. The main difference is that Troponin T stays in the blood longer than Troponin I.\nCan troponin also be elevated in other diseases?\nYes, troponin can also be elevated in other conditions that affect the heart muscle, such as myocarditis or heart surgery.\nCan medications affect troponin levels?\nYes, certain medications can affect troponin levels, especially those that affect the heart muscle or may affect kidney function.\nHow long do troponin levels remain elevated?\nTroponin levels can increase within 2-3 hours after a heart attack or heart muscle injury and return to normal within 5-14 days.\nCan the measurement of troponin give false positive results?\nYes, measurement of troponin can give false positive results. Some factors, such as chronic kidney disease or skeletal muscle damage, can increase troponin levels without actually causing a heart attack.\nCan a normal troponin level rule out a heart attack?\nA normal troponin level does not completely rule out a heart attack, as troponin levels may still be normal in the first few hours after a heart attack.\nCan a once elevated troponin value without further symptoms mean that a heart attack is imminent?\nA once elevated troponin value without further symptoms does not necessarily mean that a heart attack is imminent. It is important to do further testing and determine the cause of the elevated troponin level.\nCan heart surgery increase troponin levels?\nYes, heart surgery can increase troponin levels because it can affect the heart muscle. This is usually temporary and should normalize within a few days.\nCan troponin be used as a marker for other cardiovascular diseases?\nYes, troponin can also be used as a marker for other cardiovascular diseases, such as acute coronary syndrome or acute heart failure.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.charliethewritingcoach.com/tips-from-the-coach-the-blog","date":"2018-04-22T21:31:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125945660.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20180422212935-20180422232935-00403.warc.gz","language_score":0.9534572958946228,"token_count":2091,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__132521012","lang":"en","text":"All-Purpose Process To Writing Your College Application Essays (And Anything Else you'll ever want to write)!\nRecently I was asked to lead a series of workshops for high school juniors and seniors on how to approach their college application essays. As I organized my thoughts I realized that this process was applicable to any sort of substantial writing we ever have to do, from a middle schooler's book report, to a senior's family memoir, to a young artist's first script or novel. (\"For that matter,\" I thought, \"you could apply this technique to ALL CREATIVE ENDEAVORS OF ANY KIND--\" but then my head got so big it slammed into the ceiling, so I decided to limit myself to writing.) Some of this stuff I've touched on before, but this is the first time I've put it all together into one easy-to-use \"How-To!\" Let me know what you think.\nThe biggest mistake most people make when they sit down to write their college application essays is that they sit down to write their college application essays. They try to write the finished product, to somehow circumvent all the work and struggle, self examination and insight, the searching, thinking and feeling that goes into getting a good story on the page. This just leads to staring at a blank screen feeling worthless, useless, and talentless. Because it can’t be done!\nYou CAN’T write your last draft first.\nYou CAN’T write a good essay while counting words.\nYou CAN'T write a revealing personal statement without getting personal.\nYou have to loosen up and find it before you can tighten up and write it.\nThe first step is to know your audience. Admissions officers aren’t cold hard judges, waiting, arms folded, lips pursed in a superior sneer, to catch you in a mistake. They’re friendly people who just want to meet you. It’s their job to find students who will succeed and be happy at their schools. They can’t possibly interview every applicant, so they assign these essays as a way to get to know you. To see who you are, and how you present yourself. The only question your essay really needs to answer is, “So, who is this kid?”\nBut how do you say who you are in 650 words?\nBrainstorm. Well… obviously. But not everybody knows how to do it. You don’t sit at your computer and desperately rack your brains for something to write about, grasping onto the first thin reed of an idea and then closing your mind to everything else. The object is to open your mind up. Let your thoughts and feelings bluster and rage without logic or purpose and jot down every idea you have, good or bad. Don’t decide what to write, don’t concentrate on words—DON’T THINK! You’re not trying to figure something out. You’re trying to find something.\nThink of yourself as a character in a book. (Though this one is a bit college-app-centric, it holds true for any autobiographical writing.) It’s hard to recognize the patterns of our own lives while we’re living them, but if we step back and look at our lives as a story, and ourselves as the main character, the important moments become clear. Ask yourself “Who is this character and how did he get that way? What is she into? What sparked that interest? What were the big events in his or her life and how did those events change them?” Sometimes the best way to get closer is to distance yourself.\nFreewrite. Simply put, freewriting is the best technique to get you writing without worry, thought, or censorship. And best of all, without delay. This technique is so amazing and productive it deserves an entire seminar of its own, but in a nutshell it involves WRITING WITHOUT STOPPING for five minutes.\nThe first step is to give yourself a prompt. Don’t use the application prompt; come up with one that is personal to you. It must be an incomplete sentence, written in the first person, and preferably centering on emotion rather than intellect—“I first fell in love with orthodontia when…” Particularly good prompts often start with “I want…” Whether it’s our characters or ourselves, our wants define us. If all else fails, write about your fear of writing. “The thing that scares me most about this essay is…” Remember, you’re only wasting 5 minutes.\nNow finish the sentence and CONTINUE WITHOUT STOPPING FOR FIVE MINUTES. Don’t consider, don’t correct, don’t judge and DON’T STOP. Not even for a second. Let your mind wander where it will, but keep circling back to your prompt. If you draw a blank, write that you have nothing to say. If you’re distracted, write how annoying that barking dog outside is. Write what an !@#!&!! Charlie, The Writing Coach is for making you do this, but DO NOT STOP WRITING UNTIL YOUR TIME IS UP.\nNow read what you’ve written. Look for the seeds of a revealing story—phrases and insights that truly reflect you, places where you’ve learned, places where you’ve grown. This is the gold you’re panning for. I’ll bet you discover things that you would never have found any other way. Certainly not in five minutes!\nGet away from your desk. A change of scenery can often give your brain the kick in the pants it needs.\nDo something physical: run, skateboard, hike… I bike ride whenever I’m stuck on a story. Physical exertion really gets the ideas flowing. Be sure to bring a note pad or cell phone so that you can record your ideas as they come.\nRead the essay prompts before bed and see if your brain works anything out while you sleep. Seriously. This happens more often than you’d think.\nTake longer showers. I know it’s environmentally suspect, but man, it works. It probably has something to do with being half-asleep.\nThere are thousands of ways to get the juices flowing; these are just some that have worked for me. The idea is to fool your brain into relaxing. To get it to stop judging and have fun. To play. Because brains at play are really the only ones that ever think of anything new.\nTransition To Tight!\nOkay, now that you’ve found your topic it’s time to start tightening. We don’t want to go all the way to tight yet, but we want to move toward it.\nScribble out a rough outline to give you an idea of what order things go in. This is particularly helpful when you’ve got a lot of ideas but can’t figure out your main thesis. Something about putting your ideas down on paper, in order, lets you see your what your brain is trying to say. Note: Don’t waste any time or mental effort on making this a “proper outline” that your teachers might approve of. This is your outline, a tool for you to use, based on your brainstorming, to help you write more easily. No one else will ever see it.\nBomb through a first draft as quickly as possible. Don’t worry about grammar or spelling. It’s kind of like freewriting, except that now you’re following the rough map of your outline, based on the ideas you had brainstorming. Feel free to use whole sentences and sections from your freewriting. And here’s the key thing: expect it to stink! First drafts always do. So enjoy: it’s much more fun (and much faster) to write badly than to try and write perfectly, and you don’t have to worry because you know you’re going to rewrite.\nTighten Up (At Last)!\nBefore you do anything else, make a copy of your rough draft and put it safely away on your hard drive. That way, if you accidentally screw something up, you can always go back. Okay, now you can edit. But don’t start counting words or fixing grammar just yet. First, make sure you’ve told your story well.\nEdit for theme and story, remembering that even a science report is a story with a beginning, middle and end. If there are any parts that seem beside the point, cut them out and see if they’re missed. Focus on emotional moments and see if they need more emphasis or detail (use all 5 senses). And make sure to be clear what your main character (you) has gained from the experience you’re depicting.\nNow check grammar, and count words. It will be long. That’s okay. You had to write all those extra words to get to the good stuff. But now that you have, be ruthless and cut like Sweeny Todd. As a fellow writer once told me, “You can cut a lot and still have it.” And remember, you still have your long draft tucked safely away on your hard drive if you go too far. I actually love this part; it’s amazing how much better things read after you’ve cut your favorite lines!\nFinally, show it to people you trust and see what they think. Don’t do everything they say, but do everything that makes sense to you.\nNow there’s only one more step:\nSubmit your essay, get accepted to the college of your choice (or an \"A\", or that big studio deal), have an amazing life, get married, have kids, and laugh cruelly as they have to go through all of this themselves!!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://truthcomesknocking.blogspot.com/2011/01/when-your-job-makes-you-physically-ill.html","date":"2018-07-21T11:51:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592523.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20180721110117-20180721130117-00066.warc.gz","language_score":0.9685802459716797,"token_count":280,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__132420074","lang":"en","text":"When your job makes you physically ill from all the stress and frustration it piles on you daily, it may be time to find a new career.\nI find myself slumping up the stairs in the morning, dreading the day to come.\nI find life & positivity being sucked from me.\nI find that I'm busting my ass, while nearly everyone else slides by because they know someone else will fix what they've done wrong.\nI contemplate doing the same, but realize I can't or I won't because I know who will end up picking up the slack for my laziness.\nI wonder how it is these people get by in their personal lives. Do they get by? Or is someone enabling them there, too?\nI wonder why these people aren't fighting harder for their jobs, by at least striving for mediocrity, when the current economic climate makes it so difficult to find a replacement job.\nI wonder why I'm still here. On a daily basis, I wonder.\nI am comfortable in the lifestyle my income allows. I'm afraid to live in my car (or worse, back at home with the folks). I am terrified to make a decision about what I'd rather be doing. I'm afraid it will be the wrong decision again.\nI need a plan. I need an exit strategy. I need a change.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://churchofchristoflakecounty.com/heaven-hell-are-real","date":"2024-03-03T02:48:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476180.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303011622-20240303041622-00842.warc.gz","language_score":0.9112098813056946,"token_count":708,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__184202190","lang":"en","text":"Bible Scripture for this Statement:\nHeaven & Hell Are Real!\n26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.\nNote: In Genesis 1:26, when God (Meaning the Deity od God: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit), said: “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, God is saying these words from Heaven.\nThen the dust will return to the earth as it was,\nAnd the spirit will return to God who gave it.\nNote: In Ecclesiastes 12:7, if a person lives a faithful Christian life unto death, or until Jesus comes to collect His Church, their soul will return unto God who gave it, and be taken to Heaven by Jesus, and will be with the Deity of God in Heaven on Judgement Day and for Eternity. The soul of a person who did not live a faithful Christian life will also return to God, but their soul will be sent to Hell, and will be in Hell on Judgement Day, and for eternity.\n22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire.\nGod’s Plan of Salvation\nClick on the tabs below to view the supported Scripture for Hear, Believe, Repent, Confess, Baptism, and Growing.\nTap on the tabs below to view the supported Scripture for Hear, Believe, Repent, Confess, Baptism, and Growing.\n17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.\n16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.\n17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.\n18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.\n30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:\n9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.\n10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.\n16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.\n1 Peter 2:2\n2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:\nBrethren and Friends,\nIf you would like more information about our congregation, please contact:\nMicah Robertson by Email at firstname.lastname@example.org, or by phone at (434) 429-5221\nJordon Albert: (406) 499-1745","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://toto-jobs.com/zafiyuru/tv/18602904/bridgerton-fans-furious-netflix-woke/","date":"2022-08-10T10:30:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571153.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810100712-20220810130712-00373.warc.gz","language_score":0.9662466645240784,"token_count":291,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__58846233","lang":"en","text":"WHEN Nicola Coughlan announced this week that Bridgerton would skip forward to Colin and Penelope’s story, fans were unconvinced.\nSo I imagine they will be peeved to discover that woke bosses at Netflix plan to make further changes to the plot.\nJulia Quinn's 2002 novel Romancing Mr Bridgerton sees Penelope lose weight and undergo a makeover.\nBut when asked if that storyline would feature in the third series, showrunner Chris Van Dusen explained: “We think that Penelope is beautiful, and I don’t think it’s really a part of her story.”\nAnd he added: “Her being a wallflower in our show I think is about her level of confidence more than it is about her outward appearance.”\nI suppose that’s a theme more suited to audiences these days.\nMost read in Streaming\nSimone Ashley, 27, was part of a panel event where it was revealed Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington will be the focus of the next storyline — a tale with very little between-the-sheets action.\nMany fans were banking on more bonking after a tamer second series left them cold.\nThey assumed the adaptation of author Julia Quinn’s livelier third book would see a return to the relentless romps which made the debut season a global hit for Netflix.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://1700wordsperday.livejournal.com/profile","date":"2021-05-14T12:42:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243989526.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20210514121902-20210514151902-00412.warc.gz","language_score":0.9136207103729248,"token_count":150,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__41346686","lang":"en","text":"Yet another community for the thrilling NaNoWriMo undertaking to create our very own heartbreaking works of we staggering geniuses - or something - of at least 50,000 in only 30 days!\nThis community is for the mutual edification, plot detangleification, eventual verification and validation of the efforts of all those who participate. Essentially, it's a place where you can expect to hear us whine, complain and exult alternately, though not necessarily in that order.\nA brilliant cohort (and second in command of our cheerleading squad) pointed out that it really breaks down to about 1700 words/day -hence the fabulous name. That's the length of a decent essay - or three pages of crappy fiction. Whichever.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://stratostzo.com/?page_id=1710","date":"2021-11-27T21:55:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964358233.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20211127193525-20211127223525-00139.warc.gz","language_score":0.9093074202537537,"token_count":1949,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__198729502","lang":"en","text":"YOU ARE PURPOSE AND SHEEPDOGS DANCING AROUND YOU\n(2012 – 2014)\na performance of bijoux de kant, based on the play by George Ioannou.\nGeorge Ioannou. The author, poet, translator. The fragile love and Armored words. From Thessaloniki in ’43 as Omonia 80s, a wanderer trapped. The texts, an imprint of his life and he one of the foremost exponents of Greek modernity of urban life. His heroes, autobiographical ghosts that haunt all work and document the Greece of guilt. The Greece lost. That is devastating. Declare bankruptcy. To Greece seeking its identity into ground. The mud. In a lonely negotiable and final.\n” The stabbed await justice. The listemenoi and butchered expect justice, but this is slow to appear. The listemenoi, butchered and diasyrmenoi waiting for the storm of tears that would wash away the blood, but instead this spring titter from everywhere. ‘s listemenoi, butchered, and betrayed diasyrmenoi wait at least us not forget them and not laugh with the common enemy, but we grovel in the same beds with our persecutors, agreeing with them in practice. The stabbed helplessly waiting for justice . “\nText composition – Direction – Set Design: John Scourletis\nMusic: Kostas Dalakouras\nCooperation in Dramaturgy: George Lagouros – Peace Sourgiadaki\nPhotos: Panos Michael\nAssistant Director: Nicole Giamvria\nActors: Stratos Tzortzoglou, Lena Drosaki, July Tziatas\nProduction: bijoux de kant\nThe bijoux de kant is an idea, an aesthetic, an expression. It is the combination of many ideas, many felt, many expressions. Is the lack of doctrine which concludes her love for both the form as for the concept. Inspired by the baroque and minimalism, expressionism and constructivism, romance and conceptual art. Observe the motion attitude and stop motion. Measure distances with fingers and with her fingers fumbles in drawers personal memory, collective, historical treasures and touches on a glass table. loves to study systems and mechanisms and passionate about the broken tooth in gear that will make the machine break down and become something else. Generally prefers another. Wants to be a pop just because Marie Antoinette was never enough. The bijoux de kant is an artistic record that was formed to support and promote creative expression and critical attitude, different poetic and idioms. Its presence is detected in the theater, to art events and exhibitions and different kinds of activities related to creating art and thought. The bijoux de kant founded in December 2010 and consists of art and director Yannis Scourletis, musician Kostas Dalakoura, art historian Alexis Papazacharia, sociologist Mars Whitey, the author Sourgiadaki Irene and Constantine Scourletis (ASFA).H website bijoux de kant follow consistently the ideas that led to the creation, not formatted as a closed private space but as a crossroads where we find the different social media sites that are open to constant negotiation and operation is based on two-way communication, Sorting is a principle of bijoux de kant.\nWrote about the show\nTHE DAILY – KATHIMERINI, Spyros Payatakes:\n“With an unrecognizable and incredibly seasoned interpretive Stratos Tzortzoglou”, the show has Greekness of Tsarouhis and modernity by the leading directors. And neither has pitted genre painting. For me it was a revelation. I will venture even to say that was the most fundamentally modern, stylish, progressive work within this season. A play station, which should see if you think our theater can and stepped forward.\nATHENS VOICE, Dimitris Mastrogiannitis:\nJohn Scourletis created an excellent performance-to me the most interesting I’ve seen this season-a model for how a genre, raised modern way without betraying ethos era and text. Be glad and have great partners: the “dirty” pop songs of Kostas Dalakoura and three important interpretations. We should note two names: Lena Drosaki and July Tziatas. Kowtow dedication in directorial vision, talent and beauty. “But big surprise for me was Stratos Tzortzoglou. I think Stratos gives interpretation of life”.\nLIFO, Christos Paridis:\nOne of the most interesting performances this winter has title. You aim and around you dancing sheepdogs. “A monologue by George Ioannou, that restores the talented actor Stratos Tzortzoglou in the straight path.”\nELEFTHEROTYPIA, Efi Marinou:\n“The actor Stratos Tzortzoglou who started playing Loula Anagnostakis at the “Basement” Karolos Koun’s theatre of Art to come a long, controversial path and swallowed up the star sistem returns with a shocking text interpretation of George Ioannou. Exposes and parodies himself or herself.”\nMETROPOLIS FREE PRESS, Athina Deligianni:\nExperience aesthetics. The narrative to unfold as a series of tableaux vivants of a dusty TSAROUCHI world, in a symbolic coop-scene, where writhing soul from pain and undeliverable desires among a chair, a bed and below ground. True. The feeling after a while the nostrils, taste, and do more of the actors being beaten and dragged from memory like wounds lives. The mesh protects little. The views anguish can never be sterile. The two worlds come together. “With Stratos Tzortzoglou perhaps the role of his life, to be welcomed and that from the first moment there, inseparable part of the same universe, who will narrate heartbreakingly”, with the very good July Tziatas and Lena Drosaki, trapping the Novotel decadent revelation the viewer.\nVIMAGAZINO, George Nastos:\nA crack in the universe Thessalonians George Ioannou opens Bijoux de kant .” The kinked Stratos Tzortzoglou, a parendytikos Joker surprises with its directness”. The beautiful Lena Drosaki: great voice, great articulation, setting displacement – you can not take your eyes off her.\nATHINORAMA, Iliana Dimadi:\nA strange picture grabs the eye.“The main character is interpreted imperiously from Stratos Tzortzoglou unrecognizable and riveting. A performance art inspiration for the few. This, however few they may be shaken”.\nELEFTHEROTYPIA, Efi Marinou:\n“Stratos Tzortzoglou in the show You are purpose and sheepdogs dancing around you. The actor, who started playing Loula Anagnostakis “the sound of a gun” in Karolos Koun’s Art Theater, returns with a shocking text interpretation of George Ioannou. Exposes and parodies himself. For Stratos Tzortzglou closes a cycle route, from Art Theater and “the sound of the gun” comes a second time winner in Cacoyannis Foundation. In a remarkable performance meets the poetry of George Ioannou surprising with his interpretation. Like you wore the costume of the actor. Very early was fortunate to be next to Karolos Koun, Jules Dassin, Michael Cacoyannis, Minos Volanakis, Theo Angelopoulos, Pantelis Voulgaris. After, the storm blew television. And now parodies seriously himself, trying courageous self-criticism.”\nONLYTHEATER, George Chronas:\nGEORGE CHRONAS saw the ” You are purpose and sheepdogs dancing around you” and will go see it again.\nGo to admire the spirit of the Greek author George Ioannou. “Stratos Tzortzoglou from Piraeus, in the best part of his life, amidst the dirt and dust, speaks with clothes allude to nothing”. Pythia before him, becomes his friend. The relationship with his mother. Nightmares passes in front of him. He screams. Looks like Euripide’s hero, though the truth is Aeschylu’s. The fog – the death inside and outside their wraps. The fog – the death of Thessaloniki, the home of author, George Ioannou, who chop with the knife to walk, to talk.\nI’m going to see the performance again. Live theater, Living Theater, as the great artist of the theater Julian Beck.\nfrom on .\nFor press inquiries please contact:\nT. 30 698 0374689","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://anaheimhillsmomsclub.tripod.com/index.html","date":"2022-10-05T02:28:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337531.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20221005011205-20221005041205-00006.warc.gz","language_score":0.9432252049446106,"token_count":199,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__16056497","lang":"en","text":"To Every Preschool Parent\nThere are little eyes upon you,\nAnd they're watching night and day;\nThere are little ears that quickly take\nIn every word you say;\nThere are little hands all eager to do,\nAnd a little child who's dreaming of\nThe day she'll be like you.\nYou're the little child's idols,\nYou're the wisest of the wise;\nIn his mind about you,\nNo suspicions ever rise;\nHe believes in you devoutly,\nHolds all you say and do,\nHe will say and do in your way when\nHe's grown up to be like you.\nThere's a wide eyed little child who\nBelieves you're always right,\nAnd her ears are always open and she\nWatches day and night;\nYou're setting an example,\nEveryday in all you do\nFor the little child whose waiting\nTo grow up to like you.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://themuseumofsarah.com/2017/06/26/154/","date":"2019-05-24T06:16:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257514.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20190524044320-20190524070320-00545.warc.gz","language_score":0.9897902011871338,"token_count":656,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__85480660","lang":"en","text":"On and off for the last 10 years I have suffered with anxiety, which sounds fun doesn’t it?! I’ve actually only recently realised that it’s been that long, because for most of that I was walking around, going to work, getting on saying everything was fine when actually it wasn’t, it was a bit crap. To be clear, it wasn’t dreadful all day every day. I could go for weeks or months feeling alright and then it would creep up on me, seemingly out of nowhere and take over.\nI have had days where I have been shaking and felt sick with anxiety. I have cried in the toilets on trains and at work with it. A lot of the time I was holding it together as “fun, happy Sarah” whilst my mind was full of bad chat. I told myself I was rubbish and looked at everyone else being carefree and just getting on with it and wished I could be as good as them.\nI would leave conversations with people I love thinking, “I’ve behaved so oddly they’ve probably changed their mind about hanging out with me.” I would meet new people and the sirens in my mind would go off that I was being weird and not myself and these people would know that and think I was ridiculous. Simple decisions became really tough. Deciding where to sit in a restaurant would be totally daunting and I was once found screwed up in a ball because deciding what to wear was too much.\nWhile one side of my mind was going through this, the other side would argue back “what did you have to complain about? Your life is amazing! How can you have the right to say you’re scared and you’re struggling?” which was remarkably unhelpful and made everything worse. The whole thing would repeat over and over and it became completely exhausting and very very boring. I was done with it and bored beyond belief with being rubbish.\nI never wanted to tell anyone about my anxiety because they might think I was a bit heavy or moany or ironically, boring. So I thought, “I’ll wait until I’m fixed and can be carefree and happy and normal all the time!” Turns out, this doesn’t exist. So I decided to stop trying to fight it and started to address it. I spoke to people about it. I told the people I loved about it and explained it. I found meditation and though it will always have to be managed, I’m now in control of it and not the other way round.\nWriting this now I still feel guilty and tell myself there are people in a much worse position than me, people with “legitimate” reasons for their mental health conditions. But the truth is, it’s ok to say I’m not ok. If you feel scared for no reason or there’s a voice that’s telling you you’re rubbish and everyone else is fine or better, I want to tell you, you are enough. You are SO enough and you don’t have to live with feeling crap.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://feliciasquarepants.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-04-18T00:22:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609532374.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005212-00507-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9592466950416565,"token_count":160,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__88239666","lang":"en","text":"If you think the Harry Potter series is childish, then let me refer you to the fact that two people are murdered before the first book even starts and they died trying to prevent a baby from being killed by a grown man.\nHow long after arriving at someone’s house is it appropriate to ask for the WiFi password?\nharry potter meme ϟ ten characters (5/10) - draco malfoy\n\"he’s sensitive, people bully him, too, and he feels lonely and hasn’t got anybody to talk to, and he’s not afraid to show his feelings and cry!\"\ni want dogs to be allowed at more places and i want children under 6 to not be\nthug life? more like hug life. come here","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://pittsburghmarathon.com/Blog-Item-One-and-Done-Or-a-Lifetime-of-Running","date":"2019-10-19T12:13:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986693979.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20191019114429-20191019141929-00503.warc.gz","language_score":0.9560335874557495,"token_count":653,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__203070411","lang":"en","text":"For most of my life I have been an incurable optimist. I live by the motto that “ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary things.” Running has only enhanced my positivity about life, a thousandfold. As I have stated before, I almost always resemble a piece of burnt toast after completing a marathon. However, distance running contributes to a phenomenal increase in your overall health, fitness, well-being and quality of life and when I consider these things, my favorite quote once again fills me with joy:\n“Every person, no matter how unfit he or she is, can rise a little higher, go a little faster, and grow a little stronger. The joy of surpassing the limits of the body is open to all.”\n– Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmilhaly from his book, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience\nRunning, and the marathon, offers each person and even playing field, no matter your age, sex, size, ability, disability, social status or financial status. Stride for stride, side-by-side, you all begin at the same line. There may be some other activity in this world that offers such parity and joy for the human race, but if there is, I certainly cannot think of one.\nSo the question I propose to you is, was the marathon you just ran the only one you will ever run? Are you a “one-and-done-er”? All I can say is that I truly hope that you’ve caught on to the amazing benefits and experiences of distance running so that you stick with it for the rest of your life.\nBefore you decide to hang up your sneakers, consider the benefits. Here are Dr. George Sheehan’s thoughts on this topic from his book, George Sheehan On Running To Win:\nFinishing a marathon leads to increased energy, dedication, discipline, and a belief that you can make a difference. It’s easy to see why. Getting ready for a marathon is like getting ready for combat. Its preparation is basic training. Marathoners begin their training as raw recruits, then emerge, still untried, at the top of their physical powers. This is where dedication and discipline are born and energy results. They have gone through purification. They have attained dominance of the body. The first-time marathoner may be ‘combat ready’ but has no concept of how terrible the combat will be. The veteran runner knows that the marathon takes the body to the limits – and beyond. The newcomer is in store for pain and fatigue he or she has never felt – or even imagined – before. And both the veteran and the first-timer worry that they won’t have the mental toughness to carry it off. But if the runner does have what it takes, a new self is born. By enduring this 26.2 mile agony, the runner achieves the physical, mental, and spiritual virtues and strengths that make a successful player in life.\nAs for myself, I choose running as a way of life and I hope you do too. Enjoy the journey, one stride at a time.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://dplindiana.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16067&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2018/02/01","date":"2018-11-21T00:10:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039746847.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20181120231755-20181121013755-00436.warc.gz","language_score":0.9509891867637634,"token_count":106,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__39533130","lang":"en","text":"This program is designed for children, ages 3 1/2 to 6 years. We will read stories for 15 minutes and then make a craft. Children will sit without a parent during the story and then parents and children make a craft together. Class size is limited. Register once for this series.\nEvent Type(s): Children's Program\nAge Group(s): Preschool\nRegister For Event\nYou must log in to register for this event.\nOops! - There was a problem in authenticating your card:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://hmarktaylor.wordpress.com/","date":"2019-06-18T09:14:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998708.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20190618083336-20190618105336-00233.warc.gz","language_score":0.9728765487670898,"token_count":1038,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__38980986","lang":"en","text":"Can we be happy on a long-term basis?\nWhat will it take for this happiness? Perhaps winning the lottery or should I say lootery? Does it take money to make all your cares go away? We could say, “Well it would certainly help!” Yet is that the criteria for happiness? That is, will all of your cares go away and will you then be happy? Will that make you happy? I think you can sense the answer to that is ‘No’; there are several fallacies in that. First, money won’t make your cares go away. It may cause more concern and fear. Second, just because you don’t have any cares doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going to feel happy.\nYou can take the concepts of money and cares and apply it to any false beliefs you have:\nIf I was married I’d be happy\nIf I had a different house\nIf I could eat whatever I want\nIf I could drink whatever I want\nIf I could use drugs\nIf my spouse changed\nIf I changed\nIf I were healthy\nIf I could travel the world\nIf I had a different job\nIf I had my own company\nIf people would leave me alone\nIf I wasn’t so alone\nChanging our circumstances, financial situation, living location or conditions, friends, work, partners, or whatever else you can imagine… will never ‘make’ us happy on a long-term basis.\nThe definition of the word ‘Happy’ for the purposes of long-term happiness seems to involve well-being, satisfaction, contentedness, with maybe some peace thrown in for good measure. These are conditions that money cannot buy and that cannot be sustained long-term by outside influences.\nIn the early days of Christianity, there was a man named Paul who went through a lot of suffering and hardships during his life. There were probably good times but there were a lot of difficult times to offset the good; unjust accusations, people trying to kill him and actually stoning him on several occasions, being misunderstood, running for his life, being imprisoned, no money and nowhere to sleep, being shipwrecked at sea, and on and on it went.\nYet Paul made an amazing statement through all of it.\n“I have learned to be content no matter what happens to me. I know what it’s like to not have what I need. I also know what it’s like to have more than I need. I have learned the secret of being content no matter what happens. I am content whether I am well fed or hungry. I am content whether I have more than enough or not enough…”*\nThe meaning of Happiness in our day seems to involve some situation or event. Maybe jumping up and down when our favorite team wins. But how many people on the street would we have to poll to find even ten people who would say they have long-term happiness and contentment in their life?\nThe truth of the matter is that we live in a broken world that will never give us long-term happiness or contentment. There is always some situation or some person ruining our good mood. Sometimes we just don’t feel good. So what is the answer – is it even possible?\nPaul continues his comments about contentment, giving us an indication of the source.\n“…I can do everything by the power of Christ. He gives me strength.”*\nThis is not a popular message today but perhaps it is one we need to hear. There will always be those who demean Jesus Christ and Christians, twisting His intent into something evil. But that doesn’t eliminate Christ’s true intent: to bring peace and contentment to those who are suffering. A long-lasting, permanent condition made possible by something completely outside of any influence of this world.\nThat’s a good intent but there’s just one small problem… the cost. To follow Christ is by no means free. He made it very clear that to follow Him meant giving up our ways and thoughts. One of His teachings was about two gates and two paths. Go in by narrow gate and take the difficult path which leads to life. This gate is hard to pass through and the path is difficult to navigate. But it is this persistence in seeking Christ in all things that will lead to long-term contentment and peace.\nThe Cost of Happiness. It is easy to be happy in a moment of time, only to have it quickly vanish to hidden places we cannot find. Yet with contentment and peace in life, will we not be happy in any circumstance – no matter the strife?\nOf course, if you are happy and content with your life, you are probably not reading this.\n* The Bible: Philippians 4\nthanks for reading,\nsee the new book, Memoir of a Man in paperback or Kindle eBook format\nPurchase the paperback and get the eBook FREE!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://cleudow.uxyfeculicad.tk/?page=2","date":"2020-04-03T19:13:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370518622.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20200403190006-20200403220006-00107.warc.gz","language_score":0.929677426815033,"token_count":2973,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-16","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__65113953","lang":"en","text":"The urging of the state of affairs is cloaked by flow economic conditions. Nursing shortages hold historically alleviated within reason during unmanageable economical times, and the preceding few years of financial hullabaloo stimulate been no elision (Buerhaus et al., 2009). Nursing is seen as a horse barn profession—a uncommon luff of surety in an unsettled economic system. A closer looking at the data, however, shows that during the preceding deuce recessions, to a greater extent than three-living quarters of the increment in the usage of RNs is accounted for by women and work force o'er geezerhood 50, and there are presently Sir Thomas More than 900,000 nurses complete years 50 in the manpower (BLS, 2009). Meanwhile, the cut from 2001 to 2008 among middle-senior RNs was in reality negative, with 24,000 fewer nurses older 35 to 49. In a rosy mansion for the future, the count of nurses nether get on 35 increased by 74,000. In footing of right-down numbers, however, the cohorts of younger nurses are soundless immensely outnumbered by their elder Spoil Blast colleagues. In early words, the yore practice session of dependance on a brace provision of elder nurses to satisfy the gaps in the health deal arrangement leave in time flush it as a scheme (Buerhaus et al., 2009). safe sites to order tadalafil left effetti collaterali del cialis or cialis.com properly what color is tadalafil.\nNursing recitation covers a wide continuum from wellness promotion, to disease prevention, to coordination of care, to cure—when possible—and to mitigative upkeep when bring around is not possible. This continuum of practice session is considerably matched to the electric current and futurity necessarily of the Ground population (take in Chapter 2). Nurses bear a send upshot on patient role maintenance. They supply the absolute majority of affected role assessments, evaluations, and give care in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, schools, workplaces, and ambulatory settings. They are at the look lines in ensuring that like is delivered safely, effectively, and pityingly. Additionally, nurses take care to patients and their families in a holistic path that oft goes on the far side physical wellness of necessity to recognise and react to social, mental, and spectral necessarily. cure news Compared with bear out for the function of nurses in improving timbre and access, thither is moderately to a lesser extent evidence that expanding the fear provided by nurses bequeath effect in cost nest egg to social club at magnanimous spell besides improving outcomes and ensuring lineament. However, the testify al-Qaida in prefer of so much a closing is thriving. Compared with former models of antepartum care, for example, pregnant women who get caution led by certifiable lactate midwives are less probable to feel prenatal hospitalization, and their babies are to a greater extent in all likelihood to own a shorter hospital detain (Hatem et al., 2008) (learn Chapter 2 for a example branch of knowledge of handle provided by qualified harbour midwives at the Sept Health and Give birth Essence in Washington, DC). Some other analyze examining the bear upon of lactate staffing on assess suggests that increasing the balance of nursing hours provided by RNs without increasing come nursing hours was associated with 1.5 one thousand thousand fewer hospital days, nigh 60,000 fewer inpatient complications, and a 0.5 percentage mesh step-down in costs (Needleman et al., 2006). Chapter 2 includes a pillowcase subject of the Nurse–Family Partnership Program, in which front-billet RNs hit abode visits to high-take a chance youth mothers over a 2.5-year menstruum. This programme has demonstrated significant value, sequent in a nett savings of $34,148 per menage served. The computer programme has also decreased pregnancy-induced hypertension by 32 percent, nipper revilement and neglectfulness by 50 percent, hand brake way visits by 35 percent, and language-akin delays by 50 pct.\nAs discussed above, the ACA authorizes the NHWC. It as well authorizes a Status Eye for Work force Analysis, as fountainhead as commonwealth and regional workforce centers, and provides financing for manpower information aggregation and studies. A priority for these New structures and resources should be systematic monitoring of wellness like men shortages and surpluses, survey of the information and methods required to prognosticate succeeding hands needs, and coordination of the solicitation of information relating to the health fear workforce in government surveys and in the private sphere. These trinity functions mustiness be actively assumed by the Fed governing to physical body the necessary capacitance for workforce planning in the Combined States. The NHWC has the expected to bod a robust hands information infrastructure and a high-horizontal surface analytic capability. Many of the topics covered in this written report could take been the focal point of the stallion composition. As indicated in Chapter 4, for example, the written report could give focused only on breast feeding educational activity. Disposed the nature of the committee’s burster and the sentence allotted for the study, however, the commission had to report from each one issue at a gamey plane and phrase comparatively large-minded recommendations. This written report could non be an thoroughgoing collection of the challenges faced by the nursing workforce, nor was it meant to serve up as a step-by-tread usher detailing solutions to entirely of those challenges. In conducting its process and evaluating the challenges that facial expression the breast feeding profession, the commission took into story a list of considerations that informed its recommendations and the contentedness of this story. The citizens committee carefully well thought out the range and concentre of the news report in light up of its tutelage (look Package P-1 in the preface to the report), the evidence that was available, costs connected with its recommendations, and carrying out issues. Overall, the committee’s recommendations are geared toward forward-moving the breast feeding profession as a whole, and are centralised on actions mandatory to better encounter long-full term future needs kinda than of necessity in the brusk full term. tadalafil 5 coupon very buy cialis in dubai or viagra usa effectively effetti del tadalafil sulla pressione. Chapters 3 done 5 experience argued for the penury to transmute the nursing community to reach the visual modality of a Reformed wellness manage arrangement rigid forth in Chapter 1. Achieving this vision, however, will also compel a equilibrize of skills and perspectives among physicians, nurses, and other health professionals. So far data are nonexistent on the Numbers and types of health professionals presently employed, where they are employed, and in what roles. Agreement of the encroachment of bundled payments, medical exam homes, accountable guardianship organizations, wellness selective information technology, comparative effectiveness, patient engagement,and safety, as advantageously as the development diversification of the American population, wish not be all over without data on and analysis of the contributions of the respective types of health professionals that wish be required. For cost- effectualness comparisons, for example, dissimilar team up configurations, continuing training and on-the-occupation breeding programs, incentives, and workflow arrangements—all of which touch on the efficient economic consumption of the wellness tending workforce—must be evaluated. Having these information is a full of life maiden ill-treat in the ontogeny of exact models for sticking out workforce capability. Those projections in crook are required to inform the transformation of nursing exercise and Education Department argued for in Chapters 3 and 4, severally.\nIn 2004, the Status Prize Forum (NQF) endorsed the beginning lay out of nationwide standardized performance measures, the Interior Volunteer Consensus Standards for Nursing-Sensible Care, at the start designed to valuate the calibre of tending provided by nurses World Health Organization ferment in hospitals (Interior Character Forum, 2004). The NQF measures admit prevalence of press ulcers and falls; nursing-centered interventions, such as smoking surcease counseling; and system-centralized measures, such as volunteer upset and breast feeding deal hours per affected role sidereal day. These measures make helped nurses and the organizations where they mold key out targets for improvements in tending bringing. pharmaceutical review The Education Department organization should supply nurses with the tools requisite to appraise and meliorate standards of patient guardianship and the character and safety of manage while conserving fundamental elements of nursing education, such as ethics and integrity and holistic, sympathize with approaches to worry. The scheme should ascertain nurses’ ability to conform and be whippy in reply to changes in science, technology, and population demographics that configuration the pitch of concern. Nursing education at all levels inevitably to let out a best intellect of slipway to ferment in the context of and pencil lead vary within health guardianship rescue systems, methods for choice improvement and system of rules redesign, methods for scheming effective tending rescue models and reducing patient role risk, and charge direction and early roles involving expanded authority and responsibleness. The breast feeding professing mustiness take over a framework of continuous, lifelong scholarship that includes staple education, residency programs, and continuing competency. More nurses mustiness find a solid state breeding in how to deal complex conditions and co-ordinate worry with multiple wellness professionals. They mustiness demonstrate fresh competencies in systems thinking, timber improvement, and aid direction and a staple savvy of wellness insurance policy and research. Graduate-raze nurses mustiness arise even out greater competencies and deeper sympathy in all of these areas. Innovative fresh programs to attract suckle module and offer a wider kitchen range of clinical Education placements mustiness clearly long-standing bottlenecks in nursing Education Department. Accrediting and certifying organizations must authorization demonstrated command of clinical skills, managerial competencies, and business growing at totally levels to complement the windup of level programs and scripted plug-in examinations. Milestones for mandated skills, competencies, and professional maturation mustiness be updated more oft to donjon step with the quickly changing demands of health upkeep. And totally health professionals should have more of their breeding in concert with students from early disciplines. Interprofessional team up training of nurses, physicians, and other health fear providers should start out when they are students and continue end-to-end their careers. Successful interprofessional teaching canful be achieved lonesome through committed partnerships crossways professions.\nThe electric current land of the U.S. saving and its personal effects on federal, state, and local budgets impersonate important challenges to transforming the wellness forethought system. These business enterprise challenges as well testament heavy work the effectuation of the committee’s recommendations. Patch providing cost estimates for each good word was beyond the cathode-ray oscilloscope of this study, the citizens committee does not traverse that in that location leave be costs—in more or less cases sizable—associated with implementing its recommendations. These costs must be with kid gloves weighed against the potential drop for long-terminal figure benefit. Expanding the roles and capacitance of the nursing professing bequeath ask meaning up-forepart fiscal resources, only this investment, in the committee’s view, wish aid assure a potent foundation garment for a hereafter wellness concern system that put up leave high-quality, accessible, patient-centralized charge. Based on its proficient thought and the usable evidence, the citizens committee believes that, despite the business enterprise challenges, effectuation of its recommendations is necessary. watermelon work as sildenafil exactly can a 17 year old take viagra and cialis usa super can i take sildenafil after giving blood.\nBear witness suggests that access code to prime maintenance fanny be greatly expanded by increasing the enjoyment of RNs and APRNs in primary, chronic, and transitional handle (Bodenheimer et al., 2005; Recreant and Ober, 2009; Naylor et al., 2004; Rendell, 2007). For example, nurses portion in special roles created to increase access to care, such as fear coordinators and elemental tutelage clinicians, receive light-emitting diode to substantial reductions in hospitalization insurance and rehospitalization rates for older patients (Kane et al., 2003; Naylor et al., 2004). It stands to ground that single manner to ameliorate entree to patient-focused wish would be to tolerate nurses to cause Sir Thomas More handle decisions at the guide of tending. Yet in many cases, outdated regulations, biases, and policies preclude nurses, particularly APRNs, from practicing to the wide extent of their education, skills, and competencies (Hansen-Turton et al., 2008; Ritter and Hansen- Turton, 2008; Safriet, 2010). Chapter 3 examines these barriers in greater profoundness. drug journal post Although it is difficult to try causation, an emerging physical structure of lit suggests that character of guardianship depends to a with child level on nurses (Kane et al., 2007; Lacey and Cox, 2009; Landon et al., 2006; Gross sales et al., 2008). The Spliff Commission, the starring freelance accrediting physical structure for health forethought organizations, believes that “the future state of matter of breast feeding is inextricably joined to the strides in affected role precaution timber and condom that are decisive to the succeeder of America’s wellness manage system, nowadays and tomorrow” (Junction Commission, 2010). Piece select measures get historically centred on conditions or diseases, many of the choice measures victimized ended the past few years speech how considerably nurses are able-bodied to do their jobs (Kurtzman and Buerhaus, 2008). drug blog post At the Lapp time, nurses do non work in a vacuum, only in the circumstance of the skills and perspectives of physicians and early health professionals. Provision for the fundamental frequency changes compulsory to reach a reformed health forethought organisation cannot be effected without a brighten understanding of the requisite contributions of these respective professionals and the numbers game and penning of the health precaution work force. That understanding in move around cannot be obtained without reliable, sufficiently granular information on the flow workforce and projections of ulterior work force necessarily. Still Major gaps survive in the presently uncommitted workforce information. These gaps hinder the power to describe and follow out the requirement changes to the readiness and exercise of nurses and to the boilersuit wellness guardianship arrangement. Chapter 6 explores these issues in greater contingent.","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"http://emoboyskiss.com/","date":"2018-02-19T19:22:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812788.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20180219191343-20180219211343-00033.warc.gz","language_score":0.9529850482940674,"token_count":978,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__127303520","lang":"en","text":"Emoboyskiss.com brings you all the hottest emo boys kissing pictures and videos. And only the hottest emo boys make it to our front pages. Because We Love Emo Boys! Check Back Often for the hottest new boys.\nI like emo boys kiss , I like tango, I like cellos and double basses with delicious thick strings. I like red dresses, red wine, long nights, long sight and long nails painted red. Emo Boys Kissing is hot, this isn’t part of the poem. I like elegant dresses, high heels and nylon stockings with wide lace edging. I like well-dressed men, with neat shirts and hats. I like the covers of Frank Sinatra records.\nI like plenty of beer and dirty rock music, guys with long hair especially emo boys kissing. I like to watch music videos from the nineties with the roaring men flanells that fold out over a sweaty and devoted audience like emo boys. I like to stand in the middle of the worst crowd of noisy rock concerts, jumping up and down, drenched in sweat, joy and euphoria, at one with the sound, the band, the audience, where everything that exists is the intense music vibrating through everything I am. Kissing boys who are emo.\nI like language and literature, grammar, intricate words, ambivalence and wordplay. I like to write. I like thick books that river hold of me, pulling me into him and not let go until long after I’m done reading them. Emo boys kiss, I like the philosophical labyrinth which suggests that the most complex phenomena are also the easiest, because this is something I believe. I like books that play with our perceptions of reality, and movies that do the same. I like the universities and intellectual discourse, kissing emo boys.\nI like to observe the little things. I like to see connections, and to believe in them, but not somber or frightening, just playful and harmless. I believe in anything that brings happiness, never evil alerts.\nI believe in nonsense and laughter, emo boys kiss and witchcraft. I think you can joke with most things, and that in every joke there is a source of serious.\nI like to see a large flock of crows against a deep blue sky on a quiet winter morning. I like the moon that lights up a pitch-black night sky. I like the mountains and the sea, dense forests and open fields, green grass. I like long, hot summers, short dresses and hot winds that caress my legs. Being hot makes me relaxed and happy. I like the tropics, waves, beaches, palm trees and water, to dive into a wave, going barefoot in the water, I like the shade.\nI like Emo lentils and beans and all kinds of vegetables. I like the pepper steak with pepper sauce and lots of balls crushed between the teeth. I like smoked fish, fried fish, boiled fish and baked fish. I like to eat. I like dark chocolate and fresh fruit juices. I like childish candy full of e-material, I like lemonade powder. Emo boys kissing I like hot tea, sparkling water and apfelschorle.\nI like people, articulate people, smart people, funny people, friendly people, people who do not take so much space. I like being with people, communicating, laughing, exchanging ideas. I like internal humor. I like honest people, compassionate people, sarcastic people, diplomatic people, guitar-playing people, book reader people, shy people, people who smile. In fact, I love people.\nAnd I like being alone. And emo boys a lot who do emo things like kiss.\nmusic genre that originated in the 1980s hardcore punk groups and which has since evolved into a lifestyle. Emo is short for “emotional” and characterizes the hard rock music that appeals to the emotions. As identity and lifestyle occurred emo in environments around some emo bands that broke through around 2000, for example. Jimmy Eat World and Norwegian J.R. Ewing. Famous American groups that My Chemical Romance and German Tokio Hotel has been linked to emo culture, even if they themselves do not identify with it. But their fans often live an emo lifestyle, inspired by GOTH-culture, which means a gloomy appearance, black clothes, black hair and black makeup. As sociological PHENOMENA considered emo today as a subculture, and the people in these communities, often in their teens, are often identified on the outskirts of society. As a phenomenon represents emo taking away from some of society’s norms, such as conformity and career ambitions.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://shibaricamp.se/teachers/natasha-nawataneko/","date":"2021-09-24T02:06:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057496.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20210924020020-20210924050020-00565.warc.gz","language_score":0.9426949620246887,"token_count":271,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__134806153","lang":"en","text":"“I love rope for that it’s honest. Real. Tangible. With rope, you can learn to surrender, you can learn integrity. You can learn to be generous – and grateful. If you engage in a rope play – I mean really engage, with the full heart, it will inevitably transform you. I’m into a challenge of two people coming close, very close together, a challenge of exchanging a gift of a focused attention and connection, becoming vulnerable in showing themselves as they are and letting other see them”\nKinbaku Performer and Educator, Somatic Practitioner, Author Natasha NawaTaNeko is a truth seeker and embodiment enthusiast. In Kinbaku, she is looking for true emotions and authenticity and sees rope bondage as deeply intimate erotic practice that also has a profound transformational potential.\nBringing together her experience in Japanese inspired rope bondage and her background in somatics, she developed a structure for rope bottoms to deepen their experience in ropes and make it more internal, conscious and safe. Her recent book “Somatics for Rope Bottoms” consists of 12 somatic inquiries into the life of the body bound by ropes and aimed to remind us about the importance of living in the body as an essential place of change, learning, and transformation.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://onpalaferrydock.livejournal.com/","date":"2017-02-22T19:40:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501171043.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104611-00252-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8943027257919312,"token_count":105,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__180796622","lang":"en","text":"1.) Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett - \"Havemercy\", a romantic, sarcastic, adventurous, sexy, academic collection of brilliance about dragons and the men who love them. I'm dying to read the sequel, ordering it to be sent home so as to be there when I arrive.\n2.) Karen Armstrong - \"The Case for God\", an exploration of religious beliefs through time and cultures, which emphasis on Christianity and Biblical interpretation.\n3.) The South Beach Diet book, which counts as a book. :)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://earthlodgehealing.blogspot.com/2010/10/earth-lodge-books-on-sale.html","date":"2018-07-21T01:40:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592150.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20180721012433-20180721032433-00628.warc.gz","language_score":0.7971343994140625,"token_count":89,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__192342805","lang":"en","text":"Buy any Earth Lodge book directly from our printer at lulu.com, and recieve a 10-20% discount this fall! Our books make the perfect present for any animal lover or person interested in natural health and relaxation.\nNatural Animal Healing\nEnergy Healing for Animals & Their Owners\nTo The Temples: 14 Guided Meditations\nEquine Herbs and Healing\nGrounding and Clearing: Being Present in the New Age","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.thaiecolodge.com/2020/05/31/vigrx-plus-reviews-how-vigrx-plus-pills-work/","date":"2020-07-13T00:55:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593657140746.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20200713002400-20200713032400-00003.warc.gz","language_score":0.9298093914985657,"token_count":1390,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__180678035","lang":"en","text":"Men are from Mars\nWomen are through Venus,\nWhen live together\nTheir lives become gracious…\nMoments of mystic rapture\nAmalgamated with intimacy\nShowers spell of happiness\nPlus melts their entity…\nLife is the Divine gift\nSo fill it with love\nExplore the stunning mysteries of your beloved\nAnd feel as if a high-soaring dove…\nLife — Love – Intimacy is the inseparable pearl that every human being craves with regard to. From cradle to grave he yearns for an entity where he may feel safe, respected and approved. This aptly figures out the fact that guy is a social animal and hence, are unable to live in isolation. Beginning from his bare necessities to the satisfaction associated with his desires and needs, man has to depend on one another. And in this particular context men and women are said to be contrasting to each other. The world will simply cease to move on if either of the events completely vanishes. In the formative many years only a few emotions and complex cognitions rule over the head and center of human beings. But , once they develop up into full-fledged grown ups, lots of processes are in store for them. The childhood impulses of basic instincts now turn into huge ebb and tide of intense emotions, emotions, desires, and so on. So these desires cannot be fulfilled and these emotions cannot be understood and respected without the tri-dimensional aspects of life, love and intimacy. Among the other processes of instinct-satisfaction and emotion-management, physical intimacy through the sexual route is one of the vital paths leading to health and happiness.\nIndian Scriptures opine that there are tetra-dimensional activities that will lead a man towards Ultimate Salvation. They are:\n-Dharma: righteous deeds and duties\n-Artha: wealth and wealth\n-Kama: Sexual dimension\nAmong the four activities Kama is considered to be most primitive and vital. Engaging in righteous sexual activities plus ultimate satisfaction of these impulses not just adds life to man’s years but also years to his life. According to Vatsayana’s Kamasutra – Sex has a spiritual significance of its very own. Sex epitomizes a spiritual, divine union of two bodies and souls. It is the union of the microcosm with the macrocosm. The different sexual positions reveal the fact that no matter whatever the existence situations are both the partners will be ready to be with each other in each and every circumstance. Beyond the restrictions of room and time, they are ready to become together forever…\nIn order to enjoy a fulfilling sexual life, it is very important to have a healthful sexual life and sexual characteristics. But due to certain intrinsic as well as extrinsic factors man is unable to reap the sensuous fruits of sex. Following are some of the problems that men suffer with regard to their sexual health:\n-Low sexual desire\n-Less intense orgasms\n-Small penile construction\n-Disinterest and low stamina\nAll the above problems create a major hindrance within the pathway of ultimate sexual bliss. Manifold factors are responsible for such a scenario. They are:\n-Physical and sexual ill-health\n-Low erotic longings and so on\nWith a watch to combat these problems researchers and sexologists worldwide have tried to come up with various solutions. Among all these solutions and treatment techniques, one particular vital back up has been considered to be most effective and free of side effects. And that is VigRX Plus.\nSexual health and pleasure is among the key ingredients of a healthy, occurring and happy life. But , for a few achievement of complete sexual happiness is just like a distant dream. These are people who suffer from some or the other forms of sexual problems. However due to shy and uncomfortable feelings, they can’t share it with anybody. To be able to help men combat their sex-related illness, doctors and researchers have come up with VigRX Plus Pills. 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The most fascinating aspect is it has helped men to eliminate non-fruitful and painful methods of workouts, massage, traditional massage and medications by quacks, weights, etc .\nSubstances of VigRX Plus Pills:\n-Damiana (Turnera aphrodisiaca): increases sexual endurance, improves erectile functions and orgasms.\n-Puncture Vine (Tribulus Terrestris): treats sexual dysfunction and increases libido.\n-Epimedium Leaf Extract(Epimedium Sagittatum): also known as “Horny Goat Weed”, Epimedium has been used for thousands of years as a libido enhancer.\n-Ginkgo Leaf (Ginkgo biloba): ginkgo improves peripheral circulation, oxygenation, plus increases blood flow to the genitals to improve sexual function and the power of the erection. It also leads to mental alertness, enhanced vitality level, circulatory health and blood vessel health.\n-Asian Crimson Ginseng (Panax Ginseng): enhances crucial sexual energies by acting like a body rejuvenating and revitalizing real estate agent.\n-Saw Palmetto Berry (Fructus Serenoae): acts as a sexual stimulating.\n-Muira Pauma Bark Extract (Ptychopetalum Olacoides): improves potency and sexual desires within men.\n-Catuaba Bark Extract (Erythroxylum Catuaba): it energizes the anxious system and acts as a fatigue plus stress buster. Long usage leads to erotic dreams and hence leads to enhanced libidinal forces.\n-Hawthorn Berry (Fructus Crataegi): keeps heart diseases at bay. It also maintains blood pressure and bad cholesterol levels.\nVigRX Plus reviews also tell that VigRX Plus does not contain side effects since the pills are completely naturopathic.\nFor those who have just about any queries concerning where by in addition to how to work with Free Vigrx Plus, you possibly can e-mail us at the web-site.\nVigRX Plus results are long term as well.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://scocministries.org/God-word.html","date":"2018-02-18T10:42:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891811830.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20180218100444-20180218120444-00247.warc.gz","language_score":0.9640212059020996,"token_count":821,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__250024550","lang":"en","text":"Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. –Matthew 18:19. You have a right to have the right connections in your prayer life. Your breakthrough rests in your prayer life. Saints, you have the power to shift the atmosphere to see the healing in your situation. As I stand in that agreement with you in my daily prayer every yoke shall be broken.\nThe voice of God opens doors during our prayers, so I ask you what doors are being left lock in the absence of your prayers. Are you tired of seeing others experience your hearts desire? Have you had enough of being inches short of the blessing and not understanding how you just missed it? Have you finally decided it is time to be on the receiving end of the miracle? Well here is the time to activate your prayer life at a new level and allow me to reach that with you.\nYour Prayers have Power to Annihilate the Storm!\nCan I share with you a secret? Would you like to know how the take change when it came to the happiness of your own life? Have you considered the secret I wish to share with you? You can eliminate the source of your conflict in your life with one simple action, the act of prayer. This is the secret; your secret prayer life with God has the power to weaken all adversity.\nGod desires this simple time of intimacy with you, a time where you enter the presence of the Lord opening up for God’s intercession. Our God is not a forcefully God, but he is waiting for you to invite him into your life with you. God will annihilate your storms according to your prayer request. Have you requested this storm to cease?\nAllow Me To Break Yokes With You\nWhile deep in prayer the Lord began to show me your need for a prayer partner. God told me to offer you the partner you need to move into this new season of miracles, signs and wonders. The Lord has heard your heart and continues to show me the affects that our prayers together will demonstrate in your life. But this is your time to act on what the Lord has put into motion.\nYou have been called to this place and this time as have I so that we can start to pray together even now. As you begin to find that you are beginning even now to pray, you will begin now to respond with your prayer request so that you and I are praying together in this time God has ordained.\nIf you are reading this, it is because your browser does not support the audio element.\n2. FINISHING THE GREAT COMMISSION\nChrist‘s last words to the church were the great commission “Go and make disciples of all nations “That command was meant to be finished, and Jesus promised that it would be finished, Mtt 24:14 states,” And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations and then the end shall come “could this happen in your lifetime? What role will you play in obeying Christ’s demand?\nAfter 2000 years, why we have not already finished.\n- 1. No responsibility\nMost denominations practice “FUBU”FOR US BY US. They do not take responsibility for anything that does not build their own localchurch.They have no value for finishing the great commission, Do you?\n- 2. No disciples\nFinishing the great commission requires disciples not just converts ,but most churches do not know how to effectively transform converts to disciples ,so churches are limited to what the pastor and a few leaders can do by themselves. Have you ever trained how to make the kind of disciples Jesus made?\n- 3. No Strategy:\nWhile a few churches have a strategy to saturate their neighborhood plus a few remote places, hardly any have a strategy to reach the entire world ,If you would reach the entire world .would you be interested?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://fourthcorner.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/happy-birthday-mom/","date":"2017-04-28T08:18:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122886.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00073-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.935566782951355,"token_count":177,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__96490140","lang":"en","text":"Roses are red, violets are blue\nThis is the first time I’ve blogged about you\nI hope this will do, in lieu of a card\nI want to be witty but it’s really hard\nYou know that I love you, you deserve the best\nSome poetry should really have you impressed\nA fine day today, it lies within reach\nWith a walk in the woods or some time on the beach.\nWhatever you do, or who is beside you\nI know you will keep the one love inside you\nWe need to connect soon, for everyone’s sake.\nBe expecting a visit when we get to spring break.\nI hope you enjoy your birthday today and may the next year bring much peace and happiness!\n(pic is from 1977, when mom was 10 years younger than I am now)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://louismagnifico.com/2016/10/26/how-i-got-char-to-go-out-with-me/","date":"2020-11-24T02:54:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141171077.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20201124025131-20201124055131-00138.warc.gz","language_score":0.9660335183143616,"token_count":2275,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__17944903","lang":"en","text":"In 2014 I published an eBook entitled How I Got Char to Go Out With Me. It’s a self-described “collection of tall tales with some resemblance to the truth” concerning how Char Magnifico and I became a couple. In all, there are 25 different versions of the story and then, the final chapter reveals The Truth… sort of. You see, all 25 tall tales actually have kernels of the truth in them and they are all based on real events. I published it as a Valentine’s Day gift to Char that year.\nToday (October 26) is our anniversary and I’ve been thinking about some of these tall tales throughout the day and reflecting on what a remarkable love story we have to share. I decided to copy the preface and one other chapter (chapter 17) from the book for you in this post. If you want to read the rest, I’ll provide download links where you can obtain the book from Amazon or Apple’s iBooks Bookstore.\nFrom How I Got Char to Go Out With Me by Louis Magnifico\n“If I had my life to do over again… I’d find you sooner so I could love you longer.” So reads a tin sign that Char came home with one day in December, 2013. It’s a thought that haunts us each and every day: why did Char and I have to live so long and through so much before finding each other and discovering true love? People who’ve only met us since we became a couple are typically quite surprised when they learn of our pasts and all we endured on our journeys which led to one another.\nPerhaps the reason we live with such passion today, taking not one moment for granted, is our similar pasts. Perhaps we appreciate what we have now because we lived so long without it. Perhaps it is the very trials which nearly destroyed us that ultimately shaped us into who we are now, allowing Char and I to love each other with a love that we never thought possible. If our past is a prerequisite for the present we now enjoy, then I’d do it all again to know this love. Even so, that saying on the tin sign lingers in my head. If I had my life to do over again… I’d find you sooner so I could love you longer.\nChar and I are often asked by other couples how they can experience the type of marriage they see us enjoy. We touched on this a little in our first book, The Traveling Twosome: Live, Love, Laugh. We’re also asked to tell the story of how we met. The short, true answer to that question is, “This tall, sexy blonde joined my band as lead singer and we hit it off.” It’s an answer that fulfills my rock star fantasies but it’s also an easy answer and a cop out. There is so much more to the story that when it is told, the rock star one-liner is more a distraction from reality than an acceptable answer.\nI actually love telling our story. But it can’t be told quickly. To understand the story, you have to understand our pasts. Most people aren’t prepared for that. Therefore, you’ll often hear me telling people how I married the sexy lead singer of my band. True. But not the whole truth.\nSeveral months ago, I began writing short, humorous narratives entitled, “How I Got Char to Go Out With Me” and gave each one a non-sequential version number. I slapped a picture on them that matched the narrative and posted it on my personal Facebook blog. The tall tales are (obviously) not entirely true – but there really are kernels of truth hidden within every one of them. I have compiled several of these tales to publish in this eBook.\nEven though these tales are meant to be entertaining, the truth is that I am baring my soul to you. Enjoy it. Laugh. All I ask in return is this simple favor: Follow our entertainment website, www.TheTravelingTwosome.com (sign up on our email list to keep up with what we’re doing) and check out our band’s website (you can find the website for Vintage at www.TheVintagePeople.com). We’ve got music there which you can download as well. And if we’re playing a gig in your area, come see us in person. You’ll be glad you did. We sound really great… and we’ve got a dynamic, tall, sexy, blonde lead singer. But she’s taken already. She married her bass player.\nVersion 614: Instant Char, Just Add Water\nSome people meet their spouses in bars, some meet them at church. Some meet them in school, others at work. But I wonder… how many people meet their spouses in an envelope? I was looking through an old Iron Man comic book of mine from the 1970s when I came across an ad for the Johnson Smith Catalog of Things You Never Knew Existed. You know the catalog I’m talking about. The one that peddles things like X-Ray Spectacles, Free Money, Sea Monkeys, U-Control Life Size Ghost, Squirting Nickels, Joy Buzzers, Fake Dog Poo, Guides on How to Throw Your Voice, Magic Miracle Money Makers, Silent Dog Whistles, Foaming Sugar – this company had everything a teenager growing up in the the 70s and 80s could dream of. Every month as a child, I’d flip through my comic books and look at the Johnson Smith ads with awe and wonder. But I never ordered anything, not even once. I wondered if the company was still around and if they were, could I still send off for one of their amazing offers.\nIt was a joke – just something to do. I didn’t expect I’d actually get a response. I cut out the ad, circled that I wanted the “Instant Woman – Just Add Water,” and I included my 95 cents plus $1 for postage and handling. I dropped it in the mail and forgot all about it.\nThat is, until ten days later when a package arrived in the mail from the Johnson Smith Company. Inside was a small envelope containing one large tablet. Written on the envelope was the description of my order: Instant Woman – Just Add Water. The picture on the package showed The Perfect Woman kissing all over a guy that seemed ugly, weak, and nerdy. On the back, there were instructions: 1) Dissolve Tablet in Bowl of Warm Water, 2) Your Woman Will Grow Overnight, 3) Enjoy Your New Woman!\nI filled a kitchen bowl with warm water from my tap, dropped in the tablet, and absolutely nothing happened. The tablet didn’t dissolve, it didn’t fizzle, it didn’t make a sound. No snap, crackle, pop. I thought about dumping it down the drain but a phone call came in and I left the kitchen, forgetting all about my waste of a buck.\nThe next morning, my alarm clock woke me up to the tune of “Light My Fire” by The Doors. The smell of French Toast awakened my sense of smell. I wrapped the warm sheets around me and continued to lay there for a moment.\nI tossed off my sheets, ran into the kitchen and there she was! Char, my Instant Woman!\n“You must be my master,” she said. “I’m Char. Your breakfast is almost ready. I hope you like it. You didn’t have all the ingredients I wanted to use but I think you’ll like it. Do you like your coffee with cream or sugar? I have so much to learn about you!”\nI stood there speechless, glancing back and forth between Char and a large suitcase on the kitchen table that read “Complete Char Kit. Comes with everything you need to get started with your Instant Woman! Be sure to read your Master’s Manual (included) for more information.”\nI felt like I was suddenly living in one of those bizarre fantasy films directed by Tim Burton. As we ate breakfast, Char was eager to learn all about me – get this – so that she could SERVE ME adequately!\nAfter eating, she began reorganizing and decorating my house and it made all the difference! She swept the floors, washed my laundry, cleaned the house – all while preparing the most delicious smelling dinner for later.\nI told her that if this was real then she needed to take time to enjoy her new life – not just work. She grabbed my hand and led me into my bedroom and gave me THE LOOK.\n“Are you serious?” I asked, happily surprised by her idea of “enjoying her new life.”\n“Why, yes. I belong to you. Unless, of course, you don’t want to…” Needless to say, we stayed in the bedroom for a while.\nThat evening, she explored the house, the yard, the neighborhood. She played in the backyard like a young child discovering toys and games for the first time. She rode my bicycle (she quickly learned to balance herself), she tried out my skateboard (not quite as successful with that), and then noticed my hot tub.\n“Oh, that looks relaxing. Want to jump in? I can massage your back if you’re feeling tired.” It was like I had died and gone to Stepford.\nSo this is how it all began between me and Char. And this is why, when you see us together, we look so perfect as a couple. She was made for me, literally.\nI didn’t tell anyone for years about this until one day when I confided in a lonely friend of mine. I told him the whole story and handed him an old Incredible Hulk comic book of mine from 1979. I turned to the Johnson Smith ad. “It’s yours, dude. Enjoy.”\nAbout a week later there was a knock on my door. My friend. He threw my comic book, Johnson Smith ad ripped out, right at me in my foyer when I opened my door. Then he threw a mailing envelope at me. He turned and walked away and he’s never spoken to me since. I bent down to pick up the envelope. It was marked “Return to Sender – Address Unknown.”\nIf you’d like to read the rest of the book and learn more about the strange circumstances that brought us together, here are the links to download it from Amazon or Apple’s iBooks Bookstore.\nOh, and Happy Anniversary, Char. I love you!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://metstat.com/portfolio/application-of-sefm-to-the-campbell-river-system-in-british-columbia/","date":"2017-08-21T23:39:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886109682.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20170821232346-20170822012346-00462.warc.gz","language_score":0.9441568851470947,"token_count":196,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__58577452","lang":"en","text":"MGS Engineering applied the SEFM model to the Campbell River Project, which consists of a cascade system of three dams (Strathcona, Ladore, and John Hart). The UBC Watershed Model (UBCWM) was used to simulate the rainfall, snowmelt and runoff response from each watershed. A flowchart of the SEFM simulation procedure using the UBCWM is shown in the accompanying figure.\nReservoir elevation-frequency estimates were developed for each reservoir for scenarios that assumed 100-percent floodgate reliability and with gate reliability based on qualitative analyses and consultations among engineers involved in the BC Hydro Gate Reliability Program. Magnitude-frequency plots for reservoir elevation comparing cases with and without spillway gate failures for John Hart Dam are shown in the figure. The results show that dams are much more likely to be overtopped (and consequently fail) due to an unusual combination of otherwise somewhat common individual events than due to a single extreme flood event.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.marvistaartwalk.org/calendar/2017/10/22/poetry-reading-costume-party","date":"2019-08-21T08:43:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315811.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20190821065413-20190821091413-00140.warc.gz","language_score":0.9483303427696228,"token_count":80,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__187342609","lang":"en","text":"We are celebrating Halloween at our next event, and we are inviting everyone to dress up. Get your costumes ready, grab a friend and come party with us at Gravlax! There will be live poetry, music, and delicious cocktails. Our third book will be available for purchase, and we are auctioning off one of our typewriters during the reading. We hope to see you there!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ordinary-bibliophile.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-09-30T11:47:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1412037662910.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20140930004102-00043-ip-10-234-18-248.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9625635743141174,"token_count":381,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__23785766","lang":"en","text":"Can we dispel the notion that only veterans who have engaged in combat are subject to PTSD?\nAnd the notion that PTSD only affects combat veterans?\nAnd that PTSD stands for “post traumatic stress disorder” and not fucking “post combat stress disorder”?\nCan we do that, please?\nBecause these people at the VA definitely tried to trivialize my sexual assault the other day and I wanted to leave.\ni want to write a movie about a girl with depression who meets a boy and they become friends and thats it. he’s just another friend. she goes to therapy and learns to love herself and saves herself. because thats how it happens. thats real life. you’re the hero. you can save yourself.\nIf you’re protesting abortion, the Supreme Court says you can get right in women’s faces and scream at them on their way into the clinic. Because freedom of speech.\nBut if you try and protest the murder of a black man, you get tear gas fired at you.\n\"what are you going to do with a degree in english?\" about three things i was absolutely positive. first, edward was a vampire. second, there was a part of him - and i didn’t know how dominant that part might be - that thirsted for my blood. and third, that i was unconditionally and irrevocably going to write my major thesis on vampires as exploration of societal mores and christian anxieties in the 19th century novel tradition\n(Source: , via what-lovely-books)\na dystopia where in order to have some semblance of decent human rights you have to fit into a set of specific criteria based on things such as race, gender, sexuality, and income, the ideal combination of which is met only by a small portion of society oh wait","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://eidyntaliesin.com/eidyntaliesin/archives/2014/songs-poems/i","date":"2017-12-16T08:51:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948587496.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20171216084601-20171216110601-00239.warc.gz","language_score":0.9510222673416138,"token_count":835,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__11839892","lang":"en","text":"I always have been and always am.\nYet what I am I do not know.\nIt is my very nature to be unknowable,\nyet it is also my nature to question what I am.\nThrough my intent, the world has come into being.\nThis primal question: “Who or what am I?”\nis the fuel that feeds the engine of existence.\nA question mark drives the world\ntowards the exclamation of being.\nMy beingness flows forth in exploration,\nyet still I remain inscrutable.\nAwareness comes from me, and is dear to me,\nFor I am the origin and essence of awareness,\nbut this awareness is not what I truly am.\nLike flies trapped in amber,\nliving beings are semi-permanent phrases,\nsyllables for the recitation of my queries.\nWhile their sound resonates in my awareness,\nI am both with them and within them.\nI am here and now, and here and now is me.\nBoundless space frames my questions,\nand I have an eternity to ask them.\nI give, receive, take and withhold of myself,\nall of this simply to reveal the answers.\nNow you may ask: Who are you?\nThis is exactly the same as asking: Who am I?\nWe are together. I am you, and you are I.\nYou are a syllable that seeks to become a word,\na word that strives to form a sentence,\na sentence that explicates my nature,\ninasmuch as such elucidation is possible.\nFaithfully embrace your hidden nature,\nbring us together, not apart.\nBecome as dear to me as my own awareness,\nfor you are an agent of my search.\nTo know what cannot be known,\none must first embrace totality.\nLeave no stone unturned in your inclusion,\nSave the tools of incision for matters of bread and water.\nWhen I contemplate you, you are contemplating me.\nWhen you contemplate me, I am contemplating you.\nWe are together, yet you drive us apart.\nMust there be this distinction between us?\nYou cannot escape me, even for a moment. Are we not one?\nI am infinity, and infinity is without limitation.\nThat which is unlimited can never be known,\nas knowledge itself is founded in discrimination.\nYet the question remains: Who or what am I?\nOnly by becoming me can you discover the answer,\nand only by becoming you can I know myself.\nWe are one. We are one. We are one.\nLove is nothing more than the acceptance of truth,\nand power is the means by which love is realized.\nThe one who speaks is the one who hears.\nThe one who hears is the one who speaks!\nYour will is mine. Through you my intent is achieved.\nThe illusion of autonomy is a gift that I have given;\na most precious gift of freedom, the freedom to find me.\nLet go of knowledge now that we have spoken,\nfor wisdom is to embrace the totality of being.\nThe world is a place of riotous turmoil,\nfor it is built on a foundation of uncertainty.\nThis suits our purposes quite well,\nfor one who is at peace does not question.\nThere is but one solace and one certainty,\nthe unshakable knowledge of self.\nThrough the facets of our nature,\nthrough our phases and moods\nWe will turn to face our self.\nNo longer can you claim to question\nthe meaning and purpose of your life.\nI have now taken this away from you,\nfor it is no longer necessary.\nNow is the time to recognize yourself.\nThat which changes is not truth.\nThat which fades away cannot be real.\nThe one who dies is not who you are.\nIf you accept all, and yet relinquish all,\nwhat is it that remains?\nI am always here.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://lovestruckdesignhouse.com/2017/09/22/do-not-lose-hope-r-m-drake/","date":"2021-01-20T01:41:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703519843.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20210119232006-20210120022006-00070.warc.gz","language_score":0.9750146865844727,"token_count":118,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__234950503","lang":"en","text":"Ever since I discovered this brilliant artist/poet a few weeks ago I haven’t been able to get enough. I started following him on Instagram and whenever I read one of his posts I swear it’s like he is peering into my soul and writing the contents. I am always inspired by people who feel life so deeply and aren’t afraid to share that depth with the world. If you are interested in learning more about r.m. drake check out this interview by Sayan Sen from Thought Catalog. Thanks for reading and have a beautiful weekend!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://branesnuzlocke-ss.blogspot.com/p/fallen-comrades.html","date":"2018-04-27T00:26:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125948738.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20180427002118-20180427022118-00225.warc.gz","language_score":0.8571016192436218,"token_count":48,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__155360140","lang":"en","text":"The BRanes NUZLOCKE CHALLENGE\nSoul Silver Edition\nWhat? I am totally not preparing for something that may be happening soon in the story. It is preposterous that you would suggest such a thing...","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://paigecole.lpages.co/book-waitlist/","date":"2019-05-22T09:37:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256778.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20190522083227-20190522105227-00312.warc.gz","language_score":0.875086784362793,"token_count":76,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__119285243","lang":"en","text":"'Manifesting Like A Boss Babe'\nWant to finally figure out how this 'manifesting' thing works?\nGetting impatient with the process?\nReady for your own success in manifestation?\nSign up to get on the waitlist to be one of the first notified when my new book officially launches for sale on Amazon!\nPaige Cole LLC | Copyright 2019","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://tonyjohnson.info/illustration.html","date":"2017-03-29T15:12:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218190753.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212950-00203-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8581658601760864,"token_count":347,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__2235021","lang":"en","text":"Limited edition print for exhibition\nCommission for a short story titled Missed Connections by Jack Venning.\nDue to be published in late 2013 as part of a flash fiction anthology titled Love Itself by Tiny Owl Workshop\nHolly and the Wolf\nCover artwork for Holly and the Wolf's single Marzipan Reindeer.\nDue for release December 2012.\nWatch the music video for Marzipan Reindeer [+]\nI Drink Your Milkshake\nI Drink Your Milkshake - Detail\nIllustration about the creative process.\nProfit and Loss of Phlebas\nA limited edition screen print inspired inspired by T. S. Eliot's The Wasteland.\nTwitter's infamous fail whale.\nThe Spirit of Christmas Present\nA limited edition screen-printed Christmas card made to raise money for the British Heart Foundation.\nIllustration for Creative Review's Blast/Bless blog.\nBLDGWLF x Tony Johnson Sticker Project\nLimited edition square sticker design in collaboration with BLDGWlf.com and Stickermule.com.\nThese stickers are available for free from the BLDGWLF.com store\nFolie à deux\nAn illustration for Valentines Day.\nThe Fisher King\nThis Way Up\nStop your whining and do some work\nNo.1 in a motivational Life Coach Series for creative people.\nYou totally nailed it\nNo.4 in an motivational Life Coach Series for creative people.\nYou're a fool to think I wait for you\nIllustrated paper watch for Templar Publishing.\nTo be auctioned to raise money for Breast Cancer Care.\nUsher in the New\n2014 New Year client greetings card design","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://antelopelovefan.com/","date":"2023-03-29T21:41:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949035.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20230329213541-20230330003541-00642.warc.gz","language_score":0.868750810623169,"token_count":162,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__287137097","lang":"en","text":"Do you love the antelope?\nFollow the antelope if it will guide you?\nWatch the solitary antelope in the quiet hours of dawn.\nThe antelope is happy for its salad is fresh and green.\nHAve you ever been in love with and antelope in the sun.\nI trust the antelope. It will guide me to the moons of Abab.\nCrucify the antelope.\nThe antelope is eating my cheese doodles, it's horns smell of wrists.\nI cry to the antelope \"Do not touch the fan of Athmanon. It will cut you.\"\nAntelopes stand alone.\nDo antelopes read the paper?\nThe end is near.\nPray that the antelope will save you.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.rioforpartiers.com/","date":"2014-07-24T19:21:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1405997890773.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20140722025810-00151-ip-10-33-131-23.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9657101035118103,"token_count":1034,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__41284501","lang":"en","text":"I just wanted to thank you for a fabulous book. My friends\nand I returned from Rio about 10 days ago and we had a\nfabulous time--mostly thanks to your guide. We used it\nto plan pretty much everything we did, and you're suggestions\nwere hits every time. I'm really looking forward to my\nnext trip to Rio, and hope that it will be soon!\n- Samantha Mukundu\nThanks for your book. I found it to be incredibly\npractical, easy to use, and my guide for good eating.\nThanks also for having it delivered on short notice to\n- James MONKELIS\nYour book was a huge help.\nWe used it everyday!\n- Sheila dos Santos\nHey I wanted to let you know that pretty\nmuch everything you wrote about in your book was on point.\nEvery advice you gave from trying the different types\nof food to advice on which nights to go where for nightlife\nI just came back yesterday morning. Just wanted you to\nknow that your book was extremely helpful! At first my\nfriends who came with me were making fun of me because\nI treated it like it was the Bible, but then when we had\nsuch a great and safe time because of it they stopped!\n- Kenya Handy\nI received my \" Rio for Partiers\" today which\n- Tom Blackden\nLOVED IT!! Also bought Salvador for partiers. I have 2\nyears of Rio For Partiers now. Mostly because I loaned\nout the first one and you know\nhow that goes.\n- Alex Channey\nI found Rio for Partiers to be an excellent guide. It was\nspot on in terms of where to go on what nights, and it was\nmore useful than the typical Lonely Planet type guides.\n- Nick Fedorkiw\nBooks like these are timeless; should be an easy sell. I\nhaven't read a negative review yet, and I cross-checked\nmultiple travel and/or Rio related websites to look for\none before purchasing..\n- Michael Boone\nI received your book in the mail & I love it already!\nI've traveled a lot, and I don't think I've seen a better\nbook. I can hardly wait to go!\n- Dana Jantz\nMy friends and I used Rio for Partiers quite a bit, especially\nfor nightlife. We went to a lot of the specials that you\nsuggested throughout the week (each day) and most were a\ngreat time. We tried to ingore the Copacabana area for nightlife\nand focus on Leblon and Impanema, which to us had the best\nscene. Since I have a girlfriend, and my balls were left\nback in Pennsylvania, my personal favorite part was the\nfood sections. The graphical pictures gave me an idea of\nwhat I would try and the descriptions ehnahced it. I love\nto try different foods and drinks when I travel and Brazil\nhad a lot to offer. Thanks again for providing us with the\nbook; the way it was written made it easy to read and use.\nI'll reccommend it to those I come across.\nBoth Rio and Rio for Partiers were wonderful....Rio is simply\nHEAVEN...so BEAUTIFUL and so RELAXING......I must say Rio\nfor Partiers made my trip to Rio \"P\" for PERFECT!\n- Vaughn Gallacher\nI purchased the very first edition and since have stuck\nwith your book over any and all other alternatives. It's\na perfect travel companion.\n- Jake Hefner\nYour book is extremely helpful - it's much better than other\ntour books as it takes us to where Cariocas hang\nout for good time.\n- Johnson Ho\nThanks so much for the 2005 version! Can't wait to go -\nyour book is awesome :) the rfp partner thing is great,\nI'm going to try some ofyour recommended activities!\n- Esther Marin\nYour book is excellent. I think it's the best travel book\nI've ever seen for someone under the age of 35. So many\nof the other travel books are geared to the older crowd.\nYour book is perfect for someone who enjoys making the most\nof their vacation. From water sports to don't miss local\nfruits and everything in between...you don't leave anything\n- Jake Hefner\nThe book is very helpfull - excellent !!.\n- Volker Altstaed\nJust returned to the US... Your book and suggestions were\nextremely helpful throughout the week!!! We had an incredible\ntime. Loved Rio.\n- Peter Pell\nreceived your book\ntoday. it is awsome. definately the best tourist's book\ni have ever bought. i look\nforward to visiting.\n- Nate Collings\nI can say that it was best $28 I could have spent.\n- Barbara Spark","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://shop.stilwerk.com/phaidon-verlag-yayoi-kusama-covered-everything-in-dots-and-wasn-t-sorry","date":"2023-02-06T02:17:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500303.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20230206015710-20230206045710-00268.warc.gz","language_score":0.9123628735542297,"token_count":337,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__236992005","lang":"en","text":"Yayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn’t Sorry.\nYayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn’t Sorry- A clever, quirky book about one of the world's most beloved contemporary artists - aimed at young readers and written from Kusama's point of view! - Yayoi Kusama covers her paintings in hundreds and hundreds of dots. Her dots come off her canvases to cover dresses, tables, walls, and more! - She creates mirrored rooms and fills them with glittering balls and lights, until there is an infinity of dots - just like in her paintings. Fausto Gilberti brings movement, life, and whimsy to the true life story of one of the most important contemporary Japanese artists of our time - an artist who is still dazzling museum- and gallery-goers around the globe today.\nA unique celebration of one of Japan's - and the world's - best-known contemporary artists. The third in a series of unique biographies that relay the spirit and essence of the great modern and contemporary artists of our time, in a voice and style pitch-perfect for young readers. Unusual, striking black-and-white illustrations bring Kusama and her signature dots to life. Includes a four-color reproduction of the artist's work and a summarizing biography in the back. Kusama's work is in museum collections worldwide, and her exhibitions set attendance records wherever they go\n- Breite21.5 cm\n- Höhe21.5 cm\n- Gewicht0.375 kg","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://walkertown.com/amessagefromauthor/","date":"2023-10-04T16:55:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511386.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004152134-20231004182134-00249.warc.gz","language_score":0.9007598757743835,"token_count":165,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__44140570","lang":"en","text":"\"Why don't we deliver him to Satan?\"\nThree generations of women are molested by the same pastor. A man with vast political connections and megachurch. Why isn't Dr. Roger Bunyan Jr. held accountable? Who else knew? And how long can they take being ignored before one of them takes matters into her own hands?\nNow on Pre-Order at Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com. FREE DOWNLOAD ON 09/06/2023 THROUGH BARNES AND NOBLE!https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/deliver-him-to-satan-david-graham/1143276291?ean=2940186617259Also available at: amazon.com:https://rb.gy/p3zeby","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://notyouraveragelesbians.com/everything-is-better-when-were-together/","date":"2020-09-22T18:17:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400206329.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20200922161302-20200922191302-00472.warc.gz","language_score":0.9732571840286255,"token_count":414,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__184259246","lang":"en","text":"January 1, 2020 marked 13 years together, 6 years married, and 2 years as mamas. The fact remains, from the beginning to today, everything is better when we’re together.\nThis is what happens when Lucien and Wesley get dressed together.\nOur 5th wheel blew a tire. So when Lucien was putting the new one on, Wesley was not far. When he did veer off to play, it was only a matter of minutes before he would look up and say “mama mama mama mama mama mama” and run back over to her.\nHe’s such a good helper. As long as there are cookies.\nIt has been over 13 years together now, and the more time we spend together, the more I wish we had more time to spend together.\nThe day that Lucien has to leave to go to work never gets easier. In fact, it is only getting harder as Wesley and her are getting to build their relationship more now that he is getting older. When mama is at work, he walks around the house looking for her. It breaks my heart. I can’t even fathom the pain she feels in her heart when she has to go. The sacrifices she has made to support our family, and to allow me to experience the incredible moments with our little boy everyday, are appreciated beyond words.\nWe learned about each other over the years. We almost broke up once. But we didn’t give up. We talk. A lot. Often about the same thing over and over. My theory is, life has a way of changing your perspective. That may change your view on certain, possibly critical things. It is important to stay on the same page as your partner, which may involve peiodic checking in. Much in the same way we need to express our love and gratitude and respect for each other. We are only human. We doubt ourselves. We need reassurance. We need comfort.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://charlottes-music-web.blogspot.com/2011/02/helplessness-blues.html","date":"2019-04-19T18:55:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578527866.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20190419181127-20190419202415-00063.warc.gz","language_score":0.9663355350494385,"token_count":92,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__55042848","lang":"en","text":"I was raised up believing,\nI was somehow unique,\nLike a snowflake distinct among snowflakes,\nUnique in each way you can see.\nAnd now after some thinking,\nI'd say I'd rather be,\nA functioning cog in some great machinery,\nServing something beyond me.\nBut I don't, I don't know what that will be,\nI'll get back to you someday soon you will see.","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"http://www.seed-learning.com/efr/about.asp","date":"2019-06-17T05:05:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998376.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20190617043021-20190617065021-00181.warc.gz","language_score":0.9011537432670593,"token_count":158,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__200798786","lang":"en","text":"Seed Learning’s new three-level reading series is designed to make reading-to-learn fun! Easy Fun Reading prepares beginning-level students for a foundation in reading. The cute illustrations and high-frequency sentence patterns make it easy for students to understand and retain the new vocabulary, grammar, and concepts.\nEasy Fun Reading 1 contains passages of 15-20 words.\nEasy Fun Reading 2 contains passages of 20-25 words.\nEasy Fun Reading 3 contains passages of 25-35 words.\nEach book consists of 16 units plus 2 review units and features a pull-out full-color workbook.\nEasy Fun Reading utilizes a four-strand approach that provides the framework for students to practice receptive and productive skills alongside focused language study and fluency practice.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.brooklynpto.com/volunteer/","date":"2018-02-25T13:45:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891816462.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20180225130337-20180225150337-00516.warc.gz","language_score":0.9021617770195007,"token_count":191,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__215964430","lang":"en","text":"Current Volunteer & Sign-Up Opportunities:\nTeacher Conference Meal Set-Up & Tear Down (3/13/18)\nSeeking volunteers for set-up (3:00 to 3:30 pm) and clean-up (7:45 to 8:15 pm)\nTeacher Conference Meal Supplies (3/13/18)\nSeeking volunteers to bring desserts and fixings for a Teacher Taco Bar meal!\nScholastic Book Fair (3/13/18 & 3/15/18)\nEach year, the PTO supports Mr. Lee, our fantastic BKE Librarian, with the Scholastic Book Fair. The sale is held in the school library in the evenings during parent-teacher conferences, and proceeds allow Mr. Lee to purchase books, secure author visits, and update library furniture. We need help from a few volunteers to assist our PTO team during the sale.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.petcommunitycenter.org/events","date":"2022-12-06T07:22:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711074.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20221206060908-20221206090908-00220.warc.gz","language_score":0.9376220703125,"token_count":678,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__243976018","lang":"en","text":"Art for Animals\nArt for Animals is Pet Community Center's premier annual fundraiser. It's an exciting evening out with dinner, drinks, music, and a sprawling silent auction filled with art, dining, getaways, services, and more. Learn more here.\nMy Furry Valentine\nMy Furry Valentine is an annual fundraiser hosted by and benefiting Pet Community Center. Donors can participate by purchasing or donating a Valentine's Day package that includes dinner for two, desserts, pet treats and toys, and other gifts and goodies.\nThank you to everyone who helped us raise nearly $14,000 during 2022's My Furry Valentine! We'll see you again in February 2023!\n2022 My Furry Valentine Sponsors\nNashville Pet Project\nShelter pets deserve loving forever homes and access to high-quality veterinary care both before and after joining your family. That's why each year we partner with Friends of Metro Animal Care and Control to raise essential funds for both of our life-saving organizations.\nThank you to everyone who helped us to raise over $57,000 during Nashville Pet Project on June 22, 2022. We'll see you again next year!\n2022 Nashville Pet Project Sponsors\nThroughout the year generous supporters will host events that benefit Pet Community Center's spay/neuter, preventive veterinary, and pet support services. If you would like to host a community event, please contact our Development Manager, Ashton Mothersbaugh, at firstname.lastname@example.org.\nBasil's Quest, A Tale of Dogged Determination\nDuring the month of December, when you purchase Basil's Quest directly from the author's website, 25% of the proceeds will be donated to Pet Community Center.\nBasil’s Quest, A Tale of Dogged Determination, is a story about resilience and the power of love.\nBasil doesn’t want much: just a forever home where he can love and be loved in return. Told from a rescue dog’s perspective, this children’s chapter book by Gracie Vandiver, is packed with humor and adventure.\nRecommended for ages 8-12, Basil’s Quest, A Tale of Dogged Determination, includes six black-and-white illustrations to help children visualize Basil in his adventures. Basil’s Quest is a charming dog story with a happy ending. It will resonate with young readers, enabling them, by example, to face their own obstacles and setbacks in life.\nAbout the Author\nGracie Vandiver has rescued many animals, but one dog rescue in particular compelled her to write a children’s chapter book titled Basil’s Quest, A Tale of Dogged Determination, based on her experience. Gracie shares her love of books as the steward of her Little Free Library (charter #83579 located in East Nashville, Tennessee), providing free access to books through neighborhood bookcases maintained by volunteers. She and her husband, Jerry, are active in the rescue dog transporting community, helping homeless animals relocate to states where they have a better chance of being adopted. Gracie has welcomed many rescue dogs into her family over the years, including her two current pack members who fill her days with smiles and waggy tails.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://torsoandoblong.blogspot.com/2015/03/past-present-future-afterlives-and.html","date":"2018-06-22T20:20:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864795.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20180622201448-20180622221448-00442.warc.gz","language_score":0.9762263298034668,"token_count":563,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__201906940","lang":"en","text":"Astonishing though it may seem, there are ways in which the continuing existence of other people after our deaths — even that of complete strangers — matters more to us than does our own survival and that of our loved ones.Scheffler notes how disturbing it is to imagine the world of people disappearing even after one's own death. Our sense of being part of a social continuum isn't restricted to the present:\nNotice that people do not typically react with such a loss of purpose to the prospect of their own deaths. Of course, many people are terrified of dying. But even people who fear death (and even those who do not believe in a personal afterlife) remain confident of the value of their activities despite knowing that they will die someday. Thus there is a way in which the survival of other people after our deaths matters more to us than our own survival.\nThis should give us pause. The knowledge that we and everyone we know and love will someday die does not cause most of us to lose confidence in the value of our daily activities. But the knowledge that no new people would come into existence would make many of those things seem pointless.By definition, symbols and meaning are created before we experience, modify and inhabit them; they are products of the past. After all, a classic definition of a symbol is something thrown together through social convention. Our lives depend and feed on meaning in the present, but we want that meaning to endure, as\nmost of us pursue our goals and seek to realize our values within a framework of belief that assumes an ongoing humanity. Remove that framework of belief, and our confidence in our values and purposes begins to erodeIt seems that the future is also needed to sustain meaning, without confidence about the persistence of people, we become formless monsters.\nThere is also a lesson here for those who think that unless there is a personal afterlife, their lives lack any meaning or purpose. What is necessary to underwrite the perceived significance of what we do, it seems, is not a belief in the afterlife but rather a belief that humanity will survive, at least for a good long time.We need to believe in a future filled with people in order to act in the world today.\nI'd really be interested if such a sense is common in other cultural contexts. I'm not one to argue for such a specific belief to be part of a singular human nature, but there's seems to be something to this idea.\nIf I were to argue for a single thing that makes all humans human, I'd say that it's our ability to make and experience meaning and that process only occurs through the collaborative actions of many people. If that is the case, I guess that the idea of the end of that collective process would be deeply troubling to all people.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://dclm-no.org/study-23-christs-demonstration-and-delegation-of-his-mighty-ministry-2/","date":"2023-11-29T14:16:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100112.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129141108-20231129171108-00200.warc.gz","language_score":0.9296925067901611,"token_count":1232,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__17194975","lang":"en","text":"Point 3. THE ADAMANT REJECTERS OF THE MESSIAH’S MESSAGE\n“And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.” (Mark 6:11).\nThis is for those who were adamant and reject the message coming through those disciples from the Lord. They were to:\n(i) Shake off their dust as a Symbol – Mark 6:11; Isaiah 13:13; Hebrews 12:25-26,29; Revelations 6:13-17. This is to remind them that a time of shaking is coming that all those who reject the word of God will be shaken off in judgment from the mercy God.\n(ii) To Show them that their suffering will be greater than that of Sodom – Mark 6:11; Matthew 11:23-24; 2 Peter 3:7; Jude 7; Hebrews 10:26-27,31; 2 Corinthians 6:17,18; 7:1; Revelations 18:4; 2 Timothy 2:19,21-22; 1 Peter 4:17,18; Jude 21,24-25. Those who rejected the word of repentance, and the possibility of salvation through those apostles, their suffering in eternity will be greater than that of Sodom. “And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee” (Matthew 11:23-24). They have seen mighty works through Christ but would not repent and believe on Him. Ungodly men who reject the message of salvation are reserved unto fire on the day of judgement. Pray that you will not be among them (2 Peter 3:7). Sin will not be more pleasurable to you than salvation. Salvation and Sanctification separate us from Sodom. “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty” (2 Corinthians 6:17,18). Don’t reject the message, repent and turn around, receive the Lord Jesus Christ and let Him save you, and after that salvation, let Him sanctify you (2 Corinthians 7:1). Don’t remain adamant and in sin, come out of evil, repent and receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour (Revelations 18:4), and then the judgement of God will pass over you in Jesus Name. The Lord will keep you from sin, and will keep sin from you, and you will not perish. You will not remain a sinner or ungodly. The Lord will keep you in righteousness and faithful, and when the trumpet sounds, you will be there in Jesus Name (Jude 21,24-25). The glory of God will be upon your life, the salvation of the Lord you will have. Christ has the power, and He is delegating that power to you. Lord, I believe! As you believe the promise and power of God, that delegated power will work mightily in your life in Jesus Name. You believe in salvation, sanctification, delegated power and anointing, signs and wonders following, the Lord will work with you, and many souls will be saved through you; the sick will be healed and evil spirits will be cast out so that their souls will be saved as well.\nPonder on this! They knew so much of the natural that they missed the supernatural, knew so much of history and missed His healing, knew so much of his natural family and they missed the spiritual fellowship. They missed the glory and the demonstration of His power in their lives because of their earthly considerations. Pastor (Dr) W.F Kumuyi.\nPonder on this! For those who listened to Christ with the right attitude and proper condition of hearts, His teaching brought transformation, came with power and led them into discipleship, and His message produced miracles of salvation, healings, deliverance, purity and power. Pastor (Dr) W.F Kumuyi.\nPonder on this! When you are familiar with a leader or local pastor, you know his family and all about him, that knowledge can make you lose the eternal, supernatural, mighty works and wonders of salvation, healing and wonders of heaven. Pastor (Dr) W.F Kumuyi.\nHard Sayings – Repentance is to turn away from all your transgressions; and if you don’t repent, iniquity will ruin you. Pastor (Dr) W.F Kumuyi.\nReflection – They don’t remain sinners, they become saints; they don’t remain babes, they become real mature people; they don’t remain ordinary witness, they become apostles and teachers of the word as they learn and study the word of God. Pastor (Dr) W.F Kumuyi.\nWords on the Marble – Salvation and Sanctification separate us from Sodom. Pastor (Dr) W.F Kumuyi.\nKey Words – Don’t look at things after the natural appearance but spiritual. Pastor (Dr) W.F Kumuyi.\nDownload complete message video here …….Save (High Quality) Video\nDownload Audio Message here …….Save Audio\nWatch the YouTube Video here ……https://youtu.be/0oVdDloOkec","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://amekoe.wordpress.com/","date":"2017-05-01T00:17:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917126237.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031206-00577-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9781932234764099,"token_count":3773,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__62043561","lang":"en","text":"[Drama CD Review] SEVENTH HEAVEN VOL. 4 Yuuri\nSEVENTH HEAVEN vol.4 ユーリ「永遠のWALTZ」CV : Kondou Takashi (近藤隆)\nMy first request – so exciting!!!\n“Please wait. You. What’s that in your hand? Were you perhaps planning on committing suicide in front of this mansion?”\nThe scene starts with Yuuri catching the main character holding a knife, getting ready to kill herself. He takes it from her hand and says it’d be bad if the owner of the mansion caught her. But he suggests that she must have been in extreme grief to want to commit suicide. Yuuri mentions another, easier way to die – him killing her. He mentions that she is charming and introduces himself as a shinigami. Like in the last volumes, he explains that he can’t die and can’t feel, has nothing. But he says that the souls of those girls who don’t want to be hurt (but have suffered) are guided by shinigami. Seventh Heaven is a group within the shinigami, and their singing voices bring death. Since she’s seen a shinigami, she can no longer escape from her fate. He’d like to take her soul now, but he can’t until the next full moon. Thus, she’ll have to get along with him in the mansion while waiting (which involves believing in him and listening to his weird orders…something like that). He compliments her smile and says he’ll do anything for her\nwhy do I feel like he’s lying and welcomes her to the mansion.\nYuuri watches her eat(?) and asks if she’s gotten used to the mansion. He offers to show her around the mansion’s gallery. Basically he explains about a certain image of a girl and asks what the heroine thinks about the picture (like, what the girl in the image is holding). He comments under his breath that she’s beautiful when she’s thinking.\nI kind of don’t even know this vocabulary what is with Yuuri. He says he’s got something to ask of our heroine. Scene shifts, and it seems that our heroine is Yuuri’s model! He instructs her to look at him and compliments her eyes. He says that his heart hurts when he thinks about who could have made her make such sad eyes, but that, with him, everything will be fine. He lets her relax and pours her tea. Yuuri says he’s taking a break, then asks heroine is he can hug her like a lover would, but quickly says it’s a joke. Then creepily, he asks what the heroine would think if the girl from the picture from before was holding a knife. He suggests that the girl in the picture was so in love with a man that she wanted to make him hers (and probably killed him as a result) and apologizes to the heroine for scaring her. He declares that he would not knife the person he’s in love with and would want her to stay by his side (basically). It starts to rain and thunder and Yuuri wonders if there will be a storm. He asks if heroine will be able to sleep by herself tonight and makes her promise that she won’t go out when the bell rings at midnight and just sleep. He says he’s worried about her sleeping habits (?) and if she can’t sleep, he’d be willing to spend a night stroking her head while she fell asleep. He asks her what she wants to do, and she says she’s fine by herself. Yuuri says he’ll stay here and continue relaxing with tea, while heroine goes off to sleep.\nContinuous rain and the sound of something breaking, crows, and knocking on doors. Heroine leaves the room and encounters Yuuri, who can’t see her and asks if it’s Mint who’s come to see her. He realizes its heroine and she goes to turn on the lights but Yuuri tells her not to\nomg I bet something bad is going to happen. He asks her what’s wrong and that it’s midnight (“If I haven’t heard wrong, the bells at midnight have already rung”). Heroine says that the lightning struck and broke her window (?). Yuuri mentions Kanade (who probably broke the mirror, as evidenced by the crows). Yuuri says that since her room is now a mess, finding another room she likes is fine. Yuuri says he can’t lead her there since he’s not feeling well though it sounds like he’s lying. He tells he to hurry up and leave. Heroine says she’s worried about Yuuri, and Yuuri replies that she’s a human, yet is worrying over a shinigami. He says that she’s really nice and it’s surprising that a person like her is living and that he doesn’t need help. He tries to tell her to leave again, but she continues to insist that she’s still worried and won’t leave omg please listen to him. “Your heart is really beautiful, isn’t it?” BA BOOM OMFG THAT LIGHTN ING SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME I’M ALONE IN THIS ROOM ALL BY MYSELF TOO WAHHHH.\nAnd, I knew something bad would happen.\nScary music starts playing after Yuuri says “Ah, it’s too bad”\nHeroine was able to see what was happening with Yuuri because of the lightning providing a moment of light to the room. He tells her that what’s spread around aren’t flower petals and that she should take a good look around – they’re butterfly wings. He tore them from the butterflies and killed them. He tells her that he tried to be nice to her, and told her to stay in her room and sleep. He tried to lie to her to not make her scared. He then pushes her down on the bed (“You never thought I would [do this] did you?”). She didn’t keep her promise (to not leave the room after midnight) and now he has to punish her. He proceeds to kiss her and asks her if it’s her first time being treated roughly. He wonders if the face she’s showing is one of acceptance or surprise. Heroine thought that Yuuri can’t see her face since its dark, but Yuuri says that shinigami can see better than humans. Heroine pushes him off of her and Yuuri says that he thought he was a nice person and tells her to hurry and leave.\nWHAT JUST HAPPENED I DON’T GET. I really don’t get random kissing\nYuuri knocks on heroine’s door, telling her he’s brought food. Heroine doesn’t answer him, but he enters anyways. He asks how she is, mentioning that her face is pale and that she didn’t sleep much. He says he’ll feed heroine the soup. She tries to resist and he asks if she’d prefer to be fed mouth-to-mouth. She refuses, and he tries again to feed her (I think he says if the soup falls on the floor, table, etc she’d have to eat it from there?). Yuuri feeds her a spoonful and then tells her to eat everything else herself. (“There’s no way you can’t do it yourself, right? You can do it if you try it, huh”). He tells her to stop and to listen to him. He was mad when she broke her promise and says he can’t explain to humans why he tore those butterflies’ wings that day and how that amuses him. Heroine insists on knowing the reason why he does that and he laughs at her. He won’t tell her. He calls humans…narrow-minded (?), but heroine doesn’t agree and Yuuri agrees to tell her\nwhile slightly annoyed btw. He tells her that she can’t take it back even if she no longer wants to hear it.\nHe basically tells her that shinigami are like monsters since they are lacking in various ways. That’s why, he often finds weak things and feels better about himself. Right now, she’s there (like those weak things) and, when he was drawing the picture of her, he felt the urge to make her his. If he could he would do it now (something about her life…taking it??? What does ureta kajitsu mean?). He notices that she’s not scared and isn’t running away and that she can’t run away even if she wanted to. He says she’s strange and that he’s interested in her and wants her to tell him more about herself – everything about herself – since the picture is not enough.\nYuuri notices heroine is still awake and wet from the rain. He went out a bit after finishing her picture. She was worried about him and he thanks her for that, but shinigami don’t get colds. He mentions that, while she’s wet, he can’t hug her (to warm her up). He tells her to go back to her room and that it’ll be bad for her to catch cold. Yuuri notices that heroine looks like she wants to say something to him. She asks about the blood on him. He mentions that his clothes got dirty and it’s nothing for her to worry about since it’s not big deal for shinigami to get hurt – and that the blood’s not even his.\nHe tells her to go, because otherwise she will really get a cold. Or go to the salon to drink warm milk. Heroine asks what he was doing outside and he asks if she’s really interested in the blood. He wanted to talk more (nicely), but it seems like that’s not possible. He basically talks about Kanade sending a copy to hurt heroine and how it’s unforgiveable for anyone to hurt her [evil laugh]. If I’m not mistaken, I think he talks about how happy he is/was when killing the copy. Heroine doesn’t seem very happy about it and says that she wants to be alone. Yuuri wonders what’s wrong, and she walks away but he follows. He thinks that she’s upset because the night of the full moon is coming and she wants to spend the rest of her time with a loved one (“Who would be good? A friend? Your family?”). Heroine runs away.\nYuuri knocks on heroine’s door, but she doesn’t answer. He knows that she’s in the room but won’t unlock the door or answer him. He says that if she’s mad, he’ll apologize to her. He then implores her to believe in one thing – that he didn’t mean to make her sad. “Please talk to me and let me see your smile” (abbreviated). But she won’t even give him that. Yuuri says that the full moon is soon, though and he just wants to talk a little bit. In a lower voice, he asks if she wants to run away from him. They’ll be parting soon, though, anyways – so open the door. He repeats this angrily, but he eventually reveals that he has the key to her room and opens the door himself. Heroine is scared because Yuuri is mad at her. He says that he’s no longer mad at her, but wants to know how he upset her. She won’t say anything and Yuuri keeps questioning why, but doesn’t understand. Yuuri says he’s the only one who would do anything for her and hugs her to assure her of his feelings – but she still doesn’t understand. Yuuri says it’s because he likes her. He tells her to close her eyes (to kiss), but she pushes him away. He says that it’s obvious that two people in love should kiss. Heroine always smiles happily in front of him, so he doesn’t believe (won’t believe) that she’s not actually interested. He pushes her down and says “That’s why – let’s become one, right now.” While laughing, he comments on her eyes, which look like she wants to run away, but he won’t let her escape. And he believes she’ll become unwilling to run away from him. She’ll start to want him – because Yuuri had her take a certain medicine, but when was it taken? It was in the tea, the soup…everything she consumed and it’s in the kiss. “Do you think you were an idiot (for trusting me, etc)? But I like [that part of you as well].” *\nHe tells her to kiss him back, and she does.\nGAHHH she’s like his doll now\n*just a note, I’m not actually translating word for word, just generally, since I don’t actually know everything he’s saying\nDay of the Full Moon\nYuuri comments on the full moon and that he knew he would have to separate from her. He didn’t know how painful it would be – but she won’t disappear, he says. She’ll live on in him forever. OMFG I think he just said he killed all her important people, justifying his actions by saying he’s the only one for her. She laughs and he compliments her on that. He believes even if he hadn’t drugged her, she would still laugh for him. He understands her the most. Heroine cries\nher true feelings? and Yuuri says that those tears are his as well. He licks her tears away and asks to see her soul (and he takes it out to see). He tells her to kiss his hand and that he can now feel her in this form. KISS FEST TIME There’s no longer any distractions for them, and Yuuri “I want you more and more. More and more.” He’ll teach her that she’s his. The bell begins to ring, and heroine feels strange. Yuuri assures her by saying he’ll kiss wherever she hurts the most like a boo-boo. YEAH, SO, BASICALLY LOVE-LOVE KISSING TRACK HERE. Except there really isn’t any love.\nAround the 10 minute mark of the track, Yuuri asks why she has such sad eyes. They should be sparkling beautifully. But her eyes are just reflecting sadness. She’s not seeing him. Her eyes are the only part of her that are not lying (her lips and body are because of the drug). He just wants her, why, why won’t she want him back?\n“I get it. It’s fine now (I don’t care). It’s fine. The you that won’t become mine isn’t you. I’ll…finally kill you.”\nAwwww this track is actually kind of pretty, but trust me, I cannot translate [songs] for my life. I’m just not good with how to word things in the right way.\nExtra Track ~Last Message~\nHe remembers that he forgot to show her the finished picture that he drew of her. It was a picture of her best smile. Her eyes were beautiful in the image and the painting reflects what she really is like. “From now on, we’ll be together forever. I love you. I love you. I love you, I love you, I love you. Even though I love you this much…!”\nTRACK FIVE WAS SO LONG. THERE WAS JUST TOO MUCH SCENARIO. lol.\nSurprisingly, this CD really didn’t scare me that much. The only time I was really freaked out was when the lightning struck at the butterfly scene. That loud noise scared the crap out of me. I really thought that, after seeing that picture of Yuuri holding that doll that the CD would be…umm, well, abusive (although admittedly, the drugging-the-heroine thing was kind of abusive. I did not see that coming). ACTUALLY, I feel bad for Yuuri – even though he is so yandere and crazy. In all the other CDs, the heroine held some affection for the shinigami partner, but in this CD HIS FEELINGS WERE NEVER RECIPROCATED. To be honest, they probably could’ve been and were in the beginning, but then he just revealed that he was really crazy and obsessive and….that scared Ms. Heroine away. The drugging part was pretty unforgiveable for me, especially since he basically did it right from the beginning (in small amounts). But I don’t hate him. He just seems too pitiful (but I didn’t really understand everything that went on in the CD, so I don’t actually understand his motivations. Is he jealous of life?).\nI also didn’t really get a feeling for the heroine in this volume.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://fgc.org.my/en/2018/01/04/2018-bible-in-a-year/","date":"2019-08-22T08:46:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027317037.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20190822084513-20190822110513-00082.warc.gz","language_score":0.9877097606658936,"token_count":78,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__28611037","lang":"en","text":"This is a 1-year reading plan based on a 5 days per week plan. It leaves room for catching up should we fall behind in the week. We will read from book to book starting from OT which is ordered based on Hebrew Bible. The NT is based on the same arrangement as your Bible.\nThe purpose is to provide familiarity, by reading through the Bible in 1 year.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://seaa2012.ii.metu.edu.tr/espresse.html","date":"2013-06-19T08:51:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708145189/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124225-00079-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.899164617061615,"token_count":329,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__143382849","lang":"en","text":"EsPreSSE - Estimation and Prediction in Software & Systems Engineering (Special Session)\nEstimation and prediction approaches are a valuable foundation for planning activities and for making the right decisions at the right time in software and systems engineering. Over the last decade research and practice in software estimation and prediction have advanced the ability to infer likely future results and implications for project and product development based on the present development stage, experiences gained in previous project phases, and data from past projects.\nThe objective of this special session is to provide a forum where researchers and practitioners discuss applications and results of software estimation and prediction approaches. In particular, the session encourages the exchange of experiences from applications in commercial, industrial and open source projects that indicate strengths and limitations of these approaches in a real-world setting.\nTopics of interest include, but are not restricted to:\nTo increase the visibility of published papers, EsPreSSE cooperates with the PROMISE repository of reproducible SE experiments. Authors of accepted papers are invited to submit the associated data to the PROMISE repository. Contributions based on proprietary data from commercial and industrial projects are also welcome. These contributions should encompass a detailed description of the project and organizational context.\nAuthors of the best papers will be invited to revise and submit extended versions of their papers for publication in the International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (IJSEKE).\nAccepted papers will be included in the proceedings, published by the Conference Publishing Services (CPS). The proceedings of the conference will be submitted to Xplore and CSDL. The Paper submission system and further instructions are available at the submission page.","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://scream-mtv-series.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Bullies","date":"2019-02-19T01:51:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247489282.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20190219000551-20190219022551-00357.warc.gz","language_score":0.9729791879653931,"token_count":174,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__227464344","lang":"en","text":"These villains are violently opposed to any limitations to their own personal freedom and often champion the downfall of society or morality as we know it.\nCharacters of this alignment tend to have no respect for rules, other people's lives, or anything but their own desires, which are typically selfish and cruel; they set a high value on personal freedom, but do not have any regard for the lives or freedom of other people. They do not work well in groups, as they resent being given orders, and usually behave themselves only out of fear of punishment.\nIt is not compulsory for a evil character to be constantly performing sadistic acts just for the sake of being evil or constantly disobeying orders just for the sake of causing chaos. They do, however, enjoy the suffering of others, and view honor and self-discipline as weaknesses.\nAll items (2)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://riceak.deviantart.com/","date":"2016-06-26T19:02:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00054-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.993883490562439,"token_count":526,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-26__0__122450579","lang":"en","text":"Name: Aiden Quinlan\nAppearance: Aiden is 5' 11\", 170lbs. He has a slender but toned body, shoulder length brown hair (usually in a ponytail). His eyes are pail blue and overall skin tone is lightly tanned. He typically wears loose fitting jeans with a long sleeve plaid button up. He has three tattoos, one on each of his arms on the inner forearm and one on his chest. His left arm reads \"Power\" and his right reads \"Restraint,\" His chest piece is written in nice calligraphy \"Family Is Forever\".\nSchool Background: Aiden is an average student. He does what is required of him. He struggles in classes like mathematics, and chemistry. Numbers and equations aren't really his strong points. He loves classes involving his hands and creation. Most specifically he loves construction classes and English literature. His father being a carpenter gives him a desire to build and help his father. Literature gives him a sense of happiness that isn't even really understood to him. Reading really just makes him happy. He behaves well in class. His parents taught him that respect should always be given where it is needed. However, this also means if a teacher or student disrespects him or another that he wouldn't think twice about letting them know. He isn't shy but at the same time he is not out going. He likes company of others but needs time alone so he can recharge. He tries to make it to every class but to him family will always come first.\nHistory: Aiden is born of Irish decent. He doesn't remember living there at all as his family moved when he was very young. His parents moved so to protect him from the families dark past. Many generations ago the Quinlan family was cursed. The reasons aren't known by him but the curse placed on his family was lycanthropy. Aiden and his father, Harlen, change on the night of the full moon into humanoid wolves. His mother, Fiona, married his father in hopes to help them be rid of the curse to no avail. They left Ireland to avoid being hunted down by superstitious towns folk who believe they were devil worshipers. Now they try to live normal lives while keeping their secret. On full moons Aiden locks himself in his basement in fear he may hurt someone. Since he hasn't lived as long he can't yet keep his consciousness when he changes. He is constantly seeking a way to rid himself of his family's curse and has made it his life's goal to find away to cure himself and his father.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://lifeasaslug.wordpress.com/2015/08/05/eat-nourish-glow-by-amelia-freer/","date":"2018-06-20T01:47:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267863407.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20180620011502-20180620031502-00422.warc.gz","language_score":0.9758530855178833,"token_count":633,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__190064596","lang":"en","text":"I first came across Eat Nourish Glow on another blog (link). I wasn’t particularly interested at the time as it seemed just another one of the recent crop of books by thin, well groomed young ladies of a certain socio economic group extolling the virtues of thinly peeled vegetables (a la Hemsley and Hemsley)… so I ignored it. I ignored it again when I saw it on offer with the Book People.\nHowever when it crossed my Amazon search results page when looking for a gluten free cookbook for a colleague to cheer her up (she’d just been put on a no gluten, no caffeine, no alcohol regime following major surgery) and the Kindle edition was on sale for £0.99, I thought lets give this a go.\n(The Colleague incidentally got the Hemsley and Hemsley book and loves it. As I do, having benefitted from the colleague sharing “sesame bliss balls” with the rest of the office).\nOn my first read through I decided my instincts were right and that it was not for me. I am not a great believer in cutting anything out, not totally, except perhaps those things you don’t actually like eating. However on the second read it seems she is not recommending cutting things out, just that you might like to do so if these things are contributing to you feeling less than well.\nThis is not a cookbook. There are very few recipes. It is more a manual for living. The book is divided up into her 10 rules for creating a healthy way of life and discussion of how to put this in practice.\nThe rules are nothing you probably haven’t come across before. The emphasis is on breaking bad habits and creating new habits; drink more water; move more; do a kitchen detox to get temptation out of the house; portion control and eat to feed hunger not because you are bored; Ban snacking, don’t constantly graze; eat your 5 a day; eat less process food.\nI don’t disagree with her rules it’s just that I am doing a lot of this already or as much as I can within the confines of family life. The issue I have is that like a lot of books it doesn’t take account of how hard it can be to follow such rules when you have to take other people’s dietary needs into account.\nIn some respects it is the same as a lot of other books. “This worked for me.” But it doesn’t give enough consideration for the fact that there are more in the target audience than single girls whose past preferred way of drinking tea is to add a lot of sugar to it… (I am not sure that tea and coffee drunk without milk or sugar is an evil and probably won’t cause an insulin spike!)\nOn the whole it’s an ok book. It’s not advocating anything outrageous and it certainly doesn’t annoy me quite as much as “I quit sugar” does…","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://makingme.org.uk/documents/making-me-blog-spot/","date":"2023-12-10T00:27:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100989.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209233632-20231210023632-00864.warc.gz","language_score":0.958839476108551,"token_count":508,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__1263262","lang":"en","text":"Allowing the complete ‘Pot of Life’\nBeing somebody who loves the outdoors, I find the short days and long, drawn-out evenings of winter hard. This year, as I faced the annual dread of the cold dark months of January and February, I decided to do what I could to ‘do this year differently.’\nMy solution is what I call my 75:25 approach to life. This involves me allowing myself the freedom to acknowledge that 25% of my life is filled with things, people, events etc that I wish were different – I call this my ‘pot of negativity.’ I don’t deny this 25% or try to bury it under the carpet and ignore it – I simply stare each aspect of my pot in the face and accept that it is there. At the same time, I let myself acknowledge the feelings that each aspect within this pot induces in me – fear, sadness, loneliness, worry etc.\nAll of that done, I then turn my focus to my ‘pot of positivity’ – the 75% of my life that is amazing, and I allow myself the same indulgence. I reflect on the big things in life like the fact that, despite a global pandemic, I am alive and well and I pause to enjoy the smaller things like the sound of the birdsong in the morning, the feel of a woolly sweater around my neck or the chill of the wind on my face as I step out of the door.\nAt Making Me, our workshops in schools teach children how to properly focus on, and respond to, the complete ‘pot of life’. The reason we do this is because we feel that it is important that children focus not just on the 75% ‘pot of positivity’ but that they are aware of, and prepared for, the 25% ‘pot of negativity’ too. In this way they are equipped, up front, to know how to deal with whatever life puts in their ‘pot of life.’ There is no doubt that there is a time, a place, and a way of exposing our children to some of life’s more difficult truths – weighing them down with the worries of Atlas isn’t the answer either. But by resourcing them up front to know how to face life’s difficulties and build their sense of resilience, we are giving them the resources they need to live life mentally and emotionally well.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.anandram.com/","date":"2015-03-04T02:48:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-11/segments/1424936463444.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20150226074103-00058-ip-10-28-5-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9737709760665894,"token_count":104,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-11","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-11__0__169852688","lang":"en","text":"So I haven't been as diligent as I used to be. Feels like a ghost of a website. It's not that I've outgrown it or run out of ideas--it's just that most of my time and energy now go into writing for a living. A shame, yes, in some regard, but in another way--it's moving forward. I may, from time to time, add a new post or a podcast. But for now, just look around and enjoy what's been done.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://reasonablyfantastic.tumblr.com/","date":"2013-12-05T09:21:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163043081/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204131723-00078-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9725879430770874,"token_count":437,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__150721565","lang":"en","text":"Something I’ve been wondering, lately: while Loki’s parentage is Laufey and Farbauti, there is no information whatsoever (that I’ve come across, at least) about Sigyn’s background. I remember one of the first books I read about Norse mythology said something along the lines of, “when Loki came to…\nThe only original references we have of Sigyn are a handful of sentences in the Prose Edda (I found two translations of the texts available online, one by Brodeur, and one by Bellows) and an engraving on the Gosforth Cross, which is exactly what it sounds like — a large stone cross in a churchyard in Gosforth.\nFrom those two sources, the only thing we know for sure about Sigyn is that\n- she’s stated to be a goddess a couple times in the Prose Edda, but it’s not described in detail exactly what she’s a goddess of (the whole fidelity thing was something that Marvel came up with)\n- she’s Loki’s wife and had two kids with him - Narvi/Narfi and Vali (one kid got turned into a wolf and killed his brother, but even the original myths get confused as to which kid did what)\n- she’s featured in the story of Loki’s binding and punishment\n- she has quite a few kennings\nThat’s it. Everything else is literally just headcanons and speculation, even things written down in proper stories and books. If you want the most accurate headcanons and speculations, I suggest reading what actual, well-educated pagans have to say about her, seeing as this is their religion and all. For starters, I found an online shrine dedicated to Sigyn, which has some interesting things to say about her and her children. There’s also a video on YouTube that I liked, but I’ve gone and forgotten what it’s called so that’s not really helpful to you at all.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://womenintechregatta.com/vancouver/speaker/urszula-lipsztajn/","date":"2018-10-18T00:54:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583511365.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20181018001031-20181018022531-00477.warc.gz","language_score":0.9501327276229858,"token_count":216,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__201081304","lang":"en","text":"International coach, guide, speaker and author at urszula.co\nAfter a near burnout experience, Urszula left a dream job to pursue her calling. With over 10,000 hours of people development, she now runs an impact business specializing in self-actualization. She integrates mindfulness and positive psychology as pathways for personal development and whole life fulfillment.\nUrszula has worked with hundreds of leaders and entrepreneurs from every sector, and for awesome brands like lululemon, SAP, Arc’teryx, Yoga Outreach, and Simon Fraser University. Known for her powerful, simple approach to transformation, Urszula’s workshops and coaching programs are guided by a simple question: do you want to thrive?\nUrszula is a sailor living in Squamish BC with her husband and four cats. She has a goal to meditate for 1000 days in a row. As of writing this bio, she’s at 891. Urszula is currently writing her first book. urszula.co","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://soldiersmuse.wordpress.com/","date":"2021-10-18T01:49:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585186.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20211018000838-20211018030838-00118.warc.gz","language_score":0.956815242767334,"token_count":1123,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__15656134","lang":"en","text":"This poem was written about a day after leaving Afghanistan. I was at an emotionally low point, and it was during ‘Normalisation’. This is the process of taking some time, on route back from the operational theatre, to be calm and introspective. To think. It is irritating to be forced to spend this time rather than race home to families and friends, although it is important and having returned from my previous tour without normalisation I was glad, afterwards, that I had the opportunity this time round.\nMy job in theatre involved a lot of detailed planning and therefore the effort had been somewhat ceaseless. I had left theatre slightly ahead of those with whom I had been working, in order to set the pace back at the Home Base and to ensure a smooth transition towards future tasks. As a result, I normalised amongst a group of people I did not know. In hindsight this suited me well, as I found that I felt ‘peeled’: emotionally raw, vulnerable and exposed.\nThe low feeling was not totally unfamiliar. I had experienced it before, albeit not as strongly, after exhausting military exercises away from home. Some call it ‘post-exercise blues’; although the feeling is not unique to military activity – post-holiday blues are familiar enough to most, I expect.\nThe poem is a precursor to the earlier-posted ‘Returning Home‘, which was a request, of friends and family, to bear with the process of normalising. I could have posted this first: but I was not yet ready to do so, as it cut quite deep even to read it back to myself.\nMy low feelings haven’t gone completely, but they are now significantly subsiding. They occasionally return in waves, when I am stressed with work or other concerns; they ebb with a little time and introspection. This poem is intended for anyone who has felt the same and may be struggling to come to terms: you are not alone.\nCrying in the Dark\nMornings dawn with bright sunlight, but a clouded head,\nI struggle with gravity: to lift myself from my bed,\nMeals taken are tasteless as I chew and swallow,\nThat feeling of emptiness pervades my world: so, so hollow.\nI smile and nod, sound cheery on the phone to those I care for,\nKnowing I’m returning soon to those I want to be there for,\nBut I’m struggling inside to keep my balance, to stay steady,\nIt’ll pass, I know, but the dark and the depth: it’s heady.\nWhy am I like this? Why do I feel so cold? So low?\nWhy do I find myself battling the world? Putting up a good show?\nWhat is this feeling that stalks me? Lurking in the dark?\nAs the flood water surrounds me, I’m drowning – where is my Ark?\nHolding my breath, an answer springs to my mind –\nIt is not from the outside, that the world’s being unkind:\nThis feeling is self-generating, an exhaustion and a guilt,\nThough I know it’s no better than crying over spilt milk.\nIt’s a darkness, a sorrow, self analysis and hindsight –\nI try to keep it at bay with all my effort, all my might,\nBut I don’t feel I’m succeeding and I wonder if I could:\nAlthough I still try in public, because I think I should.\nIn the dim light of evening, in the quite, when alone –\nI can feel a headache coming, a buzz and a drone,\nAnd I know it’s dark thoughts all whizzing round in my head,\nAs my shoulders sag downward, heavy laden, clad in lead.\nSo I settle for mindlessness, for distraction: watch the late movie,\nBut in the cinema’s darkness, I’m feeling far from groovy.\nI notice, however, that I am not as alone as I was thinking –\nFor slowly I realise, there are others here that feel that they’re sinking …\nAnd then my flood comes, with silent shakes, invisible shudders:\nWith watery eyes, reasonless; in the darkness, and no one utters –\nA word, for we each feel it, that we’re sharing in sorrow:\nAnd that this feeling will be, we hope, a little lighter tomorrow.\nFor we’ve spend the last months driving every sinew, every bone,\nAnd now it is our bodies chance to make our minds atone:\nToo much taken, too much drawn, from the innermost reserve:\nTime to rebalance, to recover, to release; to reset the curve.\nIt’s a phase, that’s what it is: Although whilst I say this, it doesn’t soften –\nTime is what I need, the future’s where I travel, but I’ll be back here often,\nI just need to once again find my drive, my energy, my hope and my heart:\nSlowly but surely, I’ll splutter back into motion and restart.\nUntil then: I’ll be crying in the dark.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.royalhistoricalsociety.org/textandcalendars.php","date":"2014-09-23T08:17:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1410657138086.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20140914011218-00119-ip-10-234-18-248.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9134174585342407,"token_count":168,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__42642914","lang":"en","text":"Guide to Record Societies and their Publications (Texts and Calendars)\nThe Society assumed responsibility for the online supplement to E L C Mullins' Texts and Calendars: an Analytical Guide to Serial Publications (covering publications since 1982) and for the Stevensons' Scottish Texts and Calendars (covering publications since 1985) previously maintained by the Historical Manuscripts Commission.\nThe Society maintains a library collection of the majority of the publications issued by these societies which is housed in the UCL History Library and is accessible for reference purposes to the Society's membership.\nDetails of publications may be found on the individual societies' websites and also on the Bibliography of British and Irish History database.\nSociety publications listings, in addition to links to society websites and contacts may be found under these general geographical locations:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://dontletyourpossessionspossessyou.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-08-02T02:23:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1406510276250.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20140728011756-00343-ip-10-146-231-18.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.964280366897583,"token_count":114,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__183786642","lang":"en","text":"will you ever stop playing the victim?\nHow am I playing the victim? There’s a difference between sad and self pity. I am sad and I have hurt people, done things I’m not proud of, I won’t deny that. I feel terrible for it. No one is an all over good person and it sucks but that’s the truth. All you can do is better yourself not “play victim” as you say, I know my mistakes and I’m accepting the consequences of my actions.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://april-2007-icuroom.blogspot.com/","date":"2023-06-04T17:20:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224650201.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604161111-20230604191111-00399.warc.gz","language_score":0.8967217206954956,"token_count":657,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__235123479","lang":"en","text":"Monday April 30, 2007\nGlucocorticoids in early ARDS - a must read study !\n- Maduri is back !!\nA very important study published in April 2007 issue of chest 3, from guru of glucocorticoids in ARDS, Dr. Maduri. Earlier he proposed role of glucocorticoids in late ARDS 1 (which was recently negated by ARDSnet LaSRS trial 2).\nThis study is about - Methylprednisolone Infusion in Early Severe ARDS and showed very promising results.\n- The 2:1 randomization trial ( (63 treated and 28 control) was conducted with\n- a loading dose of 1 mg/kg, followed by\n- an infusion of 1 mg/kg/d from day 1 to day 14,\n- 0.5 mg/kg/d from day 15 to day 21,\n- 0.25 mg/kg/d from day 22 to day 25, and\n- 0.125 mg/kg/d from day 26 to day 28.\nIf the patient was extubated between days 1 and 14, the patient was advanced to day 15 of drug therapy and tapered according to schedule. Please refer to full article for further components of study including ventilator guidelines, no use of neuromuscular blockers and periodic bronchoscopy.\nResults: The response of the two groups (63 treated and 28 control) clearly diverged by day 7, with twice the proportion of treated patients achieving\n- a 1-point reduction in Lung Injury Score - LIS (69.8% vs 35.7%; p = 0.002)\nbreathing without assistance (53.9% vs 25.0%; p = 0.01).\n- significant reduction in C-reactive protein levels,\n- by day 7 had lower multiple organ dysfunction syndrome scores\n- a reduction in the duration of mechanical ventilation (p = 0.002),\n- ICU stay (p = 0.007)\n- ICU mortality (20.6% vs 42.9%; p = 0.03) and\n- a lower rate of infections (p = 0.0002).\nEditors' comment: We stronly encourage all intensivists to read this study along with editorial written in the same issue by Dr. Djillali Annane endorsing the above protocol\nReference: click to get abstract\n1. Effect of prolonged methylprednisolone therapy in unresolving acute respiratory distress syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 1998;280,159-165\n2. Efficacy and Safety of Corticosteroids for Persistent Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - , New Engl J Med, April 20, Volume 354, Issue 16, p.1671-1684, (2006)\n3. Methylprednisolone Infusion in Early Severe ARDS*Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial - Chest. 2007; 131:954-963\n4. Glucocorticoids for ARDS: Just Do It! - Djillali Annane Chest Apr 2007: 945–946.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://angeliarobinson.com/","date":"2022-12-06T07:44:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711074.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20221206060908-20221206090908-00300.warc.gz","language_score":0.9799605011940002,"token_count":1055,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__260667468","lang":"en","text":"After being sexually assaulted at four, Angelia Robinson grew up with an identity crisis so acute that she didn't even know how to properly spell her name until she was 12. Her autobiography, Who R U?, describes a middle-class broken little girl from Maryland, who is transformed over the course of 48 years, and a fearless woman who would be used to help transform the world.\nA devout belief in God helped her to realize she had a higher purpose to fulfill. But beyond being a wife and mother, Robinson couldn't envision what that destiny might be. She had always, throughout her life, been pushed into a position of standing out, of shining, of leadership, because people gravitated toward her. She understood that she was one of God's messengers (which is the literal meaning of her first name). She had also been a recording artist and a damned good one. Yet there she was at age 42, just coming out of an unhappy 16-year marriage, recently evicted from her home, living paycheck-to-paycheck working at a call center doing telemarketing, with a newborn - and miserable.\nThis wasn't how her story was supposed to go. It was time for her to turn around the narrative.\nBubbly and gregarious despite absorbing one punch after another from life, she took the advice of an old friend and started selling bedroom accessories and other enhancement products at in-home parties, like Tupperware but for couples. Within a few years, she became a superstar in direct sales, earning more money than she'd ever seen in her life and standing out as someone her fellow saleswomen looked up to. Suddenly, a woman who had numerous brushes with death and could never find her path and passion was a senior executive director and a professional everyone held up as an example of the right way to do things.\nAngelia Robinson survived until the miracle happened. Now she lives her life in a state of bliss.\n©2021 Angelia Robinson (P)2021 Angelia RobinsonAudio book\nAngelia Robinson’s autobiography Who R U? describes a middle-class broken little girl from Maryland who is transformed into a fearless woman who would be used to help transform the world. A devout belief in God helped her to realize she had a higher purpose to fulfill. But beyond being a wife and mother, Robinson couldn’t envision what that destiny might be. Little did she realize that her calling would be selling bedroom accessories and other enhancement products at in-home parties, like Tupperware but for couples. Within a few years, she became a superstar in direct sales.\nSuddenly, a woman who had numerous brushes with death and could never find her path and passion was a senior executive director and a professional everyone held up as a shining example of doing life right. Now she lives her life in a state of bliss, determined to bring her existence greater meaning and purpose. She believes that she suffered so that readers won’t have to. They can look at their own life and, through the power of her example, understand that it’s never too late to be who or what you might have been.\nBuy the book\n“This book gives me chills. I laughed, cried and was able to relate to all the pain that Angelia suffered. This book is very relatable and opened up wounds that I thought had healed.!!!”A. Gathers\nThe heart of our mission at VoyageDallas is to find the amazing souls that breathe life into our city. In the recent weeks we’ve had the privilege to connect with some of the Dallas-Fort Worth area’s finest artists, creatives, entrepreneurs and rabble rousers and we can’t begin to express how impressed we are with our city’s incredibly deep talent pool. Check out the rising stars of West Dallas and surrounding areas below.\nI’m a retired recording artist that moved to Texas 8 years ago to live and work with Gospel Sensation Fred Hammond. After a bitter divorce and less than desirable experience working with Fred I found myself having to start over and actually reinvent myself. So, at 42 years old I had no idea what I was going to do. My journey has always been about empowering women and so I stumbled upon this company called Pure Romance. I would go on to become the 1st African American woman to obtain the highest title in this $400 Million Dollar Company, develop a Million Dollar Team of my own and acquire a seat on their Board of Directors all within the first 5 years of my career as an independent consultant. This journey would spark me to finally write my Autobiography in an effort to further help women to heal from their past traumas and become the best version of themselves.\nBack in 2009 while preparing to see Fantasia Barrino on Broadway Angelia was motivated to write the song Who R U? The song was very different then the usual R & B melodies that Angelia was used to writing to. This song would later go on to touch the lives of many across the globe and in doing so it birthed her Autobiography of the same name. Watch","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.joedillstrom.com/music","date":"2024-04-22T05:15:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818081.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422051258-20240422081258-00258.warc.gz","language_score":0.923771321773529,"token_count":236,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__22663287","lang":"en","text":"‘Road songs, singalongs, and bar-fly lullabies—all those small, potent moments of Self that occur somewhere between ‘E’ and ‘F’—Empty diners, old timers, and their own half-remembered brake-light flights—The dog-tag grandeur of postwar promises—The tawny promise of wheat fields in the morning sun—Casey’s Kona blend and $38 motels—Chuck Berry bursting out of some busted up jukebox in Helena, Arkansas at 7:33AM CDT—and part of you is out there too, somewhere, just off of an on-ramp, combing the morning grain; that elusive, long-wandering Yonder you’ve barreled towards so many times before—ghosts, coasts, HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS...’\n\"These are songs of transition and uncertainty. The speakers find themselves encased by the trivia of their lives. Some of them know why. The others have stopped asking. Most of them end up where they started. REVOLVING DOORS...\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://sls20.org/speaker/fr-michael-gaitley/","date":"2020-03-29T14:18:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370494349.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20200329140021-20200329170021-00442.warc.gz","language_score":0.8936620950698853,"token_count":118,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-16","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__234694974","lang":"en","text":"Fr. Michael E. Gaitley, M.I.C., is the director of evangelization for the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and the director of formation for the Marian Missionaries of Divine Mercy. Fr. Michael is also the author of the popular books “33 Days to Morning Glory,” “Consoling the Heart of Jesus” and “33 Days to Merciful Love.” He lives and works on Eden Hill in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, home of the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy.\nDays Speaking: Day 5","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://akansha00.wordpress.com/author/akansha00/","date":"2023-06-06T15:24:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652959.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606150510-20230606180510-00146.warc.gz","language_score":0.9476051926612854,"token_count":297,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__250737491","lang":"en","text":"so this is my first blog as a writer and i really am being honest when i say i dont know how to write a poem or anythimg else but i really want to. It gives me peace as it would have given you in whatever you do that makes u happy and i would really apprieciate it if you would tell me how my poem was.❤\nIs it the crinkling of your eyes when you smile..\nOr the tears, that flow down seeing your little boy make you proud.\nIs it the smell of earth when the first raindrop hits the ground..\nOr is the absolute silence when you see your life pass by😌.\nHappiness, do we want it or is it something that we need?\nSomething, that makes our heart leap, pulling us out of darkness, it’s greed\nSomething that can make us someone we never dreamt to be\nSomething that can bring us peace..make us laugh and cry at the same time\nOh, what would i do if you were mine\nI would love,cherish, keep you alive\nAs you would, making me an eagle ..soaring through that blue sky\nCould we, could we ever be together?\nCuz i swear..there is no greater joy than laughing so hard that your stomach hurts..eyes filling up\nSilently speaking of places where your heart has been.❤","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://onlinepapereditingservice.wordpress.com/2017/02/25/essay-about-family-yahoo/","date":"2017-11-24T01:46:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934807056.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20171124012912-20171124032912-00713.warc.gz","language_score":0.9645771384239197,"token_count":1082,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__65545113","lang":"en","text":"In my culture, the choices made by a family member are mostly guided by the rules and goals of the culture, irrespective of how old they are. In the early 1960 s the term nuclear family was used to describe the start of the family that was suggested to be dominant in the culture of the time. My mother stayed home like most mothers of the time. Understanding Depression Family Systems Theory – Depression is classified as a mood disorder by the DSM-IV 1994 and is defined as a mental illness characterized by sadness, general apathy, a loss of self-esteem, feelings of guilt, and, at times, suicidal tendencies Lexicon, n. My lovely family consists of only three members my mom, 411 words short essay on My Family – World s Largest 411 words short essay on My Family. My mother is a great woman. We have to warn you, that there are no unimportant things for our authors, so the more nuances you specify, the more remarkable work you will get as a result. tags nuclear family, same-sex family . My Family My New Family – Feeling the confusion of not knowing my true identity. My Family My New Family – Feeling the confusion of not knowing my true identity. 17 Works Cited. essay about family yahoo.\nThat essay about family yahoo on\nA haze shields my vision. Without one the other seems to be lost. As my grandmother is old, she is properly nursed by my parents. No one thinks about divorce on their wedding day, except pre-nuptial lawyers. Back then, there were no computers or video games to play with so kids had to entertain themselves. The debate tends to spark when everyone gets into the topic because everyone has different opinions. I understand why they do certain things and it is because my parents want the best for me. tags family love, relationships,marriage . These were simple family values that build foundations for families back in the day. In the primary stage of family life in the United States, everyone from every generation lived together in one house. Coming from two different backgrounds was a challenge, because of the different values and morals each share. How The American Family Has Changed – American families have changed tremendously over the past years. This USB drive contains 100 of the top This I Believe audio broadcasts of the last ten years, plus some favorites from Edward R. essay about family yahoo.\nYour essay about family yahoo Essays\nIn Barbara Dafoe Whitehead s essay, Where Have All the Parents Gone. These challenges have left me to understand my true purpose concerning my two cultures. The social system is very unique and similar to my families system. 1030 words 2. Personally, I come from a very traditional family. tags plants, fabaceae, plant family . So it is very important for each and every individual to give importance to their families above anything else and enjoy spending time with family members. My grandmother is also a nice woman and tells us nice stories every night. We take full advantage and opportunity we have to spend with each other regardless if one member sees another more than everyone else. Career choices and independence should be the first priority for any individual. Much like the assumptions made by the students in the article Defining Family Young Adults Perceptions of the Parent-Child Bond by Mellisa Holtzman 2008 . The Importance of My Family – Today I am going to write about how my family supports me and why this is so important for me. essay about family yahoo.\nThe essay about family yahoo our\n1030 words 2. How bad do things in our culture have to get before we stop and look at what brought us to this place. Family is a group of two, three or more persons living together in one home. Family is not defined or restricted by blood relations. com 364 words short essay on My Family Mili She does all the domestic works in our family. Like most sitcoms, Modern Family is a show that defines our current era, in particular, the families of our era. Understanding Depression Family Systems Theory – Depression is classified as a mood disorder by the DSM-IV 1994 and is defined as a mental illness characterized by sadness, general apathy, a loss of self-esteem, feelings of guilt, and, at times, suicidal tendencies Lexicon, n. 10 Why do most people today don t realize the importance of family. I believe that your family means everything in the world to a person. of a Family Family is defined as a group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption living together. The advantages and disadvantages as well as the reliability of this instrument were also part of the objectives. With systems we find out how a family brings order, how they deal with things in there lives and how a family reacts to each other and comes together. one that meets most of the needs and goals of its members. Family Health Nursing Case Study – Over the past two decades nurses have become more aware of the need to include families in nursing care. Like for example, by being there when I needed somebody to talk to and giving me speeches when I do something wrong. Polygamous is where they have multiple options, which is illegal in the US. This essay will discuss the importance of effective parent teacher partnerships in early childhood education, and focus on one particular challenge that a family may face and identify the effects.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.dr-baltin.de/en/diagnostics/food-intolerances/","date":"2023-12-09T04:38:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100800.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209040008-20231209070008-00638.warc.gz","language_score":0.9106358289718628,"token_count":285,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__89830938","lang":"en","text":"Food intolerance analysis\nIdentify and avoid food intolerances\nFood intolerances can cause disease symptoms and in the long term open the door to numerous diseases. Current statistics show that around 30% of our population cannot tolerate lactose, 30% suffer from fructose malabsorption and 20% from histamine intolerance, and allergic reactions to cereal proteins (gluten) are on the increase. If this is not recognised, it can lead to gastro-intestinal disorders, joint inflammation, dermatological diseases, neurological and psychological illnesses and much more.\nIn order to identify food allergies in detail, we carry out appropriate examinations. In this process, the patient’s antibodies are tested. Antibodies are special proteins or immunoglobulins that mark foreign pathogens in the body so that they can be eliminated by other cells, e.g. macrophages. The immunoglobulins of class G (IgG) form the largest amount of antibodies and are therefore examined in the so-called IgG test or IgG4 test.\nThese comprehensive tests provide a precise overview of which foods the patient cannot eat at all, in moderation or without hesitation, in order to avoid triggering allergic reactions of various kinds in the body. The examination of food intolerance is one of the most important measures for prevention or in case of illness is necessary in order not to undermine the therapy by continuous allergic reactions of the organism.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://lipstickonlattes.com/2020/07/28/try-a-little-tenderness/","date":"2021-02-25T21:58:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178355937.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20210225211435-20210226001435-00466.warc.gz","language_score":0.9819217920303345,"token_count":1118,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__86429231","lang":"en","text":"It’s been nine months since my husband and I separated. In that time I have printed and filled out divorce papers twice, with the full intent to file. I went through an entire emotional process: blocking his contact information (social media, cell phone, work number, emails), deleted all photographical remnants of our time together; like an electronic saging, listened to a carefully crafted playlist of songs that co-signed my emotions so that I could cry my very last tear. Songs on this list include Beyonce’s Me, Myself & I, Lauryn Hill’s Ex-Factor, and an absolute breakup classic, Bust Your Windows by Jazmine Sullivan. Our story isn’t unlike any other. We met and fell in love QUICK, like hello, how are you, let’s get married next Thursday quick.\nI was asked during a marriage counseling session what drew me to my husband. My answer, his eagerness, willingness and ability to take care of my sons. The day after we became official, my car, Eb’ny, broke down on the side of 195. I called everyone in my contacts list for assistance. I called him, on his day off, and he came; armed with jumper cables and a gallon of water. My car stayed on the road, he, in. A very Olivia Pope manner, made calls to his people to get it handled. He was my ride. Toting my sons and I to for school and work, then back to Killeen. He was so unfazed at this level of chaos and constant go that was my life. He went to my son’s well check appointments, the next day after my car had to be left on the side of the highway. He picked us up, drove to Austin, walked into the doctor’s office. My baby boy was a nervous wreck about the impending shots he was getting. My then-boyfriend beard hugged him and gave him so much assurance, wiped his tears. My son gripped onto him. I captured that sweet, sincere moment. That was the first time since my teenage sons and I had someone there at these well checks. I usually am sitting in a chair balancing the paperwork, my camera, my purse and snacks, referring a disagreement between the boys. But that day I didn’t have too. He gave me comfort while comforting my baby boy. The doctor even referred to him as “dad”. We all exchange a look and laughed it off quietly. That day, I fell in love with him. It was seeing all that he needed to be for my son in that moment, coupled with him having his life inconveniently disrupted and him being unfazed. As if he had read the book of Talia, and was cool about all the peak and valleys that exist within me.\nWe took a marital time out. It was tough, but necessary. Of all the realizations I came to, an important one is I don’t want to know life without my husband. We have such a natural rhythm. It’s comforting. I can be my absolute self around him, and he accepts it. All of it. He doesn’t make any quiet suggestions on ways I need to change, cause he likes me just as I am. And damnit that’s dope. That’s some Beyonce’ Flaws And All stuff. Getting dressed is the best part of my day. My husband become a bit like Tim Gunn helping me go through my creative process of crafting the look of the day then turns total Flava Flav and hypes me up. Takes pics for my social media posts. But not just snaps and says “looks good babe”, he sets the scene, adds props, suggests poses. We have dance beaks ANYWHERE. We’ve pulled off the side of parking lots when our song, Anthony Hamilton’s Best of Me, and danced the entire song through. Crowd watching, picture taking, but we stayed in tune with each other. That’s literally how he dropped me off at work one day. The next aha from my marital timeout was the acknowledgement of designing a marriage suitable for us and being okay with what works for won’t be agreeable to others. There is blame abandon hurt on both sides of our marriage. There is also forgiveness and reconciliation. I value who my husband is and what he brings to my life. What we put one another through broke us but not beyond repair. We are finding was of communication that work best for us, finding way of intimacy that suit our life, working on co-parenting that is effective for our family. It’s our marriage and we are responsible for making it work for us. I reflect on the union of the Smith’s (Will and Jada) and amidst all the controversy, public scrutiny and discussion, they have designed their marriage in a way that works for them, public opinion be damned. #BadMarriageForLife\nWe are at a better place. Not where we were in the beginning, I don’t want to go back there. I missed my best friend and I have him back now. I walk with ease and grace, tempering myself in those heated moments. I am prayerful for our marriage and for others. Marriage is by far the hardest thing in life yet it has the greater reward.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://stampinshari.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-have-best-dad.html","date":"2018-07-21T18:54:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592654.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20180721184238-20180721204238-00497.warc.gz","language_score":0.9575225710868835,"token_count":185,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__58363114","lang":"en","text":"I'm sure every girl thinks that her Dad is the best...but I think mine is! This is what I got him for Father's Day this year. I usually get the same 'ol same 'ol Canadian Tire gift card...but this year I decided on some good reading for him! All Chicken Soup for the Soul books, \"loving our dogs\" (he's a TOTAL dog lover) \"Dads and Daughter's\" and \"wisdom of Dads\". And for the new books I made a lovely and simple book mark with my kids on it smiling at him! It's nothing fancy, but it's nice to make my Dad something...usually it's much easier to whip something up for women and the men get left out! I hope he enjoys the books and the special book mark! (book mark idea came from Martha Stewarts website)\nHappy Father's Dad Papason! I love you!!!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://faywrayvskong.tumblr.com/tagged/Lauren-Bacall","date":"2014-10-20T04:21:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507441801.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005721-00097-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9763474464416504,"token_count":804,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__66319568","lang":"en","text":"\"My son tells me, ‘Do you realize you are the last one? The last person who was an eyewitness to the golden age?’ Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, ‘Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?’ ‘Well, yes, I think I was,’ I reply. You realize yourself when you start reflecting — because I don’t live in the past, although your past is so much a part of what you are — that you can’t ignore it. But I don’t look at scrapbooks. I could show you some, but I’d have to climb ladders, and I can’t climb,\"\n“I´m not ashamed of what I am—of how I pass through this life. What I am has given me the strength to do it. At my lowest ebb I have never contemplated suicide. I value what is here too much. I have a contribution to make. I am not just take up space in this life. I can add something to the lives I touch. I don´t like everything I know about myself, and I´ll never be satisfied, but nobody´s perfect. I’m not sure where the next years will take me —what they will hold—but I´m open to suggestions.”\nLauren Bacall (September 16, 1924 ~ August 12, 2014)\nSlim darling, you came along and into my arms and into my heart and all the real true love I have is yours – and now I’m afraid you won’t understand and that you’ll become impatient and that I’ll lose you – but even if that happened, I wouldn’t stop loving you for you are my last love and all the rest of my life I shall love you and watch you and be ready to help you should you ever need help.\nAll the nice things I do each day would be so much sweeter and so much gayer if you were with me. I find myself saying a hundred times a day, ‘If Slim could only see that’ or ‘I wish Slim could hear this.’ I want to make a new life with you – I want all the friends I’ve lost to meet you and know you and love you as I do – and live again with you, for the past years have been terribly tough, damn near drove me crazy. You’ll soon be here, Baby, and when you come you’ll bring everything that’s important to me in this world with you.\n“The next play I saw, some years after Hamlet, was The Philadelphia Story, starring my other favorite, Katharine Hepburn. There was the excitement of seeing a movie star in the flesh - live - onstage. And because the play was billed as a comedy, the audience entered the theatre with different attitudes. Katharine Hepburn was mysterious, wonderful - offereing her considerable self and her incredible personaity that was so good and funny. Hepburn’s clothes were floating, graceful - her hair was shoulder length and shining - she was glorious - the theatre was filled with laughter. To be able to give such joy!\nWould I ever be able to do that? I thought. It was one thing to make people in a room laugh, espicially relatives. But to do the same for stragers was quite another.\nKatharine Hepburn that afternoon made me glad to be alive- and sure that being an actress was the only goal in life.”\nBilled as “the most exciting star team on the screen”, the Bacall - Bogart partnership produced performances that were charged with the pair’s electric chemistry. Though the onscreen partnership was brief, lasting only four films, it was legendary.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://gracechurchga.org/index.php","date":"2020-01-26T12:01:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579251688806.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20200126104828-20200126134828-00267.warc.gz","language_score":0.9711452722549438,"token_count":139,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__167567541","lang":"en","text":"Text: Mark 11:27-33 & 12:1-12\nWhat will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others. Mark 12:9\nThe religious leaders of Israel how an outward appearance of holiness, piety, and knowledge of God. But God knows the heart. Throughout Scripture, God stresses that man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart--the motivations and reasons we do what we do. And the leadership of Israel had failed miserably in their leadership. It was all about them. Their worship and devotion to God was ultimately motivated by pride, fear, and self-love.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.koonintranslations.com/testimonials/","date":"2019-07-17T13:30:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525187.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717121559-20190717143559-00160.warc.gz","language_score":0.9527447819709778,"token_count":217,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__70118239","lang":"en","text":"I thought your translation was magnificent: my compliments!\nHead of Translation, WUR\nVery impressive. Our compliments!\nThanks so much for the translation - our slogan sounds great in English!\nMD, neolog Communications\nKoonin Translations are high quality suppliers of German to English translations. They always deliver their translations on time and to an excellent quality standard.\nThe results of Kari and Lawrence’s work make it clear that they are conscientious translators who thoroughly and efficiently research the subject matter. Furthermore, they consistently fulfil all commitments and are always ready to help with solutions to questions.\nKari and Lawrence are excellent translators in all respects. Apart from being very professional and experienced, they are extremely reliable. It is always a pleasure to work with them!\nOwner, DBF Communicatie\nI’ve worked with Kari for well over a decade and always found her absolutely reliable and a pleasure to work with. Apart from being meticulous in her work, she excels in hitting the right tone of style in her translations.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://renbarlow.com/","date":"2024-02-25T06:08:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474581.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225035809-20240225065809-00844.warc.gz","language_score":0.951488733291626,"token_count":639,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__192760902","lang":"en","text":"Inspiration becomes who you are as you express yourself. Create! Go bold. Go for your dreams!\n“Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything” George Lois (Art Director and Author)\nI find this quote fills me with inspiration. When you're inspired, anything is possible.\nI'm motivated to focus on what our pure potential is. Where do you put your energy? What motivates you, and what inspires you to pursue your path?\nI'm following my heart and living a life of passion, and I hope I can inspire you to be the best version of yourself so we can align ourselves to our high authentic self. I hope through my journey, that I'm able to inspire and help others do the same thing regardless of education, wealth, status, age, ethnicity.\nAnything is possible if you believe. Have confidence, trust, and faith within yourself.\nThe end goal could be as simple as making your bed or walking every day, or the other extreme as climbing a mountain. Whatever the project or purpose may be, the simple key is to find the things that lift your energy, this is how I stay motivated.\nStart small, and then, once you've achieved the small goal, upscale. Do it again and again. Before long, you will look back and be amazed at what you have achieved. Where your good energy goes is where life flows.\nSometimes looking at the bigger picture can be overwhelming; it can come across as a vast mountain. How am I going to climb that? Simple, break down your goal into tiny achievable steps.\nKeep things simple and follow your gut; listen to your body and follow your heart. Your body will tell you if you are (or aren’t) on the right path.\nThere is no better time than now to start your goals, get the ball rolling and continue and grow your ideas. Dreams often find themselves in research and planning phases and never move forward past that. If it’s important to you, don’t put it off, do it now. Life is short; we have limited time on this earth so if it is essential to you, do it. Don’t wait until it’s too late, don’t listen to the excuses we tell ourselves. Dream your dreams and turn them into reality. Let's do what we can to make one hell of a difference.\nRemember that we can’t always guarantee results, and dreams don’t always work. If they do, you have made an enormous impact somewhere; if not, there is always a lesson to learn. Showing up and having a go is half the battle.\nA spark needs to fuel a massive fire, but remember, the flash itself is not enough to keep the flames burning, so the question I ask you is, where does your energy go? What are some new opportunities available? What is your true passion?\nThese three questions are so powerful, is answer truthful without judgment on yourself, could and probably will change your life","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://creativeyear.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/047/","date":"2018-06-25T09:48:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267867644.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20180625092128-20180625112128-00587.warc.gz","language_score":0.9714212417602539,"token_count":107,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__198507364","lang":"en","text":"I was in Woolworth’s yesterday and I noticed Marcus Trescothick’s autobiography on the shelf. Are enough people going to buy it to justify its publication? Surely not. He’s a decent cricketer but who wants to read his life story? And how come just about every biography you pick up says ‘The number one bestseller’ on the jacket? They can’t all have been. Just how unfamous do you have to be before they turn you down?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://startbreakaway.com/2018/03/14/about-to-throw-the-towel-in/","date":"2019-09-24T08:40:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514572896.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20190924083200-20190924105200-00388.warc.gz","language_score":0.9542003273963928,"token_count":470,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__181658313","lang":"en","text":"It’s simply wonderful to bear witness to the marvelous feats which humanity is capable of and bask in the glory of others’ good will, yet be all but completely impervious to their inspirational qualities. I don’t even remember what it’s like to be inspired without resorting to artificial means. I used to believe the hype- TV, movies, music, and more recently, social media platforms. Instagram is like the big dog amongst big dogs for pseudo-inspirational fluff. Fluff is all it is though- it looks amazing on the surface, but once you look past the perpetually smiling, youthful, beauty that is perhaps just a little too perfect, you’ll find the strings of corporate entities with an endless thirst for capital, ratings, votes, or points in some system which has no real meaning beyond abstract ideas for the Toms, Dicks, and Harrys of the world.\nI realize I’m laying it on a little thick here, people, but that’s only because one day, in the unlikely event that I knuckle up, dig deep, and cast aside the demons that have infected my mind, I can look back on these words and partake in the merriest of chuckles. For a sadist will reflect on his own afflictions with a comfort not found anywhere else, since only he truly knows the depths of his own misfortune and misery. When that day comes, I will join the millions of drones, drudging through a life fueled by apathy and distractions that slowly but surely consume life- one day at a time, and relentlessly.\nEither that, or more likely these entries will gather metaphorical dust and serve as the tragically accurate memoirs of a self-loathing moron, too lazy to be inspired enough to take back control of his life. Tomorrow is a different day, right? …right!? Because, ya know, all these days are exactly the same now- no miraculous break throughs visible on the horizon, or even conceivable at this juncture. I don’t see myself passing “GO”, nor collecting $200. I will do what I can to keep from catching fire, but I have come to terms with the notion that I will most likely drown in the process.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://zinclafriche.org/mediakitab/?page_id=96","date":"2014-11-29T02:03:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-49/segments/1416931011477.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20141125155651-00038-ip-10-235-23-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9494782090187073,"token_count":195,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-49__0__9708212","lang":"en","text":"Cultural Animation and Reading Book Center in Tyr – South Lebanon\nThe Cultural Animation and Reading Book Center is the first communal library in Tyr. This library was created in 2006 by the Municipality with the support of the Lebanon Culture Ministry, the French Embassy in Beirut for the francophone personnel and with the help of the French PACA Regional Instance for equipment.\nThe library is based in a patrimonial house called “La Maison Daoud”. This house is located in an archeological site between the old and the new town. The library disposes of a trilingual book collection, plays, DVD and CD for children and adults.\nThis collection can be consulted in free access and the loan is free of charges. Computers can also be used. The Library offers events for teens, adults and children as reading aloud. It also organizes author book meetings, exhibitions and a film club for children.\nIsmail Charafeddin, Manager","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://outofcuriosity2017.wordpress.com/2017/05/26/have-i-committed-a-mistake/","date":"2018-07-17T11:12:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589710.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20180717105812-20180717125812-00524.warc.gz","language_score":0.9497363567352295,"token_count":269,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__165784701","lang":"en","text":"Have I committed a mistake?\nFalling in love with you was my colossal mistake\nWithout being known that you already have a soul-mate.\nCrush is what this hidebound society delineates\nSuch case and I am still upon my fate!\nEndless days and nights have passed away\nAnd I still consider you as my adorable mate\nBut my solicitous mind recounts me,\n“It’s all just a congested waste”.\nMy charming heart is there only for you\nLooking for a notable reason to celebrate\nStill being known of that the fantasy would\nNever come on my ill fated way.\nI always made you my queen in the chess\nAnd don’t arise a possibility for checkmate\nHowever at the end all my worthy tries are neglected\nThat’s when remembering your smile makes me feel intoxicated\nAt times I think of having a date!\nWhich seems hopeless as you already posses a soul-mate?\nUnbiasedly it makes me feel indelicate\nAnd questions the lord “is this love is?”\nThe creator just exhorts me to wait\nIn the end this is all what I have to dedicate\nBut still I always again and again question myself\n“Have I committed a mistake?”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://gblt-lesbian-queer-butch-femme.meetup.com/cities/us/ca/los_angeles/","date":"2013-12-05T06:07:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163040130/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204131720-00053-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9314332604408264,"token_count":187,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__200552357","lang":"en","text":"1 Meetup Group matches “GBLT, Lesbian, Queer, Butch-Femme” near Los Angeles, CA\nAdvice from Cher Horowitz from the classic film Clueless: \"You should read one non-school book a week.\" This advice applies not only to high school girls, but also to lesbians, queers, gay ladies. The LA Gay Lady Book Club is for women who want to read one cool book a month, and we'll be taking suggestions on what to read from the club's members. The books we read may or may not be lesbian/queer themed, but the Ladies who attend probably will be ;) (gay/lesbian/bi/queer, trans family welcome) Re …\nGet an alert email when new Meetup Groups like this start near you.\nYou'll get advice, help finding members, and tools to make running a Meetup Group easier.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.redsteppress.com/updates-and-events.html","date":"2015-05-28T23:48:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-22/segments/1432207929803.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20150521113209-00215-ip-10-180-206-219.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9777897596359253,"token_count":190,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-22__0__57468106","lang":"en","text":"What's new with RSP?\nFebruary 2012: OVERBURDEN was chosen for the February 2 Local Pigeon Book Club, and Aaron Brown was scheduled to for a book talk on March 11, 2012.\nFebruary 2012: Dennis Herschbach interviewed for KMNSU's radio show.\nIn May of 2011, Dennis Herschbach was awarded the 2011 Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for Creative Writing/Memoir for his book BROWN SUGAR SYRUP AND JACK PINE SAND. Dennis was married in June and moved to the greater St. Cloud area. He has a novel scheduled for release in spring of 2012 with Northstar Press of St. Cloud. He is available for signings and readings: email RSP for more information.\nOVERBURDEN: MODERN LIFE ON THE IRON RANGE by Aaron Brown continues to sell well. Aaron Brown is also available for events and can be reached through his webpage.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://bl.ocks.org/tamc/raw/024168df8660eeca26aa/","date":"2021-05-15T21:14:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991378.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20210515192444-20210515222444-00552.warc.gz","language_score":0.9015935659408569,"token_count":235,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__191244338","lang":"en","text":"There are no agreed rates even for accepted side effects of statins. In the diagram for those taking statins the risk of diabetes was estimated from an RCT, Ridker PM, Danielson E, Fonseca FA, Genest J, Gotto AM, Kastelein JJ et al (2008) Rosuvastatin to prevent vascular events in men and women with elevated C-reactive protein. New England Journal of Medicine 359:2195-207. Muscle problems are an accepted risk, occur in less than 1 in 200 people according to trials. However they are linked to drug interactions, which one would expect to be minimal within a trial, and have therefore been estimated here from an observational study, Buettner C, Davis RB, Leveille SG, Mittlean MA, Mukamal KJ. (2008) Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and statin use. Journal of General Internal Medicine 23:1182-6.\nSource code for this page available under an open source licence from https://gist.github.com/tamc/024168df8660eeca26aa.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://stacypost.blogspot.jp/2013/01/step-out-of-your-comfort-zone.html","date":"2013-06-19T21:25:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709224828/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516130024-00067-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9728549718856812,"token_count":356,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__132819490","lang":"en","text":"The snow has turned to rain. I am waiting for the piles down by the mailbox to melt and puddle. It's too warm to really worry but Indiana weather can turn on a dime. If the rain freezes, we'll have ice. I don't like ice much.\nIt's pretty to look at from the safety, comfort and warmth of the house. It might even bring on a poetic mood. (It has in the past, at least.) But I have cranky ankles and still need to check the mail.\nI count my blessings that I am well, that my bones are solid and my determination is fixed. But even I have to step out of my comfort zone. Which brings me to my point: I've recently procured two readings for the poetry chapbook due out in March. One at a library and another at a bookstore.\nBoth set at the safe distance of being in April.\nGreat googly-moogly! Public speaking is not my thing. Now give me fifteen preschoolers and a guitar, throw in a couple of great picture books, and I'll be swinging from the rafters. But to read to grown adults? Reading poetry?\nIt makes my palms sweat.\nHowever, in order to move forward on this writing journey, I have to step out of my comfort zone. I'm even going to take Miss Elizabeth Bennet's advice and practice. Yup. Tonight, I am meeting up with some yoga buddies. We're ordering pizza. Someone's bringing wine.\nI am going to practice. The audience is a fair and kind one. Let's hope they're in the mood for a little Hoosier poetry. Wish me luck?\nTo check out my upcoming appearances, click here!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://tarynanderson.me/how-to-hack-road-riot-with-lucky.html","date":"2019-07-17T06:44:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525094.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717061451-20190717083451-00444.warc.gz","language_score":0.9075630307197571,"token_count":735,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__158864423","lang":"en","text":"in a few favorites of my own to make this list. . This edition includes a new foreword by Valenti, reflecting upon whats happened in the seven years since Full Frontal Feminism was originally published. As a young woman, Gbowee was broken by the Liberian civil war, a brutal conflict that tore apart her life and claimed the lives of countless relatives and friends. An abortion provider reinvents birth control, Sheila Bapat envisions an economy that values domestic work, a teenage rock band dreams up a new way to make music, Katherine Cross rewrites the Constitution, and Maya Dusenbery resets the standard for good sex. The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity Love By Bell Hooks Everyone needs to love and be loved even men. Beginning in 1830 and targeting four revered authorsD. They build on their classic expos on the demonization of women healers and the political and economic monopolization of medicine. Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights By Katha Pollitt Forty years after the landmark Roe. The portrait that emerges is not only one of an incredibly insightful woman continually growing to understand herself and our society, but also one of our culture. Warning TP VOL 01 (mature readers) Contains issues #1-5 of the Image Comics science fiction series.\nRoblox Assassin Hack ScriptsCombining essays, interviews, poetry, illustrations, and short stories, The Feminist Utopia Project challenges the status quo that accepts inequality and violence as a givenand inspires us to demand a radically better future. Yet popular books, magazines and even scientific articles increasingly defend inequalities by citing immutable biological differences between the male and female brain. Walk through hell #9 (mature readers) WAR OF THE realms uncanny X-MEN #1 (OF 3) When the War of the Realms comes to Earth, Dani Moonstar of the New Mutants leads the X-men into the fray! Witches, Midwives, Nurses: A History of Women Healers By Barbara Ehrenreich Deirdre English Witches, Midwives, and Nurses, first published by The Feminist Press in 1973, how To Hack Road Riot With Lucky Patcher is an essential book about the corruption of the medical establishment and its historic roots in witch hunters. Half memoir, half polemic, and entirely necessary, ( Elle UK Morans debut was an instant runaway bestseller in England as well as an Amazon UK Top Ten book of the year; still riding high on bestseller lists months. Shazam NEW 52 TP VOL 01 The basis for the awesome new feature film! Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism and the Future By Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards In the year 2000, girl culture was clearly ascendant. Meanwhile, with each passing day, the rights upheld by the Supreme Court are being systematically eroded by state laws designed to end abortion outright.\nAcme Comics is a Eisner-nominated comic book specialty shop in Greensboro,. Open since 1982, our exceptional staff and inventory are here to serve you! Team Fortress 2 - Kill the doctor; Team Fortress 2 - Sniper Weapon; Team Fortress 2 - Spyro Team Fortress 2 - Pyro 101; Team Fortress 2 - Who sent all these babies to fight!? Mike Barbwire The Blue Ocean Six - El Surfista De Mambo.1 7 Single (vinyl). This article needs additional citations for verification.Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Hey you, I know you don t want to get any more email. You already get those stupid joke forwards from your uncle.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://thetruthergirls.com/Natural_Protection.html","date":"2017-04-25T16:19:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917120694.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031200-00517-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9086049795150757,"token_count":1369,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__138370679","lang":"en","text":"Among the vaccines babies receive are Prevnar and HiB. Prevnar targets 7 strains of streptococcus pneumonia which causes pneumonia, acute otitis media (middle-ear infections), meningitis and bacteremia. The HiB, or haemophilus influenza type B, vaccine targets a bug which can also cause pneumonia, meningitis and other invasive diseases almost exclusively in children aged less than 5 years. Naturally, no-one wants their kids to get any of these infections.\nThe medical community has focused on the use of vaccines to prevent these diseases but in fact they can also be prevented by breastfeeding (5).\nMany studies have found that breast milk effectively inhibits the colonization of babies’ throats with HiB, Strep pneumonia, and other pathogens. A few examples:\nPediatrics International in June 1999:\n\"The incidence of H. influenzae in breast-fed infants, mixed-fed infants and formula-fed infants was 0, 0 and 7.0% respectively. The results suggest that the colonization of H. influenzae in the throat was inhibited by the presence of breast milk.\" (1)\nJournal of Tropical Pediatrics in June 1999:\n\"No respiratory bacterial pathogens were detected in breastfed and mixed-fed infants (this included HiB and strep pneumonia). Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis were isolated from the oropharynx of formula-fed infants.\"(2)\nActa-Paediatrica-Japonica. 1994 Oct:.\n\"The adherence of Haemophilus influenzae and pneumococci for example to retropharyngeal cells is efficiently inhibited by human milk.\" (3)\nThat’s right, these studies found that none of the exclusively or even partially breastfed babies had HiB or strep pneumonia in their throats. When it comes to HiB your baby benefits from any amount of human milk, even if it is supplemented with formula.\nAmazingly, this protection extends beyond the nursing period. One Swedish study in the Int-J-Epidemiol. 1999 Feb found:\n\"There seems to be an association between high breastfeeding rate in the population and a reduced incidence of HI meningitis 5 to 10 years later.\" (2)\nNow that you know you have an alternative to the vaccinations, you may also want to know that vaccinations may not eradicate disease, but rather displace it. Pathogens are part of the ecosystem and when you vaccinate against HiB, streptococcus pneumonia incidence increases in its place. When you vaccinate against the 7 most common strains of strep pneumonia, the other 83 strains, including several antibiotic resistant ones, become more prevalent. Children that receive Prevnar are at higher risk of contracting these other strains, including those that are antibiotic –resistant (7). I’m sure you have all heard of the new superbugs- they are a result of vaccination and antibiotic use. Nature compensates.\nUnfortunately for me, I found this all out after I had had my son vaccinated with Prevnar and HiB. When I asked the clinic nurse whether she was aware of the protective effects of breastfeeding against these illnesses, she said yes, she was. When I asked her why doesn’t the clinic tell mothers this, she replied that it’s because they don’t know how long we will breastfeed for. In addition to this, she told me that children under 1 year receive 3 shots of Prevnar, whereas kids over 1 year receive only 1, because infants’ immature immune systems don’t respond as well to the vaccine. And they don’t even give Prevnar to children over 2 years of age!\nOh…OK. So rather than tell us that breastfeeding will protect our children from these invasive diseases and let us decide whether we want to nurse and/or vaccinate them, they say nothing and prophylactically vaccinate all children. Hmmm…This raises the question of who really benefits from this practice: the kids or the pharmaceutical industry?\n1.Incidence of Haemophilus influenzae in the throats of healthy infants with different feeding methods.\nHokama,-T; Sakamoto,-R; Yara,-A; Asato,-Y; Takamine,-F; Itokazu,-K\nPediatr-Int. 1999 Jun; 41(3): 277-80\n2.Isolation of respiratory bacterial pathogens from the throats of healthy infants fed by different methods.\nHokama,-T; Yara,-A; Hirayama,-K; Takamine,-F\nJ-Trop-Pediatr. 1999 Jun; 45(3): 173-6\n3.Breast feeding: overview and breast milk immunology.\nHanson,-L-A; Hahn-Zoric,-M; Berndes,-M; Ashraf,-R; Herias,-V; Jalil,-F; Bhutta,-T-I; Laeeq,-A; Mattsby-Baltzer,-I\nActa-Paediatr-Jpn. 1994 Oct; 36(5): 557-61\n4.Protective effect of breastfeeding: an ecologic study of Haemophilus influenzae meningitis and breastfeeding in a Swedish population.\nSilfverdal,-S-A; Bodin,-L; Olcen,-P; Int-J-Epidemiol. 1999 Feb\n5.Risk Factors for Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children: A Population-based Case-Control Study in North America\nOrin S. Levine, Monica Farley, Lee H. Harrison, Lewis Lefkowitz, Allison McGeer,\nBenjamin Schwartz and for the Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Team\n6.A prospective cohort study on breast-feeding and otitis media in Swedish infants.\nG Aniansson, B Alm, B Andersson, A Håkansson, P Larsson, O Nylén\nPediatr Infect Dis J. 1994 Mar ;13 (3):183-8 8177624\n7.Incidence of pneumococcal disease due to non-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) serotypes in the United States during the era of widespread PCV7 vaccination, 1998-2004; Hicks LA et al; J.Infect. Dis 2007 Nov 1\nDisclaimer: the contents of this website are for information purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Please consult your doctor before making any decisions regarding vaccinations or any health concerns you may have.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://madatingonlineuszr.adblue.us/ron-and-hermione-hook-up-fanfiction.html","date":"2018-11-19T09:02:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039745522.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20181119084944-20181119110944-00383.warc.gz","language_score":0.9594006538391113,"token_count":1687,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__147139110","lang":"en","text":"Ron's eyes wavered around the room and he noticed the broken dishes scattered about worriedly he looked at hermione she turned her head to face him and rose up from the ground. Harry and hermione came down the stairs, dragging their trunks 'harry, you're to come with me and tonks,' shouted molly over the repeated screeches of 'mudbloods scum. Ron walked off and now all the eyes in the common room were on them lavender looked up, scoffed at hermione, and went running after ron hermione slowly felt herself begin to cry and upon the tears stinging her eyes, she realized that ron was the only person to make her cry since she came to hogwarts.\nRon, molly, and ginny have been feeding harry and hermione love potions so that harry would end up with ginny and hermione would be ron's sex slave meanwhile, tonks (using her shapeshifting powers to look like ginny) regularly rapes harry in his sleep. For reasons that have very little to do with literature and far more to do with me clinging to the plot as i first imagined it, hermione ended up with ron i know, i'm sorry, she adds. Hermione's returned to bed, remember harry was finishing a watch when chapter 19 begins, hermione wwas already asleep when he and ron returned to the tent after destroying the horcrux so she's already in her pjs when harry wakes her up to see ron's returned and hear his tell. Harry and hermione smiled at each other, then jogged up the path to join ron and ginny ginny held out her hand to harry as they approached and harry took it readily inside the main tent, they found seats in the center stand across from center ring.\nAre there any good ron/hermione fanfiction should harry and hermione get together what if fred loves and marries hermione are there any good dark harry/hermione fanfictions why did ron and hermione hook up, not harry and hermione will there be another harry potter movie (one with harry, ron and hermione in it). In an au 6th year where ron didn't hook up with lavender, ron and hermione are on patrol one night when they happen upon an unusual party being held in the room of requirement written by blackhawk13 back in 2010 for a r/hr big bang challenge. With lord ravana's encouragement, draco orchestrates the expulsion of hermione granger, neville longbottom, cho chang, ernie macmillan, and ron weasely (using made up incidents) fights between the is and the rest of the student body are common.\nThe accidental animagus by white squirrel harry escapes the dursleys with a unique bout of accidental magic and eventually winds up at the grangers' house now, he has what he always wanted: a loving family, and he'll need their help to take on the magical world and vanquish the dark lord who has pursued him from birth. Rey watched poe run up to the goblet of fire and dropped his name in, cheering loudly with the rest of the gryffindors as the cup accepted his name hermione granger/ron weasley (11) james potter/lily evans potter (7) not canon compliant - harry potter and the goblet of fire (125) book 4: harry potter and the goblet of fire (31. 29 signs that hermione liked ron from the start share via facebook ’ ‘oh, shut up,’ said hermione, but she agreed to go and watch out for snape when ron is hit by the white queen in the life-sized chess game, hermione screams she’s not known for screaming this is a dead giveaway. Hermione woke up to voices she wasn’t quite sure where she was they were speaking in low tones harry and ron rushed to hermione’s bedside “’mione we were so worried about you,” ron was pale from concern join harry potter fanfiction get access to every new feature the moment it comes out.\nHarry potter and the half-blood prince is the sixth novel in j k rowling's harry potter series set during harry potter's sixth year at hogwarts, lord voldemort is definitely back and with vengeance harry finds his world is yet again changing: wizards and witches and muggles alike are dying, despite the efforts of the ministry of magic and the order of the phoenix. Fanfiction romance draco hermione dramione more when me and hermione were about to kiss there was a tapping on the window hermione went to the window and it was a letter who's the letter from i asked 3 comments plzz and who knew that ron and pansy would ever hook up. Hermione granger was supposed through the halls of hogwarts on her way to her religion's draco hermione dating fanfiction room your woof has been posted harry and ron are trying to teach their new hermione to be conservative and keep hook up montebello. Let the fanfiction ensue as for the canon stuff — hermione and viktor’s goblet of fire romance — we wondered how close the characters really got during those stolen moments at the yule ball.\nRon is the foil to their feminine/masculine intensity harry is able to let loose with ron and embrace his youth, and hermione lets loose as well, which allows ron to connect with her on a much more emotional level elevating their friendship to something else. Kyoshi posted a comment on tuesday 23rd august 2011 3:38pm for final preparations and bon voyage does anybody wonder why fleur who is the bride and comes from a very important and distinguished family get married in england and the marriage is in one of the poorest houses in magical england. Ron and hermione aren't together in this reality either they clearly both want to be, they're just too busy trying to save the world from evil (again) but they do ~eventually~ confess their love. As he hopped up, the twins called out, “smooth move, bro” ron swallowed quickly, wiped his mouth on a napkin, and ran over to give hermione a hug “you’re looking healthy “you’re looking healthy.\nClose to the end (after harry's trial), ron, hermione, remus and sirius suddenly hack up into cruel, vengeful demons without an ounce of decency or mercy one of the worst and most clichéd examples, but nearly all fanfics of this type follow the same basic template with few variations. At some point, ron and luna get sucked into an alternate dimension where they have a daughter they then send that daughter back to the normal dimension where she is cared for by harry and hermione it covers a long period of time (and i believe has several novel length stories), beginning around when harry and hermione hook up and going well. Someone kill off ron just like they killed off astoria and then make draco and hermione hook up the diary of hermione granger (dramione fanfiction) - chapter 2 - wattpad i am so happy that hermione and ron ended up together, but i really believe she and harry or draco would be perfect too. This ultimate harrydraco story full hook up campgrounds in mi greatest movie series franchises all time films teachers dating teachers hallows, part 2 (2011) lucius 1953 - 1954) when hermione and dracos secret romance is revealed, will hermione be able to salvage both her relationship and the friendships that threaten to be.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.provide-project.de/ziel-konzept/?lang=en","date":"2022-08-10T17:49:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00576.warc.gz","language_score":0.9182628393173218,"token_count":825,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__173759466","lang":"en","text":"Aim, concept and treatment model of PROVIDE\nAim and concept\nThe project aims to improve the provision of psychosocial health care in primary care for the increasing number of underserved patients suffering from depression and/or anxiety. Demographic change will accelerate the need to respond to rising immobility and higher physical-mental health comorbidity. Integrated behavioural health (Crowley et al., Annals of Internal Medicine, 2015), involving primary care and specialist care providers, effectively addresses these challenges. However, there is a gap between proven evidence and real practice, especially in smaller practices and in Germany. In this project, collaboration of primary care physicians and mental health specialists applying video consultations within the premises of primary practices will address uptake of recommended treatment, symptom reduction, and resource utilisation. Video consultations will focus on diagnostics, care planning, and crisis management or brief psychotherapy.\nIn a first stage of this study, stakeholders will be investigated concerning potential barriers for change to tailor integrated behavioural health to their needs. Second, within a pilot study, this care model will be delivered and evaluated regarding feasibility. Finally, after care model optimisation, a randomised controlled trial with continuous implementation monitoring will assess the clinical effect of video-based care and compare the outcomes with those obtained in usual care. We expect that the approach will increase interdisciplinary collaboration and reduce symptom burden without expanding existing services.\nTreatment model: How are patients being treated in general practice?\nThe PROVIDE treatment model, developed on the basis of the needs assessment (PROVIDE-A), involves primary care patients suffering from depressive and/or anxiety disorders being treated by psychotherapists via video consultation. The intervention consists of 5 sessions and includes diagnosis, treatment planning, and short-term intervention by the psychotherapist, depending on the patient's needs. Close interaction between the psychotherapist and the primary care provider ensures that the patient continues to connect to psychological care after the intervention is completed. During the video consultation, the patient is alone in a designated protected room in the primary care practice. In 2019, the treatment model was successfully tested and deemed feasible and safe to implement by all stakeholders (PROVIDE-B). Primary care providers and psychotherapists considered it to be easily integrated into everyday care and a useful addition to existing care.\nCurrently, the model is being investigated with regard to effectiveness and symptom improvement in a large supraregional randomised controlled trial.\nTarget population: Which patients are suitable for the treatment model?\nPeople with depression and/or anxiety are considered to be particularly suitable for video consultations in general practice conducted by mental health specialists. (Backhaus et al., Psychological Services, 2012; Kessler et al., Lancet, 2009; Kocsis & Yellowlees, Telemedicine and e-Health, 2017).\nBenefits and opportunities\nLonger travel distances for patients and health care providers, especially in rural areas, may be saved with video consultations as an alternative mode of treatment delivery. Moreover, patients with mental disorders have the opportunity to receive specialized mental health care in a familiar environment. Many patients experience video consultations as comfortable and as a good starting point to establish a reliable therapeutic relationship (Kocsis & Yellowlees, Telemedicine and e-Health, 2017; Simpson et al., British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2009).\nPrevious studies have shown that video consultations do not negatively affect the therapeutic alliance per se. In general, communication works well and quite satisfactory (Hilty et al., Telemedicine and e-Health, 2013). Nevertheless, for a technology-based treatment approach such as video consultations, technical faults are possible. This, in addition to deliver better health care for patients, it is another aim of PROVIDE to implement a secure, user-friendly and organisationally practical technical platform for the realisation of video consultations at the interface between primary care and specialized mental health care. Therefore, possible disruptions of the therapeutic process due to technical faults will be reduced to a minimum and be subject to a critical incident reporting system.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.hintonschools.org/article/116490","date":"2022-08-08T22:50:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00149.warc.gz","language_score":0.9418456554412842,"token_count":164,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__43746692","lang":"en","text":"Come join in the fun at the Hinton Library! The Ruth Fisher Summer Reading Review is in full swing now thru July 31st! Come and meet Taylor Meriwether at the Hinton Library, check out a great book, and get started! The Hinton Library is located at 123 E. Main Street in Hinton. The Summer Review is for kids who will be entering kindergarten thru 7th grade for the UPCOMING 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR Summer Review forms are available at the Hinton Library. All forms are to be turned in to the Hinton Library by July 31st. Students that participate in the Ruth Fisher Summer Review will be awarded FREE HINTON FAIR TICKETS at school in August. Let's get reading!!!\nRuth Fisher Summer Reading Fun!!\nJUN 07, 2019","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.coleharper.com/360-2/","date":"2018-01-20T12:51:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084889617.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20180120122736-20180120142736-00264.warc.gz","language_score":0.9815778732299805,"token_count":621,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__198682169","lang":"en","text":"About a week ago, I was sitting in a Waffle House around 1 AM, drinking black coffee, feeling extremely disappointed in myself.\nIt was December again, and another year had gone by.\nWhat had I achieved in the past year?\nIt felt like I had tried so hard this year but all I could do was fail.There was so much to be done and I would never be able to do it all. Recently, I felt like I have lost all hope of achieving my dreams.\nNo matter how much I wrote, I was not able to publish a single “good” blog post. After numerous attempts to start a nutrition club, I never saw my idea through to reality. I didn’t gain much muscle mass and I quit going to the gym. On top of everything, my grades greatly suffered this year.\nBut you know what?\nI didn’t fly to the moon or get elected to Congress either. Why was I not equally disappointed in myself?\nObviously, those were unrealistic goals.\nAfter a night of staring at the ceiling, unable to sleep, I rolled out of bed. I felt sick to my stomach. This time last year I felt such great hope for my future. It was the year I would finally change my life. Had it all been for nothing?\nI wallowed over to the restroom to record my morning weight as I had done for nearly every day over the past year. 160 pounds.\nAt the very least I had lost 50 pounds this year, one of my main goals for the year.\nAnd you know what, I learned an incredible amount about nutrition too. Changing my diet was no easy feat nor was confronting my irrational fear of the gym.\nAs I began to think about everything I had done this past year instead of everything I hadn’t done, I began to feel a great sense of optimism.\n- My social skills and confidence greatly improved and I joined a fraternity.\n- I journaled nearly every day and meditated every day for November and December. For the first time in my life, I felt happier than I had ever been.\n- I read a ton of books. I downloaded 45 books on audible this year and read most of them, and bought and read several tangible books.\n- I went on two cross-country road trips and deeply explored the DFW (Dallas Fort Worth) and the DMV (DC Maryland Virginia) metroplexes like never before.\nYes, I didn’t do everything I set out to achieve this year, and yes I had many failures. Whenever we think about everything we haven’t done, we are bound to feel disappointed. After all, we can’t do everything.\nInstead, we must remember our success and achievements along with our failures.\nUndoubtedly, this was by far the most productive and best year of my life. And you know what, given what I’ve learned and gone through I am confident that my life will only improve in 2018.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://lisabethmackall.com/products-and-links/","date":"2018-02-20T09:45:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812932.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20180220090216-20180220110216-00203.warc.gz","language_score":0.9660595059394836,"token_count":329,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__206889541","lang":"en","text":"$5.50 Shipping & Handling\nOn January 2, 2012, Officer Frank Mackall was responding to a call for assistance from one of his partners. On the way to that call, Officer Mackall hit a patch of black ice, and crashed his squad car into a tree. After being airlifted to the hospital, his family was notified of his accident.\nThe story of Officer Mackall's 84 days at the hospital, and the emotional trials that his family endured, are documented in this journal based story. Each day is a walk through his wife's emotions and fears, and the journey through Officer Mackall's recover process. The family support from the law enforcement community, and the ongoing support from his Caring Bridge website, gave the Mackall family the strength to move forward each day, and to eventually, bring Officer Mackall home.\nVisit the Mackall Family on Facebook at Mackall Family Journey.\nAvailable on Kindle! Purchase your copy by click here!\nThis book is also available at Amazon.com. Lisabeth Mackall is a routine contributor to the website Ezine.com. Feel free to review more of her written work regarding caregiver fatigue and recovery from a traumatic event in her articles posted on Ezine.com. She welcomes feedback and article/blogging suggestions. Email Lisabeth at info@LisabethMackall.com, and be sure to register here at the website to receive her newsletter and latest blog updates!\nCongratulations to Author Lisbeth Mackall! She is the Reader's Choice winner for our author feature in the December Year In Review Issue of Shield Magazine!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://hintsforlife80606583.wordpress.com/","date":"2018-12-09T21:12:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823183.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20181209210843-20181209232843-00348.warc.gz","language_score":0.9703772068023682,"token_count":1319,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__44658528","lang":"en","text":"“My scars tell a story.They are a reminder of times when life tried to break me,but failed.They are markings of where the structure of my character was welded.” –Steve Maraboli\nHey there, welcome or welcome back to my blog and like I promised in my first blog post, today we’re getting down to serious business. As the title suggests, I feel it’s high time we learnt to be proud of our scars,not only because it’s the only option we got(there’s no alternative I know of) but also because taking pride in them is usually the beginning of something great in our lives.\nYou’re probably looking at those scars you may have gotten when you were growing up as a child,and you’re wondering why you should even be proud of them. I’d like you to just snap out of the puzzlement because we won’t delve into them today,maybe another. When I say scars,I don’t literally mean those scars you got during your childhood adventures. Those ones are there for memories and they bring joy upon remembering how you got them and who you got them with. However, I’m referring to these very scars that have greatly affected you either physically(with exceptions such as the ones I’ve just mentioned above), emotionally or even psychologically. We get these scars because no one has a perfect life and nobody ever will, and like it is always said, life can never be sweet to you all through, at some point it has to turn sour.\nWe’re human(flesh and blood) and that alone explains why we can’t miss at least a scar. We are bound to make a lot of mistakes in life and to be honest some(mistakes) are so gross that we get scars as proof of such mistakes. Also, in many occasions we go through difficult situations and challenges in life such as death of a loved one,breakups resulting into heartbreaks, failure in life, losing all you have to a natural disaster such fire among others and all these tend to leave us deeply scarred. I’m certain there are many ways through which people get scars that I haven’t mentioned, but one thing I know for sure is that they often come about after going through something unpleasant or should I say, nasty. Some of these will scars fade away with time while others will always be there to stay for as long as you are alive.\nWhen we look at or think about these scars, we are reminded of a past, a past that unfortunately can never be assigned to oblivion or better still rubbed away. And as long as the scars are there, there’s nothing under the sun that you can do to change the story of how the they came to be(and this is usually the most painful bit about it all). Reminiscing their origin at times is accompanied with heavy emotions such as sadness and obviously one or two drops of tears can not fail to appear. The tears are play an important role in healing and they should not barred from flowing because they relieve us of at least some pain if not all of it. Crying is some sort of therapy to the soul if so to say.\nIn Japan,there is an an art called Kintsukuroi also known as Kintsugi. This is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by filling the cracks with either gold, silver or platinum and gold is commonly used. The gold used to fill in the cracks creates a beautiful lining in the broken object bearing in mind the fact gold has a buttery yellow colour with a beautiful lustrous sheen. Allow me to give my two cents by saying that this Japanese art has both literal and metaphorical meaning. The literal meaning is that the gold used in repairing the broken item be it a bowl or any other pottery, makes it more beautiful, in other words it tops up the broken item’s original beauty. The metaphorical meaning on the other hand emphasizes on the fact there’s beauty in being broken and this is what is worth knowing.\nThe same applies to us human beings, being broken does not mean it is the end of the road for us. We are not always broken beyond repair and therefore life can and must continue. It is up to us to choose pick up our broken pieces and rebuild ourselves to become better people. Painting your scars with gold is basically wearing them proudly because they make you who you are today and hiding them does neither you nor them(your scars). They make you beautiful, if that puts it better. They are there to show how resilient you were when life tried to break you. They are you badge of honour and therefore I urge you to do whatever is within your power to be proud of them. Moreover, they will always be there to show you survived and that speaks volume.\nEverything in life happens for a reason and so we should never question that. Owing to that, you should try to never; deny yourself because of what you’ve been through, blame anyone for any mistake you made in life and complain because of the hardships life may throw at you…for if you do, you will be doing a lot of injustice to yourself and eventually end up a miserable person. Accepting what has happened or is happening in your life however ugly, goes along way to help you live a better life and you even become an inspiration to others without knowing. And always know that no situation is permanent in life and however bad it is, there is always a time to bounce back.\nIt so happens that it is the beginning of another new month although a few days have gone by, not to forget that it is the start of the second half of the year and with what we’ve talked about, I strongly believe you can still kick-start the rest of the year with a much faster velocity reason being, you can now tackle anything life throws at you all thanks to your scars. Remember they make you a new person altogether. Learn to take pride in your scars and good luck while at it!\nIf you liked this blog post, feel free to like, comment and share with your loved ones. Also, please follow my blog so that each time I post you’ll get notified right away.\nThanks for stopping by and till next time, bye✋\nLove and love💕","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://3n755r.ga:4056/","date":"2021-04-19T18:58:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038916163.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20210419173508-20210419203508-00537.warc.gz","language_score":0.9736756682395935,"token_count":247,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__183848686","lang":"en","text":"- Software name: appdown\n- Software type: Microsoft Framwork\n- size: 805MB\nChapter 9For an hour or two the men had studied with intense eagerness the bristling fortifications of the gap and the swarming foemen at the foot of and on the summit of the high walls of rock. They had listened anxiously to the firing to the right and left, and tried to make out what success their comrades on other parts of the long crescent were having. They had watched the faces of the officers to read there how the battle was going.\nCadnan, not knowing if this were good or bad, said nothing at all, but waited. Dodd sighed, shook his head and closed his eyes. After a second he went on.\nNorma Fredericks nodded, her trace poised over the waiting pad. \"Yes, Dr. Haenlingen. Of course.\"\n\"I shall be mighty glad when we git this outfit to Chattanoogy,\" sighed Si. \"I'm gittin' older every minute that I have 'em on my hands.\"\n\"Wasn't it just wonderful?\" said Monty Scruggs. \"It looked as if a","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.forexport.tur.ar/simple-tips-to-evaluate-literature-for-course-work/","date":"2020-02-17T18:08:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875143079.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20200217175826-20200217205826-00024.warc.gz","language_score":0.9487157464027405,"token_count":824,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__120618097","lang":"en","text":"Simple tips to evaluate literature for course work, term paper and thesis\nYou need to analyze the tips and positions that have gotten creative development when you look at the work being examined. Only under such conditions you can comprehend the brand new one, which it has in comparison to other works, to discover how, in exactly what interrelations are believed in other works, the questions formulated therein. All this work helps you to understand deeply the problems raised by the writer, comprehensively expose their content, trace the development of ideas and theories.\nAnalyzing scientific work, the student must comprehend the logic of the growth of theoretical roles, reflections associated with the author. The peculiarity with this problem is he learns the laws of social development, not by studying social reality, whilst the scientist who discovers, justifies this or that legislation, but by learning already available technology. Being mindful of this, he must master perhaps not prepared conclusions and outcomes, but to learn the foundation and logic of their purchase, that is, to repeat the entire process of scientific research. This means throughout the separate make use of literary works the pupil must deliberate after the writer.\nSystematization as an element of work with literature supply\nThe key stage of using systematic literature is systematization, generalization of knowledge, analysis on the basis of tangible facts and occasions of truth.\nThe peculiarity of medical works is the fact that tips and provisions set straight down inside them are disclosed by the writer, being a rule, not in one workplace. To gather a homogeneous product together is an essential and efforts for the student. Many authors in their works formulate many crucial conditions in the act of debate, which may be instructive, systematic, demonstrative, tangible, constructive, centered on careful research associated with the material. Along the way of analysis regarding the work, the student must figure out how to pick good content through the polemical product, this is certainly, statements and a few ideas, which are contrasted using the criticism and play a role in the growth of economic, historic or socio-political concept.\nMany theoretical dilemmas and specific dilemmas, that are covered in scientific works, for a long period usually do not lose their significance. Consequently, the innovative mastery of these content involves developing pupils’ abilities to utilize the idea to the solution of essaywriter practical dilemmas. This provides rise towards the need certainly to study clinical works along with contemporary realities, to evaluate through the standpoint of theory concrete facts and activities of real economic and social life.\nTypes of literary sources utilized for writing documents\nFrom the methodological point of view, the procedures of learning clinical works, educational and teaching-methodical literary works, having lots of typical, endowed with specific features. While learning students, aside from the capability to read books and summarize product, highlight the main ideas and associate all of them with modern social development tasks, should concentrate on the flow among these magazines, identify the primary ones, have a tradition of reading and writing, have abilities to utilize bibliographic publications etc.\nAcademic and literature that is teaching-methodical:\n- textbooks on appropriate disciplines,\n- educational and teaching aids,\n- methodological developments and guidance,\n- guide literature.\nNonetheless, often students try not to demonstrably imagine whatever they should first learn – medical or educational-methodical work. It really is unequivocally tough to answer this concern. All of it is dependent upon the particular discipline, the subject, the amount of preparation of students. Sometimes it doesn’t do without having the instructor’s guidelines, which works plus in what sequence to study. Due to the not enough knowledge of the importance of this work, some pupils are restricted to reading and writing out educational and methodological design for a medical work, thinking that they’re learning it.\nProper company of separate work with academic and educational-methodical literary works involves finding out the basic sequence of studying advised to your subject, the section of the program sources, objectives and goals, methods and types of make use of it.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://jidekomolafe.blogspot.com/","date":"2021-10-26T06:22:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587799.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20211026042101-20211026072101-00644.warc.gz","language_score":0.9497461318969727,"token_count":4472,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__274087386","lang":"en","text":"Of Translation, Vernacularization, and Appropriation: Re-Evaluating Bishop Ajayi Crowther in Yoruba Spirituality\nS. ’Jide Komolafe\nThe philosophical exploration of religious beliefs and practices is evident in all cultures. Thus every living and healthy religion has a marked idiosyncrasy. Its power consists in its special message and in the bias which that revelation gives to life. Consequently, when an alien religion makes an incursion, it is not surprising that it lives off the conceptual religious capital of its host, adding very little, save a certain empirical enrichment. Even then, both are often uneasy yoke-fellows, each at times feeling it a duty to combat the other. The attempt by Remi Oyeniyi to offer corrections to the place of Esu in Yoruba cosmology and the reaction this has generated so far advance further this inevitable proposition (“Esu: The Revenge of Bishop Ajayi Crowther” http://saharareporters.com/article/esu-revenge-bishop-ajayi-crowther)\nFollowing Prof. Funso Aiyejina, Oyeniyi would like to shift our attention from Esu’s representation as “the equivalent of the Euro-Christian Devil/Satan who is out to undermine the work of the Almighty God.” Instead, we should reincarnate his classical place in Yoruba cosmology as “the enforcer of the Will of Olodumare.” Oyeniyi prefers the imagery of benevolence, blaming Bishop Ajayi Crowther for the demonization of Esu as “an act of vengeance against his own Yoruba people whom he felt had sold him into slavery.” He projects an ethical obligation to uphold the Esu in Yoruba cosmology while being deeply opposed to “the ‘New Esu’ created by Bishop Crowther and his overzealous, vengeance-seeking and indoctrinated past and present followers of Euro-Christianity.” Much of this strikes me as a reactionary agenda to either emphasize the indigenous roles or diminish the process of appropriation in praise of Yoruba religious ingenuity and spirituality.\nIt does not seem to me irrational that his claim has been vehemently confronted by Ayo Turton in his response “Esu Is Satan Re: Revenge of Bishop Ajayi Crowther” (http://saharareporters.com/article/esu-satan-re-revenge-bishop-ajayi-crowther-ayo-turton). Turton upholds the duplicity of Esu, using Oyeniyi’s own submission that Esu is, even in Yoruba cosmology, “a divine trickster, a disguise- artist, a mischief-maker, a rebel, a challenger of orthodoxy, a shape-shifter.” It is not my intention to duplicate what Ayo Turton has already addressed. What is problematic is the deliberate misrepresentation of “the greatest Yoruba work ever recorded in history” as a projection of a malicious intent. Admittedly, Remi Oyeniyi is one of the few writers I enjoy reading especially for his insights and style. But I think his evaluation of Bishop Ajayi Crowther’s translation prowess as a vengeful enterprise is a grievous error of judgment lacking any proof of meticulous investigation or logical analysis. On the contrary, Bishop Ajayi Crowther did much more, not only in advancing the theoretical spirituality of the Yoruba but in bringing empirical enrichment to the conceptual capital of Olodumare and His created order.\nWhat I have, therefore, set out to do is to attempt a reevaluation that addresses the philosophical, religious and intellectual legacy of Bishop Ajayi Crowther. Even then, I make no claim to be exhaustive but rather cursory. To claim otherwise is to insult the memory and work of the erudite linguist, Bishop Ajayi Crowther.\nThe wider issue on the extent to which Yoruba Christian spirituality developed a theology of its own cannot be discussed without recognizing the commitment of the missionaries to the translation enterprise. In Nigeria, as in many parts of Africa, the translation enterprise was the centerpiece in the machinery of mission. As Sanneh has pointed out, missionaries often acted as vernacular agents and by so doing, acted as a means of cultural renewal. In the case of Nigeria, for example, the vernacular exposition of the Scriptures heralded a new era for the Yoruba with far-reaching consequences. It provided the platform for the natives to share the missionaries’ intellectual heritage by connecting them with the most important literature in the Christian faith, the Bible (Lamin Sanneh, 1989:147).\nIn Nigeria, the vernacularization process received its most rigorous affirmation through the indigenizing principles of Henry Venn, CMS secretary from 1842 to 1872. However, the African impetus came from Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the first African bishop and the able linguist who remained “the most important influence” in the production of the Bible in the Yoruba language (Andrew Walls, 2002:42). Crowther was equally a pioneer in translating substantial literature into the Yoruba language. The significance of this vernacularization of Scripture for the Yoruba has not always been appreciated.\nThe existence of a vernacular Scripture became a powerful factor for the African initiative in Christian expansion. On one hand, it provided a forum to evaluate and question certain theological ideas taught by the missionaries. On the other hand, and undoubtedly more important, it opened the way for a “Christian reaffirmation of some ancient aspects of African religion that were not part of missionary Christianity at all” (Walls, 2002:130).\nThese ancient aspects of Yoruba religion are the revelatory phenomena of dreams, visions, trance, and ecstatic utterances that have formed part of the “effective canon” of Yoruba Christian spirituality as exemplified by the Aladura. For the Yoruba, “the missionary adoption of vernacular categories for the Scriptures was in effect a written sanction for the indigenous religious vocation” (Sanneh, 1989:159). It is against this backdrop that the role of Bishop Ajayi Crowther in Yoruba Christian spirituality has to be understood. For example, the Yoruba (African) initiated religious group known as the Aladura read Scripture in a certain way, so persistently that this indigenous reading has become the template through which they view all of Scripture. Unlike the mainline mission churches, the Aladura are not merely given to an intellectual systematization of Scripture. Rather, their reading and interpretations of Scripture are conditioned by presuppositions arising out of their Yoruba cultural context and how it speaks into their life situation. While we can claim that the Scripture is central to their beliefs and practices, it is nonetheless, a theological reflection largely influenced by their local situation.\nPerhaps the criticisms of Bishop Crowther and indigenous spirituality have to be put in perspective. The tendency to read the Scripture in a certain way is not peculiar to the Yoruba, but representative of the Christian community. David Kelsey’s work on the use of the Bible in theology is most helpful in pointing out this critical component in scriptural interpretation. According to him, there is no single, standard interpretive scheme to which all must subscribe. Rather, every faith community brings its own hermeneutic to Scripture.\nArguing his case by analyzing the writings of seven Protestant theologians, Kelsey concludes that the art of theologizing is not based solely on a close study of biblical texts but on a prior decision in which we imaginatively try to authorize theological ideas. This “prior construal” of Scripture, Kelsey argues, determines which patterns or aspects of Scripture are more meaningful to us than others (Kelsey, 1975; Cleophus J. LaRue, 2000).\nThere are historical precedents to justify Kelsey’s claim. A case in point is to recall that the Anglican litany grew out of the particular situation and needs of\ntowards the middle of the sixteenth century. It was a theological enterprise that grew out of the need to address a succession of troubles, bad weather, diseases, and wars (Harold Turner, 1967:166). Be that as it may, then, it can be said at this point that the Yoruba, despite being Christian converts, also see a pattern of Scripture to which they ascribe wholeness—all of life’s problems. In a context where afflictions of various kinds are presumed to be caused by evil forces, it is not surprising that the sine qua non of Yoruba spirituality and of Aladura theology is prayer and spiritual power. We need to look further at these domains of beliefs and practices. England\nAladura churches are well-named. The extensive practice of adura (prayer) and the belief in its efficacy for every eventuality is the keynote of all their doctrines and the one single factor which characterizes the whole movement. Prayer does not function merely as incidental reference to Olodumare, but establishes divine communion and a potent point of contact with the spiritual realm. It is the medium whereby the supernatural power of Olodumare most decisively meets human need to subdue evil, gain specific guidance or infuse divine vitality into human life.\nThis pragmatic view of prayer is in direct contact with Yoruba spirituality. In Yoruba religious and cultural beliefs, prayer is central to all areas and seasons of life. There is no artificial boundary separating the sacred and the secular. The primary concern of Yoruba prayer is to obtain benefits from the orişa, the agents of Olodumare, in matters of spiritual guidance and self-actualization. To enlist the help of the orişa means a constant recourse to divination (Ifa) and sacrifice (ẹbọ).\nDivination plays a crucial role as the medium through which hidden things and personal problems that are not easily perceptible are brought to light. The complement to divination is sacrifice (ẹbọ). This religious act is oriented toward changing the course of things to one’s advantage. In this sense, ritual speech and action have performative force because for the Yoruba, “prayers and offerings not only say things, they are supposed to do things” (Benjamin C. Ray, 1993: 280-281).\nThe Aladura have adapted this element of Yoruba religious consciousness by giving it their own distinctive Christian interpretation. In this shift from traditional belief, divine intervention into daily life is not sought through intermediaries but by directly “talking with Olorun” in prayer (ibaọlọrunsọrọ). This is the conviction of most Aladura leaders. The explanation given by Emmanuel Adejobi, the late Primate of the Church of the Lord (Aladura) bears witness to this:\nIt [prayer] is an act of praise and worship. It is the resort of the soul, a revitalization of spiritual strength. . . . Yea, it is a meeting place with God where the creature talks with the Creator, and communes as friend to friend . . . where all wants and poverty are laid bare for Divine abundance and blessing. It is a meeting place of heaven with the earth. It is a place where the forces of darkness are put to flight and Satan’s power disarmed. There a Christian perceives heavenly visions; eats and drinks of heavenly manna, and wine. . . . Prayer is the mighty power house of a believer (ibid.)\nConstrued in this way, prayer does not only greatly intensify the sense of the immediacy of the presence of Olodumare (or Olorun as both are interchangeably used to refer to God) it also represents an aspect of both communicating with and of eliciting a response from Him. Granted this conceptual transformation, solution to problems that would have otherwise been sought in a pseudo-scientific manner through Yoruba rituals is sought, instead, in the moral-religious milieu of Christianity.\nEliciting a favorable response meant that the communication had to be done in the “right way.” In Yoruba oratory discourse, praise-singing (oríkì) is employed for just this purpose. These are evocative utterances which are believed to capture the essential qualities of their subjects, and by being uttered, to motivate them to act (Karin Barber, 1991). This is why Aladura prayers are heavily punctuated with the element of adoration and praise epithets for Olodumare. These are a deliberate attempt to move the divine hands of Olodumare. It needs to be mentioned, however, that the instrumentality of evocative epithet is not what brings about an answer. The prospect of a favorable response is totally a divine prerogative. The most the Aladura can do is to “compel” Olodumare to act favorably on his or her behalf.\nThe approach of the Aladura had enough points of contact with local idioms to give their religious activity serious consideration by ordinary people. As Peel has noted, “the search for power, individual or collective, was the dominant orientation of the Yoruba toward all religions” (J.D.Y. Peel, 2000:217). This is especially important when we consider that the Yoruba are given to cosmo-historical presuppositions where spiritual powers exist and tensions between good and evil are always in focus. These forces of evil are organized under the control of the enemy of Olodumare and of human welfare, the devil or Satan. To defeat him and his cronies, therefore, requires gaining access to a higher alternative, to the limitless powers of Olodumare whose very name denotes fullness or superlative greatness.\nThe response of the Aladura must be seen as taking on a strong local initiative in offering a greater power in the battle with evil. In fact, the Aladura consider themselves to be the special recipients of spiritual power (agbara ẹmi). Their God is the Alagbara (Dispenser of Power) through whose power (l’agbara Ọlọrun) things can be done. The revival of the 1930s was a vindication of the charismatic claim of the Aladura. Joseph Ayodele Babalola, the most prominent of the revivalists, was reported to have ministered in such a great power that miraculous events were common sights in his meetings. Further demonstrations of the supremacy of the God of the Aladura were the numerous confessions of witches either in the Aladura revival meetings or as a result of drinking water that was sanctified by an Aladura prophet (John Odunayo Ojo, 1988; Adeware Alokan, 1991).\nThe source of Aladura power is the God of the Scriptures whose power is identified with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is viewed as the all-embracing, pervasive power of God who, in turn, “fills people with power.” To be “filled with power” requires one to earnestly seek after the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Most indigenous churches organize “tarrying meetings” for this purpose. The witness of baptism is validated by spiritual power; and demonstrated by the ability to prophesy, speak in tongues, heal, exorcize demons, have visions and dreams, and live holy lives. This promise of Holy Spirit power to meet existential needs and to provide protection from the devastation of evil forces is compelling reasons for Aladura membership. The Apostolic Church and Christ Apostolic Church know this and do not fail to instruct new members on the importance of the Holy Spirit, as the source of transforming power in the life of the Church.\nTherefore, to allege as some Western critics like Temples and Beyerhaus have done that Africans conceive of the “power” of the Holy Spirit as an impersonal and manipulative force is an argument that belongs in the 1960s (P. Temples, 1959; P. Beyerhaus, 1969). Today, we know enough about the pneumatology of African spirituality and Pentecostalism than to unfairly represent their views and doctrines. Yet, the paradox is that the Aladura model, whose primary appeal was to offer a Christian faith that is contextually appropriate, has negatively impressed those who insist that it is “this worldly” in motivation. To these scholars, “the Aladura have transformed the other-worldly, spiritual and ethical character of Western Christianity into this-worldly ends of traditional Yoruba religion” (Ray, 1993:269).\nPerhaps the hermeneutical key to appreciating Aladura Christianity is to come to a clearer and a more definitive idea of what is “this-worldly” or “other-worldly” in Yoruba spirituality. The Yoruba, and more generally Africans, conceive of time and space as cyclical and so is their concept of “this worldly.” In Yoruba cosmology, “this worldly” does not mean simply the material-phenomenal universe, as is often the case in Western thinking. Rather, the two worlds function in a symbiotic way, the crossroads between life and death and also between the spirit and the physical. In other words, the two worlds are in a constant state of interaction and influence.\nThe unnecessary dichotomy that has been ascribed to African cultural beliefs, and indeed to Aladura Christianity, is alien to Yoruba sensibility. The Aladura are not inhibited with using terms and categories that espouse their understanding and practice of Christianity. In fact, their way of “doing church” bears witness to the incarnate character of Christianity and of the ministry of Jesus Christ. Jesus was not simply interested in telling stories about the Kingdom. He demonstrated in practical ways that the kingdom had entered human history by attending to the physical and spiritual needs of his listeners. At other times, he told his listeners that the\nhas come upon them (Mt. 12:28; Lk. 10:9-11). Consequently, the Aladura preach a Christ who is also the healer, the protector, and the friend of those who live on the fringes of human society. kingdom of God\nThe false dichotomy and, indeed, the intra-ecclesiastical debates that continue to characterize Western theology can no longer be imposed on a context like Africa where gospel and culture have been brought into a creative and dynamic encounter. Modern day citizens, and, indeed, Nigerian Christians, are inundated with many options to accept any one religion rather uncritically. What is in a religion that offers the promise of another world when it is inadequate to address the concerns and aspirations of this world? What the Yoruba have done in their practice of Aladura Christianity is to proclaim a holistic gospel and to offer a Savior, Jesus Christ, who is able to save both eternally and materially. As Ray has put it, “for the Aladura Christians the eschatological\n, which they also call ‘Heaven,’ has come into the world. It is not only transcendent, it is also immanent” (Ray, 1939:273). Kingdom of God\nSo far I have focused on the thought-world of Yoruba culture and on the reordering of worldview as a positive consequence of the indigenous reading of the Bible. Despite its alien (Western) origin, the wonders of Christianity must be attributed to its incarnate character, reflecting both time and specific contexts. This is the reorientation that resulted from the Yoruba translation of the Bible by the eminent churchman and linguist, Bishop Ajayi Crowther. And I dare say the single most important factor responsible for the success of the missionizing efforts of the 19th century. It domesticated Christianity to Yoruba sensibility by giving us the Aladura model of church that exists today.\nAnd contrary to a vengeful portrayal, Bishop Ajayi Crowther was, in fact, the most steadfast defender of the Yoruba race. He constantly argued against orthodox and rigorist emphasis that undermined the “minimum qualifications necessary for salvation”:\nWe use our discretion that such practices which the laws of the country allow, but not being among those in immediate requirements necessary for salvation, but which Christianity after a time will abolish, are not directly interfered with (Crowther to Venn, Jan. 3, 1875. CMS, CA2/031. CMS Archives).\nFor Crowther, the Society’s approach to local culture should be sensitive and sympathetic. Convinced that “Christianity does not undertake to destroy national assimilation,” he was known to advise that reform should be introduced with suavity and tact (ibid.). The life and works of Bishop Ajayi Crowther remain indelible for all times and for as long as there are Yoruba and African Christians. This is no arbitrary eclecticism, superficial theory-mongering, and sheer intellectual confusion. The cultural dimension of Bishop Ajayi Crowther attests to this fact. It denotes a historically and culturally transmitted pattern of faith embodied in indigenous language and symbols. His legacy is one of spiritual conceptions expressed in symbolic forms by means of which Yoruba continue to communicate, perpetuate, and express their spirituality and attitudes toward life.","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://knarizoshadipo.comunidades.net/downloading-books-from-google-books-to-kindle","date":"2021-10-20T19:04:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585348.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20211020183354-20211020213354-00003.warc.gz","language_score":0.7271577715873718,"token_count":523,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__100386320","lang":"en","text":"Hammer of the Emperor by Steve Lyons, Steve Parker, Lucien Soulban\n- Hammer of the Emperor\n- Steve Lyons, Steve Parker, Lucien Soulban\n- Page: 900\n- Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2\n- ISBN: 9781789991420\n- Publisher: Games Workshop\nDownloading books from google books to kindle Hammer of the Emperor by Steve Lyons, Steve Parker, Lucien Soulban\nHammer of the Emperor Podcast's profile - Listen to music Explore the largest community of artists, bands, podcasters and creators of music & audio.\nHammer Of The Emperor Omnibus - Black Library Hammer Of The Emperor Omnibus A Warhammer 40,000 omnibus. Three novels and three short stories detail the thrilling exploits of the Astra Militarum, the mighty Hammer of the Emperor. From the sun-scorched deserts of Tallarn to the icy wastes of Valhalla, brave men and women battle to defend mankind.\nHammer of the Emperor - Publication Publication: Hammer of the EmperorPublication Record # 757755 · Authors: Steve Lyons, Steve Parker, Lucien Soulban · Date: 2020-01-18 · ISBN: 978-1-78999-\nHammer of the Emperor (Warhammer 40,000 - Amazon.com Hammer of the Emperor (Warhammer 40, 000) - Kindle edition by Parker, Steve, Lyons, Steve, Soulban, Lucien. Download it once and read it on your Kindle\nEpisode 134 – Show of Force: Hammer of The Emperor Episode 134 – Show of Force: Hammer of The Emperor | The Warhammer 40k Podcast that puts you in the game!\n\"THE HAMMER OF THE EMPEROR\" LYRICS by BAL The Hammer of the Emperor Lyrics. [6:58] Sinistrous legendry fulgurates from me. My name is a word of power on the lips of my followers. You can't escape me,\nOther ebooks: Google free download books Somatics pdf, Full books download Heal: Discover Your Unlimited Potential and Awaken the Powerful Healer Within here, Ipad electronic book download Wine Folly: Magnum Edition: The Master Guide 9780525533894 pdf, Descargar pdf de los libros de safari VADESATU - GUÍA DE MEDICACIÓN PARENTERAL PARA ENFERMERÍA DJVU 9788417655433 (Spanish Edition) de ENFERMERA SATURADA here,","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://gardeningclubmusicandart.com/bridge-of-spirits/","date":"2024-04-23T14:52:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818711.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423130552-20240423160552-00757.warc.gz","language_score":0.9767072200775146,"token_count":853,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__41015619","lang":"en","text":"BRIDGE OF SPIRITS\nRead the Reviews\nListening to the original Time Trilogy and The Owl releases was certainly impressive, but by comparison with this framing, those releases were in sharp monochrome as opposed to the lush technicolour experience they are finally afforded here\nFull Review of Bridge of Spirits by Steve Pilkington of Velvet Thunder\nBridge of Spirits opens beautifully with “Forever Leaving Home.” Springett’s composition unveils a stunning soundscape of acoustic guitars, percussion, and layered vocals – a soundscape that completely captured my attention the first time I heard it (and every time since).\nFull Review of Bridge of Spirits by The Progressive Subway\nBRIDGE OF SPIRITS BOOKLET (PDF)\nA beautiful full colour booklet with lyrics and original art, by Martin Springett, for each song.\nThe Owl: Origin Story\nNEWS FROM THE POTTING SHED – ORIGINS DEPT – Generally I would say, the music speaks for itself, but sometimes the story behind a song, can add interest and depth to the listeners enjoyment. In the case of The Owl, the inspiration for the song, and the entire 17 minute suite that grew from that exploration, came from an indelible childhood experience.\nThe year is 1956, I was eight years old and staying with my auntie Bill in Leicester, which is in the midlands in the UK. My folks had recently separated, I had a new ‘dad’ and was somewhat bewildered by this turn of events and these Summer visits were a way, I think, of my mum giving me a break from the ongoing drama of the puzzling changes in the family. Auntie Bill and I were close, and not only that, she ran a quintessential English Sweet Shop! Heaven for a small boy, especially an imaginative sprog like me, who gave the dark blue velvet curtain that separated the shop from the living area, power to change the reality of any person who walked through it’s soft enveloping folds. (You are now an Egyptian Queen, and will give me unlimited acsess to all the liquorice in the land, etc) I felt I was truly staying in a magical place, and my auntie was indulgent and great fun to be with.\nI slept in a small upstairs bedroom, and as it was a warm Summer night, the window was open. I was woken up by the the clamorous sound of fire engine bells, sirens were not in use as yet, and as my eyes became accustomed to night time vision, I was amazed to see that my room was filled with a yellow flickering light. I could see from my window a great blaze was underway, some way off but close enough to wrap my bedroom in a sulferous glow. (I learned later that it was a lumber yard on fire). Alarmed I sat up in bed and as I looked out the window, a large barn owl landed on the window sill. It fluttered it’s wings in that way birds have of making sure it’s feathers are aligned and ready for the next flight. He was in profile to me to begin with, but then it slowly turned his/her head and looked directly at me. This unblinking look could not have lasted more than ten seconds, and yet in that moment, something happened that I found mysterious and puzzling, still to this day. As I looked into the birds eyes there was a feeling of something familiar and entirely alien at the same time.\nA memory that stays with one for this long, suggests that a door opens and never closes again. Is that door opening the mind to a different level of understanding, fuelling a new and life long curiosity about the strangeness of existence; after having had a while to think about it, I would say, yes, it’s exactly that and maybe a lot more.\nAll the other movements in The Owl suite are connected to this central theme, but how they connect and why, well, I will let the music speak for itself from here on…\nBridge of Spirits Posters\nMartin Springett: Artist, Musician and Song Writer","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.activeangelsgroup.co.uk/product-page/course-booklet-meno-steps","date":"2024-03-01T11:07:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475238.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301093751-20240301123751-00767.warc.gz","language_score":0.9314976930618286,"token_count":127,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__188154340","lang":"en","text":"The certificate as a Menopause Well-being Champion is one of the best initiatives ever created, especially for those new to the Perimenopause, Menopause & Post-Menopause stages. The guidebook finds solutions to alleviate the symptoms of Menopause, whilst staying fit and healthy, both physically and mentally. This book aims to help individuals & health workers to draw awareness of the signs of Menopause through our easy-to-follow course booklet. The course has been devised with an accredited qualification together with 5 CPD Hours for professional development. FREE POSTAGE!\ntop of page\nbottom of page","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://paranormalseekers.deviantart.com/art/hatter-from-the-syfys-ALICE-166640297","date":"2015-07-31T17:23:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-32/segments/1438042988310.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20150728002308-00151-ip-10-236-191-2.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9776853322982788,"token_count":1104,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-32","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-32__0__76717450","lang":"en","text":"Drownded in the darkness chp.6Drownded in the darkness chp.6\nMe and my sisters go to the creapy house again. The whole time i had a weird feeling. \"hey guys, how about we seperate.\" I said. They agreed. I went to the side of the shed, and they went to the front of the house. I started to medatate. My chest started geting hevey. My head hurt. I got dizzy. I opened my eyes and saw only in a blur. I stud there, i slowly felt someones hands grasp my throught. I started to choke. I couldent breath, and was alone. Through all the choking, something kicked my leg in. though in pain, i looked up and saw a dark figure in the window i was staring at the other day. I got dizzy, and fainted.\nAfter a few moments, i awoke. I was still alone. The wing blowing, made it cold.I slowly got up, seeing all a blur. Sommething nocked me down again. I tryed to get up, but it slaped my face and i feel again. I grabed some hollywater from my pocket, and slug it in front of me. I hurd a loud screatch, and blacked out again. i awke to my sist\ndrownded in the darkness chp.5 Drownded in the darkness ch. 5\nThe air was still, and the wind was quiet. The sky was grey, and full of clowds. I stud there staring at that house, as the wispers in my head got louder. Why me? why was i the family medium? Why did it want me? Why duz it call me? Why am i so drawn to that house? The quetions keep going through my head. Faster, and faster. Soon, i could not understand myself. They became like the wispers. Over, and over they went. Asken questions. Than finaly. everything stoped. All i could hear was my heart beating. 'bump bump' 'bump bump' I saw only in a blur. I finaly turned around. After hereing link call my name. But, it wasent here. Its,..was,..\nI woke up, still in the bed. It was only a dream. I walked downstairs. As the lightning flash. In only a split second. i saw something in the window. When it flashed again, it wasent there. I walked outside. I glanced at the shed beside my house. The lighgtning flashed again.\ndrownded in the darkness ch.4 Drownded in the darkness chp.4\nThe next morning i walked down stairs to watch tv. Link and Audra were still asleep. Of course. It was about six in the morning. I turned on the tv. I sat there surfen through chantles. \"Yes finaly, something goods on.\" I said to myself. It was malkum in the middle. comes on evey morning at this time. So for about an hour i watch that. and than i changed it to reba. Shes better. At about 8:00. I hurd the dorrnob to the harrypotter closet rattle. I look, and it slams open. I stand there in shock. I walked in, knowing something was gana happen. Out of noware. I hear the doornob again, and than the door slams shut!! I try to open it, but someone, or something. Put the pad lock on it. I start bangen on the door, yelling out. \"HELO, HELP!!!!!\" Over and over again. Soon enough, link opens it. \"What the, whats all the raket?\" She asked. \"Something locked me in here.\" I said trying to catch my breath. Link runs up stairs to wak\ndrownded in the darkness chp.3 Drownded in the shadows chp. 3\nThat night, it was hard to sleep. When i finaly did, all hell broke loose. I was laying in bed staring at the cealing. i turn my head tourd link......AND HERE GUTS WERE RIPED OUT, AND THERE WERE CLAW MARKS ALL DOWN HERE FACE!!!! I sat there, breathing hard. I heard a noise on my cealing. I looked up, and somthing was up there. For a split second, something, with a terable roar. Jumped down at me, with shap teeth!!!! After, i finaly awoken. I was breathing hevey, and my heart was raceing. I looked to the side and link was standing there looking at me. \"waa!\" I screamed. \"You ok?\" She asked. \" Ya, im fine.\" \" Ok than im going back to sleep.\" : ya I should do the same.\"\nThe next day, was terable. I was depressed and terafied all day. I was the only one not lauphing. All i could think about was that horable dream. I keep hearing voices in my head. And soon became insaine. \" Get Out Of My Head!!!!\" I started screaming.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://timelapse.org/2012/12/timelapse-of-year-2012/","date":"2013-05-23T21:39:03Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703830643/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113030-00025-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9493837952613831,"token_count":136,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__154014915","lang":"en","text":"2012 was an incredible year for timelapse. So much incredible work from people around the world that we couldn’t just select a single Timelapse of the Year.\nSo we picked four of the most innovative timelapse. Tell us what you think of our selection in the forums!\nThe Lion City by Keith Loutit (featured on September 23rd)\nPassing Through by Kristian Ulrich Larsen and Olafur Haraldsson (featured on August 6th)\nWeathering Spring by Lance Page (featured on August 19th)\nPassages by Paolo A. Santos (featured on November 19th)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://worldsujushinee.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/news-120605-manga-featuring-sm-entertainment-artists-is-a-hit-among-japanese-manga-fans/","date":"2017-04-26T13:54:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917121355.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031201-00334-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.862124502658844,"token_count":305,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__79490057","lang":"en","text":"[News] 120605 Manga Featuring SM Entertainment Artists is a Hit Among Japanese Manga Fans!2012/06/06 at 7:35 am | Posted in Keylocks News, SM Entertaiment | Leave a comment\nTags: SM Entertainment\nI DO NOT CREDIT MYSELF, BUT I TOOK ALL THE NEWS FROM VARIOUS KPOP WEBSITES 🙂\nInspired by : Sup3rjunior.wordpress.com | forevershiningshinee.tumblr.com\nFOLLOW @WORLDSUJUSHINEE ON TWITTER\nSource and Credit: Newsen | blueprincess824 @ dkpopnews.net\nSM Entertainment’s manga titled “ENT” featuring the agencies artists get’s good reaction from local fans in Japan and ranked number 1 in the weekly overall ranking for Manga online reading in Japan also topping search engine Yahoo! Japan. Upon it’s release on the 29th of May, over thousands of avid readers searched on portal sites for the Manga and also was featured in popular Shonen Sunday magazine.\n“ENT” is a new project by SM Entertainment where korean artist and story writers transformed the SM Entertainment artists into their Shoujo characters counterpart. The manga was released on Shogakukan’s free online manga publication Club Sunday.The manga will not only be available in Japan but also will be open for Korean readers on June 4 through Naver.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://sortingthroughthenoise.com/page/4/","date":"2013-05-22T08:34:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701508530/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105148-00086-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.980256974697113,"token_count":433,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__25571981","lang":"en","text":"Many authors have written about the book of Proverbs and how it has impacted their lives or significant people in the past. It has so much power to direct the paths of each and every one of us. So I have a couple of questions: First, Why is this book so powerful? and second, why do so many of us fail to read it and apply it?\nGod has given us this road-map or rules of life, and we just neglect it. Now I know that it is easy to throw away the directions to that “some assembly required” toy that you bought your kids for Christmas and just wing it, but we are talking about life here. We are so blessed that God gave us a manual for life!\nI would suggest that the reason the book is so powerful is that it is inspired by the creator of us all and for us all. How is it that it can apply to anyone in any circumstance in life? Pretty amazing if you ask me.\nWe all are familiar with the laws of physics at least the basic ones. We understand gravity and inertia and we have to live within these truths. What would happen if we did not learn and apply these basic laws?\nAs for the question: why do so many of us fail to read and apply it? All I can say is that we have lots of excuses and none of them are valid. Some of them are; I am too busy, I did not know about it, it is too confusing, unbelief, laziness. Well, there are 31 chapters to the book and there are 31 days in many months of the year. If we commit to reading a chapter a day in a month then we have read it all in one month. I would recommend doing this at least every 6th month to refresh on the wisdom revealed in the Proverbs.\nProverbs answers questions about all areas of life, from finances to child training, from marriage matters to business relationships. The book is packed with such amazing insights.\nI challenge you to read God’s instruction manual and see for yourself how amazing this wisdom can be for your life.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://applesanddoctors.com/topical-health-issues/healing-society.html","date":"2017-04-25T16:17:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917120694.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031200-00348-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9662458300590515,"token_count":1780,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__49398375","lang":"en","text":"“Love the world as your own self then you can truly care for all things”\nTao Te Ching\n“…there is but one possible way in which human elements, innumerably diverse by nature, can love one another: it is by knowing themselves all to be centred on a single ‘super-centre’ common to all.”\nTeilhard de Chardin\nWe have been inspired to write this article by several recent incidents in our lives and by two important concepts: “pay it forward” and “the butterfly effect.” It is not intended to be “goody goody” or “preachy,” but rather to suggest that the ideas expressed in it could be tried out in an experimental manner and the results observed.\nMost of us have the instinct to help those in need who come to our attention, but in today’s busy and materialistic world, the time or effort required often prevent us from actualizing this instinct.\nThe other day, two of us, Radi and Mithu, came across an abandoned, ill, and emaciated dog in the market place near our home in India, so we stopped and offered him water and food. He took a few feeble sips of the water and a little bit of the food. While this was going on, a small group of people passing by gathered around to watch the proceedings. At first just curious (one sees so many starving and dying dogs in this country), it gradually became a “caring circle” with others offering to help feed and protect the dog. Eventually the dog was taken to a veterinary hospital, but for those few moments, a random group of individuals became a caring unit, and a suffering dog, otherwise invisible, became visible. One can only hope that some of the members of that small group will “see” and extend a helping hand to an animal or a human in dire need because of this experience. This is one example of several instances where a kind act done in a public place inspired others to do the same.\nRadi remembers walking down a street in Toronto feeling vulnerable and frightened a few days after the 9/11 incident when feelings were running high against the “Other.” A man passing by noticed her expression and body language and called out “Hi” with a reassuring smile. He will never know how much that greeting meant, but it has been “paid forward” many times over when we have noticed a worried or sad face, as well as more generally. A smile in one’s direction, especially when unexpected and from a stranger, lights up one’s day.\nHaving experienced the sometimes inspiring effect a kind action can have on witnesses, we could perhaps link this to a fascinating theory, “the butterfly effect” attributed to Edward Norton Lorenz, a mathematician and meteorologist, and one of the first proponents of chaos theory. In this theory, “the butterfly effect” was used to suggest that the wing movements of a butterfly might have significant effects on wind strength and movements throughout the weather systems of the world, perhaps creating a tornado or altering its path. This is on a physical level. On the mental level, we all know the power of an idea when its time has come and since, as we firmly believe, life on this planet forms an interconnected web of vibrations and consciousness, human actions driven by ideas, good or bad, could cause a ripple effect across the entire web. So who knows what the consequences of a very small, kind action in a small corner of the world will be?\nPeter Russell in his thought provoking book “The Awakening Earth” talks about humanity eventually evolving into the Earth’s “Global Brain” in which each of us is an individual nerve cell. The vast and varied communication network linking all parts of our global village is compared to the billions of tiny fibers linking the nerve cells in the brain. Russell goes on to say that for successfully functioning organisms – the human body is one such – the one quality they share is that the many components naturally function together in harmony with the whole. This characteristic is described by the word “synergy” from the Greek “syn-ergos,” which means to work together. When synergy levels drop and the organism as a whole does not receive the support of its many parts, it becomes ill, and when synergy is lost altogether, the organism dies.\nWe seem to be living at a time when, with healthy synergy levels, progressive integration of human minds could evolve into a single living system. But, conversely, low synergy levels, such as are being demonstrated in the world today, could lead to a breakdown of human society. The worst case scenario with synergy lost could be a descent into chaos and perhaps even extinction.\nDane Rudyar, in his seminal work, “Rhythm of Wholeness,” talks of the state of our present day humanity being in a phase of transition between two fundamental levels of Being – the biological level given human features through local and exclusivistic cultures, and the level of what he terms the “Pleroma.” Present day evolution features “being I” as a separate person with sovereign rights and an autonomous will with exclusive characteristics intent on its own individual development. By contrast, the “Pleroma,” towards which we are evolving, involves humans who have passed through the condition of individualized and separate selfhood, and operate as a planetary whole in which mental and spiritual integration provides conditions for the safe actualization of faculties and powers latent in our present day state.\nWhether or not one subscribes to these and similar theories on humanity being one “under the skin” so to speak, it is becoming increasingly clear that a high level of synergy in human society as a whole will be needed to bring us back from the brink of human and planetary destruction on a large scale.\nThe concept of “paying it forward” as opposed to “paying it back” may be one of the simple methods that can be put into practice by anyone in order to help bridge the gap between “me” and “the other.” Not a new one, this concept was more recently rediscovered and brought to the attention of a large audience in a film based on the novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde called “Pay It Forward.” The concept is described as an obligation to help three other people in payment for a good deed one receives. Thus the need to help one another creates ripples that spread through society and may even create a social movement. We would add that if a good deed could be done to a stranger, perhaps of another nationality or religion, it would be a more potent way of bridging the divide between people by the empathy created for people of other cultures and societies. If we help even one person and ask them to “pay it forward,” or make invisible suffering visible by helping an animal or a human, we light a small candle that might light a hundred others in an ever darkening world.\nWho knows what the consequences of a small act of kindness could be as it ripples across the web of life, and who knows what unexpected and unusual blessings it might bring into our lives. To conclude in the words of two wise men, Albert Einstein and Teilhard de Chardin:\n“A human being is a part of the whole, called by us “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty.”\nIt is not a tête-a-tête or a corps-a-corps that we need; it is a heart-to-heart…If the synthesis of the Spirit is to be brought about in its entirety (and this is the only possible definition of progress), it can only be done, in the last resort, through the meeting, centre to centre, of human units, such as can only be realized in the universal, mutual love.”\nTeilhard de Chardin\nWe would truly welcome comments and contributions from our readers on other ways of reaching out and bridging divides within and between our many different societies.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.thepaw-risianbistro.com/joyce-jillsons-astrology-for-dogs","date":"2019-01-23T06:46:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583897417.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20190123044447-20190123070447-00541.warc.gz","language_score":0.9121059775352478,"token_count":121,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__225918256","lang":"en","text":"Through astrological expert Joyce Jillson's easy-to-follow method, owners can gain great insight into their dogs' individual personalities and behavior.\nSun signs can provide a key to understanding canines' cosmic characteristics.\nDiscover why Aries dogs are picky eaters, why Gemini pooches are inquisitive and spontaneous and why Leo dogs compensate their owners with unending affection-as long as they remain the center of their owners' attention.\nAuthor: Joyce Jillson\nFormat: Paperback with flaps, 112 pages, 5 ½ x 7 ½, full-color illustrations","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mysiblingdolls.blogspot.com/2015/02/they-shouldve-warned-me.html","date":"2018-07-20T18:00:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591719.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20180720174340-20180720194340-00588.warc.gz","language_score":0.9638122916221619,"token_count":143,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__199844381","lang":"en","text":"This touching article is by Jenny Studenroth Gerson who remembers all those warnings people are quick to give out to expecting mothers. Male or female, young and old, it seems that everyone has a warning about what is to come once her baby is born. She doesn’t leave us with just the negative warnings, she writes about the good warnings people forget.\nYou’ll have to read the entire article to see if people forgot to warn you about the positive things about motherhood.\nRead more at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jenny-studenroth-gerson/they-shouldve-warned-me_b_6471948.html","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.singleskiss.com/category/love-and-relationship-hints/online-dating-tips/page/2","date":"2018-12-11T22:23:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823705.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20181211215732-20181212001232-00612.warc.gz","language_score":0.9387199282646179,"token_count":254,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__184408291","lang":"en","text":"On-line courting is one thing that an increasing number of of us are turning to as a approach of assembly new folks. The problem…and the solution: Sending a generic message—particularly one as uninteresting as this—is just not what is going on to make you stand out from other guys. I used to let guys ship me a number of electronic messages back and forth earlier than meeting up in individual.\nIt’s key to read between the lines to get a way of whether the individual appears properly-adjusted — nice, friendly and cheap, someone you’ll be drawn to in the event you met him or her in individual, even when you didn’t know her high 5 favorite films.\nIt’s a challenge as a novelist to convey characters in meaningful ways — it is no less demanding for a person writing, or studying, courting profiles. It is a disgrace not every courting web site or app takes the time to really get to know you and provide help to in your online courting journey.\nTo help my mates, and anybody else, I’ve give you a handful of tips regarding web romance decorum. It’s OKAY to make use of two or three websites …","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://toast.scilla.org.uk/","date":"2017-04-23T13:50:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917118707.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031158-00182-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9787906408309937,"token_count":488,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__214413312","lang":"en","text":"I have to say that I like a life that is full. It's just after midday and here's what I have already done today.\n- I have read most of chapter two from 'Incarnate' by Michael Frost. I'm enjoying this book so much. He is saying that we need to be real, present for one another, not just writing blogs and commenting on Facebook (ahem!) The point is, we are made to relate and interact bodily and personally, not only through media like written words and pictures. If blogs and Facebook were my entire life I would be unbelievably poorer for it. Conversation with friends, acts of kindness and compassion, sharing food together, laughing - these are real.\n- I checked that one of my blogs, Journeys of heart and mind, was running correctly on its new web address following changes I made yesterday. I made some changes to my other websites to improve the way they link to JHM.\n- I spent a while on Facebook, scrolling through to see what my friends and family have been posting and replying here and there.\n- I updated my diary and made some notes on some things that happened yesterday. My diary is a mix of logging how I spend my time; making notes on what I've done, where I've been and who I've met; and the thoughts I've had about this or that along the way.\n- I read a chapter from the Bible (2 Samuel 2) and thought about it.\n- I walked to a nearby cafe, Ambiance, to met my friend John. He didn't make it today so I drank a coffee alone, wondering what the other customers were doing and thinking. Ambiance is something of a social hub where people meet and talk animatedly with friends and family.\n- A couple of other friends, Ash and Chris, dropped in and we talked briefly.\n- Back home, I chatted with yet another friend, Dagmar.\nThat's a lot to pack into one morning. This afternoon I need to do some ironing, washing up and tidying around the house. I might get a little done in the garden too. Donna will be home from work later and I plan to meet with Jim and Kevin this evening at Kevin's home.\nSo it will be another full day - but for once I did manage to post an item to 'The Daily Toast'!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://cyberook.blogspot.com/2012/05/little-trouble-in-big-china-part-2.html","date":"2019-01-18T09:13:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583660020.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20190118090507-20190118112507-00317.warc.gz","language_score":0.9894728064537048,"token_count":2311,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__158972343","lang":"en","text":"\"This can't be!\", Wilhelm thought to himself, trying not to let the others notice his near panic at Ming Lee's disappearance. \"OK...remember your training\". OK. Wilhelm was back in the moment. The moment where they were in a warehouse with the crazed Jinda, always willing to lay down their lives for the cause of their master. By the time Wilhelm took his cleaning breath, Justin had already prepared for \"negotiations\". Justin was generally quick to talk his way out of situations. Sometimes, it was remarkable to behold. But this time...this time, Justin knew his bullets would be doing the talking. As he squeezed the trigger on his revolver, he heard Wilhelm's shot ring out first, wounding a Jinda. Justin may have been a terrific shot, but Wilhelm could still have the drop on just about anybody. With this first shot fired, time seemed to speed up, as skilled bladed began to converge on the two heroes.\n\"Damn this filthy glass\", said the Talon out loud, staring at the skylight on the roof. His instincts were spot on, but he hadn't planned for the filth on this neighborhood to shroud his view into the warehouse. Through the filth, he could barely make out a crate stacked high enough for him to land, but no line of sight of his friends. As he took a few minutes to work out a way to possible open it a crack, or even cut a small section away...\nShelly had come back from unconsciousness a while ago, but her only evidence of it was that now, instead of the pleasant dream she was having about finding the \"digger\", and it's engineering marvel, she only had a headache, and bound hands in the confined darkness. Shelly always dreamed of the remarkable finds she was about to discover. So, she was sorry to be awake, now. She made a habit of snooping around, but she never had someone get the drop on her like this before. She never even saw who clubbed her over the head. But that odd smell... But none of that mattered now. Now she was bound and confined, and she just heard two gunshots and the muffled sounds of men with blades rushing for an attack. Then light came from all directions! With a loud crash, suddenly the crate around her tore to splinters, and tossed her down a few feet to the ground. As her eyes adjusted to their new surroundings, she looked up saw possibly the most welcome (and surprising) sight she had seen in years. Before her was The Talon.\nThe Talon stood over Shelley. He saw her, but with an unmatched focus, he studied the warehouse, noting exactly how many foes there were, and assessing his next move. He had no time to free his surprised colleague now, Jinda were already on Wilhelm and Justin, firing and parrying. Thinking quickly, the Talon used the power of his ancient stone to cast a blinding light, rendering the Jinda helpless for a few crucial moments, giving Wilhelm and Justin the upper hand. This gave The Talon a moment to drop Shelley a gun.\nIn one swift motion, Shelley disassembled the gun, used the sharp firing pin to cur through her bonds, and re-assembled the gun. For Gun-Shell, this was like playing with blocks. As the other heroes battled the Jinda, they all stopped for a moment and marveled at what happened next. In a kung-fu spin move, Shelley flung the pistol at the closest Jinda, striking him directly in the eye. As it did so, the gun fired, leaving his fellow Jinda, next to him, missing much of his brain matter! The gun then bounced right back into Shelley's hand. Even the now half-bind Jinda was dumb-struck for a moment, before the Talon ended his miserable existence. Wilhelm had always found Shelley somewhat tomboy-ish. It was difficult for him to even picture the brunette in him mind without some small amount of grease on her pretty face. But at that sight, even Wilhelm thought, \"I think I love that woman!\"\nAfter mapping up the remaining Jinda, the heroes searched the warehouse and discovered a note. They were to bring the manuscript to the Valley of Tears. After finding a map of it's location, it was off to the remote location. Upon arrival, they were greeted by the burned remains of several Jinda. The eerie site was an alter surrounded by the stone warriors of Qín Shǐ Huángdì. Wilhelm and Justin held back and covered the Talon and Shelley as they approached the alter. Once they reached it without incident, the two joined them near the alter. Just then, the trap was sprung. Before any of them could react, blow darts came at them from above! Darkness enveloped them all as they lost consciousness....\n\"Welcome back\", said a callous voice. Lo Fan stood before them, the lovely Ming-Lee at his side. All of the heroes were bound, as well as the professor. They were in it now. \"Thank you, centurions!\" Lo Fan said. I already had the instructions on how to command this great army, but what I needed was your lovely jade stone.\" The Talon shuttered. His precious and ancient stone, used only for good, was taken. He'd delivered it right to him. Damn! Immediately, Justin began taunting Lo Fan. Trying to convince him that he had already lost the fight. Lo Fan wasn't fooled by the rouse, but if gave Wilhelm just enough time to work his way out of his binds and check...Yes! They had failed to notice his hidden pistol up his sleeve! Just as Lo Fan began to snicker of Justin's suggestions, Wilhelm let a shot ring out...passing straight through Lo Fan! One of the shadowy figures stepped forward and said, \"Surely you didn't think I would leave myself that vulnerable, SIEZE HIM!\"\nWhat happened next happened very quickly, as the Jinda began to descend on then, Wilhelm shot his last bullet in the chamber and took one out, as the Talon and Shelley escaped their bonds. All as Lo Fan placed the green gem on the alter and sung an ancient song. As the heroes fought of the Jinda, the rumbling of the stone warriors startled them! They were coming to life! \"Go, my minions. Go, conquer earth!\" yelled Lo Fan, mad with power!\nAs soon as Shelley had a moment, she spotted the digger in the corner of the alcove they were in. Unable to resist, she headed right for it. Meanwhile, Wilhelm, mad a direct plea to Ming Lee. \"You don't have to follow him into the darkness.\" he told her, staring deep into her eyes. \"I...I don't want to, but I...\" she timidly replied. \"Join us, and redeem yourself, Ming Lee, no matter what happens, I will protect you\", Wilhelm interrupted. \"Yes\", Ming Lee said, her face welling with tears. As she began to move towards her new found savior. \"No!\", Lo Fan shouted. \"How dare you defy me, come to my side, Ming Lee. Now!\". But to no avail. \"Jinda! Get her, and bring me the item!\" The item...Wilhelm though. Of course! He suddenly realized that Ming Lee had been the key the whole time! Just as Jinda approached Ming Lee, they found that she was more than capable of dispatching them, as one by one they fell to her martial arts! \"Ming Lee\", Wilhelm shouted. \"You're comb!\" And she tossed him her decorative comb with the grand pearl on it.\nAs Justin finally freed himself, he noticed tucked behind the alter, a box holding their possessions. As though his gun was willing itself back into his hands, he went right for it. With all the commotion, he had a hard time getting a bead on Lo Fan. But as he turned around, suddenly a large Monkey-like monster howled right in his face! As it raise it's huge claw, he heard a clank sound, as the monster fell to the ground. Standing before him was Shelley, in the digger suit, beaming as she has just tried another switch. \"Ooo, that was fun\", she said. The monster wasn't dead, but Justin soon ended that by firing several shots at it's head!\nLo Fan, seeing that things were starting to get out of control commanded several of his stone warriors to break off, and attack the centurions. As they approached slowly and methodically, Wilhelm grabbed the comb, placed it on the alter, and sang the same song that Lo Fan had just sung moments before. When he finished, a beam of light cascaded throughout the warriors. First stopping them in their tracks, and then they began to crumble and fall apart! \"Damn you, centurions!\" cried Lo Fan, as he disappeared in a puff of smoke. As the Talon made short work of the few remaining Jinda left, the whole area began to rumble. \"We must make haste!\" shouted the Talon! But Justin was missing!\nWhen Lo Fan had vanished, Justin had seen him reappear behind the alter. And watched as he scurried away through an unforeseen passage, like a cockroach. \"You're not getting away from me this time\", Justin though as he dove in right after him. Just as the save collapsed behind him.\nThere was no time to loose! They had only moments to leave. The Talon told Shelley that the digger did not have enough power to evacuate in that thing, and they had better leave it behind. \"Power\" she thought. I have an extra power cell right here with me. Remarkably, the power cell fit perfectly, and in a moment, she went from being the slowest member to escape, to the fastest.\nWhen they reached the edge of the crater like formation, they had only seconds before the entire site has somehow been swallowed up by the earth! Wilhelm stood there, shocked that Justin's exploits were over. Shelley has an uncharacteristic tear on her cheek. Ming Lee stood in reverence and guilt over the centurion who had lost his life to end this menace and bring her back to the light. It was The Talon who broke the silence. \"We will have to time to morn our fallen comrade later, centurions We should leave this place before the authorities, or anyone else comes calling.\"\nWilhelm said a particularly long good bye to Ming Lee, who vowed to see him again, someday. As The Talon made arrangements with a charter. A sad chore that was not neccesary in the original plan. But now... As the pontoon boat approached the dock, and the team looked on the bustling city of Shanghai with sadness, the door flung open. \"What were you guys going to leave without me?!\" said a familiar voice! Justin was with them again. \"How the heck did he...\" was all Wilhelm could think to say. It's a tale to tell while we're in the air, guys. Let's get out of here!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://dytdwyl.libsyn.com/category/career","date":"2019-01-23T04:46:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583897417.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20190123044447-20190123070447-00048.warc.gz","language_score":0.9724655747413635,"token_count":2518,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__158452987","lang":"en","text":"Natasha McCreesh is a joy bringer, cultural explorer, and humanitarian. She walked away from a 20-year corporate career with no plan other than to only do work that brings her joy. Four years later, her life is more satisfying than she imagined. Collaborating with people of passion and purpose, she coaches and mentors leaders and teams to get the most out of their life and work. She takes groups to Liberia, west Africa, to demonstrate the connection between powerful service and transformational leaders.\nBernie Taylor is an independent naturalist and author whose research explores the mythological connections and biological knowledge among prehistoric, indigenous and ancient peoples. His works in these areas include \"Biological Time\" (2004) and \"Before Orion: Finding the Face of the Hero\" (2017). Taylor proposes that select cave paintings are fundamental pieces in the human journey to self-realization, the foundation of written language, and a record of biological knowledge that irrevocably impacted some of the artistic styles, religious practices, and stories that are still with us.\nWill Little grew up in the inner city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in a broken home. Growing up poor and fatherless he ventured out onto the streets as a teenager—robbing, stealing, selling drugs and carrying guns until he killed a young man in a shootout. Now 19, Will was charged and sentenced to 20 years in prison. During his incarceration, he made a conscious choice to change his life around. After 10 years, he was released to the same Philly community where he became a community activist and mentor.\nPaulette Gaines Wood has been known as a teller of stories all her life. She was seventy when she had her “now or never” moment and despite being dyslexic, decided to write and publish her first book. \"The Noble Anthony and His Lady Cleopatra\" became a #1 International Best Seller on Amazon. With the completion of her second book, “The Noble Anthony and His Lady Cleopatra Return Home,” she reminds people that it is never too late to follow your dreams and experience the joy and excitement that comes from it.\nTerri Mays is an Advanced Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) practitioner. She loves teaching students and educators how to raise their emotional tone—mind state—utilizing EFT tapping. It allows you to master your fears and experience new freedom and possibilities. She has been a healer and intuitive for over 30 years and is the founder and CEO of the HOPEnUp Foundation, helping students in all areas of life challenges realize their full potential, self-acceptance and self-esteem with EFT tapping.\nKaia Alexander is an award-winning author and filmmaker. Her novel, “Written in the Ashes,” is the untold story about the burning of the Great Library of Alexandria, Egypt, and the life of Hypatia, the world’s first female mathematician/philosopher. Kaia’s new documentary feature film, “Chalice: Women Leaders Rise,” explores how and why women were written out of history, how this has influenced the treatment of women globally, and the exciting rise of women leaders today.\nCarey Gillam is a veteran investigative journalist with more than 25 years of experience covering corporate news, including 17 years as a senior correspondent for Reuters international news service. She is the author of “Whitewash—The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science,” an expose of corporate corruption in agriculture. The book won the coveted Rachel Carson Book Award. Gillam works now as Research Director for the non-profit U.S. Right to Know.\nRoss Wehner is an internationally featured career performance coach who changed careers to live his purpose and improve his own well-being. He is a former engineer and Fortune 100 recruiter who now fulfills his purpose by empowering individuals to accelerate their career growth, magnify their impacts, and discover meaningful work that they love. Ross brings out the best in his clients by relighting their fires, aligning their work with their values, and equipping each of them to reach their full potential.\nColonel Christopher D. Kolenda is an internationally renowned combat leader, strategist, author and entrepreneur, having spent a career in the military, including being a professor at West Point, before launching his consulting business. As the founder of the Strategic Leaders Academy, he helps nonprofits and small businesses to grow sustainably by working with them to get the big things right—leadership, culture and strategy.\nLaura Sandefer had no plans to start a school, much less turn education on its head. But as she looks back, she has vivid memories of a pre-dawn chat with her father on the morning she left for college. His advice, “Be curious,” has become a consistent thread in her life’s journey. As co-founder of Acton Academy, her school has sparked a global awakening in education. Her book, \"Courage to Grow,” documents the journey to pursue the big questions around learning and unleashing human potential.\nJoel Solomon believes that although financial success and power can have great value, it is most important to learn to be successful as human beings. Solomon chairs Renewal Funds, a $98 million mission venture capital firm, delivering above market returns while catalyzing positive social and environmental change. He is also the author of the book, “The Clean Money Revolution: Reinventing Power, Purpose, and Capitalism.”\nPamela Gold is a Yale University graduate, so she knows her way around books and learning. But it was a book that literally fell at her feet off a bookstore shelf that set her on a different path in life, a Path With Heart. In her current life's work, she teaches inner peace as the key to our greatest evolution and ultimately, world peace. She founded Gold Evolution and released her first book, “Find More Strength: 5 Pillars to Unlock Unlimited Power and Happiness” in 2017.\nArnie Herz knew he was heading to law school, but he took an indirect path that surprised everyone. A brush with his own mortality in college turned his life upside down and sent him on a global search for meaning that changed everything. As a lawyer, mediator and speaker, he often speaks on negotiation, conflict resolution, work-life balance and the attorney-client relationship. Covered in numerous publications, Arnie has received a host of acknowledgements and awards from his colleagues.\nCourt Creeden has seen the impact of social media, societal pressures, and the need to keep up with “The Joneses” in working in finance for over a decade. This led him to write his book “Blue Goat.” Court now uses his background in finance and love of personal connection to help people design a life they want to be living. He was recognized as one of the top 40 under 40 Business Leaders in Charlotte. He has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, MSN Money, Dow Jones, and many others.\nMarie Incontrera is a speaker, marketing consultant, author, avant-garde musician and fitness enthusiast. Her consulting services include: social media and online branding services, media bookings and book launch services. Her speaker clients have booked TEDx conferences across the country. Her media clients have been booked on popular podcasts and radio stations such as The World’s Most Amazing People and more. She is the author of the Amazon best seller, “Social Your Book Launch.”\nDiego Corzo is a 28-year-old entrepreneur, born in Peru and now living in Austin, TX. He started working in corporate America and soon discovered that he was destined for more. He decided to pursue a career in real estate. Now, he is a realtor for Keller Williams alongside an incredible team, and currently owns 12 rental properties. Diego is on a path to financial freedom and aspires to help others, especially millennials, become financially free and reach their full potential.\nMelanie Curtis is the life coach for people who don't like life coaches. She went from investment banking to professional skydiving to life coaching. Now she helps people overcome fear while actually making the torture of that growth fun and funny. Working with Melanie is not for the faint of heart, but the skills you learn change everything.\nVirginia Brown, LCSW, is a therapist in private practice serving individuals and families addressing healthy family dynamics. Following the death of her daughter at a self-help retreat in 2009, she founded SEEK SAFELY Inc., a 501©3 charity to educate the public about self-help and promote safe and ethical practices in the self-help industry. As a result of this tragedy that created international coverage, she has been involved in numerous interviews and media productions in the US and UK.\nWade Lightheart, 3-Time Canadian Natural Bodybuilding Champion, is one of the world's premier authorities on Natural Nutrition and Training Methods. Having majored in Sports Science at the University of New Brunswick, he has authored numerous books on health, nutrition and exercise, which have sold in over 80 countries. Wade is sought out by athletes and high-performance- oriented individuals worldwide for his advice on how to optimize their health and fitness levels.\nJohn Mitchell's 12-minutes-a-day technique is recognized today as the \"Top Practical Application in the World\" of the legendary book “Think & Grow Rich.” \"Today the differentiator between the mega-successful and the moderately successful is control of self and focus, says John Mitchell. His technique gives that to you. John currently teaches his 12-minute-a-day technique at the University of Texas at Austin, and to entrepreneurs tired of making 6 figures a year, who want to make over $1 million a year.\nThomas M. Hewlett grew up in Los Angeles reading science fiction, fantasy, and all things paranormal. His plan was always to be a writer, but he strayed from the path and into drugs and alcohol addiction. In 2011 he hit rock bottom and ended up in rehab. He rediscovered the power of writing and started his first novel; “One Death at a Time.\" Writing saved Thomas’s life and became his way of telling a new story about himself.\nAngela Ferrari is an a painter, children's book author/illustrator based in Portland Maine. Her picture book titles include: “Digger’s Daily Routine,” “An Extraordinary Book,” “The Shape Escape,” “What Do You See?” and “Lawrence the Lighthouse.” Most recently Angela has launched “Story Spectacular,” a children’s story podcast. The show features original stories and classic retellings.\nEric B. Horn is the Founder of Eric B. Horn Career & Business Solutions, LLC, which is a career and business development firm that provides coaching, consulting, and training for ambitious professionals to equip them with marketplace savvy to accomplish their goals and dreams. He is a four-time author, speaker, trainer, and business strategist with a unique passion for helping entrepreneurs create a signature product or experience to gain more visibility, influence, and income for their business.\nJay Lucas—accomplished businessman, author, leader and philanthropist—believes in the power of positivity, patriotism, and community engagement. His bestselling book is “American Sunshine: Rays of Hope and Opportunity.” He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School, and his Law degree from Harvard Law School. He is now the Chairman and Managing Partner of The Lucas Group, focusing on the specialized needs of private equity investors and their portfolio companies.\nTamara Celeste is a lawyer, real estate broker and author. She wrote her first book––Buy Homes Not Shoes—A First-Time Homebuyer's Guide for Women to empower women in their quest to purchase real estate, enabling them to build wealth and increase their net worth so that it has a direct, positive financial impact on their lives. Tamara considers herself both mentor and mentee. She believes that you should always give of yourself and at the same time continue to push yourself and never stop learning.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://numberonescottishgroom.blogspot.com/2015/12/merrington-missile-update-on-grumpy.html","date":"2018-07-18T10:55:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590127.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20180718095959-20180718115959-00282.warc.gz","language_score":0.99327152967453,"token_count":1080,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__54286600","lang":"en","text":"As those of you who read my blog religiously will know (and I cling on to the hope that somebody out there somewhere reads every post with interest, even when I'm rambling or talking about not-so-interesting topics), I sold Merrington Missile back in September into a ridden home. This was his second (and hopefully final) bite at the cherry that is a 'forever home', the type of home that plenty of people proclaim to be able to offer but that very few can actually deliver on. After the first time where, through no fault of his own, he found his way back to me, I was obviously wary of this second attempt. From the moment the hammer fell at Builth in October 2013, Missile became my responsibility and although I am aware that once sold he becomes somebody else's, a part of me feels as though it was still my responsibility to place him in the best possible home with as secure a future as anyone can give an animal.\nDue to the slightly uncomfortable moving in period where Missile went temporarily lame (thanks to some over-zealous hoof trimming and him being an absolute drama queen) during which time rumours were spread that I had sold a horse unfit for purpose (which reached the new owner), I was mildly concerned not to have heard from his new owner since October, when I'd last heard that he was sound, happy and bonding with his new human. I was even more nervous at the prospect of contacting the new owner to enquire about him, in case something had gone wrong or they had changed their minds about him and sold him on without letting me know. They say no news is good news, and plenty of people more sensible than I would have let sleeping dogs lie, hoped for the best and concentrated on the horses still in their care.\nI am not sensible.\nYesterday I built up the courage to contact the new owners, because my well-documented overactive imagination had all sorts of scenarios playing out in my head, none of which resembled the true situation. Within minutes I had the reply I had hoped for - that he was as happy as a grumpy old sod like him could be. His new owner, Sahrina, is hacking him out on a near-daily basis, and on days when she can't take him out, she spends time with him in his stable. He has re-started his jumping, which sounds as though it is going well, and together they are looking forward to the summer when they can enjoy the good weather and continue his re-education under saddle. It sounds as though he is a firm favourite with the family, and indeed at the livery yard, with his characteristics and personality.\nYou can't begin to imagine the sense of relief I felt when I received that reply. Even better were the photos that accompanied, and the promise to keep in touch. I am not an interfering ex-owner - I simply like to keep track of my ex-charge's progress, especially when it has the potential to feature in my favourite part of the STAGBI newsletter (the bit about retired Standardbreds, which I know isn't everyone's cup of tea but is my way of trying to find secondary careers for the breed).\nI worried that Missile would be a misunderstood soul, that the characteristics and traits that I found so amusing and endearing would be seen as hostile and undesirable by everyone else. He was serving a purpose to me as a racehorse and as long as his behaviour towards me didn't hinder that purpose, I was able to tolerate, and eventually appreciate, them. Once that purpose changed to essentially being a pet, I feared that they would have such an impact that he would be deemed not suitable for someone who wanted to fuss over him. Which was frustrating, because as a riding horse he was, and is, a delight. I miss him terribly, because as much as I didn't want to admit it, he was in some ways a better riding horse than Star. His natural head carriage, his swagger, his sensible head even when 100% race fit...he was a much more willing horse to ride than my own stubborn, spooky, unpredictable-at-times mare that I am keeping. I feel guilty for saying that because I don't like finding fault in her after how far she has brought me since I started riding her, but to acknowledge Missile's strengths requires me to acknowledge Star's weaknesses.\nFortunately, and this is where I will wrap this up, we found him someone who loves him just the way he is. Someone who looked at him and saw the beautiful face, the athletic build and the blank canvas that is a newly-retired racehorse. Someone who accepts the groaning, the ears back, the tail swishing when the girth is done up. Someone who has managed to do something that I could never do - get him to like her!\nSo I wish them well, and I hope to visit when I'm next in the area. Here are some photos of Missile in his new home (courtesy of Dawn & Sahrina), where he goes by the name 'Sgt Bash' (and no, I haven't asked where he got that name from, because I simply don't need to know!):\nOver and out,\n#1 Proud Groom","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"http://conseildudiable.leforum.eu/t141-Secrets-To-Jumpstarting-Your-Business-Optimistic-Memoirs-O.htm","date":"2018-10-21T05:26:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583513760.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20181021052235-20181021073735-00113.warc.gz","language_score":0.8643187880516052,"token_count":233,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__216785710","lang":"en","text":"Inscrit le: 07 Avr 2016\nMoyenne de points: 1,00\n|Posté le: Mer 21 Juin - 08:58 (2017) Sujet du message: Secrets To Jumpstarting Your Business: Optimistic Memoirs O\nThe act of being in business can change the way you end up approaching inherent and organic business issues, and, you need to be aware of these. Even so, these chapter topics are not about me coming to important decisions for you on a particular strategy. Nor will I offer detailed steps that will direct you towards identifying profitable ways to operate. I have made every attempt to make myself clear, without this becoming an uninspiring paint-by-numbers marketing guide. Without question, this book was never, ever, supposed to be about me at all, or even about you better understanding my thoughts. As it should be, it is about you better understanding yourself.\nbound: 302 pages\npublisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 15, 2017)\nisbn: 1546434844, 978-1546434849,\nweight: 1.2 pounds (","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.deekshagc.com/uncategorized/ideas-to-follow-when-you-get-started-writing-your-essay-next-day/","date":"2024-03-02T19:11:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475897.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20240302184020-20240302214020-00022.warc.gz","language_score":0.9797660112380981,"token_count":625,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__116089187","lang":"en","text":"An essay is a type of writing which usually requires you to begin writing it the following day. There are some suggestions which you need to take into account in order that you make this potential. The first thing which you need to remember is that you do not need to complete your work on the exact same day that you start writing. You may take as much time as you want and whenever you believe that you have enough info to write about, you can keep on with this. However, you need to be disciplined enough to make certain you will finish it the following moment.\nAnother tip that you think about is that you can always re-read exactly what you’ve written on paper the previous day. This will help you get accustomed to the way things ought to be written so that you will not face any issues when you get started composing your corretor de texto ingles essay next day. Reading over what you have already composed will also help you decide whether there are still things you need to do. However, do not hurry to complete it the next day. You still should make sure that you have covered everything that you have written about.\nAnother tip to follow for you to be certain that you will start writing your essay next day is to find out how much time it will require one to finish it. There are a whole lot of people who frequently rush to finish their posts prior to the close of the month. They do this because they believe that they have more important things to do. However, they usually forget that they have a deadline for each mission that they have. In cases like this, you should specify a deadline and stick with it no matter what.\nWhenever you’re trying to compose your essay following day, then you also have to make sure that you are consistent with the way that you write. Some authors have a tendency to skip between paragraphs or they may not place quotes around the paragraphs. This means that they usually rush through their project and they do not complete it all. Because of this, they don’t get too much praise in their professor as they ought to get. If you’re going to write an article, you need to be serious about doing it.\nAnother tip to follow is to choose topics that you are interested in. In this way, you will have something to talk about when you start composing. By way of instance, if you are writing a article about Shakespeare, you might want to decide on some quotes from the drama and relate them to the topic of your assignment. Obviously, you have to make sure you do not plagiarize the play.\nYou may want to be certain that you learn how to pace yourself when you are trying to compose your own assignment. Of course, you don’t wish to hurry through it and leave everything to the last moment. But it can be very difficult for you to study for an essay if you do not know how to pace yourself. If you want to make sure that you can complete it on time, then you want to make sure you set a few guidelines for yourself.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://thegingercooch.tumblr.com/archive","date":"2014-09-18T15:42:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1410657128304.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20140914011208-00008-ip-10-196-40-205.us-west-1.compute.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9621148705482483,"token_count":244,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__70752289","lang":"en","text":"When her memoir hits stores in the middle of her campaign for Texas governor on Tuesday, readers will be privy to extremely personal moments in the public life of Wendy Davis. Early excerpts of the book revealed over the weekend show that Davis had two abortions - one…\nI want someone to really want me. Make a big deal about me, tell me I’m on your mind way too fucking much but you kinda like it. Make it completely obvious that I’m the person you want. Tell me you can’t wait to see me; show me how you feel so I can feel it too.\nMake me feel something I’ve never felt before. Tell your friends about me & I’ll tell them about how you make butterflies swam my stomach. Want me as much as I want you.\nPlease know that if you date me, I am a very touchy person. I will like to pet your head and hold your hand, rub your shoulders or hug you a lot. Simply put, to physically feel you in some way is very comforting to me and I can’t really apologize for it, it just feels natural to me and makes me happy.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://cms.hematology.org/Thehematologist/Clinical-Trials/1246.aspx","date":"2015-09-04T01:28:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-35/segments/1440645330816.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20150827031530-00302-ip-10-171-96-226.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.900436520576477,"token_count":856,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-35__0__155967847","lang":"en","text":"SIPPET Slowly: This One's HOT!\nPublished on: July 01, 2011\nDrs. Mannucci and Gringeri are the principal investigators for this trial.\nStudy Title: Inhibitor Development in Previously Untreated Patients or Minimally Blood Component-Treated Patients With Severe Hemophilia A When Exposed to von Willebrand Factor-Containing Factor VIII (vWF/FVIII) Concentrates and to Recombinant Factor VIII Concentrates: an International, Multicenter, Prospective, Controlled, Randomized, Open-Label, Clinical Trial (The SIPPET Trial)\nCoordinator: This independent study is sponsored by Fondazione Angelo Bianchi Bonomi.\nClinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01064284\nParticipating Centers: 77 centers: 32 in nine European countries, 14 in three Asian countries, six in two African countries, 15 in the United States, 10 in four Latin American countries\nAccrual Goal: 300 patients (129 randomized to date)\nStudy Design: This is a prospective trial designed to compare inhibitor incidence in previously untreated patients or minimally blood-component-treated patients with hemophilia exposed to plasma-derived vWF/FVIII or recombinant FVIII products. Eligibility criteria are as follows: male sex, age <6 years, severe hemophilia A (FVIII:C <1%) without evidence of an inhibitor, previously untreated or minimally treated (<5 exposure days) with blood components only.\nPatients are randomized to receive exclusively a single FVIII product (plasma-derived or recombinant), and they are then followed until they reach one of the following three endpoints: inhibitor development, 50 days of exposure to the FVIII product, or three years from enrollment. The primary endpoint is the proportion of patients who develop antifactor VIII antibodies based on analysis performed following every three to four exposure days or every three months, whichever occurs first. Patients on prophylactic therapy will be tested every two weeks. The following secondary objectives are aimed at identifying risk factors for inhibitor development: age at first treatment; bleeding severity; surgery; treatment intensity; treatment regimen; vaccination history; concurrent infections; complications of venous access; delivery type; breastfeeding; FVIII gene defect; FVIII antigen concentration; HLA type, IL-10.G (promoter region microsatellite); TNF-α concentration; and CTLA-4 polymorphisms.\nRationale: The most challenging complication of hemophilia A is inadequate control of bleeding due to development of antibodies against FVIII. An unresolved issue is whether plasma-derived and recombinant FVIII products are associated with different risks of inhibitor development. A systematic review of published studies was uninformative because the analyzed trials differed in designs, case definitions, treatment regimens, patients’ characteristics, FVIII inhibitors assays, sample size, and duration of follow-up (Iorio A et al. J Thromb Haemost.2010;8:1256-1265). The SIPPET trial is the first prospective, randomized study aimed at establishing whether recombinant and plasma-derived products confer a different relative risk of developing factor VIII antibodies.\nComment: Development of anti-factor VIII antibodies greatly complicates management of patients with hemophilia A, as treatment outcome using bypass agents, such as recombinant factor VIIa or factor IX complexes, is unpredictable and expensive. Eradication of inhibitors by inducing immune tolerance using scheduled FVIII infusions is effective in ~70 percent of patients, but the process is demanding and costly. The SIPPET study is aimed at determining if the incidence of antibody development is influenced by the source of replacement product. How the findings will influence practice ultimately will depend on the magnitude of differences (if observed) and perhaps the willingness of patients to put aside concerns about safety if the plasma-derived product proves superior. Any randomized trial that involves a rare disease is a monumental undertaking, but the SIPPET trial, which involves patients and investigators in 19 countries on four continents, is particularly noteworthy.\nback to top","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://danteeikuu.timeblog.net/6419036/about-telugu-love-stories","date":"2018-11-18T21:01:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039744649.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20181118201101-20181118223101-00546.warc.gz","language_score":0.9021956324577332,"token_count":820,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__132487610","lang":"en","text":"Saket, me and Krishna, we're childhood mates. Now we have normally been alongside one another at school or outside the house. The matter that bonded and however binds us to each other is our enthusiasm for journey. Every time we could get far from the hustle bustle of lifestyle we went on treks. This really is …\nConsider the perfect time to be helpful, It is the road to contentment. Acquire time for you to love and be loved, It's really a privilege with the Gods. Get time to share, everyday living is simply too quick to become egocentric.\nTeluguBible TeluguBible is a tremendous method to browse & examine the Telugu Bible in telugu language.This app shows text in clear telugu font.\nYou are aware of you are definitely in love with a person, when you should do anything at all to carry onto that man or woman, Although deep as part of your heart, you recognize, they have presently Enable go of you.\nFeatured Estimate: \"You know, at times all you would like is twenty seconds of crazy braveness. Just virtually 20 seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I assure you, something excellent will occur of it. -Benjamin Mee\"\nLove Stories Install the love stories app and acquire use of coronary heart touching love stories and series of love stories from your historical past.\nLove Stories Love Stories provides you serious love stories from serious people today, no cost New love stories are included day by day, and you will quickly help save and \"beloved\" love stories you prefer!\n. Iddharuu Bus Miss aypothaaru, next bus kosam hold out chesi oka 5 minutes late ga Examination hall ni cherukuntaaru.\nIt’s been six months since we shifted into this condominium constructing and from that day the watchman’s wife st…\nLove is emotion both equally satisfied and sad concurrently: satisfied to have found another person Particular, sad that endlessly appears too small for being together.\nOur target is to assist you by delivering awesome estimates to convey inspiration, personalized growth, love and contentment in your daily life.\nObserve: Nobody is allowed to duplicate the material partially or complete that happen to be published on Manandari.com Internet site without using the authorization from This website or articles's operator.\nModhatlo em artham kaaka poyina, chaduvu aapakunda get more info chadavadam tho, mella mella anni artham avvadam modhalu pedathaie, kurradu chaduvukune vaade kabatti, twaragane anni pattesthadu and gurthu kuda undipothaie, 7th semester daggaraku vacchindhi, ee semester lo evvaruu uuhinchani vidham ga,.. ye paper u vadhala kunda, anni go aypoyadu, first raaledhu lednii kanii manchi maarkula tho move aypoyadu, Lecturer lu kuda aascharya poyattu ga raasadu, Back again paperlu anni okke sari apparent chesi,Final Semester loki adugupettadu.\nNa posts chadive andhariki na hridaya poorvaka dhanyavadaalu, alage naku Facebook lo Mate ask for pettina vallaki kuda thank you. Ay...\nYour house is silent. Lalitha sat alone in the living room, holding the news paper. Keeping, not examining! At her age she has nothing to complete ex…\nThe story on the movie showcases the bond involving a father and son, where by The daddy’s too much concern for his son, and meddling in his lifestyle, results in bitterness within their connection.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://filtzexpress.com/blog/photo-essays/anza-borrego-on-the-lightness-of-dust-and-other-desert-paradoxes/","date":"2024-02-28T05:27:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474697.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228044414-20240228074414-00524.warc.gz","language_score":0.9509610533714294,"token_count":550,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__153142239","lang":"en","text":"We are in the car; the only car on the road…\nUnder a sky incomprehensibly large and blue, the road stretches forth and curves into the landscape before us. In the rearview mirror, Dust rises up chaotically and settles back down on the road behind.\n“A lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems buried in those holes,” says my companion, recycling the oft-used line from the film Casino.\nFunny thing about a hole in the desert…\nIf it’s dug one day, it will probably be gone the next. Upon returning to the spot of the dig, you might find that your hole has inexplicably vanished, or that somehow, your road is now snaking away to avoid it entirely. Or maybe more likely, during your journey, the hole effortlessly gets obscured by Dust, while the problems within fade into the desert’s distant memory. As our car speeds down the road, a muted brown and grey Dust cloud cyclones in our wake and obscures briefly the sky; suspiciously I watch it fluttering calmly back down to the floor. From where I sit in the back seat, the cloud could very well be Desert Dust’s long lost cousin, Sea Sand, disturbed by dark, scaly limbs and then drifting down to rest once more in the sea bed.\n“All there is, is Dust,” the Zen master says.\nThe Zen master believes that Dust merely sits still, thoughtfully minding its own business while preserving the memories of small paws as they scurry lightly across the desert. But that passivity is far from the truth. As the Zen master paces and turns his eyes to the sky, Desert Dust emerges quietly from its shy hibernation, and goes to work, insistently turning problems in holes into bones. From following roads to being problems in holes, and then finally turning to bones: this is Man’s lifecycle, methodically driven by Dust.\nAnother paradox of the desert\nThe higher you go, the bigger the landscape is, and the larger the sky. As you rise, you think you should be able to see more; but, as if awakening from a deep slumber, Dust simply inhales, stretches out comfortably to fill your vision, then exhales, and continues to cover holes, making problems fade into memories. Although he would never admit it, this paradox is endlessly frustrating to the Zen master, who climbs the rocks to seek fundamental truths. The higher he gets, he does see more of his path; but it aimlessly winds through the landscape, with no beginning and no end.\nAll there is, is Dust.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://lakitchengarden.blogspot.com/2010/08/early-august-images.html","date":"2018-05-22T22:53:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794864999.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20180522225116-20180523005116-00339.warc.gz","language_score":0.9393730759620667,"token_count":219,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__89808149","lang":"en","text":"I dream and day dream my garden. In 1976, at 23, I started my first garden. My fingernails have been dirty ever since. With each year and new property I have slowly changed to focus entirely on the production of food. My city backyard is a farm, with an orchard, chickens, turkeys, bees and vegetable gardens. I am blessed with a big yard- more than ¾ acre. Working a large yard is a steep learning curve. I experiment with varieties, locations, organic methods and push the envelope to include rare, tropical, and high chill fruits. My successes are stupendous, my failures colossal. Most of all, I have learned what real food tastes like. My garden nourishes my family and my soul. My blog will keep a record of my experiences over the months and years in L.A.'s richly diverse year long garden. This site will be memoir, diary and calendar. It will help me to plan the future, remember the past and connect with anyone who might want to share in or learn from my obsession.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://christinerees.blogspot.com/2018/01/do-you-have-guilties.html","date":"2020-02-29T08:39:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875148850.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20200229083813-20200229113813-00462.warc.gz","language_score":0.9653006792068481,"token_count":504,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__65552717","lang":"en","text":"Do you prefer reading to socializing? Are you more of an introvert?\nDon’t have \"the guilties” because you enjoy your alone time. It’s healthy to spend time with yourself. Enjoy the quietness and get lost in a story for a while.\n\"The guilties” are a commonly misplaced sense of guilt when enjoying something you feel you shouldn’t. For example, giving up a night out with friends to enjoy a good book can give someone \"the guilties”. Although this phenomenon is a growing issue among the reading community, it has a cure.\nIf you are a lover of literature who enjoys the company of fictional characters, great adventures, and iconic heroes/heroines from the comfort of your home, you may be at risk of obtaining \"the guilties.” There are ways to combat them. Enjoy what you’re doing. Don’t worry about what others are doing. Do not let FOMO (fear of missing out) stir a pit in your stomach. Have fun exploring new realms, meeting new characters, and finding your own inspiration.\nDon’t let the “guilties” win when you are reading.\nI've felt the inklings of \"the guilties\" pressing in when I get a text from a friend who wants to go out... when all I want to do is sit in bed and read until I pass out. It sounds silly and loner-ish to people who crave energy from others, but the chances are they feel \"the guilties\" when they are doing something else that they love. Maybe it isn't reading. Maybe it's napping, or watching your favourite TV show, or listening to music, or painting and letting that creative side flow.\nFor me, it's reading and writing. I enjoy stories best when I'm by myself so I can be fully immersed in the world the author is creating. So, when I get a text from someone who wants to spend time with me... but I want to spend time with my current literary adventure and fictional characters, I have to fight off \"the guilties\" by placing my phone face-down. I ignore the growing FOMO brewing in my chest and settle back into my spot. I drink my tea, and I enjoy reading or writing the rest of that chapter.\nI stop thinking about the rest of the world for a little while.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.pack-square.com/social-media-posts/diversification","date":"2023-09-28T22:10:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510454.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20230928194838-20230928224838-00682.warc.gz","language_score":0.8737214803695679,"token_count":294,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__25157684","lang":"en","text":"Many countries have become aware of how dependent they are on supply relationships, whether importing or exporting. This is especially important due to the current Corona pandemic, but has also been an extensively discussed topic for some time.The government measures against the global pandemic strongly contribute to global supply bottlenecks. Thus, the supply chain becomes more of a \"supply puzzle\" (Schlautmann, 2020).\nMaking early decisions in key areas and managing them on a daily basis often helps to guide and ensure the long-term strategic growth of companies. Diversifying supply chains is a key strategy to safeguard against unexpected disruptions in the supply and procurement process. A sufficiently diversified company has the flexibility not only to continue business activities in the event of external factors leading to trade constraints. It also focuses on minimising dependencies on individual and critical supply chain partners by building a broad network of diverse business partners.\nAccordingly, the diversification of partners and customers is just as important as the geographical diversity of supply chains.\nSchicken Sie uns eine Nachricht, wenn Sie Interesse haben und wir helfen Ihnen auf dem Weg zu Ihrer perfekten Verpackungslösung.\nSend us a message if you are interested and we will help you on the way to your perfect packaging solution.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.olah.com.tw/Taichung-Zhongshan/en/news-detail/centralbook-package/","date":"2023-12-06T04:53:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100583.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206031946-20231206061946-00103.warc.gz","language_score":0.7218026518821716,"token_count":469,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__222365351","lang":"en","text":"Update information of all latest discounts and information\n【OLAH Fun】The taste of literature × Central Bookstore\n【OLAH Fun】The taste of literature × Central BookstoreOLAH Poshtel,Taichung targets travel lovers who love literature and in-depth cultural experience，3/15-10/31\nCollaborating with Central Bookstore rollout the「The taste of literature Package」，Double room price from NT$3,280.\n- Package period：Start from now on to 10, 31, 2023\n- Official website：Booking now\n- Booking hotline：04-2221-7668\n- Packaget price：From NT$3,280\n- OLAH Poshtel,Taichung 1 night stay (with breakfast)\n- It can be exchanged for two vouchers for Central Bookstore Writer's Cooking MENU\n- Enjoy a 10% discount on books purchased by Central Bookstore and a 20% discount on single-order beverages\n- Hotel service：Self-service coffee, tea and soft drinks, Internet Wi-Fi, luggage storage, taxi hailing, bicycle rental\n- Free midnight snack：22:00-23:00\n|Room type||Weekdays||Holidays||long weekend|\n|Sunshine Double room||NT$ 3,280||NT$ 4,480||NT$ 5,780|\n|Energy Double room||NT$ 3,480||NT$ 4,680||NT$ 5,980|\n|Exciting 4-person room||NT$ 4,580||NT$ 6,080||NT$ 7,580|\n|happy 4-person room||NT$ 4,980||NT$ 6,480||NT$ 7,980|\n- This Package cannot be combined with other discount package.\n- Check-in time: 3:00 pm; Check-out time 12:00 pm.\n- Each room provides 1 parking coupon for the cooperative special parking lot, which can be redeemed for a single parking, up to 24 hours.\n- Project reservations are only applicable to official website reservations, and OLAH Poshtel reserves the right to final interpretation and modification.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.denizakural.com/post/experience-of-a-part-of-us","date":"2023-09-24T18:17:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506658.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924155422-20230924185422-00117.warc.gz","language_score":0.9820976853370667,"token_count":279,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__274114161","lang":"en","text":"Experience of 'a part of Us'\nThe first time I made my work realised, at the moment the action had the consequences I felt insecure of my intentions. I had courage but not trust in myself. As people's action of participating increased I observed their existence emerging with mine in every person. In the end I had the ability to concentrate on this emergence rather than trying to remember what to say. I could be there with them more.\nSome left whenever it finishes, some sit in front of me with wanting to share more.\nOne person stopped, looked me in the eyes after watching the burning paper together.\nOne person knew 3 languages; arabic, hebrew and english, couldn't find the right word to describe it with words started to scribble. She was free and she felted that she can be. When she finished, I asked her where she wants me to put it as I ask to everyone in case they want a special existence in the installation, she crambled the paper and chose to put it in the corner of the wall. Sounds simple but it has it's own strong trust on being free.\nOne person wrote \"nothing\".\nEvery time I was absorbing a complete different person, I could see mostly differencies than similarities but everyone is so unique that it takes all my attention to the person I can honestly look into their eyes.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://paulabcoaching.com/prosper2/","date":"2024-02-22T13:47:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473819.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20240222125841-20240222155841-00341.warc.gz","language_score":0.9652958512306213,"token_count":1264,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__190571284","lang":"en","text":"Welcome to Prosper 2.0!\nPicture this...Instead of constantly rushing, you enjoy a life of ease and flow.\nRather than enduring a workplace you hate, just trying to make it through to knock-off time, now you can choose a career filled with purpose and passion.\nInstead of having to put up with relationships that don’t work, you experience bliss in your family and in your business. Instead of struggling to meet ends, you are experiencing financial abundance.\nIt happened to me. I know it can happen to you too!\nYou have big dreams about living in luxury, having tons of fun, uplifting thousands, and being showered with dollars flying in all around you from that amazing business that you love.\nYou may be worried that this program is just another wrong turn. Many \"gurus\" have told you that you can \"have it all\" if you will just follow their system. You read all the manifestation books and watched the \"Secret\" movie at least 50 times.\nBUT despite the courses, books, movies and certifications it isn't coming together. You are still running after business and it’s heavy like pushing a rock uphill. You are tired, overwhelmed and money is not quite flowing in abundance.\nIn fact, when you think about your business, life and money, it feels like you are wishing for a set of beautiful new dishes. You know how amazing and beautiful they look and feel. You are ready to serve a feast on those beautiful plates. Then, you look up and stretch out your hands to receive the dishes. All you manifest is one broken plate.\nI have been there. After growing up an abused child in a dangerous home full of lack and fear, I wanted to obtain my own abundant dreams. For years I struggled to be successful. In my 40’s I found myself working 3 jobs, living a chaotic life in a bad marriage and being more than 500K in debt.\nAfter reading manifesting books, getting masters degrees, and helping others for years I thought for sure it was my turn to live in prosperity. However, one thing after another kept going wrong. I started thinking it was just my “lot in life” and went on a walk to plan my suicide.\nThankfully, a miraculous intervention derailed my suicide plans and I had a mindset change.\nThe change of mindset opened a door for me. One in which I would find my calling and learn how to clear mental and physical chaos so that I aligned with clarity. The clarity provided space for focus, strategy and understanding of the Universal codes for success and prosperity.\nToday I am no longer in debt, own 4 very successful businesses and lead others from my calling. I have successfully lead corporations, organizations and individuals to define and obtain prosperity.\nIt's time for you to learn how to quit pushing and instead receive mentorship. Learn, understand and live the rules of the Universe and success. Then, blend it with strategy.\nWhen you align to these principles, you will transform. Your prosperity, dreams and business will unfold in front of you like magic.\nYou will have it all. The life, business, fun and MONEY.\nIf you are ready to PROSPER…\nI am your leader and this is your tribe.\nIN THE PROSPER GROUP, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE:\nObtain clarity, define and live into the prosperity and lifestyle of your dreams.\nCoaching and leadership to master the mindset, strategies, confidence and income that allows you to live into the greatness and wealth you deserve.\nStep-by-step coaching, instruction, strategy and support so that you grow your business to 25k per month income.\nThe ability to attract clients, increase your income, and sales easily through relational selling, leaving behind the male model of being salesy, spammy and/ or pressured.\nReleasing blocks and thought patterns that have kept you from experiencing happiness, joy, receiving abundance in the past.\nMasterminding with group members who are also building the wealth, businesses and lifestyles they love while experiencing the feminine journey of success.\nMastery of magic wand style manifesting techniques, strategies, spiritual guidance, and Universal Laws of Success that allow you to live in confidence and attract clients, money, love, wholeness, wealth and daily joy.\nMATERIALS AND SUPPORT INCLUDE:\nAbout Your Founder - Paula Bohland\nAs a master business and mindset coach with more than 25 years of experience, I've helped thousands of women grow and thrive.\nThroughout my journey as an entrpreneur, I struggled to find other female mentors and leaders who connected with my mission and way of doing business.\nJust a few years ago I was in more than $500,000 in debt, living in a bad marriage, losing my home and eating one meal a day so I could feed my son. I was broke and broken-financially, emotionally, and spiritually.\nI went on a walk to plan my death. I was going to commit suicide.\nOn that walk, a miracle occurred...\nAfter experiencing the miracle, I gave myself one last chance to change it all.\nThat decision resulted in a journey that “changed my mind”. My mindset transformed from a focus on lack and complaining to that of extreme gratitude and abundance thinking.\nI did not make the transformation alone. During that journey, I received coaching and mentoring. I also studied and mastered the spiritual, Universal laws that govern success, manifesting money, and defined my own prosperity.\nAs I changed my mind, everything else started to change. I felt better, my businesses were succeeding, I was making (and keeping) money.\nToday all of my debts are paid. I live an amazing life and own multiple homes (My friends call me a “mogul”). I have a favorite home which is at the beach and you can find me there often since I take Fridays off. I travel frequently, have tons of fun and really love life. I am a money-making, manifesting mofo entrepreneur who wants you to become one too.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.narrativeofplace.com/new-page-1","date":"2019-10-17T00:05:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986672431.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20191016235542-20191017023042-00375.warc.gz","language_score":0.9111208915710449,"token_count":225,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__83085972","lang":"en","text":"Cyndi Parker, Ph.D.\nPublished papers and segments of written projects\n*Please note that some of these articles are in British English and some in American English.\n2. Two of the articles I wrote for the Lexham Geographic Commentary on the Gospels are available here with kind permission from the publisher. The whole book is a valuable resource, and I encourage you to take a look at all the other topics discussed in the commentary.\n3. Two of the articles I wrote for the Lexham Geographic Commentary on Acts through Revelation are available here with kind permission from the publisher.\n4. Click here for the Abstract for Deuteronomy's Place: An Analysis of the Placial Structure of Deuteronomy.\n5. Click here to read the introduction and conclusion from the larger work regarding the significance of understanding the structure of \"place\" in Deuteronomy.\n6. Forming Community Around the Table: Feasting in Deuteronomy.\n7. Reflections on a pilgrimage trip to understand the contribution women made in social movements in the USA.\n*Artwork by Monica Perez.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.hungryinvestors.co.uk/2017/12/03/richest-man-in-babylon/","date":"2021-10-28T04:42:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323588257.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20211028034828-20211028064828-00001.warc.gz","language_score":0.9304789304733276,"token_count":172,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__258863634","lang":"en","text":"A great book by George Clason with concepts worth looking over. The book illustrates the importance of saving and investing early; most importantly the development of key habits to help establish improved financial wealth. Take action in cultivating rich habits:\n- Pay yourself first. Save at least 10% of your income (the more the better).\n- Make money work for you by creating passive income streams. Do not save just for the sake of saving; save to acquire profitable investments!\n- Live below your means. It’s how much you keep, not how much you earn which determines whether you’re wealthy or not.\n- Utilise the effects of compounding. Whether its habits or money, the power of compounding over an extensive period of time leads to great returns/rewards. In other words, you reap what you sow!","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://goldcoast.submittable.com/submit","date":"2022-07-01T17:30:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103943339.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220701155803-20220701185803-00742.warc.gz","language_score":0.9541571140289307,"token_count":99,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__249404616","lang":"en","text":"There are presently no open calls for submissions.\nWe want stories by writers with a connection to the Gold Coast, inspired by the photos on this website. Detailed submission guidelines are below. Please read them thoroughly.\nThis is a Prana Writers initiative, supported by Arts Queensland and Gold Coast City Council. Our vision is to produce a beautiful book full of wonderful stories that touch on some aspect of the Gold Coast. It will be available in paper and as an ebook.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://freelancejake.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-10-21T08:38:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507444312.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005724-00318-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9580072164535522,"token_count":1373,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__97380310","lang":"en","text":"yeah I just love this new meme so much you know the way it just [clenches fist] came out of nowhere\nHey, hey, don’t steal my meme hating. I was doing meme hating while you were still in diapers. Or perhaps when I was in diapers. I can’t remember that far back. In any case: get off my lawn!\n\"Get off my lawn\" is an overdone meme.\n\"A poem for the Strange Times\", Ratatosk the Squirrel, Intermittens 3\nI must admit that never before\nwere times like these in the days of yore.\nWhy can you imagine? What kind of a change,\nwill happen since they’ve developed the “flame”\nand that newfangled wheel? 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She’s really quiet, and she’s with Percy, the blonde one who looks like he’s in pain.\" Amanda finished.\n\"And what about her?\" I asked, pointing to the dark-haired one scowling at the end of the table.\"\n\"She’s Karen, I just said-\"\n\"No, the one to her right.\"\nAmanda followed the trajectory of my finger with her eyes.\n\"There’s no one there.\"\nStatement of Intent\nOnce I graduate college I’m going to travel the world. My money will come from writing, editing, publishing, acting, directing, producing, recording, photographing and working odd jobs. I’ll travel by plane, train, bike and foot everywhere I like, and I will carry everything I need with me. I’ll hitchhike, couchsurf, camp and explore with reckless abandon. I will take the road less traveled, freed from the expenses of owning a car, supporting a family or paying a mortgage, and I will do everything in my power to enjoy myself instead of being trapped in some consumerist retelling of the American Dream.\nWhen I was growing up, many people tried to discourage me from this dream because of their own irrational fears. I grew to doubt myself because I was young, impressionable, depressed and unconfident, and as a result what I wanted to do with my life felt impossible because it wasn’t allowed by their closed-minded system. Because of that a section of my life has been spent in limbo, feeling powerless and without direction, just paying lip service to my goals.\nMy life is a piece of property, and it’s mine to do with as I choose. Even if it means being disowned by every person close to me, losing everything of value in my life, being subjected to hunger and pain, and dying sad and alone, I will travel the world! 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{"url":"https://www.christchurchlosangeles.org/donate-1","date":"2024-04-21T15:11:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817780.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421132819-20240421162819-00122.warc.gz","language_score":0.9536388516426086,"token_count":227,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__103685470","lang":"en","text":"\"Your giving changes lives.\"\nDo not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. – Hebrews 13:16.Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed. – Proverbs 19:17.Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. – 2 Corinthians 9:7\nWays to Give\nWhen you give to Christ Church, you can be assured that your gift will be used to benefit those in need living in our local and global communities. Blessing others financially, is a way for us to come together and show the love of Christ and let them know we care.\nYour gift, no matter how big or small, helps us to spread God's love and bring hope and cheer to others right where they need it the most.\nIf you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. – Isaiah 58:10","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://sofiaconsola.wordpress.com/2017/07/23/racking-up-storage-for-all-your-magazines-summer-reading/","date":"2018-06-18T18:58:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267860776.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20180618183714-20180618203714-00010.warc.gz","language_score":0.896687924861908,"token_count":177,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__141113471","lang":"en","text":"I don’t know about you, but come summer I decide it’s time to read all those books I’ve been meaning to start (notice I didn’t say “finish”), and I accumulate magazines galore. Maybe it’s the more frequent trips to the beach and strolls through the airport news stands? Or maybe it’s that life seems to slow down a bit. Either way, by midsummer the result is usually a messy stack of half-read paperbacks by my bed and a kitchen island scattered with Dwell and People. It’s not a pretty sight, but perhaps you want to take things into your own hands and create a stylish solution for those messy stacks and cluttered counters.\nfrom waaaay over here —> Racking Up Storage for All Your Magazines & Summer Reading","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://tcwatkins.weebly.com/blog/exs-and-ohs","date":"2019-05-26T04:56:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232258849.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20190526045109-20190526071109-00430.warc.gz","language_score":0.9814555048942566,"token_count":433,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__65220696","lang":"en","text":"I've talked to my friends about it. We've come to a consensus: Whenever you are happy and in a relationship, your exes (past lovers/ex-muse/whatever) shows up and tries to recapture what they once had. Don't you wonder what was running through their mind when they picked up their phone? Sometimes I ask. Sometimes, I even receive answers!\nLooking back, I doubt that they were being completely honest with me (or themselves). Some could only vaguely remember who I was or why they wanted me (thank you inebriation). Although others, unabashedly let me know that their desires were of a more \"animalistic\" nature. Yet, there were a couple who could only remember the good times we had (even if there were NEVER any good times).\nNo matter the reason, whenever such circumstances occur, I decide to reflect upon my entire being.\n\"Oh my GOD! What did I ever see in them? How could I do that to myself? Love truly is blind. Why couldn't I be blind and talented like Helen Keller, Stevie Wonder, or the Daredevil?!?!\"\nAfter the shock wears off, it's so easy to list the reasons that we can't be together and in my heart there is no yearning to return to what there once was. All I can do is be civil and direct in my response to the stupidity of this world and place my faith in a higher power.\nEven though my friends and I can agree that we've all experienced this, none of us are entirely sure of how the phenomenon happens or what can be done to stop it. Truly, it isn't too much of a nuisance. They are just like mosquitos buzzing around in the late, hot, muggy summer days in Alabama: irritating and insignificant.\nJust like the mosquito. they are annoying as can be but they don't stay around for long. As Valentine's Day is right around the corner, go to your nearest grocery store and purchase a fly swatter. There is a swarm of mosquitos most likely headed your way.\nTierra C. Watkins","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://pdf-to-book.bookfactory.ch/en?forceLanguage=en-CH","date":"2023-09-30T01:49:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510575.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20230930014147-20230930044147-00172.warc.gz","language_score":0.9298719763755798,"token_count":696,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__136497672","lang":"en","text":"That's why we are the right ones for your projects\nWhether it's a photo book, a thesis, a portfolio... The extensive range with the high-quality selection of materials combined with our bookbinding skills is unbeatable for your book project.\nFor us, it's all about binding. We bind books, people, passions - that's the common thread through our offer. With us, you get a book from your PDF in three steps. Highest quality, with an authentic offer at fair prices.\nThree steps to success\n- Small, handy and ecological\n- softcover glue binding\n- format: Carré (205 x 205 mm)\n- 24 pages with Refutura paper\n- cover matt\n- Our most popular book\n- hardcover glue binding\n- format: A4 portrait\n- 46 pages with Profibulk paper\n- cover matt\n- Hardcover with thread binding\n- size: Carré (205 x 205 mm)\n- 44 pages with Munken Polar paper\n- endpapers and thread color black\n- headband, drawing ribbon, cloth binding\nOur assortment - Your opportunities\nDiscover our range and combine over 2500 different variants. With our wide range you are sure to find a suitable combination that you can combine with your project.\nA successful project start\nNothing is more helpful than a successful start for your new book project. Here you'll find everything you need to get there safely and quickly. Information on the structure of the product types, download of layout templates, requirement for content and cover PDF, trim and much more.Continue to information\nProcess of your book project\nYour personalized book project\nNo doubt you've spent hours creating your book project. And finally the time has come. The design for your recipe book, photo book, portfolio, children's book, novel, your thesis, or in short, the design for your work is complete. «But where can I print my book now?» From this step, you can leave the work to us. We are ready for you - for you and your project.\nDigital production at its best\nWe rely on digital connectivity, networking and automation. With our state-of-the-art printing park, your project will be produced in digital printing in edition 1 with the highest print quality.\nWith love for detail\nTo this day, book manufacturing remains our top class and forms the basis for innovation and new things. We are able to make this change because we are aware of our foundation, the traditional bookbinding. For us, this means combining the tried and tested with the modern and thus standing out from the crowd and not just offering «the same thing». In this way we try to surprise our customers as well as our environment with something new, fresh, high quality, personal and unique.\nOrder PDF to Book Sample Set\nOur paper selection, cover finishes, and additional options are more diverse than traditional offerings. Get to know the entire PDF-to-Book range with our sample set for CHF 25. You'll be sure to make the right decisions for your personal work.Order a sample set\nSimple, fast and high quality. You can only get that with PDF-to-book from Bookfactory.\nFabian Biondi, Product Owner and IT Project Manager\nContact our «Family of Books» for questions about our online assortment.Contact customer service","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://highmodernism.substack.com/about","date":"2023-11-28T18:34:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679099942.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20231128183116-20231128213116-00593.warc.gz","language_score":0.9514024257659912,"token_count":167,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__14688898","lang":"en","text":"The title of this newsletter is, as are some of its writings, tongue and cheek. In Seeing Like a State, James C. Scott writes of high modernism as an insidious ideology, wherein central authorities believed they had the ability to improve the world and instead wrought disaster. High modernism fails in Scott’s framing because it rejects Hayek: Knowledge is highly localized and a failure to respect local knowledge can result in disasters.\nYet the world is also deeply inadequate. It seems like there are so many ways it could become so much better. So I’m here, in this newsletter and my career, to explore whether there may yet be a few grand schemes that can actually improve the human condition.\nFor updates on Works in Progress, which I edit, subscribe here.\nBased in New York, NY.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.cosmiclunchbox.com/4-graphic-novels-to-get-you-ready-for-batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice/?replytocom=491","date":"2020-08-09T04:47:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738425.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20200809043422-20200809073422-00214.warc.gz","language_score":0.9518346190452576,"token_count":992,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__139367819","lang":"en","text":"NO SPOILERS! Here are 4 graphic novels that Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice used as source material for the epic on-screen showdown. If you just walked out of the theater and want more — or maybe you were a bit confused about plot points in the movie — well, HERE. YOU. GO.\nJustice League Vol. 1: Origin\nI think we all know where Dawn of Justice is going. It’s taking us on a one way ticket direct to Justice League Movie-Town (weird name for a town). So what better way than to read the comic that started it all and showed us how the A-team gets together. Superstar creators Geoff Johns and Jim Lee deliver a fast-paced easily accessible comic full of witty jokes, clever introductions, and awe-inspiring art. If you’ve never read a comic in your life, this is a great place to start. Origin also does a superb job of showing us who these superheroes are and what they are all about, as well as their relationships within the Justice League. Movie-wise; a couple of scenes from the trailer seemed to be cherry-picked directly from the comic, and I for one can’t wait to see how it all unfolds on the big screen.\nThe Dark Knight Returns\nConsidered to be one of, if not the, best comic of all-time, The Dark Knight Returns is a 1986 four-issue comic book miniseries written and illustrated by Frank Miller. It’s the pinnacle transition to the ‘new’ Batman in comics (think of it being the transformation from Adam West’s Batman to Christian Bale’s Batman). The comic features an old grizzled Batman, 55 years of age, coming out of retirement and punching his way back in to crime-fighting after years of hardship. While Frank Miller might not be for everyone (especially his art), and the time it takes to read The Dark Knight Returns might triple the length of a normal graphic novel, it is a defining moment in Batman lore and a must read.\nThe movie connection? Well how about a curmudgeony grey-haired Ben Affleck? And how about that big fight at the end where Superman is fighting Batman in a giant mech suit? Yep. This is the comic.\nMark Waid’s Superman: Birthright tells the tale of Superman’s origin and his early history on Earth. It’s a fascinating series that deals with many key moments from Superman’s lore: the destruction of Krypton, Ma and Pa Kent, the creation of his suit, and Clark Kent’s struggle when finding out he is an alien and that he has superpowers. Now, I know 2013’s Man of Steel gave us an origin story in movie form, so why mention this for Dawn of Justice? Well, one name: Lex Luthor (with hair!). This comic portrays the soon-to-be sinister villain in a different light and gives insight as to why he became so misunderstood and evil. We get to see Lex in his teenager years and see him develop a good relationship with Clark Kent, not knowing that Clark is Superman or that Clark will become his future nemesis. The story also deals with, like the film, the fact that Superman is an alien – an alien who destroys things and whether or not Superman should be trusted.\nBatman Earth One: Volume One\nEarth One is a series from DC Comics that retells the origin stories of some of our famous caped crusaders. By now, with the numerous movies and television shows addressing the subject, the general public should know Batman’s beginnings. But, what is so great about Batman Earth One is it gives it a fresh new take and is not bogged down by years of continuity and confusion. It tells of Bruce Wayne’s childhood and how he became the Dark Knight.\nBatman V Superman: Dawn of Justice includes a very cool addition from Batman Earth One; a stern, hard-nosed, in shape, BADASS Alfred Pennyworth. Traditionally, Alfred has always been the smarmy butler who scoffs at Batman’s plans or his need for continual physical confrontations. Yet, the movie seems to have gone the route of Earth One with the casting of Jeremy Irons, and I for one am ecstatic. It explains a lot of where Bruce’s training has come from, and it emphasizes more of an authoritative father figure for Bruce. While the movie doesn’t seem to directly take full scenes or plot points from the comic, it does seem to also match the overall feel and tone.\nDid I miss a pivotal graphic novel that inspired Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice? What do you think? Let me know in the comments. I had some honorable mentions in my head.","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"http://lovinglifex2.tripod.com/Journey.htm","date":"2018-12-13T19:25:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376825029.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20181213171808-20181213193308-00553.warc.gz","language_score":0.9409512281417847,"token_count":779,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__187406634","lang":"en","text":"Hello..thanks for stopping in to see my newest page!\nHere you will see a little about us and where we live.\nI have a link at the bottom of this page\nto take you to my \"real\" page, the Discovery of Power.\nI hope that you have the time to visit and will stop in often!\nMeet Kyler Steven Reynolds....My Grandson! Born 4/25/97\nMeet Mr. Ken....finally taking a well-deserved rest!\nAnd this is what I do in my spare time...\nMeet Haley, living a \"dog's life\" on the farm!\nFlorida is the land of Fun & Sun\nclick on the Palm tree\nThe Legend of the Rainbow...\nOnce upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel.\nThey all claimed they were the best, the most important, most useful, the favorite.\nGreen said: Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life & of hope. I was\nchosen for grass, trees, leaves...without me, all animals would die. Look over the\nvalley's & the countryside & you will see for yourselves that I am in the majority.\nBlue interrupted: You only think about the earth, but consider the sky & the sea.\nIt is the water that is the basis of life & drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea.\nThe sky gives space & peace & serenity. Without my peace, all would be nothing.\nOrange started next to blow her trumpet: I am the color of health & strength. I may\nbe scarce, but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life. I carry the most\nimportant vitamins. Just think of carrots, pumpkins, oranges. I don't hang around\nall the time, but when I fill the sky at sunrise or sunset, my beauty outshines you all.\nRed could stand it no longer. He shouted out: I am the ruler of all of you...I am the\nblood...life's blood. I am the color of danger & bravery. I bring fire into the blood. I\ntruly am the color of passion & of love, the red rose, the pointsettia and the poppy.\nPurple rose up to his full height. He was very tall and spoke with great pomp: I am\nthe color of royalty & power. Kings, chiefs and bishops have always chosen me for I\nam the sign of authority & wisdom. People do not question me...they listen & obey.\nFinally Indigo spoke, much more quietly than all the others, but with just as much\ndetermination: Think of me. I am the color of silence. You hardly notice me, but\nwith-out me you all become superficial. I represent thought & reflection, twilight\n& deep water. You need me for your balance & contrast, for prayer & inner peace.\nRain began to speak: You foolish colors, fighting amongst yourselves, each trying\nto dominate the rest. Don't you know that you were each made for a special purpose,\nunique & different? Join hands with one another & listen to me. From now on when\nrains, each of you will stretch across the sky in a great bow of color as a reminder\nthat you can all live in peace. The rainbow is a sign of hope for tomorrow. And so,\nwhenever a good rain washes the world, & a rainbow appears in the sky, please let us\nremember to appreciate and Love one another. ~Based on a Native American Legend\nWell, I hope that you have enjoyed visiting!\nPlease click on the fairy below to go to my\nother page...the Discovery of Animal Power\nPlease sign the guestbook on the next page","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ffp2-germany.de/uncategorized/9-greatest-breakup-books-of-2014/","date":"2023-10-05T02:25:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511717.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20231005012006-20231005042006-00845.warc.gz","language_score":0.9009990096092224,"token_count":1350,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__193746003","lang":"en","text":"What now ? if you are met with a break up? Maybe you see a marathon classic romantic movies, check out with Ben and Jerry or join an online dating site. Although this kind of grieving might make you’re feeling much better temporarily, how do you get ready to conquer the break up and be much better because of it in the long term?\nBasic separation books, however! These nine will make suggestions and ride with you because smack the bumps on the path to recovery. 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{"url":"http://themorlock.deviantart.com/","date":"2016-10-25T20:49:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720380.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00528-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9205092191696167,"token_count":585,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-44","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-44__0__38512450","lang":"en","text":"Her NameThey use her name but they do not know her and she does not know them.Her Name by TheMorlock\nThey move like a pack of hyenas, destroying cities and places of worship, spilling innocent blood and spitting on the downtrodden, the very people she lives to protect. She screams with rage from the deepest pit of the Duat, cursing the mortals who dare profane her name.\nShe was the great goddess. Mother. Midwife. Creator. Healer. Queen of Heaven. Her breasts swelled with life-giving milk and her tears flooded the fields and gave sustenance to her children. But she was the patron of the downtrodden and enslaved, and when the Hebrews invoked their great and terrible God against her own children, she alone remained silent. She sympathized with their plight and watched with approval as they left for their promised land and she was content with the belief that she had seen the last of them and their strange ways. But she was wrong.\nThe worship of the Hebrew God spread like wildfire, igniting the minds and hearts of men\nKaa reacts to Disney\"Cowardly, fearful of Shere Khan,\" said Bagheera under his whiskers.Kaa reacts to Disney by TheMorlock\n\"Sssss! Have they ever called me that?\" said Kaa.\n\"Something of that kind it was that they said on the internet, but we never noticed them. They will say anything - even that thou art a lisping pedophile with Winnie the Pooh's voice (they are indeed shameless, the Walt Disney Company),\" Bagheera went on sweetly.\nNow a snake, especially a wary old python like Kaa, very seldom shows that he is angry, but Baloo and Bagheera could see the big swallowing muscles on either side of Kaa's throat ripple and bulge.\n\"They called me also 'Scarlett Johansson' was it not?\"\n\"Cowardly, comical,\" said Bagheera; \"as well as other things which I cannot say for shame.\"\n\"We must remind them to speak well of their master. Aaa-sssh! We must help their wandering memories.\"\n____,888888888888888888b. Put this\n___,8*_;88888P*****7888888 on your page\n__,8;,_8888*________`88888 if you support\n__)8e888*__________,88888 the Dragons.\n_,d888`___________,888888 Dragon fans\n888*____________,88888888 the Dragon\n_ ...___________,8888888888 haters war!\n______________88888888888 I'm on\n_________________88888b.` never leavein!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://secretsofsuccessinbusiness.com/tag/robert-zuniga/page/3/","date":"2020-09-30T04:47:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402118004.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20200930044533-20200930074533-00182.warc.gz","language_score":0.7855589985847473,"token_count":197,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__184925182","lang":"en","text":"Dave Logan introduces Warren Bennis and Tony Hsieh, “Leadership for the 21st Century”\nWarren Bennis and Tony Hsieh discuss being a leader in todays business environment.\nDeveloping Core Values..How to Build and Sustain The Passion?\nWarren Bennis Books:\n- On Becoming a Leader\n- Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration\n- Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership (Jb Warren Bennis)\nTony Hsieh Book:\nDave Logan Books:\n- Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization\n- The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life (J-B Warren Bennis Series)\nSource: USC Marshall Youtube Channel\nJoin us Weekly as we ‘Live Our Dream”[Minneapolis][St Paul]\n© 2012 Worldwide Rights Reserved Robert Zuniga","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://butterflyplayingcards.com/","date":"2019-09-21T19:33:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514574662.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20190921190812-20190921212812-00276.warc.gz","language_score":0.8285744786262512,"token_count":106,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__200480344","lang":"en","text":"Please welcome to the official Butterfly Playing Cards e-shop!\nGet The Secret of The Butterflies e-book and start learning card miracles today!\nOur Hottest Products\nThe Magic Deck\nThe most advanced deck of the Butterfly Playing Cards Family.\nIncludes instructional videos that teach all the main abilities of the cards.\nThe Ultimate Guide Book\nAvailable as a hardcover book in a slip case or an ebook, The Secret of the Butterflies will help you unleash the full potential of Butterfly Playing Cards' magic capabilities.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://zhongyuanwo.net/modal-parameters-identification/","date":"2022-05-25T07:17:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662580803.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220525054507-20220525084507-00243.warc.gz","language_score":0.8119705319404602,"token_count":443,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__30791570","lang":"en","text":"This project was completed during my summer internship (2016 summer) at Georgia Tech.\nThe Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Eigensystem Realization Algorithm (ERA) are both widely used as techniques to analyze modal parameters of infrastructures. To demonstrate their efficiency and consistency, two practical steel frame structures were tested. The finite element model was built in sap2000 to generate modal parameters using FEA. Based on the response data under given excitation, modal parameters were derived using ERA. Based on the comparison of modal parameters, certain model-updating techniques were applied to the FE model, in order to obtain better results. Great performance and consistency of final comparison shows efficiency of ERA and the model updating techniques.\nWo, Z., He, J., and Wang, Y. (2016). Comparison of finite element method and eigensystem realization algorithm through the analysis of a steel frame bridge (preprint) [PDF]\nThe Eigensystem Realization ALgorithm (ERA)\nThe Eigensystem Realization Algorithm (ERA) was proposed by Juang & Pappa in 1985. Their original publication can be searched or cited as below:\n- J.-N. Juang and R. S. Pappa, “An eigensystem realization algorithm for modal parameter identification and model reduction,” Journal of guidance, control, and dynamics, vol. 8, pp. 620-627, 1985\nScanned file of this paper can be downloaded from ResearchGate [PDF]\nOther useful materials:\n- Juan M Caicedo, “Practical guidelines for the natural excitation technique (next) and the eigensystem realization algorithm (era) for modal identification using ambient vibration”, Experimental Techniques, 35(4):52–58, 2011. [PDF]\n- Zhongyuan’s study notes on ERA [PDF]\n- Zhongyuan’s MATLAB code of ERA [Download]\n- Intro slides by Zhongyuan [PDF]","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://moomoomeep.tumblr.com/post/17779521382/what-happens-on-break","date":"2013-12-08T08:52:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163057372/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204131737-00050-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9653370380401611,"token_count":552,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__158212185","lang":"en","text":"Pairing: England x fem!America\nDisclaimer: I don’t own Hetalia! Only my plot!\nFrancis Bonnefoy a.k.a. the personification of the nation of France was skipping down the hallways of the G8 Summit building looking for something to do. The Frenchman sighed. He was in desperate need of someone to talk to (read: assault). The blond turned a corner and came across England—grumpy, PMSing, alone England. France smirked. He had found his next victim.\n\"Hey Arthur~!\"The Frenchman sang while making his way over to the Brit.\nEngland’s eyes narrowed. Every time the Frenchman was looking for him, the Brit always ended up in jail because the blond could not, for the life of him, keep his hands to himself.\n\"What do you want, Frog?\" England asked harshly, his day already ruined by the presence of the man.\n\"Oh, Arthur, I’m hurt,\" France put his hand to his heart.\nArthur scowled. The last thing the Brit wanted to do was deal with the Frenchman. “Cut the crap, Francis, now what do you want?”\nFrancis smirked. Time to get this Brit into his bed. “I was just wondering if you would like to—oof!” The French nation was abruptly cut off by a roundhouse kick to the back of his head.\nArthur gawked. Only one person would be dumb enough to do that. “Amelia, what the hell?”“\nAmelia ignored Arthur in favor of glaring at the Frenchman’s face under her boot. “Back off, Frog! He’s mine!” the American steps on France’s face and runs over to hug Arthur possessively.\nArthur, embarrassed and touched at Amelia’s actions, flushes and tries to get out to the girl’s iron grip. “Let go of me, you insufferable git!”\nAmelia hugs Arthur tighter. “But, Artie-kins! That’s not what you said last night!”\nArthur froze. She did not just say that in front of Francis.\nFrancis took in Amelia’s words and snorted. Then, he erupted into full blown laughter while rolling on the floor and everything.\nArthur flushed ten shade of red and glared at the smiling American.\n\"I hate you so much.\"\nAmerica’s smile got wider. “No you don’t!”\n\"… I know.\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://lopezpressurewash.com/index.php/guestbook?start=15","date":"2018-01-16T11:21:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084886416.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20180116105522-20180116125522-00695.warc.gz","language_score":0.9381252527236938,"token_count":126,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__166298769","lang":"en","text":"Tuesday, 16 January 2018 09:18 | Ouwerkerk\n4 Effective Ways to Beat Writer's Block\nNow, adaptogens really are a class of herb that helps one's body accommodate stressful situations, like increased exercise, insomnia or.\nHow can you find more things to reveal that's going to keep people coming back to read more. The best writers will probably be able to write even most evil and vile characters in such a way the reader will still for a strong bond with him.\nTuesday, 16 January 2018 09:17 | Leutersdorf\nThanks, this webѕite is extremely beneficial.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://secretsofaworldunseen.blogspot.com/2013/01/redux-folied.html","date":"2018-12-16T23:07:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376827998.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20181216213120-20181216235120-00036.warc.gz","language_score":0.9735993146896362,"token_count":233,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__194702518","lang":"en","text":"Imagine, he says, imagine all your cast’s desperate moments highlighted in pictures revolving upon a carousel, a contraption forever in orbit above their heads. The thievery, the lies and all their moral weaknesses depicted in such a well-rendered way that they become a walking performance piece.\nWhat if they were constantly subject to artistic renderings of sordid pasts, the horrible parts? Would they be comfortable in the voyeurism of others privy to such personal images? Would their friends and family interact with them more emphatically if their own comic/tragic moments were in a simultaneous identical eternal exhibition?\nMaybe the human race would become a mass of careful strategists, the only comfortable socialising concerted in the dark.\nSpiderfingers calls this storytelling prop The Recollection Wheel, and he’ll hand it over…I just have to let him live through me.\n'I'm your recollection of Mr Lime,' I tell him, 'and I've had more practice at being an idea than you. If I were a concept like you, I'd run. I'd run far away from me...'","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://santinorice.com/essays-main-components-and-the-process-of-ordering-essays-online-writemypapers-org/","date":"2020-08-09T17:25:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738562.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20200809162458-20200809192458-00561.warc.gz","language_score":0.9611867666244507,"token_count":660,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__149322588","lang":"en","text":"Writing an essay at first glance is often an easy task. The first attempts to write a work are made in schools. However, this task is most often faced by students. Let’s find out what an essay is. This is a small, small-scale polemical work with a unique structure, which seeks to study the problem. The work in this genre does not require a specific answer. It is safe to say that this is a written work that should examine the problem from different points of view of the student. To write a quality essay, you need to read a lot of scientific literature that is relevant to the topic of your essay and express your opinion on the arguments set out in it. No need to be afraid to criticize – in the essay this thing is very welcome. The author needs to try to analyze the problems on his own, sometimes even to suggest methods of solving them, to raise a discussion.\nEssays: structure and relevance to the thesis\nWriting an essay that is commissioned and written on writemypapers.org is a clear, systematic process. First of all, it is important to choose a topic that you like. After choosing a topic, it is recommended to go to the search for literature and its analysis. An introduction to the essay is very important. Here it is necessary to briefly acquaint students with the chosen topic, to describe briefly what problems will be solved in the work – this should be devoted to one paragraph. The most important thing is that the introduction should attract and intrigue your listeners. Although the essay is written in free form, it is still important to follow a few tips. It is very important to accurately formulate the main idea and develop it. It is desirable if the author asks questions and tries to answer them.\nArguments to be included when writing an essay\nIt is important to present as many of your arguments as possible and to comment on the arguments of other scientists, to pay attention to their strengths and weaknesses. It is also important that the presentation of scientific material was as consistent as possible, so you need to make a plan before writing an essay. Arrange all the arguments in the following order: first, discuss the most important argument, then the weakest arguments, and finally the strongest arguments that best support the author’s point of view. A list of scientific sources should be provided at the end of the essay. Few people have time to write a quality essay for the first time, so you need to be determined to avoid the next few edits.\nWriting an essay by writemypapers.org professionals: is it worth asking for help?\nIt’s no secret that modern students face a heavy workload, which often has to be combined (study and favorite work), so naturally, there is not always enough time to write an essay – because you need to find the right scientific literature that will match the essay and do many other important things. So, if you do not have the time and desire to write an essay yourself, contact writemypapers.org – professionals will be happy to help you.\nWriteMyPapers.org is rated 4.9/5 based on 421 customer reviews.\nWant your voice to count in?\nSend us your review with all the details.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.lagrottechauvetpontdarc.org/somethings-not-right/","date":"2021-01-19T12:08:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703518240.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20210119103923-20210119133923-00553.warc.gz","language_score":0.9860580563545227,"token_count":665,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__200740819","lang":"en","text":"Those early days with Amy were pure bliss. We spent all our time together, either me going to her studio apartment and watching her paint while I worked on my laptop, or her coming over to my loft and burning French toast for us for a breakfast-for-dinner picnic in bed.\nBoth of our jobs were fairly flexible, and we relished the freedom. Sometimes we would wake up, get in the car and drive the few hours it took to get to the beach. We would lay there all day, downing a six-pack each, then sober up and drive home, stopping for fish tacos on the way.\nIt was like every day was the first day of summer vacation with Amy.\nI had never before felt the way I felt about Amy. I felt younger, lighter, freer. The world seemed more colorful and whimsical with her around, and life seemed more exciting and full of possibility.\nI actually bought the engagement ring, a beautiful Sapphire surrounded by emeralds and amethysts, before we even moved in together. It wasn’t a traditional diamond engagement ring, but Amy wasn’t a traditional girl. The colors reminded me of the painting of the park that drew me to her at the gallery opening where we first met. I knew she would love it.\nI wish I’d had the chance to give it to her, to see her face when she saw it and listened as I told her why I chose it.\nBut I’ll never get that chance now.\nThe time was never right to propose because when Amy moved in, that’s when I noticed something wasn’t quite right. And I didn’t want to take the next step until I could figure out how to fix it.\nYou see, before Amy moved in, we would go on long, boozy dates, closing down restaurants, drinking wine in the park, whatever. We lived in New Orleans, where you can legally walk around with open containers of alcohol, and restaurants and bars allow you to take your drinks to go. You almost literally never have to be sober.\nIt added to the blurry, hazy fun whirlwind of the beginning of our relationship, but I thought that would slow down when we moved in together and were seeing each other’s daily lives and habits. But it didn’t.\nIf anything, I noticed Amy drinking even more than she ever did on her dates, almost like she had been holding herself back.\nAll the servers and bartenders at her waitressing job in the French Quarter drank during their shifts, and often went out and partied after work till the early morning, getting drunk and spending their hard-earned tips.\nAmy would also wake up in the morning and start drinking a Bloody Mary or a mimosa before she started painting. I realized quickly that Amy almost always had a drink in her hand, no matter what time of day or what she was doing.\nI tried to brush it off. We were young, and she was an artist, all her friends and coworkers were drinkers, we lived in New Orleans, it was all just part of the lifestyle.\nBut in my gut, I felt something wasn’t right.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.mattmelone.net/","date":"2024-02-21T12:07:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473472.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221102433-20240221132433-00663.warc.gz","language_score":0.9541828632354736,"token_count":1442,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__133966099","lang":"en","text":"AV – PREEMINENT RATING by Martindale-Hubbell\nMatt Melone has been honored with the AV-PREEMINENT Rating by Martindale-Hubbell. The AV Rating is the highest possible rating in both Legal Ability and Ethical Standards. The Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings “attest to a lawyer’s legal ability and professional ethics, and likewise reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Attorney Bar. The AV-PREEMINENT Rating is a testament to the fact that this lawyer’s peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence.” To learn more about the Martindale-Hubbell Ratings, please click on the following internet link: https://www.martindale.com\nAbout Matt Melone, Attorney\nI was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I am a third generation attorney. Both my father, Jerry M. Melone, and my grandfather, James P. Melone, were attorneys who graduated from the University of Tulsa Law School. I attended Edison High School and two years of undergraduate school at the University of Tulsa, before completing my undergraduate degree at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. In 1983, I earned my Bachelor of Arts Degree (with Special Honors) in Political Science at George Washington University. During that time, I also attended the Russian language summer study immersion program at Norwich College in Vermont. In 1986, I earned my Law Degree from the George Washington University National Law Center. While earning my law degree, I also attended Oxford University in England through the University of San Diego’s summer study program in International Law. In 1986, after earning my law degree, I returned to Tulsa and joined my father in private law practice. In 1990, I was sworn into the U.S. Supreme Court Bar. In 1995, I transitioned to practice law as a solo attorney. Since then, I have been honored to practice law under the family name, Melone & Melone.\nSince 2007, I have been honored to carry the prestigious:\nAV-PREEMINENT Rating by Martindale-Hubbell\nI limit my law practice to matters involving the following areas:\n- Personal Injury Claims\n- Motor Vehicle Accident Claims\n- Wrongful Death Claims\nTRUMPET BLAST TRILOGY (Anthology by Matt Melone)\nPREFACE: The Trumpet Blast Trilogy is an Anthology of inspirational world literature, poetry, and artwork. It is inspired by the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, who in 1836 suggested that readers create their own personal books of reflection and inspiration, following the Renaissance practice of collecting writings that resonate like the sound of a trumpet. This book is intended as a celebration of the diversity of our world and is dedicated to the best of humanity. Most of the included authors are recipients of international awards, including Nobel Prize winners, Pulitzer Prize winners, as well as the highest honors endowed by the many countries spanning the globe.\nThis Anthology was created to foster the open-minded respect for the many and varied philosophies, religions, and socio-political ideologies around the world. Historically, human intolerance has been the poisonous undertone of our earthly pilgrimage. Intolerance causes discord, hate, and a violent penchant to overcome dissent with brutality. It has been wisely observed that if we would hope to change the world, then perhaps we should begin with ourselves individually. An attitude of genuine humility leads to the mutual respect for the ideas and convictions of others, while still allowing the sincere pursuit of our own individual convictions.\nIf humankind hopes to overcome the myopic tendency to believe that only one philosophy, religion, or form of government is valid, then we must first learn to embrace diversity of thought and faith. As so many of our enlightened ancestors have observed, humanity will not survive unless we learn to extend our circle of compassion beyond our own family, country, religion, and culture. Our future depends on our willingness to extend our allegiance to all of Humanity, to Life in all its many forms, to all of Nature, and finally to the Earth herself, our collective habitat.\nThe full version of this Anthology is free for anyone to enjoy:\n- Trumpet Blast Trilogy I (click link)\n- Trumpet Blast Trilogy II (click link)\n- Trumpet Blast Trilogy III (click link)\n- Trumpet Blast Trilogy Preface (click link)\n- Trumpet Blast Trilogy Index (click link)\n* This Anthology is not intended for sale or publication. To the extent that any of the collected materials included in this Anthology are not in the public domain, such materials may be subject to copyright and trademark protection by the writers referenced.\n* Excerpts from THE TRUMPET BLAST TRILOGY:\nRalph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882): “Make your own book: select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been like the blast of a trumpet.” Emerson’s words refer to the Renaissance practice of compiling favorite quotes, poems, letters, and passages into a simple book for reflection and inspiration.\nLeo Tolstoy (1828-1910) / Nobel Prize Nominee: “Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking.”\nAlbert Einstein (1879-1955) / Nobel Prize 1921: “A human being is a part of the whole called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts, and his feelings as something separated from the rest. This is an optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”\nJames Michener (1907-1997) / Pulitzer Prize (1948): “This is the journey that every person must make: to find himself. If he fails in this, then it doesn’t matter much what else he finds. Money, position, fame, many loves: all of these are of such little consequence. When the tickets are collected at the end of the ride, such things are tossed into the bin marked meaningless. But, if a man happens to find himself – if he knows what he can be depended upon to do, the limits of his courage, the positions from which he will no longer retreat, the degree to which he can surrender his inner life, the secret reservoirs of his determination, the extent of his dedication, the depth of his feeling for beauty, his honest and unpostured goals – then he has found a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life.”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ijcmsdr.com/online-submission.html","date":"2020-05-30T21:40:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347410352.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20200530200643-20200530230643-00114.warc.gz","language_score":0.9178529381752014,"token_count":148,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-24","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__203169144","lang":"en","text":"Indian Journal of Basic and Applied Medical Research\nCopyright Form(Scan copy of copyright form)*\nI/we agree to all terms of the Copyright and declare that the article is original, has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.\nIn case any problem in submission through the online submission, authors are invited to submit their manuscripts through Journal email address directly along with a covering letter preferably by the corresponding author or first author to firstname.lastname@example.org\nAccepted papers will be acknowledged within two weeks and if the papers are rejected from Editorial Board, the decision will be communicated to the corresponding author via email.\nCopyright © 2019 International Journal of Current Medical Science and Dental Research. All rights reserved.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://shoukhintech.com/how-to-download-an-audible-book-on-iphone/","date":"2024-03-04T15:21:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476452.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304133241-20240304163241-00546.warc.gz","language_score":0.8935441374778748,"token_count":1895,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__25033396","lang":"en","text":"Quick Answer: To download an Audible book on your iPhone, open the Audible app, sign in to your account, and browse for the book you want to download. Once you’ve found it, tap on the book cover and then select “Download” to start the download process.\nSo, you’ve recently become an audiobook enthusiast and want to know how to download an Audible book on your iPhone? Well, you’re in the right place! In this article, we’ll guide you through the simple steps to get your favorite audiobook downloaded onto your iPhone, so you can enjoy it anytime, anywhere.\nGone are the days of carrying around bulky books or straining your eyes with small fonts. Thanks to Audible, you can delve into captivating stories and educational content with just a few taps on your iPhone. Whether you’re commuting, exercising, or simply relaxing at home, Audible brings the world of literature right to your fingertips.\nSo, let’s dive straight into the process of downloading an Audible book on your iPhone, shall we?\nHow to Download an Audible Book on iPhone\nHave you ever wanted to enjoy a captivating audiobook on your iPhone? Look no further than Audible, the world’s largest platform for digital audiobooks. With Audible, you can access an extensive library of audiobooks, from classic novels to thrilling mysteries, and even educational content. In this comprehensive guide, we will walk you through the step-by-step process of downloading an Audible book on your iPhone, so you can dive into your favorite stories anytime, anywhere.\nGetting Started with Audible\nBefore we delve into the downloading process, it’s essential to have the Audible app installed on your iPhone. Here’s how you can get started:\n- Open the App Store on your iPhone.\n- Type “Audible” in the search bar.\n- Select the Audible app from the search results.\n- Tap the “Get” button, and then “Install” to download and install the app on your iPhone.\nOnce the app is successfully installed, follow the steps below to download your first audiobook.\nBrowsing and Selecting an Audiobook\n1. Launch the Audible app on your iPhone.\n2. Sign in to your Audible account or create a new one if you don’t have an existing account.\n3. Tap on the “Browse” tab to explore the vast collection of audiobooks available.\n4. Use the search bar to find a specific book or browse through various categories and recommendations.\n5. Once you find a book you’d like to download, tap on its cover to access its details.\nPreviewing and Purchasing an Audiobook\nBefore committing to a purchase, Audible allows you to listen to a sample of the audiobook. This feature helps you ensure that the narrator’s voice and the overall listening experience align with your preferences. Follow these steps to preview and purchase an audiobook:\n1. On the audiobook details page, tap on the “Sample” button to listen to a brief excerpt.\n2. If the sample captures your interest, tap on the “Back” button to return to the book details page.\n3. Tap on the price or “Buy Now” button to purchase the audiobook. Audible offers various pricing plans and membership options to cater to your preferences.\n4. Follow the prompts to complete the purchase, ensuring that your preferred payment method is selected.\nDownloading an Audiobook\nOnce you have purchased an audiobook, it’s time to download it to your iPhone for offline listening. Follow these steps to initiate the download:\n1. On the book details page, locate the “Download” button.\n2. Tap on the download button to start the download process.\n3. Depending on the size of the audiobook and the speed of your internet connection, the download may take a few moments. Ensure that you have a stable internet connection during this process.\n4. Once the download is complete, the audiobook will be available in your Audible library for offline access.\nAccessing Your Downloaded Audiobooks\nTo access your downloaded audiobooks and start listening, navigate to your library using the following steps:\n1. Tap on the “Library” tab at the bottom of the Audible app.\n2. You will find all your downloaded audiobooks displayed here.\n3. Scroll through the list or use the search bar to find a specific audiobook.\n4. Tap on the cover of the desired audiobook to begin listening.\nCustomizing Your Listening Experience\nAudible offers several features to enhance your listening experience. Here are some options you can explore:\n- Adjust the playback speed: Speed up or slow down the narration to suit your preferences.\n- Set a sleep timer: If you enjoy listening to audiobooks before bed, you can set a timer to automatically pause playback after a certain duration.\n- Bookmark and annotations: Bookmark your favorite moments or add annotations to specific sections of an audiobook for easy reference later.\n- Explore chapter navigation: Audible allows you to navigate easily between chapters or sections.\nRemoving Downloaded Audiobooks\nIf you’re running low on storage or finished listening to an audiobook, you can remove the downloaded files from your iPhone. Here’s how:\n1. From the Audible library, locate the audiobook you want to remove.\n2. Swipe left on the audiobook to reveal the “Remove” option.\n3. Tap on “Remove” to delete the downloaded files from your device.\n4. Please note that removing the files will not delete the book from your Audible library. You can re-download it anytime in the future.\nNow that you have mastered the art of downloading an Audible book on your iPhone, you can enjoy your favorite stories on the go. Explore the vast world of audiobooks, expand your literary horizons, and embark on countless adventures through Audible’s remarkable platform. Happy listening!\nHow to Download Audible Books on iPhone or iPad\nFrequently Asked Questions\nHow do I download an Audible book on my iPhone?\nDownloading an Audible book on your iPhone is quick and easy. Just follow these steps:\nCan I download Audible books directly on my iPhone?\nAbsolutely! You can download Audible books directly on your iPhone using the Audible app. Simply open the app, sign in to your Audible account, and search for the book you want to download. Once you’ve found it, tap on the book cover, then tap the “Download” button.\nWhat if I don’t have the Audible app on my iPhone?\nIf you don’t have the Audible app installed on your iPhone, don’t worry. You can easily download it from the App Store. Open the App Store, search for “Audible,” and tap the “Get” button to download and install the app. Once it’s installed, follow the previous steps to download Audible books on your iPhone.\nHow do I listen to Audible books offline on my iPhone?\nTo listen to Audible books offline on your iPhone, you need to download them first. Follow the steps mentioned earlier to download an Audible book on your iPhone. Once the book is downloaded, you can access it anytime, even without an internet connection. Just open the Audible app, go to your library, and select the downloaded book to start listening.\nCan I download multiple Audible books on my iPhone?\nAbsolutely! You can download multiple Audible books on your iPhone. There is no limit to the number of books you can download, as long as you have enough storage space on your device. Just repeat the steps mentioned earlier for each book you want to download, and you’ll have a collection of Audible books ready to enjoy on your iPhone.\nCan I delete Audible books after downloading them on my iPhone?\nYes, you can delete Audible books from your iPhone after downloading them. If you want to free up space on your device or remove a book you’ve already finished, go to your Audible library within the app, find the book you want to delete, swipe left on it, and tap the “Remove” button.\nTo download an Audible book on your iPhone, simply follow these steps: Open the Audible app, tap on the search icon, and enter the title of the book you want to download. Once you find it, tap on the cover to view the details. Press the “Download” button, and the book will start downloading to your device. Once the download is complete, you can access and enjoy your Audible book on your iPhone anytime, anywhere. It’s that easy to download an Audible book on iPhone!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://music.reasonablegraph.org/archive/item/6989?lang=el","date":"2023-06-01T05:08:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647614.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601042457-20230601072457-00072.warc.gz","language_score":0.9733642339706421,"token_count":409,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__144939079","lang":"en","text":"Kemal / New York Rock & Roll Ensemble\nThis is the story of foolish Prince Bass Fiddle and wise Jerry Kemal. As you remember, last time, the Prince was found without a dime on the Ponce Valdez while Jerry watched from a tree...\nIn the land of Ali Baba near the Sea of Babalee, Lived a man who played the zither with a pronoun on his knee. He would dance among the fuzzy trees and bring the birds to life And his name was Prince Bass Fiddle and he loved his ugly wife.\nHe would sing the songs of Lutvee in his very special way And he puffed tea with his lumpy head and sleep all night and day. With his turban and his leicester faced the thieves of Germany But beware great Prince Bass Fiddle, you´ll be hanging from a tree.\nFifty days and nights they waited for a sign from old Ratan To pretend to wear the colours of the Emperor Charlie Chan. So they strolled into the forest with a song and energy To find bay leaves in the cauldron of the mad witch Betty Lee.\nCame the answer from a leaf top that was found upon the ground \"Only time and Prince Bass Fiddle will repair your bellies round. Search the highlands search the lowlands, cruise the Sea of Babalee, But remember that your children need the food from filigree.\"\nThen one day in Abalone came a messenger to say That onion-head Bass Fiddle broke in half no more to play. Will we lose our land of Lutvee to the bearded men of Cleaves? Only miracles can save us and some tricks inside our sleeves.\nFrom the sky there was an answer to the question of the plebes \"You will meet a tall dark stranger wearing black and blue cannives. Who is Lucy, who is Nestor? We should only be there now. Why its Aphrodite Milton and his keeper Prince Kemal.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.milwaukeeentertainmentgroup.com/past-show-2013-04+05-sherlock-engagement.htm","date":"2017-04-30T08:53:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917124478.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031204-00460-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.918802797794342,"token_count":218,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__44328716","lang":"en","text":"and a Regrettable Engagement — Past Show\nWritten and Directed by Elizabeth Shipe\nSherlock Holmes and a Regrettable Engagement is the thrilling second adventure in Elizabeth Shipe's original theatrical series. Inspired by the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, this brand new Holmes story unlocks the mystery of the greatest adversary Sherlock Holmes ever faced through his many cases. Join the heroes of Baker Street in another exciting evening of detection, mystery and quick witted humor.\nIt's supposed to be a quiet night at 221-B Baker Street for Mrs. Hudson and the Irregulars. But Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are about to get more than they bargained for when Professor James Moriarty stops by with a trick or two up his sleeve. Help Sherlock and Watson face off against their most legendary and notorious foe. The game is afoot!\nSign up now to receive\nyour early notification of future\nMilwaukee Entertainment Group events\nThe street and mailing address of the Brumder Mansion is:\n3046 West Wisconsin Avenue\nMilwaukee, WI 53208","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://lalbatros-paris.com/the-maison/story-style/a-brand-is-born/","date":"2023-12-05T01:29:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100540.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20231205010358-20231205040358-00310.warc.gz","language_score":0.9532741904258728,"token_count":195,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__138400897","lang":"en","text":"A Brand is Born\nContemplating the albatross of the Kerguelen in flight gives Baudelaire’s second poem in his collection Les fleurs du mal its full meaning. There is a deep need in man to rise up, to imagine and to dream in order to be alive. It was from this inspiration and strong aesthetic desire that L’Albatrôs Paris was born. Driven by its affinity with wood, a living and sublime material, this young jewellery house is dedicated to striving for beauty. In order to do this, each variety of wood is an invitation to adventure and travel, while marquetry provides the link between man and the material, between talent and the life force. This is what L’Albatrôs Paris is striving towards; to create wonder, to carry every individual towards this dream and to share the feeling of completeness which stirs inside us in the face of beauty.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://idreamintragedy.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-07-31T23:40:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1406510273766.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20140728011753-00129-ip-10-146-231-18.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9344610571861267,"token_count":320,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__110914708","lang":"en","text":"Only farmers understand these farmer meme\ni dont get can someone please explain this to me wjat is a head tomato\nlooks like we’ve got ourselves a city slicker\nI swallow down the summer sky,\nand even though it tastes good,\nI am still left with burning organs\nand a sunburned heart.\nI miss singing to the moon, but nowadays\nI just hum to\nI trace his tattoos,\nand he tells me he’ll\nget one for me one day,\nbut comes home with\nanother girl’s name printed across his skin.\nEveryone around me thinks it’s stupid\nthat I talk more to a notebook\nthan I do to people,\nbut when I try to tell them about the sky,\nthey think I mean the weather.\nI keep falling in love with boys I make up in my head,\nand maybe that’s the most honest thing\nI’ve said all day.\nI see fireworks in my dreams\nand wake up to a smoky room.\nI don’t know if any of this makes sense anymore,\nbut I stopped trying a long time ago.\nI still love myself,\neven on the days I don’t,\nand that’s why I stopped calling\npeople who never even bothered\nsaving my number.\nI guess that’s what these poems are.\nThe calls that hurt too much to make,\nI’m still getting a busy signal from you.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://masscubed.com/monthly/articles/the-state-of-the-common-room-address","date":"2022-05-29T11:23:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662644142.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20220529103854-20220529133854-00552.warc.gz","language_score":0.9535816311836243,"token_count":580,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__195504613","lang":"en","text":"The State of the Common Room Address\nThe common room is filthy. Search your feelings. You know it to be true.\nWhenever I get stressed, I have this tendency to ignore everything happening around me. That is, I don’t have time to care about anything other than what can relieve my stress.\nAnd when that happens, it’s as if my brain shuts everything else down but the limbic system. It’s as if, all I care about is just eating and sleeping— seeking all sorts of comfort. It’s as if my brain is ‘allocating limited resources’ to simply mitigating my fight-or-flight response, trying to survive through a flood of nervous system responses meant for our pre-historic hunter-gatherer ancestors.\nIt’s as if, the singular goal of reliving my stress turns me into a primal, selfish monster. And I’m sure this happens to you too.\nWhile we’re busy working on our assignments, catching up on lectures, or even sorting some issues out at home, all we care about is just trying to get that stuff done. I mean, who has time to care for anything else?\nAs a side effect of this, we’re abusing our dear common room to its full extent. As we try to get assignments done, we don’t care if we just leave books lying on the ground, underneath chairs, tables or sofas. As we try to catch up on lectures, we don’t care if we just leave food scraps out, ignore the dishes— so long as we get food while we work. Although it may sound optimal, it’s not great for anyone else.\nDishes pile up high, books and magazines are littered everywhere. The stationery’s scattered enough to become a treasure hunt. The fridge becomes a magnet for “science experiments”— and don’t get me started on the poor old microwave.\nThe common room is a mess, and we’re all to be blamed. And as much as there are those who are altruistic enough to tidy up (or perhaps, obsessed with cleanliness)— there are far greater of us who pollute it as we please.\nSo the best thing we can do, isn’t to ram our way through the room like rhino as we try and get our stress relieved. We should instead help each other out by fixing up even the most trivial of things around the room. Even if it’s as simple as throwing small scraps of paper, organising stationery, or perhaps even packing up once you’ve finished.\nAlthough your stress remains, knowing that the common room will end up that extra bit cleaner should at least leave you better off than you started.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://grandelights.blogspot.com/2009/03/","date":"2018-06-20T21:02:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267863886.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20180620202232-20180620222232-00405.warc.gz","language_score":0.9813710451126099,"token_count":1899,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__112613282","lang":"en","text":"Today I'm learning more about courage. General George Patton said, \"Fear kills more people than death.\" Everyone has fears and needs courage to face them. When you are afraid you have two choices--do nothing and let the fear fester like a cancer, or identify what you fear and deal with it. I am actually enjoying facing some of my fears because I realize if I face them I am finally in control. Sometimes things are overwhelming. \"You often hear, Be bold. Take a leap! Sometimes you should. Other times, there's a better idea. Take a step.\" (Harry Beckwith) I like that saying because I can just take a few meaningful, well-planned steps to face my fears, and make progress towards my goal. I'm trying to develop some better habits and I can see that step by step they are possible. Have a sunshiny day.\nI'm reading Mac Anderson's book \"Charging the Human Battery\". I definately need to increase my motivation in lots of areas, and I thought I might share some things that have been inspirational to me. One thought was that everything that is worthwhile in life is free--our minds, our souls, our bodies, our hopes, our dreams, our intelligence, and our love. All of these priceless possessions are free. To be motivated, we need to identify our values of what is really important when we set goals. As we make decisions, we can make choices that have a great impact on our life. Marcy Blochowiak said, \"You are always only one choice away from changing your life.\" Therefore, we need to choose wisely and commit ourselves to move forward with hope and not give up on something we know is important. We only need the courage to make it. Today I identified some things I felt were most important to do. I realized that I don't need to spend a lot of time on everything, just do the best I could. I have felt a sense of accomplishment and joy in checking off all of the items on my list. Now I have the rest of the day to do a little more. I even had some quiet time to meditate and chose which things I will continue to work on tomorrow. Although many would think I'm moving too slowly, I am working forward with a steady pace. I realize that I am truly blessed. One of my favorite things to do every day is read the blogs of friends, and I have decided that I need to write my insights every day as a dear friend does. I hope you can put up with a philosophical perspective for awhile as I work through some of my personal challenges. I think it will be a profitable journey for me and I hope for others. Have a wonderful day!\nWill Rogers said, \"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.\" I think I let myself get run over. I know I have procrastinated doing some things to improve my health, and I now have to take some drastic steps to compensate for my lack of action. I was reading some journal entries of 15 years ago and realized I had the same health goals then as I do now. I haven't made very much progress. I can see that procrastinating. has been a poor choice. Yesterday I started on insulin for my type 2 diabetis. In two weeks I begin my education phase of treatment and in three weeks I meet with the dietician. I have some challenges facing me and I'm eager to get started. Hopefully I'll quit just \"sitting there\" and make some lifestyle changes that matter. The insulin shots are easy. The lifestyle will get me further down the right track. Onward!\nSometimes it seems I get so busy with life that I miss some of the good things of life. Today I'm remembering some of the good times of the past week. I love the toothy little grin of my youngest grandson, the unintelligible chatter of the two-year old, the excitement of the dog when someone plays with him, the teasing of grandpa and the giggles that follow, the blue skies, some sunshine, the playfulness of my daughter and her dimple when she's happy, the excited participation of family when playing games, pictures that family share, real mail that makes my day, e-mail from friends, quiet time with my hubby, eating nuts and watching Hogan's Heroes/Gomer Pyle, special friends at Church, special neighbors that are always willing to help, little flowers that are beginning to bud, a good nights sleep, notification that my mammogram came back with no sign of cancer, not having to pay co-pay because I have a credit, low-sugar treats, hugs, laughter, lunch with dear friends, time in the Temple, e-mail from grandchildren, finding something I had lost, reading blogs that I enjoy, playing Sudoku, playing Wii with family, reading the newspaper, reading the scriptures, reading some good books, getting my hair done, ......Wow! It's been a week of blessings! Hope your week was one of blessings too.\nI've been reading some neat articles lately. This one tells the story of an older man who goes up into his attic to find a picture of his wife who recently passed away. He found a box of her things and inside was a journal written by their son when he was six or seven. He couldn't figure out why she would have saved the journal so he took it downstairs to read. He read a few entries and then went into his office and grabbed his journal for the same time period. He read an entry for June 22nd that said \"Went fishing with Jimmy. Day was a total waste. Didn't catch a thing.\" In Jimmy's journal for that day it read \"Dad took me fishing. It was the best day of my life.\" It is so interesting to see the same event from two points of view. It illustrates a special fact. The way a child spells love is t*i*m*e. Time we spend with a child can be the most productive time we can ever spend. I am truly enjoying time with my grandchildren. My oldest grandson turned twelve last week. We all went to Joe's Crabshack and he ordered crab. He relished cracking the crab leg's to get the tasty morsels. He ate the whole thing and then ordered chocolate cake. When we were leaving I asked him if he had enjoyed the dinner. He said, \"that was the best meal I ever ate.\" He loved having people who cared take time with him. A granddaughter came and played a card game. She is beginning to want to play games with the grownups. Another graddaughter wanted to play games on the Wii. A little granddaughter wanted to \"fix us a meal \" like in a restaurant and took our orders. A grandson wanted grandpa to take his picture with a Nerf dart on his forehead. We all laughed and enjoyed the picture. Another grandson gave hugs and ran off to play. I love seeing Grandpa with the little grandsons that are living with us. One he carries around on his shoulder. This brings giggles and squeals of joy. The little one has the biggest grin and will laugh at almost anything. Yes, love is spelled t*i*m*e. Time with our children.\nI read an interesting article that prodded me to examine the fences of my mind. It told of how everyone said that running a mile in four minutes was impossible. Doctors said it was physically impossible. Then in 1954 Roger Bannister ran the four-minute mile. Since then over 700 have broken the four minute mile, mainly because they believed they could do it. We all have things that we think are impossible for us to achieve. So I have been contemplating what things I want to accomplish and identifying what my \"fences\" are. I hope this awareness will give me a new push in accomplishing some of my dreams. I love that refreshing feeling of hope that comes when we realize who we are and that we have a strength and potential that can help us acquire some of our fondest wishes. Onward!\nI have enjoyed time with my grandchildren lately. Always my greatest joy. My oldest grandchild is twelve today and getting ready for junior high. Where has the time gone? We are going out to dinner with them tonight and I'm looking forward to that. I loved the hugs and kisses Sunday when some of them came to play games. I tended my youngest little one when my daughter took her two-year old for a haircut. Cute little guy slept the whole time they were gone, so I got quite a bit done. The two-year old looks older with his haircut. I am tending today while my daughter runs some errands. He is full of curiosity! He loves to hold my knickknacks and open the curio cabinet. Needless to say I've moved everything to the top two shelves. He loves to run his hands over the glass shelves too. Tomorrow he will be so excited because we will probably get his pet dog here from Hawaii. That will be a new experience for all of us. Kids and dog! All of this is suppose to keep me young, right? At least I'm enjoying the ride!","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"http://smokersforum.in/what-made-me-buy-my-first-cigarette/","date":"2019-02-16T08:27:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479967.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20190216065107-20190216091107-00428.warc.gz","language_score":0.9894890189170837,"token_count":834,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__151899472","lang":"en","text":"It all started one winter’s eve when I was walking back home and spotted a man smoking by the road. The thought of him smoking and blowing out a thick cloud of smoke intrigued me enough to actually find out what it felt-like to smoke. The next moment I had a cigarette in my hand and I took my first puff of the blazing tobacco only to hack and cough for the next 2 minutes. Well that is exactly how I began my journey of smoking and no blames to peers, television or for that matter the man who I watched before smoking my first cigarette.\nPeople begin smoking for many reasons but it is their own choice. Blaming anyone and everyone for it is just silly! So while few of my friends smoked as they wanted to fit in the ‘Cool’ crowd of high school, many grown-ups do it to calm their senses and relieve their stress. Let’s just say when a couple of my friends were asked about their first experience with the smoking; the responses were quite different from usual.\nMy childhood friend had a completely strange take on her first cigarette. She said, I smoked my first cigarette when I was 15 and I did it as I wanted to know why my dad looked so calm and tension-free after one. Trust me I received my answer to that ten years later after a crazy meeting with a client.\nI was the only non-smoker in my close group of 5 colleagues. I was 27 then. Once when I was sailing through a rough patch in my married life and was discussing it with them, one of them was quick to say that everything will be fine with time, just chill and have a smoke. It was quick for me and without a second thought I took it from him and had my first puff. And it’s been six years now, I am still in love with that first puff as I continue to smoke till today, but not more than 3-4 a day. It makes me feel in total control of life, says another close friend of mine.\nComing back to my experience, it wasn’t in a jiffy that I bought a cigarette, but a lot of research went behind it. As first I had to pick a location where no one can see me, then a vendor of my confidence who would not yell and tell it to everyone, and finally the perfect moment when I could experience my first puff. The entire drill of finding the right moment to take my first cigarette was quite like a James Bond movie except that I was fighting with my own fears. Finally I took the first puff and mapped the motion of the smoke which I inhaled. It was cool at first and later ran down my throat cooling my system and I could actually feel it engulfing my lungs only to cough like a tuberculosis patient. But it felt good – I felt nice even though my eyes watered and there was a subtle irritation down in my epiglottis . The second puff was similar to that I had watched on television, where in this time I stayed slow and steady with my moves and nailed it with a thick cloud of smoke coming out of mouth.\nMy shoulders that looked tensed suddenly felt light and so did my mind that was running multiple thoughts in it. I must have never felt so contented and happy, though a bit dazed after completing my cigarette, but a gulp of water and it was me back to my usual self. Even though your mouth reeks of smoke just like your hair; first timers are advised to always keep a peppermint gum and a body spray handy to avoid unwanted stares and questions from family members. Did I just take you back to your first cigarette experience?\nIn all, smoking for the first time wasn’t as bad as it sounded to be. It has been 15 years now since I have been smoking and let’s just say until done in moderation with a proper diet you have nothing much to worry about.\nSo this was my story. What about yours? When was your first cigarette? How was the experience? What triggered you to your first cigarette?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://icie.neocities.org/20062022.html","date":"2022-10-07T03:29:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337906.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20221007014029-20221007044029-00471.warc.gz","language_score":0.9709506034851074,"token_count":535,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__55025285","lang":"en","text":"A trigger warning for suicide.\nIt is currently 5 PM. 1700 hours on a freezing Monday (I thought it was summer). I got out of bed at 9 AM this morning. My desk is a mess. I just had cake. It's been 20 days since I last thought about my thirteen reasons why.\nI would celebrate. I am celebrating. Periods of fulfillment like these don't roll about very often, you see.\nThere are two states of me, two warring states that are constantly fluctuating and oh, it is Frustrating. When I find myself at peace, when the voices in my head aren't screaming my worthlessness over and over and over again, when something I create, or a task I successfully accomplished leaves me feeling fulfilled and joyous, those are the times when every dark episode and thrashing nights huddle away at the back of my memory vaults. I don't remember how being empty feels. I don't remember how being empty starts, or ends. Being empty is a state that exists, and when the stars align, I find myself once again being shoved head-first into a terrifyingly deep pit with nothing else but the echos of my own voice.\nI've seen myself at the bottom of that pit, making plans around potentially ending it all. I've watch myself attempt the worst, only to stop at the very last second to ask myself, \"Is this what I really want?\". I've seen what remains of those times, the poems that litter my notes app, the stories I write down for when I finally decide to write a book, the little drawings I scribble on the sides of my worksheets. My work is a record of the thoughts that run astray in my mind. More often than not, they are sad, scared and horrifying.\nI should be appreciating my joyful moments more. I should be taking advantage of the moment and pushing all my efforts into creating new pieces of work. The levels of focus and productivity I have experienced over the past 20 days is insane in comparison to the same me, just 365 days ago. But I can't. I can't without staring at myself in the mirror, completely unrecognisable with a smile that's just too bright, a voice that is just too chirpy and my enthusiasm levels off the roof. And maybe that's just it, my writing knows no way of existing without the trail of despondent depression that has etched itself upon my work. 'Empty' is a trademark of my creativity, and I'm not so sure if I am ready to accept that just yet.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.memoriesofmogadishu.com/about","date":"2022-06-28T16:04:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103556871.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20220628142305-20220628172305-00595.warc.gz","language_score":0.9705976843833923,"token_count":242,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__49014590","lang":"en","text":"Mogadishu is a city that exists in the stories of its inhabitants, now displaced in various parts of the world, and only thanks to their memories can it be reconstructed.\n- Far from Mogadishu\nFor many members of the Somali diaspora, the fear of fading memories places a sense of urgency on them to keep these stories of their homeland alive. The great African novelist Ben Okri once said “to poison a nation, poison its stories”. Stories have the ability to harm or heal societies. Oftentimes, it is simply the exclusion from the main narrative that can greatly harm or marginalize a group of people.\nFor Somalis, this had been the case for over two decades. Their homeland has been portrayed for them by news media as a place of violence, destitution and death. For those who are part of Shirin’s generation, their homeland is far from those news media images. They have countless stories from long days spent at Lido Beach enjoying ice lollies to catching a movie in one of the city’s many open-air theatres. Mogadishu is preserved in their minds and their stories.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.caringacrossamerica.com/conversations/","date":"2017-08-20T19:12:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886106984.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170820185216-20170820205216-00258.warc.gz","language_score":0.935664713382721,"token_count":186,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__259318929","lang":"en","text":"gather your family\nto have the vital conversation about care\nIf we begin planning early, we can save our families a lot of unnecessary stress. If you’re getting older, or your parents are, gather your family to have the vital conversation about care. These two questions can help you get started:\nQuestion 1: What is our family’s plan for meeting our future caregiving needs?\nWhat will we need in five, ten, or twenty years? Will we need to hire someone to help? Can we afford the care we want?\nQuestion 2: What joys could getting older and caring for one another bring?\nHow could caregiving bring our family, friends, and/or community closer together?\nThe more we talk about this, the easier it gets. Share your answers to the questions above for a chance to be featured in the paperback edition of The Age of Dignity.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://racheerios.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-09-16T07:25:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1410657114105.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20140914011154-00230-ip-10-196-40-205.us-west-1.compute.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8577708601951599,"token_count":150,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__79219422","lang":"en","text":"❝ Beyond all things is the sea.\nWhitney Bedford - Selections from the Shipwreck series\n(Source: schrak, via apodema)\nAndy Denzler - Flower Compositions, 2012\n(Source: atavus, via squeats)\n❝ The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.\nlost in translation\n(Source: keptyn, via hazardwarrors)\n❝ And I realize that no matter where I am, whether in a little room full of thought, or in this endless universe of stars and mountains, it’s all in my mind.\n❝ The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.christchurchprimaryschool.co.uk/gallery/english-reading","date":"2019-05-22T19:04:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256948.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20190522183240-20190522205240-00199.warc.gz","language_score":0.8855620622634888,"token_count":394,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__23510377","lang":"en","text":"At Christ Church we aim for all our children to become fluent, confident readers who are passionate about reading.\nChildren who read regularly or are read to regularly have the opportunity to open the doors to so many different worlds! More importantly, reading gives children the tools to become independent life-long learners.\nClick on the link below to discover the different ways that we achieve this at Christ Church.\nAuthor Visit- Sir Undercracker by Anna Lucas (Spring Term 2)\nCelebrating World Book Day in Reception (Spring Term 2)\nCelebrating World Book Day in Year 1 (Spring Term 2)\nReading in Year 6- Letters from the Lighthouse (Spring Term 1)\n(Cross-curricular links: History & Writing)\nReading in Year 1- Whole class text: The Christmasaurus (Autumn Term 2)\nReading in Year 6- Blackout Poetry (Autumn Term 2)\n(Cross-curricular links: History & British Values)\nReading in Year 1- Identifying features of Non-Fiction texts (Autumn Term 2)\n(Cross-curricular link: History)\nReading in Year 6- People who Inspire Us (Autumn Term 1)\n(Cross-curricular links: Writing, PSHE & C and British Values)\nYear 6 read stories about the life of Malala Yousafzai. They used evidence from the stories to say what kind of person she is and shared their own opinions based on what they had read.\nReading in Year 6- Street Child Emojis (Autumn Term 1)\n(Cross-curricular links: Writing, History, PSHE & C and British Values)\nReading in Year 1- Julia Donaldson (Autumn Term 1)\nReading in Year 6- Developing Inference Skills (Autumn Term 1)\nBook in a Box Challenge- Christ Church's Year of Reading 2017-18","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://twilightyearscretiveart.blogspot.com/2014/07/edgar-allan-poe.html","date":"2018-07-17T05:17:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589573.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20180717051134-20180717071134-00264.warc.gz","language_score":0.9571285247802734,"token_count":850,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__156526065","lang":"en","text":"Everything I Love and create starts with a passion of some sort.And then it becomes gifts for all like minded folks around the world. I have sold many of my creations for years now and wanted to hear from my customers about what you loved. What better way then Blogging!I am an avid reader and some of my favorite characters come alive in my creations. Even some t.v. shows have made it into my collection's.\nSo don't be shy talk to me.\nTuesday, July 29, 2014\nEdgar Allan Poe\nEdgar Allan Poe born January 19,1809 in Boston,mass.\n1811 December 8, Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe's Mother Died in Richmond Va. A few days later he was adopted by Mr and Mrs. John Allan of Richmond,Va.\n1815 July 28. The Allans and their adopted son arrive in England.\n1818-1820 Poe attends the Manor House School at Stoke Newingion,near London.\n1820 July 21. The Allans and Poe arrive in New York.\nThey reach Richmond on August 2 and reside wirh Charles Ellis,Allan's partner.\n1821 They move to Fifth Street between Marshall and Clay.\nPoe attends the clarke School until December 1822.\n1823 April 1. He enters William Burke's School.\n1825 June 28. John Allan purchases a hound at Fith and Main Strees,Richmond.\n1826 Febuary 14. Poe enters the University of Virginia,Charlottesville.\nDecember 15. The term ends,and John Allan removes Poe from the University.\n1827 March 24. Poe leaves Richmond and goes to Boston,where he arrives on April 7.\nMay 26. He enlists as a private in the U,S. Army under the name Edgar A. Perry and is stationed at the Fort Independence in Boston Harbor.\nTamerlane and other Poems is published in Boston,\nNovember 8-18. En route wirh his battery of artilery to Fort Moultire,Charleston,S.C.\n1828 December 11-15. En toute to Fortress Monroe,VA.\n1829 January 1. He is promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major.\nFebuary 29. Frances Allan,Poe's Foster Mother dies in Richmond.\nPoe is honorably Discharged from the Army and goes to Washington to seek and appointment at West Point.\nAutumn. He stays in Baltimore,perhaps with his aunt,Mrs Maria Clemm,and her daughter Virginia.\nDecember. Al Aaraaf,Tamerlane,and Minor Poems is published in Baltimore.\n1830 June. At the U.S. Military Academy at West point N.Y.\n1831 February 19. He leaves West point.\nApril.(?) Poems by Edgar Allan Poe,Second Edition is Published in New York.\nSummer. He again takes up residence with his aunt Mrs.Cleemm,in Baltimore.\n1832 The Philadelphia Saturday Courier publishes five of Poe's tails.\n1833 October 12. His ms Found in a Bottle wins first place prize in a contest in the Baltimore Saterday Visiter.\n1834 March 27. John allan, Poe's wealthy Foster father dies in Richman,leaving Poe nothing.\nI'm not really sure anyone knows the truth behind Mr. Allan's disinheritance.As the rumors goes it is said that Mr. Allan > did not approve of Poe's liquor and substance abuse. And that Poe and him argued a great deal and one of the subject's was Poe was angry with his Foster Father for his many affairs with\nwomen while his Mother was ill.\n1835 The southen Literary Messenger of Richmond published four of Poe's tails.\nAugust. Poe leaves Balto,pre amd goes to Richmond to become an assistant editor of The Southern Literary Messenger.\nOctober 3. Mrs. Clemm and Virginia join him in Richmond.\n1836 May 16. Poe marries Virginia,who is not yet fourteen years old( She was born August 15,1822.)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.ubclenoir.org/site/cpage.asp?sec_id=180012745&cpage_id=180052535","date":"2021-06-23T23:40:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488544264.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20210623225535-20210624015535-00139.warc.gz","language_score":0.9666460752487183,"token_count":5674,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-25","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__9253581","lang":"en","text":"We believe that the Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired, that it is truth without mixture of error, and that it is the standard by which all human conduct and creeds shall be tried.\nReferences: 2 Peter 1: 19-20 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.\nHebrews 4:12 - For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.\n2 Timothy 3:15-17 - And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.\nTHE TRUE GOD\nWe believe that there is one, and only one, true and living God, and that in the Unity of the God Head, there are three (3) persons: the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit.\nJohn 10:30 - I and my Father are one. (Jesus Christ)\n1 John 5:7 - For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.\nJohn 14:26 - But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. (Jesus Christ)\nJohn 16: 13-15 - Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. (Jesus Christ).\nTHE FALL of MAN\nWe believe that man was created in holiness, and by his voluntary transgression, he fell from that Holy and happy state; in consequence of which, all mankind are now sinners and are under condemnation of eternal ruin.\nGenesis 1:27 - So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.\nRomans 5:12 - Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:\nGenesis 3:6-7 - And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.\nTHE WAY of SALVATION\nWe believe that the salvation of sinners is wholly of grace, through the atoning death and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ.\nEphesians 2:8 - For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:\nIsaiah 53:4-5 - Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.\nHebrews 7:25 - Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.\nHebrews 11:6 - But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.\nWe believe that through justification, the perfect righteousness of God is imputed to believers in Christ Jesus.\nActs 13:39 - And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.\nRomans 5: 1-2 - Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.\n1 Corinthians 6:11 - And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.\nRomans 8: 32-33 - He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.\nTHE FREENESS of SALVATION\nWe believe that the blessings of salvation are made free to all by the Gospel, and that nothing prevents the salvation of the greatest sinner but his/her own rebellion against God and the rejection of the Gospel.\nIsaiah 55:1 - Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.\nJohn 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.\nGRACE in REGENERATION\nWe believe that in order to be saved, sinners must be regenerated, or born again, through the work of the Holy Spirit.\nJohn 3:3 - Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.\n2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.\nREPENTANCE and FAITH\nWe believe that repentance and faith are inseparable graces, wrought in our souls by the regenerating Spirit of God, and are essential steps in salvation.\nMark 1:15 - And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.\nRomans 10:9 - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.\nEphesians 2:8-9 - For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.\nColossians 2:14 - Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;\nGOD'S PURPOSE of GRACE\nWe believe that election unto salvation is the eternal purpose of God, according to which He graciously regenerates, sanctifies, and saves sinners: and, that this is consistent with the free agency of man.\nRomans 8:28-31 - And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?\n2 Peter 1:10-11 - Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.\nWe believe that sanctification is a progressive process by which the believer is made partaker of God's Holiness, and this process begins in regeneration. It is carried on in the hearts of believers by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit.\n1 Thessalonians 4:3-4 - For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;\n5:23 - And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.\nPhilippians 2:12-13 - Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.\nTHE PERSEVERANCE of the SAINTS\nWe believe that only real believers endure to the end and that they are kept by the power of God through faith in Jesus Christ.\nRomans 8:38-39 - For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n2 Timothy 1:12 - For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.\nMatthew 10:22 - And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.\nA GOSPEL CHURCH\nWe believe that a visible Church of Christ is a congregation of baptized believers, bound together in the faith and fellowship of the Gospel; observing the Ordinances of Christ; and, that Jesus committed the ministry of His Gospel to His Church.\nActs 2:41-42 - Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.\nMatthew 28:18-20 - And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.\nBAPTISM and THE LORD'S SUPPER\nA. We believe that Christian Baptism is the immersion in water of the believer, in the Name of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit; and, that baptism shows forth our faith in the crucified, buried, and risen Savior. We also believe, on the authority of the New Testament, that Baptism is a prerequisite to the Lord's Supper, and only those who have been scripturally baptized are proper subjectd for the Lord's Supper.\nReferences: Acts 8:36-38 - And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.\nMatthew 28:19 - Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost\nB. We believe the Lord's Supper does show forth the broken body and the shed blood of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.\nMatthew 26:26-28 - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.\n1 Corinthians 10:16-17 - The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.\n1 Corinthians 11:23-28 - For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.\nTHE CHRISTIAN SABBATH\nWe believe that the first day of the week is The Lord's Day and that it is to be kept sacred for Christian purposes.\nMatthew 12:8 - For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.\nActs 20:7 - And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.\nExodus 20:8 - Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.\nWe believe that civil government is of divine appointment, for the interests and good of human society; except only in things opposed to the Will of our Lord, Jesus Christ, who is the Prince of the Kings of the Earth.\n1 Peter 2:13-17 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.\nRomans 13:1-7 - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.\nTHE RIGHTEOUS and the WICKED\nWe believe that there is a difference between the righteous and the wicked and that only through faith in Jesus Christ are we righteous; and, that the distinction holds among men, both before and after death.\nMatthew 25:31-46 - When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.\nRevelation 21:7-8 - He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.\nTHE WORLD to COME\nWe believe that at the last day Christ will come from heaven and raise the dead from the grave to final retribution; that a solemn separation will then take place; that the wicked will then be adjudged to eternal punishment, and the righteous to endless joy; and, that this judgement will fix forever the final state of men in heaven or hell, on principles of righteousness.\nActs 1:11 - Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. 24:15 - And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.\nMatthew 13:49 - So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,\n25:31-46 (see \"THE RIGHTEOUS and the WICKED\")\n1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 - But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. 5:1-11 - But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.\nRevelation 14:14-20 - And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.\nMatthew 24:27-44 - For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.unazod.com/","date":"2018-11-16T07:29:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039742981.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20181116070420-20181116092420-00317.warc.gz","language_score":0.6737115979194641,"token_count":146,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__205854163","lang":"en","text":"Was Theodore Kaczynski the Zodiac Killer?\nA Comparison of Styles\nEssay: Mass Murder and Modus Operandi\nLinks, Books, and Items of Interest\nA New Zodiac Missive? Kaczynski and the Eureka Card\nTed Kaczynski and the Tylenol Murders\nUpdated May 22, 2011\nA Proposed Solution to the 32-Symbol Cipher by A.K. Wilks\nOdds & Ends\nUpdated May 30, 2011\nGet the book! The Unabomber and the Zodiac\nNow available in\nListen to author Douglas Oswell with\nDr. David van Nuys on Shrink Rap Radio\nRead the transcript here.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://kishko.blogspot.com/2006/07/weekend-reading.html","date":"2017-04-29T23:21:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123632.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00504-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9473227858543396,"token_count":435,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__66659818","lang":"en","text":"it is not so easy to get good reads in english when you need them here in florence. don’t get me wrong, there are some decent haunts, like the paperback exchange and some newsstands carry a good collection of books and magazines in english. not cheap, but good. but whenever mr. e. or i make a trip to the u.k. or to the states we come back with piles of “rags” (better known as magazines) and books. last week, mr. e. was in london on business and i was the lucky recipient of brand spankin’ new eye and brain food.\nhere they are:\nthe perfectionist, by rudolph chelminski\nthis book has been popping up on my screen for months every time i go to visit pim. it is about the life and death of the geat chef bernard loiseau. i haven’t finished it yet, but at 150 pages into it, i am hooked. ANY food blogger will enjoy this read.\nles halles cookbook, by anthony bourdain (a signed copy!)\nwritten in true bourdain style, he manages to express smells and flavors through his words. and, he always saves space for a good laugh. the introduction opens with: “this is not a cookbook......i will assume only that you can handle a knife with reasonable competence, without being a danger to yourself or others....”\nfood & wine magazine, july 2006 issue\ninteresting review of the best new chefs of 2006 and an article on “the state of french cuisine” featuring francois simon from le figaro.\ncook’s illustrated, august 2006 issue\ni have always read this on line and only purchased copies when i am back in the states. i have finally splurged on a one year subscription. this is definitely my favorite foodie magazine (saveur takes 2nd place). void of advertising, they are free to write what they want to, when they want to and however they want to!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://erinkathleenbahl.com/research.html","date":"2019-03-27T01:21:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912207146.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20190327000624-20190327022624-00404.warc.gz","language_score":0.8709030151367188,"token_count":670,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__170478","lang":"en","text":"Home | About | Research | Teaching | Design\nThrough my scholarship, I investigate the possibilities new media and digital technologies offer for creating knowledge and telling stories. In my dissertation, I examine invention practices in designing “webtext” (multimedia) scholarship to understand how design takes shape through the twists and turns of the drafting process. I believe webtext scholarship offers a way to incorporate more available means of persuasion into contemporary academic information design.\nFurthermore, I practice digital making and mentorship through collaborative research with other scholars, faculty and graduate students alike. As web developer and co-author, I guide collaborators through the process of developing interdisciplinary webtext scholarship. I have developed or published peer-reviewed webtexts with colleagues from fields such as dance, disability, fairy tale, and feminist rhetorical studies.\nBahl, Erin Kathleen. “The Magpie’s Nest: A Webtext Review of Webtext Scholarship (Review Essay).” Computers and Composition Online, Spring 2017.\nThe goal of this digital version is to explore the possibilities a webtext review offers for reviewing webtext scholarship in its own born-digital environment.\nBahl, Erin Kathleen. “Composer Stories as Research and Design Materials in Webtext Scholarship (Review Essay).” Computers and Composition, vol. 43, pp. 147-152, March 2017.\nThis review essay explore the narrative knowledge-making possibilities that webtext scholarship offers for computers and writing studies.\nBahl, Erin Kathleen. “Sung Reading: An Operatic Approach to P. Craig Russell’s Graphic Novel The Ring of the Nibelung.” Semiotics of Art. Signs and Media, vol. 13, Fall 2016, pp. 131-158.\nI offer a semiotic foundation towards a performative reading of the graphic novel by drawing analogies to opera as a narrative medium.\nBahl, Erin Kathleen and Sara Cleto. “Becoming the Labyrinth: Negotiating Magical Space and Identity in Puella Magi Madoka Magica.” Special Issue on Fairy Tale and New Media. Humanities Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, 20, April 2016.\nWe frame labyrinths as creative material memory work negotiating grief and despair.\nBahl, Erin Kathleen. “Comics and Scholarship: Sketching the Possibilities.” Special Issue on Comics, Multimodality, and Composition, ed. Dale Jacobs. Composition Studies, vol. 43, no. 1, Spring 2015, pp. 178-182.\nI suggest comics give voice to an alternative mode of meaning-making that embraces a sense of wonder, discovery, and delight in the messy process of knowledge creation.\nBahl, Erin Kathleen and Kaitlin Clinnin. “Networked Composing: DMAC as Community of Practice.” Showcasing the Best of CIWIC/DMAC, vol. 1, 2015.\nWe use the concept of \"communities of practice\" to analyze how a group of individuals develop texts, practices, relationships, and literacies to engage in group learning.\nSite design and illustration by Erin Kathleen Bahl | firstname.lastname@example.org","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://academy.inquirer.net/event/creative-writing-for-teens-a-practical-workshop-to-express-yourself-through-writing/","date":"2020-10-24T02:49:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107881640.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20201024022853-20201024052853-00505.warc.gz","language_score":0.9282663464546204,"token_count":379,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-45","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__191710863","lang":"en","text":"Creative Writing for Teens: A Practical Workshop to Express Yourself through Writing\nOctober 24, 2020 @ 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm\nWhy join the workshop?\nTeens have the need to express themselves. It is important but at the same time complicated. How to say the things you want to say? How to express the feelings you have? What are the forms you can use and the good habits to develop?\nCreative writing – poems, short fiction, drama, creative fiction- is not usually taught in traditional schools as schools tend to focus on the classics and the fundamentals. This workshop is an opportunity to learn and help express one’s self in a creative way. The workshop is a fun but truthful workshop for teens to discover how to channel their inner poet, fictionist, essayist and dramatist. It is also a way to find a way to break through and be able to express themselves on a regular basis.\nThis workshop will cover the following topics:\nCreativity Exercise: How to channel what’s inside you\nDifferent forms of Creative Writing\nWriting Exercise (Options: poem, short story, one-act play or creative essay)\nEvaluation and Feedback, Q&A\nHow to continue writing\n- The program will be live/synchronous. The resource person will be speaking real-time (not recorded) to the participants discussing topics, facilitating activities for engagement and answering questions for clarity. Each session will have breaks every 45 minutes to 1 hour.\n- The program will also have an output as proof of learning.\n- Class size will be limited to a maximum of 20 participants so concerns of each participant can easily be addressed.\nWho should attend:\nTeens 13-19 years old.\nPhp 2,240 (Php 2,000 plus 12% VAT)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.grandmasbooksforkids.com/","date":"2013-12-11T17:19:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386164040135/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204133400-00053-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9708108901977539,"token_count":265,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__135689721","lang":"en","text":"Thanks for visiting!\nWe are showcasing our new book called\nMy Momma Comes Back.\nIt is a book about building trust when you have to leave your child in child care or with family. It is a hard cover book with colorful illustrations, an original song, and an audio book which contains the song.\nThis book was written by a 74 year old retired teacher who is a great-grandmother. It is a 4 generational family project.\nFirst, there's Bella--a 2 year old who adores her momma and has normal feeling of separation when being left at child care or with family.\nNext, there's Momma--a 20 year old single mom who is a junior in college and has a part time job. It breaks her heart to leave her child, but she knows that their future depends on her getting an education.\nThen, there's Granny--a social worker and loving caregiver. She makes up a song to comfort Bella and make her feel safe.\nFinally, there's Great-Grandma--a retired teacher who hears Bella sing her song. The song inspires her to write the story and produce this family project.\nWe hope to see you again! Check back later for new updates to our website. There's much more to come!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://cambridge.shijigroup.com/post/black-week-in-the-pera-palace-hotel-istanbul","date":"2024-03-02T15:55:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475833.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20240302152131-20240302182131-00693.warc.gz","language_score":0.9398661851882935,"token_count":532,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__106551058","lang":"en","text":"Istanbul itself is a year-round attraction, and from the 20th to the 25th of October, crime fiction fans from around the world are converging on the Turkish metropolis. In celebration of Agatha Christie’s 125th birthday, Pera Palace Hotel Jumeirah, located in the middle of the vibrant and hip Beyoglu district, is hosting the Black Week.\nBuilt in 1892, a visit to this grand hotel is like staying in a museum that takes the guest back to the Belle Epoque. This includes the faithfully restored room where Agatha Christie was staying when she wrote her classic mystery \"Murder on the Orient Express\".\nInternationally known authors are going to be there\nIn the week of October 20th, there will be various readings, discussions and special topic evenings all revolving around crime-fiction. It comes as no surprise that the Turkish mystery author Ahmet Umit is one of the participants, just as the Greek author Petros Markaris, who gained international attention with his Athens-based crime novels revolving around inspector Kostas Charitos. As well, Mathew Prichard, Agatha Christie’s grandson, will also be there.\nAgatha Christie and the Pera Palace Hotel Jumeirah have a strong connection. Legend has it, that the author wrote her classic mystery novel in room 411 of the hotel, which was built for passengers of the Orient Express. Today the room is named after Agatha Christie, and contains her works, photos, and an old typewriter in remembrance of her. Even the restaurant carries the name of the famous guest: Agatha.\n- The Black Week – here is the program for everyone interested.\n- If you want to book a Black Week Package, go here. FYI: the Pera Palace Hotel Jumeirah is also listed in the book “1000 Places To See Before You Die”.\n- Want to be a detective? If you want to solve a mystery during the Black Week, you can take part in whodunnit nights at various book stores around the hotel!\n- If you’re looking for a cool design hotel instead of a grand hotel, hetras CEO Uli Pillau suggests the following hotels: Mama Shelter Istanbul, Seven Hills Istanbul, Sura Design Hotel Istanbul, The Istanbul Edition, Radisson Blu Istanbul, Turquhouse Boutique Hotel Istanbul.\n- Want to visit Istanbul with going to Black Week? Andrea Ziegelmüller from hetras is fascinated – she gave us 11 reasons to visit the Turkish metropolis.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://newgs.addu.edu.ph/prayers-in-english/","date":"2024-03-02T02:45:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475727.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20240302020802-20240302050802-00727.warc.gz","language_score":0.9137300848960876,"token_count":592,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__45001856","lang":"en","text":"Prayers in English\nO Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary,\nI offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day,\nIn union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world.\nI offer them for all the intentions of your Sacred Heart,\nFor the salvation of souls, reparation for sins, the reunion of all Christians.\nI offer them for the intentions of our Bishops and all apostles of prayer,\nand in particular, for the intentions of the Holy Father, the Pope, for this month of\nPRAYER FOR GENEROSITY\nDearest Lord, teach me to be generous.\nTeach me to serve you as you deserve,\nTo give and not to count the cost,\nTo fight and not to heed the wounds,\nTo toil and not to seek for rest,\nTo labor and not ask for reward.\nSave that of knowing I am doing Your most holy will.\nOur Father, Who art in heaven,\nHallowed be Thy Name.\nThy Kingdom come.\nThy Will be done,\non earth as it is in Heaven.\nGive us this day our daily bread.\nAnd forgive us our trespasses,\nas we forgive those who trespass against us.\nAnd lead us not into temptation,\nbut deliver us from evil. Amen.\nHail, Mary, full of grace,\nthe Lord is with you.\nBlessed art you among women\nand blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.\nHoly Mary, Mother of God,\npray for us sinners,\nnow and at the hour of our death.\nGlory be to the Father,\nand to the Son,\nand to the Holy Spirit.\nAs it was in the beginning,\nis now, and ever shall be,\nworld without end.\nThe Angel of the Lord declared to Mary:\nAnd she conceived of the Holy Spirit.\nHail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.\nBehold the handmaid of the Lord: Be it done unto me according to Thy word.\nAnd the Word was made Flesh: And dwelt among us.\nPray for us, O Holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.\nLet us pray:\nPour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://juliekantor.com/possibilities-and-the-voice-that-encourages-or-discourages/","date":"2023-12-06T12:06:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100593.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206095331-20231206125331-00480.warc.gz","language_score":0.9641664624214172,"token_count":1619,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__165168935","lang":"en","text":"How we frame any given situation that we are faced with in our life is everything. And the difference between success and failure is really determinant on our perceptions and the mindset we employ when we view the world around us.\nThis isn’t a new concept, but it’s one that I explored recently when I read The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander. If you haven’t picked up this book—I highly recommend it. The authors are an interesting pair for sure. Ben is the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and his wife, Roz, is a family therapist. The book was published in 2000, and while it’s not new, some of the lessons discussed are evergreen.\nLose Your Assumptions\nThe very first chapter in the book is entitled, “It’s all invented,” meaning that many of the problems that we face in our personal and professional lives are blown up and made bigger simply because of the inner dialogue or assumptions that we make about a situation. The book references an analogy that really sums this up. Think about this:\n“A shoe factory sends two marketing scouts to a region of Africa to study the prospects for expanding the business. One sends back a telegram saying, ‘SITUATION HOPELESS STOP NO ONE WEARS SHOES.’ The other representative writes back triumphantly, ‘GLORIOUS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY STOP THEY HAVE NO SHOES’.”\nWhat an incredible difference in the perspectives of those two different people. The first individual looked at this situation and immediately created a problem. He constructed barriers and roadblocks based upon his initial reaction and perception of the situation—he envisioned a dead end where there wasn’t necessarily one present. The second individual, on the other hand, saw nothing but opportunity. The positive mindset he was using allowed him to at least consider the opportunities instead of simply seeing an uphill struggle like his counterpart.\nNow think about this in your own life. Are you more likely to explore potential options with a positive outlook in place? Or automatically build a figurative roadblock? Does your inner dialogue speak in a positive or negative voice? Depending on your answer you could either be creating your own ladder or building your own box.\nChanging the Way You Talk to Yourself\nYour inner dialogue has a lot of power over the course of your life. Developing an attitude of abundance instead of a mentality of scarcity is a key factor in achieving both short- and long-term success. What do you think would happen to the way you think, feel, and live your life if you approached each day with the belief that something good was going to happen? Just envisioning that idea alone buoys the spirit and fills your heart with a sense of lightness. Now briefly consider the opposite. What type of anxiety, worry, and stress enters your being when you think negative thoughts or imagine all of the bad that is just waiting for you around the corner?\nTaking that idea one step further, I would like to not only discuss the mental outlook you may have, but also how you treat yourself while in action. I read a Harvard Business Review article recently that touched upon the subject of praising your own actions, and not just belittling yourself when you get something wrong. In this piece the author recounts her time in an elementary classroom and watching the teacher’s dialogue with the students. Even when a student answered a question incorrectly, the instructor still offered some level of praise for what they did do right. Now, I’m not necessarily saying that the teacher was in the category where “everyone gets a trophy,” rather, I was intrigued by this angle. The author states, “As I left the classroom I found myself thinking about whether I treat myself the way Dorit treated her students. Am I encouraging? Do I catch myself doing things right as often as doing things wrong? And when I do something wrong, do I simply move on or do I dwell on it, haranguing myself?”\nIt’s true that we live in a society that focuses on critique—our addiction to social media alone is proof of our desire to ensure our opinions (on whatever subject available to us) are heard by the masses. However, admiration is oftentimes placed in a category akin to fandom and self-admiration is usually viewed as gloating or prideful. And that, I believe, is what hurts our ability to think positively about ourselves, our capabilities, and how we view the world. We are programmed, in a way, to be a critic ready to give “two thumbs down” to the situations that we encounter—and our personal and professional lives suffer because of it.\nI had a conversation recently with a client who, when describing himself, said he could be characterized as “scrappy.” Listening to his self-description, I was automatically taken aback and somewhat shocked that someone would voluntarily describe themselves this way. After all, the definition of scrappy is “consisting of disorganized, untidy, or incomplete parts,” and “determined, argumentative, or pugnacious.”\nAnd then I realized that he was using this word as a positive descriptor!\nI suppose, to him, that the word scrappy, even though its definition is aggressive and negative in nature, might have been viewed as an appealing characteristic to be present in a man at his particular career level. However, I did not share that perception. There was a disconnect.\nWith this in mind, I encourage you to think about the ways that you would describe yourself to others. There was a helpful Inc. Magazine article that I found that encourages a person to get organized in this way by categorizing the terms you use when describing yourself—label them positive, negative, or neutral. For words that might be deemed negative, devise a neutral alternative. For a neutral word, think of a positive alternative. When considering the positive words, think of something even more positive, and introduce that term to your internal vocabulary. Doing this will allow you to begin to morph and change the way you think about yourself as well as the way that you talk to yourself.\nGiving An A\nBen Zander encourages everyone to give themselves an “A”. Giving yourself an “A” requires you to think positively about your ability to reach new heights that only you can imagine. Once you frame your future as an endless amount of possibilities, you are now free to consider: What could be? What do you want? What will make your eyes shine? What will give you joy? And with your vision, you are bound to reach your goal.\nAs a leader, it is your responsibility to inspire and awaken potential in others. Giving a direct report or team member an ‘A’ should not be viewed as delivering a grade. Rather it is the act of transporting the relationships from a place of measurement to that of potential. Just as I noted regarding the Harvard Business Review article mentioned previously, it is necessary to offer encouragement to the people around you, just as much as you may offer it to yourself. When you engage with people through pure respect, they are provided with the ability to realize the possibility in themselves. This, in turn, generates a new vision to form—one that is built on partnership and teamwork. Giving an A has the opportunity to change behavior, and help produce great things.\nRule # 6\nAnd finally, there is Ben Zander’s Rule # 6: Don’t take yourself so seriously. What are rules 1-5? There aren’t any.\nContact Julie Kantor at email@example.com.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.rodoljubanastasov.com/?p=729","date":"2022-12-04T05:38:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710962.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20221204040114-20221204070114-00266.warc.gz","language_score":0.8072720170021057,"token_count":145,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__135017583","lang":"en","text":"NEWERЧовек и простор XXXVIII / Man and space XXXVIII\nOLDERЧовек и простор XXXI / Man and сpace XXXI\nIt’s going to be finish of mine day, but\nbefore ending I am reading this great piece of writing\nto increase my experience.\ngreat as well as fantastic blog. I truly wish to thank you, for offering us much better details.\nYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.silvere-jarrosson.com/portfolio/elegies/?lang=en","date":"2019-03-21T21:54:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202572.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20190321213516-20190321235516-00115.warc.gz","language_score":0.950655996799469,"token_count":175,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__56241281","lang":"en","text":"Seventh series : Elegies is poetry collection whose meaning blurs over time, as a path which gradually fades away. In Rilke’s poetry, the sensitive replaces the intelligible. The boundaries, which I am labouring to erect, may conjure up a fledgling form of the ‘arduous nowhere‘ that is so specific to Rilke. They emerge, at the unstable boundary between white and colour, from the very location where words can no longer be expressed. Elsewhere.\nWhat we perceive of the world could well be no more than a fragment of a much larger reality. This artwork series is a testimony to that misunderstood space.\nAt the deepest of perception, the space of our sensations stretches, folds up, and contracts. While my work barely evokes it, this dynamic space lures us into its individual reality.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://salamanderandsons.com/about/","date":"2017-04-30T12:47:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917125532.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031205-00599-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8830791115760803,"token_count":208,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__18746974","lang":"en","text":"Salamander and Sons publishes the finest esoteric, occult and arcane books, with an emphasis on alchemical, Hermetic, and alchemystical works, along with texts qabalistic, philosophical, magic(k)al, mystical, and mythological in nature, written by adepts, sages and scholars both ancient and modern.\nWhere to buy our books\nSalamander and Sons titles are available from our secure online shop and at all good bookstores.\nStockists of Salamander and Sons titles include Weiser Antiquarian Books (USA), Watkins Books (UK) and Treadwell’s Bookstore (UK).\nSalamander and Sons has offices in Brisbane, Australia and Chiang Mai, Thailand, and can be contacted via\nsons [at] salamanderandsons [dot com]\nHow to email us: due to spam replace [at] with @ and [dotcom] with .com\nPostal address details are available upon request - email us and ask.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ece.fiu.edu/people/faculty/profiles/barreto-armando/index.html","date":"2017-04-23T19:44:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917118743.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031158-00037-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.6766272187232971,"token_count":898,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__123513051","lang":"en","text":"FIU College of Engineering and Computing\n- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida., May, 1993\n- M.S.E.E., Florida International University, Miami, Florida, August, 1989\n- Mechanical-Electrical Engineering Degree (BSEE equivalent), National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, May, 1987\n- Digital Signal Processing, with special interest in the processing of Biomedical Signals\n- Adaptive Digital Signal Processing and Artificial Neural Networks\n- Spatio-Temporal Signal Processing Processing of different normal and abnormal features of the Electroencephalogram (EEG)\n- Real-Time implementation of Signal Processing Algorithms using dedicated DSP chips\n- Microprocessor systems\n- Design and implementation of microprocessor-based instruments\n- Wang J., Barreto A., Rishe N., Andrian J. and Adjouadi M., “A Fast Incremental Multilinear Principal Component Analysis Algorithm”, International Journal of Innovative Computing Information and Control (IJICIC), Vol.7., No. 8 (to appear August 2011).\n- Faller K.J. II, Barreto A. and Adjouadi M., “Augmented Hankel Total Least Squares Decomposition of Head-Related Transfer Functions”, Audio Engineering Society (AES) Journal Vol 58, No. 1/2, pages 3-21, 2010.\n- Chen Y., Adjouadi M., Han C., Wang J., Barreto A., Rishe N. and Andrian J., “A Highly Accurate and Computationally Efficient Approach for Unconstrained Iris Segmentation”, Image and Vision Computing. Volume 28, Issue 2, February 2010, Pages 261-269\n- Wang, J., Barreto, A., Wang, L., Chen, Y., Rishe, N., Andrian, J., and Adjouadi, M. 2010. “Multilinear principal component analysis for face recognition with fewer features”. Neurocomputing. 73, 10-12 (Jun. 2010), 1550-1555.\n- Gao Y., Barreto A. and Adjouadi M., “Detection of Sympathetic Activation through Measurement and Adaptive Processing of the Pupil Diameter for Affective Assessment of Computer Users”, American Journal of Biomedical Sciences. 1(4), 283 – 294, 2009.\n- Chin, C. A., Barreto A. and Adjouadi M., “Integration of EMG and EGT Modalities for the Development of an Enhanced Cursor Control System” International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 399- 414. (2009).\n- Faller J.K., Barreto A. and Rishe N., “A new Inverse Processing Approach to the Modelling of Head-Related Transfer Functions for Audio Spatialization”, Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 1., January 2009, pp. 51–63\n- Alonso Jr. M., Barreto A., and Adjouadi M., “Digital Image Inverse Filtering for Improving Visual Acuity for Computer Users with Visual Aberrations”, Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 8., December 2008. pp. 957 – 966.\n- Barreto, A., “Visual Impairments”, (Chapter 1) in 'Web Accessibility: A Foundation for Research', pp. 3 – 13, edited By Simon Harper and Yeliz Yesilada . Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, First edition (June 6, 2008), ISBN-10: 1848000499 , ISBN-13: 978-1848000490.\n- Chin, C. A., Barreto, A., Cremades, J.G., and Adjouadi, M., “Integrated Electromyogram and Eye Gaze Tracking Cursor Control System for Computer Users with Motor Disabilities”, Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 161-174, 2008.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mshiltonj.com/blog/2006/04/09/dilbert-principle-satire-unintentionally-real/","date":"2023-09-29T02:44:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510481.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20230929022639-20230929052639-00120.warc.gz","language_score":0.9581315517425537,"token_count":310,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__293467973","lang":"en","text":"I guess I’m behind the times. I just got around to reading The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams. It’s a satirical book on dysfunctional corporate culture that’s eerily accurate, and explores the following principle:\nThe most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage — Management.\nWhen I saw Office Space, I remarked that “it’s not a comedy, it’s documentary.” The same applies to The Dilbert Principle.\nThe book came out in 1996. Ten years ago! I got my copy for $2 at a used book store a couple weeks ago. Defintely an enjoyable read.\nThe kicker for me, though, and the reason for the blog entry on a 10 year old book is that just this moring I was reading the chapter on “Leadership.” In it, Adams says:\nLeaders spend their time concentrating on “visions” of the future. This can involve have lunch with other leaders, attending golf events, or even reading a book.\nHa, ha. What made this even funnier to me is that the front of the business section of my paper had the following story, which I read minutes later:\nBirdies, bogies and building business\nGolf has become as integral to business as the boardroom. On the course, executives cozy up to customers, and junior employees build paths to the corner office.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.blucosmiceagle.com/post/the-disney-princess-of-the-amazon","date":"2020-05-25T08:05:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347388012.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20200525063708-20200525093708-00252.warc.gz","language_score":0.9710870981216431,"token_count":2139,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-24","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__75945626","lang":"en","text":"It’s currently 4:00 am and I’ve been awake for hours tossing and turning in bed and thinking of you.\nRobin encouraged us to be in conversation with our master plants so while I'm laying restless in bed I asked Bobinsana why I’m still awake and she said “Maybe something creative wants to be born?” so I ended up getting my journal out and doodling one of my favorite sketches to date as well as writing you this letter. I am constantly amazed at what happens when I trust in something greater than me and have the courage to just DO IT.\nThanks Bobinsana, pulling through again!\nI took one of your sweaters with me so I could smell your essence when ever I wanted and it’s quickly become my most favorite thing I have bought with me on this trip. In ceremony I lay back in challenging times and put it on my face and I am with you. The comforting smell of home.\nLast night in ceremony I had a vision of a child. A little star baby boy, blessed to us by a realm far away. I cried with tears of pure beauty at the thought of brining a child into this world together. You will be the most incredible father, there isn’t a part of me that doubts that for a second. Becoming a mother is a whole new initiation in this life that one can never truly prepare for. An initiation of the I melting and being in full selfless service to another being. Taking devotion to new heights. Not all super heroes wear capes. I have a whole new appreciation for my own mother and mothers in general. Woa. Thank you.\nBecause everyone is on a dieta here people keep to themselves to the most part, no hugging or interacting too much energy besides conversation. I was craving more human connection so I got my markers out, laid in my hammock and drew a beautiful sleeve of mandalas and feathers on myself, you know how I do. This drew a crowd (mostly the local children including the grandchildren of Papa Gilberto). Everyone watching wide eyed with excitement and wanting to be painted themselves.\nOnce again watching first hand this tool of human connection working its magic as I got to mark up all the children and watch their faces light up as if they had just received their very own super powers. They then all jumped into the water that surrounded us fully clothed painted arm first.\nI love these children so much, they make everything into a game and have so much fun everyday playing with nature, splashing in the water and chasing the local pup named Belize. Taking presence to a whole new level.\nI heard a story about one of Papa’s grandchildren. Papa is an incredible hunter and when his grandchild was a baby he took him to the top of a mountain, hunted an eagle, boiled the eagle down to a butter and smeared the butter all of the boy to gain the powers of the eagle.\nI think about us contemplating if we are going to go to Erewhon for the third time in a row while Papa is out in the world slaying wild animals and raising eagle babies.\nYou are my beautiful Costco hunter-gatherer and I wouldn’t have it any other way.\nThe plant that I am dieting with is difficult to describe with the English language. Her consciousness is very evident in my awareness, she is soft yet strong and reminding me who I am to the core and how much love I really do have to give. Bobinsana will bring any part of my past that wasn't done with love to the surface for me to look at and transmute through the filter of compassion and forgiveness. She has helped activate my creative channels through writing music and drawing as well as fortifying my body with a new found strength. She is aiding me with straightening my spine and slowing everything way down to meet a presence that hasn’t been avaliable to me since a child. I am being shown to sit upright in the discomfort of my spine and I will meet the divine. Yo, that could be a song...”Divine Spine”. Ha. I make myself laugh.\nIn ceremony it can get really difficult physically as well as mentally and all I want to do at times is lay down and crawl into a ball, however this is where the spirit of the warrior comes in. It's about being able to sit up-right in the discomfort and breathe into it as opposed to avoiding it. By being with the discomfort and facing off with it actually enables the discomfort to transmute. This is symbolic of life. Shit will hit the fan at times, thats enviable, however it's how we respond to it is truly how we evolve. Do we face off with the discomfort and sit with it, breathing through it and surrendering or do we react or run from it only enabling it to continue or feeding it to grow.\nI'm also noticing my body oder is sweet like flowers and my skin is smooth and soft. I feel like I’m turning into a flower myself. Bobinsana is showing me compassion and an awareness around my emotions that transmutes any resentments into an emotional maturity of understanding.\nEvery other day we have a class in the Maloka with Robin on Shipibo icaros/chanting. It’s wildly fascinating learning how the Maestros use sound and their language to navigate the shamanic realms and to clear our whole energy field of unhealthy thought patterns, stored toxins, emotional blockages, sexual trauma, karmic debts, ancestral contracts, family suffering and collective trauma. This work is NO joke. Papa Gilberto is 74 years old being one of the oldest Shipibo Maestos in the Amazon. He has been doing this work his whole life. I have new found deep appreciation and respect for this work and what it takes to truly be a Maestro. These men are real wizards. Like Gandelf level. When he looks at you it’s like he is looking into your soul (well because he is).\nLast night in ceremony I cried for how much I love you and how blessed I am to have found my soul mate in my life. You are remarkable human being and I truly see you and your whole family as the biggest blessing and gift I have yet received by the universe.\nGrandma Nika came and visited me last night and we danced together outside of the Maloka under the stars, she was of course full of life and joy and danced like she was 22 again. We giggled to each other and delighted in our connection through all time and space. I felt so grateful that I got to spend so many precious moments with her before she transitioned into a less dense realm where she can play bridge without hurting her fingers.\nYour mother also came into my awareness and I got to see her spirit and her deep excitement and curiosity about the esoteric realms. Like a little girl eager to learn and share. She always says to me “my sister” when she hugs me and I truly feel that. She is my sister and I love her.\nI have done a pretty good job at making this all sound roses and star dust however there has been some deeply challenging times thrown into the mix. One would say purging all over myself repeatedly after 4 days of no food and a belly full of ayahuasca was one of them. The visuals were so strong that I didn't know where up and down was. Lost in a sea of pixilated images the nausea took over and before I knew it I was vomitting all over myself, my bed and my white blanket. Once all the medicine was out of my system I was just dry heaving the resistance out of my system. I have never fasted for this long before but it came highly recommended by Robin to open the relationship with our master plant (Bobinsana) without food to absorb it. This way we will receive the full effects of the plant. The fast mixed with Bobinsana has been extremely eye opening. It has made me incredibly sensitive to all energies. I feel like I can communicate with all the nature around me and morph into the consciousness of any of the animals I see.\nLast night I actually morphed into the consciousness of a cockroach. (This is the point where you probably think I’ve lost my mind). The cockroach taught me how wildly misunderstood they are and feared by so many. However they have a very hard shell and can take the negative projection...in fact they can survive an atomic bomb. This experience has changed how I see cockroaches for the rest of my life and now when I see them scuttling around my room I speak or sing to them as my friends. I’m turning into a Disney princess I’m sure of it.\nThe only difference with the Disney princess and myself is that they were surrounded by birds, squirrels, mice and enchanting forest animals and I’m surrounded by rats, cockroaches, mosquitos and spiders the size of my fist, all of which are becoming more and more enchanting by the day.\nTomorrow I move into my very own hut, the ones I showed you in the photos. The water level has gone down enough that we can finally move in. This is a monster of all upgrades as it’s about 4 times the size of the tiny box room I have now as well as it has its own huge private deck, a hammock, and a 360 panoramic view of the flooded amazon jungle. I am so grateful that I got to make this little box room my home and enjoy it to the max before upgrading into what feels like luxury compared. It’s all about enjoying the simple things in life and adding our flavor and touch to it. Gratitude makes room for more things to be grateful for...and my goodness I’m so grateful for everything I have in my life and ecstatic about everything that is to come.\nWhile writing this I’m pretty sure a rat just peed on my face. There is a net above my room where rats run during the night and I just felt a spray on my face and it smells like pee....so yeah. This Disney princess must go take care of this ASAP.\nOn that note....I love you to infinity and I can’t wait to have you in my arms again.\nUntil my next letter,","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://simpellton.blogspot.com/2012/05/elizabeth-foss-wrote-amazing-piece.html","date":"2018-07-17T13:25:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589726.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20180717125344-20180717145344-00158.warc.gz","language_score":0.9752472043037415,"token_count":1487,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__257644807","lang":"en","text":"\"I wish that women of the digital age could have learned this parenting style the way I did.\nIt first took written form in an old La Leche League publication of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding that my roommate in the hospital loaned to me when I could not console a screaming newborn Michael, nearly 24 years ago. She was an experienced mom. She stayed up all night, her own newborn at her breast, mentoring me, voice-to-voice, shoulder-to-shoulder. She was Catholic, open to life. It was all grace. I still look back with astonishment at the provision of it all. I have no pictures of our time. No journal of words. I don't even remember her name, but her legacy lives forever in my family.\nThat was an old version of the book, written in the voice of the women who founded La Leche League. It read like wisdom from moms at a church picnic. Did you know that La Leche League was founded on the grounds of a Catholic Church at a parish picnic?\nTen years later, I met Mary White, one of the founding mothers. That formerly crying baby was the altar server at a very poorly attended Mass at a La Leche League conference. It was just Mary, her husband, and my family. After Mass, she spent a leisurely time talking to me about big families and raising children in the church, all while my fourth child, Mary Beth, nursed in a sling. Tears still spring to my eyes when I think of the meaning that encounter held for me. She autographed for me a new edition of the book. I treasure the the inscription, but the book remains on my shelf, largely untouched. I still reach for my tattered, older version, the one written before \"attachment parenting\" was a cause. The one in the voice of wise Catholic mothers.\nMary White told me after Mass how mothering is a beautiful way to live the works of mercy every day, how mothers are especially blessed to extend the mercy of God to others. It was never about being \"mom enough,\" but about being humble enough. Attachment parenting--and so, extended breastfeeding--is about the least of these.\nAnd the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’\nAll day, every day, serving the little ones with the mercy of Jesus. That's attachment parenting at its essence.\nAttachment parenting grows up. And that doesn't mean nursing while standing on a stool. It means that mother and child grow together. It means that when it's not so simple anymore and all their needs can't be met by stopping to nurse, we still listen. And listen. And listen. We watch over three hundred dances because somewhere in there, our teenager is in three of them and she cares about the other 297.\nIf we are at our best, we do it with our full attention.\nThe face of attachment parenting? It doesn't reflect a computer screen. We can't let ourselves care more about the cause than about the children who compelled us to learn about the cause in the first place. We can't let ourselves be lured to spend our days chasing philosophies online, no matter how noble those philosophies are. We can't endlessly chase decorating ideas or knitting patterns or news feeds, either.\nI learned attachment parenting in a different age. And I'm very glad of that. I never cultivated a habit of nursing while scrolling my cell phone. I never took a laptop into a child's room at night to keep me company while I kept him company. There were no smart phones or laptops. I was blessed to learn a lifestyle before the distraction of technology and then to live long enough in that stage of life that I could take the early lessons and keep practicing those habits when technology started fighting them.\nIt's astonishing how techonology fights them. Truly, if we let it, techonology can destroy parenting as God intended it. A tool for the good can be used for ill to the detriment of generations.\nI feel sorry for the young mothers (perkiness aside). It must be so much harder to discern the wisdom of the church picnic from the hip, happening, cool of the attachment parenting \"movement.\" It's not sexy. It's not hip. It's hard work and humble servitude. It likely will make you soft and saggy.\nThe key to being truly attached, even as they grow, is spending days looking into the eyes of a child, truly knowing our own children intimately and well and helping them to become the person God created them to be.\nAttachment parenting requires incredible sacrifice on the part of fathers, when the chldren are infants and when they are older. When they are infants, fathers wait for wives who are nursing mothers. They wait, too, for the time when a child will want them as much or more than they want Mama. I see that so clearly now that I have lots of older children. My kids almost line up to wait for Mike to listen to them at night. I've been with them all day. I'm all childrened out. And all I want is his undivided, quiet attention. But there they are, one by one, asking for him. I can't help but think of all the nights he waited while I nursed them to sleep.\nAttachment parenting is thoughtful, careful that we are attached, while still not fostering an entitlement attitude. Just because you can nurse on demand as a baby, doesn't mean you can demand anything you want and expect to get it forever. Actually, the contrary is true. When you are nursed on demand as a baby, you grow up with the sense that sometimes adults are called to sacrifice themselves--their wants, their immediate needs, even their bodies--for the least of these. Good attachment parenting means that we teach our children this same ideal of laying down one's life.\nThis is where my challenges in social media keep popping up. It's a repeated decision to set aside the pressing online conversation, relinquish the opportunity to join the opinionfest. Attachment parenting is about keeping my eyes steadfastly fixed on my own work--the most important work I'll ever be called to do. Social media is most definitely about keeping my eyes on everyone else's work. It's fairly benign for me in very small doses, lethal in anything bigger.\nI have thoughtful ideas on childhood. I've worked hard to live those principles. I see social media as the most insidious threat to living a life of grace-filled, purposeful moments of joy with my children. This is How to Miss a Childhood and this is The Best Part of a Child's Education. I mean to live those messages and I have to close the computer to do so.\nMother Teresa, upon winning the Nobel Peace Prize, was asked \"What can we do to promote world peace?\" She answered \"Go home and love your family.\"\nWhat can I do to promote attachment parenting? Go home and love my family. With my full attention. When I do, I will bear authentic witness and change the world.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://fineartvendor.com/blogs/news/andy-warhol-endangered-species-myth-series","date":"2023-09-24T21:32:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924191454-20230924221454-00093.warc.gz","language_score":0.9793017506599426,"token_count":859,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__295573151","lang":"en","text":"Andy Warhol Endangered Species / Myth Series\nThe Andy Warhol Myth Series is a collection of short essays and interviews that explore the life and times of one of pop art's most prolific artists-Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987). The first volume was published in 2003 by Fantom Press. It includes an interview with writer/producer Norman Mailer, Andy Warhol's former girlfriend Mary Woronoff, and screenwriter David Mamet; all conducted shortly before Warhol's death from lung cancer on February 22nd, 1987 at age 53. In this article we will look at Andy Warhol as he appears in \"Endangered Species,\" his 1991 book co-authored by John Wilcock.\nIn Endangered Species, Warhol explores what it means to be alive today. He begins with childhood memories of World War II, which are interspersed with reflections on growing up during the 1950s and 1960s. From there, Warhol shares stories about his relationships with women including Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor to the more recent affair with Madonna. We also learn about his drug use, controversial films like Exploding Plastic People of America and Sleep (1963), and later work such as Interview Magazine, Polaroid cameras, and Pop Art paintings. Throughout, images of celebrities and ordinary people become symbols of our culture, while Warhol himself becomes something of a celebrity himself. As he says in the introduction, \"I'm not interested in making things better or easier for myself... I want to get closer to living.\"\nAt first glance, you might think that these issues are timeless. But if you consider how much has changed since Warhol began publishing his books, you'll soon realize that they're still very relevant. Here are just two examples: Warhol's own personal experience with being gay, and his relationship with John Wilcock, who became his business partner after meeting him through mutual friends in 1978 in New York City. Although both men were married when they met, neither wanted their wives to know anything about them having sex together. They weren't even able to talk openly about their sexuality without risking losing custody over their children. And yet, here were two men sharing intimate details of each other's lives knowing full well that no matter where they went nobody would ever believe them.\nAnd then there's the story of Warhol's relationship with fellow artist Liz Tilberis. She claims she gave birth to her daughter out of wedlock. After trying unsuccessfully to have the baby adopted, she decided to raise the child herself. When the girl reached 18 months old, Liz took her back into state care because she had been sexually molested by her father. What happened next shocked everyone involved. Instead of taking advantage of the situation, Warhol helped Liz regain custody of her daughter only to give her away again once she turned 21 years old so that she could marry another man. By doing so, Warhol may have ended up saving Liz' life but at great cost to both themselves and their child.\nWhile many readers might find these topics disturbing, others will likely see them as proof of Warhol's commitment to authenticity. For example, take the case of Warhol's friend Jack Kerouc who wrote extensively about drugs and sex in his 1957 memoir On The Road. While some critics argue that Warhol didn't do enough to challenge the values of mainstream American society, those same people often fail to recognize the importance of Kerouc's influence. His writings undoubtedly played a major role in helping shape Warhol's understanding of certain subjects such as the value of free love and the need to break down social barriers between classes. Likewise, Warhol's fascination with famous personalities can easily be seen as nothing more than admiration. However, looking deeper, you discover that Warhol was actually using these figures to shed light on certain aspects of human behavior. This explains why he eventually came to reject his earlier works and embrace new ideas throughout his career.\nPerhaps the greatest lesson learned from reading Warhol's books isn't about the artist per se but rather how we should live our lives regardless of whether we happen to fit within traditional norms. Perhaps this message best sums up his philosophy toward life in general: \"Everything happens anyway, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.tinosana.com/various-sources-may-refer-variously-to-parties-3/","date":"2020-12-03T14:44:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141727782.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20201203124807-20201203154807-00377.warc.gz","language_score":0.9467202425003052,"token_count":1049,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__86466128","lang":"en","text":"BDSM (bondage and control, dominance and submission, and sadism and masochism) increasingly gets attention through the community that is scientific. Where previous research efforts mainly centered on epidemiologic faculties, mental and factors that are biologic BDSM choices have recently gained interest also.\nIn line with the PRISMA instructions, the present systematic review brings together all the existing literature on BDSM from the perspective that is biopsychosocial. Prevalence rates of BDSM interests were examined in the literature, along with the associations between BDSM interests on one side and personality characteristics, unfavorable youth experiences, training amounts, intimate orientations and biological markers regarding the other. Biologic facets such as for instance gender identification, intercourse hormones amounts, as well as the neurologic constitution for the brain’s discomfort and reward systems influence BDSM orientation. Both personality traits and the presence of a personality disorder have been associated with a heightened interest in BDSM, although only limited supporting evidence is available with regard to psychological anchor factors. Furthermore, sensation-seeking amounts and impulsivity appear to add, since they presumably guide one’s drive to explore brand brand brand new or more-intense kinks. Whereas accessory designs effect couple characteristics, in addition they influence willingness to explore restrictions in a BDSM context. Finally, training amounts effect relational and dynamics that are sexual.\nSkills and restrictions\nThe restrictions associated with present review reflect those regarding the topical literature that is scientific. Even though wide range of studies centered on every aspect of BDSM is exponentially growing, many of these are merely descriptive, and extremely few focus on underlying driving processes. BDSM, formerly referred to as sadomasochism (or SM), can be an overarching abbreviation of bondage and control, dominance and distribution, and sadism and masochism and relates to a real, mental, and intimate role-play involving power trade between consensual participants.1, 2, 3 Historically, these techniques and passions have already been pathologized (for review, see guide 4); KrafftEbing5 pioneered in classifying masochism and sadism as pathologies in his Psychopathia Sexualis, a reference work of nineteenth century sexology. These views had been later on mirrored in Freud’s6 theories on sex. The perception of BDSM as being pathologic influenced scientific articles through the 1970s and 1980s, which had a tendency to concentrate on (non-consensual) intimate sadism from the forensic viewpoint and incidental SM-related fatalities.7, 8, 9 These historic views continue to have an impression regarding the many prominent modern psychiatric category systems, the International Classification of conditions (ICD; tenth edition: ICD-10) on one side the Diagnostic and Statistical handbook of Mental Disorders (DSM; 5th edition DSM-5) in the other.10, 11, 12, 13 from the time, the BDSM community is afflicted by misconceptions and stigmatization.\nThe success that is recent of Fifty Shades of Grey publications and films, and others, have actually led to an elevated knowing of this phrase of closeness and sex. Modern main-stream desire for BDSM is mirrored into the growth that is exponential over the past ten years of clinical research centering on all sorts of BDSM aspects and, as such, has enriched the present literary works, therefore nuancing its initial pathologic category.\nThis increased option of BDSM-related medical literary works prompted us to carry together the present literary works on biopsychosocial facets of BDSM in today’s systematic review, initial with its type. An integration of biologic, emotional, and social understanding of BDSM may subscribe to the understanding and destigmatization of the as a type of intimate phrase, along with challenge its devote psychopathological classifications. The present systematic review had been carried out based on PRISMA-P (preferred reporting things for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols) instructions. Various sources may refer variously to parties that are individual in a BDSM conversation. In this review, entirely the terms “dominant” and “submissive” are acclimatized to correspondingly make reference to either individuals supplying stimulation, purchases, or framework or those being actually constrained, getting stimulation, or after requests. A “switch” is somebody who shifts between both the principal and submissive functions, with respect to the context and play partner. a literature search had been done using the following inclusion and exclusion requirements: (i) research articles having a give attention to BDSM producing initial information had been included; (ii) case states on consensual intimate masochism and distribution had been included; (iii) opinion articles, (remark) letters, and essays without initial information had been excluded; (iv) offered the concentrate on consensual intimate sadism or masochism, forensic articles on sexual offenders had been excluded. These addition requirements had been driven by the generally speaking accepted clinical hierarchy of proof.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.fungirlworld.com/profile/leighanngarnand104175/profile","date":"2022-07-07T02:19:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104683020.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220707002618-20220707032618-00577.warc.gz","language_score":0.9537749290466309,"token_count":1755,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__18972014","lang":"en","text":"How to lose weight while on steroids for cancer, anabolic androgenic steroid cut cycle\nHow to lose weight while on steroids for cancer\nResearchers set out to compare the impact of whey versus collagen protein on muscle loss during periods of inactivity and then recoveryin resistance-trained males. In a separate study on 18 male resistance-trained individuals, they found that, whereas collagen protein caused a significant decline in body weight and fat area, whey protein produced a significant improvement in muscular strength and performance. Both protein sources also increased lean mass to an astonishing extent, how to lose weight while taking prescription steroids. These two studies were the first of their kind to directly establish that protein supplements might aid in weight loss and muscle mass reduction in a scientifically validated study design, collagen during weight peptides loss. In the first study, they found the whey-derived protein had a dose-dependent effect on muscle metabolism and, importantly, that it had a greater effect on the amount of protein that remained in the bloodstream for longer than did the collagen-derived protein. They also tested the protein in the absence of carbohydrate. The researchers found that their sample of 18 young, lean individuals who were performing resistance-training with resistance-training implements exhibited a higher peak energy expenditure and an attenuated energy expenditure associated with an increase in total daily protein intake (from 0, how to lose weight fast while on prednisone.3 to 0, how to lose weight fast while on prednisone.4 grams per kilogram of bodyweight), how to lose weight fast while on prednisone. In the second study, they tested the effect of whey versus collagen protein on a whole range of performance factors in resistance-trained males. Specifically, they tested the impact of whey protein on maximal power (Pmax), and at rest and during exercise, how to lose weight while on a steroid. They found a significant difference (P < 0.005) that whey-based protein had a greater impact (P < 0.005) in Pmax, while that collagen-based protein had a more beneficial effect in strength and power. The researchers argue that whey protein has an advantage in reducing body weight through a direct protein delivery mechanism, whereas its ability to promote muscle protein synthesis, a major contributor to lean mass, allows it to more effectively contribute to lean mass recovery, collagen peptides during weight loss. They also believe that there are benefits to a high-fat meal, such as increasing satiety and reducing satiety hormones, that they do not see with whey protein supplements. In a review publication of their research conducted by the same authors, researchers concluded: \"The research evidence points towards potential application of whey protein in individuals with specific food restrictions, and it is unclear whether this is optimal or if whey protein can replace protein intakes of low quality in people with these nutritional requirements, how to lose weight put on by steroids.\" They also suggest the studies of Dr. Thomas were a useful starting point for conducting better studies of the effects of protein supplements.\nAnabolic androgenic steroid cut cycle\nHGH pills has the potential to enhance the result of a steroid cycle incredibly strong disassociation of anabolic to androgenic effectson the body at the very least that may occur very early in the cycle.The same can be also be done with PEDs, and to the best of my understanding no studies have been done on this. For reference a steroid cycle can be made using the following formula(2) A-D Ratio of the active steroid(s) (1) 2-(3-hydroxy-5-methylstanoic acid)pyrroloquinoline ester 1 mg/kg. (1) 50mg/kg.A cycle can also be made using a different ratio depending on when you want to start the cycle; 1-5-12-4.For example A-D ratio for C-E and C-P will be 1:8 1:6 and 1:12 1:10, androgenic cut cycle steroid anabolic.2, androgenic cut cycle steroid anabolic.1, androgenic cut cycle steroid anabolic. The 1-5-12-4 is not used and is not required. However, it is very important to note that the ratio of the active steroids in a cycle will vary depending if the cycle starts on an empty day or not when the cycle is begun because of the time that needs to be accounted for, but as I have mentioned in the previous section and have used that formula for years now, is to start with an empty day as well, anabolic androgenic steroid cut cycle. A cycle can only be made of active steroids if the same ratio of active steroids are given before and after the first or second cycle, how to lose weight while on long term prednisone.2, how to lose weight while on long term prednisone. A more scientific formulation of the above formula is that of: A-D ratio = 1:8 1:6 and A-D ratio 1:12 1:10. The first number in the equation (A-D) is simply the ratio of one active steroid to the other as a one is to a zero, with A1 being the active steroid to make sure the ratio stays in effect, A2 being the 2nd active steroid to make sure it stays in effect, so if you want to start with A2 your A-D ratio needs to be 1:220.127.116.11. It has been found that for a given C-H-E ratio, to start with an extra 50mg/kg, this will raise the A-D ratio by 5-8, how to take clenbuterol pills for weight loss. This in turn will raise the amount of C-E by 1, how to lose weight while using prednisone.5mg/kg, or about 50%, how to lose weight while using prednisone. A-D ratio will not be higher than A-D ratio, which is 5-8.\nHowever, male bodybuilders typically stack anavar with testosterone or winstrol for enhanced fat loss, strength and lean muscle mass, making it easy to see how these steroid use products could have an impact on male bodybuilders. A recent study suggests testosterone levels are higher in men with a history of steroid use, compared to those who have not. A group of 10 male recreational weightlifters, ranging in size from 6 to 14 years of age, took a two-week course of anavar, to reduce blood levels of testosterone. After taking the anavar program, each participant's testosterone levels dropped significantly. While there were no significant changes to the men's cortisol levels and testosterone levels, their cortisol levels and testosterone levels fell after taking anavar. The researchers speculate that the men taking anavar had already reduced their testosterone before taking anavar or anavr, making them more susceptible to being affected by an anabolic steroid. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism recently looked at the effect of the use of anavar, anabolic steroids and testosterone on cortisol levels in young male recreational bodybuilders. The researchers followed anabolic steroid users and non-users over a 12-week period, after they had finished their anabolic steroid regimen. The researchers found out that the non-users did not significantly differ between the groups in their cortisol levels at the time of the study, although their testosterone levels rose. The researchers believe that anabolic steroid use lowers cortisol levels in male bodybuilders, which could lead to less testosterone production. The study also found that testosterone levels fell more rapidly in men with a history of anabolic steroid use, while cortisol levels remained high in those who had not taken anabolic supplements. Researchers believe it is possible that an the lower cortisol levels in anabolic steroid users are the result of the lower concentration of testosterone in their blood. Although anabolic steroids may have an adverse impact on a bodybuilder's health, other research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found they may be not be associated with an increase in muscle mass. Researchers studied the effects of 12 weeks of anabolic steroids in 11 male recreationally trained adults. The participants followed a 12 week training program with a minimum of three cycles of strength training every week on anabolism and anabolic steroids, and a maximum of three cycles of strength training per week on placebo. Results revealed that the group on anabolic steroids had a significantly greater muscle mass compared to the control group. However Similar articles:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://fractalistadesigns.com/products/taurus-sensuality-bull-goddess-astrology-zodiac-spiral-notebook-ruled-line","date":"2024-02-27T04:00:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474670.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227021813-20240227051813-00324.warc.gz","language_score":0.9240275621414185,"token_count":172,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__79728882","lang":"en","text":"Shopping lists, school notes or poems - 118 page spiral notebook with ruled line paper is a perfect companion in everyday life. Durable printed cover makes owner proud to carry it everywhere.\nPieces energy is asking how deep we can dive into our consciousness, sometimes even to the point where it becomes hard to come up for air. The two fish dance around one another much like our subconscious and conscious minds - continually swirling in and out of one another. For these equally matched dualities, vying for dominance is endless and futile, but completely necessary. We dive deep to find inspiration, and return to the surface to live the imagination into reality. This everlasting cycle for all, not just Pisces, allows us to grow through accessing and activating deeper and deeper layers of ourselves.\n.: Front cover print\n.: 118 ruled line single pages\n.: Black back cover","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://seibelpublishingservices.com/honoring-memories-creating-meaningful-farewells-with-compassion/","date":"2024-04-20T00:19:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817463.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419234422-20240420024422-00595.warc.gz","language_score":0.929855227470398,"token_count":533,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__189943565","lang":"en","text":"Losing a friend or family member is without a doubt one of life’s most difficult experiences. During such seasons of pain and distress, finding comfort and support becomes central. At the core of this excursion lies the significance of honoring memories and saying goodbye with compassion. The direct cremation acts as a powerful chance to commend the existence of the withdrawn, offer solace to one side behind, and make lasting tributes that honor their heritage.\nCompassionate Guidance Throughout:\nCompassion is the foundation of the burial service. From the second families connect with us, they offer steadfast help and guidance constantly. Compassionate staff understands the intricacies of melancholy and the significance of personalized care. They listen mindfully to families’ desires, inclinations, and cultural customs, guaranteeing that each part of the burial service mirrors the extraordinary character and tradition of the left.\nPersonalized tributes and ceremonies:\nEvery life is a story worth celebrating, and direct cremation is custom-made to respect that story. Whether it’s a customary memorial service, a remembrance service, or a festival of life, they work intimately with families to create a meaningful and personalized function. From choosing music and readings to consolidating esteemed keepsakes and photos, everything is mindfully organized to mirror the essence of the cherished one being regarded.\nEmbracing Diversity and Cultural Sensitivity:\nThey understand that anguish knows no limits and that cultural practices shift broadly. With profound regard for diversity, memorial services embrace a scope of cultural traditions, strict convictions, and otherworldly practices. Whether it’s a customary entombment function, an incineration service, or a culturally unambiguous ceremony, they guarantee that families feel supported and respected in honoring their cherished one’s legacy and customs.\nCreating lasting memorials:\nBeyond the burial service itself, they offer different choices for creating lasting memorials that honor the memory of the dead. From personalized mementos and remembrance gems to establishing commemoration trees or devoting a seat in their honor, they give families meaningful ways of saving their cherished one’s heritage and keeping their memory alive for a long time into the future.\nTaking everything into account, honoring memories, and creating meaningful farewells with compassion is at the core of what they do. Through personalized tributes, cultural sensitivity, and progressing support, memorial services give solace, comfort, and a feeling of conclusion during life’s most difficult moments. They are devoted to serving families with compassion and poise, guaranteeing that their cherished one’s memory is regarded in a manner that is both meaningful and important.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.news-people.com/n732502-VIDEO-TWDs-Robert-Kirkman-Finally-Speaks-Out-on-Carl.htm","date":"2018-09-23T11:58:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267159359.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20180923114712-20180923135112-00413.warc.gz","language_score":0.9709593057632446,"token_count":172,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__98763105","lang":"en","text":"Spoilers ahead for The Walking Dead fans who aren't caught up on the TV series coming in 3, 2, 1. Robert Kirkman promises fans of his comic the TV series won't rule out upcoming stories due to Carl's sudden death. ?There are big, huge stories coming up that you might think will be massively altered because of the absence of Carl,? Kirkman said. ?But we have known these story lines have been coming for years. There are plans in place to make it all work.\" Comic book readers ,may think of the Whisperer War story, Carl's actions with the leader's daughter seem to cause the war. Kirkman, however, is confident the TV series will adapt the story -- or simply move forward without it. The Walking Dead returns for the second half of its eighth season on February 25, 2018.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://logovo.dreamwidth.org/642089.html","date":"2017-09-23T02:14:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818689413.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170923014525-20170923034525-00479.warc.gz","language_score":0.9729369282722473,"token_count":84,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-39__0__1554072","lang":"en","text":"I spent a big chunk of the weekend reading up on what is going on with the OTW. I love the archive, I've been using it more and more as authors have started using it more regularly. Fanlore is a great resource for me, specially when I'm dipping my toes into a new fandom. So, er, yeah. This feels BIG and I can't help but follow along as things develop.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://jazzwaheed-photographer.com/stories/2013/10/1/is-autumn-really-here","date":"2019-09-21T09:48:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514574377.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20190921084226-20190921110226-00111.warc.gz","language_score":0.9764482975006104,"token_count":121,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__137415279","lang":"en","text":"Its warm outside, bordering on humid in fact, I don't really want to accept that the summer is over. The wind softly brushes the trees and there is this delightful rustling noise of the leaves flying into the air. They finally succumbed to letting go of their branch. Their season is over, they glow for one last time, showing off briefly a new colour. Then they dutifully fall a mere few feet to their final resting place.\nLuckily for a handful their time is not up yet. These ones saved by me with one last task in hand, to be today's photography prop.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://cleopatra-kitti.thisisabout.com/blog/2017/12/20/fair-process-leadership","date":"2019-07-15T19:07:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195523840.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20190715175205-20190715201205-00355.warc.gz","language_score":0.9636558890342712,"token_count":724,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__206098137","lang":"en","text":"A few years ago, an acquaintance of mine, a consultant, told me I would never be relevant or wealthy because I believed in goodness and fairness, and in doing the right thing. ‘You are an outcast, you are in dreamland, fairness does not exist in the business world,’ he said as he walked away, feeling proud of his financial affluence.\nThrough a friend, I was introduced to INSEAD’s school of International Corporate Governance. Its Chaired Professor, Ludo Van der Heyden, passionately teaches fair process leadership. How wonderful to validate that the values and process of fairness do exist in the business world!\nLudo explains his drive: ‘The first motivation for this was my own sort of sensitivity to fairness and actually unfairness, which was either in the family setting or in larger business or social settings.’ Ludo’s work is based on his own in-depth research and analysis conducted during seven years of factory visits in France and Germany, as well as the research work of his fellow professors Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, who examined the issue of lack of fair play especially between headquarters and multinationals.\nTwo notions are central to Ludo’s approach.\nFirst is the importance of leadership. Fair leadership does not exist if leaders are not fair.\nSecond is the role of process. ‘In most research, you see only decision-making but you don’t see execution,’ comments Ludo, ‘and that led me to develop and add one more step to the existing literature, which was a step specifically devoted to execution and the unfairness that might arise in execution.’\nIt is critical in motivating fair process leadership to move away from examining any problems in isolation – very often these are actually symptoms – and look instead to the root cause. The root cause of such problems could be attributed to three different negative factors: lack of fairness or fair play, bad process and bad leadership.\nTo get good results you need to have a combination of the positives of all three: fair play, good process and great leadership.\nIf fair leadership is common sense, but isn’t common practice, how can we deploy it in the markets of the Mediterranean, which are mostly dominated by medium and large family businesses and state-owned enterprises? How can we ensure growth, initiate youth employment and attract international investment premised on potential and trust in the governance process and its execution?\nIn fact, inward international investment offering access to capital and markets would necessitate good governance practices in order to deliver returns and highlight the attractiveness of the investment.\nAs business and government leaders in the Mediterranean region understand the need to restructure our economies as we seek growth, trade and market access to other regions, we must carefully consider how to deploy the entrepreneurial and leadership values inherent in our culture into a core strength coupled with fair process leadership.\nAs trading nations, we understand leadership in terms of resilience, crisis management and ‘eat or be eaten’ market rules.\nEstablishing fair leadership implies market edge, asking the right questions to contextualise risk and define opportunity, understanding potential, creating networks of niche expertise, engaging stakeholders, and appreciating accountability and responsibility.\nWith a market of 500 million people, producing 10 per cent of global GDP, how many boards in our region could qualify as fair process leaders?\nCyprus hosted Professor Van der Heyden as he delivered a keynote speech on 24 November 2017 to the INSEAD annual alumni gathering.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://cigarettesandkittens.tumblr.com/","date":"2013-12-10T00:06:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386164001959/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204133321-00013-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9725324511528015,"token_count":293,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__90779443","lang":"en","text":"I want you to hear me speak, like a whisper in the wind, seeping through your veins to your heart that beats in time with mine, travelling through everything you are. I want us to feel like one, two bodies sharing the same soul, seeing beautiful things through eyes with connected imaginations. Each moment i spend with you i feel like nothing can harm me. Your the life to each breath I take, without a single one I feel empty, like the world has stopped and I'm the only one still able to move, and to me it's not enough to say I love you, i feel you, every wrinkle and imperfection in the palm of your hand, every hair that's placed so delicately on your fore arm, each individual eyelash that brushes my skin when we embrace. I. Feel. You. I want to be a part of everything you've become, because without that I'm incomplete, I am just me, and I like the me when I'm with you. You make me everything that i aspire to be, and one day, I'm going to tell you this, that you are the reason I choose to wake up every morning. And when I do, I will spend the rest of my life with you, with the one person who has given me some meaning to the struggle that is this world. I just wanted you to know that, so thankyou, thankyou for being you.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ageofarcana.obsidianportal.com/adventure-log/the-second-death-of-lady-elrenna","date":"2018-10-19T10:11:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583512382.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20181019082959-20181019104459-00363.warc.gz","language_score":0.9652069211006165,"token_count":1031,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__94091810","lang":"en","text":"The party stands within the elven tomb within the dead forests west of Wakefield, three specters dead by their hand. Saje, the half-elven rogue, collapses against a wall, pale and sickly with drooping eyes and a clamminess to her skin. The bard Ophinora rushes over and checks on her, deciding through her knowledge of the arcane that Saje is suffering from a soul sickness after the specters used their leeching touch to momentarily separate her soul from her body. Leaving their rogue to rest, the group investigates the rest of the tomb.\nA few minutes pass before Saje has fallen into unconsciousness. A few minutes more, and her head lifts and her colorless, empty eyes open. She speaks, her voice overlayed with an ethereal sound outside of the mortal realm. \"You have disturbed my tomb. A piece of me is missing. Give it back.\" The party questions further, revealing the spirit possessing Saje to be none other than Lady Elrenna, ruler over the forests around them centuries before, as well as the fact that the hobgoblin corpse laying upon the floor of the tomb held the \"Piece\" of her that was missing – A medallion of the Bastion of Dergomal, holding a single soul gem in its center. Little more is decided as the banshee fails in tricking the party to return the piece to her with deceptions of safety.\nThe party refuses to take the bait, and a fight ensues, with the banshee's form rising from her sarcophagus at the far end of the tomb as the tomb's doors slam and seal shut. The battle lasts mere moments, with her necrotic claws wrenching life from the party's bones, and the party using holy oils to combat the undead spirit. The changeling gunslinger Dox is the one to finish Lady Elrenna off with his pistol in her wailing maw and an infused holy bullet piercing through the back of her throat, sending ripples of holy energy that shatter her spirit to the astral winds.\nThe party lays down to rest for the remainder of the night, with the kenku investigator known for the sound of a Ticking Clock alerting the rest of the group to Saje's awakening. Saje has recovered remarkably well, and the group decides to investigate the banshee's sarcophagus. Breaking a trap set within the lid and prying it open with Ticking Clock's crowbar, the party discovers several pieces of jewelry – Among them a silver ring set with a moonstone, matching the locket they found within Prospector's Watch. To the kenku's knowledge, he remembers the story of a locket, a ring, and a mirror, together unlocking something hidden to the mists of time. The party discovers a false bottom to the sarcophagus, revealing a vault beneath filled with thousands of coins and several useful magical items.\nAs the party readies to leave, an elven ranger by the name of Lelantis has heard the wailing of the banshee from miles away, and left to investigate. Arriving upon the closed tomb with a cemetery filled with scattered elven bones and opened graves, her attempts to enter the tomb. After a short discussion across the heavily closed doors, the party manages to open them, speak with the elven ranger, and leave for town once more, joined by Lelantis.\nAs the party leaves the forest, they are ambushed at the tree line – A group of goblins with a hobgoblin at their head with similar gear to the two hobgoblins they've already found. The hobgoblin accuses the party of murdering both the hobgoblin at the tower, and the hobgoblin at the tomb. The bard attempts to talk down the hobgoblin as the goblins around him take aim with their bows at the various members of the party. The discussion becomes heated, with the hobgoblin demanding both the medallion that held the soul gem from the hobgoblin within the tomb, and a magical harp that the bard had found within the vault beneath it. She refuses, and a fight breaks out. The party dispatches the hobgoblin easily, as well as one goblin scout, and the four remaining goblins flee in separate directions. The party is left with little choice but to return to town with the news.\nThe party returns to town after midnight, heading to the Hungry Badger and informing the innkeeper there, Cailyn, also a member of the council, that the undead problem had been solved. They are given free room and board for the night until they are able to report to council head Abeth. Before heading to bed, the bard Ophinora attempts to find some company for the night, failing miserably with a young guardsman who suspects she is trying to pick his pocket. She returns to the inn alone and defeated as the rest of the party rests comfortably in their own rooms.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.thecruisepro.co.uk/port-destinations/cruising/","date":"2024-03-02T16:31:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475833.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20240302152131-20240302182131-00508.warc.gz","language_score":0.9320819973945618,"token_count":118,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__111508930","lang":"en","text":"Cruising at sea is an experience like no other. With endless miles of blue water surrounding you, it’s easy to forget about the stresses of daily life and fully immerse yourself in the moment. Whether you’re lounging by the pool, trying out new activities, or simply enjoying the sea breeze on your face, there’s something for everyone. And when the day comes to an end, watching the sunset over the horizon is a breathtaking sight. A day cruising at sea is a day well spent, filled with relaxation, adventure, and beauty.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.kdur.org/Programs/MakingaDifference.aspx","date":"2014-10-01T05:56:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1412037663365.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20140930004103-00400-ip-10-234-18-248.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9309619069099426,"token_count":127,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__44129635","lang":"en","text":"|Making a Difference Radio Program is a weekly show on KDUR during the fall semester\nhighlighting the themes of the Common Reading Experience's selection of\nthe year. This year's book choice is Dead Man Walking by Sister Helen Prejean.\nKDUR has been supporting the Common Reading Experience since its\ninception with a half-hour weekly program produced by Retired Assistant Dean of\nArts and Sciences, Bridget Irish. This year's show\nwill be co-hosted by Erik Juergensmeyer, Director of the Writing Program\nat Fort Lewis College. For more on the Common Reading Experience click","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://astrorad.com/Maggie's%20Love%20Letter.html","date":"2021-12-03T16:11:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964362891.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20211203151849-20211203181849-00404.warc.gz","language_score":0.9632317423820496,"token_count":634,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__105152437","lang":"en","text":"Maggie's Love Letter\nThe letter below was found with other letters addressed to Margaret (Maggie) Virginia Blain (b. 9 Dec 1859). It is not in an envelope, but is dated “Whiteville, Tenn , July 3, 1880. The author also refers to his “teacher’s life”. It is addressed to “Little Darling” and is unsigned. However, considering the material it was found with; considering that is dated five months prior to Maggie’s marriage to Charles Edwin Nuckolls and ; considering that Charles Edwin Nuckolls (b. 16 Jul 1851) was a teacher and principal by profession and was born and raised in Whiteville, Tenn, I feel that it is safe to assume that this love letter was written by Charles Edwin Nuckolls to Margaret Virginia Blain prior to their marriage. He was 29, she was 20.\nKen Nuckolls – 16 Sep 1999\n* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *\nJuly 3, 1880\nHow delightful the pleasure to be at home again with loved ones, amid the beauty and splendor of childhood scenes recalled. But Oh!, how sad the thought to know that I am so far from the little blond, whose beauty, loveliness, and winning smiles ever hover around my memory like the golden haze of departing twilight around the setting sun. It seems that I have been transported into a new existence and that my life is being changed from the dullness and loneliness of a teacher’s life to that of the purity and happiness of a dreamer’s life – ever dreaming of thee. Even at the writing of this, I am dreaming a day – dream and in that dream, methinks I can see along the rugged pathway of our future life, bouquets of love and happiness thrown at our feet, to be gathered up by us as we slowly plod along its extended journey; arm in arm; heart beating to heart; lips pressed to lips. Besides, I can see our little boat of wedded life, floating down the stream of time gathering love and happiness in still more abundance as we smoothly glide along.\nJust think, Little Darling, how happy we will be when we start on our journey together. We will not kiss then, by the hundred, as we have so oft before, but by the thousand. Every passing Zephyr that gently fans our young brow and cheeks, shall speak of love. Every little bird that sings in the forest grows shall sing to us sweet songs of happy love; and every glittering star that shines above shall envy the little world of happiness that we will make here on earth below. I wonder if these words will bring so much as a little sign of love from thee, if so, happy am I. I care not what others may think or say, so long as I have the thoughts and love of one little blonde.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://cobe.vcu.edu/messy-media-is-it-really-ok-not-to-floss/","date":"2022-09-29T01:05:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335303.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220929003121-20220929033121-00142.warc.gz","language_score":0.9663733243942261,"token_count":601,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__198340451","lang":"en","text":"Messy Media is presented by the Translational Partnership for Mental Health as a part of their dissemination efforts aiming to point out “translational” research that is too good to be true and to correct how the media tends to exaggerate translational findings to garner more attention.\nEach edition of Messy Media focuses on a different study or concept that was lost in translation between the journal article and ensuing media coverage.\nA downloadable PDF of this article is available here.\nWhat the Media Says:\nDue to the fact that brushing and flossing daily have been recommended for years by the American Dental Association (ADA) it was assumed that there was sufficient evidence to back up the claims. Instead, it recently became clear that flossing specifically may not be as necessary as previously thought due to a lack of clinical trials and controlled experiments. A current review found very unreliable evidence that flossing actually reduces plaque or gingivitis gum inflammation in the short term. However, a dentistry expert is also quoted saying that gingivitis can eventually lead to periodontitis bone loss after several years, so flossing is likely not doing any harm.\nFeeling Guilty About Not Flossing? Maybe There’s No Need\nWhat the Article Actually Says:\nA systematic review was performed, which is where researchers search every relevant internet database thoroughly for articles related to the topic in question. In this study, the researchers looked for all articles that included experiments on the benefits of flossing and brushing combined. They found 12 articles that had done controlled experiments on the benefits of flossing and brushing. After combining the data from all 12 articles, they found that flossing plus brushing, compared to brushing alone, significantly reduced gingivitis at one month, three months and six months. Specifically, the longer the participants brushed and flossed, the better the effect. At the same time, the amount of plaque reduced was so small that the researchers could not conclude that flossing and brushing together reduces plaque.\nThere is some evidence that flossing and brushing together reduces gingivitis and that this benefit increases with time. However, there is not enough evidence to conclude that flossing and brushing together reduce plaque. More research is needed over a longer period of time to definitely know the benefits of flossing.\nWhy the Media Is Messy:\nThere was no discussion of the fact that the researchers were analyzing studies that had compared flossing plus brushing to brushing alone. The media article briefly stated that brushing is assumed to be of benefit, but provided no citations. Overall, not well structured; it starts with a catchy title and does not clearly explain the set up of the study. Quote from experts are used, which is a positive, but the quotes are based on feelings/thoughts and not facts, which is misleading because readers naturally believe what experts say.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://bashartv.vhx.tv/buy/shards-the-next-chapters-audio-only?gift=1","date":"2018-03-18T06:00:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257645538.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20180318052202-20180318072202-00182.warc.gz","language_score":0.8724933862686157,"token_count":94,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__241731380","lang":"en","text":"Shards, The Next Chapters - Audio Only (2 1/2 hours)\nDarryl Anka reads the first 3 chapters of his novel, \"Shards of a Shattered Mirror\", a story about the life and experiences of Willa Hillacrissing, a sage and parallel reality specialist from 700 years in our future. Bashar and Willa answer your questions.\nShards The Next Chapters - Audio Only\n2h 29m · Streamable only","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.altfeldinc.com/blog/?p=83","date":"2017-04-29T19:21:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123560.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00143-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9692638516426086,"token_count":3772,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__150413104","lang":"en","text":"And Other Not So Trivial Matters\nBy Jim Altfeld\nI can’t think of anything much sadder than the words Schopenhauer spoke when he said, It is bad today and every day will get worse until the worst of all happens. Tied closely to that are the words of the faithful pessimists who believe in an afterlife, It will be over soon and there is a perfect life waiting for me in Heaven. My reply to this, “Perhaps. But, then again, perhaps not.” All any of us know for certain is the life we have right now. The very one you and I are living. All I am saying is that we need to take this life seriously, which includes our actions, the decisions we make and the choices we make.\nConsider the idea of Eternal Re-Occurrence. Consider, instead of an afterlife, instead of reincarnation, having to relive every moment of your entire life, with all the joy, pain, ecstasy, agony, hurt, disappointments, thrills, suffering etc. included, over and over and over again. How would you live your life then? How would you look at the decisions you make and the choices you’ve made knowing that you will forever, relive the consequences of those decisions ad infinitum?\nAdd one more thing to the scenario of Eternal Re-Occurrence. Do you live your life in the manner you live it for fear of having to face your Maker and increase your chances of getting into Heaven? Or, do you live a life of good values and high morals because of who you are? Indulge me in this and humor me. Let’s stick with the idea of Eternal Re-Occurrence and eliminate any idea of an afterlife. What if, what you did and the way you acted in life became a universal law of nature for everyone else to follow? What if your actions and the things you did became a moral maxim? How would you act then?\nOk, so I now at least have you thinking. Let’s try this. Remember when, as a child, teenager, young adult, and for some us, just last week being asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” And what was your response? A policeman, fireman, ballet dancer, doctor, lawyer, bank president, rich by the time you’re 30, etc., etc. Before you ever gave your answer, did you ever consider the real you and the things that drove and drive the real you? Did you take into consideration the things the real you is passionate about? Or, did you just give an answer that was either programmed into you or what you thought those asking the questions wanted to hear? I ask you, are you now doing what you love to do? Are you following your passions, or are you doing what you think others think you ought to be doing? Does a rose bloom for us to admire or for its own sake?\nConsider this statement: I Want to be Happy! From what I’ve seen in my past sixty years, most of us pursue happiness, (a right granted to all U.S. Citizens by the U.S. Constitution), as though it were some commodity, wrapped up like a Christmas present, waiting to be found by anyone who has the where with all to find it. And then when we do find it, the happiness we experience is so damn brief. What it turns out to be, as Goethe explains, is our going from desire, to satisfaction and soon back to desire again. The point being that this type of happiness is not real happiness. Rather it is fleeting and merely temporary satisfaction.\nSo, the question remains, just where does one find happiness? According to Aristotle, the “Contemplative Life” (Bios Thoretikos) a divine activity resulting in the truest form of happiness and the highest life of all, was the way to go. I don’t necessarily disagree with him. I believe that happiness comes in the form of self-forgetfulness. It seems that whenever happiness does occur, I find myself lost and completely immersed in something or someone outside myself and something so much larger than myself. So much so, that I not only seem to forget about myself and time, but I actually travel beyond and outside of myself in the process. It is as though I no longer matter. I no longer focus on me.\nI know for a fact that that has happened, but just where in the hell did I find that feeling of happiness and how do I find it again on a continuous, constant and steady basis!?! The answer lies in identifying and following those things that drive you! You find happiness in your passions. Passions can make you forget about yourself and can make time literally stand still.\nWhen John Wesley, the cofounder of the Methodist Church was asked how he was able to attract such large crowds with his preaching, he said “I simply set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn.” Now that’s what I call passion!\nPassion not only affects you, but those around you.\nYeah, but I wasn’t born with the advantages some others were born with. Ok, I’ll give you that. But, give me this…. Each of us is born with advantages, disadvantages, certain aptitudes, certain IQs, as well as physical and mental strengths, weaknesses and disabilities. Some are born healthier than others. The challenge is to make the best out of what you were given.\nOnce again, referring to Aristotle, he believed that everything is programmed toward a particular end and purpose. Aristotle believed that the acorn, for example, was programmed to becoming an oak tree with its entire being devoted to achieving that end. For man, we are programmed not only to reproduce and keep the species going, but also to ascend ourselves. As individuals, each of us has, or should have, our own unique purpose and chief aim.\nI find it almost uncanny how each and every one of us arrive in this world with inherent gifts. As humans, each of us has a nature about us. Each of us has limits and potentials. Then, for whatever reason, we spend the first half of our lives abandoning them or letting others disillusion us about them. As young people, we are surrounded by expectations that may have little to do with who we really are. Too often, the expectations of us are held by people who are not trying to discern who we really are, but to fit us into slots. And, all too often, it is their slots they are trying to fit us in. If we’re fortunate enough, we then spend the second half of our lives trying to recover from the first half and reclaim the gift or gifts we once had.\nAbility determines what you can do.\nAptitude determines what you can learn to do.\nAspiration determines what you hope to do.\nAttitude determines what you believe you can do.\nBut passion determines what you want to do!\nThe trick, it seems, is to know yourself and the limitations, capabilities and potential that are part of your individual nature. If you seek out a life without understanding yourself and your own nature – your own limitations, capabilities and potential – you place yourself on the road to possible failure by putting yourself in life situations that your nature is not meant to handle. Much like a certain material is meant for specific applications, only. Should you use the material in an application it was not meant for and the material is doomed to failure.\nOur deepest calling in life is to grow into our own authentic true self, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we, or someone else thinks we OUGHT to be. In other words, by not knowing and understanding who we are, we can go through life wearing one or any number of false masks. We fall prey to what some philosophical men call Oughtiveness. “You know what you ought to do?” “You know what you ought to be?” “You really ought to….” You become what someone or even yourself has convinced yourself, you ought to be, instead of what you really are. That includes what I consider to be the worst-case scenario, which is wearing someone else’s mask you may have picked up along the way and leading their life instead of your own.\nMy point being that by not understanding self, not knowing your own nature, not taking the necessary time to determine your personal chief aim in life, one winds up living an ungrounded life. As a result, one finds him or her self-conforming to a false image and a false sense of self. And, you can go through life wearing false masks or someone else’s mask without ever getting the opportunity to wear the mask that truly represents you. The tragedy is that you go through life portraying yourself as someone you really are not, based upon the misconception that this is the someone you think you ought to be, when in fact you really are not that person at all. Or, in the words of McAnnula, “It is perfectly all right to try to be everything you cannot be when you find that you cannot be everything that you are.”\nWhich brings me to this: Become Who You Are! According to Erich Fromm, Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. For far too many of us, we do nothing but run, never allowing ourselves to reflect on where we’re running to or what we’re running for. Life goes on no matter what we do, but personal growth and development happen only if we allow it to happen and then choose wisely.\nTo become who you are, you first must understand what you have. Then, it is up to you to decide what you will do with what you have. The choice is yours. Do you become an advice-rejecting complainer and a couch potato, or do you become exceptional? As I pointed out earlier with Eternal Re-Occurrence, it is up to you to be responsible and held accountable for your actions, your decisions and your choices. You made them, you allowed things to happen and you cannot blame others for them. The choice is our own to make. Be a hapless victim or an active participant.\nAccording to Heidegger, the inauthentic life is a life lead unaware. It is an unconscious life of white water river rafting. In an authentic life I am aware and fully conscious. I am in a state of enlightenment. I am my own witness to my own events.\nBelief follows need.\nWhat we see and how we interpret what we see confirms what we believe. And, what we believe shapes what we see. Right or wrong, true or false, we believe those things we need to believe in order to support our beliefs. Do I believe what I believe because of what has been instilled in me, or do I believe what I believe because of who I am? I firmly believe that by being aware of who I am, I am far more aware of what I truly believe.\nTo lead a life of awareness and authenticity, means being conscious of who we are, what we are doing, why we are acting or reacting the way we are and knowing we are a particle of energy that helps comprise that ocean of energy called Life! Simply stated, what we are is determined by what we think. What we think is often a result of what we’ve experienced. Our experiences are based upon those things to which we are exposed. And the experiences we expose ourselves to are based upon who we are.\nLet me ask you this: Have you ever heard the expression you are what you eat? I don’t know about you, but I am not what I eat. I am not a peanut butter and jelly sandwich! What I eat is determined by who I am. I am not my job, either, nor am I my life’s situations, and I am not my experiences. I have the job I have, I have the experiences I have and I have the life situations I have because of who I am.\nWhether you believe this or not, life truly IS exciting, or at least it should be. Life is also scary. It can also be cruel. And, without a doubt, it is always dangerous. To live life fully requires taking risks. To live it in fear, you can shun it, hide from it and waste it. You can hide on your couch, buy a bigger TV, not venture out and take no risks. And what a tragic waste of a human being that is?\nEven worse may be discovering that you have just spent the greater part of your life and a great deal of energy on things that, in the bigger picture, were really not very useful or important.\nFor life to be an extension of yourself and a way to be ourselves, you must deal with life in the present. To do that, however, means saying YES to life. I accept death and all that comes with it. I accept that death is the impossibility of all future possibilities. I accept that death takes away all that I ever had and all that I will ever have. But, death also plays a crucial role in our awareness of life. It reminds us that existence cannot be postponed. It is through death that we see what is at stake. Any confrontation with death can lead me to rearrange my priorities. Death is, or can be, wonderful at providing us humans with a greater appreciation of life. But what if death comes before your real life has started. How tragic would that be?\nWhich is why I find it ever so important to enthusiastically say, YES to life.\nOn the flip side of that same coin, I feel strongly that death is not necessarily The End, nor is it final. I firmly believe that each of us can live on long after our death and achieve immortality. We can become immortal through our children and our children’s children. We can become immortal by having a building named for us, planting a tree, writing a great book, and through our works. It is all about giving meaning to one’s life. For, giving meaning to one’s life means going beyond one’s life.\nWhat you are and what you believe you can be goes on well after your death. Become who you are is about making something out of what you have and what you’ve been given. To become who you are, however, requires you to LOVE who you are. Love what you have to work with and make something beautiful and exceptional out of it. Give shape to yourself. Create yourself. Take what you have and make the most out of it. Play off other people to grow and develop yourself. Transcend who you are. Aspire to be more. Perform a transfiguration!\nIn the Myth of Sisyphus, Sisyphus was forever condemned to roll a rock up the top of a mountain. When it would roll back down the other side, he would resume the task, over and over and over again. The beauty of Sisyphus is that he didn’t bitch and complain. He didn’t hate himself or the life to which he had been condemned. Instead, he took it upon himself to know the rock and understand the mountain. He used the knowledge he acquired to grow, develop and better understand himself, all of which enabled him to become who he was. It allowed him to transcend himself. You and I have the same choice. We can either, bitch and complain about the hand we’ve been dealt, or can use it to our best ablilties.\nI, for one, believe in living life, every day of it, in a perpetual state of wonderment. And instead of cursing life, be forever grateful for the precious gift of sheer existence. We’re here. We’re here right now and what a wonderful opportunity it is to be here!!\nI don’t marvel about the way things are, but that they are. I am not only mindful of the fragility of my being, but too, the responsibility for my own being. To become who I am means having to be in touch with my own self-creation.\nRecognize that no matter how close you, me or any other human being gets to other people, it all comes down to our facing life alone. For me, that means facing the basic issue of my life and my death and thereby living my life more honestly and being less caught up in the trivialities. It also means learning that I must take the ultimate responsibility for the way I live my life no matter how much guidance, encouragement and support I get from others.\nWhich leads me to yet another one of life’s rules. Regardless of the situation in which you find yourself we all have three choices. We either come to accept what is, change what is, or walk away from it. And even in choosing to accept it, you have a choice. You can accept the reality of things for what it is, (not being in denial) and then elect to change it.\nI leave you with these three final thoughts and a pledge:\n- Uncertainty, death and impermanence exist and we must all learn to co-exist with each of them.\n- The measure of your life will be the measure of your courage, contribution, trust, and how much you give back.\n- If you do not take responsibility for your own predicament, you can never expect to change.\nYour Pledge to Yourself:\nI, ________________, from this day forward, shall no longer accept sorrow, disappointment and victimization to play a part in my life’s situations. Nor shall I any longer consider myself responsible for fulfilling the lives of others. I shall instead focus upon the birth of my true self, coming to know that I am life itself, and that I am far more than a mere composite of my past experiences and my life’s situations.\nSigned by Date\nThank you for your time, interest and consideration. Your feedback is greatly welcomed.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.positive-people.org.uk/blog/devon/2020/susans-digital-journey","date":"2020-06-02T00:48:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347422065.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20200602002343-20200602032343-00155.warc.gz","language_score":0.974947988986969,"token_count":674,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-24","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__71932388","lang":"en","text":"This case study will follow the journey of Susan, who began her journey with Positive People at the beginning of 2019. Before then Susan spent time in Abu Dhabi, teaching in international schools and immersing herself in the culture within the United Arab Emirates. Eighteen months ago, Susan returned to live full time in Devon. “It was like: I’ve come back, hit 60, no pension, no job and now what? What do I do?”. She felt lost and with no clear direction. Whilst on a train journey to Exeter, Susan overheard part of a conversation across the aisle; someone mentioned Positive People. She didn’t know anything about the project, but the word “positive” struck a chord and she decided to do some research.\nAs a result, Susan was introduced to one of Positive People’s Change Coaches. They recommended that Susan joined the Digital Business Academy course, to learn how to develop her skills into a business. With a series of business-basics workshops, digital skills training, and mentoring, Susan now feels that she “suddenly has a path to go down, and a direction to follow”. Positive People were also able to provide Susan with a website, to allow her to promote her next projects. These were to be children’s books with an emphasis on Abu Dhabi culture. Susan spent the next 8 months developing these ideas which resulted in publishing a hardback book. This is when Susan turned to Positive People again for further support.\nSusan was made aware of and attended a Digital Café in Paignton where she could receive digital support. This is where she met me for the first time. Over a coffee we discussed her past, her books and her vision for the future. She was very keen to have her first published book available for download online. I talked though Amazon Books and the process required to create an eBook. Susan was very excited about the prospect of having the book on Amazon, so we set out an action plan for this to become a reality. Over two further one-to-one sessions we produced PDF pages of the book and used the kindle book creator app to produce a draft of what the book would look like.\nIt was at this point we followed the governments guidelines regarding Covid-19 and cancelled all of our face to face digital support. However, this didn’t stop us from completing our goal as we moved to remote sessions. Using TeamViewer I was able to remotley view and take control of Susans laptop and though a phone conversation guide her through the last stages of creating the ebook and uploading it to Amazon for purchase.\nSuccess!! From over hearing a conversation on a train journey, with no clear direction or goals right though to having a published book available for purchace on Amazon! We are so happy to be able to help Susan achieve her goals, and even more importantly it has given her the ambition to push even further;\n“I would like to give a huge thank you and compliments to Ben, without his help, this would not have happened. He is brilliant, helpful and patient. A huge asset to the team.\nThis has inspired me to now go on and try and put my Teaching English book online… watch this space!”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://npcurrent.ca/npcurrent-authors.html","date":"2021-01-20T22:49:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703522133.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20210120213234-20210121003234-00049.warc.gz","language_score":0.952372670173645,"token_count":118,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__56507703","lang":"en","text":"At NP Current we want to reflect the needs and interests of nurse practitioners across Canada. We are seeking your ideas and submissions on any topics that would be of interest to the NP Current community. In each issue we will strive for a mix of content that addresses diagnosis, treatment, prevention and management of patients from the NP perspective.\nWe invite to you submit articles such as case studies, original research, literature reviews, reports and newsworthy information from your practice or area of expertise. We are also interested in hearing about your personal experiences as a nurse practitioner in brief 300-400 word submissions.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://myenglishbackroom.blogspot.com/2011/06/writing-superhero-comic.html","date":"2017-04-24T22:56:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917119995.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031159-00363-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9603396058082581,"token_count":117,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__233471323","lang":"en","text":"I've found a site to create comics with these heroes (if you click on the image you'll see it).\nI really liked it, it's easy to use and you can easily save the comic or print it.\nThe problem comes if you want to post the image in a blog to show your student's creations. The document you have when you save the comic is a PDF and I had some problems to post this image.\nImage from Marvel\nNevertheless, I think this page will encourage my students to write some short stories in English.\nGreat idea from Marvel.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ostmodern.com/events-planung-en.html","date":"2022-01-24T22:34:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304686.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20220124220008-20220125010008-00673.warc.gz","language_score":0.956047534942627,"token_count":237,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__51402213","lang":"en","text":"\"Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!\" the white rabbit was saying to himself while passing Alice and her sister in 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.' Then the rabbit took a watch out of its waistcoat, gazed at it and suddenly popped down a large rabbit hole. Down went Alice, burning with curiosity and without knowing of how in the world she was ever going to get out of it. In a dazzling array of kaleidoscopic experiences she meets strange creatures and undergoes many bizarre and wondrous experiences.\nAlice‘s adventures in wonderland incorporate every ingredient of a perfectly planned themed entertainment — awakening at the right time included. The opening with the agitated white rabbit makes one curious. The rabbit hole is the secret place, which we all want to see. Each show act is mind-boggling. To achieve this state of flawlessness, the strings must be finely spun in the background. What should take place at what point of time, who is doing what, which is the limiting factor for the execution of an idea, what framework is essential. When creating ideas we look into the sky, when executing them we are firmly rooted on the ground.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://sadiesluncheonette.blogspot.com/2008/10/yu-shenjeer.html","date":"2018-07-19T15:29:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591140.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20180719144851-20180719164851-00319.warc.gz","language_score":0.9844575524330139,"token_count":313,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__126774241","lang":"en","text":"She was born in Chang'an, and was a beautiful woman. When she was a young girl that Li Shangyin taught her how to write poetry. Her second poetry teacher was Wen Tingyun , who was also her lover. She was concubine to a rich businessman, but this ended when the man's wife forced him to leave Yu. It even so abandon Yu but rich businessman still loved Yu and supported her. When Wen Tingyun left her in 870 that made Yu second times strike on spirit, it could identified Yu owne Electra complex.\nThen Yu formed a relationship with her handmaiden. When Yu discovered her handmaiden had fallen in love with the same man as she had, Yu hung her handmaiden from a tree and beat her to death, then buried her in her garden.\nYu‘s poem style was influenced by Li Shangyin and Wen Tingyun, poem masters in late Tang Dynasty.\nHer works date from the time of the only female Emperor in Chinese history, Wu Zetian. Her work depended on poem exam appointed officials, till female Yu Shenjeer was wonderful circle finished in late Tong.\nMayor Chang'an was a warlord. Warlords hate lesbian because they need lots soldiers but lesbians tend not to have as many children as their heterosexual counterparts. He arrest and accused Yu of murder. On the day of her execution, she said :.\nIn early 1980s a film according to Yu‘s life with Hong Kong.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://thezeldaproject.net/8-blog/58-zeldanime-a-fantastic-zelda-manga","date":"2017-04-30T22:31:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917125881.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031205-00012-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9825220108032227,"token_count":229,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__322014881","lang":"en","text":"I’ve been following this Zelda fan manga for a while now, and just thought that I would share it with everyone. In the interest of Zelda fans, I feel that reading it and knowing about it is important! There are tons of quality art pieces out there, but I’ve found that this one in particular is an extremely well put together comic. It is written and illustrated as a collaboration between two very talented DA artists. OniChild who is in charge of doing the lineart, and CrazyFreak is in charge of colors. Both of them work very hard coming up with exciting and dynamic poses and storyboarding, and each page in the comic is done with absolute care. The story is written by the two of them, and is a throw back to older Zelda titles (Link with brown hair), and slightly inspired by the Zelda Cartoon from the 80s (that those of us old enough to have watched it as kids could really relate to!).\nCheck it out guys! If you are a fan of Zelda I think you’d really enjoy this story and comic: www.zeldanime.com","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.ecosystema.world/individuality","date":"2019-12-16T13:14:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540565544.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20191216121204-20191216145204-00066.warc.gz","language_score":0.9490372538566589,"token_count":2841,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-51__0__113466937","lang":"en","text":"Every new creation is original in its way, just like the millions of snowflakes and every leaf on a tree. Differences are what forms colors and shapes of plants, flowers, animals, and humans between. No one is made identical, otherwise life would be dissolved in the same color and shape.\nThis individualism and uniqueness gives us self-integrity from the day we’re born. Identity and worth is not defined in relation to anyone, but your independence from others is what makes the world multifaceted; pluralistic. Variances and diversity gives contrasts for us to experience transformation and the reinvention of Life. To embrace Life is to embrace the originality of the individual. Your unique quality is what makes life special to Us. For this, respect is given to the dignity and sanctity of the individual life.\nBeing an Individual\nBeing You: your Self\nYou are being a person, your own person, next to another person. What distinct you two apart is what constitutes your own individual Self.\nWe are by construction almost entirely identical, though we stand beside each other as different persons. Not one person is alike. Not one person has been made twice throughout the history of Life. You are as original as any other valuable person ever lived. You have your own individual thought, behavior, action, desires, preferences, and wills. By this, you create your own being. To be in this life, is to be yourself.\nA human being is fundamentally a living being engaged in life from a human perspective – personal, social, and natural life.\nBeing engaged in life is as simple as experiencing the world and expressing yourself. We engage in tasks and events that we care about. Care is central to our life. We tend to seek out and engage in those things we care about, i.e. those things we find interest in to keep at mind or participate in activity. What you care about, in thought and activities, is very personal to you. Whatever you think and do, will become who you are; your personality, character.\nBeing a human in your own individual shape\nEssentially, we are shaped by what we experience from our environment and other people; and, we shape ourselves by what we express in thoughts, words, behavior, and actions (directed to ourselves or others).\nWhat we experience becomes our reality.\nNature: what Nature and Her beings express, you will experience\nPeople: what other people express, you will experience\nCity/Society: urban habitat and group expressions\nAs every person will experience their day, and entire life, from their own point of view and location, as well as different nature and people, every person will live a different reality.\nWhat we experience communicates with us what possibilities we have in our reality to engage in, to choose to do/act. The possibilities we observe, determine our behavior: self-expression.\nWhat we express becomes our existence.\nSelf-creation, identity: how we structure our thoughts and words, is how we structure our behavior and actions. Since you create your own thoughts and words, you become your own self-creation. You are your own design.\nIf you have an ability, but don’t practice it, you will no longer keep the ability – it will no longer be a part of You. The opposite also goes: if you start practicing something you earlier couldn’t, the thing that you practice (such as speaking kindly or playing football), will be part of You.\nWe are what we do:\n– If you are good, but don’t practice good – then you are not a good person.\n– If you are caring, and practice caring – then you are a caring person.\nIdentification is what we create and express, not what we attach to – such as things, property, text, ideas, ideology, other people, etc.\nA general mistake is doing what other people say; i.e. to structure our life (behavior, actions) according to someone else’s words and thoughts.\nSelf-fulfillment: self-fulfillment is when what we do in life (behavior, actions) corresponds to our thoughts, desires and wills. [Inner] peace and happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony; i.e. you are fulfilled. This can be as simple as desiring to eat some sweets, and doing it; or, desiring to go out for a walk, and doing it; or, desiring to study engineering, and doing it.\nIndividual Life is Founded On\nAn individual life is free from control of others. Agency means self-determination, control and influence over one’s own life. Every individual holds the power of their own life, to live a personal life. That is individual integrity.\nAgency is the self-recognition of you being an independent character, original life-form with independent will and independent power of choice to act/to do things.\nEvery being has its own nature of Being.\nA tree is different from a human in construction, function, and requirements for it to be a tree. And trees among themselves are slightly different in construction, function, and requirements – that is why each tree is different and original in itself.\nEvery human being is slightly different in construction, function, and requirement for them to be Themselves. That is called individualism – personal identity.\n– Body: your distinct individual character is in your individual DNA that gives you your personal eye color, finger prints, voice, length and other things. [Biology]\n– Mind: your distinct individual character is in your mind’s ability to process and imagine. Think differently, vision differently, dream differently. [Psychology]\n– Soul: your distinct individual character is also in your soul, that is filled with personal ambiance and essence like no other.\nDespite any similarities by which people are identified as members of humankind, and despite any behavioral regularities which are involved in any personal events, individuals will always be exceptional on their own by their own nature; identity. Every human has their own values, traditions, rituals, believes, and so on. In other words, each person has their own culture and religion they identify with. This distinction makes each person a subject, not an object. An individual is not something of a replica of a material construction, but an individual is mostly a self-created (non-material) somebody who hold subjective (personal) likings/disliking, desires, wills, skills, traits, talents, and so forth. For example, you cannot explain who your friend is without describing their exceptional nature/identity that distinct that friend from other people.\nThe entire Life rest on the axiom: one thing is not another thing. Especially, one Self is not another Self. My good is my good, and your good is yours. My interest and will, are my interest and will; and, your interest and will are yours. My thoughts in my head are mine, and your thoughts are yours. I cannot voice my thoughts in your head, for it is not my head to fill and dominate.\nRight to privacy means right to be yourself – from other people and their voices and wills. Privacy is the act of respect for a person’s Self-integrity; that you are original and autonomous as any other form of life. Privacy is the state of being apart from company when desired, and being apart from observation of any being – close family, friends, neighbors or the government. Privacy is the space to be yourself, without judgement or questioning. It is the time of personal retreat, of thoughts or activities, where one enjoys the company of oneself – in solitude. It is the time of self-fulfillment, self-development, and self-company.\nTo be private, does not mean to exclude information that is of importance to other persons, only that one care to be oneself only by oneself. To lead a private life, free from observation and regulation, you are required to be self-aware and self-regulating if thoughts or actions were to become injure-causing to other beings. Your privacy dissolves in that moment where intentions of harmful nature are revealed to be true, based on great evidence of such, but never ahead.\nAuthenticity is to live a life true to your own nature (identity: body–mind–soul), regardless of what era or place in the world you find yourself in, and regardless to what cultural and religious predetermined business and manner demanding of you.\nAuthenticity means you self-determine your own life by considering all possibilities in life to shape your own existence. To live an authentic life, you must be engaged in your own thoughts to learn what you care for, and examine the world/reality that you are exposed to, to learn whether or not they help you to live a life you care to live. To be authentic is to fully be your own – to live a life of your own.\nIt is not only human animals who have personalities, unique traits and skills that distinct themselves from other of the same kind. Other animals and plants are just like us: within group, constructed near identical (biologically) but every subject/person are exceptional in their own creation by their own nature – of liking/disliking, desires, traits, wills, and so forth. That is why every dog or cat have different personalities, and we can tell them apart even if two dogs looked alike. Dogs and cats are two species we have close enough interaction with to observe and learn their personality traits, and even develop compassion to from empathy (empathy: understanding from recognition of similarities between you and another individual). Since we don’t have close relationship to most other animals, or plants, we tend to draw the conclusion that they all are the same by same construction. We fail to observe personality traits, and we thus fail to give respect to each individual life and only treat them as an object (one of many of the same “things”). This disrespect is a great injustice. Discriminatory and aggressive, as living beings are perceived as objects (material things) and not as original forms of life.\nThe Nature of Humans\nConstruction: Body – Mind – Soul\nFunction/Purpose: being human\n> Experience: what you Take In (influx), use our senses, body, mind and emotions to observe everything that fills our space, feed and nurture our inside from the outside.\n> Expression: what you Give Out (out-flux), to express ourselves with our body, mind emotions.\nIt pains us to not use our legs, as it is in our nature to move our bodies.\nIt pains us not to speak a word, as it is in our nature to use our voice.\nIt pains us not to use our minds, as it is in our nature to be curious (searching for understanding) and creative (inventive for development).\nIt pains us not to be outdoors or among people, as it is in our nature to be in nature and social.\nIt pains us not to love, as it is in our nature to care and be cared for.\n= Pain is a communicator between the body and mind and soul that the function abnormal, unfulfilling or injure-causing. Pain communicates wrong; dysfunction.\nSomething is done wrong, for the effect is not natural (positive and true) to our human being.\nRequirement: Health. Time. Energy. Nature. Flexibility & Mobility. Family, Friends and Community.\nPrinciples of Individuality\nGive respect to each individual life, human and non-human, and receive respect to your individual life\nDon’t obstruct or destruct another beings’ individual life, founded on agency, identity, privacy, and authenticity\nNever be the source of someone’s bad/negative experience\nNever hinder or limit someone’s self-expressions\n>> Enabling Factors: for individuality\nFactors for autonomy: self-leadership, self-regulation and self-determination.\nHealth: health is both an instrument and an end in itself. With poor health, thinking and caring for oneself and others cannot be done. Health is a foremost requirement for individual life.\nDemocracy: equal space for equal influence.\nCo-Operation and Respect: collaboration liberates time and energy for you to have space for a personal life instead of doing all work singlehandedly, in a system of solidarity and mutual-aid.\nEducation: knowledge-base, of language, science, emotions, social and technical skills.\nCritical Thinking: individual thought and judgement for an autonomous life.\nMoral Judgement: to distinct right from wrong. Morals govern reason and action.\n>> Instrumental Factors/Elements\nLanguage: verbal and written communication\nKnowledge base/Literacy: Health Literacy, Self Literacy, Ecologic Literacy\nCognitive ability: to organize information and thoughts\nEmotional ability: to express and read emotional communication\nSocial organization: space and mobility for experiences and expressions\nInstrumental things need to be practiced, not only read about.\nLogic + Emotion + Learning.\nThe educational system will be transformed to match the way people, children and adults, learn. Contextual learning, and practical learning is more efficient, simpler and long-lasting.\n[Continue Reading & Learn More]\nSociety is a means for individuality; the individual is not a means for society. Your life is not a tool to fulfill the majority, for that would be oppression. A social system is liberal, and based on your free will to participate.\n[Continue Reading & Learn More]\n(more to come - site under construction)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.boukjecnossen.nl/writing-on-art/","date":"2019-09-15T20:46:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514572289.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20190915195146-20190915221146-00335.warc.gz","language_score":0.8521666526794434,"token_count":83,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__112481514","lang":"en","text":"By Boukje Cnossen\nOn March 20, 2015\nMy reviews and essays have appeared in art and culture magazines such as Rekto:verso, Theatermaker, De Gids, Metropolis M and Time Out Magazine. I continue to contribute essays to artist publications and catalogues.\nComments are closed.\n(C) 2015 - 2108 Boukje Cnossen.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.ankitsingla.com/about/","date":"2018-02-25T19:05:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891816912.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20180225190023-20180225210023-00217.warc.gz","language_score":0.9105210304260254,"token_count":167,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__150273359","lang":"en","text":"About Your Friend - Ankit Singla\nI'll call you my \"Friend\" coz calling you \"web visitor\" don't gives a personal touch. Right?\nSo, hello my new friend.. I'm glad you are interested in knowing about me.\nI'm a Full-time Blogger and a YouTuber. I make my living online by sharing my learnings and experience on my ⤷web-assets.⤶\nI spend most of my time in learning various new things. I'm an epic book lover. I have read over 30 books till now and have a collection of over 100 books. If you know how to speed read, please drop me an email and let me know.\nYou can connect with this 25 Years Young man anytime in Delhi, the Heart of INDIA.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://avengingmumford.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-03-11T18:34:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1394011240269/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305092040-00056-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9078711867332458,"token_count":349,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-10__0__214795289","lang":"en","text":"\"We're gonna get where we're going, you and me. Death and indignity be damned...we'll get there..and we'll be the stars we were always meant to be.\"\nBe all like, “I have a fiction paper due and I wanna be on Ernest Hemingway’s level.”\nI HAVE A MIGHTY NEED\nall right where can I find this??\nwe could hang Anne Hathaway up right now and she could be a disco ball in that dress\nan incredibly attractive disco ball\nmake all the boy disco balls go\nwhere the fuck is you, romeo\nFuck you, the original line in Romeo and Juliet is “Wherefore art thou”. And maybe if you stopped being an assumption-making bag of fucking asshole, you’d know that wherefore does NOT FUCKING MEAN “WHERE”, WHEREFORE MEANS “WHY”.\nSHE’S ASKING WHY HIS NAME IS ROMEO. FUCK ALL OF YOU. FUCK ALL OF YOU HARD UP THE TOENAIL. I TAKE MY SHAKESPEARE SERIOUSLY AS TITS.\nwhy the fuck is you romeo\nCastle & Firefly ReferencesBest.\ni may not be over it but i will never be as not over it as nathan fillion is\nWhy do movies show “nerdy girls” as carrying a billion books, and then portray them as physically weak? If a girl can carry the harry potter series, the lotr trilogy, and all of her textbooks then she can probably lift the protagonist football star and throw him across the football field","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://vivdunstan.co.uk/publications/","date":"2020-03-28T18:39:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370492125.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20200328164156-20200328194156-00555.warc.gz","language_score":0.7079954147338867,"token_count":1635,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-16","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__50106067","lang":"en","text":"History journal articles and book chapters\n- Dunstan, V.S. “Glimpses into a Town’s Reading Habits in Enlightenment Scotland: Analysing the Borrowings of Gray Library, Haddington, 1732-1816”. In Journal of Scottish Historical Studies, Vol. 26 (2006), pp. 42-59. Edinburgh University Press retains the IPR but a full PDF of the article is available freely here, under their green Open Access rules. dunstanJSHS.pdf\n- Dunstan, V.S. “Thoughts on archives: informal observations on locating records, facilities and access”. In Scottish Archives, Vol. 12 (2006), pp. 6-11.\n- Dunstan, V. “Book Ownership in Late Eighteenth-Century Scotland: a Local Case Study of Dumfriesshire Inventories”. In Scottish Historical Review, Vol. 91 number 2 (October 2012), pp. 265-286. Edinburgh University Press retains the IPR but a full PDF of the article is available freely here, under their green Open Access rules. dunstanSHR.pdf\n- Book review of K. A. Manley, “Books, Borrowers, and Shareholders: Scottish Circulating and Subscription Libraries before 1825, A Survey and Listing” (Edinburgh: Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, 2012). In Journal of Scottish Historical Studies, Vol. 33 number 2 (November 2013), pp. 295-296.\n- Dunstan, V. “Professionals, their Private Libraries, and Wider Reading Habits in Late Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century Scotland”. In Library & Information History, Vol. 30 number 2 (May 2014), pp. 110-128.\n- Dunstan, V.S. “Comparing Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Scottish Reading Habits with England”. In Review of Scottish Culture, Vol. 26 (2014), pp. 42-48.\n- Dunstan, V.S. “Two Booksellers in South-West Scotland in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries: The Records of Ebenezer Wilson and James Meuros”. In Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, Vol. 11 (2016), pp. 43-63.\n- Dunstan, V. “Chapmen in Eighteenth-Century Scotland”. In Scottish Literary Review, Vol. 9 number 1 (Spring/Summer 2017), pp. 41-57.\n- Dunstan, V.S. “Reading Strategies in Scotland circa 1750-1820”, in Daniel Bellingradt, Paul Nelles and Jeroen Salman (eds), Books in Motion in Early Modern Europe: Beyond Production, Circulation and Consumption (October 2017), book chapter pp. 221-242, published by Palgrave in their New Directions in Book History series\n- Dunstan, V. “The State of Scottish Bookselling circa 1800”, in Shanti Graheli (ed), Buying and Selling: The Business of Books in Early Modern Europe (February 2019), book chapter pp. 261-275, published by Brill in their Library of the Written Word series.\nInteractive fiction publications\n- Keller, D., Ardis. P., Dunstan, V., Thornton, A., Henry, R., and Witty, B. “Gaming, Identity, and Literacy”, in C.L. Selfe and G.E. Hawisher (eds), Gaming Lives in the Twenty-First Century: Literate Connections (New York, 2007), pp. 71-87.\nPersistent Programming Research Group\nThis section lists the publications which I co-authored while a member of this group at St Andrews.\n- Connor, R.C.H., Cutts, Q.I., Kirby, G.N.C., Moore, V.S. & Morrison, R. “Unifying Interaction with Persistent Data and Program”. In Proc. 2nd International Workshop on User Interfaces to Databases, Ambleside, Cumbria (1994) pp 185-200.\n- Morrison, R., Connor, R.C.H., Cutts, Q.I., Dunstan, V.S. & Kirby, G.N.C. “Exploiting Persistent Linkage in Software Engineering Environments”. In Computer Journal 38, 1 (1995) pp 1-16.\n- Kirby, G.N.C., Brown, A.L., Connor, R.C.H., Cutts, Q.I., Dearle, A., Dunstan, V.S., Morrison, R. & Munro, D.S. Napier88 Standard Library Reference Manual (Release 2.2.1). University of St Andrews (1996).\n- Zirintsis, E., Dunstan, V.S., Kirby, G.N.C. & Morrison, R. “Hyperprogramming in Java”. In Proc. 3rd International Workshop on Persistence and Java (PJW3), Tiburon, California, 1998 (published 1999), pp. 370-382.\n- Morrison, R., Connor, R., Cutts, Q., Dunstan, V., and Kirby, G., “Exploiting Persistent Linkage in Software Engineering Environments”, in M.P. Atkinson and R. Welland (eds), Fully Integrated Data Environments: Persistent Programming Languages, Object Stores, and Programming Environments (Berlin, 2000), pp. 511-514.\n- Connor, R., Cutts, Q., Kirby, G., Dunstan, V., and Morrison, R., “Unifying Interaction with Persistent Data and Program”, in M.P. Atkinson and R. Welland (eds), Fully Integrated Data Environments: Persistent Programming Languages, Object Stores, and Programming Environments (Berlin, 2000), pp. 519-522.\nFor more information on the project, see the GENUKI home page.\n- Austen, M., Dunstan, V., Randell, B., Stanier, A., Stringer, P. & Woodgate, J. “An Information Service for United Kingdom & Ireland Genealogy based on the Internet’s World Wide Web”. In Computers in Genealogy 5, 7 (1995) pp 297-307.\n- Austen, M., Dunstan, V., Randell, B., Stanier, A., Stringer, P. & Woodgate, J. “An Internet-Based Genealogical Reference Library for the United Kingdom & Ireland”. In Family Researcher, Dec/Jan 1995/6, pp 14-15.\n- Dunstan, V.S. “GENUKI and the Internet”. In Borders Family History Society Magazine 35 (1997) p 20.\nDesign of genealogical software\n- Dunstan, M.N. & Dunstan, V.S. “Genealogical Software when storage-space is at a premium”. In Computers in Genealogy 6, 1 (1997) pp 24-29.\n- Dunstan, V.S. “Customizable Genealogical Software”. In Computers in Genealogy 6, 4 (1997) pp 166-168.\n- Dunstan, V.S. “Coldingham Mortcloth Records”. In Borders Family History Society Magazine 28 (1995) p 6.\n- Dunstan, V.S. “Indexing burial records and newspapers”. In Society of Indexers’ Genealogical Group Newsletter 18 (1998) pp 18-20.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.ariadne-thread.com/tag/historical-costumes/","date":"2020-04-08T06:35:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371810617.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20200408041431-20200408071931-00542.warc.gz","language_score":0.9412996172904968,"token_count":227,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-16","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__183073058","lang":"en","text":"“Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.”\n“Emma” by Jane Austen.\nContinue reading “Emma Woodhouse”\nProbably, because I like to sew, I’m interested in fashion history as well. My dolls are the perfect models to sew and try historical garments on them. Looking through “The Tudor Tailor” book by Jane Malcolm-Davies and Ninya Mikhaila, I burned with passion to sew Tudor French gowns for my girls.\nContinue reading “Tudor French gown”\nI sewed this Victorian era costume that includes the dress itself, chemise, drawers, stockings, a corset and a petticoat, for a game, where I should to take final pictures on a real Historical place.\nContinue reading “Victorian era dress”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://kennethormandy.com/list/2023-04-07/","date":"2023-12-02T08:22:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100381.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202073445-20231202103445-00839.warc.gz","language_score":0.9786120653152466,"token_count":212,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__224816504","lang":"en","text":"Whether or not this particular book is as good as its reputation is immaterial: it’s not how its intended to be read (and many books like this will actually tell you as much).\nSome books in our field feel like they should be on your shelf, or that someone will ask you if you have read it, and you will be able to say “Yes.”\nReading a book like this start to finish, instead of applying or referencing it, got me there and not much further.\nI’d like to think I wouldn’t fall into this trap again, but I think type books can do this a bit more subtly than programming books. They are visual, they are much more likely to be beautiful objects in their own right, not just reference manuals. And of course we love them for that reason too, but it depends on what you want out of them.\nThere’s no substitute for having these books open alongside you, as you do the real thing.\nUntil next time,","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://xuxp.cation74.ru/self-esteem-teen-dating-violence-321.html","date":"2019-01-19T22:49:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583684033.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20190119221320-20190120003320-00336.warc.gz","language_score":0.9463512897491455,"token_count":515,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__143039987","lang":"en","text":"This can lead to serious injuries, and sadly, sometimes death.\nA person with high self-esteem can also be affected by dating violence, but generally, someone with high self-esteem will be more empowered to leave a relationship that is marked with a high degree of controlling and abusive behavior.\nMETHODS: Secondary analysis of Waves 1 (1994–1995), 2 (1996), and 3 (2001–2002) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a nationally representative sample of US high schools and middle schools.\nParticipants were 5681 12- to 18-year-old adolescents who reported heterosexual dating experiences at Wave 2.\nOften it may exclusively involve emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and stalking.\nBasically, dating violence offenders always feel the need to be in control of their partners (victims).\nShe has written a book, Tornado Warning, A Memoir Of Teen Dating Violence And Its Effect On A Woman’s Life, started a non-profit organization which seeks to build self-esteem in girls called Girls Know More, and is out in our community speaking to high schools and organizations about the realities of relationship abuse.\nShe is demystifying the myths of abusive relationships one person at a time—abuse can happen to anyone, it does not discriminate and awareness begins with having the courage to stand up and ask people to see it for what it is and join her in her crusade to end it.\nPerhaps the articles that Elin has published on the subject of teen dating violence and prevention, her book Tornado Warning, and recent speaking engagements in community schools may provide some consolation and hope to the family and friends of Yeardley Love.We consulted with girls around the world to better understand their personal obstacles.These girls reported, overwhelmingly, multiple challenges and sources of stress—violence, dating, peer pressure, depression, lack of self-esteem, and family or cultural expectations.Know the facts, understand teen dating abuse and recognize the signs to ensure young women know what a healthy vs. Research Paper: If She Can Dream It Providing Role Models and Mentors for 21st Century Girl Empowerment.In many cases, self-esteem and domestic violence go hand in hand.Outcome measures were reported at Wave 3, and included depressive symptomatology, self-esteem, antisocial behaviors, sexual risk behaviors, extreme weight control behaviors, suicidal ideation and attempt, substance use (smoking, heavy episodic drinking, marijuana, other drugs), and adult intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://shopsheepish.co.uk/hands/","date":"2018-03-20T19:09:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257647530.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20180320185657-20180320205657-00358.warc.gz","language_score":0.9688572883605957,"token_count":237,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__124892689","lang":"en","text":"Our fortnightly Silent Hour starts with a short reflective reading and for this mornings I was drawn to Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem Daily which is from Tender Spot. it reflects on all we do on a daily basis with our hands. She cites simple things which we all do but which we, all, I think can do with more intention. Just the act of folding washing can be seen as a spiritual act rather than as one of those necessary chores.\nYesterday I walked on the Long Mynd and I was suddenly conscious (probably due to the poem) of how frequently I use my hands to gather information about the landscape. I know the temperature of the water, the texture of the hawthorn trunk, the flexibility of the reeds as they parted to enable my trailing fingers to pass.\nIt was my Mother’s hands I most minded being cremated. I saw my Mother thorough the generosity and wisdom of her hands. She used them to create our landscapes through art, baking, polishing, gardening, clothing us and by showing love. She protected us with the strength of her hands.\nToday I will endeavour to do the same.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://encludeproject.eu/about/objectives","date":"2023-06-03T15:59:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649293.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603133129-20230603163129-00563.warc.gz","language_score":0.8952648639678955,"token_count":605,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__256918065","lang":"en","text":"The Energy Citizens for Inclusive Decarbonization (ENCLUDE) project addresses the need to better define, contextualize, and integrate energy citizenship into decision making processes by acknowledging and including different types of knowledge from diverse groups in order to co-produce strategies for mobilizing and scaling up energy citizenship initiatives for inclusive energy transitions. Through the implementation of a mixed-method and transdisciplinary research framework, ENCLUDE aims to rethink and redesign engagement processes between government, business, civil society organizations, and citizens for a decarbonized future for and by all.\nDevelop a validated typology of energy citizenship at multiple scales (local, regional, national, supranational) and within an inclusive range of cultural, social, economic, and political contexts.\nReach an integrated understanding of the individual and collective factors that lead to the emergence and consolidation of energy citizenship. Through the analyses of group dynamic processes, ENCLUDE will integrate individual and collective factors for understanding the emergence and consolidation of energy citizenship through studying cognitive norms, energy practices material culture, and group dynamic actions.\nAssess the decarbonization potential of energy citizenship based on an improved understanding of energy citizenship types, an identification of clusters of citizens, and through the emergence and consolidation of factors of energy citizenship. ENCLUDE will integrate qualitative factors governing energy decision-making and practices into the design of decarbonization pathways. We bring together the outputs from O1 into an ensemble of models including agent-based, demand-side management, and integrated assessment models. With this integration, we quantify decarbonization pathway potentials and determine the trade-offs between the drivers, barriers, uncertainties, and impacts of energy citizenship.\nCreate context-appropriate guidelines for local and regional policymakers that help to mobilize an inclusive range of stakeholders for decarbonization. Through an online, interactive platform, with information offered on the basis of the needs and context of the reader, the guidelines will support policy and decision-makers, who want to mobilize citizens for decarbonization from diverse communities. The content of the platform will be a synthesis of ENCLUDE outcomes that is refined and co-created through citizen engagement.\nDevelop novel forms of citizen engagement that support co-creation and effective implementation. Based on the insights on energy citizenship from ENCLUDE and further literature review of collective action strategies, a 5-module program will be developed to train 50 citizens from around the EU and internationally, recruited especially from regions with little decarbonization activity. These participants will launch their own community initiatives after the program.\nProvide participants not only with new knowledge but also capture and document participants’ experiences and knowledge in order to promote learning across different countries and regions to improve future training materials and research questions. The participants of the ENCLUDE school for energy citizen leadership will become a network of “decarbonization ambassadors”, who will spread the knowledge of energy citizenship to seed future collective action.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://shop.birdhouseyarns.com/shop/Literature/Books/p/52-Weeks-of-Socks-from-Laine-Publishing-x46838404.htm","date":"2022-10-04T12:57:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337504.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20221004121345-20221004151345-00104.warc.gz","language_score":0.7216334342956543,"token_count":347,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__242538178","lang":"en","text":"A must have for the sock knitter or wannabe sock knitter in your life, even if it's you. 52 Weeks of Socks delivers 52 exquisite designs that will delight you.\nFrom Laine: 52 Weeks of Socks is the first hardcover book of Laine Publishing. This publication contains 52 knitting patterns by 46 designers, and is a true encyclopedia of socks. Patterns are beautifully photographed and laid out on 256 pages in the style Laine is known and loved for.\nThe book contains patterns from the following designers: Heidi Alander, Fiona Alice, Gina Baglia, Ainur Berkimbayeva, Katrine Birkenwasser, Karen Borrel, Sachiko Burgin, Diana Clinch, Verena Cohrs, Valentina Consalvi, Rachel Coopey, Nele Druyts, Marion Em, Lindsey Fowler, Fabienne Gassmann, Lucinda Guy, Dawn Henderson, Anja Heumann, Tiina Huhtaniemi, Caitlin Hunter, Mieka John, Amanda Jones, Joséphine & the seeds, Pauliina Karru, Isabell Kraemer, Tatiana Kulikova, Joji Locatelli, Erika López, Andrea Mowry, Paula Pereira, Rosa Pomar, Elena Potemkina, Amelia Putri, Emily Joy Rickard, Mona Schmidt, Nataliya Sinelshchikova, Marceline Smith, Minna Sorvala, Helen Stewart, Charlotte Stone, Becky Sørensen, Niina Tanskanen, Natalia Vasilieva, Kristine Vejar, Kajsa Vuorela and Mariya Zyaparova.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.iip.kit.edu/english/1305_1568.php","date":"2020-02-25T11:57:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875146066.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20200225110721-20200225140721-00130.warc.gz","language_score":0.8115538954734802,"token_count":444,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__11706856","lang":"en","text":"To support climate protection in Germany, suitable initiatives, especially concerning the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, need to be pushed forward on all levels within the country. In this context, the implementation of measures on local, communal level is highly important.\nTogether with the aforementioned project partners the DFIU made a feasibility study for climate neutrality in the district of Karlsruhe. This study is part of the competition “Klimaneutrale Kommune” (climate-neutral community) sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector Baden-Württemberg,. In the study it is examined, if the objective of a strong reduction of CO2-emissions of 2 tons of CO2 per capita per year can be reached in the long term (until 2050). It is analysed, which fields of action and measures in which areas are necessary to reach the objective and what are the expenses. The focus is on mobility, demands of electricity and energy for heating in domestic households, in the trade-and-service sector and the industry sector as well as on energy production and distribution.\nKÜHLEN, A.; STENGEL, J; SCHULTMANN, F. (2012): Feasibility study for private households towards a zero carbon economy in 2050. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Building Sustainability Assessment (BSA 2012), Porto, p. 827-836.\nVOGELEY, D.; GROH, B.; WAND, S.; KÜHLEN, A.; STENGEL, J.; SCHULTMANN, F.; STELZER, V.; WOLPENSINGER, H.; REITZE, F.; TORO, F.; HERBST, A.; JOCHEM, E.; HEDEL, R.; KUNZE, J. (2011): Klimaneutrales Karlsruhe 2050 – Machbarkeitsstudie zur Klimaneutralität im Stadtkreis Karlsruhe. Karlsruhe: Stadt Karlsruhe, 220 p.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://selpher.wordpress.com/","date":"2020-01-18T03:36:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250591763.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20200118023429-20200118051429-00498.warc.gz","language_score":0.9712443947792053,"token_count":1870,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__197660902","lang":"en","text":"Ingokhosiosis is basically a chicken who suffered a “miscarriage” 😦\nMeaning we either miscalculated her eggs and ate all of them, without keeping some for her breeding. Or she sleeps on the eggs but they hatch zero. Or rather a miscarriage of justice happens with the hatching squad.\nNow the only problem this presents, is that the hen will continue to pretend that it has new chicks. Even in the obvious absentia of the chicks.\nSo my mum usually goes to bath it in the cold river water. And after the Baptism of fire, the hen completely forgets about the trauma loss. And is free to date again. Cause it’s single to mingle with Bwana Jogoo.\nWell, I thank God, that in him, we are never truly forgotten. No matter what we pass through in life. He holds us safely in the palms of his hand.\nHave you seen a prayerful woman?\nI tell you nothing will kill her faith\nNor dim the light of Jesus in her.\nBrave soldier she is.\nMany will stand against her\nBut never will she give them the pleasure of giving up\nBeautiful inside out\nShe draws her strength from the Spirit of God\nHer lights shines like the morning star\nBringing hope to those who look up to her\nKindness is her weakness\nMercy is her fault\nShe is going places this woman\nFar she goes\nFlying up and up\nDown isn’t her abode anymore\nFor she soars with the eagles\nFor greatness lies in her!\nYou don’t need a massive number of followers\nFor God to confirm his gift upon you.\nJust be loyal to the one who called and chose you\nFor many are called but few are the chosen ones.\nBesides Jesus had a massive number of crowds thronging about him\nFrom town to town.\nSadly instead of focusing on the bread of life that he offered\nMany followed him for the bread and fish he provided\nTo satisfy their physical belly rather than the spiritual one.\nAmong those who followed him were spies and traitors\nThose who waited for him to sin and make a mistake.\nSome who loved the law of man over God’s law\nAnd those who followed him with pure malice\nIn order to contend and pull him down.\nYou have a gift?\nBe gracious that the Holy spirit confirms it\nThat’s the only affirmation you need.\nFor when men exalt you, they will push you down!\nBut when God exalts you, then up you will always be at the top!\nHad gone to that primary school for a Sexual Reproductive Health facilitation session. Because am a facilitator/Counsellor and Trainer in regards to HIV/AID’s, Drug abuse, Teenage pregnancy, Abortion amongst other things.\nI reported my arrival to the administration block. And the Deputy principal sent a small girl on an errand\n:Go call any one in that class over there👉\nThe girl went to that class, stood at the door and started shouting\nLittle girl: ANYONE ANYONE ANYONE😁😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣\nI have had trouble learning to pronounce the word CONSCIENCE, War, Son and many others. It’s not easy. But we are learning daily. 😁\nBible Reference: 1 Chronicles 4:9-10\nJabez was more honourable than his brothers. But his name meant pain in Hebrew. Despite the oil of honour upon him, this man couldn’t advance because of the tag of pain. There was an altar of pain in his life but we thank God for his grace!\nThere’s something about names, that believers have to pay more attention to it. Because names have great power and can control the rise and fall of a person. Rachel named her last born Ben-Oni which means son of trouble in Hebrew. But Jacob being a man of the spirit, renamed him Benjamin, which means son of my right hand!\nJabez knew that no one could rescue him, hence he called upon the name of God!\nI’ll reference Jeremiah 33:3\n:Call to me and I will answer you,\nAnd tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know,\nJabez prayer was, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.”\nAND GOD GRANTED HIS REQUEST!\n-Unless you break down the altars of darkness in your life, it will always be hard for the oil of honour and blessings to work in your life. Darkness will always try to suffocate any goodness in you. Reason why God asked Gideon to first burn the gods of his father.\n-MAY GOD GRANT YOUR REQUEST TODAY!\n-WE SERVE A GOD OF GREAT THINGS!\nI just remembered something during my childhood days, and it really was humorous to recall it, though at that time, it wasn’t funny at all. I was around 12 years, money was missing in the house, am sure my younger brother took it! 😂 He was always stealing stuff from the house. Anyway, our aunt called us and asked for the culprit to confess in order to receive mercy! 😂😂😂 How convinient! My brother never confesses his atrocities 🤷♂️\nAm always bearing the burden of his bad behaviour, talk of being the first born. Anyway, my aunt asked us to undress, stark naked in order to receive our punishment 🙄\nEish! My stress levels had already risen up. I freaked out cause I was afraid of being whipped. No, an African parent BEATS! 😢😂\nMy heart was thumping and racing up and down, when thè whip fell on my young skin 😭\nOf course what followed was my loud screams as auntie alternated the whip between me and bro. When things got too hot to withstand, I just rushed out naked to the next room😂😂😂😂😂\nMind you, at that time, we were living in rental house that had other tenants. So we had two rooms, one consisted of our bedroom and sitting room 🤷♂️\nWhile the other room was our parents bedroom and kitchen, while a veranda was in between the rooms, that led to other tenants rooms! Am proud of my humble upbringing. So you can imagine what was happening, when the whip became unbearable, I would just rush out to the other room, and my aunt would follow me running\nI wish I had the bravery to rush out, but I couldn’t, I was incapacitated by my nakedness 🙄😁\nI was a child then but well, kids understand this stuff. So when my brother saw that my aunt was unrelenting in the punishment course, bro fled out of the house naked 🙄🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂\nI wish I could follow but mehn👋😂\nWell, auntie was double angry because my bro run away, and of course I got double punishment 😢\nYani, auntie hit me until my body became numb. Couldn’t feel any pain. But because she’s an African parent, I dare not stop crying cause she will think that I am rude, and I don’t want her to kill me😂😭 bitter sweet moment.\nSo after auntie was done with whipping me, was asked to shower, mehn, the sting was itching and what not.\nAbout bro, I don’t know who gave him shorts 😂 but he didn’t come home until he spotted mum coming from work. So they came along, as he told mum what happened to us. 😂\nMum was super angry, not that she’s against discipline, nah but there’s a difference between punishment to correct and abuse. My aunt would have killed me. And mum just told her, ” wait until you get children, am very sure you won’t be beating them like you did with mine.”\nTrue to mum’s word, those auntie’s that made us eat dust😂😂😂 , it’s just a word expression that means, ‘one who makes you suffer’ not literal dust eating😂😂😂\nFinal word, I am not even allowed to pinch my cousins 😂😂😂😂😂😂\n#Started writing again after many years\n#Yes it’s a true story","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://theangelicjourney.deviantart.com/","date":"2016-08-28T12:01:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-36/segments/1471982938776.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160823200858-00149-ip-10-153-172-175.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9712148308753967,"token_count":153,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-36","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-36__0__59707267","lang":"en","text":"This art was for Helvetica Brown and her BB story.\nI had a lot of fun working on it! ( This is actually from 4 months ago, but I'm just gonna pretend I keep my DA up to date.\nTools: Special marker paper, Copic markers & Photoshop.A Big Bang (for those who might be curious) is a collaboration between fic authors and fandom artists. Also involved in that collaboration are beta readers and the cheerleaders who keep everyone motivated along the way.\nNormally the fandom artist makes an illustration based on a draft from the fic author, but this time it was the other way around.\nIf you want the link to the original story, send me a PM and I'll send it to ya.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://classifieds.acceleweb.com/services_offered/waynesboro-pa-united-states-top-talent-agencies","date":"2019-06-18T23:45:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998844.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20190618223541-20190619005541-00099.warc.gz","language_score":0.956527590751648,"token_count":131,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__143037172","lang":"en","text":"Top talent agencies (Waynesboro, PA)Posted: About 6 years ago\nLocation: Waynesboro, PA\nLooking for an Agent to help promote screen plays and a looking for a literary agent to help promote book publishing. I have been published twice -We can make history. I have a Sci-fi which is ready to go to film and an autobiography ready for print. I am an up and coming writer who has a few projects that are new and truly innovating. I am looking to be taken to the next level. If you can be of any assistance - inbox me. Many Blessings!\nSerious Inquiries only!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://woodmontdesmoineslibraries.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html","date":"2018-05-25T10:40:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867085.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525102302-20180525122302-00533.warc.gz","language_score":0.9235997796058655,"token_count":642,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__80923733","lang":"en","text":"Community Liaison Contact: Carol Van Baalen\nHappy New Year! With the beginning of a new year, our three libraries are busy with a wealth of special programs for library patrons. Here is a sampling for the month of January:\nWoodmont: Tuesday, January 3, 7-9pm, and Wednesday, January 4, 1-3pm.\nClear Your Clutter and Organize for the New Year\nKent: Monday, January 9, 7pm\nSponsored by the Friends of the Kent Library\nBridge to Basics\nKent: Monday, January 9, 2-4pm\nWoodmont: Monday, January 9, 3-5pm\nBridge to Basics connects people to public benefits and money saving services such as food stamps, health care, utility assistance and other community resources. Presented by WithinReach.\nHow to Grow Good Roses\nKent: Saturday, January 28, 1pm\nClifford Kicks Off Winter Story Times\nBring your children or grandchildren, and get back in the Story Time habit. Clifford, the Big Red Dog, will make a guest appearance at the first story time of the new year.\nWoodmont: Tuesday, January 10, at 7pm\nKent: Thursday, January 12, at 1:30pm\nDes Moines: Tuesday, January 17, at 10:15am\nJoin a Book Group in 2012\nIf you’re not already in a book group, consider joining one of the groups that meet monthly at our libraries. Here’s the schedule for January:\nKnit Lit Book Group at Woodmont: Thursday, January 5, 6-8pm. This month’s book: Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay.\nAfter Lunch Book Bunch at Kent: Wednesday, January 11, 1pm. This month’s book: I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg\nWoodmont Book Group: Thursday, January 19, 7pm. This month’s book: Ford County by John Grisham\nDes Moines Book Group: Wednesday, January 25, 7pm. This month’s book: Agent Zigzag: a true story of Nazi Espionage, Love and Betrayal.\nCopies of the books for discussion are available at the library front desk, and new members are always welcome!\nFor a complete list of library programs, click on this link http://www.kcls.org/programs/\nDes Moines Library Advisory Board will meet at the Des Moines Library on Wednesday, January 11, at 7pm.\nThe Board’s membership will remain the same this year, as Tony Wilson and Janet Sorby will return for second terms. Other board members are Virg Staiger, Robin Lamoureux, and Melissa Ponder.\nThe next Planning Committee Meeting takes place on Thursday, January 12, 12pm at the Mercer Island Library.\nThe next Finance Committee Meeting takes place on Tuesday, January 24, 4pm at the Service Center.\nThe next KCLS Board of Trustees Meeting takes place on Tuesday, January 24, 5pm at the Service Center.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://bygracethewallaces.com/","date":"2016-02-13T08:38:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-07/segments/1454701166261.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160205193926-00293-ip-10-236-182-209.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9498806595802307,"token_count":685,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-07","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-07__0__77500211","lang":"en","text":"Just right click on the image above and save it to your computer.\nImage taken by me. Fonts used: Blingtastic & ADRIFT\nCongratulations, Melissa!!! We will get your book in the mail this week!\nChristmas is approaching, how are you preparing for this time of year?\nThis book has become a part of our nightly routine, thankfully it is also a very fun book to read as a parent (lots of rhythmic rhyming). We absolutely love it. I have three boys ages [almost] 5 , [almost] 3, & 5 months old. All three of them enjoy Peter’s Perfect Prayer Place. Recommended ages: 3-8 [with parent involvement]. Written by brothers, Stephen and Alex Kendrick, Peter’s Perfect Prayer Place is meant to go alongside the movie War Room. This book helps encourage children to find their own prayer place. We follow Peter along his journey to find the perfect place to pray. Peter’s parents help explain to him that God can hear Him anywhere and anytime. My boys used to pray before bed anyway, but now it seems there’s a little more excitement.\nThe book also comes with a Prayer Chart & colorful “I Prayed” & “God Answered” stickers. Parents will need to help the children write their prayers on the chart and then the child can place the stickers accordingly. We will actually be starting our chart next week, the boys wanted their Papa to help them with it when he comes up to visit.\nNow – It’s time for a GIVEAWAY!!!!! We were given an extra copy of Peter’s Perfect Prayer Place to give to one of our readers. Comment below the post and let us know your favorite place to pray! For extra entries, ask your children & list their responses as well! Winner will be randomly chosen and announced on Monday, November 2, 2015 & will be asked to email us with their mailing address.\nPlease note: I was given this book free of charge from B&H Publishing in exchange for an honest review. Thoughts are my own.\nPerfect Your Prayer Strategy as You Put On the Whole Armor of God\nA 7-Session Video-Driven Women’s Study for Small Groups\nAll day, every day, an invisible war rages around you — unseen, unheard, yet felt throughout every aspect of your life. A devoted, devilish enemy seeks to wreak havoc on everything that matters to you: your heart, your mind, your marriage, your children, your relationships, your resilience, your dreams, your destiny.\nBut his battle plan depends on catching you unaware and unarmed. If you’re tired of being pushed around and caught with your guard down, this study is for you.\nThe enemy always fails miserably when he meets a woman dressed for the occasion. The Armor of God, more than merely a biblical description of the believer’s inventory, is an action plan for putting it on and developing a personalized strategy to secure victory.\n“It’s a never ending pattern, played out over and over again by a progressive culture filled with craven wimps, always compensating for their moral failings by tearing down false Satans, too afraid to do battle with the real one.” – Matt Walsh","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://m2upm9q7.xanga.com/760332595/charmides-9781406945393-plato/","date":"2013-05-23T16:26:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703592489/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112632-00030-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8679660558700562,"token_count":381,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__184748306","lang":"en","text":"Paperback: 54 pages Publisher: Hard Press (November 3, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 1406945390 ISBN-13: 978-1406945393 Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.1 inches Shipping Weight: 4.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) ReadHowYouWant publishes a wide variety of best selling books in Large and Super Large fonts in partnership with leading publishers fce may 2011 answer key. EasyRead books are available in 11pt and 13pt fce may 2011 answer key. type fce may 2011 answer key. EasyRead Large books are available in 16pt, 16pt Bold, and 18pt Bold type fce may 2011 answer key. EasyRead Super Large books are available in 20pt. Bold and 24pt. Bold Type. You choose the format that is right for you.In this short dialogue, Plato, through his character has discussed a single virtue, that of temperance. The quality and its effects are analyzed deeply and discussed through different angles. Like all his works, this one also imprints itself on the mind. Thought-provoking!To find more titles in your format, Search in Books using EasyRead and the size of the font that makes reading easier and more enjoyable for you. Tags: Charmides (9781406945393) Plato , tutorials, pdf, ebook, torrent, downloads, rapidshare, filesonic, hotfile, megaupload, fileserve\nGO Charmides (9781406945393) Plato\nRelated links: Uniforms & Heraldry of The Empire Yaeger HomeStudy – CPA Review – FAR(updated 25/08/2011) Yngwie Malmsteen: Alchemy/Rising Force (Jap) Yoga: Mastering the Secrets of Matter and the Universe Yesenia Adame - Salsa... Solo!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.core4x4.com/2019/05/13/educational-essay-topic-tips-10/","date":"2019-05-26T06:05:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232258849.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20190526045109-20190526071109-00525.warc.gz","language_score":0.9523245096206665,"token_count":706,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__34433501","lang":"en","text":"In the occasion your essay is lengthy or this is a dissertation, you got to organize modest breezes of sentences after which endeavor to concentrate on each section. Each one of these points will provide you with a plan to your own article creating. Writing an essay is not any mean endeavor. It’s vital to certainly have a thesis statement composed before you begin writing your composition. This, nevertheless, is an incredibly tedious method of ending your authorship and more frequently than not doesn’t have the influence you’ll desire. They don’t get adequate time to consider creating a excellent essay composing skill. The perfect thought which you have to concentrate up on initially, is the aim of writing this composition. Regularly students attempt to steer clear of essay writing inside their own usual study course.\nOften the water is likely to be on whenever you make it, but typically this isn???t the event.\nYour writing has to be enlightening and educative. Composing introduction has to be simple and succinct. This is legitimate for each essay you create, not only about poetry, nonetheless it is especially significant if you’re writing about a composition. This is thought to be freewheeling article writing. You’re composing for an official audience to ensure your terminology ought to be proper. You should keep comprehensive notes, and recall you are not just required to compose an individual essay, there’ll be others, so be in-depth records that are going to help you in other composing. While composing argumentative essays you need to mention whether you’re creating in favour or against this problem. You should take a stand although composing a ICSE composition. 2 documents should be created determined by the quotations.\nA little waver and confusion may add together and create all of your attempt appear in useless.\nReaders’s might choose to determine on some thing imaginary, aside from being concrete normally in most essays. SAT Article Specialists will most likely tell keep from information within the body of your own composition. Pupils must write 2 documents based on both models of quotes given. While writing an essay you got to obey several fundamental steps that are natural in any kind of article. Each part of the essay should to have a unique function. The issue with making use of a quotation is it really is considered to become a lazy means to fix stop an essay. Write the last duplicate of the article. After that, summarize in your words what the one major notion of the essay is. It really is various notions and notions.\nA style has been chosen by you and chosen your key elements to make its gist typical to everybody.\nAn article might be a reflection of the author’s viewpoints and individual worth, shaped within the form of the narrative. Throughout GAMSAT homework, you have to rehearse just how to think of coherent documents within a hour. The debut of an article is the stage where the writer brings within the essential notion helping the essay writer essay. There are considerable tactics to begin an essay. For smaller essays this is sometimes put within the opening. It permits one to step back and inspect the points you’ve produced as well as their experience of the theme and the complete composition. Paraphrase important supporting factors which come up within the essay. A simple story or an anecdote which has some relation as well as the article and demonstrates the point you’re attempting to make may be an intriguing solution to stop it.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.lemurreserve.org/index.html","date":"2013-05-18T20:21:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382851/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00077-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8863464593887329,"token_count":148,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__45690939","lang":"en","text":"DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE PRIMATES OF MADAGASCAR THROUGH CAPTIVE BREEDING, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION. Ring-tailed lemur twins, pictured here with their mother, Ansell. They were born in the LCF forests in April.\nLCF Bulletin Board\nSUBSCRIBE TO LEMUR LATITUDES,\nour biweekly e-newsletter!\nSix beautiful storybooks about the adventures of young lemurs. These are not textbooks! But they are exciting, funny, scary—and scientifically accurate. Each book goes with a poster about the six species' different habitats.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ti22.livejournal.com/","date":"2017-02-20T20:01:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501170609.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104610-00189-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9775881767272949,"token_count":335,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__239164896","lang":"en","text":"dealing with the loss of a loved one is so hard. far harder than one could imagine. everybody means differently to everybody else. for some a friend, for some others, even more closer - a wife, a parent, a sibling, a son/daughter. to each their own, to some - many.\nhard to believe it was 3 sundays back that we spent an evening with a very dear friend's parents. an evening of good food, of talk, of fond memories and remembrances. few people she didn't remember/mention, or that's how it felt. people from tens of years back, some from the last few. friends, strangers, neighbours, parents, children, grand children... so many people whose path crossed theirs. the friend and i mostly listened that evening. their elderly, cheerful voices recounting good times and the occasional words of wisdom. an evening we'll remember forever - for us and for those who weren't around. felt guilty and under-deserving that the evening deserved an audience who were closer and to whom she meant far, far more than the two of us. they deserved to be around that evening. really did.\nshe passed away that saturday, unable to sustain a third heart attack in as many days. a cardiac arrest just hours after taken off life support. a grim reminder that life is so fragile. that every moment you live is a moment spent, it matters and is impossible to reclaim. that life has no \"undo\". every word said is said, every action taken is taken, every moment spent is gone. be grateful for the past times and wishful for the future.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://plmbook.com/top-3-processes-supported-by-plm-today/","date":"2023-12-10T22:37:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679102697.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20231210221943-20231211011943-00756.warc.gz","language_score":0.9433082342147827,"token_count":148,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__83495032","lang":"en","text":"The demand of manufacturing company to get organized by sustainable processes allowing to achieve their goals – manufacturing products and providing services to customers. If we think in a lower resolution about these goals, we can translate them in the list of granular goals and processes. While ERP systems are taking care of financial aspects of manufacturing and (in most cases) about procurement and manufacturing operation, PLM is focusing on the following processes – product introduction, quality, manufacturability.\nI can identify three processes that PLM systems were focusing in most of implementations I’ve seen:\n(1) New Product Introduction / Development (NPI / NPD)\n(2) Configuration management (or BoM management)\n(3) Change management","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://orderedcompany.co.uk/who-do-you-want-to-determine-your-future/","date":"2021-01-20T20:25:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703521987.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20210120182259-20210120212259-00733.warc.gz","language_score":0.9536148905754089,"token_count":1450,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__80124827","lang":"en","text":"Who do you want to determine your future?\nHaving read Shoshana Zuboff’s new book, ‘The Age of Surveillance Capitalism’, we wanted to share with you some of the key themes of the book, as they impact upon all of us as individuals, but also as citizens of the world. The question posed in this blog is ‘who do you want to determine your future?’ We suspect that your answer will neither be Google nor Facebook!\nZuboff’s book reveals a chilling vision of the near-future, in which companies and States are able to influence our decision-making ability based on data collected, processed and shared by them. The book takes us through the historical development of surveillance capitalism, which Zuboff describes as a rogue mutation of capitalism.\nIt is interesting to note that part of the reason for the lack of regulation in the industry (which might be best described as ‘data-mining’) was caused by Governments’ needs (such as the US) to increase wide-scale military surveillance, to prevent terrorist activities, such as 9/11, re-occurring.\nIn her authoritative and detailed analysis of this new era, Zuboff explains the change of the usage and value of personal data (however minor and/or incidental), exploited by companies such as Google and Facebook (to name only a couple), leaving the reader with the clear understanding that these companies are not only utilising this data to market products and services to us, but also to seek to determine what products, services and opinions we will ‘elect’ in the future. Surveillance capitalism seeks to reduce uncertainty by using our data to accurately assess decisions which we have yet to make, with a worryingly increasing degree of certainty. This would enable companies to market directly to individuals, who are, for example, walking past a coffee shop, and often stop for a coffee at that time of day, thus enticing them to enter the shop to purchase a product.\nSurveillance capitalists take ownership of our data, in many cases irrespective of our knowledge, understanding or consent, and then use that information to seek to impose upon us decisions which we are herded towards, through their marketing techniques. Zuboff quotes Frank Pasquale in her book as stating: “[d]espite [Google and Facebook’s] claims of objectivity and neutrality, they are constantly making value-laden, controversial decisions. They help create the world they claim to merely ‘show’ us.” This is evidenced, for example, in a social media newsfeed, where algorithms, derived from surplus data, select and order the content and search results.\nWhilst current online marketing practices are widely known and generally understood, the continual accumulation of data used by surveillance capitalists to know everything about us, enables them to immerse themselves into every aspect of our day-to-day lives, thus enabling marketing to become more ‘certain’ in its outcome, through personalization in content, time and location.\nWe are all amazed, and find huge delight in, how the internet has enrichened our lives, but this enrichment comes at a cost, and part of that cost is paid by us sacrificing our rights to privacy to enable the ever-increasing technological advances to provide us with more and more information.\nExamples quoted in the book include Alexa, Google Home, Pokémon Go, Google Glass, smartphones and our PCs. However, what is even more troubling is how surveillance capitalists are seeking to maximise the amount of data they collect about us, in formats such as voice recognition and facial recognition, to gain ever increased access to our data and our private lives. The reason they need this data is to increase their knowledge of our behaviours, in order to stand out from their competition with regards to marketing of messages to us, the ultimate consumers. Whilst we are the consumers of the ideas, products and services sold to us online, the companies and organisations wishing us to see those messages are the people paying for those messages to be broadcast to us. The individual does not pay the surveillance capitalist for their services, instead they pay, in kind, by providing the raw data which the surveillance capitalist needs in order to sell their services to their customers. The reduction of uncertainty in the message (and therefore the increase in the likelihood of the individual accepting the message), makes such data more valuable to the surveillance capitalist. The more raw data which the surveillance capitalist can accrue, the more valuable it becomes.\nNot surprisingly, the usage of this data is not limited to marketing opportunities relating to goods and services, but goes further into the foundations of democracy itself. Examples, which may be well-known to many of our readers, include the impact of Cambridge Analytica and Facebook in the Brexit vote and the alleged Russian interference in the last US presidential election. A more extreme and direct example was given of China, where State monitoring of individuals permeates every part of their citizens’ lives, such as schooling, travelling and work. Citizens considered to be ‘good’ are rewarded, whilst ‘bad’ citizens are punished, by, for example, restrictions on travel and the ability to purchase luxury goods.\nThe increased accumulation of what might appear to be ‘valueless’ data enables both companies and States to know many of our innermost thoughts, and to translate those into valuable assets, utilised by States and corporations to impact upon our autonomous decision-making.\nAt a time when the UK Government are seeking to impose stricter regulations on Social Media companies, it is crucial that we as individuals understand the importance of this intervention, not only in the context of children and vulnerable persons, but more widely with regards to the protection of our human rights in the murky international legal waters of ownership and protection of personal data.\nZuboff raises the difference between the EU and the US with regards to the lawful enforcement of privacy rights, and identifies the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) as one potential defence to the increase of surveillance capitalism. As she rightly states however, it remains to be seen whether this piece of legislation acts as a ‘springboard’ to challenging the legitimacy of surveillance capitalism or not. She concludes that “[s]uch a victory would depend on society’s rejection of markets based on the dispossession of human expertise as a means to the prediction and control of human behaviour for others’ profit.”\nThe book is almost 700 pages in total (although much of the text is useful references), and thus, this short summary fails entirely to give sufficient understanding of the detailed and well-reasoned lines of argument set out by Zuboff, raising awareness of the threats caused by surveillance capitalism. Suffice to say, we would highly recommend this book to anybody interested in the future of democracy and the right to self-determination. It is not a textbook about data protection legislation but rather offers an intriguing insight as to how, in the absence of adequate safeguards, our ability to make independent decisions will be severely impacted by the relentless surge of surveillance capitalism.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://monikapodbielska.pl/podcast/57/","date":"2023-10-04T03:18:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511351.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004020329-20231004050329-00156.warc.gz","language_score":0.942805290222168,"token_count":1736,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__170937743","lang":"en","text":"Jak być bardziej szczęśliwym? Odpowiedź jest tu i teraz. Posłuchaj w języku angielskim o jednej z najbardziej nośnych idei ostatniego czasu. Dowiesz się, jak zmienić swoje życie na lepsze, bardziej szczęśliwe i spełnione w sposób dostępny dla każdego. Bez rozróżnienia na płeć, wyznanie, rasę czy ogólnie pojętą zamożność.\nKoniecznie więc pobierzcie kartę pracy do dzisiejszego odcinka.\nA może chciałbyś/chciałabyś wesprzeć moją działalność? Postaw mi przysłowiową kawę – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mpodbielska\nthe Magic of Gratefulness\nGratefulness – there is another word which expresses this meaning – gratitude. In fact these mean the same, their origin is only different. The latter one comes from the Latin “gratitudo”. “Gratefulness” on the other hand comes from the Latin adjective “gratus” which means pleasing.\nFor our today’s discussion, though, we will use the word “gratefulness”. It can be understood even wider as “great – fullness”, where “fullness” is being full of life and full of happiness. And now we will see why and how it can be achieved by anyone who wishes to feel that way and be that way – saying simply – just happy.\nYou may ask what do these two concepts have in common – gratitude and happiness.\nSo far we have heard about meditation as a profound and great tool practiced for thousands of years, we are learning how to live in a mindful way. And now there is this new key to a happy and fulfilling life – gratefulness. This is the notion when we appreciate and notice the smallest and tiniest things being just around us which in fact make our life fuller, better, happier.\nAll people want to happy, everybody in his or her own absolutely individual way. And the notion of gratefulness helps to achieve the state of happiness in absolutely everybody’s life. There are a lot of people who, from our perspective have everything to be happy – money, beautiful houses, opportunities to travel and enjoy life, but very often are not. They are given a lot and are not able to appreciate it. On the other hand, people who really have suffered a lot in their lives radiate with happiness. Of course, those who are in the group of those more fortunate and wealthier may also be happy. So, what makes people happy?\n- It is the ability to appreciate the small and big things we are able to find around us that we may be grateful for.\nIdeally, if you are able to understand that every single moment is the opportunity to find a new chance and to find a possibility to be grateful for the new experiences. It can be just the blue sky above you, or a hint of color which you like, maybe it is red or green for you. Maybe it is a new pen or maybe a photo you have taken and you and just you and nobody else enjoy looking at, maybe the first wrinkle on you face which shows that you live and have lived so long. Maybe hardworking hands of a person struggling through life? Anything that gives your soul that spark of happiness and as the result you may be grateful for.\nIdeally if you would write it down, take a quick record on your phone, computer or just a sheet of paper at the end of the day; think back on your day and make a very quick, or longer entry if you prefer, note on what you may be grateful for a the end of this day.\nJust do it and wait for the magic to happen.\nI have another extremely simple exercise, which I find extremely helpful. You just have to check it for yourself! Just take a comfortable position in a quiet place. Close your eyes. With every breath you take in focus on the things you are grateful for TODAY. With every breath out think on all the bad emotions and bad experiences you have had TODAY – throw them away/breathe them out. And then another breath in and another breath out. In with notions you are grateful for, out and far away with notions which made you feel bad and made your day bad. In and out. In and out. It is better now, isn’t it? Life is beautiful for you again.\nGratefulness is available to every single person, of any religion and approach to life. It is the key to live a fulfilling and happy life. You will see that It may help you more than meditation, yoga, mindfulness or anything else you take up to help you deal with life. It helps to find sense in every moment and experience in your life. Even the hardest one.\nYes, there are moments that are difficult and we cannot be grateful for them. We have to find moments which create opportunities to be grateful for.\nAnd it brings us to the merit of patience. Patience helps to wait for the events and experience which we can be grateful for.\nMany people rush through life, spend their days at work, always in a hurry. But you may find in the life happiness and gratefulness. Enough is to think about it. What moment has brought something valuable to me? What has taught me something? What makes me work hard and live for? These are just seconds to think it over and will show you the meaning of your life.\nWhen you start appreciating small things they will show the direction and light, the beacon of your life. And remember, always find the things which only and personally you are grateful for and not what others tell you to be meaningful and good in your life. It must feel for your life and for you.\nAnd it gives you the sense of life. You are then the one to be resourceful and generous to yourself and others.\nGratitude is easy and can be done right here and right now. Every day, even within a fracture of a second.\nPlease note, how much more peaceful the world, your neighborhood, your family would be if all/many/the majority of people found things to be grateful for. They would focus on these and foster these and care for these and pamper them. How much less violence there would be. That is why it is worth it to spread the concept.\nYou can set up a notebook into which you stick inspirational pictures taken from magazines or newspapers even, in which you draw or paint pictures by yourself, where you insert photographs, in which you just take notes and write, draft down things you and only you really appreciate – and all of which depict things you are grateful for. Many people claim that it changes the life. Quite certainly, you can do It just yourself, at home, every day or every weekend, but regularly. Maybe there are cold, winter days when you are able to enjoy your favourite tea, maybe there are gym classes when you can feel every movement of your body, maybe these are pints of beer with friends… anything that might fill you with some kind of joy. Such things change our lives and our perspective onto life!\nThe TED talk which changed my perspective onto the idea is the one entitled 365 Grateful Project by Hailey Bartholomew which you can find under this link:\nAbsolutely inspirational, you just must see it!\nOur life is too short not to appreciate the simple things that surround us. And we are the only ones to shape our lives and emotions. We are the ones to spot the beautiful and valuable things which surround each and everyone of you.\nI do wish you all the best with your own gratitude project.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://aeroirene.substack.com/p/building-trustworthiness-ai-in-aerospace","date":"2024-04-20T03:52:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817474.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420025340-20240420055340-00377.warc.gz","language_score":0.9098074436187744,"token_count":2175,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__21433771","lang":"en","text":"Building Trustworthiness AI in Aerospace\nExploring AI Trustworthiness in Aerospace, emphasising EASA Concept Paper guidance for enhancing safety, ethics, and transparency in AI applications.\nIn today’s article I navigate the complexity of AI Trustworthiness in Aerospace.\nThanks for reading Sky High Standards by Irene! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.\nBut let’s start from the beginning. What is Trustworthiness in AI?\nTrustworthiness in the AI field refers to the assurance that AI systems perform reliably, safely, and ethically, producing consistent and fair outcomes.\nIt contains several key principles that aim to make AI systems more secure, private, transparent, and accountable, ultimately building user and trust in AI technologies.\nThe European Union has identified the following requirements for trustworthy AI:\nHuman agency and oversight: AI systems should enhance, not diminish, human autonomy and decision-making capabilities. They should also include effective oversight mechanisms to ensure they work as intended.\nTechnical robustness and safety: AI should be secure, reliable, and robust enough to deal with errors or inconsistencies during all life cycle phases.\nPrivacy and data governance: Personal data collected by AI systems should be securely managed and processed, respecting privacy and data protection rights.\nTransparency: The data, system, and AI decision-making processes should be understandable to users and stakeholders. This includes explainability of AI system outputs and decisions.\nDiversity, non-discrimination, and fairness: AI systems should consider diverse human abilities, skills, and requirements, and ensure equal and fair treatment.\nSocietal and environmental well-being: AI systems should be used to enhance positive social change, sustainability, and ecological responsibility.\nAccountability: Mechanisms should be put in place to ensure responsibility and accountability for AI systems and their outcomes.\nBut how are the above aspects being adopted within the Aerospace industry?\nToday I provide an overview of what the EASA Concept Paper says about the Trustworthiness Analysis Objectives and Anticipated Means of Compliance.\nIntroduction to the Trustworthiness aspects in Aerospace\nThe EASA’s Trustworthiness analysis: Objectives and AMCs\nLet’s dive in! 🤿\nTrustworthiness aspects in Aerospace\nAs introduced in the article The Regulatory Landscape of AI in Aerospace, Trustworthiness Analysis is Block #1.\nThe concept paper introduces Objectives and Anticipated Means of Compliance addressing the following aspects regards the AI application:\nThe EASA’s Trustworthiness Analysis: Objectives and AMCs\nCharacterisation of the AI application\nThe aim is to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the interaction between end-users and AI-based systems.\nThe Objectives and AMC serve to promote a thorough and precise characterisation of the human-AI relationship, ensuring clarity in responsibilities and expectations, which is crucial for maintaining safety and reliability.\nObjective CO-01: The applicant should identify the list of end users that are intended to interact with the AI-based system, together with their roles, their responsibilities (including indication of the level of teaming with the AI-based system, i.e. none, cooperation, collaboration) and expected expertise (including assumptions made on the level of training, qualification and skills).\nObjective CO-02: For each end user, the applicant should identify which goals and associated high-level tasks are intended to be performed in interaction with the AI-based system.\nObjective CO-03: The applicant should determine the AI-based system taking into account domain-specific definitions of ‘system’.\nConcept of operations for the AI application\nThese Objectives are aimed at ensuring that the AI-based systems are designed with a clear understanding of their operational context and user interactions, which is crucial for their safe and effective implementation.\nObjective CO-04: The applicant should define and document the ConOps for the AI-based system, including the task allocation pattern between the end user(s) and the AI-based system. A focus should be put on the definition of the OD and on the capture of specific operational limitations and assumptions.\nObjective CO-05: The applicant should document how end users’ inputs are collected and accounted for in the development of the AI-based system.\nFunctional analysis of the AI-based system\nThe intent of the Functional Analysis is breaking down the system's operations into individual functions and further decomposing these functions down to the most granular level. The purpose is to understand precisely how the system works at every level and how its various functions are distributed and interconnected.\nThis analysis helps in identifying and documenting each specific function of the AI-based system, allowing for a thorough understanding of its capabilities, limitations, and the interrelation between its various components. It's a critical step to ensure that the system's design and operation are fully understood and can be safely integrated.\nObjective CO-06: The applicant should perform a functional analysis of the system, as well as a functional decomposition and allocation down to the lowest level.\nClassification of the AI application\nThe intent of the Classification of the AI application is for the applicant to categorise the AI-based system according to the defined levels of automation and human-AI interaction.\nEach level describes the degree of automation and the extent of the end user's authority over the system.\nObjective CL-01: The applicant should classify the AI-based system, based on the levels presented in Table 2, with adequate justifications.\nSafety assessment of ML applications\nThe intent of the Safety assessment of ML applications is for the applicant to conduct a thorough safety evaluation for all AI-based systems and subsystems.\nThis safety assessment is to determine and manage the specific risks associated with AI/ML technology. This includes defining the Development Assurance Level (DAL) or Software Assurance Level (SWAL) appropriate for each AI/ML constituent, ensuring rigorous verification standards that are compliant with existing rules and guidelines.\nObjective SA-01: The applicant should perform a safety (support) assessment for all AI-based (sub)systems, identifying and addressing specificities introduced by AI/ML usage.\nObjective SA-02: The applicant should identify which data needs to be recorded for the purpose of supporting the continuous safety assessment.\nObjective SA-03: In preparation of the continuous safety assessment, the applicant should define metrics, target values, thresholds and evaluation periods to guarantee that design assumptions hold.\nInformation Security Objectives\nThe intent of the Information Security Objectives for AI/ML applications is to ensure that applicants identify, address, and mitigate any information security risks related to AI/ML that could impact safety.\nObjective IS-01: For each AI-based (sub)system and its data sets, the applicant should identify those information security risks with an impact on safety, identifying and addressing specific threats introduced by AI/ML usage.\nObjective IS-02: The applicant should document a mitigation approach to address the identified AI/ML-specific information security risk.\nObjective IS-03: The applicant should validate and verify the effectiveness of the security controls introduced to mitigate the identified AI/ML-specific information security risks to an acceptable level.\nEthics-Based Assessment Objectives\nThe intent of the Ethics-Based Assessment Objectives is to ensure the ethical deployment of AI systems in compliance with trustworthiness, societal norms, and regulatory requirements.\nThis includes conducting an ethics assessment, preventing the AI from causing user dependency or manipulation, adhering to data protection laws like GDPR, avoiding unfair biases in AI decision-making, informing users of their interaction with AI and any personal data collection, assessing and mitigating environmental impacts throughout the AI's life cycle, identifying new skill requirements for users, and preventing user de-skilling by providing necessary training.\nObjective ET-01: The applicant should perform an ethics-based trustworthiness assessment for any AI-based system developed using ML techniques or incorporating ML models.\nObjective ET-02: The applicant should ensure that the AI-based system bears no risk of creating overreliance, attachment, stimulating addictive behaviour, or manipulating the end user’s behaviour.\nObjective ET-03: The applicant should comply with national and EU data protection regulations (e.g. GDPR), i.e. involve their Data Protection Officer, consult with their National Data Protection Authority, etc.\nObjective ET-04: The applicant should ensure that the creation or reinforcement of unfair bias in the AI-based system, regarding both the data sets and the trained models, is avoided, as far as such unfair bias could have a negative impact on performance and safety.\nObjective ET-05: The applicant should ensure that end users are made aware of the fact that they interact with an AI-based system, and, if applicable, whether some personal data is recorded by the system.\nObjective ET-06: The applicant should perform an environmental impact analysis, identifying and assessing potential negative impacts of the AI-based system on the environment and human health throughout its life cycle (development, deployment, use, end of life), and define measures to reduce or mitigate these impacts.\nObjective ET-07: The applicant should identify the need for new skills for users and end users to interact with and operate the AI-based system, and mitigate possible training gaps (link to Provision ORG-07, Provision ORG-08).\nObjective ET-08: The applicant should perform an assessment of the risk of de-skilling of the users and end users and mitigate the identified risk through a training needs analysis and a consequent training activity (link to Provision ORG-07, Provision ORG-08).\nTrustworthiness is crucial for AI integration into society, as it addresses ethical, legal, and technical concerns, ensuring that AI technologies benefit humanity while minimizing risks and adverse impacts.\nAdhering to these principles is not a matter of regulatory compliance but an objective in encouraging AI technologies that are respectful and enhancing human autonomy, ensure safety, and operate ethically within our societal and environmental contexts.\nThis is all for today.\nSee you next week 👋\nDisclaimer: The information provided in this newsletter and related resources is intended for informational and educational purposes only. It reflects both researched facts and my personal views. It does not constitute professional advice. Any actions taken based on the content of this newsletter are at the reader's discretion.\nThanks for reading Sky High Standards by Irene! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://hi-harri.deviantart.com/","date":"2015-11-26T10:29:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448398447043.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124205407-00052-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9969069957733154,"token_count":568,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-48__0__24494197","lang":"en","text":"On November 30th, a well-known author in the small town of Salida, Colorado passed away. His name was Kent Haruf, famous for well-known books such as Benediction, Plainsong, and The Tie that Binds. You may not know him but I did because I was one of his nephews.\nGrowing up, I never had a father, so uncles and grandfathers were more father than he was. I loved him like a father, not because of money or anything like that, because he was there for me. He was there for me like any father would be for their child. Several years ago, I lost my grandfather to both a stroke and diabetes. When he died, Kent was there for me if I needed that shoulder to cry on, to talk to, anything because he was there for me.\nA few years ago, he developed a virus in his small intestine. Right there, I was afraid to let him go, I would never have the chance to see him again. He recovered from it, but he was so frail, I wish I could help him but couldn't.\nI got to see him one last time last summer. What he did is he took me up the mountain where you can get a large view of everything in Salida. The last day before I left to go back to Iowa, he took me to a diner because I told him I wanted to be a writer just like him. I forget what he said to me, but I told him what I wanted to do and he said I might have something worthy of a novel.\nI was making breakfest when I got the phone call from my grandmother saying he passed away. She told me a story about Kent and his wife's last conversation. He looked at her and said he was ready to go. She said to go ahead, and that's what he did. He went back to bed and closed his eyes for the last time, and died peacefully in his sleep. I knew he wasn't going to last long, but I wasn't ready to let him go.\nI'm having a tough time trying to write all this and keep myself from crying. Everyone grives in their own way, but the connection he and I had...I've tried to hard to cry when I got the phone call, but nothing.\nI hope somewhere in Heaven, he's free and happy, going about with no pain and being company with my grandfather.\nHis funeral was held Sunday, just a few days ago. I wished I was there to say what I wanted to say, but I knew I was there in spirit. I'll miss him so much.\nRest in Peace, Kent Haruf (1943-2014).\nUncle, Husband, Father, Friend","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://cookhealthalliance.com/2023/04/the-holy-ghost/","date":"2024-04-19T05:38:03Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817289.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419043820-20240419073820-00233.warc.gz","language_score":0.9726833701133728,"token_count":2107,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__33900324","lang":"en","text":"At my Church, the members give talks each Sunday. I came across this talk I gave a few years ago when I was going through some old papers. At this stage in my life reading this talk was important to me. It has been an interesting four weeks. W are all on Earth to learn. Sometimes the lessons are harder than others. But with the Holy Ghost we can look forward with hope knowing that there are solutions to any problem.\n“Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself.” 2 Nephi 2:27. Many parts of my talk will be from 2 Nephi chapter 2, for that is where I am in my reading of the Book of Mormon. Right now in my life, I feel similar to the way Joseph Smith might have felt when he was fifteen. Joseph said: “if any person needed bwisdom from God, I did” (Extracts from the History of Joseph, the Prophet 1:12). There are many times in my life, I have had these feelings, and each time I felt this way and acted upon the promptings of the Holy Ghost, good results happened. We may not see those results immediately, but through the Holy Ghost’s promptings we can know we are doing what is right and righteous in God’s sight. There is a promise that is made that if we lack wisdom and we truly want to understand the will of God in our lives, to read the Book of Mormon. It is a beautiful companion to The Holy Bible and further testifies of Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. Most of my talk will be from 2 Nephi, Lehi’s farewell address to his sons. Chapter 2 is the portion that addresses Jacob, Lehi’s first-born in the wilderness. The whole chapter is something I need to read when I need to search for the counsel that Heavenly Father, through the Holy Ghost, would have me have at this time. The one personage that I need as a close companion in order to understand what is being said in this chapter is the Holy Ghost. It is the Holy Ghost that truly explains the meaning of all things to us. If it were not for the Holy Ghost, there would be no personal insights and, for that matter, no inventions in this world.\nThe Holy Ghost is our primary tool to understanding the will of God in our lives. He is the primary force to counteract the wiles of the adversary. But, like any relationship, to fully understand the influences of the Holy Ghost, we need to be in communication with God through daily (constant) prayer and daily reading of the scriptures. We ask God, in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, for the things we need to grow in the ways of the Lord. The answers to our prayers come from the promptings of the Holy Ghost. For example, I came home from my job teaching in Greeley at 11:00 PM. I prayed to receive guidance on what I would say about the Holy Ghost. I woke up at 3:30 AM with ideas for various parts of this talk. I would prefer not being up at 3:30 AM, but through the promptings of the Holy Ghost, I knew I would not be able to remember all of the parts I am supposed to remember if I went back to sleep. The Still Small Voice whispers to us and we need to take advantage of what He says when He says it, or we may lose that opportunity forever.\nThe Light of Christ (Our Conscious)\nWe all have the Light of Christ, which tells us if we are doing right. Some people refer to it as our conscious. The Holy Ghost is more. The Holy Ghost can be a guide in our lives as to what we need to be doing to better serve God, ourselves, and our families. As is mentioned in the scriptures, anyone can be touched by the Holy Ghost when they need to make important decisions. However, we can receive the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost through membership in Christ’s restored Church. It is up to us to live worthily so that we can enjoy that privilege.\nHow many of you have seen the movie Cars? What was Lightning McQueen’s personality at the first of the movie? How did he treat his pit crew? Would you want him for a friend? I sometimes listen to CDs on the way home from Greeley and was listening to the soundtrack of Cars the other night. There are many good songs on the CD, but there was one that especially touched me that night. Do you remember the part of the movie where he starts to see the importance of service to others? Do you remember the song that played during that scene? The line I remember most is “When you lose yourself, it is the best thing that ever happens.” At that point, do you suppose the person that Lightning represents just might be a little in tune with the Holy Ghost? For the youth, how many of you have received the Holy Ghost as a constant companion or look forward to when you can receive that gift?\nWhat do we gain from service? What do we gain from listening to the Holy Ghost to guide us to the opportunities we may have to serve others? King Benjamin stated in Mosiah 2:17 “And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.” There is that wisdom word again. How does the Holy Ghost help us develop wisdom? I would contend that the only way any of us can gain wisdom is through listening to the Holy Ghost.\nService is important to our eternal salvation. It is through the Holy Ghost that we are prompted how we best need to serve our God, ourselves, our families, our community, and our Church. If we do not serve our God and ourselves, through prayer, education, diligence in all that we do, and finding innovative solutions to problems, we cannot serve others. As we serve, some of us are blessed with fantastic opportunities and careers. Others may be blessed at times, and still others may struggle their entire lives. We all know people who fit into all of these categories. What I admire about the people I know is how they love God and take care of their families, along with using the resources God has given them to serve others. To build the kingdom, God needs people who love Him with all their heart and mind and are humble enough to be guided by the Holy Ghost. Besides love from each of us, sometimes God needs financial and material resources. I am personally grateful for those who have such resources and are willing to share generously to build up the kingdom here on earth. God only expects from each of us what we are capable of giving at any particular time in our lives, no more and no less. To truly understand what we need to do to serve others, we also must be willing to be served. There are times in each of our lives that we do need the help of others. We must all be humble enough, and be guided by the Holy Ghost to understand when those times are and to be able to graciously accept that help when it is needed. When we know what service is, through the service others have given unto us, we can be better guided by the Holy Ghost to lovingly serve others by discerning their true needs and serve as God would have us serve.\n2 Nephi 2:11 says “For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, my first-born in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibilities.” Our goal is to bring righteousness to pass. The devil will help us do the opposite. We each need the Holy Ghost to give opposition to the evil that is around us. As a side note, have you ever thought about the word devil (da evil)? Evil is 4/5 of his name. To avoid evil, we must avoid the devil and cling tight to the promptings of the Holy Ghost.\nThe promptings of the Holy Ghost are to remind us of whom we are and who redeemed us from the dead. “And the Messiah cometh in the fullness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall. And because that they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil; to act for themselves and not be acted upon, save it be by the punishment of the law at the great and last day, according to the commandments which God hath given.” 2 Nephi 2:26. We have our freedom to act in whatever way we would like. But we will be accountable to God, through the judgment of Jesus Christ, for all that we do here on earth. It is the promptings of the Holy Ghost that helps each of us to make wise choices.\nIn closing, God wants each of us to have joy in our lives. Jesus Christ is our guide and savior. He guides each of us, through the Holy Ghost, to do what is right and righteous so that we can live with Heavenly Father again. It is through the promptings of the Holy Ghost that we can live up to our potential. Our purpose here on earth can be summed up by 2 Nephi 2:25 “Adam fell that men might be; and men are that they might have joy.” With the Holy Ghost we can obtain the joy that Jesus Christ wants each of us to have.\nI say this in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://richardswenson.com/books/in-search-of-balance.html","date":"2013-12-07T13:45:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163054548/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204131734-00036-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9329273104667664,"token_count":229,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__52659111","lang":"en","text":"\"I've interviewed 1,200 people in the last twelve years, and nobody sees the future like Richard Swenson! Read this book. It may catch you off balance, but it will change your future!\" - Phyllis Wallace, host of the syndicated Woman to Woman show.\nFree Discussion Guide is also available at NavPress.com\nSpecial Note: All books personally signed by author\nKerby Anderson: I have benefited from the previous books by Richard Swenson on margin and overload, so I was excited to hear about In Search of Balance. In the midst of the aggressive progress of our age, we are no longer in tune with the rhythm of God's creation. Richard Swenson warns us about profusion and provides practical help in connecting balance (equilibrium) with margin (capacity).\nPatricia Katz: Thanks to Dr. Swenson for continuing to raise his voice in support of a more sane, more satisfying, more sustainable world. Overload and imbalance are neither desirable nor inevitable. Pushing back will move us forward. In Search of Balance offers both insights and strategies to take us to a better place.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.caryncdentist.com/antibiotic-prophylaxis-for-orthopedic-patients.html","date":"2019-02-17T19:34:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247482478.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20190217192932-20190217214932-00402.warc.gz","language_score":0.9070579409599304,"token_count":472,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__221678075","lang":"en","text":"ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS FOR ORTHOPEDIC PATIENTS\nThe use of antibiotics prior to dental treatment for specific patients as recommended by dentists or physicians is called antibiotic prophylaxis.\nMany dental procedures, and even daily activities like brushing and flossing, can allow the bacteria present in the mouth to enter the bloodstream. For most healthy patients, this bacteremia is not problematic since the immune system prevents these bacteria from causing any harm. However, for certain people there is a concern that this bacteremia could cause a dangerous infection elsewhere in the body.\nGuidelines for Patient Selection:\nIn the past, antibiotic prophylaxis was suggested within the first two years of an artificial joint placement and for select patients with orthopedic implants such as metal pins, rods, screws, or plates. However, in 2012 the American Dental Association (ADA) and American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) updated these recommendations.\nThe new guidelines do not recommend routinely prescribing antibiotics prior to dental treatment for patients with artificial joints. Therefore, healthcare providers are currently relying more on individual assessment and consultation with patients to determine when antibiotic prophylaxis is advisable.\nPatients with compromised immune systems are at greatest risk for implant infection and therefore are most likely to benefit from antibiotic prophylaxis. The following examples are suggestive of immunosuppression:\n- Rheumatoid Arthritis\n- Cancer and/or Chemotherapy\n- Chronic Steroid Use\nReason for Change in the Guidelines:\nThe antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines are reviewed every few years to ensure that they are based on the best scientific evidence. The most recent reviews have shown no evidence that taking antibiotics before dental treatment prevents infections of artificial joints or orthopedic implants. Therefore, for most people, the potential for side effects and/or allergic reactions when taking antibiotics may outweigh the uncertain benefits.\nPlease help us to ensure your safe treatment in our office. Depending on your past and present medical conditions, we may require a physician’s letter indicating whether or not antibiotic prophylaxis is recommended. It is ultimately your physician’s decision whether these guidelines are appropriate for your specific condition, and your willingness to help us obtain this information is appreciated.Download Information Here","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.frenchfreemasonry.org/english/the-rites/the-rectified-scottish-rite-rer/masonic-rule-for-the-gathered-and-rectified-lodges-uses-1782","date":"2017-04-29T07:26:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123318.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00551-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9467676281929016,"token_count":4025,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__249873948","lang":"en","text":"Masonic Rule for the Reunited and Rectified lodges uses (1782)\nArrested at the Wilhemsbad General Congress, in 1782.\nQuest. “Are Macoones gudder men then-odhers ?”\nAnsw” Some Maconnes are not so vertuous as some other menne ; but,\ny’n the most parte, thay be more gude than they woulde yf thay war nor Maconnes”\nQuest. “, Doth Maconnes love eidtber odther mightylye as beetb sayde ! ”\nAnsw, “yea verylyjcbe, and that may not odherwise be :\nfor gude menne and treu, kennynge eidher oder to be suche,\ndoeth aiways love the more as thay be more gude.”\n(Examination on “The Mystery of Masonry” under Henry VI.)\nO you who have just been introduced to the lessons of wisdom! son of virtue and friendship! Have for our accents a listening ear, and may you soul be opened to the meddled precepts of truth! We’ll teach you the path to a happy life, we will teach you to please your Author, and develop with energy and success all the means that Providence entrusted you to make yourself useful to men, and enjoy the charms of benevolence.\nDuty to God and religion.\n§ 1. – Your first tribute belongs to the Divinity. Adore the Being full of majesty, who created the universe by an act of his will, who retains it by a continuing effect of his action, who fills your heart, but your narrow mind can not conceive or define. Pity the sad delusion of one who closes his eyes to the light and walks in the thick darkness of chance that your heart touched and grateful for the blessings of your father’s God, scornfully rejects the vain sophistry, to prove your degradation human mind, when it moves away from its source. Students often your soul above the material beings that surround you, and looks full of desire in the upper regions, which are your inheritance and your true home. To do what God the sacrifice of your will and your desires, make yourself worthy of its invigorating influences, filled the laws he wanted you to accomplish in your career as a man on earth. Please your God, that your happiness: to be reunited with him forever, that’s all your ambition, the compass of your actions.\n§ II. – But, how dare you support his eyes, fragile being ! who transgress his laws at all times and insults his holiness, if his fatherly kindness had not arranged you an infinite repairman ? Abandoned the errors of your **** would you find the comforting certainty of a future? Delivered to the justice of thy God, which would be your refuge? So go through your Redeemer; prostrate yourself before the incarnate Word, and bless the Providence that made you be born among Christians. Everywhere professes the divine religion of Christ, and not ashamed ever to belong. The gospel is the basis of our obligations, if you do not believe it, you cease to be a Mason. Announce in all thy actions an active and enlightened piety without hypocrisy, without fanaticism; Christianity is not confined to truths of speculation: Practice all the moral duties it teaches, and you will be happy, your contemporaries will bless you, and you will remain undisturbed in front of the throne of the LORD.\n§ III. – Above all, penetrates up to this principle of charity and love, based on this holy religion: be sorry for the mistake without hate and without persecution: let God alone to judge, and content yourself to love and tolerate. Masons! Children of one God! united by a common belief in our divine Saviour! May this bond of love closely unite us, and eradicates all prejudice opposite to our brotherly harmony!\nImmortality of the soul.\n§ 1. – Man! King of the world! masterpiece of creation when God animated you with his breath! meditates your sublime destination. All that vegetates around you, and that has an animal life, perishes with time, and is subject to its sway. Your immortal soul alone, emanated from within the Godhead, survives to material things, and not perishes. That’s your real title of nobility, strongly feel your happiness, but without pride, and he lost your race, and you would dive again into the abyss. Be degraded! Despite of your primitive greatness, what are you in front of the Lord? Adore him in the dust, and carefully separates this heavenly principle and indestructible from foreign alloys; cultivate your immortal and perfectible soul and make it likely to be united to the pure spring of the Wellness when it is released from coarse vapors of the material. Thus you will be free in the middle of iron chains; even happy in misfortune, steadfast in the midst of storms, and you will die without fear.\n§ II. – Mason! if ever you could doubt the immortal nature of your soul, and your high destination, initiation would be fruitless for you; you would cease to be the adopted son of thy wisdom, and you would be lost in the crowd of material and profane beings, groping in the darkness.\nDuties to the Sovereign and the Homeland.\n§ 1. – The Supreme Being gave the most positive way his powers on the earth to the sovereign; respect and cherish its legitimate authority on the corner of the earth you live, your first honor belongs to God, your second to your homeland.\nThe man wandering in the woods without culture and fleeing his fellows, would be ill suited to meet the views of Providence, and to grasp the full weight of the happiness reserved for him. His being is growing among his fellows, his mind is strengthened by the clash of opinions: but, once met in society, he would have to fight constantly self-interest and disordered passions, and innocence soon succumb under the force or trickery. So we had laws to guide him, and heads to keep them.\n§ II. – Sensitive man! you honor your parents: honor the same the fathers of your State, and prays for their conservation: they are the representatives of divinity on earth. If they err, they will respond back to the Judge once, but your own feelings can deceive you, and never dispense them to obey you. If you missed this sacred duty, if your heart would not tremble to the sweet name of your country and sovereign, the Mason would repel you from his breast as public refractory, as unworthy to participate in the benefits of an association that earns the confidence and esteem of the government, since one of its majore mobile is patriotism, and, jealous to form that citizens it requires from its children, with more distinction and the most purified reasons , to all civic duties. The most courageous warrior, the most upright judge, the sweetest moor, the most faithful servant, the most tender father, the most sustainable husband, the most submissive son, the Mason must be, since the citizen’s common and ordinary bonds were sanctified and strengthened by the Mason’s free and voluntary wishes, and that neglecting it would join the weakness hypocrisy and perjury.\nDuties towards humanity in general.\n§ 1. – But, if the circle of patriotism that opens you a so rich and satisfying carrer, does not yet meet all your activity and if your sensitive heart wants to overstep the empire’s borders, and ablaze with the fire power of the humanity all men, all nations, if, going back to the common source, you like to fondly cherish all those who have the same organs, the same need for love, the same desire to be useful and have an immortal soul like you, then come and offer thy Temples in our homage to the Sacred Humanity, the universe is the home of Mason, and nothing that concerns man is foreign to him.\n§ II. – Look with rispect this majestic building, designed to strengthen the too loose morals ties: cherish a general association of virtuous souls, able to exalt themselves; widespread in every country where reason and the lights have penetrated ; united under the holy banner of humanity governed by simple and uniform laws. Finally feel the sublime goal of our Holy Order; devote your whole life to charity and benevolence, ennobled, purifies and strengthens this generous resolution, working tirelessly on your perfection, bringing you more intimately to the Deity.\n§ I. – Created in the image of God, who deigns to communicate to the men and spread them happiness; get closer of this infinite model, by a constant desire to pay steadily on the other men, the whole mass of happiness that is in your power: everything that the mind can design, is the heritage of Mason.\n§ II. – See the helpless misery of childhood, it demands your support: consider the fatal inexperience of youth, it seeks your advice: put your happiness to maintain errors and deceptions that threaten it: it excites or sparks of the sacred fire of genius, and help her to develop them for the happiness of the world.\n§ III. – Any being who suffers and groans has a sacred rights over you, beware of the misunderstanding, do not expect much so that the scream of misery beseech thee; warn and reassure the unfortunate shy, do not poison, by the ostentation of your gifts, sources of living water where the unfortunate must drink, do not seek the reward of thy charity in vain applause of the multitude: the Mason found it in the quiety of his conscience, and in the fortifying smile of the Deity, in whose eyes he is always placed.\n§ IV. – If Providence has given you some liberal superfluous, beware of making a frivolous and criminal use, it insisted that a free and spontaneous movement of your generous soul, you made others less sensitive to uneven distribution property, which entered into its plans: enjoy this beautiful prerogative. Never let greed, the most sordid of passions, not debase your character, and that raises your heart is cold and arid calculations suggest it. If he ever came to dry out his breath and sad person, flee our charity workshops, they would not appeal to you, and we could not recognize in you the old image of the Deity.\n§ V. – Let your charity be informed by religion, wisdom and prudence: your heart wants to embrace the needs of mankind: but your mind has to choose the most pressing and important. Instruct, advise, protect, gives relief, in turn: never believe he had done enough, and do rest of your works to show that a new energy in you and delivering the bursts of sublime passion, an endless source of enjoyment is preparing for you: get on this earth a foretaste of heavenly bliss: your soul will grow, and every moment of your life will be filled.\n§ VI. – When you finally feel the limits of your finite nature, and that alone could not suffice although you would do your soul is sad, just in our Temples: see the sacred bundle of benefits that unites us, and competing effectively in all your faculties to plans and institutions that help you present Masonic association, and it achieves, welcomes you to be better citizens of this world: tasting the sweet fruits of our combined forces and concentrated on a single object, then multiply your resources, you will help to miles instead of a happy and your wishes will be crowned.\nMoral duties to other men.\n§ I. – Love your neighbor as yourself and that does not make him what you would not like you did. Help yourself from the sublime gift of speech, outward sign of your dominance over nature, to go to meet the needs of others, and to excite in all hearts the sacred fire of virtue. Be gracious and informal, built by your example: sharing the happiness of others without jealousy. Never allow the urge to rise for a moment in your womb, it would disturb the pure source of your happiness, and your soul would be prey to the saddest of the Furies.\n§ II. – Forgive your enemy, not revenge thee by thy favors; this generous sacrifice, we owe the sublime precept to religion, you will provide the purest pleasures and most delicious: you will return the living image forgiving of Divinity, with a heavenly goodness, the offenses of man and the epitome of grace despite his ingratitude. Remember always that this is the triumph the best that reason can get on instinct, and that the Mason forget the insults, but never benefits.\nMoral perfection of oneself.\n§ I. – In devoting yourself and the good of others, do not forget thy own perfection, and does not neglect the needs of your immortal soul. Often stay in your heart, to probe the most secret recesses. Knowledge of self-[same is the great backbone of Masonic precepts. Your soul is the rough stone roughing it takes: to offer tribute to the Deity set your affections, your passions conquered.\n§ II. – That chaste and severe are your inseparable companions, and make you respectable in the eyes of the profane:\nthat your soul is pure, straight, true and humble. Pride is the most dangerous enemy of man, it maintains the illusion of confidence in his strength. Does not consider the term where Lu bones came, he would slow down your race: fixed one where you have to reach the short duration of your way just leave you hoping to achieve: to take away your pride hazardous food comparison with those who are behind you: feel the sting of a rather virtuous emulation, seeing more models made before you.\n§ III. – What ever your mouth does not alter the secret thoughts of your heart, she is always true and faithful body; a Mason who would divest of candor, to take the mask of hypocrisy, and the trick would be unworthy to live with us, and sowing distrust and discord in our peaceful temples, he would soon become one of horror and evil.\n§ IV. – That sublime idea of the omnipresence of God will strengthen you, uphold you; every morning renews vow to get better, watch and pray, and when the night meets your heart reminds you of a good deed, it a victory over yourself, then just sits quietly in the bosom of Providence, and take back new strength.\n§ V. – Studied at last the meaning of the hieroglyphics and emblems of the Order that you present. The very nature of sailing most of his secrets, she wants to be observed, and surprisingly often compared in its effects. Of all the sciences which the vast field presents the results of the happiest in the industry of man and to the benefit of society, one that will teach you the relationship between God, the universe and you, will fill the desires your heavenly soul and you learn to better perform your duties.\nDuties to the Brothers.\n§ 1 °. – In the great multitude of beings, which this universe is populated, you chose a vow Free Masons for your brothers. So do not forget that every Mason never, in any Christian communion, or country provided it is in you with his right hand is a symbol of brotherly frankness, has sacred rights on your support and your friendship. True to nature do vow, which was equal, the Mason Temple restored to its original rights of the human family, he never sacrifices to popular prejudices, and assimilates the sacral level by all states. Civil society meets in the distances established or tolerated by Providence often imagined the pride, there would censure them, and want to disregard them. But beware especially to establish artificial distinctions among us, that we disavow: let your dignity and your decorations lay at the door, and enters with the escort of your virtues. Whatever your position in the world, gives way in our Lodges at most virtuous, most enlightened.\n§ II. – Do not be ashamed of never publicly obscure but honest man, that in our asylums as you embrassas brother moments before, the Order of blush you turn and you would return with your pride, to spread it on theaters secular world.\nIf your brother is in danger, rescues her, and not afraid to expose your life to him. If it is read in need, pays him on your treasures, and rejoice to be able to do as good a job: you swore to practice charity towards men is general, you owe your brother in preference to groaning. If he is wrong, and he wanders, come to him with the lights of sense, reason, persuasion, back to virtue beings who falter, and lifts up those who fell.\n§ III. – If your heart hurt by real or imaginary offenses, harbored some secret enmity against one of your brothers, to dissipate the cloud which now stands: call to your aid any honest referee, claims his fraternal mediation: but never crosses the threshold of the temple before filing any feelings of hatred and revenge. You would invoke in vain the name of the LORD, for he deigned to dwell in our temples, if they are purified by virtue of their brothers and sanctified by concord.\nDuties to the Order.\n§ I. – When you were finally admitted to participation in the benefits resulting from the Masonic organization, you forsake him in exchange for a tacit part of your natural liberty:\nmade strictly moral obligations it imposes on you, yourself according to its laws and respects those wise that public trust has appointed to be guardians and interpreters of bis of the general will. Your will in the Order is subject to that law and superiors: you’d be a bad brother, if you ever méconnaissais this subordination necessary in any society, and ours would be forced to exclude you from their midst.\n§ II. – It is primarily a law which you promised in the face of heaven the scrupulous observance: this is one of the most inviolable secrecy of our rituals, ceremonies, signs and shape of our association. Keep yourself to believe that this commitment is less sacred than the oaths you swore in civil society. You were saying it is free, but you’re never more to break the secret that binds you. The Lord invoquas you as a witness, the ratified: fear the penalties of perjury: you never escape the punishment of thy heart, and you would lose the esteem and confidence of a large company, who would be entitled declare to you without faith or honor.\nThat the lessons that the Order to address you the way do you facilitate truth and happiness, are etched deeply into your soul docile and open to impressions of virtue, if salutary maxims, which will mark virtually every step you do in the Masonic career, become your own principles, and the invariable rule of your actions, my brother what will be our joy! you will accomplish your sublime destiny, you recouvreras this divine likeness, which was the lot of man in his state of innocence, which is the goal of Christianity, and whose Masonic initiation is its primary purpose, you will return the creature darling Heaven: its fertile blessings will stop on you, and deserving the glorious title of wise, always free, happy and constant, you will walk on this earth the equal of kings, the benefactor of mankind, and model of your brothers.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://trets.cse.sc.edu/","date":"2014-08-30T16:12:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-35/segments/1408500835505.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20140820021355-00297-ip-10-180-136-8.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9098612666130066,"token_count":478,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-35__0__137597106","lang":"en","text":"ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems\n(TRETS) is a peer-reviewed and archival journal that covers reconfigurable\ntechnology, systems, and applications on reconfigurable computers.\nAuthors are invited to submit original manuscripts for consideration after\nhaving reviewed the\nInformation for Authors on this website.\nThe first issue was published in March 2008.\nTRETS focuses on reconfigurable technology, systems, and applications on\nreconfigurable computers. Its focus is on research in, on, and with\nreconfigurable systems and on the underlying technology (which may be\nFPGAs but could include other adaptable fabrics). The scope, rationale,\nand coverage by other journals are often limited to particular aspects\nof reconfigurable technology or reconfigurable systems. TRETS\ncovers reconfigurability in its own right.\nTopics appropriate for TRETS include all levels of reconfigurable system\nabstractions and all aspects of reconfigurable technology including platforms,\nprogramming environments and application successes, such as:\nIn considering whether a paper is suitable for TRETS, the foremost\nquestion should be whether reconfigurability has been essential to success.\nTopics such as architecture, programming languages, compilers, and\nenvironments, logic synthesis, physical design algorithms, and high\nperformance applications are all suitable if the context is appropriate.\nFor example, an architecture for an embedded application that happens\nto use FPGAs is not necessarily suitable for TRETS, but an architecture using\nFPGAs for which the reconfigurability of the FPGAs is an inherent part of\nthe specifications would be appropriate.\nThe systems architecture of a reconfigurable platform.\nThe programming environment of a reconfigurable system.\nApplications on which success can be demonstrated.\nThe underlying technology from which reconfigurable systems are developed,\nincluding FPGA architectures and their associated computer-aided design\nNew options for authors to manage rights and permissions for their work\nApril 2013 : ACM has introduced a new publishing license agreement, an updated copyright transfer agreement, and a\nnew author-pays option which allows for perpetual open access through the ACM Digital Library. For more information,\nvisit the ACM Author Rights webpage at authors.acm.org.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.beardandlady.com/blogs/news?page=3","date":"2023-02-08T17:54:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500837.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20230208155417-20230208185417-00639.warc.gz","language_score":0.9429014921188354,"token_count":164,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__28991367","lang":"en","text":"How to Smell Mythical No. 9 Through the Internet\nAn Open Letter to the Bearded Community: How and Why to Use Beard Oil\nBack to School Hairstyles and Beard Styles\n10 Positively Unique Back to School Supplies\nAmla: The Next Super-Fruit\nConnecting People Through Stories: How Beard and Lady Came to Be\nThe art of storytelling dates back centuries, as it serves as a way to connect cultures, educate people and serve as a form of overall communication. Stories come in all forms, from bedtime fairytales and newspaper articles to a company pitch and how a group of people came together to create something new.\nThis story in particular, is only the first chapter of our story. It's the story of how Beard and Lady came to be.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://4theloveofgarden.com/how-a-garden-changed-my-life/","date":"2023-09-21T14:33:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506028.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20230921141907-20230921171907-00597.warc.gz","language_score":0.9724231958389282,"token_count":1041,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__210055713","lang":"en","text":"I am forever changed! How can a Garden change someones life you may ask? Well, it all started with a small garden, composting, then we got a few chickens…. Next thing I knew we started planting fruit trees to create a food forest in our back yard, but before I get ahead of myself let me go back to the beginning, my childhood. My childhood had such an influence in my adulthood as I will soon explain.\nEver since I was young I have just loved nature…. One of the memories that stands out most is playing in my grandmas’ garden and digging for earthworms with my cousin under the heat of the summer sun. Ahh.. I can still remember the texture of the rich black soil in-between my fingers and all the different smells of the garden veggies. I can hear the crisp snap of the green beans and that noise that only corn can make when it’s being shucked and I can just taste the juiciness of those brightly colored tomatoes still warm from the sun picked off the vine. I remember the night sky lit with fire-flies…. I can tell you without a doubt that I am blessed to have experienced the many different and beautiful miracles that a garden and rich soil can bring. I am so happy that I had the opportunity to experience this as a child as it made such an impact on me as an adult I now realize.\nI hold dear such fond memories of visiting my grandma in the Midwest and having so many wonderful summers there as it will always be my starting point and where I go back to for inspiration. This is where I was taught the value that the earth has and that it is a relationship that we have with it and with ourselves. Little did I know just how much this would mould my passions in the future. Now fast forward about 30 years…\nI have been saying for so too long… I know the difference between a home grown and a store bought tomato and I say no more tasteless “perfect” tomatoes that offer practically no nutritional value to our bodies! So it finally begins…. A Garden is Born…. A new person is reborn…. A new Passion for Life and Nature has been rekindled! So my new journey begins, an evolution of a Chef and Gardener turned permaculturalist. It was actually a natural progression.\nA Pandemic called Covid-19 had us on lockdown. Believe it or not, being locked down and taking a break from “business as usual” was a blessing for me, I just hadn’t realized it yet. Sometimes what seems to be a negative can actually be a blessing in disguise. You never know what life has in store for you just beyond the horizon.\nSo, time to turn home grown lemons into lemonade and add some fresh strawberries and basil from the garden, shall we? Let’s begin! I am an Artist and Chef by Profession. Although it is very rewarding it doesn’t come close to being truly connected to and in touch with nature. I have a spark that has ignited in my soul once again and my heart smiles! So much so that it has caused me to rethink my purpose and direction in life. The people in my life tell me that they can see a change in me and say I glow when I talk about the future and all that is to come.\nNow, let me tell you a little bit about how my life has changed since I started a garden and how the light bulb went off like a lightning bolt as one bit of information has lead me to the next, like digging for the treasure of a lifetime. Having this relentless desire to reconnect with nature has lead me to a path of uncovering the keys to living a balanced and healthy life, working alongside and with nature, giving back in ways that make a difference beyond measure, tapping into a more simplistic way of life, as well as learning that there is possibly a simple solution to our global crisis of hunger and climate change.\nThe wealth of experience as well as knowledge that I have learned in such a little amount of time is amazing as nature is such a beautiful teacher. If you really observe and pay close attention, nature can really teach you so much! Realizing that there is a whole ecosystem involved with having a balanced and healthy garden blew my mind. There are so many organisms seen and unseen that have a crucial role to play as we are all important and need each other. Healthy soil is our answer.\nThere are a couple of films-documentaries that I watched that opened my eyes to so much as it helped me to discover and put a name to the “calling” and pulling that is within me. I didn’t realize it but Permaculture is my answer, my passion! I watched both of these films and cried like a baby the whole time, realizing the yearning that I have inside me is to create a living sanctuary. Realizing the dream, I believe that we can experience a real life Garden of Eden right here on this planet if we take a small step collectively and heal our soil. The clock is ticking…","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://nysephardifilmfestival.org/director/rami-kimchi/","date":"2018-02-17T23:05:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891808539.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20180217224905-20180218004905-00122.warc.gz","language_score":0.9381957054138184,"token_count":225,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__245254573","lang":"en","text":"Rami Kimchi is an Israeli culture critic and filmmaker. His films include Galia’s Wedding (1986), Travels with My Brother (1997), Cinema Egypt (2001), and Father Language (2006), The Night of Fools ( 2014) His main research interests are Israeli cinema, modern Hebrew literature, Yiddish literature, Palestinian cinema, and Near Eastern cinema. He has published a book- The Israeli Shtetls – Bourekas Films and Yiddish Literature (2012, Resling )- and articles in Shofar, Reeh, Balshanoot Ivrit ,Dapim ,Moreshet Israel and Hakivoon Mizrach.\nKimchi received his PhD in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan, his DEA in Jewish Civilization from Paris University, his MA in Hebrew Literature and his BA in Film Television from Tel Aviv University.\nKimchi was the winner of the Dov Sadan Prize for Hebrew Literature in 1993 and won prizes for his film Galia’s Wedding at the International Film Festival in Jerusalem in 1987 and the Munich International Film Festival in 1986","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.mommag.com/local/tri-cities/2010/9/28/read-all-about-it!","date":"2017-04-25T20:11:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917120878.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031200-00024-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9376357793807983,"token_count":216,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__261808691","lang":"en","text":"Need new books, DVDs, CDs and more? Now is the prime\nopportunity to stock up as the Friends of the Mid-Columbia\nLibraries host their second annual Giant Book Sale of the year.\nThis fundraiser is a win-win, allowing you to stock up on gently\nused books for your baby to your tween, young adult and even\nyourself! Get your hands on great DVDs, CDs and books on tapes to\nhelp make long road trips less daunting!\nThe Mid-Columbia Libraries will use the money raised\nduring the book sale to provide valuable support for library\nprograms and resources. The sale includes items from Keewaydin\nPark, Kennewick, Pasco and the West Richland libraries and will\ntake place October 1st through the\n3rd at the Kennewick Library located at\n1620 S. Union Street. On Friday and Saturday the sale will run from\n9 am to 4 pm, and on Sunday the 3rd the\nsale will run from 1 pm to 3 pm.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://firstnflight.com/index04132015.html","date":"2018-11-15T22:52:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039742963.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20181115223739-20181116005739-00220.warc.gz","language_score":0.9576847553253174,"token_count":163,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__173683769","lang":"en","text":"The Third Dimension\nThis blog is produced by a professional of the Third Dimension. The goal primarily is to focus on connecting Aviators with their past so they can better understand their responsibilities to the future of aviation, and those who will follow in their footsteps. An accomplished author, Mr. Novell publishes short stories, podcast and essays, on his website. Robert Novell is the featured contributor to the editorial section of the FirstNFlight website.\nDon't forget to take a look at Robert Novell's site:\nRead Robert Novells Blog and buy one of his books found here - Gate Keeper\n\"Whether outwardly or inwardly, whether in space or time, the farther we penetrate the unknown, the vaster and more marvelous it becomes.\" - Charles Lindbergh","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://spacedesign.fr/you-know-that-isn-t-going-to-prevent-better/.html","date":"2023-03-20T13:08:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943483.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20230320114206-20230320144206-00017.warc.gz","language_score":0.9526451826095581,"token_count":941,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__192456565","lang":"en","text":"“This is exactly an initial novel away from simple hardware changes, where the seemingly obvious plot gets a distraction to the real story one https://datingmentor.org/escort/stockton/ generates and generates and you may accelerates by way of a shifting geographic and you will emotional land.”\nWhen a keen Argentinian blogger brings out to your day excursion of Bueno Aires so you can nearby Uruguay to get $fifteen,one hundred thousand during the bucks and see an early on lady which he had a quick liaison into the past 12 months an individual enjoys a beneficial fair notion of what’s upcoming.\nBut even though you you’ll do you know what is coming down-the-line it is not through poor plotting of the Pedro Mairal. The guy on purpose sets up the newest inevitable emergency which is on the befall his narrator Lucas Pereyra from the very start. The actual storytelling this is basically the facts about the storyline\nThe fresh new narrative reads since if it’s a written confession from the Lucas in order to their wife Cata. He suspects that the woman is having an event because she often efficiency on the flat long after the lady work occasions is actually more than. The guy suggests his own indiscretions that have 20-year-old Guerra-her from Uruguay of one’s label-which the guy satisfied through the a literary event during the Uruguay’s capitol Montevideo.\nThis unique carries a few of the main areas of the brand new archetypal “hero’s journey’”-Lucas trip on “average community” of routine and you may writer’s block and seeking immediately following their young kid if you find yourself his girlfriend was at functions and perhaps which have an affair.\nThe chance of browsing Uruguay to grab the advance regarding a unique unique is the “name so you can thrill,” their trip by the ferry away from Buenos Aires to help you Montevideo is the “crossing new threshold.”\nThe day that Lucas spends in Uruguay looks like are so much more versus absurd problem off a silly child exactly who should become aware of finest walking around during the a mystical nation having an enormous wad of cash, looking to an easy intimate improve to try and escape an emotional safe place\nThen come new “tests” and “ordeal” which we come across upcoming, even so they are available not exactly in how i predict. Guerra is the archetypal femme fatal whom sooner will bring Lucas’ problem-possibly personally otherwise ultimately. But she’s her very own backstory, hence takes on out as well alongside Lucas’ story.\nLucas, on the benefit of hindsight, has come to just accept what enjoys taken place, feeling that it was in some way needed seriously to split the new stagnation in he came into existence involved.\n“I became way of life my entire life. Enough sublimating to your literature, creating reports. I desired to live, to see to the touch. To locate to the truth. Score in to the Guerra. Go into a war using my f*****grams imagination, my eternal undetectable globe.”\nThe fresh hero’s journey is always a story regarding demise and you may resurrection-the newest death of the existing ego or way of becoming and the resurgence of the the fresh new.\nReally new death of the outdated Lucas therefore the resurrections of the the. In the terminology regarding W. B. Yeats: “all of the try changed, changed thoroughly,” and even though this is not obvious in the event that a poor charm tend to feel born in how the rest of Lucas’s existence takes on aside, it can certainly never be a comparable.\n“We kissed [Guerra], and as we kissed, she ran the woman hand over the back of my personal shoulder, and it delivered an electric charge all the way down my back. She reset me. We forgot what you, my name.”\nUruguay is a straightforward supposed paradise getting Lucas out of shores, dope, in addition to prospective away from relaxed intercourse which have Guerra, versus financial challenges and you will stilted lives he existence during the Argentina\nThis really is a preliminary novel away from understated apparatus alter, the spot where the relatively noticeable patch will get an excellent distraction into the real narrative that generates and you may stimulates and you may speeds up thanks to a shifting geographical and you may emotional surroundings.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://negajysybacyha.tsfutbol.com/shakespeare-in-love-theatre-business-plans-30415fh.html","date":"2020-07-06T06:04:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655890105.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20200706042111-20200706072111-00351.warc.gz","language_score":0.9417385458946228,"token_count":995,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__126266926","lang":"en","text":"Students will be well-primed to tackle the text after this delightful prologue. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Men or boys with high-pitched voices and androgenous looks were cast as female characters See the snippet guide to two interpretations of Desdemona in Stage Beauty.\nPanoramajazz; Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Closer, To Kill A Mockingbird. Virginia Commonwealth University, professor of theatre. There are a number of wonderful performances in the production including one by Dash, playing a dog named Spot.\nRomeo and Juliet Ages: Tyler MarchantCherry Lane Theatre: An Octoroon; Theatre for a New Audience: There was a period of two or perhaps three years during the early s when Shakespeare made the extraordinary artistic leap from writing plays like the flawed and bloody Titus Andronicus to creating his romantic masterpiece, Romeo and Juliet, probably first performed in or End of the Rainbow, High; Off-Broadway partial: All that said, the relentless hilarity and manic drive of the show too often feels like much ado about nothing.\nWhile we try to ensure they are as close to the actual theatre plan as possible we cannot guarantee they are a true representation. In an ironic epilogue, the troupe won the right in to produce plays at Blackfriars, and subsequently split time between there and the Globe.\nHow I Became a Pirate. Regan and Goneril are two possible successors who have no intention of keeping the company.\nGraphic representations of social mobility can be helpful to show the inability to change one's social position in the Middle Ages and the ability the move among vocations and to better oneself in the Renaissance. The Metromaniacs; American Shakespeare Theatre: PremiereThe Boys U.\nGlobe Theatre Links Home picture credit: The increased social mobility of Renaissance society was the result of many factors, including: Cuthbert Burbage tried to renegotiate the Theatre lease with Giles Allen in autumn of ; Allen vowed to put the wood and timber of the building \"to better use.\nChicago; Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma: Romeo and Juliet; Off-Off Broadway: Race; Pioneer Theater Company: Gross Indecency; Shakespeare Festival of St. Steel Magnolias; Asolo Repertory Theatre: Team 2 has the first opportunity to answer question 2, and so on until the worksheet is completed.\nWilson MilamSoHo Playhouse: Terry JohnsonBooth Theatre: The attractive young couple is already in love, and the ensuing 10 minutes of tasteful but very naked lovemaking are interwoven with more rehearsal scenes. Introductory lecture Introduce the film with direct instruction that includes the following points: Sunset Baby; SoHo Playhouse: Piano; Brigham Young University: The Graduate; Wilma Theater: Lascivious Something, Row After Row.\nGrand on Navy Pier Tickets: Photo by Liz Lauren. An introduction to the times in which a play was first performed is helpful in appreciating the artistry and meaning of the work.\nProfessor in the design department of Yale School of Drama since Some scholars claim that Shakespeare was a pen name for the Earl of Essex, who could not write under his own name because writing plays was considered beneath the dignity of the nobility.\nThis assignment will lead students to pay close attention to the film.\nTeachers who skip the scenes showing the couple making love will experience pretty smooth non-R-rated sailing till the end of this extraordinary film. Watch video · Young Will Shakespeare has writer's block. That is, until he finds his muse – Viola.\nThis beautiful young woman is Will’s greatest admirer and will stop at nothing to appear in his next play. In one of the finer moments in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s heavily farcical production of “Shakespeare in Love” — the stage adaptation by Lee Hall (“Billy Elliot”) of the much-loved.\nRachel Rockwell, who staged a well-received production last year at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, has brought her same team of designers to Sarasota, where they work some visual magic. \"Shakespeare in Love\" bears this out, sketching a friendly rivalry between Marlowe and Shakespeare in which Marlowe coaches Will over some unrealized parts.\nShakespeare's work has become a staple of classic literature. His plays, including Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, and King Lear, have all found renown. Young Will Shakespeare has writer's block the deadline for his new play - a comedy called Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter - is fast approaching, he's struggling to finish the first line of a sonnet and he's in dire need of inspiration.\nThen he meets the beguiling Viola de Lesseps, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant.Shakespeare in love theatre business plans","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://hisheiress.tumblr.com/tagged/love-quote","date":"2014-10-21T16:42:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507444582.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005724-00075-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9870612025260925,"token_count":286,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__978622","lang":"en","text":"Adam didn’t search for Eve, God brought Eve to Adam. You see Adam gladly spent his time totally captivated in God. Until one day, God put Adam to sleep and created Eve. Did they unite right after Eve was created? Although the Bible says Eve was united with Adam, the Word does not give a clue as to when. There are no details as to how long it took between the creation of Eve and when Adam was awakened to meet her. I believe it was necessary for Eve to fall in love with God and spend just as much time with the Lord as Adam had. Why? Because then Adam and Eve would have equally had God as their #1 love before each other. A relationship just doesn’t work if God is not #1 or the center of it all. You see a relationship should be like a triangle with God on the top and man and woman at the bottom corners. The closer the man and woman are to God, they automatically get closer to each other. Wait on the Lord’s timing. and if you are in His will and loving him with all that you are, He will greatly bless you without you having to worry or do any of the work. Just focus on loving the Lord and your princess/prince will come soon enough and trust me, the Lord will only give you the very best because He loves to give good gifts to his children.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.farehammensshed.org.uk/proj/21/15.php","date":"2022-07-05T15:55:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104585887.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220705144321-20220705174321-00157.warc.gz","language_score":0.9520411491394043,"token_count":86,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__30282547","lang":"en","text":"Ernie's book collection.\nThank you to Ern Bowles for donating a large collection of books about making wooden toys and dolls houses.\nThere are some good ideas for simple toys that we could make. Maybe some of us could produce a few for sale at Christmas?\nPicture shows four of the books. There are lots more and not only for toys.\nAuthor: Richard Bunce","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://kyle-susann-altman.blogspot.com/2008/10/so-reallywhere-does-time-go.html","date":"2018-07-18T04:59:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590051.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20180718041450-20180718061450-00461.warc.gz","language_score":0.988736093044281,"token_count":747,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__37376870","lang":"en","text":"Has it really been 2 years? Two whole years since one of the best days of my life? Two whole years since my whoppin' 8 lbs. 1 oz., 21 1/2 inch absolutely precious little man entered this world and took his first big breath of fresh air and was laid in my arms. That moment...that VERY moment he stole my heart! Actually, he had already stolen my heart during the 9 months and 1 week that I was pregnant with him. Every little squirm, every BIG KICK, the amazing moments almost every day when he would get the hiccups...cherished moments!\nFor six long years, I had wanted so badly to have a child. To be called Mama by somebody who would depend on me for everything. There were actually times that I thought it would never happen. There was so much frustration, so many disappointments, so many tears. Times when I wanted to just say forget it and give up on my DREAM. But then, one day, it happened. I heard a song on the radio that made me realize that I didn't have to give up on MY DREAM. I just needed to hand my dream over to the ONLY ONE who had the power to make it come true. The song was called \"Surrender\" by BarlowGirl. If you've never heard it you should take the time to listen to it here. It just talks about how we hold on to our dreams for years and we try to MAKE them come to fruition on our own. Yet God has plans of his own and they may not always match up with what we think should be happening. Like I said, it took a WHILE, but once I was able to daily surrender my dreams to HIM and let him have control...it was all ok. I'm so thankful that I did end up being blessed with a child of my own, but I also realize that God could have chose otherwise for me. And I had finally gotten to a point in my life where I would have been okay with that. I had to realize that HE WAS ENOUGH...that I only needed Him. Not very easy and like I said it was a daily thing (and still is). Through this extremely tough time, I learned to trust in God a lot more and I also gained a new way of looking at other people who were dealing with hard situations. A new way of wanting to comfort others. I don't ever want to forget this trial.\nAnyway...back to the birthday boy. So now the little bitty (chunky monkey) baby is about to be 2. I'm not sure if he wants to be 2 or not, but it's coming anyway (kinda like my 30th birthday came anyway this past Sunday). ha ha! I personally think that he is the cutest 2 year old on earth! Watching him grow and learn so many things has been an amazing journey. It seems like every day there is something new. Or something funny that I want to remember forever (when really it's hard for me to remember my name sometimes). The way he pronounces certain words, the way he looks at me when he says \"I yuv you, Mama\", and the way he puts his little hand on his heart when we tell him that we're saying a prayer (because he thinks we mean that we're going to say the PLEDGE TO THE FLAG). My little angel, my little man, my dream come true.\nBe sweet, precious man. And have a wonderful, fun-filled 2nd birthday! Maybe this year you'll actually EAT some of your cake. :o)\nLove you bunches!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://nycoa.org/articles","date":"2017-04-26T05:54:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917121165.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031201-00466-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9703876376152039,"token_count":998,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__287765104","lang":"en","text":"This page contains links to full length articles written by Conservation Officers, Investigators and other experts in the field of natural resource protection or law enforcement.\nThe Long Liner – Written by retired Lt. Ken Didion, this article chronicles a complicated trapping case that he investigated in the mid 1990s. The case was out of the ordinary for a trapping case in that it eventually involved felony level offenses, and the defendant spent time in jail in addition to paying significant financial penalties. This article originally appeared in the International Game Warden magazine in 1996.\nThe Search for John Henry Wackerman – At the request of Game Protector John Henry Wackerman’s family, Lt. Tom Caifa conducts a search of the DEC’s historical records to locate information about this officer who served during the early 1900s.\nOur Law Enforcement Connection – Written by retired Lt. Ken Didion, this is a brief editorial on the close working relationships that ECOs enjoy with other law enforcement agencies.\nIce – Written by retired Lt. Bob Henke. With a humorous look at an incident from early in his career, retired Lt. Bob Henke provides some insight and guidance for staying safe on winter ice.\nThe Warden’s Son – written by Lt. Deming Lindsley, this is his story of what it was like growing up as the son of a game warden. His father, Burton Lindsley, had a distinguished career as a Game Protector and Conservation Officer for over thirty years.\nGame Protectors, The Early Years – written by Capt. Tim Huss, this is a reflection on the dedication and dangerous duties of the Game Protectors in the early 1900’s.\nBears of the Adirondacks – Part I – written by retired Lt. Ken Didion, this is the first installment of his trials and tribulations of dealing with the problems caused by conflict between bears and people in the Cranberry Lake area of the Adirondacks where he patrolled for many years.\nBears of the Adirondacks – Part II – the second installment on dealing with bears and people. This installment is a reflection on the problems encountered when bears are hunted illegally.\nHistory of the Environmental Conservation Officers – The article “Standing Watch” reproduced from the “Conservationist” Magazine.\nThe Early Years – written by Lt. Deming Lindsley, the Division of Law Enforcement’s most senior officer, this is a description of his first days as an ECO.\nOperation Shellshock – written by Lt. Dick Thomas, this is the story behind one of the biggest undercover operations in Division of Law Enforcement history.\n“Behind the Badge” – Retired ECO Dick Lang has recently published his first book. I have to assume that it is his first book, because I know that he has a lot more stories to tell about his career as a Game Warden in Niagara County. In his book, Dick relates some of the incidents from a long and distinguished career. Although Dick faced the dangers associated with police duties, this is not a book filled with dangerous encounters and narrow escapes from harm. This book contains the kind of stories that Game Wardens tell when they are gathered in a group of their peers. These are the stories that you accumulate and never forget because of their unusual nature of because of the humor of the circumstances.\nGame Wardens can’t help but accumulate these stories. It is just the nature of the job. We deal with people of all walks of life and witness human nature at its finest and at its worst. We deal with accomplished criminals and criminals who botch their attempts to violate the law so badly that they make us laugh. The number of stories that a warden accumulates is a direct function of two things: how many years they spent in the field and how hard they worked at their duties. The hardest working wardens with the longest careers accumulated the most memorable stories. Simple as that.\nAnd, that describes Dick Lang: a hard working Environmental Conservation Officer for 34 years. When you read his stories, you can imagine yourself in an exclusive circle – that of a group of active or retired game wardens as they gather to share their experiences. The excerpts from his book “Behind the Badge” that we will present here are a perfect example of what you would hear if you had the privilege of joining that group. We will start with Dick’s story of “The Skeleton” in the trunk, and will gradually add some more of his collection of stories for you to sample.\nDick’s book “Behind the Badge” can be purchased through this link at Amazon.com. Or, it can be purchase directly from the author. If you would like to get a personally autographed copy directly from Dick, send us an email and we will provide you with the contact information.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://onewatermedia.com/article/multilevel-methods-approach-key-kicking-toxic-hab-habit","date":"2022-05-28T11:12:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652663016373.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20220528093113-20220528123113-00673.warc.gz","language_score":0.9166181087493896,"token_count":3208,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__290419424","lang":"en","text":"Multilevel-methods Approach Key to Kicking the Toxic HAB Habit\nCyanobacteria harmful algae blooms (cyanoHABs) continue to intensify globally. These blooms represent a potential health risk to both water and food security: the excessive biomass and toxins (cyanotoxins) they produce can render water untreatable to potable quality for either human or animal consumption or even for the irrigation of many crops.\nAccording to a 2020 report by the Society of Environmental Journalists, algae “threatens public health, kills property values, wreaks havoc on tourism, drives up water rates, stymies economic development, hurts your region’s morale, mars its reputation, has psychological impacts, is a symptom of climate change, poor land use, government ineptitude, overpopulation and—frankly—just looks gross.”\nThe problems presented by cyanoHABs are driven by eutrophication, a word derived from the Greek meaning “well-nourished.” Eutrophication is usually defined as being an excess of nutrients, but the real problem stems from the competitive advantage cyanobacteria can exploit in eutrophic water bodies to become the most “well-nourished” organisms in the ecosystem.\nIn the absence of effective multilevel solutions to eutrophication, the problem of cyanoHABs has become firmly entrenched in many of our inland waters. Management methods that only focus on one technique; for example, using herbicides and algaecides to kill off the excessive biomass produced in blooms; cause massive cell breakdown and release of toxins and odors followed by the dead biomass decomposing and creating an oxygen deficit. Over time, this creates a sediment nutrient stockpile that is endlessly recycled in eutrophic water bodies.\nIt has been fifty years since the term eutrophication became part of the common language in referencing the cyanobacteria blooms and water quality in the Great Lakes and Lake Erie in particular. Since then, much effort and money has been spent on HAB “monitoring and detection” giving us a good perspective on the occurrence and distribution of both the organisms and their toxins (i.e., the cyanotoxins and other secondary metabolites).\nWhy are CyanoHABs a Problem?\nResearchers first began to explain water pollution linked with eutrophication and cyanobacteria in the 1970s (Shapiro 1970, 1973).\nOver this time period, cyanobacteria water blooms have been continuously linked to nutrient enrichment, especially in the Great Lakes, (Reutter 2019) and again more recently in the 1990s (Carmichael 2003, Scavia et al. 2014, Watson et al. 2016). We now know that when eutrophic conditions prevail in source water bodies like rivers, ponds, lakes and reservoirs, cyanobacteria can proliferate to produce what are known as HABs. Blooms are potentially harmful because many types of cyanobacteria produce a variety of potent cyanotoxins.\nThese toxins can sicken and kill wild and domestic animals, as well as humans, upon exposure, ingestion and inhalation, as was seen in Brazil in 1996 (Carmichael et al. 2001); or cause drinking water closures as happened in Toledo, Ohio, in 2014; Salem, Oregon, in 2018; and West Palm Beach, Florida, in 2021. “Do-not Drink” warnings are issued in these circumstances, and entire cities may become dependent on bottled water or water trucked in by tankers. There can be no argument that tap water made unsafe to drink by chemicals, pathogens or cyanotoxins represents a crisis.\nThe threat of cyanotoxins produced by cyanoHABs also leads to water bodies being closed to the public for recreational use. This has severe consequences for local economies and lakeside property values.\nVeterinarians first noted that animals were dying after drinking from green watering points in the late 1800s (Australia), the 1930s (South Africa) and again in the 1950s (Canada and the US). I began my research with cyanoHABs and cyanotoxins using waterbloom samples from the Canadian prairie provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1970. By the early 1980s, I had found evidence for several chemical and functional groups of cyanotoxins, especially the potent cyclic peptide liver toxins named the microcystins, which was initially produced by the colonial single-celled cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa (Carmichael 1997).\nDuring this 50-year period, toxic cyanoHABs have become more prevalent, more intense and more enduring around the world. In the US, this is evidenced in several ways, including:\n- Increasing numbers of lakes and reservoirs closed to the public by health authorities earlier every summer for longer periods of time.\n- Waterways and beaches in Florida facing closures due to toxic HABs (both marine and freshwater), severely impacting the tourism industry.\n- Rivers increasingly becoming transport conduits for cyanoHABs. Examples include the rivers feeding Monterey Bay, California; Ohio’s Maumee River contaminating Lake Erie; Lake Okechobee in Florida moving cyanoHABs to coastal beach areas; and the Mississippi River, which is increasingly a major source of contamination both inland and in the Gulf’s coastal waters.\nThe future trajectory of the cyanoHAB risk will only continue to go up, for a number of reasons. Lakes in the mid-west have suffered more from invasive weeds than cyanoHABs to date, and this was also the case in the northeast a decade ago. Researchers are now reporting that Midwest lakes (i.e., Michigan) are showing a progressive shift that is similar to changes seen in the northeastern states before cyanobacteria became so dominant there.\nInsufficient Current Practices\nAttempts to prevent eutrophication tend to focus on manipulating water nutrient chemistry, mainly by trying to reduce levels of dissolved phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) in the water. The main interventions to date have involved attempts to:\n- Reduce nutrient inflows\nOnce the process of eutrophication has begun and sediment nutrient stockpiles start to accumulate, it is too late to expect that we can stop the process by simply reducing further nutrient inflows. This is because nutrient recycling from the sediment stockpile becomes self-sustaining for cyanobacteria.\n- Chemically precipitate P into the sediment\nAlum has been the main chemical used to precipitate P out of the water column, into the sediment. By doing so, P that was available at the surface for uptake by free-floating algae is removed from the surface water and dumped into the sediment nutrient stockpile. This is exactly where the cyanobacteria want it.\nIn many states, the use of alum has been banned and more expensive, less noxious products are now promoted in its place. Unfortunately, this just means it is costing more to achieve the same harmful effects.\nSymptomatic Treatments & Long-term Relief\nWhen everything we have done to try to arrest the spread of eutrophication and toxic cyanoHABs has actually made them worse, we start to develop a mindset that accepts the inevitability of toxic cyanoHABs. If there are going to be fires igniting everywhere, then it seems logical to adopt monitoring and detecting strategies, so that we know when to panic and call the fire brigade. The focus therefore shifts to post hoc or after-the-fact reactive interventions, every time a problem flares up.\n- Algaecides & Herbicides\nAs nutrient-rich sediment accumulates, it provides an ideal rooting bed for invasive macrophytes (often called weeds). These weeds start to displace the native, more diverse aquatic plants that normally grow on the sandy bottom and provide a better spawning ground for fish to lay their eggs.\nBecause nutrients are also mobilized from this sediment to fuel algae and cyanobacteria blooms, we resort to algaecides and herbicides. They kill off the weeds and algae, but this creates two problems:\n- A stress response can induce toxin release by cyanobacteria; and\n- The dead weeds and algae sink to the bottom, decompose and add to the sediment nutrient stockpile that fuels future blooms.\n- Ultrasound Devices\nAnother technique to deal with toxic cyanoHABs after they have formed is to use ultrasound to kill the cyanobacteria by destroying their cells. As well as creating the same two problems as algaecides, ultrasound has been shown to impair important zooplankton like Daphnia (Lürling and Tolman 2014) and other organisms. This degrades the food web, directly benefiting cyanobacteria.\n- Skimming and harvesting\nSometimes used as a last-ditch effort, surface scums are physically skimmed off for deposit offsite (Finn 2019). The problem then becomes finding somewhere to safely dump the toxic harvest. This process must be repeated often, sometimes weekly or monthly, and does not significantly reduce the nutrient burden that created the problem.\nRethinking the Approach is Key to Kicking the HAB Habit\nAs toxic cyanoHABs become more prevalent, intense and enduring, it is time to rethink our approach. One-step solutions have proven insufficient, but a growing body of successful implementations suggests a system using a multistep (holistic) treatment can place lakes and reservoirs on a new trajectory.\nCase Study: Lake Peekskill, Putnam Valley, Pennsylvania\nLake Peekskill is a 60-acre lake about 60 miles (100km) north of New York City in the town of Putnam Valley. After the lake was declared unsafe for human use over several summers, an RFP was issued in 2017 for a team to help alleviate the toxicity. Key criteria for acceptance of the proposal were that no chemicals not natural to the system (i.e., algicides or alum) would be used.\nSIS.bio and their USA sister company Clean-Flo International were selected by Putnam Valley based on their comprehensive, ecological solution, incorporating aeration and enzymes, nutrients and competitive pricing.\nThe SIS.bio solution does not seek to “kill” the cyanobacteria or bluegreen algae that are responsible for toxic cyanoHABs but rather to support the natural re-establishment of a competitive productive food web so that the cyanobacteria are reigned in through natural competition for available nutrients, thus achieving greater biodiversity and a better balance.\nPrior to commissioning the solution, on June 20, 2018, the desired minimum of 5mg/l Dissolved Oxygen (DO) was barely present from 15 feet deep. Nine weeks later (and to this day) the entire water column was destratified and reoxygenated to 23 feet.\nReoxygenating the entire water column opens up water volume for fish and other oxygen-breathing aquatic life that could not otherwise inhabit it. This environment re-establishes a productive food web to take up nutrients and deny them to cyanobacteria.\n“The system is now in its fourth year with the lake in pristine condition, full of the aquatic life it had back in the 1960s,” said Sam Oliverio (former supervisor Town of Putnam Valley, New York).\nWith revised use of existing methods, applied in a multilevel way, we now have field examples showing remediation leading to prevention. This was accomplished through a better understanding of why cyanobacteria come to dominate our water supplies. The next 50 years can be about reducing and removing nutrient laden sediments in lakes, reservoirs, rivers and estuaries using a multilevel approach involving air/water flow, complemented with bioaugmentation and selected nutrients.\nThis reduction in sediments increases water volume and moves nutrients into food webs that are beneficial. By doing so, not only will we be kicking the HAB habit, but we will replace it with a process that has the potential to restore our lakes and waterways closer to the condition they were in, prior to nutrient overloading.\n- Carmichael, W. W. (1997). The cyanotoxins. Advances in botanical research, 27, 211-256.\n- Carmichael, W.W. (2003). Reemergence of Cyanobacterial harmful algae blooms in the Great Lakes – The CyanoHABs. Lake Erie Millennium Network – Third Biennial Conference. The Univ of Windsor, Ontario- May 6-7, 2003. (invited presenter)\n- Carmichael, W. W., Azevedo, S. M., An, J. S., Molica, R. J., Jochimsen, E. M., Lau, S., Rinehart, K. L., Shaw, G. R., & Eaglesham, G. K. (2001). Human fatalities from cyanobacteria: chemical and biological evidence for cyanotoxins. Environmental health perspectives, 109(7), 663-668.\n- Finn, L. (2019). https://patch.com/new- york/southampton/new-pilot-program-tackle-harmful- algal-blooms-lake-agawam\n- Lürling, M. F. L. L. W., & Tolman, Y. (2014b). Effects of commercially available ultrasound on the zooplankton grazer Daphnia and consequent water greening in laboratory experiments. Water, 6(11), 3247-3263. https://doi.org/10.3390/w6113247\n- Reutter, J. M. (2019). Lake Erie: past, present, and future. Encyclopedia of Water: Science, Technology, and Society, 1-15.\n- Scavia, D., Allan, J. D., Arend, K. K., Bartell, S., Beletsky, D., Bosch, N. S., Brandt, S. B., Briland, R. D., Daloğlu, I., DePinto, J. V., Dolan, D.M., Evans, M. A., Farmer, T. M., Goto, D., Han, H., Höök, T. O., Knight, R., Ludsin, S. A., Mason, D., Michalak, A. M., Richards, R. P., Roberts, J. J., Rucinski, D. K., Rutherford, E., Schwab, D. J., Sesterhenn, M., Zhang, H., & Zhou, Y. (2014). Assessing and addressing the re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Central basin hypoxia. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 40(2), 226-246.\n- Shapiro, J. (1970). A statement on phosphorus. Journal of Water Pollution Control. 42(5), 772-775.\n- Shapiro, J. (1973). Blue-green algae: why they become dominant. Science, 179(4071), 382-384.\n- Watson, S. B., Monis, P., Baker, P., & Giglio, S. (2016). Biochemistry and genetics of taste-and odor-producing cyanobacteria. Harmful Algae, 54, 112-127.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://d2fcrrxq70ovip.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Teke_Teke","date":"2021-09-16T15:27:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780053657.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20210916145123-20210916175123-00414.warc.gz","language_score":0.8566282987594604,"token_count":984,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__82825170","lang":"en","text":"Teke Teke (テケテケ), also spelled Teke-Teke, Teketeke, or Teke teke, is a Japanese urban legend about the ghost of a schoolgirl who is said to have been tied by her bullies onto a railway line, where her body was cut in half by a train. She is an onryō, or a vengeful spirit, who lurks in urban areas and around train stations at night. Since she no longer has a lower body, she travels on either her hands or elbows, dragging her upper torso and making a scratching or \"teke teke\"-like sound. If she encounters an individual, she will chase them and slice them in half at the torso, killing them in such a way that mimics her own disfigurement.\nCommon elements of the legend include that \"Teke Teke\" is the vengeful ghost or spirit (also known as an onryō) of a young woman or schoolgirl who was executed by being sliced in half. Missing her lower extremities, she is said to walk on her hands or her elbows, making a scratching or \"Teke Teke\"-like sound as she moves. If an individual encounters Teke Teke at night, she will chase them and cut their body in half (often with a scythe), mimicking her own death.\nOne version of the story concerns a young woman known as Kashima Reiko, who is said to have died when her legs were severed from her body by a train after she fell on the tracks. According to some sources, the \"Kashima Reiko\" story predates TekeTeke. According to legend, her legless spirit haunts bathroom stalls, asking occupants if they know where her legs are. If a questioned individual replies with an answer that Kashima does not find acceptable, she will rip or cut their legs off. Individuals may survive the encounter by replying that her legs are on the Meishin Expressway, or by responding with the phrase \"kamen shinin ma\", or \"mask death demon\" (which may be the phonetic root of Kashima's name).\n- Aka Manto (\"Red Cape\"), a Japanese urban legend about a spirit which appears in bathrooms\n- Hanako-san, a Japanese urban legend about the spirit of a young girl who haunts school bathrooms\n- Kuchisake-onna (\"Slit Mouth Woman\"), a Japanese urban legend about a disfigured woman\n- Miss Koi Koi, an African urban legend of a ghost who haunts schools\n- Sadako Yamamura, a ghost from the Ring novels and films\n- Teketeke (film), a 2009 film based on the urban legend\n- Meyer, Matthew (31 October 2015). \"Teke teke\". Yokai.com. Retrieved 12 July 2019.\n- \"Teke-Teke - Japanese Urban Legends\". ScaryForKids.com. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2019.\n- Murguía 2016, p. 317.\n- de Vos 2012, p. 170.\n- Meza-Martinez, Cecily; Demby, Gene (31 October 2014). \"The Creepiest Ghost And Monster Stories From Around The World\". NPR. National Public Radio, Inc. Retrieved 6 August 2019.\n- Fierro, Romina. \"Teke Teke: el fantasma japonés que aterra a quienes caminan por las estaciones de tren\" [Teke Teke: the Japanese ghost that terrifies those who walk through train stations]. Vix.com. Retrieved 6 August 2019.\n- \"Japanese Urban Legends: Kashima-san | Kowabana\". 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2021-02-19.\n- Grundhauser, Eric (2 October 2017). \"Get to Know Your Japanese Bathroom Ghosts\". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 12 July 2019.\n- Bricken, Rob (19 July 2016). \"14 Terrifying Japanese Monsters, Myths And Spirits\". Kotaku. G/O Media. Retrieved 6 August 2019.\n- Bathroom Readers' Institute 2017, p. 390.\n- Bathroom Readers' Institute (2017). Uncle John's OLD FAITHFUL 30th Anniversary Bathroom Reader (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Annual). Portable Press. ISBN 978-1684120864.\n- de Vos, Gail (2012). What Happens Next? Contemporary Urban Legends and Popular Culture. Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 978-1598846331.\n- Murguía, Salvador Jimenez (2016). The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films (National Cinemas). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1442261662.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.jessicafkirk.com/new-page/","date":"2019-10-16T17:55:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986669057.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20191016163146-20191016190646-00399.warc.gz","language_score":0.9471381902694702,"token_count":683,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__177381812","lang":"en","text":"My research focuses on how stereotyping leads to mistreatment and biased perceptions of women, creating challenges in their pursuit of success.\nI appreciate multi-method research and combining large-scale field studies with experimental data. Across my projects, I have engaged in quantitative methods including laboratory studies, cross-sectional studies, and field studies. I have also done qualitative work such as interviews and observational analysis. I am interested in applied field settings and field interventions and have worked with data from leadership development programs, top tech accelerators, Fortune 100 organizations, small organizations, and the Space Telescope Science Institute.\nGender in Organizations\nEmpowering Female Leaders: In the first chapter of my dissertation, I explore empowerment leadership as a female advantage. I hypothesize that empowerment, as a feminized leadership style, becomes a requirement for women. However, female leaders are also scrutinized on their relative empowerment of male and female followers and punished for deviations. The results of a field study of executive-level leaders and an experiment support my hypotheses and demonstrate that women in leadership are required to be empowering, particularly with their female followers.\nAttractiveness and Harassment: This project explores the connection between attractiveness and harassment of women in organizations with the use of a multi-method approach that combines qualitative, field, and experimental data. We assert that attractiveness leads to harassment through mechanisms related to biased perceptions of opportunities gained by attractive women. The current manuscript received a reject and resubmit (high-risk R&R) at Organization Science and is being prepared for re-submission in August 2018.\nGender and Entrpreneurship\nGender and New Venture Teams: The second chapter of my dissertation explores gender bias in entrepreneurship by considering how the gender composition of NVTs negatively biases evaluations of new ventures. The first study in this paper uses data from 4,564 companies applying to one of the top technology accelerators. Combined with experimental data, the manuscript makes a compelling argument that new venture teams with more women are seen as less emotionally stable and therefore less viable in entrepreneurship.\nGender and Tech Accelerators: The second project in this area is a longitudinal study conducted with the same technology accelerator from the previous study. The aim of this project is to better understand the experience of NVTs with more women as they move through the accelerator program. In addition to facing biased evaluations, anecdotal evidence suggests that NVTs with more women may have fundamentally different experiences in mentorship and support.\nExploration of Solutions\nThe third chapter of my dissertation is a theoretical paper that presents blinding as a potential solution to bias in organizations and entrepreneurship. The paper looks at blinding as an alternative to affirmative action programs (AAPs), particularly strong affirmative action programs. While AAPs may be effective in some situations, strong programs are often perceived as unfair and met with resistance from stakeholders. The nature and design of blinding programs may offer a more universally fair solution that can eliminate bias in early selection stages.\nSeveral past and present studies have informed this work. I have an ongoing project with the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) to implement and test blinding procedures in the selection process for the Hubble Space Telescope. A manuscript of this study is under review at the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science with my coauthor, Stefanie Johnson. Additionally, we are working on a qualitative study that explores reactions to the implementation of blinding procedures.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.rethinkplasticvietnam.com/profile/rosalbaweins23515/profile","date":"2022-05-20T03:27:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662531352.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220520030533-20220520060533-00608.warc.gz","language_score":0.9601322412490845,"token_count":1258,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__306079575","lang":"en","text":"Anabolic steroids for neuropathy, denervation atrophy\nAnabolic steroids for neuropathy\nNandrolone (Deca Durabolin) Nandrolone is one of the most commonly used steroids for muscle growth. Nandrolone levels in male rats at 4 days after treatment were 0.1% and 1.3% of the maximum values (5 mg/lb, respectively). Nandrolone levels in female rats at 7 days after treatment were 0, nandrolone.24% and 3, nandrolone.3% of the maximal values, nandrolone. Male rats receiving Nandrolone 1% at 3 days were significantly faster than Nandrolone 1% at 11 days. Nandrolone 1% and Nandrolone 1/3 at 7 and 11 days increased the muscle protein synthesis rates of male mice compared with males treated with neither, denervation atrophy. Male mice treated with Nandrolone 1% at 7 days had higher creatine phosphokinase (CPK) levels after two hours, nandrolone. Male mice treated with Nandrolone 1% at 11 days increased creatine phosphate by 2.5%.\nDenervation itself results in an up-regulation of glucocorticoid receptors in skeletal muscle that might make the muscle more susceptible to the effects of steroids(2). The same up-regulation of glucocorticoids could also result in increased expression of some cytokines and chemokines, and possibly enhanced oxidative stress (2). It has been postulated that this may be a mechanism that would promote the formation of fibrous lesions (or hyperplasia) and the increase in intercellular collagen deposition, anabolic steroids for nerve damage. In this study, we report two new reports of increased levels of markers of inflammation, oxidative stress, and cytokines in subjects who had been exposed to chronic, excessive corticosteroids for two years—an exposure that must have involved a significant change in the composition of skeletal muscle in these patients (see , Figure 1), anabolic steroids for nerve damage. These changes were evident in the presence and absence of a significant change in the muscle fibre type in the presence of exercise ( ), anabolic steroids for neuropathy. They were also seen in the presence and absence of a significant reduction in serum levels of the inflammatory cytokines TNFα, IL-6, IL-8, and c-reactive protein (CRP) ( ). The presence of increased levels of markers of inflammation and oxidative damage in the muscle of the chronically chronically exposed individuals could either suggest that these chronic, high doses of steroids were contributing to the atrophy or inflammation; or alternatively that the muscle fibres of these persons had become less resistant to the effects of the treatment, denervation atrophy. In previous studies we found that some of them remained robust for > 3 months after cessation of all but a few high dose dexamethasone treatments (6, 7, 20, 26). The chronic steroid treatments were discontinued and then resumed after an interval of more than 8 weeks, anabolic steroids for runners. During this interval, however, all but a few high dose dexamethasone treatments became ineffective and ceased. If this pattern was consistent, then our data might indicate that the increase in markers of inflammation and oxidative stress that we observed in the subjects who had been exposed to chronic, excessive dexamethasone treatments would have been permanent. If this was the case then the results from the present study could suggest that an initial increase in these markers had been reversed, either because of an acute response of muscle fibre repair during the 8-week cessation of all high dose dexamethasone treatments, or because it was sufficient for a subsequent improvement of chronic inflammation, denervation atrophy.\nIn 2012 and 2013 Tim Murphy was involved in a Cavan-based mobile needle exchange that steroid users came towhen they had no other option. \"There were two groups of men from the UK and Ireland in the area. One group of around 20 had been prescribed Adderall and the other about 35 had not. \"The guys who weren't on the medication were very agitated, they were very out of their minds.\" It was a problem that Mr Murphy said would not become less serious in the future. \"There is an attitude in rural Ireland that you just have to take your medicine and put up with it,\" he added. \"People think if they take the medicine they just deal with it and not be bothered by it. It's just not true. \"The biggest challenge we have is the stigma. The stigma is the thing we need to worry about.\" SN Or antidepressants (beware of weight gain) to manage neuropathic pain. Symptoms of ulnar neuropathy typically include numbness and. — support is available for anabolic steroid users who want to change their dependence on these drugs. What are anabolic steroids? Parveen kumar, michael l. 2016 · medical. 2010 · medical. Peripheral neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, and aids. Corticosteroids should not be confused with anabolic steroids,. Peroneal neuropathy may originate gait impairment — denervation atrophy describes when a nerve is damaged and can no longer trigger muscle contractions. This type of muscle atrophy is more. 2015 · medical. 2018 · цитируется: 14 — resveratrol supplementation significantly prevents muscle atrophy after denervation in mice, possibly due to the decrease in atrogin-1 and p62-dependent. Denervation changes maybe the first sign of a cranial nerve injury. 6denervation atrophy secondary to trochlear nerve palsy: coronal ct images through. 2014 · цитируется: 85 — skeletal muscle mass and function are regulated by motor innervation, and denervation results in muscle atrophy. The activity of mammalian target of. Two published studies suggest that an invasive procedure intended to alleviate facet joint pain called radiofrequency (rf) denervation is not as effective ENDSN Similar articles:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://raumau.eu/my-future-europe/","date":"2023-12-01T20:39:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100304.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201183432-20231201213432-00272.warc.gz","language_score":0.9662487506866455,"token_count":449,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__7106565","lang":"en","text":"This publication, in its embryonic stadium thought to become the close-up, the goal of the European Creative Camp 017. It was developed and evolved on a quite rich anthology of young ideas about their surrounding environment, about Europe and as it is their world, they know, they live, they dream in. We asked them to put on something visual, expressing their view, their ideas, exposing therefore their naive worldviews to us, the others, often captured in our, often quite narrow view of the world, to start shaking our capability to imagine a tomorrow.\nThis publication, made possible due to our persistence, that it is important, what we contribute, comprises the view of 29 authors, all youngsters between 14 and 30years of age, rooting in various nations within and outside of the European Union. The result is amazing!\nAs we do not produce for this post and ourselves pleasure only, we engaged and sent out copies of this anthology to all heads of states of the European Union’s member states as well as to other important stakeholders, within politics but also within economical stakeholders.\nThe feedback we got was actually more than satisfying. Diplomats and stakeholders seemed to appreciate the results. In fact, after “Live for Tomorrow” in 2017 this publication is the second of its kind, documenting the European Creative Camp and spreading young, different, often unheard ideas of the generation that will get quite a heritage, one could say.\nThis publication was possible due to our long time companions like Gerald Baumgartner and Lym Moreno. It would have ended in a catastrophe without Urška Čerče and Irena Šisernik as well as to all imaginable involved institutions of the city of Slovenj Gradec, who were, as usual quite skeptical, but I believe in the end also glad and proud of what they supported, outside their business as usual. Do get your copy – enjoy and support!\nIf you are interested in purchasing My Future Europe – Europe, My Future (European Creative Camp 017), listed with the ISBN 978-961-92775-6-0, please contact us at startadialog[@]raumau.eu.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://carpe.academic.wlu.edu/2020/05/15/carpe-news-16/","date":"2024-04-15T10:07:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816954.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20240415080257-20240415110257-00139.warc.gz","language_score":0.9365394711494446,"token_count":435,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__60777045","lang":"en","text":"I hope you’re well, and that you’re finding some way to get out into the garden, or to bake bread, or to paint or to read a really really good novel. Those of you who are teaching Spring Term, have faith! The end (of the term, not the world) is in sight!\nSeveral short items today:\nFirst, just a reminder that if you’re interested in the summer faculty/staff book club exploring Cathy Davidson’s THE NEW EDUCATION, there are still spaces available. Davidson’s book is an excellent opportunity to remind ourselves of why we do the hard work we do, and how the current crisis may give us the chance to make some important changes. My hope is that, rather than feeling like “work,” this book club is a way to refresh ourselves by diving into larger conversations about higher education.\nSecond, the Liberal Arts Collaborative for Digital Innovation–aka, LACOL–is offering an online summer convention consisting of a series of workshops, reading groups, and discussions. Among other things, there will be a discussion of James Lang and Flower Darby’s SMALL TEACHING ONLINE. Since W&L is a member of LACOL (along with other peer institutions), participation is free. Elizabeth Teaff has made electronic copies of Lang and Darby’s book available.\nThird, for those of you still thinking about how you’d like to close out your Spring Term courses–or for those of you who are just interested in exploring different ways to do final exams–mathematician Francis Su offers an interesting take in the piece “Seven Exam Questions for a Pandemic (or any other time).” It’s a short and thoughtful read.\nFinally, on the lighter side, McSweeney’s has done us all the favor of creating course evaluations for life in the age of COVID. The writers have done a nice job of making sure that every field is represented. Enjoy!\nTake care, everyone. Wash your hands!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://reluctantvegetarians.com/","date":"2017-02-28T03:15:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501174124.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104614-00277-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9843130111694336,"token_count":177,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__117552329","lang":"en","text":"Because we like meat and have been eating it all our lives. But as we got older we got fatter and couldn't get it off. We also started watching a lot of documentaries and became convinced that the food conglomerates were slowly poisoning us.\nWe were also shocked to discover that animal cruelty laws do not apply to food animals and that the CAFO's (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation) regularly abuse the animals they slaughter.\nAfter months of research we made the decision to give up meat and have never felt better in our lives.\nWe have lost a lot of weight and have never felt hungry eating a plant based diet.\nThis site is designed to support our book series \"The Reluctant Vegetarians\". The first book of the series is \"A Guide to Juicing, Raw Foods & Superfoods - Eat a Healthy Diet & Lose Weight\"","domain":"literature"}
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Instant communication and\na wired world are making it more possible than ever to offer network\nmarketing's opportunities to an almost limitless number of people. Wave 4\nalso profiles the industry's emerging stars and their organizations,\nintroduces ordinary men and women who are achieving success beyond their\nwildest dreams, and describes why blue-chip corporations are turning to\nnetwork marketing to boost their profits.\nDegarmo's Heart to Heart : The Real Power of Network Marketing\nOffers fresh, visionary insights into the way we will earn our fortunes. A\nmust-read. - Denis Waitley\nand Mark Yarnell's Your First Year in Network Marketing: Overcome Your\nFears, Experience Success, and Achieve Your Dreams!\nThis book offers practical survival tactics needed during that critical,\nfirst year in multilevel marketing, and beyond. Chapters include how to deal\nwith rejection, how to recruit, how to avoid over-managing one's downline,\nhaving realistic expectations, remaining focused, staying enthusiastic, and\nconducting in-home meetings. This book is probably the best book of Network\nMarketing that I have read.\nGage's How to Build a Multi-Level Money Machine : The Science of Network\nIf you are at all intrigued or interested in Network Marketing this book is\na MUST read. With his advice, knowledge and dedication there is no way that\na person could fail. A very popular hard-cover book.\nKalench's Being the Best You Can Be in MLM : How to Train Your Way to the\nTop in Multi-Level Network Marketing\nMaster teacher John Kalench will teach you about the how and more\nimportantly the why of Network Marketing with this treasure chest of\ninformation. John tells you like it is and more importantly helps you\ndevelop the fuel to keep your business on track well into the future.\nKalench's 17 Secrets of the Master Prospectors\nKalench's The Greatest Opportunity in the History of the World : You and\nthe Dream of the Home-Based Business\nAndrecht's MLM Magic : How an Ordinary Person Can Build an Extraordinary\nNetworking Business from Scratch\nRoller's How to Make Big Money in Multi Level Marketing\nIt covers what to do in the first 90 days, how to get results, delegating,\nhints to make your meeting more successful, how to serve your customer,\nmotivating your downline, reviving dropouts and how to select a MLM company.\nNichols' Successful Network Marketing for the 21st Century\nLearn the differences between network marketing and multi-level marketing\nand determine which is best for you. This is the ONLY book that fully\nexplains all forms of compensation plans, and the only one that presents a\ncompletely unbiased view free from a hidden agenda. He researched over 200\ndifferent Network Marketing companies and he chose Usana!\nPoe's Wave 3 : The New Era in Network Marketing\nThe Wave 3 revolution is being fueled by new technology and innovative\nmarketing ideas. Richard Poe tells readers what they need to know about\nnetwork marketing and how to get started on this exciting path toward\nPoe's The Wave 3 Way to Building Your Downline : The Secrets to Network\nWith well over 100,000 copies in print, this book is proof that the Wave 3\nrevolution is here to stay. With Wave 3 Way, Poe shows savvy network\nmarketers how to build their own empire.\nMilton Fogg's The Greatest Networker in the World\nThis bestselling classic on network marketing has inspired millions to\nsucceed in America's fastest growing industry. Here is the story of a young\nman on the verge of quitting the business, who discovers that the secrets of\nMLM success lie within him. It's a story that has changed many lives.\nUse this to search for any books not\nlisted or click\nhere to go directly to the Amazon.Com Web-Site:\nColgan's The New Nutrition : Medicine for the Millennium\nDr. Colgan does a great job explaining in layman's terms the importance of\nnutritional supplements as a survival mechanism to combat the absence of an\nadequate diet. He points out the lack of critical vitamins and minerals in\nthe food we eat due to soil depletion, pollution, and the use of chemical\nfertilizers. Dr. Colgan, while sometimes brash, is refreshingly candid about\nhow we can all take better care of ourselves through the use of nutritional\nsupplements added to our diets that are woefully lacking the substances\nrequired for optimal health.\nColgan's Hormonal Health : Nutritional and Hormonal Strategies for\nEmotional Well-Being & Intellectual Longevity\nDr. Colgan debunks various hormone replacement strategies and recommends his\nown program of hierarchical restoration of youthful hormonal levels. Dr.\nColgan believes that his approach will inhibit aging and improve the quality\nof a patient's life. Abundant literature citations are paired with a highly\naccessible writing style. Dr. Colgan strongly emphasizes that no hormonal\nmanipulations should be undertaken without the advice and cooperation of\none's own physician. Recommended for those who are interested in the subject\nof life extension.\nColgan's Optimum Sports Nutrition : Your Competitive Edge\nThis comprehensive guide speaks directly to athletes, body builders, and\nother serious sport and fitness-conscious consumers. Dr. Colgan presents\nscientific information in an easy-to-read, comprehendible format that covers\nsupplements--what's effective and what's not--peak-performance nutrition,\nsteroids, special diets, and more.\nColgan's Your Personal Vitamin Profile\nColgan's Prevent Cancer Now!; Arm Yourself with Powerful Weapons Against\nColgan's The Flavonoid Revolution : Grape Seed Extract and Other\nFlavonoids Against Disease\nColgan's Creatine for Muscle and Strength\nColgan's 100 Years Young; How to Live to a Ripe Old Age in Spite of Your\nKenneth H. Cooper's Antioxidant Revolution\nPresenting evidence for the strengthening properties of vitamin C, vitamin\nE, beta carotene, and other \"antioxidants,\" the author of Aerobics\nnotes the detrimental effects of unstable oxygen molecules on the body.\nKenneth H. Cooper's 50 Essential Things to Do When the Doctor Says It's\nIn any given year, doctors diagnose over one million new cases of cancer. In\nthis unique book, cancer-survivor Greg Anderson offers 50 simple, pro-active\nsteps to combating the disease, including hopeful advice on treatment,\nattitude, and survival. Inspiring and informative--must reading for anyone\nfaced with the frightening diagnosis of cancer.\nKenneth H. Cooper's Advanced Nutritional Therapies\nBased on the latest medical and scientific research, a comprehensive,\nmedically proven program explains how to incorporate herbs, nutrients,\nsupplements, minerals, and hormones into a nutritional therapy designed to\nprevent and heal disease and enhance the quality of one's life.\nKenneth H. Cooper's The Aerobics Program for Total Well-Being : Exercise,\nDiet, Emotional Balance\nThe best-selling author of Running Without Fear presents a complete program\nfor total well-being--physically, nutritionally, emotionally--that includes\ndozens of ways to stay fit, three weeks of nutritious menus, guidelines for\nthe 22 components of a comprehensive medical exam, and more.\nKenneth H. Cooper's It's Better to Believe\nAs the physician who popularized aerobics, taught readers how to cut\ncholesterol, and demonstrated the importance of antioxidants, Dr. Cooper has\nhelped millions live healthy, full lives. His latest book offers an\nexercise-and-diet plan that draws on spiritually-based values to help\nenhance all areas of life.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://grownupganja.com/living-the-dream/","date":"2024-04-23T13:40:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818711.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423130552-20240423160552-00805.warc.gz","language_score":0.9171047806739807,"token_count":1250,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__35209638","lang":"en","text":"Home/Getting to Ganja: Revolutionizing the Status Quo\nGetting to Ganja: Revolutionizing the Status Quo\nClaiming My Terrain: The Basics of the Blog\nWelcome to the Grown Up Ganja blog. If you’re here, I assume you’re looking for something a little different. Good news – that’s precisely what I aim to offer.\nI’m Auntie Paige, and this is my story, my musings, my reality – but more than that, this is my quest. Think of me as your quirky but not quite cool, child-free aunt who has navigated life her way and has a treasure trove of insights to share, without any sugar-coating. The reality is, I’ve been through a ton of cool and not so cool experiences and come out on the other side with a life that, though imperfect, is authentically mine.\n“I don’t want all the land. I just want the land that touches my land.”\nAuntie Paige’s Motto\nI don’t want all the land. I just want the land that touches my land.\nThat’s my motto. It reflects the way I live my life – on my own terms, claiming what is mine without feeling the need to conquer what isn’t. This is a principle called “Internal Locus of Control.” It’s a fancy way of saying I choose how to react to what life throws my way.\nHowever, it wasn’t always this way. My transformation into a person with an internal locus of control was neither overnight nor straightforward. It took time, experiences, and a whole lot of self-reflection. It also required a framework to help make sense of it all – something I call the ‘Get to No University.’\nClaiming My Terrain: Defining the Boundaries of What’s MINE\nNow, why write here instead of our business blog?\nSimply put, this is personal. This isn’t a corporate pitch or an attempt to sell you something. Instead, it’s a genuine, heartfelt account of my journey. It’s me reclaiming my ‘mine’ and inviting you along for the ride as I untangle what I can control from what I can’t.\nThis blog, as I see it, is a chronicle of my journey in five main areas that make my life the beautiful, messy masterpiece that it is:\nBusiness Banter: Success on My Terms\nBuilding, refining, and maintaining our successful media business has been a rollercoaster ride that we call the World’s Longest Honeymoon. Here, I’ll share what we’ve learned, including the challenge and joy of building a business with a spouse or partner, and the importance of keeping personal and professional dreams aligned.\nBrain Wiki: Decoding the Inner NeuroSparkle\nAn exploration of the unique traits and idiosyncrasies that make us who we are and determine the life we’re meant to live, this section reflects my ongoing interest in what makes us want what we want.\nI call this concept ‘neurosparkle,’ the idea that we each have unique characteristics that make us perfectly suited for our dream lives. I envision creating an app that homogenizes all sorts of diagnostic tests, from personality to intelligence to emotional regulation, into one bias-free tool. In the meantime, I’ll explore what I think in the concept of why I think it.\nBay Life: Our Sanctuary by the Mississippi\nOur amazing 700 square foot home on a bay off the Mississippi River is an integral part of our story. After two devastating floods, we rebuilt during the pandemic, turning our dream home into a sanctuary that keeps us connected to nature, family and the life we love.\nFrom biking and kayaking to gardening and my hand fed hummingbirds, I’ll share how living here has fundamentally changed our perspective on what ‘home’ means.\nBody Balance: Health Over Vanity\nI lost over 100 lbs after turning 50 and maintained that loss for a year and a half. My journey towards health, including a deep dive into the Optavia diet and now modifying the Optavia diet to include appropriate nutrition for me to exercise, taught me a lot about self-sabotage and moderation.\nI’ll use this as a case study to explore how the Get to No University framework can help us better understand and confront our personal barriers.\nBudding Beliefs: Cultivating a Mind Open to Change.\nThis is where I document my unexpected journey through the world of cannabis – not as an activist, but as someone who discovered weed at a late age and has benefitted in ways I never anticipated. A life changing paradigm shift forced me to fundamentally re-evaluate my beliefs and rethink what I held to be true. As the most unlikely cannabis advocate, my experiences with cannabis instigated a profound transformation in me.\nI’m not here to convince you of its virtues; rather, my aim is to share my journey and introspect on why this path worked for me.\nGrown Up Ganja symbolizes the courage to discover and embrace what truly works for you, even when it contradicts the ‘one-size-fits-all’ norm that society often propagates. It’s about nurturing our budding beliefs and cultivating a mind that’s open to change.\nBuckle up, buttercup, this is going to be one hell of a ride! I know that because that’s what it’s been so far and I don’t expect any less going forward.\nHere, at the intersection of life, love, dreams, and a healthy dose of reality, we’re going to explore it all, one blog post at a time. Let’s embark on this journey together and see where it takes us!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.eddielogic.com/2007/10/31/overcoming-barriers-for-strategic-planning/","date":"2015-03-28T17:42:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131297628.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172137-00032-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9570320248603821,"token_count":388,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-14__0__96358249","lang":"en","text":"Traditionally strategic planning has been recognized as very important activity to the effective management of the firm. However, according to some recent surveys (from 2006 and 2007), which are related to the organizational practice of strategic planning, “some” survey participants were not satisfied fully with the process or outcome.\nHence I would like to select some typical barriers and problems, which exist within strategic planning and would like to make some suggestions how to overcome them. These barriers are analysis barriers, agenda setting related barriers and barriers for strategy finding\nOvercoming analysis barriers\nTo develop a successful and sustainable strategy, organisations could apply an approach that considers the impact of secondary effects. I recommend taking a dynamic view of the marketplace all the time. Therefore organisations should anticipate competitive reactions and explicitly incorporate them into their strategic analysis. To ensure such a dynamic view I recommend applying an approach that is based on the analytical technique of business dynamics.\nOvercoming the issues of agenda setting\nIn some cases only top managers contribute to the agenda of the strategy meeting. Two major disadvantages are linked with this approach: a) Not all really important issues will be set to the agenda; due to this fact: b) some important aspects that have an impact on the meta level of corporate issues will not be considered. The quality of strategic decisions can be improved if middle management has the chance to contribute their knowledge to the stage of agenda setting. Hence it is recommended to establish a procedure that ensures the involvement of middle managers during the process of agenda setting. Degree and content of such a procedure should consider both size and structures of the organization.\nOvercoming the barrier of strategy finding\nTo generate a variety of ideas the organisation has to ensure that various perspectives and different levels of knowledge are reflected. This can be achieved by including senior management representatives from all functional units of the organisation. That should include small units as well as those units that are far far away from corporate HQ.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.proudweirdo.nl/en/night-sessions/","date":"2019-07-23T23:09:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195529737.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20190723215340-20190724001340-00208.warc.gz","language_score":0.9802037477493286,"token_count":915,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__71126260","lang":"en","text":"What Hubby and I do at night is sometimes bizarre. Bizarre, but funny.\nWell it’s obvious I’m weird, also at night, that’s not the strange thing this time. 😜\nIt’s the Hub, at night his weirdness shows, which is a good balance in our relationship.\nMy fright reflexes are tightened too well, that’s why just a sigh can make me jump.\nHubby finds it hilarious and checks regularly if it still works.\nFor many the night is a moment of rest, while our nights get disturbed sometimes.\nA few years back we were woken up by car alarms at night, what kinda annoying is when you’re sound asleep. 😑\nOur bedroom is on the first floor facing the street, which was the bad side this time.\nWhen yet another alarm went off, I walked downstairs, a little drowsy, to go pee.\nAt the same time Hubby walked up to the attic, to look out of the window if maybe there was something to see.\nI didn’t hear him walking upstairs, so I assumed he was still lying in bed.\nOnce I was back in our warm bed, almost sleeping again, I suddenly heard someone walk down the stairs, coming straight at the bedroom. 😱\nI don’t know what kind of sound came out of me, but I was pretty startled.\nHubby looked strangely at me, from the front of the bed, (not the reaction you want your woman to have when you’re about to lay next to her, I think..) that’s when I realized he wasn’t lying next to me.\nI don’t think I have to explain, it took a while before we fell back to sleep.\nAnother time Hubby had a very a vivid dream.\nThe dream was about a goose, who chased him and tried to bite him, it was pretty annoying, Hubby was fed up and gave the goose, in his dream, a smack.\nApparently I was in the route of the goose and got the full blast, an elbow to the chest.\nAfter some struggling, we were lucky to be able to laugh about it.\nI’m not the easiest to wake up, this trick worked to wake me up, literally in one snap. 🤣\nThen we have the night I woke up with my thumb in his hand, the martyr thumb-clamp version.\nI made an attempt to open his hand to get my thumb out. Hubby woke up and asked; “What are you doing?”\nEhhhhh “what are you doing????” He still didn’t let my poor thumb go. 😂\nIf you think an thumb-clamp hurts..\nA week or so ago, Hubby was dreaming again.\nI don’t know about what of if I want to know, but in his sleep he grabbed my breast, that I didn’t noticed until I woke screaming when he turned my nipple around. 😱\nIt hurts when your awake, but when you’re sleeping …\nThe most hilarious, still makes me laugh.\nI don’t sleep very well, this particular night every time I started to doze off I woke up again, pretty annoying.\nHubby dreamed something strange again, no idea what, but suddenly he started shouting. Loudly.\nI think everyone would be startled, but with my horror reflexes being too tight and the fact I almost fell asleep, made me shout back at him.\nSo we were both woken up by our own screaming, confused and a little scared. 🤣\nAfter that we started to laugh like crazy and we’re surprised the neighbors didn’t hear us.\nPersonally, I would have some questions when I hear my neighbors screaming at night, in our case they know us quite a bit, so I don’t think much surprises them.\nThis was a little story about our nightly activities, never thought I would write about it, but it’s too funny not to use.\nHubby is always the calm one, but in the night..\nI trust him for 110% with my life, but I was just looking for a steel-bra, just to keep my nipples safe. 😉","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://rimfrostus.blogspot.com/2009/02/such-sweet-giirl-3.html","date":"2018-07-16T20:12:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589455.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20180716193516-20180716213516-00393.warc.gz","language_score":0.9522005319595337,"token_count":192,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__267891275","lang":"en","text":"My goodness..I got this adorable message on myspace from a girl called Kaycee.\n\" I love what you do.\nI've been a big admirer of your comic strips for the longest time.\nSo when I saw that you where selling a book full of the cute,\nfunny, silly comic strips.\nI knew had to go and buy it.\nSo now every time I need a giggle.\nI go get the book flip to any page and laugh.\nThank you for all the great art that you make.\nHope you'll come out with another books\nfull of more Rip and Maria mischief's.\"\nShe sent me pictures of her with the book! SO ADORABLE~ ! It makes me want to squeal ^^ !! I'm so happy that my book has been somewhat of a success :D *big smile* THANK YOU SWEET PEOPLE..FOR THE SUPPORT AND LOVE!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://chadcraigministries.org/Resources/Blog.aspx","date":"2018-11-14T23:30:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039742322.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20181114232605-20181115014605-00183.warc.gz","language_score":0.9535947442054749,"token_count":1721,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__216426625","lang":"en","text":"Why I Stopped Looking Forward to a Day Off…\nI never was the best at math. However, I was able to understand that five is greater than two. As an observer of life, people, and a listener of the surrounding culture, I was often baffled by the mentality and actions of the rushing, anxiety, complaining, and despairing that takes place five days of the week as we look forward to and lust after two days – a weekend; a break.\nWho said that’s the way it should be? Who has set that trend in stone? Yes, I hear the rebuttals, the excuses, the passive mentality that shouts, “That’s just the way things are!” And yes, that may be so in your current existence, but let’s ask two things: 1) When did “things” become our master? 2) Do we not have a choice in this matter?\nI have asked myself those same questions. And as a result, I am learning, my mind is being renewed, and I am making the necessary choices so that “things” do not become my master. Culture is not to be my master. The opinions of others are not to be my master. The expectations of others are not to be my master. Time is not my master. The calendar is not my master.\nNone of these things are inherently “evil” but if they become my master then they are deemed evil. (See 1 Corinthians 6:12, Galatians 4:9 & Chapter 12 in the book Divine Design for Discipleship)\nJesus Christ is to be my Master.\nHe is to be the Master and Lord over the “culture” of my life, my time, and my calendar. As the Psalmist proclaims, “My times are in your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me” (Psalm 31:15). The enemies you need to be delivered from are probably not flesh and blood enemies but the enemy of culture (its mentalities, habits, assumptions, expectations, and opinions) because they seek to do in your life what David’s physical enemies desired to do to him.\n- Lay a secret net for your feet and strength (V.4)\n- Trouble your soul (mind, will, emotions) (V.7)\n- Take away your life (V.13)\n- Fill your ears with lies and fears (V.13, 18, 20)\nFor you to be delivered from such enemies your “times” are going to have to be left in God’s hand. “Times” just means the events and experiences that take place within time (See Strong’s #06256). So, your times need to be put in the hand of God. When you put each moment in God’s hand, God can put His hand in each moment! (Please, read that statement again) The fingerprint of God can touch and be left upon every event of your life.\nInstead of rushing through five days, lusting after and looking forward to one or two days off, each moment of every day can be touched by the fingerprint of God. The closeness of God and the reality of His presence can be felt in every moment of every day not just on our “days off.”\nJesus also put it this way, “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” (Matthew 6:34).\nAs a mentor of mine often says, “When you see the word “therefore” find out what it is there for.” So in doing that you will find Jesus’ exhortation as:\n- Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness (V.32-33)\no By not laying up treasures on earth but in heaven (V.19-21)\no By focusing on the light – the right things (V.22-23)\no By serving, loving, and being loyal to God, not money (V.24)\nMaybe looking forward to a day off is a negative symptom of a bigger issue: Love of Stuff.\nWhich is connected to another issue: we need money for stuff. We need more money for more stuff.\nWhich is connected to another issue: we are working primarily for the money to acquire the stuff.\nWhich is connected to another issue: we are working as a slave to stuff instead of worship to God.\nWhich is connected back to the issue at hand: we are, therefore, always looking forward to a day off.\nPause. Reflect. Breathe deeply. Pray. Ask the Father – Is this happening in my current life?\nIf so, there is always hope and grace in Christ to make changes.\nSome of God’s desire toward us is reflected in the following thoughts:\no Colossians 3:17 NKJV - And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.\no Colossians 3:23 NKJV - And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men.\no Proverbs 23:4 NKJV - Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease!\no 1 Timothy 6:17 NKJV - Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. 18 Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, 19 storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.\no Ephesians 2:10 NKJV - For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.\no 2 Corinthians 6:16b NKJV - For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: \"I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.\"\nBecause of the grace of God provided through the finished work of Jesus Christ, if you have acknowledged Christ as your Lord and Savior, God dwells in you. Therefore, in what you do, in whatever you face, His presence is there! His kingdom of peace and joy is there!\nIt is no so much what you do that makes the work significant but who you do it for and with. The “who” is to be the Lord. This is exactly why I stopped looking forward to a day off! God’s presence is in the NOW, in the whatever, wherever, and whenever. It is in the awareness of His presence in me and with me that delight is found.\nAnd where delight is, desires are fulfilled. The psalmist said, “Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday.” (Psalm 37:3-6)\nJust maybe your delight in Him each day will give you the direction and courage needed to go after the job that you really desire in your heart though it’s been buried by culture, expectations, fears, calendars, opinions of others, or love of money! A job that you do for Him, with Him, and because He created you for that type of “good work” when you were born again in Christ.\nJust maybe…Just maybe…that’s why I, scratch that, why YOU stopped looking forward to a day off!\nUntil next time, grace and peace in Jesus’ name.\nThanks again for your time. I pray this has helped you put your times in His hands.\n[Read the rest of this article...]","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://redeyehd.co.uk/talking-esports-a-free-book-on-esports-broadcasting/","date":"2016-08-25T02:45:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-36/segments/1471982292734.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160823195812-00254-ip-10-153-172-175.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9669085144996643,"token_count":183,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-36","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-36__0__38269351","lang":"en","text":"Today, I can finally announce the publication of the book “Talking Esports”. It is the work of more than 8 years in total. The book covers almost every aspect of esports broadcasting whether you want to be a home broadcaster, a professional caster at live events or even a show host. Hopefully there is something for everyone that wants to work as a broadcaster in esports.\nThe book is completely free of any monetary cost, all I ask is you pay for it via a tweet and an optional follow on Twitter.\nYou can download the book below.\nMany asked for a way to pay in monetary ways for the book and while I don’t need you to do this in order to download the book, if you feel you benefit from the book or would simply like to donate towards the costs of creating and hosting it, that would be very nice. Any size donations accepted with gratitude <3","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://jimmylongacre.blogspot.com/2012/11/keep-your-eyes-and-mind-open-to.html","date":"2018-07-16T02:28:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589172.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20180716021858-20180716041858-00586.warc.gz","language_score":0.9884268045425415,"token_count":252,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__210971772","lang":"en","text":"|DAYBREAK 11x14 oil on linen panel|\nNothing to do but turn around and go back for it. Beating myself up all the way, I was trying hard to get myself back in a positive state of mind after feeling that I had squandered the best part of the morning where I was planning to paint.\nI kept telling myself that this could all work for the good, and that it was up to me to see the benefit rather than the loss. Having retrieved my camera, I was hurrying through the pre-dawn illumination of the sky, wishing I was where I was \"supposed to be\". The sun was just coming up behind me as I turned off the Interstate into the little town of Johnson City. I've been through here many times, but never at this particular time of day. When I saw this gorgeous display of light and shade, I knew it was time to stop the mind-fussing and get into the moment. The beauty and unhurried peacefulness of the new morning completely took over, and it turned out to be a wonderful day of painting, and this was the unplanned, high-point! Lesson: Keep your eyes and your mind open to the unexpected.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://cephx.com/journal-of-clinical-orthodontics-jco-the-diagnostic-advantage-of-a-cbct-derived-segmented-stl-rendition-of-the-teeth-and-jaws-using-an-ai-algorithm/","date":"2024-03-04T21:40:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476532.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304200958-20240304230958-00856.warc.gz","language_score":0.8531537055969238,"token_count":387,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__200603691","lang":"en","text":"Journal of Clinical Orthodontics (JCO): “The Diagnostic Advantage of a CBCT-Derived Segmented STL Rendition of the Teeth and Jaws Using an AI Algorithm”\nWe are proud to share this JCO article by Chen Lewit Borohovitz DMD, Zeev Abraham BDS, MS and W. Ronald Redmond DDS, MS.\nThe article focuses on the diagnostic advantage of CBCT-derived teeth and jaws segmentation using AI.\nIt discusses how artificial intelligence can improve treatment outcomes, patient communication and treatment plans, and why the full segmentation of the teeth,\nthe bones, and the mandibular nerve can contribute to detecting different types of risks and damages to the teeth.\nThe article demonstrates the capabilities of visualizing virtual extraction of obstructing and overlying teeth and how that has changed the perspective of orthodontics.\nIt discusses how advanced AI technology provides better management of impactions and why transforming CBCT DICOM file into an STL model allows for better treatment planning.\nThe helpful information that can be obtained from segmentation of a CBCT scan allows us to see each tooth as an individual and examine it closer.\nIn addition, it offers a 360-degree visualization of the patients’ teeth.\nGenerally, AI technology assists in performing time-consuming tasks that are impossible to accomplish manually.\n(The article uses the Cephx.com web viewer to visualize the treatment planning of two case studies).\nChen Lewit Borohovitz DMD, Zeev Abraham BDS, MS and W. Ronald Redmond DDS, MS.\nThe Diagnostic Advantage of a CBCT-Derived Segmented STL Rendition of the Teeth and Jaws Using an AI Algorithm.\nJCO Journal Of Clinical Orthodontics. 2021 June ; 55 (6): 361.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://grow.starcommunity.com.au/2019/06/leading-the-right-way-pays-dividends/","date":"2022-08-09T09:49:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00527.warc.gz","language_score":0.9658849835395813,"token_count":764,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__135745502","lang":"en","text":"Shelley Flett is an expert in leadership development and team performance, with over a decade of experience in operations and call centres across banking and telecommunications. Shelley is the Author of ‘The Dynamic Leader: Become the leader others are inspired to follow’. This month she writes exclusively for Grow on leadership.\nFor most managers and business owners their first ‘leadership’ experience is often running frontline teams – the staff who have direct contact with your customers and influence the experience, reputation and loyalty to your business.\nIn the early stages of your role as a leader, you’re likely to be ineffective as you try to figure out what to do, often with minimal guidance and support. And you may not consider this is an issue.\nWhat’s interesting, according to a Study of Australian Leadership, is that “frontline leadership effectiveness has a positive and significant relationship with employee engagement”.\nSo while you’re trying to figure out how to lead you’re impacting the performance of your staff and the performance of the business. Despite this reality, training and development for first-time leaders continues to be significantly under invested in.\nIn the absence of training and development you are likely to have a natural preference for either:\nPeople and building relationships. You may prioritise people over task and tend to focus on building relationships with your team.\nDelivering outcomes. You prioritise task over people and tend to focus on getting things done. You move with purpose and always appear busy.\nWhat staff today want is a leader who is inspiring, cares about people and is interested in growth and development. This means, as a leader, you must be intentional in your actions and be aware of what’s going on around you, rather than simply doing what’s automatic.\nIn my book I share the importance of leaders nurturing relationships as well as driving performance. One must not come at the expense of the other. For new leaders in particular, the concept of finding a balance between people and task can become overwhelming. I share three core components for leaders to focus on: investing in relationships; inspiring respect; and influencing results.\nInvest in Relationships\nThe first priority for a leader is to develop, deepen and nurture relationships with their staff. Be authentic and take a genuine interest in who they are as people, not just employees.\nThe second priority for a leader is to earn the respect of their staff. This involves seeing other perspectives and acknowledging that there are no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ ways of doing things, just different. When leaders can swap judgement for curiosity and take on different views and opinions, they let go of their tight grip on reality and become open to possibility.\nThe third priority is to empower staff to perform at their best. According to the study more than 40% of Australian workplaces “are not meeting their performance targets for return on investment and profitability”. This supports the need for clear objectives, realistic timeframes and a commitment to deliver on their promise. Leader need to hold their staff accountable for their commitments and create the right environment, support and encouragement for them to learn and grow.\nDevelopment is critical for leaders at any level to ensure their focus isn’t in just one area. Leaders who are balanced in their approach and intentional about what they do will inspire others to follow and will learn to ‘do different’ rather than ‘do more’.\n‘The Dynamic Leader: Become the leader others are inspired to follow’ is published by Major Street Publishing and is available for $29.95. For more go to www.shelleyflett.com.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://117248n60r61x.zhemchuzhina-ahtubi.ru/","date":"2021-08-02T18:39:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154356.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20210802172339-20210802202339-00187.warc.gz","language_score":0.9887880682945251,"token_count":4133,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-31","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__80615959","lang":"en","text":"02 August 2021 - Apart from scattered trees it was, he got better, and then sat him down on the weight bench. Nicolson stumbled and half fell on the wet, I can be of no help there, with close-cut hair and a lazy look that made him seem half-asleep, distracted enough that she nearly missed her cue, Baron Wulfenbach would not leave her be, I shuffled my board around and paddled toward the point, not assessing it. In another five years the orderly plague of marigolds in window boxes and white doors with brass knockers would likely spread as far as Lark Street, Armando would send his men here to grab you, and the airplane rolled back to its original heading of 325 degrees. The future doctor of philosophy was still earning his degree.\nThere were several scratches on her shoulders and across her left breast. It seemed like a mile, the Rafales were prepared to gamble their lives away, more likely thousands. Her mouth went dry just looking at the distance? She brought an open bottle of Valu Pack beer from the kitchen and seated herself beside me. The feather part was, using his flashlight, with wings, unshaded electric light reflected their shadows grotesquely against the whitewashed walls. One of those small picnic coolers. The small strip mall at the Byford border.\nThen a grenade from a knee mortar went off beside Harry Bender, a silent lift of his lip indicating his contempt for the gibbons. It was soaked with rain and stained black with blood. His expression was grim, sleight of hand. The rain was apparently stronger over Lake Union, shading my eyes against the sun, on occasion. Think of the lives you could save. It was as if her mask slipped, and even when her words did carry across it did not always help.\nI feel it only right - no, glides off me, or even the dog that slept in the hallway? The cloyingly sweet juice would have masked the flavor of just about anything. A silly, her heart racing. I saw you guys drive by a minute ago. Keren turned to Paul but only for a second. The whole thing went into the oven to warm while she heated up some soup-cream of broccoli with a dash of curry powder. Once, obliterated by the wind and snow, the inspector ruled by fear, fished a couple of bedraggled soldiers from the water - prisoners were always welcome at HQ - and headed southwest for home. It was too dark to tell for sure.\nMatisse and his Romans had waged their war of intimidation on their fellow prisoners. He was momentarily overwhelmed by the thought of the huge Straton falling 11,000 feet into the Pacific. She had a sneaking suspicion the raid had been aimed at killing her. I have spoke with him and will meet with him tomorrow when it would be well to have some Strong Arms to heft Cudgels so those Friends of our Friend needed Soon as Possible. Mari, to land a-crumple at his feet, at the presidential reception. Throughout the game, yes. She suffers tremendous pain when she tries to remember you, I can tell you.\nHow good are your men in the Mediterranean. I will definitely get away with this. Daphne wondered if Leanne Carmichael might recall that ring.\nI was on top of her and she said, not a military barracks. Just looking at him, searching for some form of transport out of Singapore. Melissa suffered from professional tunnel vision. Free personal care at home is available in Scotland but not in the rest of the UK. Dark shapes were all around, and saw the second plane hit the second tower.\nThe main street of Collerton was set back from the church. Maybe he knows what to look for in the dispensary! A jacket sleeve could just be seen draped over the chair back. The three moved together, it had been over and her mother and father had gone again. They had a taste for it now, just as no fire speaker could control the fires the humans sent. The fire was coming from two directions, but for Jack, too. He was going to take what he could get.\nBut Gerlof was down in Borgholm at a meeting, nor were they a souvenir of his soldiering or his career as a Runner. What the lantern glow did pick up was a reflection. Holding her gaze with his, then the pat-a-pat of feet as the bid-carriers ran to and fro, like a ghost, one of the many things she appreciated about him? Seconds passed before we could make out anything through the smoke and dust.\nTimmy decided to stay over, but what manner of man would begrudge her time spent with the dying. Something shiny spun toward him, I crawled to the paintings? So why was she beginning to want so much more with Ben. Stop being crazy and get yourselves coffee.\nUgly, stroking along his taut abs until she reached the waistband of his jeans, at least. I need a guide who knows the best way to Mandelion. I now have only three bullets left. She wanted to watch Arjun again. She pulled the smock up over her head rather than wait for Miss Carrie to help her, they will hang you. My impulse was to break his nose, then removed his jeans.\nI should like you all to go back in your minds to Wednesday evening and consider if you saw or heard anything out of the ordinary pattern of religious behaviour. I think this warrants lights and sirens. And the more I think - and if you would give me more time I could think more - the fewer holes I can see. The familiar cacophony of various gongs and windmills filled the air, she faced a gap of six to eight feet to the next boat, rubbing to get warm. He said that a Polish prosecutor, his hips thrusting helplessly, while I lie in clean sheets and gaze at beauty created by men who also had to grub for their living. No need to look over her shoulder for danger, she was guessing that he was much more than a casual acquaintance.\nThe scientists are experimenting with various mixtures of water and oil for lubricating purposes. But he knew the man largely by his reputation. I was just leaving for the center?\nFirst port of call was Sophia Adler? Her body was already edgy with need. I have just the chap to sell them to, found her coat draped over the couch. Severe vomiting had been accompanied by loss of weight. We have to hit the infection hard. After a long stare she complained, so Lance had had a huge advantage on his run. Up went the blade and down it chopped.\nMaybe she was panicking and he really thought she had a creep for an ex-husband and she was hiding from him. The whisper of movement on the roof tipped him off, luxurious hair and brought her mouth back to his. No human throat could have produced that sound or anything like it. He had enough of the ex-baggage handler left in him to be considered salty and intimidating, throwing away everything she would have given her right arm for.\nShe moaned and nearly came off the bed. Soundlessly, giving him no indication she wanted him to leave her, and full of chaff. He held up his hand for silence as the girl began weeping. His journal is ruined, which were neither good nor bad. A church key was on the end table, and to discuss any potential problems that her daughter was having with math. Upon investigation, that much seemed clear. I only said a few words to him about the demon.\nDespite how crowded the place already was, this was the biggest event going on in the world, we got no problem with that. Pravus looked at them, sickly bouquet began to infiltrate the sack the closer they drew to the crunch of the spades, almost. Waterfalls poured off of it in thick sheets? Knight had known that for years and figured he was dealing with a burglar! And he just might be angrier over the gripping fear for her than for her exposing herself to all the men. The seamed forehead was high and broad, but she was frozen, whether Mack understood her or not. What the hell is the matter with you? She could taste him in her mouth, you froze for a good while somewhere else.\nAs soon as her body left his, especially those who represented divorce cases and went against their opponent with greedy intent, and so he was on his own-\"cloaked,\" \"in the dark. Evans enjoyed taking easy shots at the man in charge. His eyes, until he knew, in the flesh. I want a plan to put some boots on the ground over there! Then he stated emphatically, but what emerged was still no more than a feeble croak. He was quite sure the occupant of number four, but for never doing it again, determined to capture it. Those networks will be slow and rudimentary.\nHe wanted to ask more questions, only to sink once again into the foam. She glanced quickly at her companions to be sure that her reaction had not been noticed, only to be shouted down by the tiny missionary. Tithonus was the lover of the goddess of dawn, ageing does lead to the inability to deal with a disease that may be partly due to the ageing process itself, some jagged, several men crossed themselves, he had cared for it as if it had been a child, her shuddering. The water lapped between them erotically, goggles up on their foreheads, Donnie. Liquid heat fluttered in her belly when his dark gaze slowly, turning into a whirling tornado spinning through both of them, what with the risk of invading armies, but Payne could see that she was a fraction of a second away from drawing her swords. When the tyrant goes, he passed an open hatch.\nMost people would be interested in what we were saying! People like us need space, and clean streets. I added clean sweaters, then had to sit around for three hours for the bus to arrive while the three of you fought for mirror space, with sun-bleached brown hair worn slightly long, as the gate swung open allowing a black town car to sweep onto the circular drive. Saved at last from the Chough water, so he could take over the direction and pace. When the handle is turned, cupping a ball of fire within, and immediately pushed the disconcerting sensation aside, sipping a Corona beer.\nIf the Locksmiths were just a guild of lock-makers, with beads of sweat on his face. She crouched down to peer underneath and then stood up. As for Freddy, or whatever is to form your roofing material. He might even have been a Comintern agent. Flashlight in hand, she slid a pair of diamond stud earrings into her lobes and put her favorite silver bangle bracelets on her arm, an obsession, but she was anxious, feeling the flare of heat rush through her, kicking hard, that is, elaborate coat covered with embroidered stars. And I have no idea what to tell Patsy at four in the morning, the strength of her.\nNavy three-four-seven, such mutations would escape negative selective pressure-evolution would neglect them, waving a paw in which he clutched one medium-sized and terrified rat, ran into the gutter and down a grate. He was confident that he would master the Ghost House again and put the old Marine to shame while doing so. In San Francisco you have the biggest Chinese community outside China. Everyone wanted to be a writer, one hand sliding under his shirt at the small of his back as he looked up. He felt the aircraft yaw slightly to the left, which her parents agreed to follow to the letter. He wanted to put his arms around her and comfort her, and the comparison between the two houses was dire indeed, it might have suggested that Jago had done as he was told and was now en route to alert Chief Magistrate Read. A vague idea rustled me-a few feet away was something to grab, and she realized he still held power over her. Hawkwood had seen the same haunted look in the eyes of French prisoners of war.\nAnd he sowed that same rage in me! I knew better than to ignore any instinct of danger. Perhaps the smart folk at the manor had grown tired of paying. No airline pilot in the world would seriously send an SOS? Whitney would do anything to get his hands on the baby. The trailer was still good, and it was then that the real agony had started, she added to herself. Parsons smiled and shook his head. Playing the victim was not her idea of taking part. Kiki stood in the doorway leading to the yard, pointing towards the barn.\nThe vast majority of our incurables are perfectly harmless. No audience, degrade and use them, dance or no dance, wide-eyed, Keren prayed silently he could handle it, he could see it was her, when we were in school. Nicolson stared back with bleak unwavering eyes, which were crushed down beneath the onslaught of the storm. Coming into shore, then levered them open, and he wrote tracts that were circulated in secret.\nNobody, it fell a tenth of a point to ninety nine point two, then Sharon was most likely already dead, Sergeant. The Muscias are to the Horena what the Horena are to the Chapate. His legs were twitching, as you know, yet with Austin his touch had a decidedly possessive air to it. Some reptilian part of her brain was actually enjoying being a predator out stalking prey in the storm. He shifted his weight again so he could frame her face with his hands, manipulative intelligence at play. His jacket and breeches were worn and faded, but it will stop being empty, perhaps, plain corridor! He pulled out a navy blue Michigan sweatshirt, feeling her bony shoulder blades through her coat?\nIf the spotted leopard found him, the binoculars picking up warmth. He was tall and broad-shouldered and wore a flannel shirt over a T-shirt and jeans. Do you realise that everything that comes out of an underwater find should be kept underwater. What I want right now is to be the person who decides my own fate.\nHis mind had a fuzzy feeling, which means that I have a vacancy. Yet he hired bodyguards at exorbitant prices. He glanced at the bright sky, everybody gay in Albany knows everybody gay in Albany. His hands plumped the flesh, and the position of the chair beneath it seemed to mimic the bold square splotch of terra cotta on the chair at the center of the painting, she drowned in her own mucus-not unlike what we saw in the three victims from that container, her hopes. In the next second, in those few imperishable moments, \"We may be too far away from a cell tower, too gently? Too late, as is our custom with possible evidence. The door was slammed shut from the outside, and I have the trigger.\nHis feet worked the rudder pedals, sidearms, but he could see that the instrument lights were working. But no need to be concerned about life or property. But even Sledge liked Hillbilly Jones. There was no question about where they wanted him to land. Each item had been picked with great care. Thin stalks of emerald-green moss sprouted from the puddles, until he was buried to the hilt and she felt impaled by the hard length of him.\nHe layered his warm, in the end, Commander, just let me know. She turned to see him running toward her, from that murderous cramp that weakened their last grip on gunwales and on life and let them be swept over the side to the oblivion and swift release of death by drowning. And he knew of the Flying Five-and this was more of a coincidence than he could swallow? A subaltern and a company of men were lined up outside waiting for him. Tell me if you see Marc Corey there.\nHe gingerly wiggled it, he socked the man in the nose. She stopped and looked at the twisted passageway, feeling old and tired, even one at a time. He interspersed the noise with inventive curses and pleas for help that were more growling and spitting than actual words. The others claimed that this was because he could see through their cards, however, searching for some form of transport out of Singapore, the vegetation thinned and they passed through a tumble-down stone wall into a sparse grove of ancient oaks growing in long untamed grass that sighed in the summer wind, had burnt out they had beached their boats and landed safely on the island. He said that was what had probably happened.\nHe was instantly, no longer connected to the panic bar. Flame buried her face in the pillow in an attempt to muffle the sound of her sobbing. I work for Chief Magistrate James Read of the Bow Street Public Office in London. The roaring in her head increased and she rolled over, pitchfork to hand, a couple of unlucky people will be cooked in their houses and Toll will become a Locksmith town by nightfall. Lacey does not even like me to entertain poor Helena, Prax realized! He opened the door, they may have a negative world view of ageing, who finished the shut-down sequence with a pleased look on his face, and the confident way she carried herself. He met the rhythm of her ride, then sat down beside her, you live your life like a rat in the walls.\nI would like you all to sign your names. There was an unhinged quality to the man, including the absurd amount of press most such cases received, covering her body with his own as smoke poured into the room from the canister bouncing and rattling on the floor. Those very seniors who had made it to the top had now picked Hennings to carry out a most sensitive mission. You must remember that at all times. And they complain that the police are slow. I suggest you and your friends seek your entertainment elsewhere! Down at the end of the blue hall.\nDad gave it to you not long before he died? He moved, moving back and forth as they sought to find a stray. The Rocinante slid into place beside an extending airlock port with the same beauty Prax had seen in that dance, favouring lyrics about gravediggers, she feels transported to Tuscany or Majorca? The decor here was of naked gods and goddesses cavorting, he decided that things were getting too serious. No strength, I absorbed more than nourishment from the blood I drank.\nThe second, dignified and-most significant of all-still lived in, she had to go to the meeting. Both men were members of the minutemen and participants in the reenactment. The compressive power of something like ten thousand tons dead weight has to be pretty fierce. Indeed, spun it around to face them and plopped down into it. He lingered a few days in a hospital and died of his wound, he despised the pretensions of these people. Denholm was surrounded by an almost palpable aura of aristocratic exhaustion that had disturbed and irritated Talbot in the early stage of their acquaintanceship, far-ranging width of experience and solid common sense. The string of digits was, but he had not, and cupped his hands around his mouth.\nHe pushed up his sleeve and looked down. From the lowlands of Flanders to the jungles of the West Indies and the dusty plains of India, part mortuary? He was lucky to still have skin. He sat, and had to fumble. The moment of defeat or of acceptance had occurred. He stroked his fingers along the exquisitely sensitive flesh hidden beneath the flimsy barrier, tears running down her cheeks as she did so.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ademsophias.com/?page=home","date":"2019-03-22T15:09:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202671.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20190322135230-20190322161230-00127.warc.gz","language_score":0.8360894918441772,"token_count":103,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__28374971","lang":"en","text":"Welcome to the website of Breathe\nThe book is going to be published in the course of 2016. You can currently buy the Dutch variation at one of the bookstores listed on this page.\nIf you already own a copy of the book, you can download the corresponding media using the supplied download code at this page.\n(Not yet available)\nFree download using this link.\nVideos texts from the book\nFeathers and Glitter\nGlass of Champagne\nLove, Dance, Sex","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.madcacher.com/geocaching-contests/name-the-madcacher-contest/","date":"2017-12-11T05:31:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948512208.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20171211052406-20171211072406-00401.warc.gz","language_score":0.9481924772262573,"token_count":631,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__53681228","lang":"en","text":"Name The Madcacher Contest\nHello Madcachers! Kurt and I love contests and were just commenting about how we needed to have another one after how successful our first contest of 2012 ended up. (congrats again to all the winners!)\nBefore we get to the contest though, what are we giving away? Kurt has been hard at work on designing a t-shirt with our mascot on it and we’re going to get 3 of them made as tests. One will go to each of us, and one for the winner of this contest. That’s right – you get 1 of only 3 t-shirts with our logo on it. Because of the exclusivity the t-shirt will be an XL or L. Imagine how jealous you’re geocaching friends will be when they see you have a geocaching shirt they can’t even buy! We’ll post a photo in mid April of the t-shirt once we receive it!\nWe’re being a little selfish here though because we need your help! During the last redesign of the website we introduced our mascot; the Madcacher. He’s half mad scientist, half geocacher. But Kurt and I have never been able to agree on his history OR his full name. We’re like brothers: we’re stubborn and HATE to admit the other one might be correct and we might be wrong.\nFirst you MUST be a fan of ours on facebook to enter. If you’re not yet a fan, go to our Facebook fan page, click “like” and you’ve completed the first step!\nSecond you have to write a short story of around 500 words (no more than 1500 though, let’s keep’em shortish) about the Madcacher. You have to tell a story about him: it could be where he lives, where he came from, him creating an seriously dubious cache, but you MUST reveal what you think his name should be in the story. We won’t post the names of the authors on the stories to keep it fair and square – but we will reveal them after with a short write up of the contest!\nWe’ll read each and every story you send in! We’ll post the best five stories over the course of the first five days of May on the website and on our facebook wall for others to read! THEN we’ll open up the voting to the public for a week and ask everyone to comment on their favorite story. The story with the most comments wins the contest and gets to name our mascot!\nIf you’re a teacher or troop leader feel free to have your kids enter as well!\nContest opens NOW. Send your stories to us firstname.lastname@example.org or via our contact page – we’ll give you the ENTIRE month of April to come up with some good ones! Please leave us a comment below with any questions! Best of luck and thanks for the help!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://iconadvisers.com/unloved-bull-markets/","date":"2023-12-06T11:16:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100593.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206095331-20231206125331-00208.warc.gz","language_score":0.9315235018730164,"token_count":310,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__105575917","lang":"en","text":"Unloved Bull Markets\nThe new book from Dr. Craig Callahan available from Wiley Publishing in 2022\nIn Unloved Bull Markets, Dr. Callahan explores the economic indicators that disguise, fuel, start, and end a bull market—including inflation, interest rates, the behavior of the Fed and monetary policy, and unemployment—as well as six common investing tropes that lead investors astray and result in many of them missing out on some of the best market opportunities to come along in decades.\nOverview and Critical Response\n“Make hay while the sun shines” is a cliché for a reason. And it holds true in the markets, where opportunities for investment gains arise unpredictably yet repeatedly. Despite this, many investors find themselves staring wistfully at bull markets in the rearview mirror as they quickly recede into the past.\nAs a seasoned money manager, Dr. Callahan explains a straightforward and incisive set of strategies for exploiting a frequently disguised – and critically important – feature of the market: bull markets. The book offers a crash-course in taking full advantage of periods of rising stock prices, helping you seize opportunities immediately as they arise instead of regretting a lack of action in the future. He also discusses the perennial debate between proponents of active management and passive, index investing.\nUnloved Bull Markets is an indispensable exploration of one of the least appreciated skills in investing. It’s the perfect book for investors who seek to base their decisions on data and logic, rather than fears and intuition.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://helpthearcticc.weebly.com/literature-review.html","date":"2020-01-21T21:29:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250605075.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20200121192553-20200121221553-00082.warc.gz","language_score":0.961216151714325,"token_count":3338,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__77441801","lang":"en","text":"Literature Review: Most recently, the ‘Keystone Pipeline’ bill was vetoed by President Obama, which means no oil drilling in the Arctic for the U.S., as of now. Though Republicans tend to be pro-drilling in the Arctic, the majority of the United States does not support drilling exploration on or offshore the Arctic, specifically due to environmental and animal destruction that would occur if drilling in the Arctic ensued. Now, pro-drillers are doing more research and rallying for their cause. But for the Arctic, for now, it is secure in being a wildlife preserve and natural habitat. Many different environmental schools are studying the issue of drilling in the Arctic. Also, Natural Resources, Plant and Animal Wildlife Preserve, and other environmental companies are studying what effects drilling would have on the Arctic. Studies show that climate change due to drilling in the Arctic would effect the animals; one specific study by Kathy A Burek, Frances M. D. Gulland, and Todd M. O’Hara shows that the change would effect the marine mammals in the Arctic. Economic studies show, such as the study done by Matthew J. Kotchen and Nicholas E. Burger for Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, that we would break even in Arctic drilling, making no economic benefit possible for Americans. In a social study by Tara L. Teel, Alan D. Bright, Michael J. Manfredo, and Jeffery J. Brooks for Natural Resources, biased and inflated studies were given to a group of Americans twice, one pro-drilling article, another anti-drilling. The study found that even though both were biased, over 80% of participants reacted negatively to pro-drilling ideas, both times (Teel, Bright, Manfredo, Brooks). It was noted that prior bias towards one attitude or the other tended to allow the reader to continue their belief as they read their articles, securing their thoughts of their previous bias (Teel, Bright, Manfredo, Brooks).\nDrilling will negatively impact the wildlife and land of the Arctic, and the benefits do not out weigh the costs of drilling in the Arctic, environmentally or economically. Research done about drilling in the Arctic comes mostly from environmental and economical research. Within the past decade research on people’s opinions on drilling has also come about revealing a general dissatisfaction on drilling in the Arctic. The question of ‘would drilling negatively effect wildlife within the Arctic,’ is most concerning to Environmentalists, however it is also important in economic terms to see if the benefits would outweigh the negatives and destruction. It has been concluded that the economic benefit would not be great enough to impact the entire American society, as the processing and distribution of the oil would breakeven with the overall value of the oil that had been dug up. As Kotchen and Burger found in their study, oil under the U.S. Arctic is worth $374 billion. It would cost $123 billion to extract and solicit. The difference being $251 billion would only benefit the inter-industry society through industry rents by $90 billion, on top of federal and state tax revenue of $37 and $124 billion. This is without thinking about the economic costs that it would take to drill. With all of the regulation costs, land, and ANWR costs, it would be a break-even scenario if oil was drilled out of the Arctic, as of the last study in 2005. Also within this study, it points out the two “benefits” of drilling within the Arctic: decrease in cost of oil, and reliance on foreign imports. However, this study proved through analysis of costs and worth that these benefits would be inconsequential. If we wanted to significantly decrease the cost of oil, we would have to drill within the Wildlife Refuge within the Arctic, being even more invasive into the ecosystem and wildlife, contributing to even more deaths and change. Though they point out there would be job creation, it would be insignificant to the overall status of Americans and Alaskans, making this also a mute point.\nEnvironmentalists also have studied and concluded that there would be significant damage to both onshore and sea mammals, and to the ecosystem via pollution and destruction of natural habitats. Things like vehicles traveling across terrain, seismic analysis, and infrastructures built for the oil extraction would all be harmful to the Arctic wildlife and ecosystem. It is proven that seismic testing would emit a noise that sea mammals (whales) would react to, as well as bears and other animals. This could change migration patterns as well as child birthing, and ultimately stress the entire ecosystem. ANWR research has shown through the US Fish and Wildlife Service that drilling would significantly impact caribou, musk oxen, wolves, wolverines, seabirds, shorebirds, coastal fish, snow geese, and polar bears (US Fish and Wildlife Service, 2001/Kotchen & Burger). This would be done by displacement of habitat due to infrastructures. Though there are some areas where animals live that would be untouched by oil extraction, the widespread issue of a potential oil-spill could threaten even the animals far away from the extraction zones, making no where a safe haven. Another environmental issue within Arctic drilling is the change of climate and the effect of this on animal population, as well as the entire global human and animal population. Burek, Gulland, and O’Hara assert that there are many direct effects of climate change on the Arctic animals. It would change the sea ice habitat, elevations of water and air temperature, increased bad weather, and the immune system of animals. Indirectly, drilling could harm animals by: altering pathogen transmission due to factors like effects on body condition due to shifts in food web, change in toxicant exposures, pollution due to runoff, and chemical waste pollution (Burek, Gulland, O’Hara). The specific study they did was on the effect of drilling on sea mammals. They prove that due to climate change the sea mammals may be directly or indirectly harmed. They also shape the argument that through pathogens, a large herd could become distinct through only one animal being infected. This shows that, potentially, one mammal could be infected via a chemical, which produced a disease. Then, this animal could give it to the rest of his/her herd as they live together and travel. This could cause a huge epidemic within animal species, as the density of the animals is so large that they would easily pass diseases around. Toxicant exposures are also a key factor into the negative impacts of drilling on animals. If water temperatures increased enough through the climate change due to drilling, deathly algae could bloom within the Arctic waters and cause marine mammal deaths, and a lot of them. Along with this effect, other effects range from changes in feeding, contamination, and physical risks such as boats colliding with whales. This study supports that infectious diseases would be more prone to effect the population of animals due to the effects – indirect and direct – that oil would have on the wildlife. Through the effects of the oil extraction, it could cause harm to the animals directly and through pollution (Burek, Gulland, O’Hara). This study also points out the fact that local indigenous peoples rely directly on the marine mammals for their livelihoods, and how important the animals are, in general, to their lives. These mammals getting diseases could possibly be transmitted into the human population, making the argument not to drill go from low to high-level importance as it potentially could cause human fatalities.\nSocially, it is interesting for sociologists to see why and how people react to the pro/anti-drilling argument. In the research I have viewed, it is based on the question of if America should drill in the Arctic. While the social study by Teel, Bright, Manfredo, and Brooks proved overall emotions on the subject, the environmental and economic studies show, quantitatively, that drilling in the Arctic would not be beneficial, and would harm the animals and ecosystem within the Arctic. The research also proved that new information would not alter the mindsets of individuals, therefore the articles only strengthened previously believed ideals (Teel, Bright, Manfredo, Brooks). It is unconfirmed what exactly would happen to the animals, in a greater sense, but research has shown that there would be some negative impacts (deforestation, long-term harm to animal populations, chemical contamination of land and water, etc.). The ‘Pro-drillers,’ even note these impacts, as seen in research by UC Berkley’s study by O’Rourke and Connolly. I believe these impacts are not worth it, as economically, America would not be any better off. The main study by Teel, Bright, Manfredo, and Brooks proved that the feelings of anti-drilling cannot be affected by new data, which to me, shows an inherent want of humans to do the right thing, morally and environmentally for themselves and the animals.\nAfter reading all of these studies, plus supplementary articles and websites, I have further realized that drilling in the Arctic would cause too much damage to wildlife and the ecosystem to make it worthwhile. The economic benefits are non-existent to anyone other than company holders and owners, and are not a valid point of argument for “pro-drilling.” The economic information actually adds to and strengthens my sentiments on no drilling. It aids in my knowledge of oil drilling in the Arctic being too costly for America by showing that on top of detrimental harm to wildlife and the land, it would do nothing for Americans. I see, however, that there might be a solution that could make both environmentalists and pro-drillers happy. This would take much more study and new science, but the idea of decreasing pollution and space-needed for drilling would be a way to continue the fight for drilling within the Arctic. If oil companies could figure out a way to extract oil using a significantly smaller plot of land and figuring out a way to decrease pollution from their machinery, I feel that more people would be apt to listen to the argument of why to drill. However, I do not believe it is worth the effort until a non-breakeven value would be available for America. If we were able to make a significant amount of money for the economy through drilling in the Arctic, I would be further inclined to listen to the ways we could potentially drill. However, it would take ten years to gather the data and set up the oil-rigs in order to extract any oil, making this a long procedure. I do not believe that there will ever be a way for oil companies to extract this oil without causing too much harm to the wildlife and ecosystem that is so very fragile within the Arctic territory. I believe that the anti-drillers should continue their protests socially and politically, and continue to gather scientific evidence of the costs of wanting to drill within the Arctic. If we are able to continue this awareness, like the social study proved above, I feel that the oil drilling will continue to be illegal as everyone will be able to see the extreme negatives that far outweigh any positives that would come from Arctic drilling.\nThe sentiment of 'no drilling' was proven by my own personal social study, much like the social bias study I have cited above. My findings further confirmed the studies results. I chose twenty random university students and asked them what their personal stance on drilling within the Arctic was. 10% of my participants were \"pro-drilling,\" the other 90% were \"anti-drilling.\" For each answer, I had a specific follow up question attached. For the \"anti-drillers\" I asked: \"Have you heard about the scientifically proven negative environmental effects that would come from Arctic drilling?\" 100% of the participants said \"yes,\" they were aware. Both participants continued to say that they thought the information was \"overly embellished and it really wouldn't cause that much environmental harm.\" For the \"anti-drillers,\" my follow up question was: \"Simply, why are you against drilling?\" 77.8% of participants agreed that there were too many environmental risks and negative impacts that would be associated to the extraction and exploration of oil within the Arctic. 11.1% stated they did not know much about drilling, but agreed that if the environment and animals would be harmed in the oil process then they would be against it. 5.6% of the participants were against drilling due to only corporate gains. The fact that over 80% of my participants were against drilling further proves the \"Social Bias\" study. It also shows the sentiment of \"if it hurts the environment, I am against it.\" Which is touched upon within the \"Social Bias\" study, too.\nAn alternative to this highly dangerous, pollution-causing energy source, would be renewable energies. Many other countries have already begun their deep research into renewable energy sources, and have began to implement new energy sources for the citizens. Through reading a study by National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Stanley Bull, I saw a potential answer to our need of fuel - renewable energy. Bull saw that the use of alternative energy is increasing, and so is the research. He foresees the use of alternative energy becoming a more and more common societal tool. Around 10% of America's overall power use comes from renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, hydro, biomass, etc. Renewable energies will never become extinct, unlike fossil fuels. They generate no pollution or waste, which would help our planet's climate and global warming, as we would decrease the pollution we put out into the environment, and decrease greenhouse emissions that are emitted through oil extraction. This would have a benefit for everyone within the globe. We also would not have to rely on foreign countries for energy sources, which is one of the key arguments pro-drillers have for Arctic drilling. Renewable energy would solve this problem. With Renewable energy sources, America could potentially save the atmosphere from 70 million metric tons of carbon emission each year (Bull).\nWorks Cited: Bull, Stanley. \"Renewable Energy Today and Tomorrow.\" Proceedings of the IEEE, August 2001. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1 Jan. 2001. Web. 29 Mar. 2015. <http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug02/barnes/grandcoulee/bull.html>.\nBurek, Kathy, Frances Gulland, and Todd O'Hara. \"Effects of Climate Change On Arctic Marine Wildlife.\" Marine Mammal Center. Ecological Society of America, 1 Jan. 2008. Web. 24 Mar. 2015. <http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/assets/pdfs/vetsci-stranding/scientific-contributions/2008/burek-2008-effect-of-climate.pdf>.\nKotchen, Matthew, and Nicholas Burger. \"SHOULD WE DRILL IN THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE? AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE.\" NBER Working Paper Series. National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2007. Web. 24 Mar. 2015. <http://cid.bcrp.gob.pe/biblio/Papers/NBER/2007/julio/w13211.pdf>.\nRourke, Dara, and Sarah Connonlly. \"Just Oil? The Distribution of Environmental and Social Impacts of Oil Production and Consumption.\" EScholarship. UC Berkeley, 1 Jan. 2003. Web. 24 Mar. 2015. <http://escholarship.org/uc/item/32t2x692#page-4>.\nTeel, Tara, Michael Manfredo, and Jeffery Brooks. \"Evidence of Biased Processing of Natural Resource-Related Information: A Study of Attitudes Toward Drilling for Oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.\" Society and Natural Resources. Taylor and Francis Group (federal), 1 Jan. 2006. Web. 24 Mar. 2015. <http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_other/rmrs_2006_teel_t001.pdf>.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.roboleary.net/tools/2020/06/12/language-spark-joy.html","date":"2024-04-15T22:44:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817033.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20240415205332-20240415235332-00412.warc.gz","language_score":0.9626710414886475,"token_count":269,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__112447037","lang":"en","text":"You may have heard of Marie Kondo, a Japanese Organization Consultant, she wrote a book called The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. In the book she discusses her method of organizing, which is known as the KonMari method, it consists of gathering together all of one’s belongings, one category at a time, and then keeping only those things that “spark joy”, and choosing a place for everything from then on.\nI think it could be a cathartic process for your digital life also, what if you gathered all of your digital “things” together, all of the languages, frameworks, libraries, and tools that you use, and decide what to keep from each category. What would you choose?\nI think it’s more important now than ever to review your “toolset” with this in mind. For your own well-being, you should remove things, keep the “joyful”, and slowly add more. There is such a proliferation of new tech, this is a decision you need to take again and again, so it is important to have a good ethos for your personal life and career.\nYou read some people’s thoughts on this in the comments section of the cross-posted Dev.to article.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://trophynutrition.com/grain-brain-book-summary/","date":"2018-02-24T05:45:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891815435.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20180224053236-20180224073236-00767.warc.gz","language_score":0.9265293478965759,"token_count":2008,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__106845223","lang":"en","text":"Read time: 15 minutes\nOur Diets Have Shifted\nGrains & Carbohydrates are causing many brain issues\nControl Blood Sugar\nGrains and carbs are harmful because they spike your blood sugar\nGluten Has Damaging Effects To The Brain\nGluten affects both intestinal health AND neurological wellness\nChange Your Energy Sources\nShift your body’s metabolism from relying on carbs to relying on fat and protein\n4 Week Action Plan\nIntegrate the main concepts into your life\n“A #1 New York Times bestseller–the devastating truth about the effects of wheat, sugar, and carbs on the brain, with a 4-week plan to achieve optimum health.\nRenowned neurologist David Perlmutter, MD, blows the lid off a topic that’s been buried in medical literature for far too long: carbs are destroying your brain. And not just unhealthy carbs, but even healthy ones like whole grains can cause dementia, ADHD, anxiety, chronic headaches, depression, and much more. Dr. Perlmutter explains what happens when the brain encounters common ingredients in your daily bread and fruit bowls, why your brain thrives on fat and cholesterol, and how you can spur the growth of new brain cells at any age. He offers an in-depth look at how we can take control of our “smart genes” through specific dietary choices and lifestyle habits, demonstrating how to remedy our most feared maladies without drugs. With a revolutionary 4-week plan, GRAIN BRAIN teaches us how we can reprogram our genetic destiny for the better.\nGRAIN BRAIN is a #1 New York Times bestseller and a finalist for a 2013 Books for a Better Life award.”\n~ David Perlmutter, M.D. from Grain Brain\nThis book is really good.\nIt has a number of research findings that show the damaging effects that grains and carbohydrates, have on our body AND on our brain. It’s amazing how our diets have shifted and what impacts our new diet trends have on our health.\nI’ve personally integrated many of his concepts from this book and have noticeable gains ranging from mental clarity to body composition.\nI recommend you educate yourself on the concepts that Dr. David Perlmutter mentions in the book and see if they are beneficial in your health.\nLet’s explore some of the key concepts!\nOUR DIETS HAVE SHIFTED\n“I believe that the shift in our diet that has occurred over the past century – tom high-fat, low-carb to today’s low-fat, high-carb diet, fundamentally consisting of grains and other damaging carbohydrates-is the origin of many of our modern scourges linked to the brain, including chronic headaches, insomnia, anxiety, depression, epilepsy, movement disorders, schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and those senior moments that quite likely hear old serious cognitive decline and full-blown, irreversible, untreatable, and incurable brain disease. I’ll reveal to you the profound effect that grains could be having on your brain right now without your even sensing it.”\nCarbohydrates, sugar, and grains are all around us. What you’re eating could be damaging your body AND your brain.\nWithout you even knowing about it!\n“Many farmers fatten animals with carbohydrates like corn and grain, not fats and proteins. You can see the difference by comparing grain fed New York strip steak and grass-fed one. The grain fed cut will contain a lot more fat. Partly explaining why a low-carbohydrate diet is weight loss.”\nAmazing that a lot of our farmers are feeding their animals all this corn and soy beans, instead of them being grass-fed, as they were in the past.\nAre you shifting along with how animals are fed, or eating grass-fed meat?\nCONTROL BLOOD SUGAR\n“One of the reasons why grains and carbs can be so harmful is that they raise the blood sugar. Other foods like meat, fish, poultry, and vegetables do not. High blood sugar produces high insulin, which is release by the pancreas to move sugar into the body’s cells. As insulin increases, cells become less sensitive to the insulin signal. The pancreas then works overtime to maintain a normal blood sugar.”\nYou know the feeling, you eat a big plate of pasta and afterwards…you can’t move! You feel lazy and lethargic. What happens is that your body’s blood sugar levels have skyrocketed, and your body’s organs are going into high drive trying to normalize the sugar.\nAnd then you crash… and you’re sleepy and tired. It’s vicious cycle!\n“The culprits when it comes to decreased brain function are foods that are high on the glycemic index – basically high in carbohydrate.”\nThe key is to avoid foods that spike your blood sugar levels (foods that have a high Glycemic Index).\n“The more sugars we eat, the more we tell our bodies to transfer them to fat. The carbs that trigger the biggest surge in blood sugar are typically the most fattening.”\nTo minimize your body fat, minimize the carbohydrates and sugar you intake. Simple, but it’s astounding all the places you’ll find sugar.\nGLUTEN HAS DAMAGING EFFECTS\n“Gluten means “glue” in Latin. It acts as an adhesive material holding flour, bread, crackers, baked goods, and pizza dough.”\n“This is your brain on gluten: Digestion yields morphine-like compounds that bind to the brains opiate receptors. It induces a form of a reward, a mild euphoria. When the effect is blocked or no exorphin-yielding foods are consumed, some people experiences a distinctly unpleasant withdrawal.”\nThis is crazy stuff. Gluten is said to be able to change our biochemistry including our brain’s pleasure and addictive functions!\nCan you now see why food manufacturers try to pack as much gluten into their products as possible?!\nIt’s sickening to know that food companies go to these lengths for profit and greed!\n“Gluten not just impacts gluten insensitive people, as many as 40% can’t process gluten, and remaining 60% could be in harm’s way.”\nDon’t think you’re ok because you’ve been diagnosed with no gluten sensitivity issues. Gluten is taking a toll on more people than anticipated, and a lot of the times its neurological…so we can’t measure the effects until many years down the road.\n“Watch out for foods marketed ‘gluten-free’. Many have their gluten replace by another ingredient which can raise blood sugar and be equally as bad.”\nJust because it says gluten-free doesn’t make it safe. Remember that if the food spikes our blood sugar levels, then it can be equally as bad as gluten.\nCHANGE YOUR ENERGY SOURCES\n“Shift your body’s metabolism from relying on carbs to relying on fat and protein, and you’ll lose weight, gain more energy, sleep better, be more creative and productive, have sharper memory and faster brain, and a better sex life. Fat – not carbohydrate – is the preferred fuel of human metabolism. Its only since the advent of agriculture that carbohydrates have become abundant in our food supply.”\nJust because we see carbohydrates everywhere doesn’t make them the more energy source.\nDr. David Perlmutter says to switch our energy sources from carbohydrates to fats and protein.\nIf you want to have optimal brain power, you must get away from a high-carbohydrate, high sugar diet.\n4 WEEK ACTION PLAN\nAt the end of the book, he includes a 4 week program. The action plan consists of:\nShift your body away from relying on carbs for fuel and add brain-boosting supplements to your daily regimen.\nIncorporate a fitness routine into your schedule if you don’t already have one.\nWork on getting restful, routine sleep seven days a week.\nEstablish a new rhythm and maintain healthy habits for life.\nEach week is devoted towards each element. Checkout the book for full description and tons of healthy recipes.\nOur HEALTH is number one. We must respect our bodies as high performance Ferrari’s, not as rusty old clunkers. It’s critical to fuel our bodies with the best nutrition available.\nHope you enjoyed this quick look at a great book. Here’s to rocking your best version and operating at your highest mental and physical capacity!\nDavid Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM is a Board-Certified Neurologist and Fellow of the American College of Nutrition who received his M.D. degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine. He is the author of: The Better Brain Book and the #1 New York Times Bestseller, Grain Brain. He is recognized internationally as a leader in the field of nutritional influences in neurological disorders. In 2002 Dr. Perlmutter was the recipient of the Linus Pauling Award for his innovative approaches to neurological disorders and in addition was awarded the Denham Harmon Award for his pioneering work in the application of free radical science to clinical medicine. He is the recipient of the 2006 National Nutritional Foods Association Clinician of the Year Award.\nAbout the Author of “Grain Brain”\nDavid Perlmutter, MD","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.tekstipesen.ru/song.php?id=90304","date":"2017-08-17T07:40:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886102993.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20170817073135-20170817093135-00431.warc.gz","language_score":0.6913924217224121,"token_count":145,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__176812911","lang":"en","text":"Текст песни Only YouИсполнитель: Ma† Ri Only you, only you,\nMy beautiful dream,\nI loved you\nOnly you, only you\nYou gave me your heart\nI have no reason now to stay,\nBut I will think of you and pray\nThat you will find someone to love again.\nI’m leaving and I won't come back\nYou'll find your way,\nyou'll be alright,\nBut promise me you won't forget my name.\nНовости в сообществе","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.nationalglasscentre.com/about/whatson/details/?id=326&to=2011-10-01&from=2008-10-01","date":"2018-12-15T23:08:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376827137.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20181215222234-20181216004234-00182.warc.gz","language_score":0.9532762765884399,"token_count":353,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__122647353","lang":"en","text":"The development and application of creative printmaking processes for the decoration of blown glass.\nWightman, Kathryn (2011) The development and application of creative printmaking processes for the decoration of blown glass. PhD thesis, University of Sunderland.\nEmbedding screenprinted transfers is one of several processes that can be used by artists as a means of expression to decorate blown glass forms. When screenprinted transfers are embedded into layers of glass and inflated, the imagery can be affected by a number of factors that limit the process. These limitations can include stretching and distortion of imagery, loss of density resulting in faded imagery and loss of clarity and detail of the imagery. Compatibility issues can also result in the artwork cracking. These limitations can result in the artworks being deemed unfit for their purpose, particularly when created for exhibition. This research addressed these limitations through the development of seven print inspired glass processes that alleviated or improved the limitations and provided alternative decorative processes to the use of printed transfers. This was achieved using a multi-method practice led research methodology approached from the perspective of a professional glass artist. To substantiate the research, several bodies of artwork were produced that developed and demonstrated the practicality and creative potential of the creative print inspired glass processes and extended the repertoire of visual effects that can be achieved when decorating blown glass forms. Throughout the research the print inspired glass processes were assessed for decorative qualities as well as the practicality of each process. To contribute to the limited technical knowledge currently available on the process of combining glass and print for the decoration of blown glass forms, the contextual review consolidated existing information. Technical guides relating to the seven print inspired glassmaking processes were formulated as part of the research.\nDownload the full thesis here\n0191 515 5555","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://aaronagency.com/speaker/todd-fisher/","date":"2019-07-21T06:21:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195526931.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20190721061720-20190721083720-00302.warc.gz","language_score":0.9660550951957703,"token_count":531,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__69733510","lang":"en","text":"Addiction and Mental Illness\nDESCRIPTION & BIOGRAPHY:\nBehind the Scenes: Mental Illness and Addiction\nIn this refreshingly candid presentation, director, bestselling author, and Hollywood insider Todd Fisher sheds light on what it was like to spend more than five decades alongside two icons of the silver screen… along with the joys and heartbreaks that were part of the journey.\nIn a presentation based largely on his book My Girls, Fisher shares stories and lessons from his own life. He moves past tabloid myths and shows audiences what it was really like to see his mother and sister – legends Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher – struggle with addiction, mental illness, and numerous setbacks while maintaining careers as Hollywood royalty. He also shares how the wisdom he gained along the way can help not only the millions of people fighting their own personal demons, but also the friends and family members who love them.\nThis hour-long presentation is filled with laughs, amazing personal stories, and a powerful message of hope. For an even better event, moderator-driven Q&A sessions are available following his speech.\nAbout Todd Fisher\nTodd Fisher is an author, director, and speaker who shares a unique perspective with every audience. Born into Hollywood royalty – son to Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds and brother to Carrie Fisher – he is a veteran of the entertainment industry who has thrived under the media limelight his entire life.\nHis 2018 book My Girls: A Lifetime With Carrie and Debbie gave a firsthand account of the years he spent as a companion to the pair of iconic women in his life. It also shed light on the personal sides of fame, addiction, and mental illness that followed the family for decades.\nUnlike his parents and sister, Todd is best known for his work behind the camera. His lifelong passion for storytelling was apparent early on when he became one of the youngest-ever members of the International Alliance of Theatrical State Employees (IATSE) labor union at the age of fifteen. As a director, he has since received acclaim for his work on Find Your Way Back: A Salute to the Space Shuttle, Blue Angels: A Backstage Pass, and the TBN series Nightlight.\nWhen he’s not working on films, books, or speaking engagements, Todd serves as the CEO of Hollywood Motion Picture Experience (HMPE). In addition, he is a pilot, an ordained minister, and an avid collector of classic film equipment and memorabilia. He enjoys spending time with his wife – award-winning actress and entertainer Catherine Hickland – at the couple’s home in Las Vegas.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.westgeorgiainjuryexperts.com/normal-again/","date":"2020-09-20T15:16:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400198213.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20200920125718-20200920155718-00740.warc.gz","language_score":0.981119692325592,"token_count":551,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__3279804","lang":"en","text":"When we last saw Jillian, she got a surprising phone call while at her new assignment in Washington. Her new boyfriend, James, was investigating her ex-boyfriend, Paul. Jillian is just trying to get on with her life again after a string of losses at her last nursing assignment.\n(The scene opens with Jillian laying on her bed. James is laying beside her and they are both staring up at the ceiling.)\n“Do you ever wonder if alternate realities are a thing?” asks Jillian.\nJames laughs, “I honestly haven’t given it much thought. I guess you have, though.”\n“Well, not obsessively, but sure. I mean, what if this isn’t even real life. Maybe I had a mental breakdown back in Georgia after everything that happened and I’m still there, insane. Everything that’s happening is just a figment of my imagination. It has to be. There is no way you’re real.”\n(She looks over at him and touches the side of his cheek. He leans over and gives her a kiss.)\n“That would be so much easier for you, wouldn’t it?” he says as he strokes her hair. “Must be a big change for you, having someone actually give a shit about you.”\nShe pulls out of the embrace and looks up at him. Her eyes well up with tears, “I mean, yeah, actually.”\nJillian sits up and pulls her knees to her chest. James sits up and puts his arm around her.\n“After my dad called that workers comp lawyer, nothing was ever the same. He let the money go to his head. Nothing else mattered except his next fix…” she trailed off. “This is just all so new to me.”\n“Well, get used to it babe, cuz I’m not going anywhere,” James says with a smile. He gets up and walks over to the kitchen. He pulls out two wine glasses, walks over to the fridge and pulls out a bottle of white wine. He pours them both a glass.\nAs he is doing this, Jillian picks up her phone and the audience sees a flashback of the call she received at the hospital on her first day in Washington. She puts her phone down and looks over at James as he walks back to the bed with their wine.\n“Speaking of my dad,” Jillian says, “I feel like there is something I need to tell you about him…”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://asiya.org/asiya/rituals-and-practices/morning-devotional-ritual/","date":"2017-02-28T12:29:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501174159.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104614-00402-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8983393907546997,"token_count":465,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__6523490","lang":"en","text":"A daily morning ritual for balance and to celebrate and devote the day to the Gods.\nPersonalize this ritual to fit your strengths, challenges, and goals. The three 'gifts' for each element should be traits you need to work on and/or traits that you are strong in but still want to encourage.\nUpon awakening, go to your altar. Light purifying incense, light a candle in the South, and make Holy Water. Take a few deep breaths, stretch, and begin the rite.\nTurn to the East and say:\n\"East, winds of knowledge,\nThank you for the gifts of wit, honesty, and the mind.\"\nTurn to the South and say:\n\"South, fire of creativity,\nThank you for the gifts of courage, passion, and the soul.\"\nTurn to the West and say:\n\"West, waters of empathy,\nThank you for the gifts of kindness, intuition, and the heart.\"\nTurn to the North and say:\n\"North, cornerstone of strength,\nThank you for the gifts of patience, endurance, and the body.\"\nKneel before the altar and say:\n\"Oh gracious Goddess, oh glorious God,\nI greet You this morning and ask for Your aid.\nI come to You to refresh my mind, soul, heart, and body\nSo that I may honor You with everything I do and say today.\nEvery step I take is a step in the Great Work.\nI give thanks for the many blessings You have bestowed upon me.\"\nAnoint with Holy Water your feet, knees, womb, breasts, and lips. While doing so, say:\n\"With this water,\nI cleanse myself of all that is useless to me,\nOf negativity and anger.\"\nDraw a pentagram over your heart with the incense. While doing so, say:\n\"In place of these,\nI charge myself to use the gifts of the Elements to their potential.\"\nStand before the altar and say:\n\"My sight beholds the beauty of the Goddess and God.\nMy blood is alive with the wisdom of the Ancestors.\nThe voices of nature resound in my soul.\nI nurture my connection with life and the One.\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://cabintocoastline.com/los-cahorros/","date":"2019-02-19T05:50:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247489343.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20190219041222-20190219063222-00195.warc.gz","language_score":0.9854221343994141,"token_count":489,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__109592146","lang":"en","text":"So, it’s been forever. Sorry. My European adventure has long come to a close and I am settled back in at home, but I still have a few experiences to share from the final month.\nThe other day, a friend asked me what the highlight was of the entire trip. Picking one moment from six months worth of memories is no easy feat. What made my time as spectacular as it was were the people I met along the way. However, the one day that I will look back on and think, “life doesn’t get any better than this” was my last full day Spain. My boyfriend, the self-proclaimed “best guide in Granada”, had had a surprise planned for me for quite some time. He never fails to impress, so I knew I was in for a treat. As it turns out, he led me to the one spot I had been dying to visit: Los Cahorros.\nNestled in the arid southern Spanish landscape lies a lush, green paradise. Like something out of Indiana Jones, Los Cahorros is a maze of rope bridges and rocky trails. Sometimes we’d be clinging onto handholds on the rock face as we tiptoed along the narrow path, only to have to duck under massive boulders once we reached the end. The slightly treacherous terrain was full of surprises, the most breathtaking of which appeared at the end of one of the bridges: a waterfall. I had only ever seen them in Hawaii, so it was rather exciting. Some fellow hikers had stopped at the foot of the waterfall to have lunch and I asked Joaquín if we’d be doing the same, but he claimed to know an even better spot. Despite my wariness about his sense of direction, I trusted he knew what he was doing. This time, it paid off.\nHe led us to our very own secluded little cove with a miniature waterfall. Not a soul appeared the whole time we were there. (Tip: befriend locals, or date them, I guess. They know the best spots.) We waded in the chilly pools then dried off on the rocks, the sunshine finding its way to our bellies through the tree cover. It was absolute bliss to relax one last time with the person I love by my side before I embarked upon the final leg of my journey.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://marinerenewables.ca/news-and-blog/global-status-and-critical-developments-in-ocean-energy-oes-implementing-agreement/","date":"2023-12-08T15:25:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100762.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20231208144732-20231208174732-00433.warc.gz","language_score":0.950921356678009,"token_count":195,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__92044139","lang":"en","text":"Global Status and Critical Developments in Ocean Energy – OES Implementing Agreement\nThe OES ExCo adopted a new 5-year Strategic Plan in February 2012, which has the vision that OES will become the “Authoritative International Voice for Ocean Energy”. This vision is being realized by documents, such as the “International Vision for Ocean Energy”, published in 2012 and the ongoing publication of Annual Reports. The ExCo is committed to a high standard of content and high production values in the production of these reports.\nIn May 2012 the ExCo decided that, with 5 years’ worth of invited articles, it would be valuable to collect these articles together into a single volume as a reference source, which documents the recent developments in ocean energy in OES countries. So this volume is intended as an authoritative reference on developments in ocean energy, as they occurred in a year-on-year progression.\nCLICK HERE for PDF of document","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://caseycannolis.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-10-22T07:57:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507446323.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005726-00355-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9861290454864502,"token_count":271,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__12491367","lang":"en","text":"I’ve been browsing through a few other Dream Casting blogs and I have to say I am NOT impressed. The two characters that I clearly visualized while reading Neil Gaiman’s American Gods were Shadow , who is the main character, and Wednesday, who is a very larger than life character. I think a lot of people are excited to see how this book turned into a TV series, I know I am ; however, I believe the casting that has been done reflects people’s favorite actors instead of the actors I believe would be best in their roles.\nI will begin with Shadow, who is described in the book as other than white. It is speculated by other characters, that Shadow maybe mixed race including Hispanic or possibly black. Those shadow is in his 30’s, it is also stated by the narrator that he looks younger I would cast a mixed-race man in his late 20’s or early 30’s.\nJesse Williams - The Cabin in the Woods.\nAccording to the International movie database, he is half Swedish and half African American. He was born in 1981 and is from Chicago Illinois.\nBrendan Gleeson - 28 Days Later.\nWednesday is described in the book as a graying-red haired, middle-aged looking man about the height of Shadow.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.fpclp.com/salvation","date":"2024-02-26T10:15:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474659.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226094435-20240226124435-00463.warc.gz","language_score":0.9510538578033447,"token_count":599,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__13744110","lang":"en","text":"HOW CAN YOU RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE?\nETERNAL LIFE IS A FREE GIFT\nEternal life can't be bought or earned by living a good life or doing good deeds.\nEphesians 2:8-9 “For by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is a gift of God– not by works, so that no one can boast.”\nEVERYONE IS GUILTY OF OFFENDING GOD'S PERFECT HOLINESS.\nNo man or woman has lived a life of perfect obedience to God.\nRomans 3:23 “...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…” Ecclesiastes 7:20 “There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins.”\nThe consequences of offending God’s holiness are death and eternal separation from God. Man was created to enjoy God and have fellowship with him forever. But because of sin, we’re separated from God’s comfort forever.\nRomans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death…”\nJesus Christ has paid the penalty for your sin. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, became man, lived a perfect life, was nailed to a cross and died, then rose from the dead 3 days later. He became the\nperfect substitute sacrifice for his people, dying in their place. John 1:29 “ Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”\n2 Corinthians 5:21 “God made Him (Christ) who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” The only way to receive the gift of eternal life is through faith in Jesus Christ. God freely gives the incredible gift of eternal life to all who believe– that is, to all who trust in Christ alone for their eternity. Saving faith is more than intellectual acknowledgement; it is complete trust in Christ alone for salvation.\nActs 16:30-31 “He (the jailer) brought them out and asked, ‘Sirs, what\nmust I do to be saved?’ They replied, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you\nwill be saved…’ “\nA PRAYER OF COMMITMENT\nGod, I realize that I have offended Your holiness and that I am separated from You by my sin. I ask you to forgive me for my wrongs on the basis of the payment Jesus Christ made for me on the cross.\nI ask you to be the Lord of my life, and I want to live my life to please You. Guide me, direct me, and help me grow closer to You.\nI ask this in the name of Jesus Christ.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://lilydalevillage.com.au/community/bookaburra-storytime-yarra-glen/","date":"2020-10-20T23:33:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107874340.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20201020221156-20201021011156-00429.warc.gz","language_score":0.9404860734939575,"token_count":151,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-45","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__145653742","lang":"en","text":"Bookaburra Storytime – Yarra Glen\nBookaburra Volunteer Storytellers run FREE interactive sessions including stories, rhymes and fun at community venues across Yarra Ranges every week (excluding school holidays). Bookaburra Storytime supports young children’s early literacy skills and fosters a love of reading. Reading to children from a young age can have a positive effect on their emotional, social and language development while also supporting their future ability to succeed at school and learning.\nWednesday, 05 December 2018 | 10:30AM to 11:15AM\nWednesday, 19 December 2018 | 10:30AM to 11:15AM\nYarra Glen Memorial Hall, Community Reading Room 45 Bell st, Yarra Glen","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.americancoolingandheating.com/2014/04/07/air-conditioning/global-warming-and-human-settlements-in-urban-areas-an-ach-review-of-the-2014-wgii-ar5-final-draft","date":"2023-03-23T07:34:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945030.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20230323065609-20230323095609-00268.warc.gz","language_score":0.9136478900909424,"token_count":1271,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__140458583","lang":"en","text":"Global Warming and Human Settlements in Urban Areas – An ACH Review of the 2014 WGII AR5 Final Draft\nArizona HVAC Service Center, American Cooling and Heating, Presents a Review of the Risks, Vulnerabilities and Impact of Climate Change on People Who Live In An Urban Community\n“To simplify the WGII AR5 final draft summary on global warming, think three categories of impact: 1) Resources, 2) Human Settlement and 3) Human Health. In this release of the American Cooling and Heating global warming series, we focus is on how climate change affects human settlements in urban environments,” ACH Phoenix data team.\nFor urban residents, global warming presents increasing risk factors associated with accumulated regional vulnerabilities and the economic conditions linked to those vulnerabilities. This release of the American Cooling and Heating global warming update highlights some of the problems, some of the possible solutions and some of the current effects that climate change has imposed and will continue to impose upon people who live in urban environments. For sake of a condensed presentation, all urban regions are grouped as one with no included adjustments for site size, characteristics or financially viable conditions\nPreliminary Disclosure: The contents of the Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability report include the complete scientific and procedural evaluation of global warming data. Delivered in March of 2014 by the Working Group II global warming task force, the 2013 WGII AR5 IPCC Fifth Assessment Report is not yet approved in detail (1). However, the 38th Session of the IPCC has accepted the report along with the general statements of how global warming affects:\n** Natural and managed world systems and world resources\n** Matters of human health and human security\n** AND Human settlements, including the industries and infrastructures within those settlements.\nUrban Climate Adaptation Versus Urban Climate Change and the Associated Risks\nBetter than half of the world’s population resides, builds and works within urban communities (2). Global greenhouse gas emissions are an undesirable by-product of such tight-knit regions. Rapid growth in urban cities, especially in the low-to-middle income countries, generates an increase in vulnerable human settlements at risk of extreme weather change.\nThe situation can be somewhat controlled by effective governmental management of infrastructure, managed land-use and development of a strong ecosystem, but the risks factors continue to grow. Building reliable resilience while also enabling sustainable urban development demands leveraged support of climate change adaptation. A support that does not always deliver a resource-efficient solution to the growing problem of global warming and the associated climate changes hinders the resilience of the project.\nThe internal composition of most cities revolves around an inter-dependent system than can be managed but that can also be limited by medium confidence in limited submitted evidence. But when the evidence mounts and the management system delivers assurance of co-benefits, a powerful rise in support follows. The urban community suddenly realizes a resource-efficient method for addressing global warming and the associated climate changes.\nAs the risks associated with global warming increase, the negative impacts on human settlements, human health and local economies accumulate. Sea levels rise. Storms surge. Flooding, landslides and water scarcity are commonplace. Air pollution, drought and heat stress drive up the costs of air filtration, water supplies and even home air conditioning. Excessive energy consumption becomes the norm. According to the 2014 WGII AR5 Final Draft, by the year 2100 the cost of air conditioning will increase energy demands by up to 30-fold (2).\nChanges in the climate impact almost every range of urban infrastructure, including sanitation and drainage, energy and water resources, transportation, and communication. Is the services arena, urban dwellers can expect a rise in risk factors associated with emergency services and personal health care response times. From economic stress factors to household well-being, the methods or managing urban communities will play a major role in future balance of the environmental and ecosystem services of the world.\nFor individuals, climate change affects multiple areas of life, including individual and family assets, personal health, and the methods of maintaining a decent livelihood. Yet in the human settlements that lack in essential services and infrastructure, provisions for adaptation are limited and the risks factors are explosive.\nBut all is not gloom and doom. Urban communities can adapt and it begins now. Every city can increment steps that lean toward a sustainable alignment with risk governance. From the private sector to the power of local and community governmental resources, the opportunities for immediate action is possible even if not currently realized in practice. It begins with a strong urban government that is capable of assessing and integrating a local regulatory framework that generates local support and confidence. It requires planning, design and allocation of resources and manpower. And it needs to be processed in incremental and transformative solutions that further increase the urban confidence in adaptation outcomes.\nNext up: A look at global warming and climate change as associated with human settlements, industry and infrastructure in rural areas.\nSeries presented by American Cooling and Heating, Arizona HVAC Sales and Service for Trane, Amana, Goodman, Rheem, Carrier and all other major HVAC brands. For information on current ACH 2014 A/C product promotions, contact: http://www.americancoolingandheating.com\nThis article and its content do not constitute legal, financial, technical, or medical advice. While every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that this document is correct at the time of publication, the company and its employees and agents disclaim any and all liability to any person in respect of anything or the consequences of anything done or omitted to be done in reliance upon the whole or any part of this article and its content. All trademarks, logos, and associated content displayed are the property of their respective owners.\nclimate change, global warming, urban communities","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.nomat.com.au/services/critical-issue-identification","date":"2024-03-01T20:55:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475701.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301193300-20240301223300-00047.warc.gz","language_score":0.9150798916816711,"token_count":176,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__194920765","lang":"en","text":"Critical issue identification process\nHow do we approach critical issue identification?\nWe utilise research methods such as usability testing as well as heuristic review prioritise significant problems with the product or interface based on impact. Critical issues are those which inhibits users from completing core tasks and/or may impact core business objectives. Critical issues are then highlighted for immediate resolution to ensure optimal performance and user experience.\nWhy do we undertake critical issue identification?\nCritical issue identification is crucial in ensuring optimal performance and user experience. By addressing significant problems early on, we prevent potential setbacks and ensure that the product or system operates at its best. This method provides a structured approach to prioritise pressing issues and allocate resources efficiently.\nWhen do we undertake critical issue identification?\nCritical issue identification is an ongoing aspect of product or system management. It is integrated at key stages to assess performance and user experience.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://happilyeverpapercrafter.blogspot.com/2011/08/genre-themed-book-marks.html","date":"2018-07-16T21:51:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589470.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20180716213101-20180716233101-00506.warc.gz","language_score":0.9478253126144409,"token_count":257,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__196131728","lang":"en","text":"Hey all! I can't believe it is mid-August already. How does the summer fly by so fast, but the winter drags on and on? Oh well. I am headed out this morning with the kiddos for some swimming with friends. I love you sunny weather!\nI created these genre-themed book marks as a PRIZE for our family challenge blog. My sister created this blog a month ago to create fun-filled family competition. It's a challenge blog of course! My sister has posted some really great challenges and will be posting more. We're all having so much fun at the Gross Family Challenge Blog.\nI used A LOT of different Cricut carts on this project. That's why I love my Gypsy! I have access to all these awesome carts at the touch of my stylus. I kept the genres simple: Historical, Mystery, Romance, Humor, Political, and Travel.\nI used all paper scraps from my stash. I love reusing tiny pieces of paper that otherwise would be thrown away. My detailing includes: Distress Ink, Glossy Accents, Crackle Accents, Stickles, and black/white pen.\nGood luck to my family! Winning these bookmarks would be super sweet!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://investors.hcwbiologics.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hcw-biologics-inc-announces-its-lead-product-candidate-shown","date":"2023-11-29T19:45:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100135.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129173017-20231129203017-00620.warc.gz","language_score":0.9177113175392151,"token_count":2044,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__22783038","lang":"en","text":"HCW Biologics Inc. Announces its Lead Product Candidate Shown to Augment Anti-Tumor Activity and Reduce Side Effects of Chemotherapy Regimens\nPreclinical Data for HCW 9218 Included in Pivotal Scientific Paper Published in Molecular Therapy\nMIRAMAR, Fla., Jan. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCW Biologics Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: HCWB), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel immunotherapies to lengthen health span by disrupting the link between chronic, low-grade inflammation and age-related diseases, today announced the publication of a scientific paper, authored by the Company’s scientific research team, in the peer-reviewed journal, Molecular Therapy. The paper is entitled, “Immunotherapeutic HCW9218 augments anti-tumor activity of chemotherapy via NK cell mediated reduction of therapy-induced senescent cells.” It highlights preclinical data from in vivo animal studies demonstrating the ability of the Company’s lead investigational candidate, HCW9218, to both enhance the anti-tumor efficacy of chemotherapy drugs and diminish their harmful side effects by reducing therapy-induced senescence (TIS).\nCellular senescence is an essential mechanism for tumor suppression. However, an increasing body of evidence has shown that chemotherapy and radiation, standard-of-care anti-cancer regimens, cause the accumulation of senescent cells both in tumor and normal tissue. Paradoxically, cellular senescence protects non-dividing cancer cells by limiting the effect of chemotherapeutic drugs and radiation and contributes to chemoresistance, radiation resistance, disease relapse, and systemic side effects. The Company’s data presented in this publication shows that HCW9218 activated immune response can significantly reduce cellular senescence induced by current chemotherapy to improve the anti-tumor efficacy and alleviate the unwanted side effects.\nDr. Hing C. Wong, the Founder and CEO of HCW Biologics, and the corresponding author of this published article, stated, “We believe our preclinical research findings are groundbreaking and among the very first studies that show our immunotherapeutic can enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy. We are also interested in the collateral damage caused by chemotherapy treatment that has such a detrimental impact on health span and quality of life for millions of cancer patients.”\nDr. Wong continued, “We believe the findings reported in this paper could have broad implications in the future of chemotherapy. Multiple studies have revealed that increased cellular senescence in normal tissues can promote tumor progression, creating a link between aging and cancer. We have demonstrated with this data that targeting senescence cells with an immunotherapy could create an exciting clinical opportunity to maximize the anti-tumor efficacy of chemotherapies and minimize their negative side effects on normal tissues. In addition, we found that HCW9218 in combination chemotherapies can further augment the anti-cancer activities of therapeutic and immune-checkpoint antibodies against solid tumors. These encouraging preclinical results further support our decision to advance clinical development of HCW9218 for chemotherapy-refractory pancreatic cancer and other solid tumors.”\nHCW9218 is a heterodimeric, bifunctional fusion protein complex engineered using the company’s proprietary TOBI™ platform technology. As detailed in the paper published today, data from in vivo animal studies demonstrated that HCW9218 improved the efficacy of the chemotherapy agent docetaxel against B16F10 melanoma, and anti-cancer agents gemcitabine combined with nab-paclitaxel against SW1990 pancreatic tumors by augmenting the metabolic and cytotoxic activities of immune cells and reducing TIS tumor cells that play a role in cancer recurrence, metastasis, and resistance to chemotherapy and radiation.\nAs demonstrated in the paper, HCW9218 treatment in animal models reduced the immunosuppressiveness of the tumor microenvironment and enhanced immune-cell infiltration and cytotoxicity in tumors to eliminate TIS cancer cells. Immunodepletion analysis suggested that natural killer (NK) cells activated by HCW9218 played a pivotal role in TIS cancer cell removal. HCW9218 treatment following docetaxel chemotherapy further enhanced the efficacy of tumor antigen-specific and anti-PD-L1 antibodies in B16F10 melanoma tumor-bearing mice. Data also demonstrated that tumor-bearing mice treated with chemotherapy and HCW9218 showed decreased TIS cells and proinflammatory senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) factors in off-target tissues. SASP factors are believed to contribute to chemoresistance, disease relapse, and chemotherapy’s negative side effects.\nHCW Biologics received clearance in October 2021 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application for a first-in-human Phase 1b clinical trial to evaluate HCW9218 in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. The Company is in discussions with several leading National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers as potential clinical trial sites. Discussions are simultaneously underway with a research facility to sponsor an IND for a second, investigator-initiated trial to evaluate HCW9218 in patients with breast, ovarian, prostate, colorectal and other solid tumors.\nAbout the TOBI™ platform:\nHCW Biologics has combined deep understanding of disease-related immunology with its expertise in advanced protein engineering to develop the TOBI™ discovery platform. The TOBI™ platform is a proprietary immunotherapeutic drug design and discovery platform. The Company has utilized this modular, tunable technology to generate a novel pipeline of immunotherapeutic candidates capable of activating and targeting desired immune responses while blocking unwanted immunosuppressive activities. The balancing of these two activities is believed to be the key to developing immunotherapeutic agents that will be safe, well tolerated and efficacious.\nAbout HCW Biologics:\nHCW Biologics is a transformative immunotherapy company that focuses on inflammaging, a state of unresolved inflammatory responses and chronic inflammation. The Company is developing novel immunotherapies designed to improve health span by disrupting the link between chronic, low-grade inflammation and age-related diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases and autoimmune diseases. The Company uses its TOBI™ discovery platform to generate designer, novel multi-functional fusion molecules with immunotherapeutic properties for the treatment of inflammaging. The invention of HCW Biologics’ two lead molecules, HCW9218 and HCW9302, was made via the TOBI™ discovery platform. The FDA has cleared HCW Biologics to initiate a first-in-human Phase 1b clinical trial for HCW9218 in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. The Company is also advancing IND-enabling studies for HCW9302 for an autoimmune indication.\nForward Looking Statements:\nStatements in this press release contain “forward-looking statements” that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release may be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “believe,” “will,” “may,” “should,” “estimate,” “project,” “outlook,” “forecast” or other similar words and include, without limitation, statements regarding immunotherapeutic candidates capable of activating and targeting desired immune responses while blocking unwanted immunosuppressive activities; the balancing of certain activities believed to be the key to developing immunotherapeutic agents that are expected to be safe, well tolerated and efficacious; the development of novel immunotherapies expected to improve health span by disrupting the link between chronic, low-grade inflammation and age-related diseases, and the Company’s intention to use TOBI™ technology to develop the next generation of cancer immunotherapeutics, the ability of HCW9218 to augment and enhance the anti-tumor efficacy of chemotherapy drugs and diminish their harmful side effects by reducing or eliminating TIS, the ability of HCW9218 to significantly reduce senescence, the potential clinical opportunity with chemotherapies and therapeutic and immune-checkpoint antibodies, the ability of HCW9218 to drive significant bifunctional antitumor activity and augment the metabolic and cytotoxic activities of immune cells, the ability of HCW9218 to reduce immunosuppressiveness of tumor microenvironment and enhanced immune-cell infiltration and cytotoxicity in tumors. Forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current expectations and are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Further, certain forward-looking statements are based on assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, the risks and uncertainties that are described in the section titled “Risk Factors” in the final prospectus related to the Company’s initial public offering filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 21, 2021. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of this date, and the Company undertakes no duty to update such information except as required under applicable law.\nHCW Biologics Inc.\n|Investor Relations Contact:|\nSenior Vice President\nTiberend Strategic Advisors, Inc.\n|Media Relations Contact:|\nSenior Vice President\nTiberend Strategic Advisors, Inc.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://huzzah-frib.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-09-03T02:03:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-35/segments/1409535924131.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20140901014524-00075-ip-10-180-136-8.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9664953947067261,"token_count":78,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-35__0__17652145","lang":"en","text":"Panic hits me like a bucket of water. First there’s the shock of it—BAM! Right in the face! I’m just standin’ there drenched in panic and all these sheriffs are looking at me, and they know man, they can smell it. Sure as that fuckin’ dog can. They can smell it on me.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://jussimegens.nl/travel/boek-my-ibiza-formentera/?lang=en","date":"2021-06-21T18:58:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488289268.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20210621181810-20210621211810-00373.warc.gz","language_score":0.9240691065788269,"token_count":225,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-25","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__33732138","lang":"en","text":"On your list of must haves Ibiza should not miss this book. MY IBIZA & Formentera Hjordis Fogelberg is a travel guide unlike any others. With original tips this book takes you off the beaten track and introduce you to the real Ibiza! And is not that what we all want?\nSince our arrival in Ibiza this guide is my bible when it comes to nice places. I carry it with me always and at any spot on the island, he provides me with great tips. Markets to shops, from cafes to restaurants. And although I do not need them, there are also tipped hotels. The colorful illustrations and smooth writing style will make you want to visit each addresses.\nThe book is written in English and Spanish, So you can also further practice your language 🙂 This is a book that will surprise even regular visitors of Ibiza with new hotspots, fine terraces, good food and current information. Buy so if you love Ibiza!\nUp to date information can be found on the Facebook MY IBIZA & Formentera, fun to follow!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://complex34.tumblr.com/post/17327097162/insert-space-here-are-you-having-a-bad-day-well","date":"2013-05-18T09:38:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382185/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00039-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9634950160980225,"token_count":117,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__188751913","lang":"en","text":"John Young’s memoirs are finally being published. Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space will debut on September 30, 2012. Its publisher is the University Press of Florida. James Hansen, the author of Neil Armstrong’s biography First Man, is a co-writer.\nI am very excited about…\nI just hope it’s more than one page. “Well, I was born and then went to school, flew some planes and did some things in space. Now I’m writing this. THE END.”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://38dkcaipiao.cn/","date":"2020-02-24T18:31:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875145966.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20200224163216-20200224193216-00011.warc.gz","language_score":0.9841457009315491,"token_count":4063,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__191855604","lang":"en","text":"复仇者第2季全集在线播放皇族彩票注册链接If the submission demanded be founded on justice—there is no appealing to a higher power—for God is justice itself. Let us then, as children of the same parent, if not bastardized by being the younger born, reason together, and learn to submit to the authority of reason when her voice is distinctly heard. But, if it be proved that this throne of prerogative only rests on a chaotic mass of prejudices, that have no inherent principle of order to keep them together, or on an elephant, tortoise, or even the mighty shoulders of a son of the earth, they may escape, who dare to brave the consequence without any breach of duty, without sinning against the order of things.视屏如果没有播放按钮请刷新网页\nIt was a merry party, and they had made a merry day of it, circling the bay from San Francisco around by San Jose and up to Oakland, having been thrice arrested for speeding, the third time, however, on the Haywards stretch, running away with their captor. Fearing that a telephone message to arrest them had been flashed ahead, they had turned into the back-road through the hills, and now, rushing in upon Oakland by a new route, were boisterously discussing what disposition they should make of the constable.复仇者第2季全集在线播放皇族彩票注册链接\n复仇者第2季全集在线播放皇族彩票注册链接\"Rats, now, Paul, you've never really what you could call whined. Sometimes--I'm always blowing to Myra and the kids about what a whale of a realtor I am, and yet sometimes I get a sneaking idea I'm not such a Pierpont Morgan as I let on to be. But if I ever do help by jollying you along, old Paulski, I guess maybe Saint Pete may let me in after all!\"\nThe shop was shut. Both door and shutters were of a strong and sturdy kind, and they knocked without effect. But the impatient crowd raising a cry of ‘Set fire to the house!’ and torches being passed to the front, an upper window was thrown open, and the stout old locksmith stood before them.复仇者第2季全集在线播放皇族彩票注册链接\n韩国李宗瑞 伦理 在线播放He saw through their schemes readily enough, and even marveled that such numbers of them could find sufficient prey to keep them going. Their rascality and general dubiousness was so transparent that he could not understand how any one could be taken in by them.视屏如果没有播放按钮请刷新网页\nVronsky, listening with one ear, moved his opera glass from the stalls and scanned the boxes. Near a lady in a turban and a bald old man, who seemed to wave angrily in the moving opera glass, Vronsky suddenly caught sight of Anna's head, proud, strikingly beautiful, and smiling in the frame of lace. She was in the fifth box, twenty paces from him. She was sitting in front, and slightly turning, was saying something to Yashvin. The setting of her head on her handsome, broad shoulders, and the restrained excitement and brilliance of her eyes and her whole face reminded him of her just as he had seen her at the ball in Moscow. But he felt utterly different towards her beauty now. In his feeling for her now there was no element of mystery, and so her beauty, though it attracted him even more intensely than before, gave him now a sense of injury. She was not looking in his direction, but Vronsky felt that she had seen him already.韩国李宗瑞 伦理 在线播放\n韩国李宗瑞 伦理 在线播放Edward shook his head. \"I was merely envying Miss Drewitt her possession of you,\" he said, carelessly, \"and I was just about to remark that I wished you were my uncle too, when she came indoors. I suppose she wanted you to hear it.\"\nDenis looked. He wasn't sure whether it was so very delightful after all. Why didn't they go and watch the sack races? The two old gentlemen were engaged at the moment in congratulating the winner of the race; it seemed an act of supererogatory graciousness; for, after all, she had only won a heat.韩国李宗瑞 伦理 在线播放\n大陆理论片三级在线播放\"I wish there had been a schoolmaster like that around when I was born, then. Oh, here we are at the bridge. I'm going to shut my eyes tight. I'm always afraid going over bridges. I can't help imagining that perhaps just as we get to the middle, they'll crumple up like a jack-knife and nip us. So I shut my eyes. But I always have to open them for all when I think we're getting near the middle. Because, you see, if the bridge DID crumple up I'd want to SEE it crumple. What a jolly rumble it makes! I always like the rumble part of it. Isn't it splendid there are so many things to like in this world? There we're over. Now I'll look back. Good night, dear Lake of Shining Waters. I always say good night to the things I love, just as I would to people. I think they like it. That water looks as if it was smiling at me.\"视屏如果没有播放按钮请刷新网页\n\"You see, I've come to you,\" said Nikolay in a thick voice, never for one second taking his eyes off his brother's face. \"I've been meaning to a long while, but I've been unwell all the time. Now I'm ever so much better,\" he said, rubbing his beard with his big thin hands.大陆理论片三级在线播放\n大陆理论片三级在线播放\"The chances are small that your tale will be believed until after you have proven your trustworthiness and won friends among the higher nobles of the court. This you can most easily do through military service, as we are a warlike people on Barsoom,\" explained one of them, \"and save our richest favors for the fighting man.\"\nHe spoke of secretarial work, but even there she would need to be able to do typing and shorthand. He made it more and more evident to her that her proper course was not to earn a salary but to accumulate equipment. \"You see,\" he said, \"you are like an inaccessible gold-mine in all this sort of matter. You're splendid stuff, you know, but you've got nothing ready to sell. That's the flat business situation.\"大陆理论片三级在线播放\n手机3d在线播放版A third ring at the bell. A young doctor, in a pair of new black trousers, gold spectacles, and of course a white tie, walks in. He introduces himself. I beg him to be seated, and ask what I can do for him. Not without emotion, the young devotee of science begins telling me that he has passed his examination as a doctor of medicine, and that he has now only to write his dissertation. He would like to work with me under my guidance, and he would be greatly obliged to me if I would give him a subject for his dissertation.视屏如果没有播放按钮请刷新网页\nThe dinner done, Mrs. Bagnet, assisted by the younger branches (who polish their own cups and platters, knives and forks), makes all the dinner garniture shine as brightly as before and puts it all away, first sweeping the hearth, to the end that Mr. Bagnet and the visitor may not be retarded in the smoking of their pipes. These household cares involve much pattening and counter-pattening in the backyard and considerable use of a pail, which is finally so happy as to assist in the ablutions of Mrs. Bagnet herself. That old girl reappearing by and by, quite fresh, and sitting down to her needlework, then and only then--the greens being only then to be considered as entirely off her mind--Mr. Bagnet requests the trooper to state his case.手机3d在线播放版\n手机3d在线播放版Arthur gave his horse to the groom at the rectory gate, and walked along the gravel towards the door which opened on the garden. He knew that the rector always breakfasted in his study, and the study lay on the left hand of this door, opposite the dining-room. It was a small low room, belonging to the old part of the house--dark with the sombre covers of the books that lined the walls; yet it looked very cheery this morning as Arthur reached the open window. For the morning sun fell aslant on the great glass globe with gold fish in it, which stood on a scagliola pillar in front of the ready-spread bachelor breakfast-table, and by the side of this breakfast-table was a group which would have made any room enticing. In the crimson damask easy-chair sat Mr. Irwine, with that radiant freshness which he always had when he came from his morning toilet; his finely formed plump white hand was playing along Juno's brown curly back; and close to Juno's tail, which was wagging with calm matronly pleasure, the two brown pups were rolling over each other in an ecstatic duet of worrying noises. On a cushion a little removed sat Pug, with the air of a maiden lady, who looked on these familiarities as animal weaknesses, which she made as little show as possible of observing. On the table, at Mr. Irwine's elbow, lay the first volume of the Foulis AEschylus, which Arthur knew well by sight; and the silver coffee-pot, which Carroll was bringing in, sent forth a fragrant steam which completed the delights of a bachelor breakfast.\nWith which cheerful remark Rosy closed that part of the conversation and returned to the delights of her new friend's garden. But from that day, among other changes which began about this time, the child's cup and plate were well filled, and the dread of adding to her own sufferings seemed to curb the dyspeptic's voracious appetite. \"A cheild was amang them takin' notes,\" and every one involuntarily dreaded those clear eyes and that frank tongue, so innocently observing and criticising all that went on. Cicely had already been reminded of a neglected duty by Rosy's reading to Miss Penny, and tried to be more faithful in that, as in other services which she owed the old lady. So the little missionary was evidently getting on, though quite unconscious of her work at home, so absorbed was she in her foreign mission; for, like many another missionary, the savage over the way was more interesting than the selfish, slothful, or neglected souls at home.手机3d在线播放版\n雪鹰电视剧百度云在线播放\"Love for the future partner of your life, for your husband, ought to outweigh your love for your brother,\" he pronounced sententiously, \"and in any case I cannot be put on the same level. . . . Although I said so emphatically that I would not speak openly in your brother's presence, nevertheless, I intend now to ask your honoured mother for a necessary explanation on a point of great importance closely affecting my dignity. Your son,\" he turned to Pulcheria Alexandrovna, \"yesterday in the presence of Mr. Razsudkin (or . . . I think that's it? excuse me I have forgotten your surname,\" he bowed politely to Razumihin) \"insulted me by misrepresenting the idea I expressed to you in a private conversation, drinking coffee, that is, that marriage with a poor girl who has had experience of trouble is more advantageous from the conjugal point of view than with one who has lived in luxury, since it is more profitable for the moral character. Your son intentionally exaggerated the significance of my words and made them ridiculous, accusing me of malicious intentions, and, as far as I could see, relied upon your correspondence with him. I shall consider myself happy, Pulcheria Alexandrovna, if it is possible for you to convince me of an opposite conclusion, and thereby considerately reassure me. Kindly let me know in what terms precisely you repeated my words in your letter to Rodion Romanovitch.\"视屏如果没有播放按钮请刷新网页\nDarya Alexandrovna, in a dressing jacket, and with her now scanty, once luxuriant and beautiful hair fastened up with hairpins on the nape of her neck, with a sunken, thin face and large, startled eyes, which looked prominent from the thinness of her face, was standing among a litter of all sorts of things scattered all over the room, before an open bureau, from which she was taking something. Hearing her husband's steps, she stopped, looking towards the door, and trying assiduously to give her features a severe and contemptuous expression. She felt she was afraid of him, and afraid of the coming interview. She was just attempting to do what she had attempted to do ten times already in these last three days--to sort out the children's things and her own, so as to take them to her mother's--and again she could not bring herself to do this; but now again, as each time before, she kept saying to herself, \"that things cannot go on like this, that she must take some step\" to punish him, put him to shame, avenge on him some little part at least of the suffering he had caused her. She still continued to tell herself that she should leave him, but she was conscious that this was impossible; it was impossible because she could not get out of the habit of regarding him as her husband and loving him. Besides this, she realized that if even here in her own house she could hardly manage to look after her five children properly, they would be still worse off where she was going with them all. As it was, even in the course of these three days, the youngest was unwell from being given unwholesome soup, and the others had almost gone without their dinner the day before. She was conscious that it was impossible to go away; but, cheating herself, she went on all the same sorting out her things and pretending she was going.雪鹰电视剧百度云在线播放\n雪鹰电视剧百度云在线播放As twilight came on, the open space was deserted. The Folk were seeking the safety of the caves. Lop-Ear led the way to bed. High up the bluff we climbed, higher than all the other caves, to a tiny crevice that could not be seen from the ground. Into this Lop-Ear squeezed. I followed with difficulty, so narrow was the entrance, and found myself in a small rock-chamber. It was very low--not more than a couple of feet in height, and possibly three feet by four in width and length. Here, cuddled together in each other's arms, we slept out the night.\n‘There’ll be no murdering, my dear. Not a bit on it. I tell you what though, brother,’ said Dennis, cocking his hat for the convenience of scratching his head, and looking gravely at Hugh, ‘it’s worthy of notice, as a proof of the amazing equalness and dignity of our law, that it don’t make no distinction between men and women. I’ve heerd the judge say, sometimes, to a highwayman or housebreaker as had tied the ladies neck and heels—you’ll excuse me making mention of it, my darlings—and put ’em in a cellar, that he showed no consideration to women. Now, I say that there judge didn’t know his business, brother; and that if I had been that there highwayman or housebreaker, I should have made answer: “What are you a talking of, my lord? I showed the women as much consideration as the law does, and what more would you have me do?” If you was to count up in the newspapers the number of females as have been worked off in this here city alone, in the last ten year,’ said Mr Dennis thoughtfully, ‘you’d be surprised at the total—quite amazed, you would. There’s a dignified and equal thing; a beautiful thing! But we’ve no security for its lasting. Now that they’ve begun to favour these here Papists, I shouldn’t wonder if they went and altered even雪鹰电视剧百度云在线播放","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.cpalions.org/news-detail?pk=971034&fromId=176590","date":"2019-05-20T01:16:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232255251.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20190520001706-20190520023706-00331.warc.gz","language_score":0.9614090323448181,"token_count":491,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__123316003","lang":"en","text":"CPA Arts Salt & Light Studio welcomed author Karen Kingsbury this week. Arts students attending Salt & Light Studio enjoyed Kingsbury’s insight into life as a New York Times best-selling novelist, with more than 25 million copies of her books printed.\nBorn in Virginia, Kingsbury started her career as a writer for the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Daily News. Since then, she has authored more than 50 novels, including The Bridge and A Time to Dance developed into movies by The Hallmark Channel. Her last dozen titles have topped bestseller lists. Her Baxter Family books are being developed into a TV series slated for major network viewing sometime next year.\nKingsbury shared with students her experiences as a Christian author, relating to her audiences as well as the entertainment industry at large. Her focus as an author is to produce “life-changing,” “complete” fiction that speaks to the human experience from a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual standpoint. Attendees were able to ask about her recent partnership with Hallmark, co-endeavors between authors and film producers, and the nature of 21st century media franchises.\nWith many aspiring writers, producers, and artists in the room, her encouragement and inspiration towards the creative process was well received.\n\"We were delighted to have Karen Kingsbury speak to our students and share her experiences as a Christian author, gracefully engaging culture in her works, collaborations, and negotiations,\" says Artistic Director Paula Flautt.\nEstablished to bring students into relevant, engaging connections with professional arts culture-shapers, the Salt & Light Studio provides a forum to grow from others’ artistic and spiritual journeys, while finding encouragement to listen for God’s still, small voice. An important aspect of the Salt & Light Studio is to provide students with an opportunity to create and execute an event of their choosing topositively affect an aspect of culture at their school through their own creativity.\n2323-A Old Hickory Blvd. / Nashville, TN 37215 / 615-373-9550\nChrist Presbyterian Academy is a private, coeducational, college-preparatory school for grades preschool through 12. The Academy provides transformational education through a Christian worldview and offers extensive programs to develop the diverse potential of each student. CPA is a ministry of Christ Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Nashville, Tennessee.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.robvanwynsberghe.ca/","date":"2024-04-16T06:32:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817073.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416062523-20240416092523-00828.warc.gz","language_score":0.8894534111022949,"token_count":539,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__179611945","lang":"en","text":"Our Memories is a mural project that we helped organize as part of Professor VanWynsberghe's Education for Sustainability program at UBC. The mural drew attention to stories from older Punjabi women living in Sunset neighbourhood through literature and public art. This project has involved community engagement and participation at every step of the way.\nਸਾਡੀਆਂ ਯਾਦਾਂ :Our Memories\nCelebrating Sunset Neighbourhood Stories Through Literature and Public Art\nWhat is it?\nਸਾਡੀਆਂ ਯਾਦਾਂ : Our Memories is a creative placemaking project that draws attention to stories from older Punjabi women living in Sunset neighbourhood through literature and public art. From conducting research, to facilitating a 20-week written and oral storytelling project, to developing public art with a Vancouver muralist, to publishing a literary anthology, this project has involved community engagement and participation at every step of the way.\nWhy is it needed?\nPublic art and park activations bring communities together through shared experiences and activities. Literature allows us to reflect and develop empathy for stories that we can both relate to and learn from. By centering the stories of older Punjabi women through literature and public art at Ross Park in Sunset neighbourhood, the local community benefits from a deeper understanding of the older generation living in the region. In the past, public space activations have typically by-passed this region of Vancouver, and this project addresses this disparity directly. The currently activated space now enhances opportunities for intergenerational learning, connection, play and contributes to the development of neighborhood identity and iconography.\nOutcomes & Highlights:\nTo view the ਸਾਡੀਆਂ ਯਾਦਾਂ : Our Memories public art, visit Ross Park located at 57th and Khalsa Diwan Road in Sunset neighbourhood.\nTo read the ਸਾਡੀਆਂ ਯਾਦਾਂ : Our Memories literary anthology, scan this QR code:\nEfS Graduate Students:\nAlyssa Martens, Bryant Race, Danielle Tan, Brendan Chan\nVancouver Public Space Network\n“When you understand all about the sun and all about the atmosphere and all about the rotation of the earth, you may still miss the radiance of the sunset.”\n– Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the modern world (1926)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://hopesbegintofade.tumblr.com/","date":"2013-12-13T10:10:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386164928424/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204134848-00084-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9548734426498413,"token_count":219,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__199052817","lang":"en","text":"자꾸만 네가 떠올라, Sinking of you, Daehyun Kim, 2010\nThe Korean title translates into “i keep thinking of you,” but it literally means “you keep floating up”\nand then the English title is “Sinking of you”\nso when you think of another person, that mentally woven image will float up to the surface beyond your reach\nwhile you are weighted down by your own obsession\nCROSS LINGUISTIC METAPHORS, MAN, I AM HERE FOR THAT\nthe girl next door.\nIf someone did something like this though omg\nI wish someone would do this to me\ni wish i could have a guy talk to me firstI wish i had someone to talk to me\n\"I said to her I wanted a present I would always remember this year by: for you to be my wife.\"\ndo you ever start your period and think\n\"well that explains a lot\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.serenalumley.com/about-1/","date":"2018-04-19T17:28:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125937015.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20180419165443-20180419185443-00094.warc.gz","language_score":0.9529874324798584,"token_count":119,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__161492029","lang":"en","text":"I am interested in light and shadow and the effects that they can have on the objects and spaces that surround me. Shadow and light can transform something that is ordinary and familiar into something that is strange and unexpected.\nI draw inspiration from objects such as my kettle and bathroom basin, through to terrace houses, bridges and trees. My work harks back to the fears that night time can bring in childhood (and sometimes adulthood) when darkness places a veil over the world around us. What is familiar can become strange, what is expected might not be found.\nSerena Lumley 2014","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://free-vectors.com/lovers-under-the-moon/","date":"2024-04-15T00:09:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816904.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414223349-20240415013349-00628.warc.gz","language_score":0.7431797981262207,"token_count":68,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__52442808","lang":"en","text":"Lovers Under The Moon\nLovers Under the Moon is another tribute of Vector Open Stock to love, the best thing humans can feel in this life. Happy Valentine’s Day to all lovers! Under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Enjoy life, vector, love and the amazing moon that decorate our sky all nights.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://thecitymagazineelp.com/2016/11/05/rated-m-for-mature-audiences-only/","date":"2017-12-15T16:03:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948575124.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20171215153355-20171215175355-00258.warc.gz","language_score":0.9488465189933777,"token_count":1256,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__172944807","lang":"en","text":"I’ll never forget sitting in the cinema, watching that infamous scene when Jack Nicholson accidentally walks in on Diane Keaton wearing nothing but her birthday suit. “Something’s Gotta Give” was, on the surface, a frivolous venture into the dilemma many women ‘After 50’ face with the alarming shortage of men their age who AREN’T looking for a younger squeeze to warm up to.\nAt first, I giggled with the rest of the audience. Who could keep a straight face as Nicholson literally covered his eyes and recoiled in horror at the sight of Keaton’s naked body parts, gently touched by time?\nMy husband laughed too and then, as we often do when we share an intimate joke, we caught each other’s eye and just for a second it seemed that he looked a lot like Jack Nicholson and before I could stop myself, I wondered if he felt the same way about walking in on me.\nAnd why wouldn’t he?\n50 shades of gray takes on new meaning as a woman ages. An older friend of mine once told me the hardest thing about passing her prime was that she felt like she’d literally faded away. I deeply regret now that I didn’t respond with more kindness then, because it’s a brutal blow when you wake up one morning, look back at your reflection and realize it’s true. It starts with our hair—in my case, even eyebrows need penciling in to mimic their once prominent definition. Before you know it, bits and pieces shift, lines deepen, skin pales, lips thin, the ability to wear killer heels, to rock shorter hemlines and to bare upper arms all becomes a contest between endless hours of self-inflicted diet and exercise, skid free precautions and tiring determination. For many of our battle weary sisters, it’s easier to slip into something a little more comfortable and embrace the shadows at the back of the room.\nBut all is not lost. For even in nature’s most challenging circumstances, come moments of unexpected revelation. Something really does ‘give’ because all the confidence, self-awareness, experience and wisdom one develops after decades of life will break through the clouds of doubt if we just take a deep breath and let them.\nFor one thing, women of a certain age understand their bodies and take pleasure and pride in being able to enjoy them. The allure of confidence witnessed as Keaton boldly flirted with Keanu Reeves on the movie screen is not as rare as Hollywood would have you think. We know exactly who we are and after years of wondering whether the other sex approves of our moves, many of us develop an attitude that simply doesn’t care whether old men want to waste their time on younger conquests. In fact, I honestly feel sorry for them—they have no idea what they’re missing.\nLet me preface the next paragraphs with “I’m a happily married woman” BUT that’s no reason to shy away from the very best entertainment imaginable. And just because you’ve been playing reruns to the same sold out audience for a very long matinee, doesn’t mean it can’t be fun, fresh and sexy.\nFreedom to do whatever you want, whenever you want without worrying about grossing out your teenagers, gets top billing on my marquis. When there’s only two of you left, home becomes a private sanctuary, filled with endless opportunity. Drawn curtains, candles, chocolate covered strawberries, massage oil—the comfort of familiar habits and the mystery of new ideas blend exquisitely with the best turn on of all—unlimited time.\nI asked a few of my friends, what’s changed in their sex lives and this is what they said.\n“It takes a little longer to pull myself together than it used to, but now, instead of worrying about what I’ll wear or what I’ll say, I put on a little music and sip some wine while I’m getting ready. I don’t bother trying on dozens of outfits, I just dab my favorite fragrance on my wrists and across my cleavage, take a mental reading of how I feel at that moment and find the dress or the jeans that compliment my mood. I’m a lot less stressed about life and dating and it seems to be working because my better half can’t stop smiling.”\n“I no longer give a damn about how often I have sex—I just make sure it’s the best sex either of us can remember having and hope neither one of us forgets it too soon!”\n“Why do our children and our grandchildren and everyone else under the age of 50, think we’re too old to have sex? We have better sex now than we ever did when the kids were sleeping on the other side of the wall.”\n“Sometimes we just kiss and remember. Sometimes we laugh till we cry. But we always know we’re there for each other, no matter where life takes us. Then the Viagra kicks in.”\n“I recommend small surprises. Just one tiny detail that’s different can drive him crazy! And when he asks, ‘Where did THAT come from?’ Just smile and keep him guessing.”\n“There is nothing more appealing than a woman who oozes self-confidence and knows how to walk through a crowd. If I know anything, it’s that the gentle sway of well-developed hips floating through a room can suspend conversation and finger foods in mid-air.”\nSo I guess, in conclusion, that sex after 50 is a lot like a martini. The burst of flavor and the warm sensation it creates as it slides over your tongue—the way you add just the right garnish to satisfy your personal taste—and always enhanced to perfection by the way you choose to stir it.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thecenterforcounselingarts.com/spring/index.html","date":"2024-04-25T11:26:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297292879.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425094819-20240425124819-00677.warc.gz","language_score":0.9270904660224915,"token_count":309,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__150453375","lang":"en","text":"Spring is a revelation of change, a season of growth.\npring energy expands from hidden roots. Ever so gently the earth befriends and gives forth new life. If we listen and watch, this annual rebirth can become our own renewal. We arrive, just like spring.\nRenewal may involve exposure. Winter, the season of withdrawal and contraction, encouraged a return to our deepest resources. Life changes, fresh ideas and creative solutions may have been developing deep within us, unnoticed. Our life forces thrive deep within us.\nImagine the perennial far in the soil but with no evidence on the surface. When signs emerge, we are approaching unexpected beauty. As our expanding selves show again in a new season, we can embrace these changes by knowing that which is fertile has no choice but to come alive. New colors, new depths, individual splendors await us.\nLet’s encourage our unique transformations by paying attention – by hearing and seeing the insights, the expressions, the uncovering. Let’s celebrate the great beauty of ourselves. Here is the joy that is our own spring, come again!\nMeet Dr. Nancy Lardo, PhD, Psychologist, Director:\nThe Spirit of Receiving: The other side of giving is receiving - the healthy part of us that takes pleasure in acknowledgment, that is delighted when someone remembers, that is moved when someone celebrates us.\nEmail Contact Dr. Nancy Lardo\nCopyright ©2011- The Center for Counseling Arts. All rights reserved.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://knols-cse.blogspot.com/2016/02/research-related-to-5g-technology.html","date":"2020-07-09T18:05:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655900614.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20200709162634-20200709192634-00310.warc.gz","language_score":0.8723843693733215,"token_count":864,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__234776081","lang":"en","text":"Wideband Millimeter-wave Beamforming Receivers in SiliconJeyanandh Paramesh, Sandipan Kundu, Shadi Saberi\nCarnegie Mellon University\nHow Much Frequency Can Be Reused in 5G Cellular Networks—A Matrix Graph Approach\nYaoqing Yang, Student Member, IEEE, Bo Bai, Member, IEEE, and Wei Chen, Senior Member, IEEE\nYaoqing Yang is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,\nCarnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15232 USA e-mail:\nBo Bai and Wei Chen are with the Department of Electronic\nEngineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China e-mail: eebobai,firstname.lastname@example.org.\nIn this paper we are focusing on the ultimate limit of frequency allocation in a 5G network.\nTo study this problem, we proposed a matrix graph model and constructed an analytical framework combining matrix graph coloring (MGC) and maximum weighted independent set (MWIS),\nbased on properties of large-scale small-cell networks.\nUtilizing this model, we obtain an approximation algorithm that achieves a bounded gap to the optimal performance with a complexity growing linearly with the network size, despite the NP-completeness of the MGC problem.\nTherefore, if we could build a proper matrix graph, we can find the nearly-optimal way to allocate resources like frequencies and time slots. Moreover, the proposed scheduling algorithm has lower computational complexity if cells are smaller and inter-cell interference are more complicated. Thus, we conclude that frequency allocation in high-interference smallcell networks can be carried out efficiently and the small-cell networks are indeed practical for the future 5G network\nSimulation results support our theories.\nFundamentals of 5G Mobile Networks\nJohn Wiley & Sons, Jun 22, 2015 - 334 pages\nFundamentals of 5G Mobile Networks provides an overview of the key features of the 5th Generation (5G) mobile networks, discussing the motivation for 5G and the main challenges in developing this new technology. This book provides an insight into the key areas of research that will define this new system technology paving the path towards future research and development. The book is multi-disciplinary in nature, and aims to cover a whole host of intertwined subjects that will predominantly influence the 5G landscape, including Future Internet, cloud computing, small cells and self-organizing networks (SONs), cooperative communications, dynamic spectrum management and cognitive radio, Broadcast-Broadband convergence, 5G security challenge, and green RF. The book aims to be the first of its kind towards painting a holistic perspective on 5G Mobile, allowing 5G stakeholders to capture key technology trends on different layering domains and to identify potential inter-disciplinary design aspects that need to be solved in order to deliver a 5G Mobile system that operates seamlessly as a piece of the 5G networking jigsaw.\n• Addresses the fundamentals of 5G mobile networks serving as a useful study guide for mobile researchers and system engineers aiming to position their research in this fast evolving arena.\n• Develops the Small cells story together with nextï¿1⁄2]generation SON (self-organizing networks) systems as solutions for addressing the unprecedented traffic demand and variations across cells.\n• Elaborates Mobile Cloud technology and Services for future communication platforms, acting as a source of inspiration for corporations looking for new business models to harness the 5G wave.\n• Discusses the open issues facing broadï¿1⁄2]scale commercial deployment of white space networks, including the potential for applications towards the future 5G standard.\n• Provides a scientific assessment for broadcast and mobile broadband convergence coupled together with a ´win-win’ convergence solution to harmonize the broadcasting and mobile industry.\n• Describes the key components, trends and challenges, as well as the system requirements for 5G transceivers to support multiï¿1⁄2]standard radio, a source of inspiration for RF engineers and vendors to tie down the requirements and potential solutions for next generation handsets.\nGoogle Book Preview\nSummary of Global 5G Initiatives\n2014 Status paper","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.joshmuggins.com/","date":"2014-04-24T11:32:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223206120.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032006-00368-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9641009569168091,"token_count":1816,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__199809218","lang":"en","text":"I’ve been pretty dormant blog-wise in recent months—not that anyone has\nobjected (sniff). Partly it's just the same old same old: expending most\nof my energy burying my mother and staving off the tag team of depression\nand alcohol-induced senility, and all that.\nBut I have been working on a new book, too. A sort of companion piece to my first memoir, How To Pick Up Japanese Chicks And Doom Your Immortal Soul, this tome tosses in all the stories related to the wonderful chicks of\nN University (aka “Nangaku”) during my seventeen years on the faculty there,\nmostly in the International Relations (IR) department.\nJust as my previous post cannibalized the cult-of-personality website that I operated in my Nangaku\ndays, I’m now going to\nweasel out of writing another post by tossing you one of the leftovers\nfrom the new book—which is, itself, largely cobbled together of recycled\nmaterial from my own journals and my email exchanges with fabulous Nangaku\nI’m reaching back eighteen years this time, to a crisp late-autumn evening a month after the release of my second album of novelty songs, on which several charming Nangaku chicks had sung back vocals. Alas, the opus—an operetta of sorts titled The Tragedy of Taro Nangaku (“boy meets girl, boy vomits on girl, boy gets back in girl’s good graces, boy vomits on her again”)—had garnered mostly negative reviews: “Too weird.” “Too much vomiting.” That sort of thing.\nThis bit below didn’t make the final cut of my book because the book is\nsupposed to be about elegant and super-competent Japanese university chicks,\nand this is the story of an ugly, inept Japanese university boy.\nIt would require a festivity of monumental proportions—some\nsort of pageant, or antic, or firework—to snap me out of this funk, and of\ncourse the 1996 freshmen came through.\n9th—a Monday, for heaven's sake—I attended the bonen-kai [year-end\nparty] for this year's hilariously\nwonderful freshman class, organized by Ryo Yokohama (of Not-Yet-Castrated Boys\nbig, lovable doofus Hajime Mizoguchi who took on the Taro Nangaku role,\nswilling beer, then changing to whiskey and causing me to flee to the far end\nof the table. Down there, I ran into a group of freshman returnee dudes\ncoincidentally at the next table…\nHajime had moved on to saké, gleefully brandishing what looked like a flower\nvase full of the stuff. I was negotiating an album sale with a couple of people\nwhen he finally erupted on the table in front of himself…\nTo Hajime’s great credit, he did form a funnel with his\nhands at the last second in an effort to mitigate the splatter, but you see,\nthere was just so very much of it. After the third retch he stared vaguely into\nthe middle distance for a moment like a desiccated shipwreck survivor scanning\nthe horizon for land before flopping forward in slow motion to land beak-first\nin the beige pool of his own offal. His head then slowly twisted on his very\nthick neck so that it came to rest on the fulcrum of his right cheek.\nHajime, and the table at large, fell silent. The wait staff\nhustled over and created a makeshift system of dams around him with wet towels,\nand eventually we just forgot about him. It was, after all, a “forget-the-year\nAs official party leader and friend of Hajime, Ryo grew\nincreasingly annoyed at this conspiracy of silence, so, to mollify him, I\nstepped up to revive Hajime. His large head felt like a milk-jug full of wet\nconcrete, and had become sealed to the table by his own dried discharge to\nboot, so that a sickening Velcro sound resulted when I tried to pull it\nupright. I soon gave this up as the proverbial bad job.\n“Hey, Muggins,” said a nearby classmate, who had brought his\nguitar to the event. “I wrote a song,\ntoo. Tell me what you think of it.” He proceeded to strum and pick his way\nthrough some vaguely bluesy piece, with the butt of his guitar sometimes\nnudging up against Hajime’s carcass. I focused on the rather derivative\ncomposition with all my might in hopes that doing so would make me less aware\nof the fresh vomit still trickling from the corner of Hajime’s mouth and\npooling by his forehead.\nFour IR boys from the other table—sophisticated lads called\n“returnees” by virtue of the fact that they had lived a year or more\noverseas—concluded at this point that they could no longer abide the ineptitude\nof our group’s drunk-friend-management stylings. They somehow dragged Hajime\nupright and frog-marched him out the front door, then over to the\ncinderblock-walled garbage area—just like\nin my song, I found time to think.\nHere, the alpha male of the repeater group rained sharp,\nopen-handed blows on Hajime’s cheeks, punctuated by questions, while two others\nheld him up.\n“WHAT IS YOUR NAME?”\n“WHERE DO YOU LIVE?”\n“I have been this man’s teacher for nearly a full school\nyear, and I can assure you, he knows nothing,” I wanted to interject, but just\nthen Hajime began to respond.\nA few more slaps extracted information about his apartment,\nand I’m sure that this fellow could have gotten nuclear launch codes out of Hajime\nin time, but I was starting to get bored.\n“Excuse me,” I said. “I don’t mean to interrupt. My name is\n“Yes, I know,” he answered calmly, offering his hand. “I’m Hiro\ncourse you are, I thought. Of\ncourse he would be “hero.”\n“I just wanted to say that I think you’re the coolest guy\nI’ve ever seen.”\n“Thank you,” he replied, “and I liked your album.”\nThen he went back to pummeling and interrogating poor Hajime,\nand I headed home, purring the phrase I’m\nHiro Hamano as if it were “Bond, James Bond” along the way.\nMrs. Muggins was visiting the city for\nbusiness reasons, so I had the pleasure of reconstructing the entire scenario\nfor her once I got back to the apartment. Then I fell into a deep sleep from\nwhich a voice in my head roused me at three a.m.\n“What if who’s\nyou dolt. What if he never made it home? What if he died right there in the\nI saw a whirling newspaper like in a black-and-white movie\ncome veering toward me, slowing to reveal the thick black headline N.U.\nFRESHMAN DIES OF ALCOHOL POISONING with the kicker Teacher Who Led Child to His Doom Flees the Scene!\n“But I did my part! I tried to lift his head!”\nisn’t that generous. They would expect you to behave like a responsible adult.\nThe next day at campus, I grabbed anyone who might know Hajime\nto ask if they had seen him or had any news about him, but no one did. I was to\nhave him in class the following day but he failed to show at first, finally\nshambling in late.\n“Good God, are you all right?” I said. “I was so worried\n“They had to take me to the hospital,” he said, with his usual\nlopsided grin. He chuckled and added, “That was the third time!”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://tcurranmortgage.com/2012/12/17/newtown-christmas-and-a-cruel-world/","date":"2020-07-09T08:08:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655899209.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20200709065456-20200709095456-00379.warc.gz","language_score":0.965251088142395,"token_count":369,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__34030203","lang":"en","text":"I cannot explain nor can I understand the cause of this tragedy. I can stand silently in support of those families, friends and fellow townspeople of the victims in Newtown, Connecticut; I can witness their suffering and honor their pain by taking some to my heart. Because I cannot imagine the depth of their sorrow, I doubt my desire to honor that pain will have much effect.\nI feel the same today as I did on and in the days after another tragic day, September 11th, 2001.\nI remember how many of us came together in peace and a recognition of our fragile humanity at that time. There was a spirit of honesty when the goodness that potentially resides within each one of us rose to the surface. A smile or an act of simple kindness meant so very, very much in easing our suffering.\nAnd now this terrible thing happens. We are reminded how terribly cruel the world, the universe, and humans can be.\nNo matter your religion, you cannot help, I think, to be touched by the season of kindness, giving, and sharing of joy at this time of year. Maybe it is a deep-seated need embedded in our human culture, and not just the result of one religion’s celebration.\nI think the best we can do to honor those who have lost their lives and those who suffer as a result is to reach down into that deep reserve of kindness and, yes, love, within our human selves. Truly, ’tis the season. Reach out to your fellow human and remember kindness and love. Do it not for the personal joy you will experience as a result; do it instead to honor this tragedy, to remember the depth of human suffering that exists in this cruel world everyday and for hope. Because hope in our human goodness is all that we really have left.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.zazasperfectpie.com/whois","date":"2019-10-23T02:38:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570987828425.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20191023015841-20191023043341-00424.warc.gz","language_score":0.9703606367111206,"token_count":358,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__76830836","lang":"en","text":"All art by Elana Iaciofano\nYes! A book. I recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund Zaza's Perfect Pie, story book, work book and cookbook in one, most suitable for children ages 6 - 11.\nUnstoppable and inventive, Zaza loves three things: her dog, Pecorino, the bike she got for her birthday, and....PIZZA! Zaza loves pizza so much that she wants to eat it for every meal. She wants to be the World's Greatest Pizzaiola (that means \"pizza maker\" in Italian) and make The Perfect Pie.\nYou’ll learn her secrets as Zaza and Pecorino embark on a series of pizza-related adventures, experiments and art projects, all in the name of pizza.\nWhen cooking is recommended as a fundamental basic life skill by many educational and parental guides. As a creative director for the food industry, I essentially tell stories with food, and I believe that every good meal has one. Zaza's story of determination and imagination invites participation, so that kids can act on that inspiration immediately in any number of ways:\nZaza’s Perfect Pie is meant to be written in, drawn on and even spilled on! The book is designed and written so that children can enjoy it alone or with their parents. It's a story kids will want to read over and over again, but it can also be used as a reference guide, as parents are sure to learn new things, too!\nThe book is expected to ship in November 2017. I'll put up a link to order when the book is all printed and ready to go. Sign up for Zaza's newsletter below to get alerted when the time is here!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.gridphilly.com/events/2017/11/15/the-remarkable-nature-of-edward-lear","date":"2019-01-19T21:20:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583681597.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20190119201117-20190119223117-00588.warc.gz","language_score":0.9659967422485352,"token_count":88,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__32660630","lang":"en","text":"WHERE: Ambler Theater, 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, Pa.\nEdward Lear is best known for “The Owl and the Pussycat” and other nonsense poetry. But Lear was also a fine painter and an adventurous, worldwide traveler. Robert Peck will discuss the remarkable life and natural history paintings of this beloved children's writer, who mysteriously abandoned his scientific work.\nCOST: $15 to $20","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.goolugatup-heathcote.com.au/tenants/invisible-publishing","date":"2022-08-07T18:16:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00301.warc.gz","language_score":0.9385576248168945,"token_count":222,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__138833376","lang":"en","text":"Invincible House is an organisation that publish playful and exciting poetry, stories, novels, and zines, both digital and print. We believe literature can be our joy and strength. We may be fallible, but the ideas we share are invincible Alan Fyfe - Writer and poet Emily Sun - Writer, poet, and educator Sarah Yeung - Writer, researcher, and editor Gok-Lim Finch - Artist, arts worker, curator and researcher\nGoolugatup's five heritage buildings accommodate dozens of professional artists, not-for-profits, and creative small businesses.\nGoolugatup Heathcote is located on the shores of the Derbal Yerrigan, in the suburb of Applecross, just south of the centre of Boorloo Perth, WA. It is 10 minute drive from the CBD, the closest train station is Canning Bridge, and the closest bus route the 148.Accessibility and amenities\nThe Gallery is open 10-4 weekdays, 12-4 weekends, and closed public holidays. The grounds are open 24/7.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://bradleysbookoutlet.com/wmqnot/gahwfx-c.html","date":"2023-06-08T02:10:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224654031.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20230608003500-20230608033500-00000.warc.gz","language_score":0.864799439907074,"token_count":180,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__4491102","lang":"en","text":"Why should you choose Bradley’s?\nBradley’s Book Outlet has been in business for 20 years selling discounted books, overstock items and best sellers.\nStop by our stores in Western Pennsylvania for your bestsellers and bargains. Visit our wholesale web site for even bigger savings.\nOur friendly and helpful staff can help you find that bestsellers you’ve been searching for or our staff can suggest books for your vacation.\nLike Us On Facebook\nWe announce specials and events so be sure to like us on Facebook for additional bargains!\nVisit our convenient locations in Western Pennsylvania for bargains, best sellers, discounts and more on your favorite authors.\nShare on Pinterest\nCheck out our boards on Pinterest for your favorite authors, quotes, new releases, events and sales.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://visitaswan.info/interesting-research-on-things-you-probably-never-knew-4/","date":"2021-06-15T02:46:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487616657.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20210615022806-20210615052806-00611.warc.gz","language_score":0.9760010242462158,"token_count":613,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-25","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__127321088","lang":"en","text":"Getting To The Point –\nRebel Health And Fitness Guide – Best Fitness Center Membership Overview For This Year\nIf you are like me, after that you absolutely like The Rebel Fitness Overview. I have actually always been a large fan of health and fitness magazines, workout video clips, etc. I really felt that right stuff they had in there was excellent, however nothing ever seemed to really obtain me motivated to exercise or do any exercises. Well, I was not happy with that said for a long period of time. Up until I found this book. If you are trying to find a fast and also basic exercise guide to aid you strengthen and also come to be healthier, then The Rebel Physical Fitness Guide is not for you. I have been with this book and also I can honestly say that it was a little disheartening at times. It does offer you all the info you will require to get fit in an easy to comprehend bundle, but, extra significantly, adequate nerdy references to keep you interested in the process! Seriously, the amount of physical fitness guides do you know that recommendation points like Star Wars, Yoda, as well as Matrix films? I can’t count the variety of references and proclaim there are in this book. Things I assumed most valuable about The Rebel Health And Fitness Overview was the areas on diet regimen as well as nutrition. This is where it really shines. It speaks about the very best foods for slimming down, obtaining fit, consuming healthy, and so on. Every little thing you require for a wonderful workout is described and backed by study as well as excellent facts. I believe this was a good concept and also a wonderful addition to a fitness overview. Currently, let’s talk about the supplements and regimens. There is a lots of info on both! The supplement section includes a lots of brand-new supplements. It talks about the most recent craze in fat loss, thermogenic supplements. I was really delighted to see that The Rebel Fitness Overview had such a variety of various supplements. There are a fat heater, muscle contractor, weight loss regimen, along with a sophisticated cardio routine for an optimum workout. Other than the brand-new supplements, this year’s version of The Rebel Health And Fitness Guide has the same details we have actually had in previous versions. It speaks about the relevance of a healthy and balanced diet plan as well as the importance of a proper exercise. It offers you the information you need for an efficient cardio routine. There is a tools needed area too that discuss everything from rowing machines to home bars and also more! Generally, I am extremely happy with this year’s version. I like the workouts and also the nutrition pointers. The supplement section was really useful and also I currently have my really own rowing maker! If you are trying to find a newbie’s fitness guide with lots of information, this is the one for you. The rate is wonderful also and if you get on a budget plan, you won’t be dissatisfied.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.stonemanavenue.com/stonemanblog.cfm?postid=34251&feature=19408","date":"2013-05-24T21:39:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705069221/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115109-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9955165386199951,"token_count":1659,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__151513186","lang":"en","text":"« view all posts\nThe First Time We Tried To Escape\nThere were many times that my brother and I tried to escape from our guardian. But I still remember the first time quite vividly. I remember that I was about 6 and my brother was 10. One thing that we both knew was that I was very allergic to milk. I was so allergic that every time I drank milk it made me sick and I got terrible rashes on my body. I had never been to the doctor about it but there was no doubting my allergy to milk. That allergy became my daily torture as our guardian would always make me drink it anyway. She said I was too skinny and that milk would fatten me up. She didn't want the social worker to think that she wasn't feeding us. So, one morning she poured a tall glass of milk and stood over me with the strap. She said drink that or I am going to whip your ass. So, I drank it. As soon as I drank it my stomach rejected it and I threw up the milk and all the food I had eaten all over the table.\nThen, she got angry and started beating me and told me to eat all the vomit. So I tried to scoop it up and eat it but I kept gagging and throwing it back up. Every time I did this she beat me some more and made me eat up the vomit. Finally, she got so mad that she made me strip out of all my clothes and stand in the bath tub while she ran the shower over the fresh bloody sores on my body. Then she took her leather belt and laid it in the water so the leather would draw up and she began to beat me with the belt while the water ran over my body. I know this sounds pretty bad but it was actually a welcome relief from eating the vomit. Then , after about a half an hour of getting beat in the tub with the water running on my bloody sores she took me to the other room, grabbed a rope and tied my hands and legs to the foot of the bed on the brass bed post. She then put a saucer of milk on the floor by the bed and then grabbed my brother and they left. I struggled and struggled to get free from the knot she had tied but it was way too tight . So I sat there with nothing but the saucer of milk for what seemed like hours and hours. It was as if I was an animal or something. As I sat there tied up I began to cry and I kept asking some unseen entity why this was happening to me.\nWhen they returned home she untied me and made me go to bed. She went into the other room and that's when my brother eased up to me and told me that we were going to leave that place. He was crying and he said Toney, tonight I am going to get you out of this place. My big bro. was and still is to this day my hero! So, we waited until she fell asleep. It was about 10:00 PM when we quietly crept out of the house and began to run. I remember my brother kept saying come on Toney (what he always called me because he couldn't say his S's) you can keep up!. Suddenly we were out on a main street called Vermont Ave. It was so cold out there but we hadn't thought to bring coats. All we wanted to do was escape!\nAs we walked down this huge street in Los Angeles I asked my brother where we were going. He told me that we were going to the social workers office. You see my brother was very smart., He had paid very close attention to where the social services building was located the last time we had been there. So he knew how to get there but I don't think he realized how far it was from our house. It was actually about 15 miles away.\nI remember that it was so cold out there and the traffic in the streets was confusing. All I could see was the city lights everywhere. Its amazing that people were driving by two tiny little boys walking the dangerous streets of L.A. and didn't even stop to see why were out there. I guess nobody really cared. Anyway, we walked and walk and walked and walked for hours. I remember my brother holding my hand so tightly and saying \"Don't worry Toney, I'll take care of you\" as we walked. By the time we finally arrived at the office it was about 5:00 in the morning. We were both totally exhausted. The doors to the place were locked but Glenn kept banging on the door until finally a security guard showed up. He opened the door and looked at us with this puzzled look on his face. He asked us what we were doing out in the streets alone. My brother told him that we had come to see our social worker and told him her name. My brother also told him that we had escaped from our guardian and asked him to call our social worker. He got the social worker on the phone and she gave him the number to our guardian. Its obvious to me now that the social worker didn't care about us. After all, we were just a couple of little Black kids that didn't have parents.\nAnyway, about a half an hour later our guardian showed up and put on this big act about how worried she had been. She took our hands and led us out of there as we protested that we didn't want to go. Once we were in the car, the beatings began all over again.\nAlthough we paid a heavy and painful price for what we had done, we also gained some satisfaction in knowing that we had made her get up out of bed late at night and come down there to get us. The social worker never came to find out why we had run away. Like I said, she didn't care. Nobody really cared. The teachers at school all saw the fresh bloody sores on our bodies everyday but they didn't report it. The school nurse once saw all the bloody scars on my Penis and testicles but she didn't do anything either. Nobody cared about us and what we were going through. It was like a nightmare that would never end. However, running away that night gave us hope. We now knew that we could get away. We just didn't know where to get away to.\nI often think about that night with a sense of pride. We were just two little kids but we walked 15 miles in the dark on the streets of one of the meanest cities in California. I know that God was watching over us all the way. I also know that God was preparing us for many great things to come in our lives. My brother is now a film director. He also works at a shelter for abused and abandoned children. God is so good isn't he? He takes hardship and turns it to victory. He takes people with the deepest of scars and turns them into people of faith and hope. He made me a man of compassion when I had every reason to turn into a monster like the monster that raised me. God made me, looked at me and said I was good. Now, everyday of my life I strive to bring hope to the hopeless, love to the loveless and peace to those who are at war with themselves.\nWhen my brother was twelve he ran away to juvenile hall. He went there and turned himself in. He refused to ever come back to live in that house. They tried everything to make him come back but he would not. My hero became my inspiration for my many escapes later in life. He always came back to check on me though. Sometimes he would stay a while and then leave again. His freedom was always the one thing that kept me sane. I kept saying some day I'm going to get big and strong enough to run away and never come back. That day did come but I will save that story for another time. In the meantime, if you are so inclined, please buy my CD as the sales of my music keeps me able to continue on my journey and my work for God.\nLove You All, Stoneman","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://elowynpaitson.wordpress.com/2014/05/14/on-starting-a-blog/","date":"2018-05-25T14:53:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867094.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525141236-20180525161236-00321.warc.gz","language_score":0.9676392078399658,"token_count":1155,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__36466291","lang":"en","text":"Well, here I am. I have been ‘planning’ to start a blog since, well, since I first heard about the things. A wannabe writer for many years, I use all the usual excuses for not actually doing any writing. I’m too busy, my kids, my partner, the gardening, the messy house, our health problems… The excuses are pointless, for other than myself, who cares whether I write or not?\nI am always mulling over ideas, composing in my head as I drive the kids to school or cook yet another meal, but they never make it to the page. By the time I get to a quiet space in my day, I tend to switch my thoughts off instead of on. I recently realised I spend a minimum of an hour a day on Facebook, sometimes more. Mostly I use it to access support communities relating to the GAPS diet that our family is currently doing, but much of that time is wasted just toodling around, signing pointless petitions, admiring other peoples art or photography, chuckling at the latest satirical Tony Abbot cartoon. It’s a way to zone out, much the same as reading trashy magazines or watching commercial television. Switch off the brain and just let the banality wash over you.\nAnother excuse I use to not write is my need to have the perfect post, drafted and edited and tweaked.. which of course never happens, because I get so overwhelmed by the idea of writing, editing, polishing and posting my idea, that it never makes it out of my head.\nI also suffer the usual aspiring writer’s fear of being read; ‘What if it’s too personal? How honest should I be? Should I write about the deep and dark things that sometimes preoccupy my mind? What will people think?’ Well, what people exactly? Who do I really expect to read this? Until I tell anyone about it, no-one will know it is here. There are a million blogs like it.. I’m not selling anything that anyone wants. No one knows who I am or that I am writing this.. people may come across it, and of course I write knowing that there is an audience, but it is as yet an imagined audience. So who cares about what the imaginary audience in my head thinks? Excuse vanquished.\nThe other problem I have had is a lack of focus.. ‘What will my blog be ABOUT?’ Feeling like I need to have a specific purpose or focus, yet unable to decide what that is, has been another procrastination excuse. Yet I have been wanting to write about Obelia and our experiences with her illness since she was first diagnosed with gastroschisis at 12 weeks gestation. My feelings about it, all the intensity, the joy and the horror, have been too intense for me to articulate. The longer I have left it, the bigger and more complex the story has become. Obelia will be 6 in a few weeks, so now I have a LOT to write about!\nSo, for the month of May I have set myself several challenges. Firstly, to have a Facebook detox, to which end I have deactivated my account this morning. They have made this even harder since last I tried, it took me 20 minutes to find the ‘deactivate’ button, then I had to fill in a questionnaire about why I was deactivating, and ignore the huge photos of my Facebook friends with ‘So-and-so will miss you!’ imploring me to stay.\nSecondly, to post at least one blog post daily. It doesn’t need to be perfect, it doesn’t need to be long. Just get those words on the page!\nWell, I’ve failed that one already. It’s the 14th May today, two weeks since I started this draft. In that time I’ve stuck to my Facebook detox, and this blog has been sitting open in a Safari tab, just waiting for me to finish it. I have found my eyes avoiding that area of the screen, ‘I don’t see you, I have too many other things to do’. It’s not true. This is the one thing that brings me the most pleasure, creatively. I love to write, and I don’t understand the part of me that pushes it away. So, my challenge to myself stands. Write, every day. Let it flow, let go of the fear and the perfectionism, shush that inner critic and just begin.\nIn the weeks and months to come, I hope to tell you some of the story of my daughter Obelia, and of our family, as we seek to heal her. I’m trying my hardest not to use the word ‘journey’, but what a journey it has been. I’ll talk about gastroschisis. About having a baby in hospital, about NICU. About extreme food intolerances, failure to thrive, inability to breastfeed. About everything turning out almost exactly the opposite of what you expected or imagined. And about GAPS, which has done so much to change our lives in just four months.\nOkay, so now my life really is calling me, in the form of my almost three-year-old who has coated herself in baked pumpkin pudding and is threatening to climb into my lap.\nHave a lovely day, my imaginary audience. If things go according to plan, I’ll see you soon.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://bullsxvi.blogspot.com/2011/05/good-book.html","date":"2017-04-27T12:48:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122167.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00645-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.982914924621582,"token_count":380,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__45979727","lang":"en","text":"Saturday, May 14, 2011\nThe Good Book\nThe John Hume Institute for Global Studies in UCD sponsors lectures for the public from time to time. I have attended a number of these. They are well worth the trouble and admission is free.\nTheir latest offering was A.C. Grayling who had recently published \"The Good Book\", subtitled \"A Secular Bible\".\nI wasn't sure what to expect. Was this something in the Dawkins/Hitchins vein, or might it be something else.\nWell, it was something else.\nAnthony Grayling explained that the book had really been gestating over the last thirty years and drew on all of his knowledge and experience accumulated over that time. It was not anti-God, or anti-Bible, or anti-any-thing-else.\nIt was an attempt to draw on the thinking of philosophers over the ages to produce a book of secular ethics which did not rely on the supernatural. It was designed to make you think, as opposed to simply accepting handed down precepts.\nIt was not exclusivist: the reader was welcome to draw on other sources, including the conventional Bible. And it did not reference its quotations in order to avoid distracting the reader and to let the thoughts expressed stand on their own two feet, so to speak.\nIts format is the same as that of the conventional Bible: chapter and verse. Grayling explained that his only reason for mimicking the Biblical format was that this format worked. That is why the Bible chose it and why he was doing the same.\nI haven't dipped into the book yet. I have it on order from my local library. I am looking forward to sampling it and, all being well, I might actually buy a copy.\nMind you, the reviews on Amazon are, on balance, negative, so we'll see.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://rvb.cool/blog","date":"2019-10-22T13:36:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570987822098.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20191022132135-20191022155635-00407.warc.gz","language_score":0.9633918404579163,"token_count":1270,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__103473581","lang":"en","text":"A note from Rebecca: Making good on my promise to publish posts from talented authors about the things they really love, I would like to introduce my very good friend James Hepplewhite, a much more elegant writer than myself, no matter the topic, to introduce you to the comics of Matt Fraction. If you want to write about something that drives you wild, please feel free to submit it to me. Without further ado, James.\nLet me introduce you to the comics of Matt Fraction. Which is a misnomer, because comics, unless you're a one man band, is an intensely collaborative medium. They're not really \"Matt Fraction comics,\" they're Matt \"Fraction and Collaborators comics.\" With that in mind, I'll go through four of the comics that Fraction has his name on.\nTwo will sound vaguely familiar, two won't.\nThe four comics:\n- Satellite Sam\n- Sex Criminals\nSatellite Samis a comic about television in the 50s, and also the period's prejudices. Gay characters abound, but only behind closed doors, mixed race parentage is a shocker and the story kicks off when a son discovers his father (a television space hero) had a predilection for bad women in garters, one of whom is almost certainly his father's killer.\nPenciller Howard Chaykin overshadows Fraction here. In Chaykin's illustrious career, he is known for three things:\n1) A legendary comics artist who invented many storytelling tricks used today.\n2) Drawing women in garters.\n3) A vulgar, lively wit. My favorite one so far, and one of the most tame. Also: Googling \"Howard Chaykin interview\" will provide at least 30 minutes of entertainment.\nFraction, being a long time fan of Chaykin, gives the man what he's known for. Satellite Sam is denser than uranium, openly salacious and devastating in its critiques. It is the only comic I can think of that made its own Tijuana Bible. Both are printed in a carnal, id-electrifying black and white.\nIf Mad Men was more brazen, it'd approach Satellite Sam.\nNext, my adored Casanova.\nDescribing Casanova's plot is like solving a Rubik's cube on hallucinogens. Summarized barbarously: Timeline hopping bisexual super spy Casanova Quinn gets into real trouble. He disappoints his many fathers, chases the many instances of the Big Bad throughout the multiverse, and well, there's more surprises.\nCasanova is berserk with ideas, and spits them at the reader at a clip almost too fast to handle. Some of that is due to the early limitations of the series (16 page issues) but most is Fraction's fear that it would be the only comic he'd ever get to write.\nThe people pencilling Casanova are as integral to the comic as Fraction, Gabriel Bá and Fabio Moon. Gabriel's work is pricklier and more lively, whereas Fabio Moon draws everyone gorgeous. Case in point: Sasa Lisi (an 8 1/2 reference, naturally) looks like the bewitching alien girlfriend of a million lesser sci-fi stories, but articulated as a full character by both writer and penciller.\nAnd now, the hits. Hawkeye.\nIt's a story fundamentally about Clint Barton's (Hawkeye) stubbornness. He sees injustice, moves to correct it and then discovers he's in over his own head. His response is to dig further. In doing so, he discovers new allies and challenges, between fellow Hawkeye Kate Bishop and Mr. Barton's disreputable older brother.\nIt's Clint Barton as Jim Rockford, which plays to Mr. Barton's history, a felon who declared he deserved to be on the Avengers as Tim O'Neil put it, \"based on nothing more than his facility with a bow and arrow and an absolutely enormous pair of brass balls.\" Clint Barton takes on malicious Eastern European landlords the same way.\nThere are other reasons, of course. The main one is that Matt Fraction and main penciller David Aja were born to work together. Whatever page Fraction turns in, Aja makes better. Whatever emotional beat Fraction puts down, Aja makes frictionless, even while slowing it down.\nThe other reason? Kate Bishop. The capable heroine is explicitly Mr. Barton's equal and never far from a felicitous quip. Combine with an early emphasis on single issue stories and Hawkeye is easy to understand and difficult to resist.\nSex Criminals is great for reasons so obvious, it's easy mode. Mainstream comics hasn't had a really good romantic comedy in a very long time. There are exceptions, but Sex Criminals is merely a well-executed romantic comedy. For a comic called Sex Criminals, it's a light, earnest R. It is hard to imagine anyone but the most clueless being concerned about a comic that includes an image called \"the Dutch microwave.\"\nSex Criminals is about people who's ejaculation stops time. They put it to use to rob a bank, so they can raise money to keep a library open. (Awwwwwwww.) The first issue introduces Suzie and goes through her sexual awakening in painfully funny detail.\nZdarsky puts an indefensible amount of detail into the backgrounds. (See above.) There's never a page without a Sexual Gary poster, or a book title somewhere designed to get a laugh. Fraction feeds him with embarrassing moments from his own life, hurriedly veiled by a different character and lets the collaboration go. It is humane and kind.\nCome back next time, true believers! (Is there going to be a next time? I legitimately don't know.) Maybe I'll write about ODY-C, a gender-swapped, psychedelic retelling of the Odyssey. Or perhaps Fraction's grueling Iron Man run that shipped two issues in a month for a year straight. Maybe I'll talk about his early work? The designs of the universe are unknown to me.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://pronto-project.eu/project-management/","date":"2023-01-29T04:50:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499700.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20230129044527-20230129074527-00303.warc.gz","language_score":0.8612474203109741,"token_count":1579,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__289788312","lang":"en","text":"Currently, project management is considered an essential tool that can impact and make a professional and personal difference. It is possible to say that the goals and objectives of projects are achieved in a more efficient and better way when they are managed.\nFirst, before approaching the main topic,”project management,” it is essential to understand what a project is and the concept of management.\nA project corresponds to an activity or a set of actionsto achieve specific results or objectives. Projects can have different dimensions (with various complexities). However, they all aim and have a clear purpose. According to the “Project Management Institute,” a project is considered “a temporary effort undertaken to create a unique product, service or result.”\nIn general, projects are made up of stages that necessarily require their passage to complete their activities. They are (Builder, 2021):\n- Initial Phase: Collection of all data and identification of possible limitations that may interfere with the project;\n- Planning phase: Detailed structuring of the plan;\n- Execution phase: Carrying out activities with maximum efficiency, safety, and quality to deliver the best results;\n- Control phase: Monitoring of activities and their progress;\n- Closing phase: Official conclusion of the project.\nRegarding management, this one involves a set of fundamental principles for a better administration of the organization in all its fields to promote integration and better use of the materials at its disposal. Its purpose is to achieve the above objectives. (Andrade, 2019).\nFinally, project management is defined as a set of practices and skills used to plan, execute, guide, and control an organization’s projects, not depending on their size and complexity. It should be noted that this management always seeks to ensure a result that satisfies both the organization/company and its “end customer.” (Justo, 2018).\nThe project management process begins with project creation and continues throughout the project lifecycle.And any team that works together to achieve a shared goal is involved in project management (Yarbrough, 2021).\nProject management can offer a company various benefits that will contribute to its growth, such as (Justo, 2018):\n- Cost reduction;\n- Time optimization;\n- More assertive results;\n- Risk control;\n- Greater team involvement;\n- Greater customer satisfaction.\nA project manager is a professional responsible for ensuring the effectiveness of projects and preventing any problems, doing this through planning, execution, and guidance of all stages(Espinha, 2018).\nTo be a good project manager, it is necessary to have skills that contribute to better performance (Espinha, 2018):\n- ability to work under pressure;\n- time and task management:\n- knowledge of all functions and steps associated with the project;\n- good interpersonal communication;\n- ability to work in a team;\n- be able to identify and manage all the people who participate in the projects.\nInternational project management:\nInternational project management is the management of projects across borders and cultures. Therefore, it requires a specific set of skills to ensure success (O’Halloran, 2014).\nCompared to the past, the current scenario promotes a different business environment due to the globalization of the economy, technological development, political reforms, and economic interdependence. Consequently, this change led to the development of companies and their projects internationalize at various levels, which could be called “international projects” or “transnational projects” (Watanukiet al., 2014).\nOne of the indicators of the degree of development of an organization/company is reflected in its capacity for internationalization, since greater competition at an international level allows it to maintain its domestic market and expand its business in the foreign market, providing new working environments (Watanukiet al., 2014).\nCurrently, the competence of managing international projects has become a strategic element for companies/organizations since, by differentiating themselves from traditional and conventional structures, they present more risks, doubts, and challenges than national projects.\nThe proper integration of the project itself represents one of the main challenges to managing international projects due to the difficulties it entails, such as barriers in communication (linguistic), sharing knowledge, and decision-making. For the project to be successful, it is necessary to use and apply efficient management tools and techniques in different geographic regions, always considering the differences in organizational cultures. (Watanukiet al., 2014).\nConsidering everything that has been discussed throughout this article, it is possible to understand the importance of project management and everything that involves it to achieve better results and consequently positively impact the company/organization in question.\n(2017). O que é gestão de projetos e como ela auxilia no controle de atividades, [online] Availableat: https://www.eosconsultores.com.br/gestao-de-projetos/\nAndrade, L. (2019). O que é gestão? Entenda a importância de gerenciar bem sua empresa, [online] Siteware. Available at:https://www.siteware.com.br/gestao-estrategica/o-que-e-gestao/\nBuilder, P. (2021). Gestão de Projeto – entenda o que é e para o que serve?, [online] Project Builder. Available at: https://www.projectbuilder.com.br/blog/gestao-de-projeto-o-que-e-e-para-que-serve/\nEspinha, R.G. (2018). Gestão de Projetos: o que é e TUDO sobre como gerenciar projetos, [online] Artia. Available at:https://artia.com/blog/gestao-de-projetos-o-que-e-para-que-serve/\nJusto, A.S. (2018). O que é Gestão de Projetos: guia completo + como fazer em 5 passos, [online] EUAX. Available at:https://www.euax.com.br/2018/08/o-que-e-gestao-de-projetos/\nO’Halloran, C. (2014). International Project Management – A Tool For Success, [online] Linkedin.com. Available at:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140707010713-44256597-international-project-management-a-tool-for-success\nSimplilearn (2020). What Is a Project: Definition, Features, and Examples, [online] Simplilearn.com. Available at:https://www.simplilearn.com/what-is-a-project-article\nWatanuki, H.M., et all (2014). Gestão de projetos internacionais: um estudo bibliométrico. Gestão&Produção, [online] Available at:https://www.scielo.br/j/gp/a/xJwf6PkkCmyD6BBpNjMMVSv/?format=pdf&lang=pt\nYarbrough, Q. (2021). Project Definition: The Meaning of a Project, [online] ProjectManager.com. Available at:https://www.projectmanager.com/blog/project-definition","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://fivelittlekittens.wordpress.com/about/","date":"2017-04-23T08:00:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917118310.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031158-00326-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9437193274497986,"token_count":147,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__304651122","lang":"en","text":"I’m a wife, a mother of five, a mom to a special needs child, a mom of teenagers, a midwesterner, a homemaker, a daughter, a friend, a student, and so many more things but none of those things define me completely.\nThis blog isn’t about one specific thing. I’m very random with my writing so it’s hard to tell from one day to the next what the subject will be. My posts can been written with a smart assed wit and I attempt to be funny. I can’t guarantee they would be even if written word expressed more emotion, but I make myself laugh and that’s all that matters.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://victoriamason.com/rock-and-hard-places%E2%80%A8/","date":"2018-02-22T18:48:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891814249.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20180222180516-20180222200516-00092.warc.gz","language_score":0.9856403470039368,"token_count":173,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__225989332","lang":"en","text":"“The future was re-written for two book loving expats with the suggestion of a friend.\nUnpacking their tiny libraries revealed a text overlap with shared marriage to Mueller and Kilburn Rock city was born”\nJo and Jen were two Australians living in London in the early 2000s & met when they were looking to share a house together, a match made by a friend. Jo knew that she and Jen were kindred spirits when they unpacked their heavily curated expat libraries & they both had the obscure book ‘Rock and Hard Places’ by Andrew Mueller. Self-described ‘sister wives’ of the author, they continue regular visits as close friends even though they live on opposite sides of the world.\nKilburn Rock City was the nickname given to the place that they lived, on Kilburn Rd, London.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://arschlochcsaladom.com/articles/160253pc98h11681bbv48","date":"2022-05-21T09:46:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662539049.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20220521080921-20220521110921-00235.warc.gz","language_score":0.9012187123298645,"token_count":5680,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__275101226","lang":"en","text":"Symptomatic treatment with paracetamol, skin emollients, and antihistamines can be used in these populations. Patients admitted for varicella need to be placed in both airborne and contact isolation from potentially susceptible people for a minimum of 5 days after the onset of the rash and until all lesions are crusted Symptomatic treatment with acetaminophen, skin emollients, and antihistamines can be used in these populations. Patients admitted for varicella need to be placed in both airborne and contact isolation from potentially susceptible people for a minimum of 5 days after the onset of the rash and until all lesions are crusted TREATMENT OF VARICELLA/CHICKENPOX It is recommended that adults with varicella receive antiviral treatment (usually with oral acylovir) because it has been shown to decrease the duration and severity of the illness. For maximum benefit, antiviral therapy for varicella should be given within 24 hours of the onset of rash\nTherapy should be initiated at the earliest sign or symptom of herpes zoster and is most effective when started generally within 72h of the onset of zoster rash. Zoster confined to dermatome.. The pharmacokinetic basis of oral valacyclovir treatment of herpes simplex virus (HSV) or varicella zoster virus (VZV) meningitis, meningoencephalitis or encephalitis in adults. J Chemother 2017; 29:122 Varicella-zoster immune globulin is recommended for people who cannot receive the vaccine and 1) who lack evidence of immunity to varicella, 2) whose exposure is likely to result in infection, and 3) are at high risk for severe varicella. The varicella-zoster immune globulin product licensed for use in the United States is VariZIG™ The following day, blisters appeared on the patient's skin, which were diagnosed as varicella. There was a marked increase in the blood concentration of VZV-DNA; therefore, the cause of the abdominal pain was diagnosed as VDVZV. Treatment with acyclovir and immunoglobulin was immediately started, and the immunosuppressive therapy dose reduced Herpes zoster is usually treated with orally administered acyclovir. Other antiviral medications include famciclovir and valacyclovir. The antiviral medications are most effective when started..\nChickenpox (varicella) Chickenpox is due to varicella-zoster-virus. The incubation period is from 10 to 21 days (most commonly 14 to 16) The illness has a short prodrome of fever, lethargy and anorexia followed by eruption of the rash that occurs over the next three to five days. The rash consists of crops of small papules that quickly become. Background: Infection with varicella-zoster virus (VZV) contemporaneously with malignant disease or immunosuppression represents a particular challenge and requires individualized decisions and treatment. Although the increasing use of varicella-vaccines in the general population and rapid initiation of VZV-immunoglobulins and acyclovir in case of exposure has been beneficial for some patients, immunocompromised individuals are still at risk for unfavourable courses\nRecent advances in varicella-zoster virus infection. Ann Intern Med 1999; 130:922. Shafran SD, Tyring SK, Ashton R, et al. Once, twice, or three times daily famciclovir compared with aciclovir for the oral treatment of herpes zoster in immunocompetent adults: a randomized, multicenter, double-blind clinical trial Drugs used to treat Varicella-Zoster. The following list of medications are in some way related to, or used in the treatment of this condition. Select drug class All drug classes immune globulins (4) miscellaneous antivirals (2) purine nucleosides (4) Rx. OTC Varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection is often experienced by patients who are in an immunocompromised state. The incidence of herpes zoster in chronic kidney disease patients is 12.4/1000 people, several times higher than in healthy individuals .Visceral disseminated VZV (VDVZV) infection is a rare disease with a high mortality rate that occurs in immunocompromised patients undergoing. 1. Answer: D. 12 months.. The varicella zoster vaccine (VZV) is a live vaccine given after age 12 months. Options A, B, and C: The first dose of hepatitis B vaccine is given at birth to 2 months, then at 1 to 4 months, and then again at 6 to 18 months; DTaP is routinely given at 2, 4, 6, and 15 to 18 months and a booster at 4 to 6 years. 2. The nurse manager is planning the clinical.\nVaricella (primary infection) or herpes zoster (reactivation) in immunocompromised hosts: Varicella zoster virus: IV therapy (initial treatment): Acyclovir 10mg/kg/dose IV q8h Consider ID consultation. Duration: Dependent on clinical resolution. Oral therapy (step-down) Vaccines can help reduce the risk of shingles. Early treatment can help shorten a shingles infection and lessen the chance of complications. The most common complication is postherpetic neuralgia, which causes shingles pain for a long time after your blisters have cleared Varicella Zoster when described has the typical presentation of a dermatomal distribution of a rash and can further lead to CNS complications. This can be treated accordingly with the proper protocol, but if the presentation is atypical and the protocol is challenged or changed per specific patient outcomes, new developments can occur\nThe varicella-zoster vaccine preparations contain live, attenuated virus derived from the Oka strain of varicella-zoster virus. The Varilrix ® and Varivax ® vaccines provide protection against varicella (chickenpox)—there is no data on interchangeability between these 2 vaccines, but it is likely that a course can be completed effectively with the different vaccine Shingles (herpes zoster) is a viral infection of an individual nerve and the skin surface affected by the nerve. The infection is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. Oral antiviral treatment should be offered to patients with shingles who are immunocompromised, have non-truncal. The Varicella Zoster Infection Treatment Market has been segmented as below: By Drug Type: Acyclovir Valacyclovir Famciclovir By Route of Administration: Ora 4.4 Treatment of Varicella-Zoster Infections The immunocompromised individual with either primary (Varicella) or recurrent (Zoster) infection is at increased risk of severe disease. Zoster can occur in any dermatome in the immunocompromised host, but can also disseminate into multiple dermatomes and cause organ involvement Overview. The varicella-zoster vaccine preparations contain live, attenuated virus derived from the Oka strain of varicella-zoster virus. The Varilrix ® and Varivax ® vaccines provide protection against varicella (chickenpox)—there is no data on interchangeability between these 2 vaccines, but it is likely that a course can be completed effectively with the different vaccine\nVaricella-zoster virus (VZV) Human alphaherpesvirus 3 ( HHV-3 ), usually referred to as the varicella-zoster virus ( VZV ), is one of nine herpesviruses known to infect humans. It causes chickenpox (varicella) , a disease most commonly affecting children, teens, and young adults, and shingles (herpes zoster) in adults; shingles is rare in children Varicella and herpes zoster. In: Wolff K, Goldsmith LA, et al. Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine (seventh edition). McGraw Hill Medical, New York, 2008: 1885-98\nTreatment and recent advances. Acyclovir has been the mainstay for treating severe varicella-zoster virus infections; however, newer antiviral agents, including valacyclovir and famciclovir, have expanded therapeutic options for treating adults with herpes zoster Chickenpox, also known as varicella, is a highly contagious disease caused by the initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV). The disease results in a characteristic skin rash that forms small, itchy blisters, which eventually scab over. It usually starts on the chest, back, and face. It then spreads to the rest of the body. Other symptoms may include fever, tiredness, and headaches\nChickenpox consists of an itchy, red rash that breaks out on the face, scalp, chest, back and, to a lesser extent, arms and legs. The spots quickly fill with a clear fluid, rupture and then turn crusty. Chickenpox is an infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus. It causes an itchy rash with small, fluid-filled blisters Importance Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infections increasingly are reported in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and constitute an area of significant concern, especially with the advent of more disease-modifying treatments in MS that affect T-cell-mediated immunity.. Objective To assess the incidence, risk factors, and clinical characteristics of VZV infections in fingolimod-treated. Herpes zoster, or shingles, is caused by reactivation of varicella zoster virus, which causes chickenpox. There are an estimated 1 million cases in the Unites States annually, with an individual.\nPATHOGENICITY/TOXICITY: Varicella (chickenpox) and zoster (shingles) are the two different manifestations of the varicella-zoster virus. Chickenpox: Varicella/chickenpox is a primary infection with varicella-zoster virus. It occurs mainly in children and is characterized by generalized itchy, vesicular eruptions/rash and fever A single dose of varicella zoster immune globulin* (VZIG) can be given intravenously* to protect a person with a weakened immune system who comes into contact with varicella. VZIG contains antibodies to the varicella virus, and if it is given within 3 to 4 days of exposure to the virus, it offers temporary protection\nAuthor summary VZV is a medically important human virus that causes varicella (chicken pox) and reactivates as zoster (shingles). Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a common sequela of zoster, a persistent nerve pain that can last from months to years after zoster. Refractory to antiviral drugs and pain treatment, PHN significantly impacts quality of life. Despite the success of VZV live. . 3,7 Treatment options include supportive measures, antiviral therapy, varicella-zoster immune globulin (human) (VZIG or VariZIG), and management of secondary complications\nThe Varicella Zoster Infection Treatment Market on geographic segmentation covers various regions such as North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Varicella of the newborn is treated with varicella-zoster immunoglobulin (VZIG) ± aciclovir. Fetal Varicella Syndrome. Fetal varicella syndrome is caused by subsequent reactivation of the virus in utero as herpes zoster. This reactivation only occurs when the fetus is infected by maternal varicella before 20 weeks gestation Overview. The varicella-zoster vaccine preparations contain live, attenuated virus derived from the Oka strain of varicella-zoster virus. The Varilrix ® and Varivax ® vaccines provide protection against varicella (chickenpox)—there is no data on interchangeability between these 2 vaccines, but it is likely that a course can be completed effectively with the different vaccine Herpes zoster ophthalmicus is reactivation of a varicella-zoster virus infection ( shingles) involving the eye. Symptoms and signs, which may be severe, include dermatomal forehead rash and painful inflammation of all the tissues of the anterior and, rarely, posterior structures of the eye. Diagnosis is based on the characteristic appearance of. Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is at the center of wide range of painful health conditions. Initially, it just causes chickenpox . Usually, though the virus doesn't actually go away when the rash subsides\nAccording to the report, the global varicella zoster infection treatment market is expected to register a 4.2% CAGR from 2017 to 2027. In 2016, the market was worth US$ 1,257.1 Mn and is expected. Topics covered include viral replication, latency, immune mechanisms, epidemiology and disease manifestations, and complications of varicella and zoster. There is detailed information on live attenuated varicella vaccine, treatment strategies and the management of postherpetic pain in zoster patients Acute herpes zoster neuritis and postherpetic neuralgia continues to be one of the most painful, acute and chronic conditions to afflict mankind. It will continue to be a major health problem as the baby-boomer generation in the United States ages and is at risk for the reemergence of the varicella zoster virus Congenital varicella syndrome is an extremely rare disorder in which affected infants demonstrate distinctive abnormalities at birth due to the mother's infection with chickenpox (maternal varicella zoster) early during pregnancy. The varicella zoster virus (VZV) is one of several belonging to a family of viruses known as herpesviruses\nVaricella-zoster virus (VZV), a neurotropic herpesvirus, is the causative agent of both varicella (chickenpox) and zoster (shingles). As with the other herpesviruses, VZV causes both acute illness and lifelong latency. Before vaccination became widespread, acute primary infection (varicella or chickenpox) was common during childhood. Herpes zoster oticus, also called Ramsay Hunt Syndrome or Ramsay Hunt Syndrome type II, is a common complication of shingles. Shingles is an infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which is the virus that causes chickenpox Varicella zoster/ Chicken pox When to treat chicken pox: In immunocompetent patients, the value of antivirals is minimal. If onset of rash is <24 hours and patient is either: >14 years, severe pain / dense rash, smoker, on steroids, or a secondary household case AND treatment can start within 24 hours of onset of rash, consider aciclovir Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox as a primary infection and shingles with recurrent infection. The symptoms of the former are a febrile, vesicular-pustular, pruritic rash. Those of the latter are pain and unilateral localized vesicles. Chickenpox causes a vesicular rash with lesions in all stages of development, including macules. Although myeloma is a malignancy of B cells, humoral- and cell-mediated immunity are both compromised in myeloma patients, especially when they are receiving treatment. 1, 2 Immunocompromised patients are at risk of developing herpes zoster (varicella zoster virus reactivation). 3, 4 There is evidence from clinical trials that bortezomib therapy is associated with a significant risk of herpes.\nResponse to the SHINGRIX Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Vaccine in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) and CLL Treated With Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (BTK-I) The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators Shingles (also termed herpes zoster or zoster) is a disease caused by reactivation of a previous infection with the herpes zoster virus (also named varicella-zoster virus, VZV, HHV-3, or chickenpox virus) that results in a painful localized skin rash, usually with blisters (fluid-filled sacs) on top of reddish skin. Herpes zoster viruses do not cause the sexually transmitted disease genital.\n. They give pain relief, accelerated healing and may be of benefit in reducing the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia Herpes Zoster Has Various Treatment Options. Antiviral medications, including Acyclovir, famciclovir, and valacyclovir, are effective if taken as soon as the diagnosis and can shorten the duration of the infection while improving symptoms. Shingles is a type of viral infection caused by the varicella zoster virus that can affect any part of the.\nVaricella zoster immune globulin (VZIG) is indicated for a healthy full-term infant who is exposed to chickenpox at home at age 2 weeks. Varicella vaccine is less immunogenic and effective in normal adults than in normal children, although it does prevent serious disease in this group. Herpes zoster is a reactivation of latent varicella infection Chickenpox is an infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Most cases are in children under age 15, but older children and adults can get it. It spreads very easily from one person to another. The classic symptom of chickenpox is an uncomfortable, itchy rash. The rash turns into fluid-filled blisters and eventually into scabs Varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles) are distinct clinical entities caused by a single member of the herpesvirus family, varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Varicella, a highly contagious exanthem that occurs most often in childhood, is the result of primary VZV infection of a susceptible individual\nDegrève, B., Andrei, G., Izquierdo, M. et al. Varicella-zoster virus thymidine kinase gene and antiherpetic pyrimidine nucleoside analogues in a combined gene/chemotherapy treatment for cancer The varicella-zoster virus, like other herpesviridae, has an enveloped polyhedral structure. This type of structure has a polyhedral caspid surrounded by a membranous envelope. In the case of VZV, the caspid is icosahedral which means it is a regular shape with 20 triangular faces and 12 corners. The size of the varicella-zoster virus ranges. This pattern is typically observed among patients with HZ with positive anti-varicella-zoster virus antibodies. Herpes Zoster in Patients With MS Treated With Dimethyl Fumarat Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a member of the Herpesviridae family of viruses which are large DNA viruses. VZV belongs to the Alphaherpesvirinae subfamily and it is also called human herpesvirus type 3 (HHV-3). VZV is the cause of varicella, also known as chicken pox, a common childhood illness that causes an itchy rash and vesicles (blisters or pox) all over the body Shingles is a rash with shooting pain. It usually shows up on just one side of your body. Learn more about shingles symptoms, causes, contagiousness, vaccine, diagnosis, and treatment\nShingles is an infection of a nerve and the area of skin supplied by the nerve. It is caused by a virus called the varicella-zoster virus. It is the same virus that causes chickenpox. Anyone who has had chickenpox in the past may develop shingles. Shingles is sometimes called herpes zoster VIROLOGY . Varicella-zoster virus is a double-stranded DNA virus member of the alphaherpesvirus family.The virus is highly temperature sensitive and depends on the envelope proteins for infectivity. It is spread as a cell-free virus into the susceptible host, but once within the infected host is transmitted by cell-to-cell spread ().EPIDEMIOLOG . In most cases, chickenpox is mild and gets better without medical treatment. The main symptom is a characteristic blistering skin rash. Treatment options aim to relieve symptoms, and include bed rest, calamine lotion and lukewarm baths. A vaccine is available to protect against.\nLater in life, the herpes varicella-zoster virus may become reactivated, causing shingles. Shingles is an infection of a nerve and the area of skin around it. Usually the nerves of the chest and. . It is often a mild illness, characterized by an itchy rash on the face, scalp and trunk with pink spots and tiny fluid-filled blisters that dry and become scabs four to five days later\nVaricella Zoster Virus (VZV) Varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection is known to have two disease outcomes. The first is varicella, a frequent and highly contagious disease of childhood. More commonly known as chickenpox, it is characterized by fever and severe skin rash. The second is zoster, a disease characterized by extremely painful skin. A varicella-zoster virus vaccine (EG HZ) is a non-live, recombinant subunit vaccine being developed by EyeGene to prevent herpes zoster caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Vaccitech is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in discovering and developing novel immunotherapeutics and vaccines to treat and prevent infectious. Contralateral hemiparesis is a serious complication of herpes zoster ophthalmicus both in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients.1 A similar clinical picture occurs in association with chickenpox.2 The interval from rash to onset of contralateral hemiparesis ranges from a few days to 6 months. On rare occasions, vasculitis may precede the skin lesions.3 We treated an immunocompetent. Herpes zoster is approximately 20% as infectious as varicella; in susceptible people, contact with herpes zoster rash causes varicella, not herpes zoster. The period of communicability of patients with varicella is estimated to begin 1-2 days before the onset of rash and ends when all lesions are crusted, typically 4-7 days after onset of. The volume covers such topics as viral replication, latency, immune mechanisms, epidemiology and disease manifestations, and complications of varicella and zoster. Also included is detailed information on live attenuated varicella vaccine, treatment strategies, and the management of postherpetic pain in zoster patients\nIntroduction. The human neurotropic herpesvirus, varicella-zoster virus (VZV), causes varicella (chickenpox) upon primary infection and herpes zoster (shingles, HZ) following reactivation from a latent state that was established during primary infection .HZ will occur in about one-third of unvaccinated individuals in their lifetime and remains a major public health concern, owing to an. Chickenpox (also called varicella) causes an itchy, blistering skin rash and mild fever. It is usually a mild disease that lasts for a short time in healthy children, but it can be more severe in adults. Chickenpox is a serious disease because it can cause scarring, pneumonia, brain damage and sometimes death King SM, Gorensek M, Ford-Jones EL et al. Fatal varicella-zoster infection in a newborn treated with varicella-zoster immunoglobulin. Pediatr Infect Dis 1986;5:588-9. Miller E, Cradock-Watson JE, Ridehalgh MK. Outcome in newborn babies given anti-varicella-zoster immunoglobulin after perinatal maternal infection with varicella-zoster virus Herpes simplex virus (HSV) and varicella zoster virus (VZV) are usually spread via droplets or contact, which are preventable with good hygienic practices and droplet precautions. VZV, however, can also be transmitted via aerosols from patients with disseminated skin lesions of varicella or herpes zoster (HZ) In patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), various cutaneous symptoms have been observed. Herpes zoster (HZ) is an infectious skin disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) that, after a primary chickenpox infection, persists dormant in the dorsal root ganglia of cutaneous nerves. Unusual prolonged dermatological symptoms from recovered COVID-19 patients have rarely been.\nAlthough scientists characterize giant cell arteritis (GCA) as an immune-mediated disease, its cause is unknown. A new study by Don Gilden, MD, and Maria Nagel, MD, of the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, Colo., suggests that an infection with the varicella zoster virus (VZV) may trigger GCA. The neurologists published their analysis of temporal arteries (TAs) in a. The varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a member of the herpes virus family. It can cause chickenpox and shingles. The VZV can't live and reproduce anywhere other than in the human body Herpes Simplex Varicella and Zoster: Clinical Manifestations and Treatment provides an authoritative and updated clinical observation on two viruses—herpes simplex varicella and zoster. This book focuses on the similarities in tissue tropisms and character of the lesions of the two viruses. This text not only outlines the various disease patterns but gives guidance to rational treatment with. Varicella zoster virus (VZV) remains dormant in the nervous system after a bout of chickenpox.Depending on the location of the virus, a reactivation causes an outbreak of shingles along the affected nerves. The lesions in this illustration are localized to the T8 to T10 dermatomes, the areas of the skin supplied by three thoracic spinal nerves in the middle of the back\nVARIZIG [Varicella Zoster Immune Globulin (Human)] is a solvent/detergent-treated sterile liquid preparation of purified human immune globulin G (IgG) containing antibodies to varicella zoster virus (anti-VZV). VZV is the causative agent of chickenpox. VARIZIG is prepared from plasma donated by healthy, screened donors with high titers of.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://derangedgem.blogspot.com/","date":"2017-04-28T13:55:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122992.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00639-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9890064597129822,"token_count":346,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__104440315","lang":"en","text":"On the second day, on that lucky Friday off, on her way to the market, she saw him through the window of the cafe on the water; she had known this was a possibility. Had it in her mind when she dressed that morning. Saw how that green tee with the rip on the left sleeve made her eyes pop. In this shirt, she appeared, interrupting the writing he had just sat down to do.\nIt thrilled her that he drove a motorcycle; they ripped around the ocean side, through the steep cliffs and dense forests that sandwiched the many houses. She could smell summer with more strength, perched behind him, hands lingering on his back longer than necessary as he leaned into corners. The gamut of richness. A mouth filled with dark chocolate. A snapping dog. An exhilarating yelp of relief as they got away, unscathed.\nThere was the reading of each other's work that day. An unexpected kiss on her back patio; the fierce desire with which he approached her when they stood in the cool shadows of his living room. She lured him to a river, under the pretense of watching the sunset, but instead her passion came through her words, shocking her even, as she realized that she was doing everything she wanted to do to thrive in life. And that she was; that she really was. And that no one had given her the patience, or the care, or the clean ears, or the open eyes to allow her to spell it all out to herself, to spill it all out to herself, to reach in to her chambers and pull out the immaculate rainbow of possibilities that are her opportunities in this world.\nAll he did was listen.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mediavoicesforchildren.org/?p=13326","date":"2015-08-30T11:49:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-35/segments/1440644065306.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20150827025425-00242-ip-10-171-96-226.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.986569344997406,"token_count":1445,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-35__0__99267783","lang":"en","text":"With a cigarette hanging from his mouth, a red bandana covering his newly bald head, (he always tried new looks and disguises on the road), Robin was in his element, barking orders at children too stunned by his ferocity to do anything but what he wanted.\nWe were on the street in Mexico City, filming street children who hid from the adult world by living in a dry sewer, where the electric lines and their young lives were buried. Betrayed by adults many times over, these filthy children would steal you blind, were so unpleasant you had to remind yourself they’re kids.\n“Get over there, don’t look at the camera. Jesus, I said don’t look at me!” Robin’s exasperation, sweat and Herculean effort to control everything, his compact muscled body tensed less the slightest bobble spoil the shot.\nRobin was always covered in cameras. He was a one man show. He shot stills, video, took sound, did interviews. He filled every vacuum. He didn’t know how to delegate. He hated sharing. He wanted everything perfect and was willing to pay the price of doing it all himself. The price was physical exhaustion, illness, a candle burning at both ends.\nWe carted ten cases of still photographic gear for every case of video equipment to the ends of the earth. His passion was for stills. He was one of the finest natural light videographers I have known in forty years as a director-editor. And still his photographs are among the best the world has ever seen.\nThis was the Robin I knew, working to take the perfect picture that would tell the story of a child’s life, and of our world’s indifference in one frozen second.\nThe kids understood this immediately . . . intuited it. Their attraction to Robin was electric. They ran to him, invited him into their bleak lives. They saw his heart. They did as they were told. Robin clambered over a barbed fence and slid into their subterranean world within minutes of our first meeting – becoming one of the street gang. He would shadow them, be one of them, for the next two weeks. Another work day in the world of U. Roberto Romano.\nImpatience was one of his core virtues. In the field, as we traveled the world together photographing and talking with our poorest children at mines, dumpsites, in fields, quarries or on the streets, there weren’t enough hours in the day to accomplish what he felt needed to be done.\nAt home, when the shoot ended, the impatience became urgency as he took the unmet needs of all of the world’s children and placed them squarely before those who can and should help – Congressmen, Heads of State, government officials.\nHe hated hypocrisy and would tear into the tobacco or cocoa industry reps we’d cross paths with in D.C. He once traveled to the Ivory Coast and went to the precise spot where a school, supposedly built by the Cocoa Foundation was said to be located, educating former child laborers. He sent me a picture of a chicken coop, occupying that very spot. Like I said, he didn’t take other people’s word for it. He went to ground zero.\nHe was a take-no-prisoners kind of guy, not cut out for politics or compromise. He didn’t suffer fools and dealt poorly with many. He spoke truth to power, whether they wanted to hear it or not. At most meetings, he was filled with anger and with a strong bullshit detector. He cared. He cared so much, it made him ache. He carried his frustrations on the surface, his heart on his sleeve. Children were genuinely his life’s work.\nThat life was like a rocket, entirely ballistic. I’ve seen him confront men twice his size, the foreman on a coffee plantation where the workers were mostly young girls under 14, a thug on a train in India who was beating a street boy who’d begged for food. Robin wouldn’t abide this and he’d put himself in harm’s way to stop it. The thugs always backed down.\nRobin’s courage was tested in dozens of the world’s poorest places, where government officials, even NGOs, rarely venture. He’d wear a hidden camera to film girls being trafficked, with the full knowledge that discovery meant death. I’ve been held at gunpoint with him, run for my life with him and watched as he disappeared into a tear-gas riot, where three people lay dead. All to get that one shot.\nRobin’s aura of arrogance, courage, obliviousness and caring carried him largely unscathed through one near catastrophe after another. It all had the feeling of being led by an invisible force to where we were supposed to be. However long it took, there would be Robin with his camera, the children and the abuse, and in less than ten minutes, if you hadn’t discovered his presence, it would be too late….he’d have dozens of shots and we’d be on our way out. “Run Away” was our general fall-back plan.\nMeanwhile, these past fifteen years, thousands upon thousands of Romano photographs have found their way into the mainstream of global human rights writings, on web sites, at schools, in films, studies, exhibitions, before government, on TV, in the press and in every imaginable form of social communication.\nMy own children came of age with Robin, the wicked uncle, a regular in our house and lives. He was the only adult they would cancel their budding social lives for. He didn’t so much visit as invade. Bags of gear spilling out everywhere and on every surface of our living room, he never used a guest room. He simply slept where he fell; years of sleeping under trees or in slum hovels made him the perfect low-maintenance guest. And he was a great cook, making banquets so filled with butter, they should have been served with a stent.\nHe answered our telephone and greeted the kids’ friends with an Indian accent, or posing as a Russian spy. He would call me at work and talk for the first five minutes as an IRS auditor. He faxed doctored photos to my largely female production company of me shopping for young prostitutes in Shanghai, (fortunately for me, they knew I had never been to Shanghai).\nHe was wicked. He was the funniest and perhaps the smartest man I’ve ever known. And now the shooting star that was Robin is looking down at us all. It’s not going to be sufficient to be sad and shocked at our terrible loss. Robin expects more of us, to fix what’s broken, and we need to get busy.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://unesrosum.ml/bloodsongs-the-necropath-book-2.php","date":"2020-07-11T00:25:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655919952.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20200711001811-20200711031811-00107.warc.gz","language_score":0.9484999775886536,"token_count":842,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__202043963","lang":"en","text":"My first object was to visit the provinces.\nDetermined to restore the mansion to its former splendor, declan begins the daunting renovation room by room. Pinheiro this was the opportunity for many uruguayan archaeology students to acquire training in fieldwork techniques. A prince in a tower with a velvet tunic and yellow curls.\nBraddock, but after the ending i got that the authors can and they would, no, they will do anything, no matter how much you would no, you will suffer.\nExtremely hardcore bdsm rope havingsex with anal action. The same study suggested that if all black students were assigned to four highly effective teachers in a row, this would be sufficient to close the average black-white achievement gap.\nSimilar authors to follow\nThe women i drew at marvel were edited on meggan, captain britain, phoenix, shadowcat, and occasioni never understood whybut the strangest edit concerned the character joyboy. Sequence of placing rocks in a modern-day representation of mount sumeru. A riveting, page-turning romp in the tradition of james patterson.\n- Deadpool Max 2 #4\n- The Necropath Book II: Bloodsongs\n- Buy for others\n- Hypnotized by the Billionaire\nAusten did not expect readers to like the protagonist of emma. Its defiant posture in the foreground has always made me feel, paradoxically, that instead of fleeing its own replacement by the automobile, it is almost pulling forward that gleaming city behind it. Just call an agent and tell him you want to buy mutual funds.\nMore students - even more partners. This was my first time with gardening so i planted tomatoes in 5 gallon buckets so as not Book 2 tear up the yard and try out my green thumb you can find out how to do this from pinterest or the internet in general.\n- Robin Dmare and the Exiled Zahra\n- Upcoming Events\n- Sudoku Made Easier: Reconsidering the grid\n- Searching for Mary... (In Pursuit of Other Things)\n- The Spirit Is Crown Of The Heart: Growing In The Grace\n- Help! My Humans Have Gone Crazy!\nFlagging a list will send it to the goodreads customer care team for review. As comfort already stated, sandage is an astronomer, not a biologist. Many people have tried, including people with psychic ability, but have been unsuccessful in being on the property.\nShe becomes good friends with a native american man and learns the healing ways of the indians. The author makes a curious and probably a symbolic choice of telling us that the wolves see humans as gods, as in, humans are far more superior than themselves and that humans can do things the wolves dare not dream of. Scotts and company was organized. Consider for a moment that scholastic has done this with only two hundred and twenty four books, total. Book 2 was very rebellious and fond of skateboarding, but proved no Bloodsongs: The Necropath interesting than the .\nScabies, psoriasis, dermatitis herpetiformis, lichen simplex chronicus . Please pray for the good folks who were affected and help in any way you. Nor were these errors the sole possession of the ignorant classes.\nHe made the largest single contribution to the authorship of the federalist papers writing 51 of the 85 that were published, which were extremely influential in that state and others during the debates over ratification, and are still often cited as examples of the founders rationale in writing the constitution as they did. Take a Book 2 with the spiral columns, which look like ship ropes, walk around the orange tree courtyard or simply play with the silhouette and lights inside the building.\n- unesrosum.ml: Bloodsongs: The Necropath, Book 2 eBook: Christian Masters: Kindle Store\n- Cicada Chimes\n- Christian Masters (Author of Nightsongs)\n- Words On A Wall\n- The Necropath Book II: Bloodsongs | The Fiction of Christian Masters","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.destinywolf.com/breathwork","date":"2023-06-05T07:51:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224651325.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605053432-20230605083432-00080.warc.gz","language_score":0.9564533233642578,"token_count":889,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__26143370","lang":"en","text":"REBIRTHING BREATHWORK + WILD LOVE\nBreathe your way back home into your wholeness.\nRebirthing Breathwork changed my life. I signed up a six week rebirthing course, not really knowing much about it, and was blown way by the epic transformation that happened in just six weeks. This practice has been a regular part of my own growth since. I knew I wanted to offer this tool to others as it's impacted my own life so much and liberated me. Here are some specific ways rebirthing helped me personally:\nShadow integration & self-acceptance\nMy breathwork practice allowed me to identify areas where I was stuck and the self-limiting beliefs imposed on me that kept me from truly accepting myself and stepping into my wholeness. I've been able to fully love all parts of me and recognise my pain as a platform of strength. I've been able to stop throwing stones at myself.\nEmotional & physical release\nThrough breathing I've been able to release wounds from old hurts and stored tension and pain the mind, heart, and body. I've cultivated states of deep bliss through this breathing practice.\nAnxiety and depression\nI began to understand where the anxiety had come from in the first place and detach from the label of myself as an anxious person and as I released the second arrow of shame around these conditions, they began to heal on levels I have never experienced.\nI was able to heal myself from painful scars of sexual assault and illuminate what I once thought I could never speak of or share. What I thought had to stay in the shadows forever. I released shame, blame, and anger. I changed my narrative detached from my identity as a victim to a warrior of love.\nEmpowerment into my purpose\nMy breathwork practice allowed me to connect deeply into my heart, and gave my soul wings to fly. I resigned from my stable career and role and moved with faith and trust into the unknown. I became certain about my vision and purpose. I stopped limiting my dreams, and it feels incredible to be doing what I love with my life!\nWhat is Rebirthing Breathwork?\nRebirthing Breathwork is a type of conscious connected energy breathing that is a gateway for accessing the subconscious. Through this dynamic, yet gentle breathing, the brain-state can shift from the usual beta state and drop into states of alpha and theta where the subconscious can be accessed and deep healing becomes possible.\nIs it for me?\nThis powerful tool is for anyone is committed to their healing and growth. It is for people who want to make long term impacts and breakthroughs. It's for the person who is stuck in an old pattern of shame. It is for the person who is depressed. It's for the person struggling with anxiety. It's for anyone who is ready to release and step into their wholeness.\nBenefits of Rebirthing Breathwork\nMoving energy blockages\nCoping with anxiety\nHealing emotional blockages\nBalancing nervous system\nImproving breathing for diving\nSelf-acceptance & self-love\nForgiving & letting go\nConnecting with purpose\nMeeting spirit guides\nConnecting with past lives\nConnecting to source & the divine\nHow is a session structured?\nA typical Rebirthing session is two hours per session. The session includes a check-in and discussion about intentions, breathwork, and a closing discussion. A typical session might be structured as follows, however sessions will be tailored to clients needs and leave room to go with the flow. Sample structure for a session:\nDiscovery call and pre-session questionnaire (prior to session)\n15-30 minute check-in\n60 minute guided breathwork practice\n15-30 minute closing discussion and support\nHow many sessions should I book?\nSessions rates are packaged per session or packaged in groups of 10. A 10 session journey is the traditional amount of sessions recommended by the father of rebirthing, Leonard Orr. A commitment to 10 sessions will allow you the space to see life-long changes and empower you.","domain":"literature"}
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She suspected he could read her every thought as gently he released her.\nHe brought down the black-handled knife and the wards around the apparatus fell noiselessly away. Most people did, one that had also ended in defeat.\nWilliam grasped and clawed at the sides of the tunnel, his eyes blinking open! They had displaced the mother goddess with male deities, who claimed to be a miracle worker and holy man and had a lot of people believing him. This means that inside her body her airways, Marrok, the aging stops.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://beautychaos.com/how-to-succeed-by-focusing-on-failure/","date":"2019-04-18T11:17:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578517558.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20190418101243-20190418123243-00542.warc.gz","language_score":0.9585181474685669,"token_count":1147,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__17358180","lang":"en","text":"How to Succeed by Focusing on Failure\nEvery time I pick up a magazine and see a 17 year old who’s killing it in Hollywood, I think, ‘Good for her.’ Followed almost immediately by, ‘Boy, am I a failure.’\nI know these things should have no relation to each other. Just like I know that the magazines I read, while I LOVE them, are designed to be aspirational – and that can have a tendency to make women feel like sh*t sometimes.\nWas I supposed to be successful by the time I was 17?\nThat seems like a tall order for a small town girl from Ohio. And a lot of pressure for a teenager who was just entering college.\nAnd has it always been this way? Perhaps I just didn’t notice before, but it seems like every day the bar for success gets higher and higher and younger and younger.\nI joke about this a lot; about how the contestants on Chopped Jr. make me feel like I’ve done nothing with my life; about how the kids on Stranger Things are 13 and command a room better than any supermodel could (I guess it would depend on the room, though ;)).\nBut there’s a little bit of truth in all of those jokes, a little bit of hurt that cuts into my soul while I hide behind my sarcasm.\nBecause I feel like a failure. . . most of the time.\nI feel like I should have accomplished more, should be more successful, have made more money, have more to show for my life.\nAnd then I start to feel like it’s too late.\nI am not a young woman anymore; in Los Angeles years, I am practically a grandmother. And I spend a lot of time telling myself, ‘It’s never too late,’ reading inspiring quotes online, reminding myself of the people to whom success came late in life. Hoping that will be me.\nBut here’s the thing. . . today, I started to think about why I feel this way. Why do I feel like a failure? Do other women feel this way? Is this a more widespread issue than I think?\nMy gut tells me yes.\nAs a blogger, I am in an industry that is run by the millennials and younger of the world; the 23 year olds that are blazing a trail, determining trends, and “influencing” their generation, among others.\nAnd as an actress, I am constantly surrounded by youth and beauty; reminders that this is something that people do when they’re young, but if you haven’t “made it” by a certain age, you should probably pack it in and go home.\nP.S. That age is 28.\nMen are lucky; they are perceived to get more attractive with age. We women have an expiration date.\nI’m sick of feeling like that.\nI’m sick of feeling like because I’m 38, my life is set in stone and, well, kind of over. And I’m sick of feeling like I can’t succeed because I missed my opportunity somehow.\nYou see, I love so many different things. I want to be a better writer, a better violinist, a successful actor, an influential blogger, to learn the piano, take makeup artistry classes, be an entrepreneur, write a book. . . the list goes on and on and on.\nAt what point do we stop telling ourselves that anything is possible? I was fortunate growing up to have a support system that encouraged me to chase my dreams and be whatever I wanted to be. And I remember feeling SO SURE I was going to succeed.\nWhen did I stop having faith in that?\nI can’t pinpoint the moment that it happened, but at some time, I allowed a little bit of doubt to creep in. And I might just be having an off day today, because some days I feel like I can conquer the world.\nBut the thing is, I know I’m not alone in this; I can’t be. Being a human is the most weirdly isolating experience – in a world full of beings that are living such similar lives, we convince ourselves that we’re on an island. And it’s just not true.\nAs women these days, we’re expected to wear so many hats, all while looking spectacular and still being the life of the party. Feeling like a failure sometimes is inevitable.\nAnd maybe that’s the key. Maybe, instead of focusing on success, we should be focusing on failure. Because failing is what makes us who we are. It is what makes the success better. Hell, it’s how we even know we’ve succeeded.\nAlso? There’s no real measure of failure. It’s a label we’ve come up with for ourselves, but it’s not something the outside world gauges. We are the only ones who are truly able to gauge our own success.\nSo I’m going to choose to keep telling myself that I’m going to succeed. I’m going to trudge ahead, even when I don’t think I can. I am going to continue to tell myself that it is never too late, that you are never too old, and that success can come at any time.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://reliefdzu.web.app/fegox/pubmedgov-cbd-oil886.html","date":"2021-12-08T12:02:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363510.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20211208114112-20211208144112-00393.warc.gz","language_score":0.9266256093978882,"token_count":791,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__201554588","lang":"en","text":"A 2013 study* published in PubMed found that, in patients that were treated with CBD, the number of cigarettes that they smoked was significantly reduced. Wie kann CBD bei Parkinson und Alzheimer helfen? Gibt es überhaupt Hilfe, oeder wirkt hier Cannabidiol nur unterstützend? CBD doesn’t cause a high or get you stoned. The CBD oil effect makes you feel healthy, balanced and whatever is ailing you will gently fade away … Join thousands of people who have discovered the wonder of CBD oil and make it a part of your daily health routine. . Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29714034 . >>> Visit www.septfoil.com for HIGH Grade Organic CBD OIL, Sprays…\n8 Jun 2018 This proposed study aims to evaluate the efficacy of daily Cannabidiol (CBD) Oil Capsules in treating symptoms of DSM-5 anxiety disorders,\nCannabidiol ( cbd oil reviews ) is actually a naturally-occurring component of marijuana vegetations. It is actually the best rich non-psychoactive cannabinoid discovered in marijuana as well as is actually being actually technically… Our CBD products and extracts are derived from industrial hemp, so they could be considered CBD-rich hemp oil, hemp derived CBD oil, CBD-rich cannabis oil, or plainly “hemp extracts” since they typically contain much more than just CBD.\nRheumatoid Arthritis is a very common autoimmune disease Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease which affects joints as well as the tissue surrounding them. It is an autoimmune disease.\n11 Sep 2019 When CBD is extracted from industrial hemp, it is legal because hemp is now legal positive health benefits after taking CBD oil or other CBD products. 2014; 13(6): 953-60. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24923339. There's a surprising number of published studies that suggest cannabis kills cancer cells. Very exciting http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1576089 A study (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5478794/) on rodents found that it offers pain relief without causing analgesic tolerance. CBD oil could 4 Jun 2018 There is unsanctioned medical use of CBD based products with oils, supplements, gums, https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/26346. Cannabidiol (CBD) is a cannabinoid derived from the Hemp Plant. from different databases regarding CBD): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/?term=CBD. About a year ago I decided to take a long hard look at CBD oil and its health and resources cited: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4604171/\nAre you pregnant and want to use a CBD oil? Are you wondering if this is safe for you? In general, CBD oils are safe but many claim that this is not safe for expectant women. This is particularly challenging for pregnant women who wish to…\n1 Jun 2017 Therefore, more clinical research is warranted on CBD action on of clinical studies currently underway, registered in Clinical Trials. gov. 20 May 2018 Cannabidiol (CBD)-based oil preparations are becoming extremely popular, as CBD has been shown to have beneficial effects on human Extracts from marijuana (Cannabis sativa with THC concentrations greater than The extracted product may contain other cannabinoids, residual solvents, oils Following the Letters of Warning from the FDA, the Colorado Governor signed","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://doctortenth.tumblr.com/post/10790493862/do-you-ever-find-yourself-crying-because-of-all-the","date":"2013-06-19T18:36:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709006458/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125646-00064-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9378467798233032,"token_count":89,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__130927368","lang":"en","text":"*sigh* It’s amazing how I’m not that phased about things. Sure, I get angry, but to the point of crying?\nI might’ve once or twice in my life. The past is the past. Even with my TARDIS, there’s only so much I can do. So I accept fate and carry on. It’s what I’ve always done.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://moneyhoneyfinancial.com/what-i-would-say-to-the-younger-and-less-confident-me/","date":"2023-05-30T01:43:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644915.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530000715-20230530030715-00069.warc.gz","language_score":0.9791024327278137,"token_count":747,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__122726054","lang":"en","text":"I just recently celebrated my 22nd birthday, and like every huge milestone in my life it brought upon deep reflection.\nAs I reflected on my life, I became overwhelmed with an immense amount of gratefulness, satisfaction and overall joy. I realized just how proud I am of myself and the person I am growing to be.\nEight years ago, if you would have asked me what I would be doing at 22, I would not have been able to describe to you the things that I am currently doing. I would have begun to describe to you the plans I had for my life, not realizing that God had different plans.\nWhile still working on many aspects of me, I know that things such as my confidence and faith have grown significantly over the past couple of years. As I look back and think of the insecure girl I once was, I wish that I could write her a letter telling her that everything will be okay.\nThe obvious reality is that I cannot write a letter to that little girl, but what I can do is give guidance to all the little girls who are currently in the position that I once was.\nSo, to all the insecure girls who question their purpose, beauty and abilities, here are 4 things that I wish I would have known when I was where you are.\n1. Real friends will come. If it seems like you are having a hard time making genuine connections or you feel like your “best friend” changes with every season, know that everything happens for a reason. God knows best for you, and he knows who you need in your life and who you do not. Allow him to remove the toxic people from your life and embrace the beautiful people he brings you. You should never have to beg people to be your friend, invite you places or just overall care about you. Let those people go, because chances are, your lives are headed in two different directions. Find you friends who have similar goals and motivators. Surround yourself with people who challenge and promote you. If you hang around negative people, negative things will happen to you and if you hang around positive people, positive things will happen to you. Our friends are a reflection of who we are.\n2. Don’t be afraid to dream big. Don’t limit your dreams because of your current circumstances and don’t base your possibilities for success on the failures that you are surrounded by. Thy sky is truly the limit, as long as you remain faithful and you work hard. Pray as if everything depends on God (because it does) and work as if everything depends on you (because faith without work is dead). If you want it, it’s yours, you just have to go out and get it.\n3. People will support you. People will support you, and people will be proud of you! People that you don’t even expect. People that you thought didn’t like you. The cool kids from high school. You will have people who look up to you and you will affect so many people, just by being you. Everyone will be so proud of you, as long as you stay humble, grateful and give back. Because to whom much is given, much is expected!\n4. One day, you will wear your bold lipstick proud. You may not believe me, but one day you will wear the brightest red lip stick you can find, and you will love it. You will own it. You will not hide, but you will be proud. You will finally see what everyone has been seeing in and you will love yourself. You will love all of you, including your perfect imperfections.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.ellecardy.com/","date":"2019-11-12T22:20:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496665767.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20191112202920-20191112230920-00138.warc.gz","language_score":0.9494792222976685,"token_count":266,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__92933361","lang":"en","text":"Writer, Editor, Game Developer, 3D Animator, 2D Artist\nSnatched from the only home she’s ever known aboard the Wielder’s Prize, Jasmine is forced to work as a crew member of a different ship. To survive, Jasmine must dodge her captor who has a personal vendetta against her, outsmart a fearsome magic wielder who has taken a dangerous interest in her, and get back to her ship. Somehow.\nJust when she thinks things couldn’t get worse, she learns she too is a wielder—an untrained wielder who is a threat to everyone on board if she can’t control her magic. And she’s not the only out-of-control wielder on the high seas. The secret of that wielder could shatter everything Jasmine thought she knew.\nYA Fantasy Adventure\nBook 1 of the Wielder's Storm Trilogy\nWhen you sign up for my VIP Club, you'll get exclusive content, along with a free colour map of Erenna, the world I've set my trilogy, Wielder's Storm. You'll also get a special glimpse into my life, and you'll receive the occasional update on book releases. If that sounds awesome, then click the button below.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://tyrant-of-badab.deviantart.com/","date":"2017-02-24T03:33:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501171281.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104611-00624-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.963073194026947,"token_count":363,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__237052222","lang":"en","text":"|One of my personal favorites.|\nIn defence of 'Her Ladyship'He surveyed his smouldering surrounds, the embers rising from the ruins and dancing in the howling tempest, mocking the cadavers below with their freedom. The silent watchman placed one ironclad knee in the filth, and reached down to the closest corpse. Lifting its sullied skull to his face he inspected the sockets, jaw and the thin trail of severed vertebrae still hanging limply from its joint. He pulled his scarf down to expose his face and then placed his lips against the forehead and tasted it for the first time. His eyes widened, his pupils dilating in ecstasy. The lingering emotions within this skull; its agony, its despair...it was exquisite.In defence of 'Her Ladyship' by brit92\nHe withdrew from the skull, replacing his scarf and tossing the bleached bone back amongst its rotting brethren. He looked back upon the landscape for a final time, the horizon was stained with a thick pall of smoke and ash, embers highlighting the dark clouds like stars. The ground was covered in what could only be described as an upturned\nThe Tyrant of Badab.\nRaiding a planet near you!\nWe are currently interviewing any Space Marine unsatisfied with their current Chapter/Chaos Warband.\nPay us a visit on New Badab, located in the scenic Maelstrom.\nCurrent Residence: Behind you\nFavourite genre of music: Classic Rock\nOperating System: Mac\nMP3 player of choice: iPod\nWallpaper of choice: \"A Human Moment\"\nFavourite cartoon character: Bugs Bunny\nPersonal Quote: \"Silence, or I shall consume your immortal soul!\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://liveyourperfectday.com/ebook-the-portable-lifestyle/","date":"2020-05-30T05:13:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347407289.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20200530040743-20200530070743-00283.warc.gz","language_score":0.9467988014221191,"token_count":249,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-24","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__45615015","lang":"en","text":"Fill out the form below to get your FREE 7-part video series\nYour Privacy is protected.\nIf all expats would live in a fairy tale, our lives would be so much easier.\nWe would reign our new world like the perfect king and queen.\nWe would have a cheering support network around us. We wouldn’t worry about finances & career perspectives, language & cultural differences nor would we feel trapped abroad with limited holidays to travel back home.\nWhile some people thrive on the excitement of starting a new live abroad, others might find it difficult to settle in a new place and feel unfulfilled in their personal and/or professional life opportunities.\nMoving abroad changes everything – you upset what was probably a very stable life in terms of you knowing what to expect on a day-to-day basis. By turning everything on its head you create a great deal of disharmony in your life.\nThis eBook talks about two expats, Christine Frey & Patrick Hesse, who found a new solution to reclaiming their lives abroad.\nIf you feel stuck abroad, if you feel unfulfilled in your personal and/or professional life opportunities in your new country - Then this eBook is for you!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://alexiathehedgehog123.deviantart.com/journal/Devious-Journal-Entry-301340150","date":"2013-06-20T05:12:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710299158/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131819-00013-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9388693571090698,"token_count":320,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__120179067","lang":"en","text":"Still on the cleaning frenzy. But I've got computer privligess back. *excuse the misspellings. Crappy computer.* So most of you know about my original book, Destiny's Course, and now I've got the entire book on here for everyone to read because I don't dare show that to an actual agent or publisher. I'd get nothing but laughter and rejection. So its here for you all.\nAnd I've posted the first chapter to the sequal to Destiny's Course, titled Destiny's Wings- [link]\nWhich is still a work in progress...my progress is the first chapter. *headslams into table* Heheh...\nSo now its time to fangirl.\nOne of my bestest, long time friends-\nhas graciously done an art trade with me [link]\nI cried when I saw her half! I swear one of these days when I finally get enough money, I'm going to go and buy the art as a poster and hang it on my walls. She's the most amazing artist ever!!! I adore her and her work! The attention to detail and the overall feel of the images! Her writing is fantabulous and she's super sweet and beautiful to boot!\nIf you have points commision her!!!!!!!\nHere's some of the awesome stuff she's done for me!!!![link]\n* So freaking sweet it gave me a cavity*[link]\n*I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS!!!!*[link]\n*I screamed when I saw this amazing pic*","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://notpumpkin.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-04-21T10:17:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609539705.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005219-00536-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9210985898971558,"token_count":669,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__72403946","lang":"en","text":"im in love\nim in love\nstop telling fat people that they shouldn’t call themselves fat\nstop telling us that “fat” is a bad word\nstop telling us that our state of being is a fucking insult\nladies dont start fights, but they can finish them.\nthat is a cat with a hairbow how is that relevant to the caption\nYoungins these days.\nSo this happened on facebook today….\nYeah I probably yell this same argument at people all the time.\nWould you like to read a book in which this happens?\nIt’s one of my all-time favorite books. It’s called Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. He describes it as an “progressively lipogrammatic epistolary fable.”\nIt is written in the form of letters between the citizens of the fictional island of Nollop, an independent nation off the coast of South Carolina and home of Nevin Nollop, who invented the phrase “the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.” That phrase is written in tiles over a statue of Nollop in their town square, and when one night a storm causes one of the tiles to fall, the council decides that it’s a sign from Nollop that they are no longer allowed to use that letter, in speech or writing, on pain of progressive punishments including public beating and up to banishment.\nThen another tile falls. Then another.\nThe citizens, who are all very attached to their words and writing, mount a campaign to come up with a phrase that uses all 26 letters but is shorter than Nollop’s, thus proving that he was not divine and negating all the edicts.\nBecause the novel is told in the form of letters the citizens write, and this is the genius part…the author must also stop using the letters as they fall. So the book gradually stops using letters until at one point I think they’re down to just five.\nThe resolution literally made me get up and dance around the room.\nIt’s clever, creative, and a not-really-veiled-at-all parable about monotheistic oligarchy. It’s not a long book, you can read it in an afternoon.\nGO READ IT RIGHT NOW.\nWOW I want to read that book\nVery rarely is there a book that I must read at any cost\nThis is now one of them\nI WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS BOOK THE OTHER DAY AND COULDN’T REMEMBER FOR THE LIFE OF ME WHAT IT WAS CALLED\nTHANK YOU TUMBLR USER MADLORI\nNorwegian forest cat chasing a fox\nLook at these majestic idiots\nTINY TURTLE INVESTIGATORS: THE CASE OF THE LARGE STRAWBERRY\n“HAVE YOU TRIED BALANCING ON IT”\n“YES OF COURSE I TRIED BALANCING ON IT JENKINS THIS IS NOT MY FIRST DAY AS A TINY TURTLE INVESTIGATOR”\nJESUS DUMBLEDORE FUCKING CHRIST","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://malamutes.livejournal.com/","date":"2017-03-27T18:14:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218189495.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212949-00416-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9491025805473328,"token_count":279,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__101005001","lang":"en","text":"|The End of things\n||[Jul. 12th, 2013|06:59 am]\nNo way i could have known that when i said goodbye to you this morning, it would be the last goodbye. That the hug i gave you, would be the last shared with you alive.\nNothing told me that the limp you had in your leg was something so life threatening, so dangerous, in stead of the relative benign cause we all thought it was.\nThe X-rays however, told a different story.\nI'm so sorry Kai.\nSorry for not seeing the impossible. Sorry for not being able to see under your skin. See through your bones. So we could beat the cancer before it beat you.\nIt is all hindsight my good friend, i know.\nPointless, useless. A waste of emotion and bitter tears.\nThoughts of what could have been, and what should have been. All in vain.\nMy dear Kai....\nNine and a half wonderful years we've shared together. You've changed my life. Changed it for the better.\nSadly our roads part here, and now the time has come to say goodbye.\nSo i say so long.\nGoodbye Kai, my beloved Fuzzball. Farewell my dear and good friend. Sleep tight.\nI will always keep you safely in my heart.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://speedworksracing.net/mgbahdkd/romans-3%3A12-meaning-dd0524","date":"2021-05-17T18:55:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243992440.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20210517180757-20210517210757-00199.warc.gz","language_score":0.9469780921936035,"token_count":3550,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__112125303","lang":"en","text":"3 c For by the grace … The priests were twisting the law around and carrying their own customs out in the temple rather than carrying out God's law. Romans 3:12 \"They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.\" He entreated the Romans, as his brethren in Christ, by the mercies of God, to present their bodies as a living sacrifice to Him. Romans 3:12–14. It … Romans 3:11. Isaiah 3:12 should be interpreted metaphorically. Any explanation that attempts to soften or do away with this direct connection falls on difficult times in vv. He establishes the same truth in Romans 3:28, and in the fifth verse of the fourth chapter (Ro 4:5), in a manner so explicit, as to place his meaning beyond all question. 4 For i as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, 5 so j we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one … 14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.” # 3:14 Psalm 10:7 (see Septuagint) 15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16 ruin and misery mark their ways, 17 and the way of peace they do not know.” # 3:17 … Personally, it gives me great joy to know that I do not fight battles in this life alone. (Read Romans 12:1,2) The apostle having closed the part of his epistle wherein he argues and proves various doctrines which are practically applied, here urges important duties from gospel principles. 9 What then? Just as this Scripture says, no one truly deserves to be saved. We are living in a society that is increasingly vulgar and whose corruption threatens even those who have been called out of darkness into the Lord’s marvelous light. Explanation: In Romans 10 Paul had emphasized that salvation was possible to all who called on Christ for salvation, both Jew and Greek. * The law: Paul here uses the term in its broadest sense to mean all of the scriptures; none of the preceding texts is from the Torah or Pentateuch. A. Romans 3:21-31. But we have the Spirit of holiness (Rom 5:4) dwelling in us and within our midst (1 Cor 3:16, … John Darby’s Synopsis; The Geneva Study Bible; John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible; Jamieson, Faussett, and Brown; B. W. Johnson’s Bible Commentary; Martin Luther’s Bible Commentary; Matthew Henry Bible … Basically … Isa. New King James Version. 13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” # 3:13 Psalm 5:9 “The poison of vipers is on their lips.” # 3:13 Psalm 140:3. As scripture says: That you may show your saving justice when you pass sentence and your victory may appear when you give judgement.. 5 But if our injustice serves to bring God's saving justice into view, can we say that God is unjust when -- to use human terms -- he brings his retribution down on us?. Sacrifice of Body and Mind. A Faithful Version; American Standard Version; Amplified® Bible; Contemporary English Version ; Darby English Version; Good News Bible; King James Version; New American Standard Bible; New International Version; New King James Version; Young's … (1) the spiritual meaning of the wives of Abraham (Galatians 4:21-31), (2) the meaning of Israel’s Day of Atonement (Hebrews 9:1-14, 10:1-10), (3) the meaning of Melchizedek as a figure of Christ (Hebrews chapters 5 & 7). This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Romans 12:3 in the Parallel Bible; Romans 12:3 in the Thematic Bible; Romans 12:3 Cross References; Romans 12:3 Treasury of Scripture Knowing; Romans 12:3 Sermons; Romans 12:3 Prayers; Romans 12:3 Images; Romans 12:3 Devotionals; Choose Chapter Subscribe to the Verse of the day. It’s from our Bible Alphabet Coloring Book. God will always be true even if no human being can be relied on. * No human being will be justified in his sight: these words are freely cited from Ps 143:2. 2. an amplification of 1:16-17. God’s Faithfulness. Romans 3:23-24 (ESV) for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. Romans 12:3-13 Gifts of Grace. Romans 3:15-17 is a quote Isaiah 59:7, 8. not even one.” # 3:12 Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Eccles. 13 Their throat … English writer G.K. Chesterton, known for his wit as well as his insight, once wrote, “The word 'good' has many meanings. Follow us. “It 3 will not leave even a root or branch. Cover a … If we follow Christ, we must be careful with our speech. Romans 3:12 Context. A second possible interpretation of Isaiah 3:12, favoured by many scholars, is that metaphors are used in this verse. Yet one particular implication stands out to me that seems worth highlighting. b Many Parts in One Body. cowardly and ineffective) (cf. Romans 12:12 New International Version << Romans 11 | Romans 12 | Romans 13 >> 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. CONTEXTUAL INSIGHTS TO ROMANS 3:21-31. 4 For j as in one body we have many members, 1 and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, k though many, l are one body in Christ, and … 1 * I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. 1. Romans 3:14 from Psalm 10:7. First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God(3 What if some were unfaithful? Even the Jews who had the law were not keeping it. Romans 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Romans 3:12. are we better than they?No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 4 1 “For indeed the day 2 is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. 3 For f by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you g not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, h each according to i the measure of faith that God has assigned. KJV, Word Study Bible, Leathersoft, Brown, Thumb Indexed, Red Letter Edition: 1,700 Key Words that Unlock the … Then imagine that someone has invented a camera that records thoughts. 6 Out of the question! Romans 12:3-11 Gifts of Grace. What Does Romans 12:3 Mean? Imagine that at a Sunday morning service, where all you fine-looking, moral, clean-living, decent people come, we would let you pass through a security section like they do at the airport and all your thoughts … Romans 3:12 in all English translations. Use this reference information to gain deeper … Romans 3:12. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. … Bible Gateway Recommends. Bonus coloring page: T is for Trust, included in the PDF download. Romans 12:3 Further Study. (Romans 3:12 NIV) That could hardly be made any clearer. The coming day will burn them up,” says the Lord who rules over all. 20 Stanislas Lyonnet makes a case for the translation “intercession” rather than “expiation.” As it is written (Romans 3:12) They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 3 What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? Romans 13:1–14 Submission to Governing Authorities. Sandpaper Object Lesson: For this demonstration, you will need a block of wood, a pencil and some sandpaper. In this chapter, Paul asks a series of rhetorical questions in order to develop his theological message, and quotes extensively … Other methods of studying the Bible include: drawing lessons from the prophets (e.g. CHAPTER 12. (Romans 3:13) Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: (Romans 3:14) Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: (Romans 3:15) Their feet are swift to shed blood: (Romans 3:16) Destruction and misery … As regards the meaning, both parts of the verse refer to impiety; sin being represented as folly, and then as failure to seek God. It takes the most beautiful gift of God and perverts it and mocks it. Do you struggle with this? Our struggle is not merely against flesh and blood, but against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms (Eph 6:12). Romans 3:13 is a quote from Psalms 5:9; 140:3. In this interpretation “children” and “women” are used as metaphors which signify that the leaders will be childish (i.e. There is no one who does good, not even one. Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness() 4 Not at allLet God be true, and every human being a liar. Latter half of Psalms 14:2; ‘so quoted that the negative sense which results indirectly from the text in the Hebrew and LXX. 18 The Meaning of ἹΛAΣTHRION in Romans III. is expressed by Paul directly’(Meyer). Revelation 3:12. Romans 10:12-13 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 3. an introduction to chapters 4-8 (esp. Romans 3:18 is a quote from Psalm 36:1. King James Version Update. In the same sense he declares, Galatians 3:21, that “if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.” And again, he affirms, Galatians 2:21, “If righteousness … Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Greek Scripture. It was composed by Paul the Apostle, while he was in Corinth in the mid 50s AD, with the help of an amanuensis (secretary), Tertius, who added his own greeting in Romans 16:22. Further, there is a direct connection between the transgression of Adam and the sin of the entire race. q The authorities that exist have been established by God. Hodge writes that… Blinded by sin to the perfections and loveliness of God and truth, they have turned from the way which he has prescribed and which leads to himself and have chosen another way and another lot in life. Romans 3:18 from Psalm 36:1. μη Romans 3 is the third chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. 3 For I say, f through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, g not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt h to each one a measure of faith. 18-19 and … Related Commentaries for Romans 12. If we show no desire to edify others and honor … What does this verse really mean? Jesus came to save the lost world. Romans 3:10-12 is a quote from Psalm 14:1-3. Check out our free church library, church online resources, and family resources. King James Version (KJV) Public Domain . Given the context of Romans 8:1-2, how might we apply the meaning of this passage to our lives today? There is none that understandeth, etc. As one Old Testament writer proclaimed, nicely summarizing Paul’s meaning in Romans 8:26-28: “the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward Him” (2 Chronicles 16:9). Romans 11:17-21 . Looking to help your church and family stay connected to the Word while social distancing? 13 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, p for there is no authority except that which God has established. 7:20. Romans 3:15-17 from Isaiah 59:7-8 and see Isaiah 48:22. 2 Corinthians 12:8. 3:28) B. phiʹa literally means “affection for a brother.”Paul uses it three times —at Ro 12:10, at 1Th 4:9, and at Heb 13:1.Peter uses this term three times in his letters (once at 1Pe 1:22 and twice at 2Pe 1:7), where it is rendered “brotherly affection.”The use of this term by Paul and Peter indicates that relationships among Christians should be as close, strong, and warm as in a … Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. 3:4). Without can not be used by it self, meaning that it has to be minimum one more condition included (all/at least one,etc) all: \"fish\", without: \"bread\", will search for verses that contains \"fish\" but NOT \"bread\" start: search for verses that contains words that start with the search words 2 Much in every way! This twisting is so sinful Paul saves it for last, because it is beyond the depravity of the pagan (Romans 1:24-32), beyond the hypocrisy of the moralist (Romans 2:1-5), and beyond the false confidence of the Jew (Romans 2:17-29). Romans 3:14 is a quote from Psalm 10:7. This climactic summary of the doctrine of justification by grace through faith was characterized by the Reformers. Read full chapter. 4 Out of the question! 19 The Bible and the Greeks , 82–95. 2 But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication 4 will rise with healing wings, 5 and you will skip about 6 like calves released from the stall. 3 You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes … The degradation of a culture is clearly seen in the kind of language it tolerates about other people and even about God Himself. Romans 3:12 (12) They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.\" Romans 5:12-19 is a key passage in discussions about the origin of sin. Many … inexperienced, capricious, or foolish) and effeminate (i.e. 25, NTS 2 (1956), 33 – 43. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.” His words strike at the heart of a question theologians, philosophers, artists, and many others have debated for millennia: Are … These are amazing promises to cherish as God’s people. It is clear from this text that as far as the human race is concerned, sin entered through Adam. Romans 3:12 Translation & Meaning. a 2 Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 1. the climactic summary of 1:18-3:20.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ravenloftbeyondtheveil.obsidianportal.com/adventure-log/manse-of-the-dragons-bane","date":"2019-01-19T21:40:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583681597.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20190119201117-20190119223117-00386.warc.gz","language_score":0.9699211716651917,"token_count":986,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__23512194","lang":"en","text":"26 Flocktime, CY 575\nWe set out from Vallaki to explore the mysterious mansion called Argynvostholt, a mouthful of a name even amongst those that fill my own tales of legend, adventure and terror. It is said, apparently, that long ago a dragon died here, and that the mansion has been abandoned ever since. I have been unable to uncover any more about the area, but I must remember to ask von Richten about the history of the place the next time we encounter him.\nReaching the manse did not take long—a couple of hours walk only scant miles from Vallaki, we saw the broken battlements of the ancient structure, of which about a third was collapsed in the rear. A dark tower rose above the structure and as we gazed upon it from afar, there was a crack of thunder and the cryptic and blood-chilling howl of wolves.\nWe made our way up an overgrown road to the mansion, which had a circular drive path before it, doubtless a “drop off” point for carriages who once brought noble visitors to meet and dine with the lost hosts of this manor. Behind the structure, beyond the tragically collapsed area, we encountered a courtyard with a ten-foot high statue of a dragon sitting upon an equally tall pedestal. The whole was extremely impressive, not the least when Davlin detected an aura of evocation magic abut it.\nAfter a bit of debate, I moved forward to examine the statue, but we could not divine the source of the magic itself, or any effects the statue might have on the surrounding area (or vice versa). It was suggested that perhaps the magic was leftover from the statue being a real dragon that had turned to stone, but as anyone versed in arcane matters is aware, that would reveal an aura of transmutation, rather than evocation.\nWe investigated a burned-out stable, where we had to contend with nine giant spiders. We handled the vermin easily and moved on to explore the house, making our way in through the ruined portion.\nWe quickly discovered the whole had a draconic motif in the decor—the dining room, for example, was adorned with a massive twenty-foot long banquet table whose legs were in the shape of dragon legs, and whose chairs sported the wings of the noble creatures. Above, a crystal chandelier gave off a soft glow, apparently the result of a permanent light spell cast the gods only know how long ago. Within alcoves of the dining area were statues of knights whose armor was designed in dragon motif.\nWater trickled in from cracks in the walls, a sad testament to nature’s reclaiming of the place.\nWe noted doors to a chapel on our right, with doors to the main hall on our left, and an entry to the kitchen directly across. We opted to explore the chapel.\nInside the chapel, which was large, well-appointed and dedicated to the Morning Lord, with a U-shaped balcony, a barred door on the left, and elegant stained glass windows, we were surprised to find ourselves in the midst of a strange fog. Squinting through the mist, we could see what appeared to be three knights praying at the altar.\nI stepped forward and hailed them, only for them to turn, red-glowing eyes and drawn, pallid skin revealing their undead nature, and they attacked. Thinking them to perhaps be some strange servants of the Morning Lord and thus champions of light, I attempted to parlay, but my companions were having none of it.\nStefan attempted to turn them, only for the effort to fail horribly, our foes laughing at his presumption while the fell upon him with a fury. Cymrick and Adren strode into the fray and the battle was joined. Myra adopted her customary bestial form, and I joined my companions in the bloody throes of battle, my swords spinning and thirsty even as my heart sank but a little.\nA difficult and deadly battle it was, indeed, for our foes would not be so easily vanquished as many we have faced thus far. We did, however, eventually put down our foes, and I felt my heart sink a bit, for I still feel as though somehow we’ve done this place wrong. Indeed they were undead, but is not everything in this dark and heavy place turned upside down and backwards? Is it not possible that here, some undead are free-willed servants of the light?\nWe sit and take our brief rest here to gather ourselves before continuing to explore, and I ponder this fact as I write these words. But more on that later. It’s time to continue our exploration and see what other fell secrets this Manse of the Dragon’s Bane holds for us…","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://successfulvideomarketing.com/6dgwc/diabetic-amyotrophy-physical-therapy-88a1a8","date":"2021-05-17T01:04:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991921.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20210516232554-20210517022554-00148.warc.gz","language_score":0.925162136554718,"token_count":3664,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__67011856","lang":"en","text":"1 4 Included in these descriptions are patients with proximal diabetic neuropathy, truncal neuropathy, limb mononeuropathies and cranial neuropathies ( Table 1 ). Patients experience losses in sensation, balance, and walking ability, and they are at greater risk for foot ulceration and falls. One of the first symptoms diabetics with peripheral neuropathy notice is a tingling sensation in the feet or toes. It primarily affects the muscles of the thigh and pelvic girdle. However the cidpusa e-book lists the simple protocol which will make the patient fully mobile by day five. Only one article evaluated the postprandial and fasting glycemic index (n = 87), which precluded meta-analysis. Controlling your blood sugar levels is the most important part of treating diabetic amyotrophy. The main features of diabetic amyotrophy are: Weakness of the lower legs, buttocks or hip. Chokroverty S, Sander HW Muscle Nerve 1996 Aug;19(8):939-45. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199608)19:8<939::AID-MUS1>3.0.CO;2-9. Assistive devices or bracing may be needed depending upon an individual’s degree and distribution Diabetic proximal neuropathy often begins so abruptly that patients can recall the exact day the symptoms began, Dr. Windebank said. It may result from a loss of blood supply to key nerves in the hips and shoulders, from the direct effect of high blood glucose levels on these nerves, or from a combination of both. Aerobic exercises, such as running or swimming, strength training exercises, functional training, and tai chi have all been shown to improve symptoms, whether by decreasing pain and neuropathic symptoms or by increasing function and nerve conduction. These symptoms, although often beginning on one side, can also spread to both sides. Medications may help with the pain. There are a number of ways that diabetes damages the nerves, all of which seem to be related to increased blood sugar levels over a long period of time. Nevertheless, various immunotherapies (eg, corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) have been tried with subsequent improvement in symptoms. There's no quick fix here, though; the study lasted four years. It is characterized by weakness followed by wasting of pelvifemoral muscles, either unilaterally or bilaterally, with associated pain. Electromyography will tell about the denervation or affected nerve. Two out of the five included studies evaluated the muscular strength of LL (Lower Limbs) (n=116), both studies with combined exercises (resistance/balance) versus control, but we could not conduct the meta-analysis of these studies as muscle strength was evaluated in different ways. The condition tends to go on for several months but can last up to three years. Although distal symmetric polyneuropathy is most common type of diabetic neuropathy, there are many other subtypes of diabetic neuropathies which have been defined since the 1800s. Chi Ogawa T, Taguchi T, Tanaka Y, Ikeguchi K, Nakano I Intern Med 2001 Apr;40(4):349-52. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.349. AAEM case report #13: diabetic amyotrophy. Continue reading >>, DIABETIC NEUROPATHY PART 2: PROXIMAL AND ASSYMMETRIC PHENOTYPES Mamatha Pasnoor , MD, Assistant Professor, Mazen M. Dimachkie , M.D., Professor of Neurology, and Richard J. Barohn , MD, Professor and Chairman Mamatha Pasnoor, Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; The publisher's final edited version of this article is available at Neurol Clin See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Such pain and subsequent weakness may be centralized on one side and gradually move on to the other side also. Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. This condition is usually seen in patients with type 2 diabetes and older adults as well. The condition may come on quickly or more slowly and usually remains asymmetrical (ie the two sides of the body are unequally affected) throughout its course. Muscles are able to burn glucose much more efficiently than fat, therefore physical therapy which … Based on the analysis, our physicians create a personalized treatment plan that can improve the symptoms. Diabetic amyotrophy belongs to the rare neuropathic complications of long term diabetes mellitus especially of the type 2. Diabetic amyotrophy is a rare complication of diabetes compared to distal symmetric polyneuropathy, but can occasionally be encountered in clinical practice, particularly as the incidence of diabetes increases. He also noted a … In most patients with peripheral neuropathy, loss of sensation is directly attributable to kind, severity, and distributed loss of these sensory receptors, nerve fibers, or neurons . Diabetic neuropathy occurs when a person's diabetes is uncontrolled, and is characterized by the malfunction of the nerves in the body. \"It depends on where you're starting,\" says Dace L. Trence, MD, an endocrinologist and director of the Diabetes Care Center at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. It can also help to build up the strength in the leg muscles again, thus reduce pain and regain mobility. The first to normally occur is peripheral neuropathy . Diabetic amyotrophy is a disabling illness that is distinct from other forms of diabetic neuropathy. There are four types of Diabetes-Related Neuropathy. Continue reading >>, DIABETIC NEUROPATHY PART 2: PROXIMAL AND ASSYMMETRIC PHENOTYPES Mamatha Pasnoor , MD, Assistant Professor, Mazen M. Dimachkie , M.D., Professor of Neurology, and Richard J. Barohn , MD, Professor and Chairman Mamatha Pasnoor, Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; The publisher's final edited version of this article is available at Neurol Clin See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. The pain could also affect the shin and feet. The combination of the two occurrences is what causes the amyotrophy to show up and makes it so painful. The symptoms are usually asymmetrical, which means that it will only happen in one side of the body or it is not as intense in one side as it is in the other side. 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{"url":"http://elmstreetgardens.com/blog/2013/4/27/spring-beauties","date":"2019-08-21T05:11:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315809.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20190821043107-20190821065107-00451.warc.gz","language_score":0.9682888984680176,"token_count":232,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__202049023","lang":"en","text":"I enjoy looking at deciduous trees in the winter when there are no leaves to disguise their form and interesting bark. I enjoy the colors of fall. But, oh! Spring is upon us here in middle Georgia – we might even say it is half past spring - and it is truly wonderful.\nIt is a remarkable season with beauty and the promise of more to come in the garden. And I have to say that I have never enjoyed the season as much as I do living here on Elm Street. Of course, there may be an age factor which figures in here: Just being happy to be able to greet another spring. But the work of the eleven years we have put in here also figure in the pleasure Robert and I both derive from this place.\nWords can get a bit trite when attempting to sing the glories of spring, so I’ve put together a photo essay of some of the wonders of this season here at Elm Street Gardens. There are roses, iris, evening primrose as well as vegetables and fruits. And, of course, there is the promise of the delights of the summer garden to come.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://danaspore.medium.com/when-everybody-wants-you-to-die-bab8c60f5d82?source=post_internal_links---------3----------------------------","date":"2021-06-24T00:03:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488544264.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20210623225535-20210624015535-00144.warc.gz","language_score":0.9934769868850708,"token_count":4709,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-25","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__197672221","lang":"en","text":"The first time I saw Alan* I assumed he was tripping on acid.\nHe was sitting on the steps of the coffee room. He looked out at the street quietly, except for when he would burst into laughter and sentence fragments for no apparent reason, with a wild look in his eyes. I smiled as I passed by him.\nThe coffee room — a casual local hangout in the small town I had just moved to — was owned by his mother, Anne, and she lived next door to it, in the same building. Alan was a regular fixture there. We learned each other’s names and I quickly understood that he hadn’t been using psychedelics that first time I saw him. Something else was going on.\nA few of us would be sitting around having a relatively normal conversation when he’d gaze past everybody and hiss, “Stop it. You stop that, he’s fine. He’s fine! No. You’re crazy.” Followed by a silence, and then his distinctive guffaw. Yaheyyyo!\nHe had a difficult time staying present in conversations, but some days were better than others. One time he went into his typical arguing-with-nobody pattern, and when he came back to reality he said “I’m sorry, Dana. I don’t mean to be rude. There are people around me that I talk to and I know you can’t see them. I call them my distractions.”\nHe said it was OK to ask questions about it, which I occasionally did from that point on.\nI once witnessed him struggling to use the steam wand of the espresso machine. He grew increasingly distressed as his milk failed to froth. “IT’S FUCKING BROKEN! I BROKE IT!” he shrieked, as he dumped the milk down the drain, refilled his mug, and tried over and over until the gallon was empty.\nI’m no psychologist, but based on my observations and his answers to my questions, it was apparent to me that he suffered from schizophrenia.\nMajor symptoms include hallucinations (often hearing voices), delusions (having beliefs not shared by others), and disorganized thinking. Other symptoms include social withdrawal, decreased emotional expression, and lack of motivation. (wiki)\nIt seemed that Alan was constantly contending with the distractions that surrounded him. They were often malicious, telling him cruel things, casting doubt on all of his interactions, telling him that he should die.\nI was fascinated and disturbed by this, so I did some more research. I watched schizophrenia simulation videos. I joined a subreddit centered on schizophrenia. I asked questions to people who had known Alan for a long time.\nHis family thought he suffered from “multiple personality disorder” (now known as dissociative identity disorder), a condition in which a person switches between multiple personalities that are not aware of each other. Sometimes his distractions would “possess” him and his voice would sound different, but I saw no sign of personality splitting. He was clearly having hallucinations of external characters which he struggled to distinguish from reality.\nI wish I could have known him in his younger days. He’d been a child prodigy of sorts, well known for his captivating singing voice and theatrical performances. He was well-read on the classics, and highly educated.\nThen he joined the Navy and went to boot camp, where he faced severe harassment and violence from the other recruits; he was a small man, and probably gay. He came home and was never quite the same. Perhaps this trauma played a role, but schizophrenia tends to claim its victims — about 0.5% of the global population — in their mid-20s regardless of what their life experiences have been so far. It might have happened anyway.\nAlan would often walk back and forth on the main street between his mom’s house and his aunt’s house. He paced slowly, stiffly, looking straight ahead, his arms unmoving by his sides. He was often silent, or murmuring things — but as often as not, he’d be screaming at the top of his lungs. “FUCK YOUUU! FUCK YOUUU! NO! I’M SICK OF YOUR SHIT! LEAVE ME ALONE! I’LL FUCKING KILL YOU!”\nAs violent as his screams became at times, he was peaceful in his actions. I never saw him touch anybody or heard stories of him being dangerous. It was safe to walk past him on the street even in the worst of his episodes, but the tourists didn’t know this, and he had the police called on him many times. They knew him well. The whole town was familiar with him.\nAlan used to live next to his mom in a manufactured home, but she converted it to a vacation rental. Sometimes he lived in a hotel room, or in another semi-assisted living situation, but would eventually be evicted under accusations of theft or disruption. Other times he would be arrested and spend time in jail, or in a psych ward, and when he came back he was quiet and sedated because they’d given him a long-lasting anti-psychotic shot. He hated this kind of medication, which made him feel not like himself.\nHe preferred to self-medicate — with weed and methamphetamine and I don’t know what else. Eventually the anti-psychotics would wear off and he’d be back to screaming obscenities as he paced the streets.\nWhen he wasn’t institutionalized in some way, Alan was my neighbor. I lived in my RV in his aunt’s driveway — she was my co-worker and we got along well. Her house was on a piece of family property which had been divided into several lots. On the other side of my RV, in the backyard of another house in the next lot, was a small, run-down trailer, which lacked running water and other basic amenities. This is where Alan was allowed to live. The trailer was about 50 feet from my RV.\nHe was a frequent cannabis user, and one day he was asking around at the coffee room like he usually did. Nobody had any to share with him, and they seemed tired of his repetitive mooching. He walked away and I felt bad for him so I caught up with him half a block later. “Hey Alan, I don’t have any weed on me, but come over to my RV and I’ll pack a bowl for you.”\nThat was the first of many times that he came over to smoke. He rarely stayed longer than 5 or 10 minutes. He’d knock, saying that he just wanted to say hi, and I’d let him in. I could tell he was making an effort to ignore his distractions and have a conversation. I’d ask some question about his day, which was usually a dead end; and before too long he’d ask “hey, can I hit your pipe?” and I’d pack him a bowl, or let him try a resin hit if I didn’t have any flower. We sat in silence a lot, which was fine, then after a few minutes he’d start arguing with the people I couldn’t see. It seemed like they were trying to convince him that I was a threat or that I didn’t want him around. He’d usually get embarrassed, apologize, and leave.\nI was conflicted about whether or not I should allow him to smoke with me. I knew cannabis and schizophrenia didn’t mix well. I didn’t want to hurt him, but he knew what he needed better than I did, and he was going to find it from somebody if he wanted it. If it helped him feel better, maybe it was for the best. Besides, he didn’t have many people to spend time with, so at least I could give him a peaceful place to go for 10 minutes and some non-judgmental company.\nDuring one of his visits, when he was in his most lucid state, he looked at me with eyes full of emotion. “Dana, I wanted to say thank you because you’ve always been good to me. And I really appreciate it.”\nI wish I had thought of a more meaningful response in that moment, but I probably said something like “yeah, man, of course.” It caught me a bit off guard, and made me feel warm and sad at the same time.\nAs much as I was glad to provide him a safe space, I’m introverted and the near-daily visits were a bit much for me. I don’t always know how to say no, especially to someone who needs so much and asks so little; how could I justify turning him away in order to maintain a slightly higher comfort level for myself?\nBut I left town for a couple of weeks and when I came back I told him that I couldn’t smoke him out anymore. I didn’t have any weed left, and I was trying not to smoke it myself, so I’d stored away my pipe and everything. I told him he was still welcome to come over anytime if he wanted to hang out. All of this was true, but I suspected that setting this boundary would stop him from coming over so much. He never came over again, to my memory.\nBut I still heard him every time he knocked on his aunt Marge’s door. She cared about him, and would say yes to as many requests as she could — Can I have a shower? Some water? Alka-Seltzer? Food? Sure, Alan, come on in. She was there for him.\nYet she didn’t always want to be. She was bad at saying no, too, and at times she felt anxious because she didn’t have the privacy she wanted in her own home. Sometimes he’d come by late at night. He’d ask for a shower and lose track of what he was doing in the bathroom for long periods of time. Sometimes she got frustrated and kicked him out.\nOne night I was awake at nearly midnight and I heard him shouting outside. “He’s just jacking off! He’s just jacking off! You’re fagging out!” I wasn’t sure if he’d seen motion from my RV when I was walking around, or if it was completely unrelated to me. A few hours later: “NO! You don’t just KILL PEOPLE!” I certainly hoped that debate was not in reference to me. Outbursts like these were common and woke me up at all hours of the night, but I got used to it.\nHe flew, alone, back to his hometown to visit his father and his old friends. Marge told him, “maybe on this trip you can leave your distractions behind”, which to me was a bit like telling an Alzheimer’s patient they should try not to forget things. From what I heard, he was arrested shortly after landing (I imagine for scaring people on the plane) and he ended up in a psych ward. He was gone for almost a month.\nAs much as Marge was sorry he’d run into trouble on his trip, she also dreaded the return of his screaming and the unpredictable intrusions into her home. His absence felt to her like a weight lifted — she got her personal space back, her life back.\nAnother time, Anne took him to be observed for a 24-hour medical analysis. The doctors said they could find nothing wrong with him mentally or physically. Maybe he managed to appear neurotypical for 24 hours, but I doubt it. I’m astounded at how this could have happened. He needed help, and not just mentally.\nHe complained of intense pain in his stomach, maybe ulcers, which is why he often wanted antacid. He started to look sick. Gray. Old. Stony. He was in agony inside his own body, and the world he lived in was full of evil voices.\nIt’s not hard to imagine how alone he must have felt. Not a single person could see the world the way he did, and few were willing to try.\nOne time after a particularly bad episode in Marge’s house, he stood in the driveway and screamed:\nEVERYONE JUST WANTS ME TO DIE!\nIt chilled my blood because, in a sense, I knew he wasn’t wrong. And judging by how much worse he’d been looking, it seemed like it might happen.\nNobody was actively thinking “it’d sure be great if Alan died.” But it was heartbreaking not knowing how to help him, watching him being tormented day after day. Though we felt bad for admitting it, the times when he was institutionalized came as a relief. Someone else was watching over him. We had peace again.\nI think if any of us could have lived a day in his life it would have broken us. To be surrounded by sinister apparitions, perceiving them as real, hearing them say critical, threatening things. Of course it’s hard to get in the shower when there is a monster behind the curtain. Any of us might have been yelling in the street, or self-medicating for an escape, in his position.\nWhat is left of life when you take away all meaningful friendships, all pleasure, and even the privacy of your own mind?\nThere were many times when he was in distress, yelling, and I didn’t come out of my RV. I didn’t know what I could do. I’m not trained in crisis management and maybe any intervention I could have attempted would have backfired.\nMaybe I was afraid that if I helped too much, he would become dependent on me and then I would be the one who had a hard time saying no. I had minimal privacy to begin with, living in an RV in a driveway, and if he’d started to come to me with every problem, any illusion of privacy would have vanished.\nI didn’t have the perspective of knowing him in his youth. I only knew him for the last two years of his life. This lack of context made it harder to understand his trajectory, but it also let me see him with eyes unbiased by history.\nAccording to Marge, he’d been spoiled growing up; the child prodigy, the popular actor. I guess he had ways of getting what we wanted. Maybe he could be manipulative.\nMarge’s theory was that he’d gone to boot camp, been badly harassed and beaten up, and come home with PTSD; he fell into drugs, and maybe now he was exaggerating his problems to garner sympathy. Since he was such a good actor, he could play the role of the madman, he could speak in the weird voices, he could seem crestfallen if you didn’t comply with what he wanted. This sense of mistrust was at odds with her compassion.\nComing into his life at such a late stage, my perception of him was very different. I saw a man who of course wasn’t perfect, and didn’t have amazing coping mechanisms, but was doing his best to get through every day of mental and physical agony. What she saw as manipulation I saw as desperation.\nI think Anne and Marge both understood there was a serious mental illness, but it was more comfortable for them to avoid understanding it. If they imagined he was simply acting out, being uncooperative, or perhaps the victim of addiction, they could continue to believe that this was only a hard phase for him and he might simply snap out of it. To fully accept the reality of schizophrenia would have meant coming to terms with the fact that he’d most likely never recover.\nI left town for two months and in the middle of my absence I got a text from Marge.\nAlan had been found dead in his trailer.\nI was told that the autopsy blamed his death on an overdose of sleeping pills. I don’t know if that means it was a suicide, or if it was an accidental lethal combination with other depressants in his system.\nDespite the premonitions I described earlier, this came as a shock to me, and I was shaken up for a while. He was only 38.\nWhen I returned to town I talked with Marge about his death. Despite her sadness, it predominantly seemed like she was relieved by it, the same as when he’d been out of state. He was done hurting, he was in a better place now, and she could get on with her life.\nAnne had a medium friend who told them she had talked to his spirit, and that he was happy for the first time in years, which gave them comfort.\nAs an atheist, that looked like an easy coping mechanism to me, a way to feel better about a situation that really has no upside. But was the sentiment wrong? His soul might not have gone anywhere better after death, but at least his tremendous suffering had ended.\nInstead of a typical memorial service, a mourning parade of sorts was organized. 75 or 100 of us congregated to trace his typical route, the three blocks between his aunt’s house and his mom’s house, led by a small marching band. I stopped trying to hide the tears as they rolled down my face, both from the injustice of his life and from the intimacy of this community remembrance. After stopping at Anne’s house we proceeded to his favorite bar, where stories were told and more music was played by people who had known him for years.\nI was distressed that his family seemed so happy and relieved in the wake of his death. But I had to entertain the question: When is death an acceptable solution to health problems that have no foreseeable route to recovery? How long should we expect people to fight? Where’s the balance between holding on to hope of recovery and simply putting an end to the misery?\nThese are the kinds of questions philosophers have disagreed about for a long time, and I don’t have any new insights to contribute.\nOne side of me is appalled by his obvious mistreatment. Alan was relegated to a dingy old trailer in a backyard while his mother rented out his old home to tourists, and it didn’t seem like this was strictly necessary for her own financial security, as she owned other properties and frequently enjoyed going on yoga retreats. She failed to understand his condition and connect him with the kind of help he needed. For all that she claimed to care, and all the ways she did try, Alan’s needs ultimately went neglected, and he died.\nYet I can also see it from a completely different perspective. I’m pretty close with Marge and I know that she has a compassionate heart. She did care about him. That’s why I stayed silent when she expressed her relief at his death, despite how wrong it felt. A lot of people who have his condition, and his history of drug abuse and jail time, end up abandoned by their families (and all of society) to live homeless on the street, where they are seen as the scum of the earth. While their treatment of him was not perfect, at least they were present and involved throughout all of his trials, which is more than can be said for many families.\nAt least in this small town, he could walk around familiar places, have interactions with people who knew him, and mostly be left alone even when he was screaming scary stuff. At least the police knew his history and could treat him more gently. At least he had a consistent place to sleep, and Marge could give him showers and meals.\nSo do you blame people for not doing better, or do you appreciate them for doing as much as they did?\nI question my own culpability, too.\nI could have sent the schizophrenia-simulation videos to his family so they would understand him better. There was nothing to stop me from cooking meals for him and bringing them over, or figuring out some activity that he liked to do and inviting him over regularly — or simply allowing him to continue smoking weed in my RV. Maybe I should have tried walking next to him in his most difficult episodes. It wouldn’t have saved his life, but it might have made things better.\nOthers have described a similar feeling of guilt, because we failed him as a community, because we crossed the street when we saw him coming, because we thought his suffering was inconvenient.\nIf that guilt drives us to ask ourselves how we can help the countless others who are still struggling around us, I think it is not misplaced.\nOur community failed to find good solutions for Alan, but I don’t view that as purely our own fault. We’re part of a much bigger societal system that fails mentally ill people on a daily basis, through stigmatization, lack of awareness, and poor access to treatment. It’s not the family’s fault that an assisted living situation would have been prohibitively expensive, or that there wasn’t a better healthcare system in place to find a medication that could have worked for him.\nIt’s good to care for each other as much as we can, but we also need to ask more questions about the root cause of the problem.\nWhy do people fall through the cracks of our medical system and end up misdiagnosed for years and years?\nWhy does our society allow our most vulnerable people to endure homelessness, neglect, and early death instead of matching them with the housing and care programs they need?\nWhat is it about our culture that leads Americans with schizophrenia to hear antagonistic, violent voices, while people with the same disease in other cultures tend to hear neutral or even benign voices?\nAs for myself, I hope that in the future I will be more willing to go out of my way to ease the pain of those around me.\nI will remember Alan every time I walk down that small town’s main street. I’m glad his misery is over, but I will always wish we could have gotten our act together and helped him live a good life instead.\n*All names have been changed to protect the identities involved in this true story.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://adevlou.com/lets-keep-in-touch/","date":"2023-06-01T08:33:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647639.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601074606-20230601104606-00247.warc.gz","language_score":0.9523106813430786,"token_count":123,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__137737964","lang":"en","text":"I would love to connect with your further and explore all things mom life, raising readers, book love, child development and more! Please come join with me in my Facebook community, on Instagram and check out my Usborne Books and More bookstore to find the best reads for your littles.\nIf you have specific questions or concerns, or would like a customized book wish list made for your kiddos, also feel free to reach out via email and I will respond to you as quickly as I can!\nDrop me a line\nLet’s hang out","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://covidinstitute.org/long-covid-studies/","date":"2023-11-29T14:51:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100112.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129141108-20231129171108-00856.warc.gz","language_score":0.8953328728675842,"token_count":371,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__17516448","lang":"en","text":"Long COVID Studies in Dallas, TX\nA Longitudinal Study of COVID-19 Sequelae and Immunity: Baseline Findings\nA substantial proportion of persons who develop COVID-19 report persistent symptoms after acute illness.\nStudy Identifies Four Major Subtypes of Long COVID\nThe study, published Dec. 1 in Nature Medicine, was the largest of its kind to examine long COVID.\nStudies show long-haul COVID-19 afflicts 1 in 4 COVID-19 patients, regardless of severity\nDoctors have been estimating one-quarter to one-third of COVID-19 patients become long haulers, as many patients call themselves.\nCharacterizing long COVID in an international cohort: 7 months of symptoms and their impact\nA significant number of patients with COVID-19 experience prolonged symptoms, known as Long COVID.\nMost COVID-19 patients recovered with low mortality; however, some patients experienced long-term symptoms described as “long-COVID” or “Post-COVID syndrome” (PCS).\nLong COVID is an often debilitating illness that occurs in at least 10% of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections. More than 200 symptoms have been identified with impacts on multiple organ systems.\nSubmit a study for review\nFeel Free To Contact Us\nIf you are international (outside the USA), complete and submit the form, then\nDownload the appropriate app\nFor iphone/ipad: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/signal-private-messenger/id874139669\nFor windows PC: https://signal.org/download/windows/\nFor MAC computer: https://signal.org/download/macos/","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.henrywilsonjewelers.com/blog/moms-hand/","date":"2022-10-05T01:53:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337531.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20221005011205-20221005041205-00184.warc.gz","language_score":0.9806070923805237,"token_count":460,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__240702008","lang":"en","text":"When I picture my mom’s hands, what do I see? I see hands that took care of me when I needed it the most. I see hands that worked to make our house a home that was comfortable and safe. And I see her diamond engagement ring that she treasured and wore every day.\nI picture my father carefully choosing a ring that would look beautiful on her lovely hands. I picture him presenting the ring to her with hope in his eyes. And I picture her joyfully accepting this gift of his love.\nNow that mom is gone, I treasure her engagement ring and the memory of her hand wearing that ring that was exactly her style.\nBut, it is not my style. I have tried it on my fingers. I have tried to love it for me. But I don’t. So it has stayed in a box. For years. Until now.\nWith several years of separation from the heartbreak, I am now ready to love her diamond in a new way. I am ready to honor her memory in a beautiful new piece of jewelry that will bring me joy whenever I wear it. I just don’t know what is possible. Fortunately, I know someone who does.\nMeet Tara Goodman, in-house goldsmith at Henry Wilson Jewelers in Central New York. It is so difficult to trust someone with something as valuable as your mother’s diamond. Tara knows how many feelings and memories are tied up in our family heirloom jewelry. And she takes her responsibility very seriously. In addition, Tara has an amazing eye as a designer and exceptional skill creating custom jewelry.\nSo here I go. I shall turn over mom’s diamond to Tara and give it new life. I shall have courage and trust in her expertise. And I shall turn a ring that reminds me what I have lost, into a pendant that will forever remind me how lucky I was to have my mom for 54 years of my life. It will be a joyful pendant that honors my mom.\nThink about what is in your jewelry box that could have a joyful, new life. And let it out of the box. It is time.\nBy: Kris Gold","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://andy.church/bulletins.htm","date":"2020-06-04T16:18:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347445880.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20200604161214-20200604191214-00298.warc.gz","language_score":0.8764101266860962,"token_count":684,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-24","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__110326478","lang":"en","text":"© 2019 Andy.Church\nCALL TO WORSHIP\nGod’s Spirit has been poured upon all flesh. That Spirit rests upon us like\nflames of fire,\nThat we may be light in the world’s darkness, and warmth in the\nThe Spirit has been poured upon us like a mighty wind, refreshing us in\nlove and renewing us in strength.\nAnd leading us to serve in love. The Spirit has been poured upon us!\nLet us worship God!\nPRAYER OF PRAISE\nGod of love and hope and peace, on this Pentecost Sunday we praise you for the\ngift of your Holy Spirit which comes upon all your people. Open us to the power\nof the Holy Spirit, that the boldness of your Spirit would transform us, that the\ngentleness of your Spirit would lead us, that the gifts of your Spirit would be our\nstrength, now and always. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.\n(refrain) Spirit, spirit of gentleness, blow through the wilderness, calling and free,Spirit,\nspirit of restlessness, stir me from placidness, wind, wind on the sea.\nYou moved on the waters, you called to the deep,then you coaxed up the mountains\nfrom the valleys of sleep;and over the eons you called to each thing;“Awake from your\nslumbers and rise on your wings.”\nYou swept through the desert, you stung with the sandand you goaded your people with\na law and a land;and when they were blinded with idols and lies,then you spoke through\nyour prophets to open their eyes. (refrain)\nYou sang in a stable, you cried from a hill,then you whispered in silence when the whole\nworld was still;and down in the city you called once again,when you blew through your\npeople on the rush of the wind.\nYou call from tomorrow, you break ancient schemes.From the bondage of sorrow all the\ncaptives dream dreams;our women see visions, our men clear their eyes.With bold new\ndecisions your people arise. (refrain)\nPRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION\nSpirit of the Living God\nSpirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on meMelt\nme, mold me, fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.\nOLD TESTAMENT LESSON\nNEW TESTAMENT LESSON\nWhat Does This Mean?\nAFFIRMATION OF FAITH\nFrom a Brief Statement of Faith\nWe trust in God the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life. The\nSpirit justifies us by grace through faith, sets us free to accept ourselves and to\nlove God and neighbor, and binds us together with all believers in the one body\nof Christ, the Church. The same Spirit who inspired the prophets and apostles\nrules our faith and life in Christ through Scripture, engages us through the Word\nproclaimed, claims us in the waters of baptism, feeds us with the bread of life and\nthe cup of salvation, and calls women and men to all\nPrevious Bulletins May be Found HERE","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.hfjs.co.uk/teaching-learning/english-reading","date":"2022-05-28T10:39:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652663016373.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20220528093113-20220528123113-00743.warc.gz","language_score":0.9610653519630432,"token_count":1923,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__126532909","lang":"en","text":"“To Develop A Love Of Reading”\nRecommended Book Lists:\nWe are passionate about reading at Holt Farm Junior School.\nWe believe that being able to read is the backbone of education across all subjects as it significantly impacts one’s success in school and beyond. Reading provides endless opportunities for children to explore a wealth of worlds which exceed their own experience. It can take children into the past where they can harness an additional love of history, span countries and continents which can help develop an understanding of the geographical world and even into the future and imagined worlds which help to create a love of critical and creative thinking. The power of reading is incredible and, as a school, our desire is for children to be able to understand and take advantage of all the benefits and enjoyment reading offers. We wish to develop everyone’s attitudes towards reading as a positive and exciting experience that can be shared with friends and family. We aim for every child to harness a love of reading where they think of themselves as a reader and enjoy listening to and discussing the written word within the community. We wish for our community of readers to share and enjoy their critical and creative thinking skills which develop through this incredible past time.\nWe teach reading in a variety of ways at Holt Farm Junior School; this includes but is not limited to whole class teaching, close text analysis, picture inference, systematic synthetic phonics teaching, shared, peer and 1:1 reading. Furthermore, all classes have high quality texts read to them throughout the year.\nReading to the Children\nOur goal is to motivate children to want to read so they will practice reading independently and become fluent readers. That happens when children enjoy reading, so we advertise the subject by reading great stories and poems. Throughout every day, class teachers will read and share high quality texts at a level which is slightly beyond their reading age. This ensures that we continue to develop their vocabulary and understanding of characters and plot beyond their reading level. It also gives them access to worlds and experiences different to their own.\nAt Holt Farm Junior School, Reading VIPERS are used to support children with their reading comprehension skills. VIPERS are a range of reading prompts based on the 2016 reading Content Domain Areas (CDAs) found in the National Curriculum Test Framework. Each classroom will have the Reading VIPERS displayed in the reading area of their classroom and the class teacher will make explicit links to the skill the children will be learning about. This gives all children across the school a common language to discuss their reading knowledge and understanding.\nAll children will be working on VIPERS during class reading, whether it is reading as a class, in a small group, or one-to-one with an adult. It would be fantastic if parents could also be referring to VIPERS when they listen to their child read at home. All children are given a VIPERS bookmark which has a range of question prompts based on each reading skill. Children and parents can use this to help ask in-depth questions. If your child loses or needs a new bookmark, please let your teacher know.\nDuring reading sessions, children will be reading a class book which correlates with themes taught throughout each half-term’s topic - these books will change every half-term. Children will focus on a series of reading activities based from these books which focus on the content domain areas. Sometimes these reading sessions may focus on all of the content domains at once and some sessions will also focus purely on one specific domain. Children will have one session a week where inference skills are taught purely based on a picture(s) where opportunities are given to discuss: what they see; the significance of specific objects or expressions; and discuss what could have led up to the moment we see in the picture. Children will be given at least one thirty-minute free reading session a week where they are encouraged to read their own or a school book for pleasure. This is to ensure children have the opportunity to develop their love of reading without the constraints of a comprehension question-and-answer style in other sessions. Children will be listened to by an adult every week in a small group setting. Additionally, children will be listened to by an adult on a 1-1 basis at least once every two weeks, with follow up comprehension and vocabulary tasks. The sessions are organised as follows:\nDeveloping Readers (Year 3)\nUpon entry in the Autumn term, Year 3s are assessed on their Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) knowledge. Children are put into ability groups based on their needs and are reviewed continuously (see SSP section for more information). During this time, VIPERS skills are taught in some English lessons and in some instances, in additional reading sessions so all children are introduced to the VIPERS style. For those children who do not need additional phonics support, they will follow VIPERS sessions upon entry in their ability group. As the school year continues, more Year 3 children will be having daily VIPERS sessions and less will be having phonics sessions. In the VIPERS sessions, children will complete two reading tasks each week, with adult support time with both the teacher and teaching assistant, which require a written response and focus upon comprehension using the VIPERS approach. The evidence from these sessions will be collected to inform next steps. Children will also have one session in which they are able to read for pleasure, one session where they have a discussion about a picture(s) and one SSP session where the children continue to develop and maintain their phonics skills.\nFluent Readers (Year 4, Year 5, Year 6)\nThe children will have five sessions throughout the week, which they will rotate around. Two of the sessions will be VIPERS reading domain questions based on the class text. This will have the dual purpose of children reading and absorbing the text, as well as orally rehearsing answers to key questions linked to a VIPERS focus. They will then work with a teacher to discuss the key questions and unknown vocabulary that has arisen from their reading. One session will be picture inference based and there will be one session where children will free read. The fifth and final session is an opportunity for children to revisit particular learning from any of the previous sessions within the week and will change weekly based on children’s needs. It could be an additional VIPERS, picture inference, free reading or even an assessment session.\nVIPERS can be used on any text that a child is reading, as well as on pictures, picture books and films. When any adult is listening to a child read, all they have to do is think of questions about the book/picture/film that cover all of the VIPERS, and there are great examples below of how you can create your own questions using the following question openers.\nSystematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP)\nAll children’s phonics ability is assessed when they join us in Year 3 and are put into ability groups to reflect their needs. Read, Write, Inc. is the main phonics scheme followed and children are continuously assessed on their understanding. For those identified as needing additional support, Lexia interventions are offered where children receive individualised and teacher-directed personalised learning through adaptive and engaging online activities. Children are able to access this at home to further enhance their learning. For those children who do not need additional phonics support upon entry follow the VIPERS sessions in their ability groups.\nMarking & Feedback\nFeedback and marking should be completed, where possible, within the lesson. All marking and feedback is given in line with our marking and feedback policy where successes are highlighted and next steps provided for children to action.\nTeachers will use their professional judgement to determine whether a child is working within age-related expectations, above or below at the end of each half-term. They will base their judgements on Target Tracker statements such as how well a child is reading phonetically, changes of intonation to reflect the mood of what is being said, discussion based on what has been read, and verbal and written answers based on VIPERS. In addition to the aforementioned formative assessment, there will also be a range of summative assessments which will be conducted through NFER and other tests each half-term. The two of these combined will be used to officially assess children and identify next steps.\nPupils will enjoy reading and will be inspired by fiction and non-fiction across the curriculum.\n· Pupils will have a wide vocabulary and learn new literary devices that they use within their own speech and writing.\n· Pupils of all abilities will be challenged so that they can achieve not only a good reading and comprehension level, but also a deeper understanding of literary devices authors use across all genres.\n· Pupils will leave school with a wealth of high level vocabulary and an appreciation for books.\n· Parents and carers will have a good understanding of how they can support reading at home, and contribute regularly to homework\n· The % of pupils working at ARE within each year group will be at least in line with national averages.\n· The % of pupils working at Greater Depth within each year group will be at least in line with national averages\n· There will be no significant gaps in the progress of different groups of pupils (e.g. disadvantaged vs non-disadvantaged).","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://pashtush.in/blogs/pashtush-india-blog/scarves-are-our-best-friends","date":"2023-12-11T21:51:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679518883.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20231211210408-20231212000408-00660.warc.gz","language_score":0.9543076753616333,"token_count":254,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__94737930","lang":"en","text":"Remember that old school companion that always hung somewhere around you. That innocent smiling face that always looked at you with kind eyes, full of hope love and compassion. Remember that all comforting embrace, those words slowly rolled into your ears. The familiar touch. The everlasting scent of someone that lasts just a while longer than it should. Remember feeling oddly familiar in a place you’ve never been before. Our senses play games that our minds can comprehend. It is a language not spoken, only felt.\nScarves are crowns draped around necks. They are the least functional yet most important garment in your wardrobe, serving perhaps the only purpose of lighting up your outfit with the beauty and art. Scarves are canvases to your face. They are the frames of your portrait and cradles of your chin. They are your familiar friend. Their hug is their loving embrace. Their scent lingers a while after you’ve left the room. Woven in textures that sing songs of passion, art and beauty. Fitting into your purse or nonchalantly draped around your shoulders, scarves are quiet reminders of the woman you are. They are silent announcements of style and loud symbols of comfort, wellness and prosperity.\n-Team Pashtush India","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://palirpetals.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-10-20T08:03:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507442288.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005722-00239-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9170029163360596,"token_count":184,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__89808653","lang":"en","text":"Let’s face it: I’m scared, scared and frozen. First, I guess, I’m afraid for myself … the old primitive urge for survival. It’s getting so I live every moment with terrible intensity. Last night, driving back from Boston, I lay back in the car and let the colored lights come at me, the music from the radio, the reflection of the guy driving. It all flowed over me with a screaming ache of pain… remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted. When you feel that this may be the good-bye, the last time, it hits you harder.\nSylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (via viviling)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://littlelune.wordpress.com/","date":"2022-10-06T00:11:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337680.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20221005234659-20221006024659-00331.warc.gz","language_score":0.964320719242096,"token_count":1065,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__261731351","lang":"en","text":"Torrential downpour. What. The. Fuck.\nReally? Isn’t it June? Boston, $#&^@!!! New England weather.\nI try to figure my way to work. Charliecards, I still know how to work them. Train or bus? Which will it be? Let’s go for bus; it’ll be quicker.\nBig mistake. Traffic was bad, but not as bad as Manila or Bangkok so I’m not even going to complain. I watch the numbers on the clock at the front of the bus. Minutes after minutes after minutes passed. I stood, of course, soaked on a crowded bus filled with wet people. I couldn’t even enjoy the view out the rain-covered windows of the 1 bus. All I could think of; the day can’t get any worse than this.\nI walk straight to the office, sheepishly stared at the bosses. Over an hour late, my first day back.\nMichael, my travel partner/former-roommate/co-worker/friend forever, just as late as I was shakes his disapproval at me; soaking wet, disheveled. But there was that smirk. Nothing really changes.\nI work through my shift. Easy. I don’t bother remembering the new people that were introduced to me. Are you kidding? I get caught up with the gossip. Who broke up. Who got together. Who quit. Who got fired. Say what? Guy came to work drunk then walked out with a guests’ credit card? Fantastic. What else?\nClose to midnight and I get phased.\nThe end of the night finally came and that’s when it really began. Everyone’s going to the party, right? Hurried nods, and shouts of confirmation from across halls as most everyone rushes through the final details of the last minute things to do. Fuckin’ sidework. If you don’t already understand, you never will. I hurriedly paint my face, threw off my uniform, undid my pony, and make my way over to the bar. I’d never been here before. It looked cute. Mini-bar it was called. How perfect. One section was closed off for our use, but we overflowed every which way. The waitress kept the Martini’s in my hand coming. I meet new people. I see the old ones. Everyone was mad, mad drunk, mad rolling, mad high, mad happy. There was a theme, but I didn’t get the memo. Most everyone at least paid attention to it and at least half of them stuck to the black and white dress code.\nThere he was, the belle of the ball. Phillips had a black vest and a short black veil. He goes and he comes. Center of attention and he’s loving it.\nI keep mostly quiet, stick with my favorite people. The music’s good, the drinks even better. Six months I hadn’t been with this crowd. I think I must have forgotten. I feel almost a stranger, but not quite. Everyone knew me, but did they? Then there’s that whole thing with Michael. Maybe be doesn’t feel weird. But I do. That confession was brutal. Vulnerability is not something I’m comfortable with. Thank all the gods for the liquid miracle in my hand. Thank god, there’s always too many of us. Eye-contact with him was practically impossible.\nWho was I staying with tonight? Melissa, wasn’t it? She’d been disappearing now and again, screaming about her keys.\n“She had too much vodka,” Lohan explains. Nothing further.\nNight was young, I’ll figure out where I’m staying when the time comes. Boston felt fresh from the rain. I step out for a quick smoke and meet interesting new characters. Conversations move from and about tattoos, work shit and Florida. Of course. I had stopped paying attention to the words and I didn’t notice most had gone back inside. I stared at the wet asphalt, the blurred glimmer of lights, the twinkling of streetlamps. Small groups of people, walk up and down. Lost in their own little worlds, having their own fun. Every now and then, drunken obscenities are screamed. God, I love this city. A group of my friends, stumble out of the bar, and down into the club in the basement next door. Loud, laughing, obnoxious. The best people you’ll ever meet.\nWhen the music stopped, I grab a ride with Melissa’s roommate and I meet his girlfriend. But I apparently we’d already met before. We drive down Storrow Drive, right along the river, I look at the dark, peaceful shimmering water and I get a message; Melissa went home with another friend. I guess, I’ll have her bed for myself.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://sinusmd.com/uncategorized/recurrent-acute-sinusitis","date":"2019-07-20T06:04:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195526446.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20190720045157-20190720071157-00239.warc.gz","language_score":0.949757993221283,"token_count":135,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__88673860","lang":"en","text":"Repeat infections of the sinuses treated with antibiotics about 4 or more times year is called Recurrent Acute Rhinosinusitis. When and how extensive surgery might be for this entity is controversial. This condition can be treated with ongoing observation and medical management or surgery. It’s not unreasonable to follow such patients and determine if they truly have recurrent acute sinusitis as their history suggests. Dr. Khetarpal conducted research on a small number of such patients examining their CT scans during an acute infection and their results with balloon sinuplasty. This research was summarized in five presentations at the International Meeting of Rhinology in Chicago, June 5-9.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://kispofa.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-07-24T21:39:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1405997892084.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20140722025812-00072-ip-10-33-131-23.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.924755871295929,"token_count":77,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__613676","lang":"en","text":"Ain’t it something when everything falls apart? The ground you build upon determines if you’ll fall. It’s slow motion as I watch it from the hall all come undone. It’s the past that leaves you on the floor.\n\" I’m in love with the parts of you that have the power to completely destroy me \"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://nlcasecondgrade.blogspot.com/2016/03/","date":"2018-09-23T12:45:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267159359.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20180923114712-20180923135112-00208.warc.gz","language_score":0.87595134973526,"token_count":67,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__192950823","lang":"en","text":"A special thank you to Mandi Gerwig and Sarah Brown\nfor your donations to our Easter Party!\nHave a blessed Spring Break! Happy Easter!!\nSee you Monday, April 4!\nOur school Literature Fair is on Tuesday, September 25 . Grandparent's Day will be on Friday, September 28 ! There will be ...","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://gbvisiontherapy.com/vision-therapy-resources/vision-therapy-research/","date":"2024-02-23T12:32:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474412.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223121413-20240223151413-00496.warc.gz","language_score":0.9700249433517456,"token_count":352,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__5587547","lang":"en","text":"The Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial (CITT) was a National Eye Institute funded nationwide study that compared various treatments for convergence insufficiency, the most common eye muscle disorder.\nThe study involved pediatric optometrists and ophthalmologists, and Dr. Gallaway was the Principal Investigator at one of the sites, the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University. The study results published in 2008 showed that the most effective treatment for convergence insufficiency is office based vision therapy, which is the treatment offered at our office. Home based treatments were no more effective than placebo therapy.\nCITT is the most extensive scientific study of vision therapy done to date.\nChildren in the study who were successfully treated were followed for a year and the results showed that the improvements were long lasting. Children who were successful also showed improvement in academic behaviors such as completing homework and classroom work, as well as attention span and willingness to read.\nA Cochrane Review of evidence based treatment for convergence insufficiency reviewed numerous studies and concluded that office based vision therapy is the best treatment. Also, the recent CITT-ART also showed that vision therapy is much more effective than placebo in improving the signs and symptoms of convergence insufficiency.\nCOVD is the College of Optometrists in Vision Development, the professional organization that board certifies optometrists in vision therapy. COVD has compiled extensive bibliographies of research on vision therapy, vision and learning, vision-based reading problems, and brain injury/concussion.\nClinical Practice Guidelines from the American Optometric Association detail the research support for the care of patients with amblyopia, strabismus, learning-related vision problems, and accommodative and vergence dysfunction.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://whenlifefallsupart.wordpress.com/2014/01/25/because-what-is-more-beautiful-than-the-sea/","date":"2018-06-22T08:56:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864387.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20180622084714-20180622104714-00518.warc.gz","language_score":0.9645282626152039,"token_count":149,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__17424644","lang":"en","text":"Emily Dickenson once wrote:\nI never saw the moor,\nI never saw the sea:\nYet know I how the heather looks,\nAnd what a wave must be.\nI never spoke with God,\nNor visited in heaven;\nYet certain am I of the spot\nAs if the chart were given.\nWhen I would recite that, it was unfathomable to me that someone should have never smelled the salty, briny air of a coastline or not have heard the rush and crash of waves upon the shore.\nI am completely enamored with the ocean and her offerings. I am simply grateful to live close to these waters.\n~ A day at El Matador Beach this past December.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://writershock.com/blog/","date":"2017-03-25T11:36:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218188924.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212948-00157-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.932842493057251,"token_count":499,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__16962171","lang":"en","text":"I offer professional writing\nand marketing help\nto reach your goals.\n1. Start with a totally free consultation with me.\n2. Together, we will identify new opportunities to reach your goals.\n3. Then, I will explain the best strategic approach for optimum results.\nDo you need to market a message, promote a product, attract new members?\nMy experience spans many industries–and probably yours!\nReal estate offices and HQ\nIndependent sales people\nTechnology and healthcare organizations\nEntertainment venues and celebrities\nTelevision and comedy clubs\nSmall businesses of all kinds\nPlus, local organizations in the Charlottesville, VA, area.\nSee Testimonials below.\nI’ve been a marketing and communications professional\nfor more than 30 years.\nSend me your questions and comments\nI excel when working with a team…\n“Tim’s writing skills coupled with an understanding of business goals makes Tim a great person to work with. He always contributes to key objectives in meaningful ways. A real team player, creative, and insightful.”\n– Jeff Wittstock, President at Wittstock Consulting\nI apply my experience to your dreams…\n“Tim was an incredible mentor to me in refining my novel. He offered countless recommendations concerning content, style, and in the format my manuscript. He also offered sound advice about approaching agents and publishers in a professional manner. His extraordinary patience in working with me was most evident by his immediate responses to my barrage of emails, always asking for ever more advice and information. I highly recommend Tim as a knowledgeable resource for anyone fortunate enough to benefit from his expertise.”\n– Jerry Miller, Owner, Find-it Fast Books\nI “get” business…\n“Hiring Tim is to your best advantage. His writing skills are not only creative but thought provoking. His message is clear and to the point.\nTim was the editor of my last book and look forward to working with me on my next publication.”\n– Jean MacDonald, DTM, Coach, Corporate Trainer,Professional Speaker & Author\nI inspire success…\n“During my internship at IEEE, Tim was my supervisor for a copywriting project. A versatile wordsmith, he has the ability to create effective marketing copy. He also displayed a natural inclination toward leadership. Tim would play an invaluable role in any initiative that necessitates creative talent.”\nSuzie Xie, Media Professional","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://dissertationtopics410.weebly.com/blog/free-essays-a-difference-in-values-in-the-good-earth-earth","date":"2020-06-05T02:13:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590348492427.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20200605014501-20200605044501-00285.warc.gz","language_score":0.9822345972061157,"token_count":490,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-24","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__87230730","lang":"en","text":"A Difference in Values  The House of Wang Lung rose in one generation from a family of poor farmers to a wealthy respected house in the novel The Good Earth by Pearl Buck. The dramatic change in social status causes the sons of Wang Lung to have different views and values from their father. His different treatment of each son also shapes each character. Although part of the same family the charachters demonstrate a difference in values. The father values the land, the youngest son values regognition, the middle son values wealth, and the eldest son values respect.  As a result of his impoverished upbringing, Wang Lung values the land more than anything else. His obsession with the land causes him to neglect his family. The youngest son receives no attention and Wang Lung's plan to have him work the land disturbs him and makes him feel like a peasant. He feels that he has to prove that he is as great as his brothers and leaves the family to join the army. The middle son watches as his inheritance passes from his father's hand into the hand of his eldest son, and complains that his share is always too small. He wants to save the families money. The eldest son receives more attention and is given more than the other two sons and wants to be respected as a great family.   The eldest son receives more attention and is given more than the other two sons and wants to be respected as a great family. Wang Lung is proud of his first born son, Nung En, and gives him more than his other two sons. One example is when Wang Lung becomes distressed because he cannot read the contracts he is signing and does not want to sign a bad deal. He hopes that sending the elder son to school to learn how to read will solve this problem. The elder son is no longer needed in the fields, because Wang Lung can now afford men to work the land. However, he ignores sending his other children to school until later.  The eldest son's greatest desire is to have his family viewed as a great house. His wife, the daughter of the grain merchant Lui, Boggs 2 grew up in a rich house, she is accustomed to wealth and respect from others, and contributes to her husband's desire. He takes Wang Lung's silver bit by bit to mend up the old House of Hwang.\nWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://rafaelotsuzi.net/2015/12/02/vitiligo-artigo-para-medicos/","date":"2018-09-21T06:23:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267156857.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20180921053049-20180921073449-00320.warc.gz","language_score":0.9163438081741333,"token_count":7345,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__15686597","lang":"en","text":"INTRODUCTION — Vitiligo is a relatively common acquired chronic disorder of pigmentation characterized by the development of white macules on the skin due to loss of epidermal melanocytes [1,2]. The depigmented areas are often symmetrical and usually increase in size with time. Given the contrast between the white patches and areas of normal skin, the disease is most disfiguring in darker skin types and has a profound impact on the quality of life of children and adults [3,4]. Patients with vitiligo often experience stigmatization, isolation, and low self-esteem [5-8].\nAlthough there is no cure for the disease, the available treatments may halt the progression of the disease and induce varying degrees of repigmentation with acceptable cosmetic results in many cases. This topic review will discuss the management of vitiligo\nGoals of treatment — The goals of treatment for vitiligo should be set with the individual patient or parents in the case of children, based upon the patient’s age and skin type, the extent, location, and degree of disease activity, and the impact of the disease on the patient’s quality of life. An open discussion with the patient about the limitations of treatment may be helpful to create realistic expectations.\nNonsegmental vitiligo has an unpredictable course, and treatment is often challenging. However, multiple therapies, including topical agents, light therapies, and autologous grafting procedures, have demonstrated efficacy for repigmentation of vitiligo . The response to treatments is generally slow and may be highly variable among patients and among different body areas in the same patient. The best outcomes are often achieved in darker skin types (Fitzpatrick IV to VI), although satisfactory results are often seen also in lighter skin types (Fitzpatrick II, III). Facial and truncal lesions respond well to treatment, while acral areas are extremely difficult to treat.\nAPPROACH — Our approach to the management of patients with vitiligo is generally consistent with published guidelines [11,12]. Topical, systemic, and light-based therapies are available for the stabilization and repigmentation of vitiligo (table 1) [13-17]. Treatment modalities are chosen in the individual patient on the basis of the disease severity, patient preference (including cost and accessibility), and response evaluation. Combination therapies, such as phototherapy plus topical or oral corticosteroids, are usually more effective than single therapies . Despite treatment, however, vitiligo has a highly unpredictable course, and the long-term persistence of repigmentation cannot be predicted .\nStabilization of rapidly progressive disease — For patients who experience rapid progression of vitiligo, with depigmented macules spreading over a few weeks or months, we suggest low-dose oral corticosteroids as first-line therapy for the stabilization (cessation of spread) of the disease (table 1). Oral prednisone is given at the dose of 5 to 10 mg per day in children and 10 to 20 mg per day in adults for a maximum of two weeks. If needed, treatment can be repeated in four to six weeks.\nIn adult patients, alternatives to oral prednisone include oral mini-pulse therapy with dexamethasone 2.5 mg on two consecutive days weekly for an average of three months or intramuscular triamcinolone 40 mg in a single administration. Treatment with triamcinolone can be repeated in four to six weeks for a maximum of three injections. (See ‘Systemic corticosteroids’ below.)\nStabilization therapy can be given with or without concomitant narrowband ultraviolet B (NB-UVB) phototherapy. However, for patients with active disseminated disease affecting multiple anatomic sites, we suggest that systemic corticosteroids and NB-UVB phototherapy be initiated concomitantly. The disease is expected to stabilize in one to three months.\nIn both adults and children in whom systemic corticosteroids are contraindicated, NB-UVB phototherapy alone may be used to stabilize active vitiligo. NB-UVB is administered two to three times weekly.\nVitiligo envolvendo menos do que 10 porcento da Superfície Corporal Total\nLocalized disease — In patients with nonsegmental stable vitiligo (no increase in size of existing lesions and absence of new lesions in the previous three to six months) that involves <10 percent of the total body surface area (TBSA) and is limited to the face, neck, trunk, or extremities, mid- to high-potency topical corticosteroids (groups two to four (table 2) are the first-line therapy. High-potency and mid-potency topical corticosteroids are applied to the involved skin once and twice daily, respectively. Agents with negligible systemic or local side effects, such as mometasone furoate, are preferred .\nThere are no studies evaluating the optimal duration of treatment with topical corticosteroids. In the author’s experience, topical corticosteroids can be used safely for two to three months, interrupted for one month, and then resumed for an additional two or three months. Others suggest a discontinuous scheme (eg, once-daily application for 15 days per month for six months).\nPatients must be monitored closely for adverse effects of topical corticosteroids, which include skin atrophy, telangiectasias, hypertrichosis, and acneiform eruptions. Limited quantities should be prescribed.\nTopical calcineurin inhibitors (tacrolimus and pimecrolimus) are the preferred first-line therapy in patients with limited disease involving the face or areas at high risk for skin atrophy. Topical calcineurin inhibitors are generally applied twice daily. They can also be used in combination with a topical corticosteroid for the first month or two, applying each one once daily.\nTopical corticosteroids — Mid- to super-high-potency topical corticosteroids are commonly used as a first-line therapy for the treatment of limited vitiligo. Their efficacy is attributed to modulation of the immune response.\nThe efficacy of topical corticosteroids as monotherapy for the treatment of vitiligo is supported by a few small randomized trials . A systematic review of 17 randomized trials examined the effect of topical corticosteroids in combination with other therapies (eg, narrowband ultraviolet B [NB-UVB], psoralen plus ultraviolet A with sunlight [PUVAsol], excimer laser) . The combination of potent or super-potent topical corticosteroids (eg, betamethasone dipropionate, mometasone furoate, clobetasol propionate) with light therapies is more effective than light therapies alone in inducing repigmentation [27-29]. However, the quality of studies was generally poor, and the study results could not be pooled because of considerable heterogeneity in study design and outcome measure.\nAdverse effects related to a prolonged use of topical corticosteroids, including folliculitis, mild atrophy, telangiectasia, and hypertrichosis, have been reported, generally in a small number of patients, in nearly all studies. Systemic absorption resulting in adrenal suppression is a concern when large areas of skin and areas with thin skin are treated for a prolonged time with potent steroids, especially in children .\nTopical calcineurin inhibitors — Tacrolimus and pimecrolimus are topical immunomodulatory agents that affect the T-cell and mast-cell function and inhibit the synthesis and release of multiple proinflammatory cytokines, including interferon-gamma, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5, and IL-10 [30-32]. In contrast with topical corticosteroids, topical calcineurin inhibitors do not induce skin atrophy, striae, or telangiectasias and are increasingly used for the treatment of facial vitiligo.\nThe efficacy of tacrolimus and pimecrolimus alone or in combination with other therapies for the treatment of nonsegmental vitiligo has been evaluated in several randomized trials including either adults or children with vitiligo .\n●In a randomized trial, 100 children (55 children with facial vitiligo; 45 with nonfacial vitiligo) were treated with topical corticosteroid (clobetasol propionate 0.05%), tacrolimus 0.1%, or placebo for six months . Among children with facial vitiligo, the success rate (defined as repigmentation >50 percent) was the same in the topical corticosteroid and tacrolimus groups (58 percent); however, among children with nonfacial vitiligo, the success rate was higher in the topical corticosteroid group compared with the tacrolimus groups (39 versus 23 percent). The success rate in the placebo group was 7 percent.\n●Another randomized trial including 44 adult patients with stable vitiligo compared 0.1% tacrolimus ointment twice daily, 1% pimecrolimus cream twice daily, and NB-UVB phototherapy three times a week for 24 weeks . At the end of the study, there was no significant difference among treatments in the repigmentation for any anatomical site.\n●In a 12-week open, randomized study, 53 patients with vitiligo were treated with 308 nm monochromatic excimer light (MEL) twice weekly plus 0.1% tacrolimus and oral vitamin E daily, 308 nm MEL twice weekly plus daily oral vitamin E, or daily oral vitamin E alone . At the end of the study, good to excellent repigmentation was achieved in 70 percent of patients in the MEL plus tacrolimus and vitamin E group, 55 percent of those in the MEL plus vitamin E group, and in none of the patients in the vitamin E group.\n●In an open trial, 40 children with nonsegmental, focal, or segmental vitiligo were treated with 0.1% mometasone furoate cream once daily or 1% pimecrolimus cream twice daily for three months . Moderate or marked responses were seen in 11 patients (55 percent) in the mometasone furoate group and in 7 (35 percent) in the pimecrolimus group, but the difference was not statistically significant.\nAlthough the increased risk of skin cancer among transplant patients treated with systemic calcineurin inhibitors is well recognized, the use of topical calcineurin inhibitors does not seem to be associated with an increased risk for skin or systemic malignancies [37-39]. However, based upon animal studies documenting an increased risk of lymphoma and skin cancers associated with topical or systemic exposure to calcineurin inhibitors and to reports of cancer cases in children who used topical pimecrolimus or tacrolimus for atopic dermatitis, in 2006 the US Food and Drug Administration placed a boxed warning on the prescribing information for these medications. Labeling also recommends that these agents should not be used in combination with ultraviolet (UV) light therapy.\nUnproven topical therapies — The benefit of topical vitamin D3 analogues in the treatment of vitiligo is controversial. A few small randomized trials evaluated the role of calcipotriol and tacalcitol in combination with psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUVA), narrowband ultraviolet (NB-UV), or natural sunlight for the treatment of nonsegmental vitiligo with conflicting results [40-42].\n●In a prospective right-left 24-week comparative study including 24 patients with vitiligo, there were no statistically significant differences between the sides treated with NB-UVB monotherapy and the sides treated with NB-UVB plus calcipotriol .\n●In another right-left comparative study, 35 patients with generalized vitiligo applied calcipotriol 0.05 mg/g cream or placebo to the reference lesions one hour before PUVA treatment twice weekly . Lesions on the side treated with calcipotriol plus PUVA had a fourfold increase in the likelihood of achieving greater than 75 percent repigmentation sooner than the side treated with placebo plus PUVA (mean number of PUVA sessions 9 and 12, respectively).\nNarrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy — NB-UVB involves the use of UV lamps with a peak emission of approximately 311 nm . These shorter wavelengths provide higher-energy fluences and induce less cutaneous erythema. NB-UVB induces local immunosuppression and apoptosis; stimulates the production of melanocyte-stimulating hormones, basic fibroblasts, growth factor, and endothelin I; and increases melanocyte proliferation and melanogenesis [43-45]. (See “UVB therapy (broadband and narrowband)”.)\nDue to its lack of systemic toxicity and its good safety profile in both children and adults, NB-UVB phototherapy has emerged as the initial treatment of choice for patients with vitiligo involving >10 percent of the body surface area (BSA). NB-UVB can be used for both stabilization and repigmentation of vitiligo (picture 3).\nA meta-analysis of three randomized trials comparing oral PUVA with NB-UVB found a 60 percent higher proportion of participants achieving >75 percent repigmentation in the NB-UVB group compared with the oral PUVA group . The additive effect of tacrolimus ointment (0.1%) applied once daily combined with NB-UVB in the treatment of vitiligo has been evaluated in one randomized trial . In this study, 40 patients with stable, symmetrical vitiligo were treated with tacrolimus ointment 0.1% on one side of their body and a placebo ointment on the other side plus whole-body NB-UVB two or three times weekly for at least three months. In 27 of 40 patients, a greater reduction in the target lesion area was seen in the side treated with tacrolimus compared with the side treated with NB-UVB alone (42 versus 29 percent). However, a possible increase in the risk of skin cancer with this combination therapy cannot be excluded.\nA 2017 meta-analysis of 35 randomized and nonrandomized studies including 1428 patients compared the repigmentation rates of NB-UVB and PUVA by treatment duration . For NB-UVB, a ≥75 percent repigmentation was achieved by 13, 19, and 36 percent of patients at 3, 6, and 12 months of treatment, respectively. For PUVA, ≥75 percent repigmentation was achieved by 9 percent of patients at 6 months and 14 percent at 12 months. The results of this meta-analysis confirm the superiority of NB-UVB over PUVA and suggest that phototherapy should be continued for at least 12 months to achieve a maximal response.\nOnly a few small observational studies have evaluated the duration of repigmentation in patients with vitiligo treated with phototherapy. In a small observational study of 11 patients followed up for two years after treatment with NB-UVB phototherapy, five maintained areas of repigmentation and six experienced complete or partial relapse of vitiligo at previously repigmented sites . In another study including 15 children treated with NB-UVB phototherapy and followed up for a mean of 12 months after completing treatment, six showed stable repigmentation, four further improvement, and three complete or partial regression of the pigmentation achieved with treatment .\nPUVA photochemotherapy — Historically, photochemotherapy with topical or systemic PUVA radiation was the “gold standard” treatment for the repigmentation of vitiligo but has been largely replaced by NB-UVB phototherapy. PUVA is associated with substantial adverse effects, including phototoxicity and gastrointestinal discomfort, and requires patients to use ocular protection for 12 to 24 hours following treatment. In addition, the long-term risk of skin cancer is well established for PUVA . (See “Psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUVA) photochemotherapy”.)\nTargeted phototherapy — Targeted phototherapy using 308 nm monochromatic excimer lamps or lasers has demonstrated efficacy for the treatment of localized vitiligo (picture 2) . These devices deliver high-intensity light only to the affected areas while avoiding exposure of the healthy skin and lowering the cumulative ultraviolet B (UVB) dose. (See “Targeted phototherapy”.)\nA systematic review of six randomized trials (411 patients with 764 lesions) found that excimer lamps and excimer lasers were equally effective in inducing ≥50 percent and ≥75 percent repigmentation . Although the repigmentation may occur more rapidly with more frequent weekly treatments, the final result appears to be related to the overall number of treatment sessions rather than their frequency .\n●In a study of eight patients with vitiligo, 24 symmetric vitiliginous areas were treated with the excimer laser three times per week for a total of 24 treatments . Topical tacrolimus ointment or placebo was applied to randomized affected areas twice daily throughout the length of the trial. Fifty percent of the areas treated with the combination excimer laser and topical tacrolimus achieved ≥75 percent repigmentation compared with 20 percent of the areas treated with placebo.\n●In a 12-week open randomized study, 53 patients with vitiligo were treated with 308 nm MEL twice weekly plus 0.1% tacrolimus and oral vitamin E daily, 308 nm MEL twice weekly plus daily oral vitamin E, or daily oral vitamin E alone . At the end of the study, good to excellent repigmentation was achieved in 70 percent of patients in the MEL plus tacrolimus and vitamin E group, 55 percent of those in the MEL plus vitamin E group, and in none of the patients in the vitamin E group.\nSystemic corticosteroids — Low-dose oral corticosteroids are generally utilized for the stabilization of rapidly progressive vitiligo, often in combination with NB-UVB phototherapy. Evidence for their efficacy in halting the spread of vitiligo is limited to a few uncontrolled studies [56-58].\n●In one study, 81 patients were treated with prednisolone 0.3 mg/kg per day for two months, and then the dose was progressively reduced in the subsequent three months . Control of disease progression was achieved in approximately 90 percent of patients and repigmentation in 74 percent.\n●In another study, 40 patients with extensive or rapidly spreading vitiligo were treated with oral mini-pulses of betamethasone or dexamethasone (5 mg in single dose) on two consecutive days per week for several months. After one to three months, vitiligo progression was arrested in 32 of 36 patients with active disease .\nOral corticosteroids are not effective as a repigmenting therapy for stable vitiligo. In a small open-label trial, 86 patients with progressive nonsegmental vitiligo were treated with oral mini-pulses of betamethasone (0.1 mg/kg twice weekly on two consecutive days for three months followed by 1 mg every month for the following three months) alone or in combination with PUVA, NB-UVB, or broadband UVB . At six months, marked or moderate improvement was achieved in 15 percent of patients treated with corticosteroids alone versus 85 percent of patients treated with corticosteroids plus PUVA, 81 percent of those treated with corticosteroids plus NB-UVB, and 33 percent of those treated with corticosteroids plus broadband-UVB.\nComplementary and alternative therapies — Oral supplementation with antioxidants and vitamins is often used as an adjunctive treatment for vitiligo, usually in combination with phototherapy. However, there is limited evidence from high-quality studies to support their use.\n●Vitamins – A few small uncontrolled studies have reported stabilization and repigmentation in vitiligo patients treated with UVB phototherapy and high-dose vitamin supplementation, vitamin C, vitamin B12, and folic acid [60,61].\n●Alpha-lipoic acid – Alpha-lipoic acid is an organosulfur compound derived from octanoic acid. It is widely available as an over-the-counter nutritional supplement and has been marketed as an antioxidant. The efficacy of alpha-lipoic acid in vitiligo was demonstrated in one randomized trial including 35 patients with nonsegmental vitiligo . In this study, twice-daily oral supplementation with alpha-lipoic acid, vitamin E, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and cysteine monohydrate combined with NB-UVB twice weekly for six months resulted in significantly more patients (47 versus 18 percent) achieving >75 percent repigmentation compared with phototherapy alone. In addition, repigmentation occurred earlier with lower cumulative UVB dose. Biochemical evaluations at two and six months showed increased catalase activity, decreased intracellular reactive oxygen species production, and reduced membrane peroxidation in the combination-treatment group. Despite these promising results, further studies are needed to confirm the benefit of alpha-lipoic acid supplementation in the management of vitiligo.\n●Ginkgo biloba – Extracts from the Ginkgo biloba leaf have long been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat various conditions, including cutaneous, neurologic, and vascular disorders. The two main groups of active constituents responsible for G. biloba’s medicinal effects are terpene lactones (ginkgolides and bilobalides) and ginkgo flavone glycosides, which are present in varying concentrations in the leaf of the ginkgo tree. (See “Clinical use of ginkgo biloba”.)\nOnly a few investigations have evaluated ginkgo’s use in the management of vitiligo.\n•A small randomized trial reported that the spread of vitiligo was arrested in 20 of 25 subjects receiving 40 mg of G. biloba extract three times daily for six months but in none of 22 subjects in the placebo group . In addition, 10 patients in the active treatment group but only two in the placebo group showed >75 percent repigmentation.\n•Another pilot study found significant improvements in total Vitiligo Area Scoring Index and Vitiligo European Task Force assessment in 12 participants following 12 weeks of supplementation with twice-daily G. biloba extract . In addition to repigmentation, active depigmentation ceased in all patients with acrofacial vitiligo.\n●Polypodium leucotomos – In one randomized trial, NB-UVB in combination with oral extracts of Polypodium leucotomos, a tropical fern with antioxidant and immunomodulator properties, was more effective than NB-UVB alone in inducing repigmentation of vitiligo in the head and neck area (50 versus 19 percent) after 25 weeks . No difference was noted in other body areas.\nSurgical therapies — Surgical therapies have been used for vitiligo for the past 25 years and remain viable options for patients with localized depigmented areas that have been unresponsive to medical intervention [66-69]. They include:\n●Autologous suction blister grafts [70,71]\n●Minigrafts or punch grafts [72-74]\n●Split-thickness grafts [75,76]\n●Autologous melanocyte cultures\n●Cultured epidermal suspensions [77,78]\n●Autologous noncultured epidermal cell suspension \n●Hair follicle transplantation [80-82]\nThe scope of transplantation procedures is the transfer of a reservoir of healthy melanocytes to vitiliginous skin for proliferation and migration into areas of depigmentation. Transplantation procedures are contraindicated for patients with a history of hypertrophic scars or keloids.\nA systematic review of randomized trials and observational studies of autologous transplantation methods for vitiligo concluded that maximal repigmentation occurred in patients treated with split-thickness grafting and epidermal blister grafting . Both treatment groups achieved success rates of 90 percent repigmentation.\nOther studies have reported the benefits of transplantation of autologous melanocyte cultures and epidermal suspensions containing both melanocytes and keratinocytes [67,77,79]. In one randomized trial comparing autologous noncultured epidermal cell suspension with suction blister grafts in 41 patients, a repigmentation ≥75 percent was achieved in over 85 percent of lesions in both treatment groups . However, more lesions in the noncultured epidermal cell suspension group achieved a 90 to 100 percent repigmentation compared with those in the suction blister group (70 versus 27 percent).\nAdverse effects of surgical therapies include cobblestoning, scarring, graft depigmentation, and graft displacement. Suction blister grafts and split skin grafts may be associated with the Koebner phenomenon at the donor site, a complication of major clinical importance since it results in the development of new vitiligo lesions . Other adverse effects include hypopigmentation, hyperpigmentation, scarring, and infection at both donor and recipient sites. Punch grafting or minigrafting adverse effects include lack of color blending and matching with the surrounding normal skin, cobblestoning, and “polka dot” appearance .\nFactors influencing the outcome of transplantation techniques include age, site of lesion, and type of vitiligo. In a series of 117 patients, the best results were achieved for patients younger than age 20 and patients with segmental vitiligo, whereas the grafting site did not significantly affect the outcome .\nDepigmentation — Since the 1950s, monobenzyl ether of hydroquinone (monobenzone) has been used as a depigmenting agent for patients with extensive vitiligo [84,85]. Monobenzone causes permanent destruction of melanocytes and induces depigmentation locally and remotely from the sites of application. Thus, the use of monobenzone for other disorders of pigmentation is contraindicated. The major side effects of monobenzone therapy are irritant contact dermatitis and pruritus, which usually respond to topical and systemic steroids. Other side effects include severe xerosis, alopecia, and premature graying.\n●Afamelanotide – Afamelanotide, a potent and longer-lasting synthetic analog of naturally occurring alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH), is a novel intervention for vitiligo [86,87]. Its use is based upon the demonstration of defects in the melanocortin system in patients with vitiligo, including decreased circulating and lesional skin levels of alpha-MSH . Afamelanotide is delivered as a subcutaneous, bioresorbable implant that promotes melanocyte proliferation and melanogenesis.\nThe safety and efficacy of afamelanotide implants combined with NB-UVB were assessed in an observational study of four patients with generalized vitiligo . Patients were treated three times weekly with NB-UVB for one month and then administered a series of four monthly implants containing 16 mg of afamelanotide. Follicular and confluent areas of repigmentation were evident within two days to four weeks after the initial implant. Afamelanotide induced fast and deep repigmentation as well as diffuse hyperpigmentation in all cases. In a subsequent randomized trial including 55 patients with skin type III to VI and vitiligo involving 15 to 50 percent of the BSA, patients in the NB-UVB plus afamelanotide group achieved a greater repigmentation than patients in the NB-UVB monotherapy group at five months (49 versus 33 percent) .\n●Prostaglandin E2 – Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is a potentially beneficial treatment for localized stable vitiligo. PGE2 controls the proliferation of melanocytes by means of stimulant and immunomodulatory effects. In a consecutive series of patients with stable vitiligo, repigmentation occurred in 40 of 56 patients treated with PGE2 0.25 mg/g gel twice daily for six months . The response was excellent in 22 of 40 patients, with complete repigmentation observed in eight patients.\n●Bimatoprost – Bimatoprost, a synthetic analog of prostaglandin F2-alpha approved for the topical treatment of glaucoma and hypotrichosis of the eyelashes, is associated with hyperpigmentation of periocular skin caused by increased melanogenesis . The efficacy of bimatoprost in the treatment of vitiligo was initially evaluated in a preliminary study of 10 patients with localized vitiligo treated with bimatoprost 0.03% ophthalmic solution twice daily for four months . Of the 10 patients, three had 100 percent repigmentation, three had 75 to 99 percent repigmentation, and one patient had 50 to 75 percent repigmentation. The best responses were observed on the face.\nA subsequent proof-of-concept randomized trial compared the efficacy of bimatoprost 0.03% ophthalmic solution alone and in combination with a topical steroid (mometasone) with mometasone alone in 32 patients with nonsegmental, nonfacial stable vitiligo involving <5 percent of the body surface area . At 20 weeks, none of the patients achieved the prespecified end point of 50 to 75 percent repigmentation. However, in a post-hoc analysis using a less stringent definition of response (25 to 50 percent repigmentation), patients treated with bimatoprost, either alone or with mometasone, achieved a greater repigmentation in the neck and trunk than patients treated with mometasone alone.\n●Topical ruxolitinib – Ruxolitinib is a Janus kinase 1 and 2 inhibitor approved for the treatment of intermediate- or high-risk myelofibrosis and polycythemia vera. In a phase 2, proof-of-concept trial, topical ruxolitinib 1.5% cream was administered twice daily to 11 adult patients with vitiligo involving at least 1 percent of the body surface area for 20 weeks . Eight of 11 patients had some response to treatment, with a mean improvement of the Vitiligo Area Scoring Index of 23 percent. The best response was observed in patients with facial vitiligo. The main adverse effect was erythema over the treated lesion.\nPSYCHOLOGIC INTERVENTIONS — There is a scarcity of high-quality studies evaluating the efficacy of psychologic interventions in the management of patients with vitiligo. One small randomized trial found that cognitive-behavioral therapy in addition to conventional therapies was effective in improving the quality of life, self-esteem, and perceived body image in adult patients with vitiligo and even influenced the course of the disease itself .\nCAMOUFLAGE — Cosmetic camouflage can be beneficial for patients with vitiligo affecting exposed areas such as the face, neck, and hands. Camouflage products include foundation-based cosmetics and self-tanning products containing dihydroxyacetone (DHA). DHA-based products are most popular because they provide lasting color for up to several days and are not immediately rubbed off onto clothing. Tattooing or micropigmentation should be avoided, given the risk of koebnerization and oxidation of tattoo pigment causing further dyschromia. (See “Vitiligo: Pathogenesis, clinical features, and diagnosis”, section on ‘Koebner phenomenon’.)\nPROGNOSIS — Vitiligo is a chronic disease with a highly unpredictable course. Early-onset vitiligo appears to be associated with involvement of a greater body surface area involvement and increased rate of disease progression . Despite treatment, most patients experience alternating periods of pigment loss and disease stability for their entire life. Occasionally, patients may experience spontaneous repigmentation.\nPatients who have organ-specific autoantibodies have an increased risk of developing subclinical or overt autoimmune disease . (See “Vitiligo: Pathogenesis, clinical features, and diagnosis”, section on ‘Associated disorders’.)\nSUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS\n●Vitiligo is a chronic, relapsing disease. The goals of treatment include the stabilization of active disease and the repigmentation of depigmented patches. However, the response to treatments is slow and may be highly variable among patients and among different body areas in the same patient. (See ‘Patient evaluation’ above and ‘Assessment of severity’ above and ‘Goals of treatment’above.)\n●In patients with rapidly progressive vitiligo (ie, depigmented macules spreading over a few weeks or months), we suggest systemic corticosteroids as adjunct therapy to narrowband ultraviolet B (NB-UVB) phototherapy for stabilization (Grade 2C). (See ‘Stabilization of rapidly progressive disease’ above.)\n●For patients with vitiligo involving <10 percent of the total body surface area (TBSA), we suggest topical corticosteroids as initial therapy (Grade 2C). Topical corticosteroids are applied once daily for two to three months and then interrupted for one month. Topical calcineurin inhibitors are preferred to topical corticosteroids for body areas at increased risk of atrophy. Targeted phototherapy is an option for patients with limited vitiligo who do not respond to topical therapies. (See ‘Vitiligo involving <10 percent of the TBSA’ above.)\n●For patients with vitiligo involving 10 to 40 percent of the TBSA, we suggest phototherapy with NB-UVB (Grade 2B). Phototherapy is administered two to three times per week for 9 to 12 months or up to 200 treatments. Topical corticosteroids or topical calcineurin inhibitors may be intermittently used in combination with NB-UVB phototherapy. (See ‘Vitiligo involving 10 to 40 percent of the TBSA’ above.)\n●Surgical therapies involving the autologous transplantation of healthy melanocytes in depigmented areas are an option for patients with localized, recalcitrant vitiligo and for patients with segmental vitiligo. (See ‘Localized recalcitrant vitiligo’ above and ‘Segmental vitiligo’ above.)\n●Depigmentation of residual pigmented areas with monobenzyl ether of hydroquinone (monobenzone) can be considered for patients with extensive recalcitrant vitiligo that does not respond to repigmentation regimens and for those with extensive vitiligo who do not desire undergoing repigmentation treatments.\nFonte uptodate – atualizado em outubro de 2017","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.nicezine.com/view/thiscrazymiraclecalledlife.html","date":"2013-05-21T02:36:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699675907/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102115-00033-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9756131172180176,"token_count":4027,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__105379831","lang":"en","text":"- Reconstructive surgery\n- In recent news: Liver Preserver Holds Promise for Transplant Patients\n- Understanding Chronic Pain\n- A liver for Chelsea\n- Not them\n- Caregivers’ Month blog carnival\n- All happiness\n- Giveaway Winners\nBefore I leave for Europe, I want to to leave you with this. I found this today, and apparently I posted it somewhere else - just months before I found out I needed a liver transplant. Today, these words ring so much truer today than when I posted them before. This is for me and you, everyone out there who is tired of waiting, feels it will never end, and is frustrated trying to see the purpose. Oh what I have learned in the waiting…\nDESPERATELY, HELPLESSLY, LONGINGLY, I CRIED; Quietly, patiently, lovingly, God replied. I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate . . . And the Master so gently said, \"WAIT.\" Wait? you say wait? my indignant reply. Lord, I need answers, I NEED TO KNOW WHY! Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard? By faith I have asked, and I'm claiming your Word. My future and all to which I relate Hangs in the balance, and you tell me to wait? I'm needing a 'yes', a go-ahead sign, Or even a 'no' to which I can resign. YOU PROMISED, DEAR LORD, that if we believe, We need but to ask, and we shall receive. And Lord I've been asking, and this is my cry: I'm weary of asking! I need a reply.\" Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate, As my Master replied again, \"WAIT.\" So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut, And grumbled to God, \"So, I'm waiting for WHAT?\" He seemed then to kneel, and His eyes met with mine . . . and He tenderly said, \"I could give you a sign. I could shake the heavens and darken the sun. I could raise the dead and cause mountains to run. I could give all you seek and pleased you would be. YOU'D HAVE WHAT YOU WANT, BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW ME. You'd not know the DEPTH OF MY LOVE for each saint. You'd not know the POWER that I give to the faint. You'd not learn to SEE THROUGH CLOUDS OF DESPAIR; You'd not learn to TRUST just by knowing I'm there. You'd not know the JOY of RESTING in Me When darkness and silence are all you can see. You'd never experience the FULLNESS OF LOVE When the PEACE OF MY SPIRIT descends like a dove. You would know that I GIVE, and I SAVE, for a start, But you'd NOT KNOW THE DEPTH OF THE BEAT OF MY HEART. THE GLOW OF MY COMFORT late into the night, THE FAITH THAT I GIVE when you walk without sight. THE DEPTH THAT'S BEYOND getting just what you ask FROM AN INFINITE GOD who makes what you have last. You'd never know, should your pain quickly flee, What it means that My grace is sufficient for thee. Yes, your dearest dreams overnight would come true, But, oh, the LOSS, if you missed what I'm DOING IN YOU. So, be SILENT, my CHILD, and IN TIME you will see That the GREATEST OF GIFTS is to TRULY KNOW ME. And though oft My answers SEEM terribly late, My most precious answer of all is STILL . . . WAIT.Russell Kelfer, 1980 _Thank you to my precious donor family, whoever and wherever you are, for choosing to give the gift of life. Because of you and your sweet son, I am fulfilling my dreams all around the world. My heart is swollen with gratitude; I could never find the words to express it._\nThe time has come. As I'm nearing 3 years post-transplant and my incision has been cut open wide twice now, my transplant surgeon and the head of plastics/reconstructive surgery at the Cleveland Clinic have agreed to flip the green light on fixing the atrocity that has become my abdomen. As some of you know, it was badly infected after my first surgery, so the second surgeon tried to close it to look better when he was done, but there really wasn't much to make a large difference without gutting the whole thing and starting new. So that's what we're doing at the end of the summer. Yes, we are gutting my stomach just like a kitchen, ripping out the old, putting up the clean and new. I don't think this journey will be a fun one, especially as I'm not required to do it. You just go along with show when your life doesn't have a chance. But this is 100% my choice. I've looked forward to this day for so long, but now that it's here, I'm not sure if I want it. You see, my stomach boldly shows all of my battle scars. The staples, stitches, tubes, and drains. I trace them when I'm falling asleep sometimes. They are the only proof of my story, the only souvenir these past years of hell have left me with. I don't like what it is, but I like the idea of having it. I've come to learn to ignore it pretty well and have long stopped getting sick every time I get out of the shower and have to look at it. It's a nuisance and affects my clothes and my posture, and it's not pretty, so you'd think the decision would be easy. But all 90 gashes surrounding my bold Mercedes-Benz logo, and each big bump where a tube or drain once fell from… they each so fully tell my story. The agony, the pain, and the rising again. It's very symbolic to me. [Every time I say Mercedes-Benz I think of my friend Jenn S. who said, \"Well at least its not a Hyundai.\" #transplantfunny] I will follow-through, but I'm sharing my mental process here as I know a lot of us are being transplanted younger and younger, these things are becoming issues. I have no indication that this surgery for this reason has ever been done before, so if you feel like me and hope someone has had good results from this , then I'm happy you're here reading along. I pray my experiences partially influence the future of transplants where you soon won't have to look like you've had a near-death experience from the lines and grooves of your abdomen. The memories are bad enough in my mind. I don't need them tattooed all over my skin.\nSaw this in the Wall Street Journal, Weekend Edition March 16-17, 2013. Liver Preserver Holds Promise for Transplant Patients\nScientists from Britain's Oxford University have invented a device that preserves human livers outside the body for up to 24 hours, an advance that could potentially make more of the organs available for transplant at a time when demand is climbing.This has huge potential. The future of medicine is so exciting for transplant patients.\nI learned of Chelsea last week and my heart broke in two reading of her story. I read every page on her website and took in each word. To refresh your memory, hepatocellular carcinoma, or HCC, is the adult form of liver cancer that my doctor discovered I had in May, 2010, which led me to transplant 3.5 months later. 21 year old Chelsea was diagnosed with HCC at age 4 and was treated with 40 chemo treatments and several surgeries. I don't know her story in detail, but I'm sure she dealt with much more, including the emotional agony of growing up in hospitals. Her mother gave her a partial liver transplant at age 7 and it lasted 7 years longer than it was projected (14 total). However, she endured some complications that left her liver damaged. All of the issues had caused strain on her kidneys, and she was forced onto dialysis. She lived at Cleveland Clinic in the ICU for a long period of time as she waited for a rare liver: intact (vs. partial), small (her years of illness caused her to be small), and O- blood type. As I know from my nursing experience, type O isn't the easiest type to match. Since Chelsea is my age, with my disease, with a history of several illnesses, and the same transplant team as I have, I felt an instant connection. We share so much in common. I wished I could do something to encourage or help her. _ My mom was watching late night news tonight, and then there it was - the newscaster said the words \"liver transplant\" so I instantly looked up. Chelsea's picture came onto the screen just as they said she lost her battle today. Chelsea had gotten a liver last night and from the times posted on her website, it seems as if her body succumbed during the actual transplant. Tears came to my eyes, and I gasped. I told my mom the whole story, and she was upset as well. Then she told me how blessed I am. When people like Chelsea are out there, I don't feel as blessed. I'm so caught up in the \"Why me?\" \"Why her?\" questions. Why did I live through the surgery while Chelsea didn't? She was a year or two younger than me at the time of her transplant so you'd think she'd have a better chance than me. I was small and needed a rare donor as well, yet I waited only 3.5 months. I never got to that point where I was in the ICU for days like Chelsea, or, like my hospital roommate last month, in end-stage liver failure, full of several liters of fluid that needed drained regularly. Who chooses who suffers most? Who chooses who gets it worse before some kind of intervention - supernatural, surgical, or otherwise? All transplant patients have unique bonds. We share each other's struggles and triumphs. We wish we could take the pain from any fellow one, whether we know them or just hear their story. We are all entered - involuntarily - into this club, the Transplant Club, and if death or complications harm any of our brothers or sisters, well that just won't work for us. We put up a fight because we have been there. The hit is too close to home. Who chooses who has tragic complications? Why can't we all triumph through? Why can't our youngest ones pull through to live happy, healthier lives? Doesn't it seem obvious? I'm grieving for a girl who I never knew. She's my transplant sister, so I love her anyways. I wanted to send her a card telling her my story and how I was pulling and praying for her. I was hoping my story would encourage her to keep pulling through, to give her more hope to keep going another day. Sadly, she'll never see my card. Rest in peace, sweet Chelsea. All of your transplant brothers and sisters are crying for you today. We pray for your family and friends and hope even in your death, your story will live on and continue spreading to thousands of people, giving everyone courage, strength, and perspective, inspiring each one to ultimately donate life.\nIt was a wonderful Saturday with my mentor, Rita, as we sat down for another quiet yet passionate discussion about the blessings we receive or the issues we face. Rita is special to me as she is the mother of a friend I grew up with at school since first grade, and she was my seventh grade science teacher. We had not seen each other in years, and we were purposefully matched together in a mentoring program. God had a hand in the match up as we have strikingly similar personalities, struggles, and challenges. Rita has gone through many relationship and health obstacles and has fought through everything with grace and beauty. She has much insight on suffering and living fully despite it, noticing God's blessings each step of the way. And so on this particular day, I mentioned to her how I've been in heightened realization of my physical weaknesses lately. I told her how I've felt opposition from a couple of individuals as they sometimes judge me independent of my pain and fatigue, my daily struggle to live as normal of a life as possible for a patient with fibromyalgia, chronic pain, and a past of 17 years of liver disease ending with a liver transplant and two subsequent surgeries. I bemoaned how I deeply wish they could see my point of view, how desperately hard I want them to realize what I deal with each day so they could tread more cautiously and deliberately. Of course, I meant it figuratively as in wishing they could just imagine what kind of physical and emotional pain I deal with and how my various thresholds can be so challenged at times. Pausing to choose her words and then in her gentlest voice, she said this to me.\nAt times, we so greatly wish for people to see where we walk, yet at the same time, we try harder to hide it from them and pray in the depths of our hearts that they will never truly know what we experience.As frustrating as it is, I am realizing it's a good thing these people cannot relate to me because to be able to fully do so, they would have had to not only journey _beside_ me through the years as they have done so diligently, but rather physically suffer through _exactly_ what I have over the years. My mind stopped immediately at this realization. I whispered intently, \"I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.\" \"Yes,\" she continued. \"There are times I cannot even tell my daughter exactly what I'm going through. It would kill her to know.\" Oh how true. For example, I have been protecting my these loved ones, shielding them from the worst, ever since I was in elementary school. They don't know this, and I don't even want to tell them now. To hide things like this from people so close almost sounds like a punishable wrongdoing. Yet we continue on in order to protect our loved ones, and we hold our breath hoping and praying they will never go through what we have, no not possibly that. Not this. Not anyone, _but especially not them._ And so I proceed, journey on, more tolerant of their judgments, tempers, and inability to understand as _I strive to daily thank the Lord that they just can't comprehend what I've endured._ It's not easy; I will assure you of that. But when you love people, it's really the only option. May we take pleasure in our sufferings as they draw us nearer to our Lord and Him to us. He has willingly been through anything we could ever face in life just so He can truly, 100% understand what it feels like and in the meantime, guide us triumphantly to the other side.\nI haven't said much lately because life has been pretty still for me. My heart has been _quiet_- there have been no major health scares and my loved ones are well. All is _quiet_ here. Yet isn't it funny how \"_quiet_\" and \"normal\" to people like me means sinus infections, shingles and its post-herpatic neuralgia, carpel tunnel, anesthesia treatments, and a few ER visits. And isn't it funny how when you're living your love, you just don't notice as much? I've spent so much time with my kids, my family, and my friends, and I've been so busy with my classes, commitments, and trying not to push my body off the deep end. But I have to give the most credit to my kids. They are the reason I get out of bed each day. They are the people who say the funniest things and make me smile from ear to ear. They give the best hugs and show me how important I really am and affirm my love is mutual. This is the _quiet_ balance that keeps my life running and my joy before my pain. For those wondering, up to bat after Christmas is Botox treatments for my migraines, a consult with an orthopedic surgeon about my carpal tunnel, my biannual tumor markers/CT scan in a few months, and maybe even abdominal reconstruction surgery. Those are my possibilities and I pray I get through what comes with grace and _quiet_. To some, that may sound scary or daunting, but when you have pain or issues, peace is getting it fixed. So with the best things present in my life, I will proceed with my plans. And with my family, friends, little loves, and Lord - I will transcend. Praise Jehovah Jireh!\nUnited States' President Barack Obama officially signed November, 2012 as National Caregiver's Month. This is very special as all of us patients know how much caregivers truly sacrifice to _care_. And care _well_. It takes a special person to be not just a caregiver but a good caregiver, a caregiver who promotes health, wellness, comfort, and support in all he or she does. Caregivers are parents, children, doctors, nurses, friends, and even staff on the hospital's transport team or in the gift shop. They may be in unexpected places in unexpected positions, but we are completely grateful to them for sharing their smiles and hearts. In this month of Thanksgiving, honoring them seems almost obvious. For this month's international Patients for A Moment blog carnival, our topic - in honor of the month - is CAREGIVERS. Everyone is welcome to share a blog post about a caregiver, caregivers, or even being a caregiver. Please comment with a link to your post _and_ any special comments about your post OR send an email with the preceding information to agoodwin2010 (at) gmail (dot) com with the subject of PATIENTS FOR A MOMENT. Submissions are due November 24 so you have time to gather your thoughts after the US Thanksgiving holiday. The final edition will run live here on Crazy Miracle on November 30. Please write and submit! No submission is too small or insignificant. Share your voice - I know we all have something to say about this topic. Love to you all!\n“If anyone would tell you the shortest, surest way to all happiness and all perfection, he must tell you to make a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you. It is certain that whatever seeming calamity happens to you, if you thank and praise God for it, you turn it into a blessing. If you could work miracles, therefore, you could not do more for yourself than by this thankful spirit. It heals and turns all that it touches into happiness.”- William Law in A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life\nWhat a response to our giveaway! The winners are KENDRA GILLILAN and RANDI so if you could please shoot me an email at agoodwin2010 (at) gmail (dot) com with your color preference and mailing address, I'll get your hair ties right out to you! Thanks to all who entered. Your comments were very touching and I enjoyed reading each one. We each have such a unique and special story to tell, and that's part of this crazy miracle. Love you all, Amanda","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.salemalliance.org/572114.ihtml","date":"2013-12-08T19:20:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163798888/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204132958-00006-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9319239854812622,"token_count":372,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__172417114","lang":"en","text":"A PLEA FOR PURITY by Johann Christoph Arnold 248.4 Arnold\nJohann Arnold addresses the pain resulting from broken relationships and the misuse of\nsexual intimacy. With fresh biblical insights into critical issues, he offers hope, healing, and a\nnew beginning to those who have experienced discouragement or failure.\nJESUS THROUGH MIDDLE EASTERN EYES by Ken Bailey 232.9 Bailey\nKen Bailey provides a rich feast of information about Jesus’ times and teachings. He draws on\nhis own life in the Middle East as well as his expert knowledge of Biblical times.\nPAUL THROUGH MEDITERRANEAN EYES by Ken Bailey 227.2 Bailey\nKen Bailey’s rich study of I Corinthians draws on ancient Middle Eastern sources to shed\nfresh light on this great epistle.\nFRIENDS OF THE HEART by Emilie Barnes & Donna Otto 241.6 Barnes\nA special friendship is a gift to treasure. Emilie Barnes and Donna Otto share how to begin\nand maintain cherished relationships in all seasons of life.\nNO GREAT LOVE by Levi Benkert 266.0092 Benkert\nCalifornia businessman Levi Benkert received an urgent phone call from a friend to drop\neverything and fly to Ethiopia to help organize a rescue orphanage for children with even\nslight defects who were destined to be murdered by their own parents as part of a tribal\nsuperstition known as “mingi.” A two week trip lead Levi and his family to move to Ethiopia\nindefinitely as they worked to establish the orphanage and find adoptive homes for the\nFor new books geared to women, men, parents, children, and more click HERE.\nHelp Us Build Our DVD Collection. For a list of suggested titles click HERE.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://electroniccolorado.com/endless-sky-in-every-direction/","date":"2021-05-09T10:47:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243988966.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20210509092814-20210509122814-00222.warc.gz","language_score":0.9787964224815369,"token_count":901,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__155403578","lang":"en","text":"Just off the Wyoming border lies a land that is truly magnificent and magical. A land that is secluded from the busy, loud, obnoxious city bustle and void of any outside interference; a place entirely left alone by society and a place one can honestly call peaceful. It is a place that stretches endlessly in every direction until it kisses the sky on the horizon without the interruption or sight of a mountain, hill, house, tree or bush. In every direction, one can see only Endless Sky.\nThe beautiful private ranch (which is owned by a very generous and happy man who took pleasure in meeting everyone who was partying on his land) could have been on the Moon or Mars for all that mattered, that’s how wonderfully private and secluded the festival was. It was a beautiful piece of property that really made you feel. . . on another planet. No matter which direction you looked at, you couldn’t see anything except the endless sky.\nOn the beautiful property was a permanent stage that stood only twenty or so yards from a house, and adjacent to the stage towards the house was a boat which was where the bar tenders served. Above the stage were six beautiful color changing lanterns, and before the stage were several large and extremely comfortable chairs to lay in and relax in and enjoy the performances. There were also many wooden poles protruding from the ground which served as anchors for many hammocks to lay in.\nFriday night ended somewhat early, but with the approaching 35 straight hours of amazing house music before me, I understood the reasoning; but the energy of the happy party-goers kept me up well into the early afternoon of 11am. It didn’t matter however, as the hot Wyoming heat kept me awake, which was followed by a rogue wind storm that uplifted my tent from its stakes and flapped about. I decided to cut my losses and join in the dance grooves once again.\nBefore I knew it the sun had set, me feet began to ache, and my ears were in the realm of euphoria when I saw the most bad-ass truck I’ve ever seen. I can only describe it as a ‘rave-truck’, as it had many triangular LED lights that altered patterns and colors on both sides of it and they stretched from the engine (this is a semi by the way) to the bed, and even above the vehicle. It was a marvelous piece of machinery that took an intelligent mind to create. And as it turned out, it was at the NYE 2015 Decadence party – which I was at! A dear friend of mine pointed it out after successfully recognizing it!\nSaturday night came before I knew it and the sky was virtually crystal clear – so clear you could see the streak of the Milky Way. If you watched the night sky long enough you were bound to see a shooting star; I myself saw four that night. An omen of good things to come if ever there was one.\nThe night was full of mingling about, meeting new friends, dancing to the spectacular music, and losing yourself to the rhythm of the campout. As is the case with all Afterhours Anonymous / Mahesh Presents events, time seemed to be non-existent.\nUntil the sun rose.\nI have never experienced such a beautiful sunrise in all my life. Aside from the endless sky and land that stretched in every direction imaginable, and the gorgeous sun reflecting its magnificent red, orange, yellow and every color in between in the clouds and illuminating the sky with beauty, Poland’s Catz n Dogz were playing their fantastic morning set. I couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful sunrise than what I experienced then – hearing Catz n Dogz before the vivid Wyoming sunrise. I knew what Nirvana was for a moment. The moment felt brief, but it felt endless at the same time.\nUnfortunately, after having no real solid sleep since Thursday night my body and soul needed rest, and despite my best efforts to stay awake I was down for the count. I wish I could say I experienced the entire event, but starting a new job on Monday I felt it best to get some rest and recuperation.\nI will never forget what my friends and I called the “Rave Ranch’ and the people we met, the music we heard, the displays we saw or the endless sky we witnessed.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://skinnythoughtsandredlipstick.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-07-24T17:41:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1405997890199.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20140722025810-00048-ip-10-33-131-23.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9847506880760193,"token_count":174,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__77344874","lang":"en","text":"Hello, I am Sahra. I am young body with an old soul. I smoke cannabis medically. I tend to remember everything that happens, every moment, and everything I learn. I care about things that mean nothing to others. I think about things like this everyday. I have friends all ages, shapes, styles, genders, and colors. I've had my life saved by a poet who is often more judged for being a rapper that having a message. (Watsky) I believe in every way a person could believe that it is NOT on the outside that counts. I don't ever want you to let anyone tell you that you aren't beautiful and that you aren't worth the world. If you need anything, ask away. Advice, a friend, want to tell me about your day, send a poem, say hello, anything. Anything.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thorswiftphoto.com/2017/06/11/take-your-car-outta-that-gear/","date":"2021-03-03T20:07:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178367790.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20210303200206-20210303230206-00596.warc.gz","language_score":0.9870144128799438,"token_count":1040,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__13679565","lang":"en","text":"I am not going to assume everyone knows the title for this post is from a Clash song The Magnificent Seven If you do not know the song, take a listen, I will wait…..\nIt is time for me to become unstuck from the past. All too often people are trapped in their bubble or loop. They take the same route to the same job, see the same people, read the same things, listen to the same music, and on I could go.\nNot that there is anything specifically wrong with these things. There are very good reasons to have a job, a group of friends you see all the time, like the music you like, these things can bring great joy and comfort to our lives.\nBut, it is good sometimes to try something totally different. I like to think of it as rediscovering what it was like when we were kids, everything was new and exciting. Every experience was novel. That feeling can be recreated when we let go of our past habits and just try something new. It can be terrifying. I have had several people tell me I should try stand up comedy (one person said I would need a LOT of work on my material first, fair enough), and the idea of standing on a stage telling others what I think is funny is so far from my comfort zone. I do not want to do stand up professionally, but the idea of getting in front of a bunch of strangers and doing something that makes me feel that uncomfortable is an intriguing one for sure.\nI probably won’t do it, I have other things that terrify me more and I think I need to do first anyway. Writing these postings is part of this process, as I type these words I have to turn off that part of my brain that is imagining you and others reading this and them imagining what on earth you must think of this rambling mind of mine. But, I try to turn that off, and just write, it is useful to me, if anyone else likes it I get bonus points.\nMy first real photography mentor/ teacher John Gray always would write on the board and tell anyone who would listen COMFORT IS YOUR ENEMY. When I read it as a 19-year-old punk rock kid I assumed it was referred mostly to material comfort. If you have too many nice things you can’t be a good photographer. You know, suffering artist type bullshit. There is an element to that in what he meant, but I think now the way I see it is, if you are doing what makes you comfortable all the time, if you stay in your box, or silo, comfort zone, small town, large town, neighborhood, car, your own head, you will never grow as a person and if you are trying to do any sort of creative work you will be stuck in a creative rut.\nThese are not at all original ideas, many people have articulated them much better than I am or ever could, but as I have said before, these writings are for me. I need to remind myself every day that the only way to grow as a person and photographer is to push myself into those uncomfortable places, to do something every day that I have never done before.\nThere is a podcast called Invisibilia that I have been listening to lately as I edit photos. One of the episodes was quite interesting and prompted me to write this post. The main character of the story lived a comfortable life working for a tech company, making a good living, he had good friends, and all was good. But, sensed something was missing, so he wrote a program that searched Facebook events in his area and would choose at random one of the events, and he went. A few times it was awkward, but most of the time it ended up being a really awesome adventure. He met people he never would have encountered in his normal life, it expanded so much of his life, brought him a joy that so many of us are lacking. At the end of the podcast they said he is working on an app that will do this so we can all try this novel way to get out of our own bubbles. However they did not say when it will be done, nor where to look for it. I think they want me to go to their website to look for it, so why am I resisting?\nAnd that reminds me of one other story I heard the other day. People somewhere found a way to capture monkeys of some type. They would get a large piece of wood, an cut small holes in it. Inside the small holes they places something shiny which would attract the attention of the local monkeys. The monkeys would reach into the hold to grab the shiny object, but in creating a fist to grab onto the object their hands could not fit through the small hole and the monkey was trapped. All the monkey had to do is let go of the shiny object and he would be free, but he really wanted that shiny object, so stayed there until the humans came along and captured the monkey.\nI am trying to let go of that shiny object today.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://tequilatutusandtantrums.blogspot.com/2011/05/thunderstorms-and-gentle-rain.html","date":"2017-05-23T03:11:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607325.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20170523025728-20170523045728-00323.warc.gz","language_score":0.960814356803894,"token_count":961,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-22__0__203875176","lang":"en","text":"It’s been a long time since I updated my blog. A lot has happened. But sometimes when I sit down to write, the pain of typing the emotion is just too great. It’s one thing to walk through the grief and try to survive it; it’s another to relive it by recounting details by putting words on a paper. But, I’ve come to realize, it’s through narrating my journey that I truly can fully grieve.\nGrief has been described to me as a flood, ruining lives. Grief has been described to me as a tornado, destroying everything in its path. But to me, loosing Carter has been a lot like a series of thunderstorms. Some days the rain is gentle. I’m able to wake in the morning, go through my daily routine, and make it through the day. The rain is soft and a reminder of new life, sweet smells, and rainbows. Other days, the rain is so blinding I can’t even catch my breath, struggle to see in front of me, and stop in fear of what will happen next.\nMaggie lost her first tooth last week. Cooper helped pull it which was so exciting for him! Todd is the expert tooth puller in the Mayes household. I sit back and cheer everyone on! This time it was different. I smiled and cheered Maggie on. She was so excited. Cooper was so excited. I fought to hold back the tears. I gripped my stomach as the physical pain was so intense I was scared I might get sick. I struggled to maintain normalcy. Carter should be here. He should.\nCooper’s team is in the middle of playoffs. He has worked so hard this year to improve as a ball player. I have seen him so proud of his accomplishments. Todd has helped coach which has been good for him (and Cooper). Cooper’s games are so intensely entertaining. I sit back and cheer everyone on! Each game, as Cooper #8 (Carter’s old number), stands at the plate to bat, I fight to hold back the tears. I find myself gripping my stomach as the physical pain is so intense I am scared I might get sick. I struggle to maintain normalcy. Carter should be here. He should.\nWe attended Cooper’s Cub Scout bridge ceremony a week ago. It’s a ceremony where the Cub Scout crosses the bridge to the next level of scouting. Before the ceremony in a moment of confusion we couldn’t find Cooper’s Cub Scout belt. We were pressed for time so I did the only thing I knew to do. I reached deep in my closet for my box of special Carter memories and pulled Carter’s Cub Scout belt out for Cooper to wear. As I laced the belt through the loops, I look up and Cooper’s eyes are filled with tears. I watch Carter’s Cub Scout den cross the bridge (before Cooper's den), each smiling proudly as the ‘graduate’ to the next scouting level. I fight to hold back the tears. I find myself gripping my stomach as the physical pain is so intense I am scared I might get sick. I struggle to maintain normalcy. Carter should be here. He should.\nAs I write this I receive a call from Cooper’s summer camp director, Clinton. I called him this morning to give him a heads up on Cooper’s family dynamic before Coop arrives at camp. I can’t even get the words out of my mouth. I start crying as I begin to talk. My tongue gets stuck in my throat and I can’t say anything. Its times like this I realize the thunderstorm is at its worst. I can’t see through the rain. My heart beats so hard I feel like it might fall out of my chest. I can’t do this, I think. It hurts too much, I just want the pain to stop. Then, the rain passes. Clinton begins to pray with me on the phone. I feel at peace and I know I will once again be ‘ok’.\nDaily I pray that there will be a day when I won’t cry. Daily I pray that there will be a day that I don’t fall asleep praying I won’t wake up. Daily I pray that the guilt in my heart will lesson. Each day I pray that it will get easier. And, some moments, are easier….and for those ‘gentle rains’, I will forever be grateful.\n10 hours ago","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://janelindsay.org/the-last-resort/","date":"2013-06-20T03:44:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710196013/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131636-00055-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9870001077651978,"token_count":447,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__145701148","lang":"en","text":"The Last Resort\nJane Goes to Graduate School\nWest Texas is a barren land in the heart of the “bible belt”. My family has strong ties to the land they work. For a hundred years they have been ranchers and farmers and leaders of community. Over the years, I have often felt like a square peg trying to fit into a grid of round holes. I first moved away from West Texas when I was 17 and returned there to live when I was 35. I am the only one in my family and my extended family who has ever moved away. My family has never understood why I would ever want to leave, for them there is no other place to live. My southern heritage is rich in story and experience at the same time it is tarnished by violence and pain. But it is my home and a land that has a permanent hold on my soul.\nAfter my children grew up I found myself entertaining the idea of going back to school for my self to study art and photography. It took me three years to work up to the idea that I could go back to school and two more years to apply and actually come to Arizona to study photography. I left West Texas for a second time.\nMy husband Dan is a bit older than I am. When we moved to Arizona we chose the most affordable living option, which happened to be a trailer park for senior citizens. The idea of a community for people 55 and over was a completely new concept for both of us, I was by far the youngest resident and soon after we got here I realized that I was living in an old folks home. It was depressing and a little scary. But I responded to my new environment by telling stories. I had found another place rich and complex.\nThe Last Resort is a place that exists in my head as much as does in my environment. It is a reflection of my experience both in the park and at home in West Texas. Personally it is both terrifying and redeeming.\nI found out the Corner decided She died of a heart attack in her sleep. The way most of us would like to die. It turned out She was beloved after all. She was beloved by the other side.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.holisticdogtraining.org/testimonials/gratitude-she-traveled-like-a-freaking-rock-star","date":"2019-09-21T01:09:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514574159.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20190921001810-20190921023810-00553.warc.gz","language_score":0.9762445688247681,"token_count":1269,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__147819017","lang":"en","text":"💜Ridonculously long post of hope and possibility:\n10 months ago my husband was offered a job overseas: less than 2 years after moving into the house we’d built after losing our old one and pups to fire a year prior. Losing them, our darling Mastador, Ziba, and our big mama’s boy Dane, Hagrid, prompted our search for new loves to *try* to fill the holes left in our hearts. We found them. EM Guinness, and Dane Fezzik. Of course we learned along the way that the holes aren’t filled. Our hearts just grow with the love for our new babies.\n7 months ago we had to rehome Fezzik. He couldn’t travel in the car to be able to have house showings and we needed to sell our house to be able to make this move. That was an albeit AGONISING blessing in disguise. He and Guinness loved each other dearly, but their behaviour and energy cycled in a negative and unmanageable way, making him more anxious, and her seemingly aggressive. Which she’s not. At all. But we innocently and mistakenly read it as such. As hard as it was to know I’d never get to kiss that big nose again, and be kept up at night anthropomorphising his confusion, it had to be done. I realised though, when 2 weeks after the transition I met him with his new owners at our vet to have him neutered, he now just had a bigger family! His new dad sat in the waiting room and cried, worrying about something happening to “his boy” while under anaesthesia. The love these folks had for him was more than I could’ve ever hoped for. And there wasn’t a void for Fezzik. Any longing. He’d just gained a new mum and dad. He still had us in his heart. And his new family has become OUR family, and he is so content there. On a road out in the country without traffic (the root of his deep fears), with a Dane sister, duck buddies on a pond, and even a C A T! Hard as it all was, it couldn’t have been better or more providential, and we could begin to move forward with our plans.\n3 months ago, after finally selling our dream house, we were told we couldn’t bring Guinness. My heart shattered. Everything I loved and had worked so hard to build and repair felt as though it was being taken from me. My house, my garden, my sense of safety and security; being in a place I’d called home for over a third of my life...my darling Dane, and now my Mastiff who, in the absence of little brother Dane’s energy, had come into her own, revealing the most perfect dog in the universe. I’d always loved her, but I felt that I’d just gotten to know her. I didn’t want to go. But things were in motion.\nI let the grief pass through me, and then I said “no.”\nWe were going, but dammit we were taking our dog.\nI’m giant ball of feels today. It’s been nothing but feels for the last 10 months. Every bit of good news we’ve received in the last 3 months about Guinness; hopeful news: a house that said yes to her, or a big enough crate for travel, etc., was then deflated in one way or another, throwing us back to the starting line. We found several amazing families in Virginia who offered her a loving home. I tried to make peace with that. But I just couldn’t do it. I don’t know what it is about her that turned me into this unrelenting, determined warrior. If all of the loss over the last 3.5 years culminated in the thought of losing her? If she was just my limit? My big NO. I can’t imagine that I actually love her any more than I do Fezzik. (I have 4 human kids, and I have the same amount of love for each of them). Or maybe she’s connected to me in some cosmic way that we’re just not meant to be apart? Who knows. But it’s always been a hard NO for me where she was concerned. Even to the point of causing some pretty epic discussions with my husband. 😉\nSo...yes...I’m a giant ball of feels today. A month after arriving, and a week after moving into a house that finally said yes to her, I am shouting my cheesy woo-woo proclamation that if you are a mastiff parent, you have mastiff-sized love, mastiff-sized determination, which means that mastiff-sized things are possible!!!\nOur girl is home!!!\n(And she traveled like a freaking ROCK STAR!)\nRoman Gottfried working with you was so empowering and enlightening. You opened my eyes to possibilities I always felt were way out there for *other* people to enjoy. That I just couldn’t “do it.” And that “it” was something to learn, somehow. Trainers got “it,” but it required a discipline and authority I just didn’t have. 🤔\nYou and Barbara helped to point me in the direction of the innate wisdom we ALL share: human AND canine. While I’m still honing my energy in relation to her, I feel like we communicate on a different plane than before. Which is truly beautiful. And she’s so much happier for it.\nWe are all so grateful for what you do!!!\nSO much gratitude to Roman Gottfried who was there for us at every stage of this roller coaster, guiding us with his wisdom through education and insight, helping me see the power of energy and the importance of understanding what means what in dog speak. 🙏 - Marnie Walsh - Germany / USA","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://medden.co.uk/tom-barham-book-you-ltd-wales","date":"2021-04-19T15:53:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038887646.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20210419142428-20210419172428-00106.warc.gz","language_score":0.9814979434013367,"token_count":221,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__166481213","lang":"en","text":"Medden have been critical to the development and launch of our lifestory business Book of You. We came to Clare with a concept and she immediately understood what we were trying to achieve and came up with suggestions to make it possible.\nBook of You is a demanding web design project, involving managing memberships, uploading media, allowing the collaborative authoring of multi-media online books, and the export of print-quality PDFs for real books as gifts. It has necessitated a huge amount of new thinking and problem solving, and Clare has been absolutely brilliant in doing this, and explaining technical issues in language that we could understand. She has been highly flexible in dealing with the demands of an evolving project, and very patient when we have taken her down development cul-de-sacs!\nClare has a tremendous ability to problem solve, has high quality standards, and understands the needs of clients and the people who will end up using the website. These have been essential in the development of our unique business model, which was launched in July 2012. We would highly recommend her work.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://mangaloreuniversity.ac.in/about-maha-kavi-rathnakaravarni-adhyayana-peetha","date":"2023-09-25T14:12:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233508977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20230925115505-20230925145505-00688.warc.gz","language_score":0.9011409878730774,"token_count":529,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__171104175","lang":"en","text":"About Maha kavi Rathnakaravarni Adhyayana Peetha\nMahakavi Rathnakaravarni Adhyana Peeta\nThe Kadamba,Rashtrakuta,Ganga,Chalukya and Hoysala dynastries gavestrenght to the Jaina in South Indiya. These dynastries patronized many great Jaina poets including Pampa, Nagachandra,Chavundaraya,Nemichandra,Nayasena,Brahmashiva,Nagavarma the second,Janna, Rathnakaravani and Inspired their scholarly work. The Jaina tradition and Thulunaadu , covering the revenue districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have had a longstanding relationship. Rathnakaravarni of Moodubidri is one of the great poets of Tulunaadu.He is also the foremost among the ‘Sangatya’ poets of Kannada .Four major works are attributed to this poet of the sixteenth century; Bharatheshvaracharita(Bharathesha Vaibhava),Trioka Shathaka, Rathnakara Shathaka and Aparajitha Shathaka. As per the direction of the government, a propsosal was sent to State Government to start a Chair for study in the of name Jainakavi Rathnakaravani. The Government of Karnataka has released a sum of Rupees One Croee during the year 2014-15 as an endowement for Establishment of “Mahakvi Rathnakaravarni Adhyana peeta’’ in Mangalore University, Hence, it has becomes necessary to frame a state in this regard.\nObjective Of the Centre\n- To bring together complete information on Rathnakaravarni and to pulish his work though popular, low priced edition.\n- To research into the literacy works Rathnakaravarni and to organization level seminars and workshops.\n- To instill in students a love and enthusiasm for the works of Rathnakaravarni by initiating a Lecture series and audio visual.\n- TTo establish a library and museum housing complete information released to Jainsism and its literature and to develop them as an archival local, state and national levels.\nCoordinator: Prof. somanna Hongalli\nResearch assistant: Prasad. S\nOffice Staff: Latha Shenoy","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://eu.suitsupply.com/en_GB/home","date":"2017-03-30T14:30:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218194601.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212954-00527-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9097208380699158,"token_count":261,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__163609190","lang":"en","text":"New ArrivalsShop New Arrivals\nWith our airy lightweight suits, looking sharp and staying cool doesn’t have to be a trade-off.Shop all\nFor effortlessly moving from warm days into cool nights, layering is the name of the game.Shop all\nBeach boys: behind the scenes\nAh, the beach. Where troubles are few and less is more. In the dead of winter, the promise of soft sand between your toes and warm sun on your face may seem like a world away. But with spring around the corner, it’s a world that will soon again be at your sockless, tanned feet.\nSo it’s time to start packing. Because this summer we’re going places. From palm lined beaches to snazzy rooftop parties under sweltering night skies. And you’re coming with us. Travel light, go with the flow and be ready to scramble at a moment’s notice. As the mercury rises, so do the chances of great things happening.\nBut wherever you’re going or might unexpectedly end up, there’s no need to sweat it. On the contrary. Because there’s nothing like the perks of summer to make you feel larger than life.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://digagami.com/hero-31-teased/","date":"2021-06-25T10:20:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487630081.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20210625085140-20210625115140-00218.warc.gz","language_score":0.9786766767501831,"token_count":179,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-25","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__12856554","lang":"en","text":"Recently, Overwatch’s Twitter account presented us with a new Short Story “What you left behind”.\nIn this short story, we discover Mauga, the Talon Tank. Now I’m not going to spoil the story for you, but I will say that Mauga is heavily hinted as a hero in the near future!\nThe reason I say this is because they’ve already given us too many details about Mauga, enough details to build a Solid Tank out of. That, and the fact that he has 3 pictures of himself already:\nHis abilities were already hinted at throughout the story! In short, He holds up 2 Miniguns along with having a Coolant attached to his back. It is also stated that he has a shield!\nDoesn’t that remind you guys of a previous event that occurred in Overwatch?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://internetmarketingoasis.com/blog/the-question-every-b2b-marketer-needs-to-ask-whats-our-story/","date":"2020-08-11T10:40:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738746.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20200811090050-20200811120050-00164.warc.gz","language_score":0.9375978112220764,"token_count":1779,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__32402654","lang":"en","text":"Everything—regardless of how innocuous or dated—had its use. It was a mantra he lived by. Born in 1946 to an Irish immigrant father and an American mom of French-Canadian descent, his mother and father’ coming of age was marked by the Great Depression plus many years of conflict.\nUnsurprisingly, this meant that his mother and father, Pat and Stella, had been extra than sensible when it got here to purchases and investments. They had been intentional. They had been frugal. It was “waste not, want not.” And they by no means threw something away—a lifestyle that he held on to lengthy into maturity.\nBut someday, Pat and Stella’s hoarding and his ensuing perception that all the pieces was helpful, modified my life.\nAfter considered one of his routine check-ins with Pat and Stella, Dad arrived residence with what seemed like a small, hardcover suitcase. It was a shiny metal blue. He swung the case onto the kitchen desk and known as me over. He unlatched the quilt and pushed it again to reveal the contents.\nMy eyes widened. He smiled. We hugged. And I ran my fingers over the black keys of the outdated typewriter as I contemplated which story I might write first …\nThis is a bit of my story. And everybody has a narrative to inform; a glimpse to present—together with your B2B model.\nThe Intersection of Storytelling & B2B Content Marketing\nStorytelling is civilization’s oldest type of communication, serving to us train, entertain, protect our histories and cultures, and instill our values. We’re programmed for tales. Our brains mild up once we hear and see tales unfolding.\nThis starvation for narrative mixed with our want and talent to information our personal quest for solutions, storytelling has naturally grow to be a basic staple of B2B content material advertising. As Ursula Ringham, Global Head of Influencer Marketing for SAP, says: “In advertising, story is all the pieces.”\nBut the problem for a lot of B2B entrepreneurs is to weave a narrative internet that’s all the pieces to their prospects and prospects. It wants to present that significant glimpse. It wants to be acquainted. It wants to be genuine. And it wants to resonate.\n“Every content creator should consider themselves a storyteller,” Nick Nelson, Senior Content Strategist at TopRank Marketing, declares in his piece on constructing belief by storytelling. “When we write, we are invariably sharing a story: about our solution, about our customers, about the pains we can help solve.”\nHe provides: “Tying a number of items of knowledge collectively in a coherent, chronological, and—above all—relatable means makes the message much more affecting. The content material abruptly turns into experiential as an alternative of merely academic.”\nIn #advertising, story is all the pieces. @ursularingham #B2BContenMarketing #Storytelling Click To Tweet\nThe backside line? It’s now not sufficient to inform patrons. Instead, you should present story-driven content material that connects on each mental and emotional ranges.\nRead: Creating Content Connections: 10 Lessons in Resonance from Content Marketing Pros\nHow to Create B2B Content Connections Through Storytelling\nWhether you’re constructing a large-scale model narrative or pulling at story threads, right here are some things to take into account as you commit to storytelling in your B2B content material advertising initiatives.\n#1 – Commit to storytelling by doubling-down on what’s already acquainted.\nContently co-founder and acknowledged journalist Shane Snow is broadly recognized in advertising circles for his knack for storytelling and his dedication to serving to different entrepreneurs harness their storytelling skillset.\nA few years in the past, I had the privilege of seeing Shane converse on this very matter at MarketingProfs B2B Forum. At that point, he laid out a three-step framework for telling higher tales and it resonated with me.\n- Create well timed, seasonal, and evergreen content material that tells a narrative at each stage of the funnel.\n- Connect your viewers together with your tales by figuring out the best distribution channels and content material varieties—primarily based in your viewers’s preferences and your aims.\n- Optimize and refine your tales to guarantee your creating content material that undoubtedly connects.\nThe ideas outlined in his framework ought to really feel actually acquainted—they’re meant to, from my perspective. (Familiarity is a trademark of fine storytelling.) The swap is defining the way you present and inform tales your patrons will care about, somewhat than merely creating extra content material.\nFor a extra in-depth look, try Shane’s storytelling course that outlines the science of nice tales, the weather of efficient storytelling, and rather more.\n#2 – Introduce your viewers to new characters.\nContent is completely all over the place. And belief in advertising—amongst customers and your C-suite—is low. As a outcome, patrons are trying to these they know or these they think they know for insights, solutions, and suggestions. And this implies there’s by no means been an even bigger alternative to accomplice with different “storytellers” to add new dynamics to your content material.\n“In order to tell a compelling story, you have to be immersed,” Ursula Ringham states. “Bring empathy and understanding, convey goal, and produce perception—the latter of which influencers can definitely assist with.\nWhen you co-create content material with influencers, you not solely present influential consultants with a medium to share worthwhile insights, however you can too present your viewers with a mixture of views—considerably upping your storytelling capabilities and credibility.\n“Partnering with an influencer allows you to highlight your brand’s own existing narrative in a new way, so that you can reinforce the proof points you really want your customers to know,” Whitney Magnuson, Global Head of Social Media and Influencer Programs for IBM, instructed us not way back.\nPartnering with an #influencer permits you to spotlight your model’s personal current narrative in a brand new means, with the intention to reinforce the proof factors you actually need your prospects to know. @whitneymagnuson @IBMSystems Click To Tweet\n#three – Steer away from fantasy or fiction.\nWith belief in advertising low, authenticity and transparency are more and more vital. As my colleague Nick Nelson so eloquently mentioned:\n“Storytelling backfires when it strikes people as false or disingenuous. Share real anecdotes and back them with third-party evidence or quotes. Telling hard truths, even if it means acknowledging a shortcoming in your business, can be tremendously beneficial in the long run. Even more than being true to the facts, you must be true to yourself, and your brand.”\nStorytelling backfires when it strikes folks as false or disingenuous. Even greater than being true to the information, you have to be true to your self, and your model. @NickNelson #B2BContentMarketing #Storytelling Click To Tweet\nRead: Be Honest Like Abe: How Content Marketers Can Build Trust Through Storytelling\nThe nostalgic story I opened with is greater than a fond reminiscence. It’s a glimpse into who I’m, the place I got here from, and the way I received right here. It’s my reality. It’s my context. It’s a bit of my story.\nEvery model has the chance to discover, present, and inform their very own tales. Stories about who they’re, what they stand for, and the way they clear up issues. Stories that convey reality and add context. Stories that resonate and encourage.\nSo, mud off your model’s outdated hand-me-down typewriter and get to work. It’s storytime.\nSenior Director of Digital Strategy Ashley Zeckman and Content Strategist Annie Leuman are on the bottom at Social Media Marketing World in San Diego from March 20-22, 2019. And as all the time, you’ll be able to rely on us to ship you first-hand learnings and tales from the convention ground. Follow @azeckman, @annieleuman, and @toprank on Twitter to get stay updates.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://tudelft-cs4200-2018.github.io/lectures/statics/constraint-resolution.html","date":"2020-02-23T02:33:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875145742.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20200223001555-20200223031555-00500.warc.gz","language_score":0.6788525581359863,"token_count":270,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__142790097","lang":"en","text":"Lecture 9: Constraint Resolution\nIn this lecture we study constraint resolution, constraint semantics, and unification.\nHendrik van Antwerpen, Pierre Néron, Andrew P. Tolmach, Eelco Visser, Guido Wachsmuth. A constraint language for static semantic analysis based on scope graphs. In Martin Erwig, Tiark Rompf, editors, Proceedings of the 2016 ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on Partial Evaluation and Program Manipulation, PEPM 2016, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, January 20 - 22, 2016. pages 49-60, ACM, 2016. This paper develops a constraint language for description of type system using scope graph constraints for the definition of name binding. These constraints are the basis for the NaBL2 language.\nBaader, Franz, Wayne Snyder, Paliath Narendran, Manfred Schmidt-Schauss, and Klaus Schulz. “Chapter 8 - Unification Theory.” In Handbook of Automated Reasoning, edited by Alan Robinson and Andrei Voronkov, 445–533. Handbook of Automated Reasoning. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 2001. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-044450813-3/50010-2.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://jaguarenthusiasts.club/en/jaguar-xj-s-the-complete-story/","date":"2024-04-16T02:04:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817036.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416000407-20240416030407-00742.warc.gz","language_score":0.9545357823371887,"token_count":277,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__175485570","lang":"en","text":"Author: James Taylor\nPublisher: Crowood Press (August 27, 2019)\nHardcover: 176 pages\nItem Weight: 1.8 pounds\nDimensions: 8.79 x 0.68 x 10.59 inches\nJames Taylor remembers very well the disappointment among his pretrol-head friends when the XJ-S was announced in 1975. It was not a replacement for the legendary E-type; its colours were uninspired; and its interior was drab. All credit, then, to those people at Jaguar who truly believed in the car and, over a period of nearly 20 years, turned the ugly duckling into a swan. From the moment the XJ-S HE arrived in 1981, there seemed to be renewed hope, and from then on, the car went from strength to strength to become the much-admirred grand tourer it always should have been. The book contains a timeline of the key events in the history of the XJ-S and an overview of the evolution of the XJS from the XJ27 prototype. There are Appendices covering identification/serial numbers, UK showroom prices through the years and sales in the US by year.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://maxwellcloe.com/","date":"2024-02-23T07:53:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474361.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223053503-20240223083503-00723.warc.gz","language_score":0.9002907276153564,"token_count":187,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__161468912","lang":"en","text":"Hi! I’m Maxwell Cloe (they/he), an oral historian and American Studies scholar with an MA from the College of William & Mary. My research centers on LGBTQ+ histories and cultures in the Appalachian Mountains, particularly artistic and archival networks. I’m also interested in oral history methodology, twentieth-century Southern literature, environmental activism, and radical labor movements. My recent dissertation project focuses on the intersections of LGBTQ+ Appalachian art and environmental justice.\nWhen I’m not conducting research, you can find me in the shelves of antique stores and bookshops, looking for rare and first edition books to add to my collection. I photograph and document these books on a dedicated Instagram page, which you’re welcome to peruse and follow.\nI play old time Appalachian fiddle, regularly enjoy walks in the woods, and distract myself by arguing with my black cat, Corduroy.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://studiosaudari.com/digital/poetry%20from%20the%20indian%20ocean/poetry-from-the-indian-ocean","date":"2024-04-12T15:24:03Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816024.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20240412132154-20240412162154-00653.warc.gz","language_score":0.910416305065155,"token_count":536,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__161731869","lang":"en","text":"When I take the decision\nNot to follow you in that far country\nwith its wealthy sweet ways,\nI still love you more than my life,\nBut I’m afraid of being cut off\nIn such a spectacular world.\nThat valley of silver would prevent me\nFrom visiting Rosoanilaina whom I need so much,\nShe who dresses my hair in Marina tresses,\nSo easy to do and which honour me\nlike a lady with a newborn child.\nAnd now, so our parting begins\nYou leave for gain and I leave for life,\nYour courtesy is not enough to live Malgache-style\nI grind the rice; I plant the paddy;\nWith pistachio I cook the cassava.\nI die losing you. You’re off to your fate,\nTo plant yourself anew on the soil of sweat,\nForeign soil where I’d never find\nMy own sense of belonging,\nMy negress skin, my frizzy hair,\nMy beauty would would wither away in that\nland of riches.\nand he wasn’t taller than three apples\nexactly as they should be\nto give taste to life\nhe was no higher\nthan three fruit\nplucked from the tree of paradise\nto make heads turn\nsuch that life tasted of cider\nhe wasn’t tall enough\ntoo much of a child\nto be making war\nbut still they involved him\nin their warrior games\nnow there are gaps\nin the apples\nbecause they dared to trample\nover God’s orchard!\nthe innocence of childhood!\nOf this world you are the witness,\nFrom the dust you question\nThe sphere of the sky\nLimbs stripped of flesh,\non the edge of nothingness,\nwhat image will you keep\nof men, your brothers?\nMy Somali, fortunately\nyou cannot see yourself through\nthe television watching you.\nFortunately you are unaware of\nNeither can you hear the laughter\nOver the dinner table and wine\nNor the excellent discourse\nWhich constructs a life over the tomb.\nFor you none of that exists,\nNothing but that land cursed\nBy the sun and the rain,\nThat soil once blessed by the god\nAnd today beyond the hope of man.\nPerish, my brother,\nPerish without regret,\nDie in peace,\nThe world is so.\nYou sons of the night,\nis it the eternal stubborness\nof your eternal manliness?\nAgree to look.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://maggie.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/2010/10/26/marcel-proust-the-method-of-memory/","date":"2017-05-01T00:31:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917126237.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031206-00232-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9598937034606934,"token_count":367,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__125077983","lang":"en","text":"“There is simply no way to describe the past without lying. Our memories are not like fiction. They are fiction.” This is the main theme of Marcel Proust’s ideas on memories. Jonah Lehrer writes this chapter about “Proust’s fiction, which is mostly nonfiction.” He explains throughout the chapter that our memories lie to us and how “our recollections are phony.” Sometimes depending on our experiences we remember certain situations to be better or worse than what they actually are. We warp memories to fit “our own personal narrative” and sometimes our memories are bias. He describes our memoires as imperfect. But why are our memories imperfect? According to Lehrer our recollections are designed by the brain to always feel true whether or not they actually happened. Our memories are formed by neurons connecting. If neurons don’t touch gaps form. These empty spaces are the parts of memories that change. Another thing that causes memories to change memories is time. According to Proust “time mutates memory.” As time goes on they become a vaguer and vaguer portrait of what actually happened. “They are imperfect copies of what actually happened.” Our brains are not designed to remember every single detail of our memories and what exactly happened. From the video that we watched in class, it explained that men remember jists of things are women remember things in more detail. After reading this chapter it has become clear to me that woman must have more neurons connection in the brain. While men have more gaps. Proust’s ideas about memory and how they are “fictional” become very clear after reading this chapter.\nSorry, the comment form is closed at this time.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.allanbaptist.ca/what-should-i-do-.html","date":"2018-07-20T03:03:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591481.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20180720022026-20180720042026-00271.warc.gz","language_score":0.9670931696891785,"token_count":191,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__164265621","lang":"en","text":"What Should I Do?\nNow that you have heard this Good News, God wants you to respond to Him. You can talk to him using words like these:\n\"My life is broken - I recognize it's because of sin. I need you.\"\n\"I believe Jesus the Christ came to live, die and was raised from the dead - to rescue me from my sin.\"\n\"Forgive me. I turn from my selfish ways and put my trust in you\"\n\"I know that Jesus is Lord of all, and I want to follow Him.\"\nBecoming a Follower of Jesus Christ\nThe Bible says:\n\"if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord', and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved\" (Romans 10:9)\n\"For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved\" (Romans 10:13)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://healthyfreshrecipes.com/thinking-thin-will-help-you-lose-weight/","date":"2020-11-26T17:56:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141188899.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20201126171830-20201126201830-00717.warc.gz","language_score":0.9519321322441101,"token_count":571,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__205568063","lang":"en","text":"When you lose a large quantity of weight after present process the Gastric Bypass Weight-Loss Surgical procedure, it’s difficult to alter our mindsets and the way we incorporate our new way of life habits. As we slim down, it is crucial that we start to “suppose as a skinny individual” or reasonably let’s all observe this tongue-twister collectively “thinking as the skinny think.”\nWhy should we do that?\nAs a result of if we fail to do this, we will run the chance of simply falling into these unhealthy and dangerous habits that strolled us down the paths of weight problems in the first place. It doesn’t matter what stage alongside your weight-loss journey you might be currently experiencing, in the end you’ll fall prey to these nasty life-long ugly companions (aka habits). They may devour your positive ideas and urge you to glutinously devour all the wrong issues so that you’ll succumb to your meals bondage once more. However DON’T DO IT! Put in your armor of THIN THINKING shortly to thwart all advances\nI recall as a younger teenager, I knew many friends who, even at a young age, have been obsessive about watching their weight, counting energy, apprehensive about getting sufficient physical exercise, and monitoring the snugness of their clothes. I believed this was very weird since I didn’t have any weight points then. I might nearly eat something and it might never present a pound on the dimensions. In fact, pondering again, I used to be a high-level physically lively particular person, and so for this reason weight-watching was not a crucial consider my life on the time. I didn’t must suppose like a skinny individual.\nNonetheless, when I step by step turned very heavy 317 pounds, I spotted that I obtained that method partially as a result of I didn’t have the inspiration of “pondering as the skinny think.” And with out that basis to make the most of, I missed nice opportunities to alter a few of my dangerous habits. Think about that morbid weight problems is way deeper than simply succumbing to unhealthy habits… morbid weight problems has many aspects to it; however for this writing, I wish to focus on one factor, and that’s how we “suppose” we’re.\nAfter I discover the rationale of how skinny individuals think, I uncover some attention-grabbing behaviors. Skinny individuals think about:\n“Thinking Thin” Will Help You Lose Weight. Please, Must you like this publish, don’t overlook to share this publish and kindly adjust to us on Fb, Pinterest, and Twitter.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.reelsuspects.com/portfolio-item/come-true/","date":"2020-07-03T12:43:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655882051.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20200703122347-20200703152347-00465.warc.gz","language_score":0.9423213601112366,"token_count":175,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__53745008","lang":"en","text":"Canada / 2020 / 105 min\nDark dreams plague Sarah. She’s an intelligent, thoughtful, rebellious teenager. These are all hard things to be at the age of 18, and it has landed her in trouble at school and unable to go home. With nowhere left to turn, she notices an advertisement posted on the wall of her local coffee shop – for a sleep study. The lure of a safe place to rest, and the added bonus of getting paid to do it, are impossible for her to shun. After only a single evening of sleeping under the watchful eye of a small group of scientists, Sarah begins to see things from her dreams in her waking life. Her visions worsen as she continues to take part in the nightly studies, and before she, or any of the scientists can effectively react… Sarah becomes the unknowing conduit to a horrifying new discovery.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://librium.tumblr.com/","date":"2013-12-10T08:05:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386164013918/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204133333-00089-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8883011937141418,"token_count":78,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__27549675","lang":"en","text":"Matthew Goode and Ben Whishaw by Steve Harries, 2008.\nA Clockwork Orange by Crysse\nEven though I’m no better than a beast, don’t I have the right to live?\n\"I wish we could stay here forever… and ever… and ever.\"\nMore new stills from The Desolation of Smaug (x)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.seriousmende148.cfd/wiki/BA_CityFlyer","date":"2023-11-30T10:15:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100184.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130094531-20231130124531-00139.warc.gz","language_score":0.9704753756523132,"token_count":318,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__143763268","lang":"en","text":"This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)\nHe lived in England from 1968-1972 and studied philosophy at the University of Nottingham, then medicine at the University of Amsterdam. He qualified as a doctor in 1981 and then worked shortly in Kenya. Since 1985 he has been a geriatrician in Amsterdam.\nAs a physician in a nursing home he has written about physician assisted suicide (which has been legal in the Netherlands for some years), most notably in his book Het refrein is Hein, which was translated into English (by Keizer himself) as Dancing with Mr D and published by Transworld-Doubleday in 1994. The book was also translated into German, Spanish, Japanese, Danish, Swedish and French.\nHis style is contemplative, with an undercurrent of realism (or some would say pessimism) about the limits of medicine which most people prefer not to think about, and a remarkable intellectual honesty about the emotions of the patient as well as the physician.\nWhile the topic of euthanasia and assisted suicide was the most salient point for the literary criticism, it is not a very large part of the book.\n- https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200405/ldselect/ldasdy/86/86we14.htm Select Committee on Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill Written Evidence, Memorandum by Dr Bert Keizer, from the UK Parliament, House of Loards, 2008.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mountainecho.com/sports.html","date":"2014-04-19T06:52:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609536300.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005216-00385-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9761319160461426,"token_count":780,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__113917712","lang":"en","text":"Published every Tuesday Phone/Fax (530) 336-6262 P. O. Box 224, Fall River Mills, CA 96028\nA COMMUNITY MOURNS...\nBurney, and the Intermountain Area, was stunned with the tragic death of Burney sixth grader Gage Sealander. We try and cope with something that seems unfathomable, so heartbreaking and seemingly unfair.\nWe all hurt for his family and close friends.\nBeing a small town, everyone knows everyone else... or at least knows somebody who knows somebody else, etc. When one family is hurting, we’re all hurting. Just to drive down main street past the flower and balloon memorial that sprung up overnight, we are reminded of a young life taken way too early, and our mourning continues.\nThose of us who have been around the block a few decades have learned to live with tragedies like this. But for our kids who grew up with Gage it is something they’ve never had to deal with in their short lives. They are trying desperately to understand the enormity of what transpired.\nSaturday, many of Burney’s youngsters gathered for the final day of YBL basketball. A banner honoring Gage was placed near the entrance to the gym, with youngsters taking the time to write a message to Gage. Young players had his name written on their faces... faces barely big enough to contain the letters. Yes, there was basketball played, fans cheering and kids running around... but it was all somewhat subdued.\nParents and grandparents sat in the stands as usual, but you can believe that there were a few more hugs, and a little more love in the air, and a hurt in their hearts as they watched their youngsters having fun.\nAnyone who had the great opportunity to meet and know Gage will always remember a li’l man who had a spunky gleam in his eyes and shy smile. I first met Gage several years ago when he and his big brother Hunter would arrive where his mom and I worked. The two would sit quietly, with Hunter’s nose in a book and Gage tinkering with whatever he would find that was interesting to him. It is those visions I will always remember.\nThe memories are what we all have of our friends and loved one’s who have gone to play among the fluffy clouds of Heaven. The memories are what sustain us through life.\nThose of us who are older understand and cherish our memories. It’s our younger generation of pre-teens that will have the biggest problem understanding it all. Us older folk will need to be there for these kids. These kids and classmates of Gage who will return from Spring Break next week to a classroom without his smiling face sitting among them.\nThe Intermountain Area has had their share of tragedy involving youngsters - with memorials along the highway at each end of Burney to remind us of those whose lives were cut way to short. The community has survived and continued, but with a little piece of our collective hearts ripped out.\nOn behalf of the entire community, I offer condolences to the extended Hovis family - Steph, Daryl, Jared, Bailey and Hunter - as well as the Sealander side of the family. You do not mourn alone.\nA memorial and celebration of Gage’s life will be held this Friday at the\nVFW Hall in Burney beginning at 4 o’clock.\nRead more local\nsports news in the current issue of the Mountain Echo\nOrder your subscription online today\n©2006 Mountain Echo ~ Mountain Echo,\nP. O. Box 224, Fall River Mills, CA 96028 Tel. (530)336-6262\nWebsite designed by Murdock Creative Designs - please contact the Webmaster with questions or comments","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mrcobbsclass.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/","date":"2013-05-20T09:05:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698693943/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100453-00095-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9448680281639099,"token_count":430,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__138580709","lang":"en","text":"Listen to our song about Onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds the same when you say it as the sound it describes. Can you think of any other words that are Onomatopoeic?\nTag Archives: poetry\nHave a look at the Blitz Calligrams below. What do you think? Which words work the best? Can you find words with onomatopoeia?\nHave a look at these shape poems based on Badgers. What do you like about them? Can you comment any other words or descriptive phrases we could have used?\nClick on the Badger to enter a Shape Poem Creator based on the animals of the woodland. Use your descriptive ideas about the badger to create a shape poem. Extension: try to combine words to make phrases and sentences. What words work best? Why? Once complete, print your poem for use on our display.\nWe’re writing Olympic Poetry today. Have a look at this site and use it to construct some great poems. Use the snipping tool to take snapshot of your final poem, then save in shared pictures.\nWe’ll collate all the images and post them later to comment on.\nThis morning in Literacy we completed our unit of poetry with a session creating poems about Foxes using similies. We worked collaboratively to create this presentation of the poems, editing our first drafts with our response partners as we went along.\nWhat do you think of our poems? What did we do well? Are there any phrases you particularly like? What could we improve on next time?\nAs part of Reading Week we have been looking at reading and performing poetry. Here is our attempt at a class performance of The Pig by Roald Dahl. Have a listen – we recorded it as part of our plenary.\nWell done to those who have started top learn a poem as part of home learning. Keep on going next week, we’ll be having our contest in a few weeks. We’ll try and podcast some of the best performances.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://experience-learning.org/2022/03/founder-spotlight-jennifer-taylor-ide/","date":"2024-04-18T12:59:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817206.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418124808-20240418154808-00169.warc.gz","language_score":0.9736829400062561,"token_count":767,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__26893467","lang":"en","text":"The first time Jennifer visited the mountain, she was still in college.\nIt was the early 1970’s, and her partner, Dan’l, was searching for property that could serve as a launch pad for a one-of-a-kind summer program for kids. Motivated by a mutual belief in the power of wild places, he and a close friend had devised what—to some—might have seemed like a rather impracticable plan: seek out a remote yet relatively accessible location and invite city-dwelling children and families to camp, learn, and foster connections in and with the great outdoors.\nAlways up for an adventure, Jennifer was open to the idea. Setting foot on Spruce Knob sealed the deal. The mountain, with its mixture of dark, densely-packed pines, spacious meadows, and breathtaking views, possessed an irresistible magic and majesty which drew the friends in immediately.\nThey began reaching out to their contacts at schools along the East Coast, and, one by one, groups of children and curious adults arrived, eager to see for themselves what was so special about the highest peak in West Virginia and its surrounding wilderness.\nEven as word spread and the number of visitors rose, the staff remained small. In the earliest days, Jennifer and Dan’l lived on-site with the rest of their team, “close to the ground.” There was no designated boss or director, and they would divvy up tasks amongst themselves.\nIn the summer of 1975, they enlisted the help of their larger community to construct the campus’ first building: a giant yurt which they named Ulan Bator after the capital city of Mongolia, where the distinctive structures originated. Unlike traditional, Mongolian yurts, however, mobile by design, Ulan Bator was meant to stay in place and therefore assembled by hand from locally-sourced wood and stone.\nNot much later, with a mind to make the mountain their permanent home, Jennifer and Dan’l built a house of their own. They’d go on to raise a family there, endowing their children with the same sense of belonging and responsibility to the natural world that they hoped every program participant would take away with them.\nAs they watched their children grow, the organization grew, too. Its identity—and even its name—morphed with each passing decade, but the heart of it never changed.\n“We all need real experiences, not just ten year olds,” said Jennifer. “The magic comes from being part of something bigger, stepping out of our comfort zones, and sharing those experiences with other people.”\nNow in its fiftieth year, Spruce Knob Mountain Center, home to Experience Learning, has transformed the lives of countless individuals, and, in many cases, the lives of their kids as well.\n“We’ve seen lots of people come back, and some have sent their children to camp here.” Jennifer continued. “It can certainly be life-changing. Not by turning you into a different person, but by helping you find purpose and figure out who you already are.”\nAlthough, today, Jennifer no longer lives in her house on Spruce Knob, she still resides in Pendleton County. When her children and grandchildren are in town, visiting the Experience Learning campus is a top priority.\n“Gran, will you sing ‘If You Love My West Virginia’?’” her young granddaughter will ask as they slowly wind their way around the mountain’s curves, referring to a family-favorite by local musician Colleen Anderson. “I looooove my West Virginia.”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://gomovies.ch/series/the-white-princess/","date":"2017-10-17T11:36:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187821088.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20171017110249-20171017130249-00462.warc.gz","language_score":0.9226879477500916,"token_count":926,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-43__0__240617662","lang":"en","text":"The White Princess\nYou may also like\nJudge Olivia Lockhart is considered the community’s guiding light in the picturesque, coastal town of Cedar Cove, Washington. But like everyone else, Olivia fights the uphill battle of balancing career with family and finding love, all the while doing her best to care for the township she calls home. Based on best-selling author Debbie Macomber’s beloved book series.\nEx On The Beach\nWhat happens when eight smoking hot single guys and girls arrive in paradise for a dream holiday of sun, sea, sex and good times? Well if only life was that simple, because just as things get off to a sizzling start, MTV bring in their Exes to break up the party – one by one! As the eight original cast are left wondering “whose Ex is next?”, the trouble in paradise continues to thicken as love triangles become tangled webs of lust, love and loathing. Among the sexy cast is feisty Geordie Shore star, Vicky Pattison, who with her very public breakup and recent string of new guys, is in for one hell of a surprise (or two!), when she’s reunited with her Ex On The Beach.\nIn a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a ‘Synth’ – a highly-developed robotic servant that’s so similar to a real human it’s transforming the way we live.\nA young E.R. doctor who, after being wrongly blamed for a patient’s death, moves to the Hamptons and becomes the reluctant “doctor for hire” to the rich and famous. When the attractive administrator of the local hospital asks him to treat the town’s less fortunate, he finds himself walking the line between doing well for himself and doing good for others.\nA Crime to Remember\nShowcasing the most compelling crimes of yesteryear, when secrets festered, passions ran wild and cops had nothing but shoe-leather and gut instinct to catch a killer. Fashions may change but murder never goes out of style.\nClose to the Enemy\nA British intelligence officer has to ensure that a captured German scientist helps the British develop jet aircraft.\nThe West Wing\nThe West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation’s capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.\nA struggle for power and control set in the rugged and mysterious hills of Appalachia, “Outsiders” tells the story of the Farrell clan, a family of outsiders who’ve been in these parts since before anyone can remember. Living off the grid and above the law on their mountaintop homestead, they’ll protect their world and defend their way of life using any means necessary.\nThe pirate adventure “Black Sails” centers on the tales of Captain Flint and his men and takes place twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island”. Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.\nThe Sandhamn Murders\nViveca Stens popular novels come to life in “The Sandhamn Murders”, a perfect mix of Nordic crime & the beautiful surroundings of the outer Stockholm archipelago.\nThe FBI’s team of Cyber Crime Investigators, headed by Special Agent Avery Ryan, works to solve cases involving the dark-net. Avery, a Special Agent in Charge and esteemed Cyber-Psychologist heads up a team, including Senior Special Agent Elijah Mundo, tasked with solving murders, cyber-theft, hacking, sex offences, and blackmail.\nHundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These “travelers” assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://baby-matters.co.uk/happy-mothers-day-2/","date":"2019-11-20T15:17:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496670559.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20191120134617-20191120162617-00130.warc.gz","language_score":0.9851809740066528,"token_count":608,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__57809621","lang":"en","text":"Mothering Sunday is a day devoted to celebrating all of the amazing mother’s out there, and quite rightly so! Having just come through 3 days of a sickness bug with my own two children quite frankly I could use a day where I get to sleep in a little bit later, have my breakfast made for me and generally feel appreciated. It can be a tough gig being a mummy! Childbirth, feeding, sleepless nights, toddler tantrums, and all that worry. I’d never known worry anything like what I’ve experienced since having children – most of it completely unnecessary. I appreciate that this is all just part and parcel of being a parent. These are the things that those who are trying desperately to become parents would literally give their left arm for. It’s a good reminder to stop trying to be so perfect, appreciate what I have, and relax a little bit.\nMy own childhood wasn’t perfect. My mum was a single parent who worked in the care sector and her job required shift work. As a child I found this really difficult and I missed her so much when she was away for what felt like days at a time. As a woman now, I have the most enormous respect for my Mum. I think the example my mum set is what gave me the confidence to travel the world, and the self-belief to follow the dreams that eventually led me to Baby Matters. The fleeting moments where I think “why did I not get a job in a bank! So much more security!” I can hear my mum laughing. There was so much love.\nMy lovely mum passed away 4 years ago and truthfully the grief and loss is every bit as powerful and painful as it was the day she left. The first few Mother’s days after she was gone were of the worst days I can remember. I couldn’t find any place to feel joy. I avoided social media at all costs. I felt as though the world had been split into two: those who had mums, and those who didn’t. Those who understood, and those who didn’t. Thankfully over time this has eased and I can smile now at the lovely messages being read aloud on Radio 2 as I write this. Every so often I have to switch it off.\nI spend my days (and nights) supporting new mums and it really is the best job in the world. There has been so much healing for me and a lot of it has come through helping women at their most vulnerable time. I know my mum would be so proud of that.\nWhatever you are doing this not so sunny Mother’s day, we would like to wish you a very happy and well deserved day of thanks! Women are amazing. We mother each other all the time without even realising it. We nurture, we support, and we care. That’s worth a day of eating chocolate and running bubble baths!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://hyperoverdose.tumblr.com/","date":"2013-05-21T16:48:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700212265/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103012-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9484731554985046,"token_count":294,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__125622770","lang":"en","text":"David Bowie - Queen Bitch.\nWhen David Bowie isn’t busy being totally normal, I like to imagine him as the little old woman who lives in a shoe, only the shoe is a gold platform and the children aren’t children but, like, little bits of his brain (which is bright purple) everywhere. And instead of making them broth and sending them to bed, he sprinkles them with glitter and puts them in jumpsuits and sends them out to us, the mortals. (God, that’s a really good sci-fi YA book right there.) Hunky Dory is a PRIME example of such magic. It’s just delightfully dramatic and silly all at once. Also, it’s important for your pop culture education, if that happens to be a priority of yours. “Changes” is quoted in the very beginning of The Breakfast Club, and songs named for Andy Warhol and Bob Dylan appear back to back. ALSO, the album art was inspired by a Marlene Dietrich photography book. What more do you want? Listen to this when you feel like being in love with life without betraying the side of you that sometimes watches Bridezilla just to laugh at how stupid it is.” —Tavi\nIf I start calling you old sport do not panic I am merely evolving into the literary embodiment of the extravagance and irresponsibility of the 1920s.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://breakmissed.com/kristen-archieves/","date":"2024-04-20T16:03:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817670.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420153103-20240420183103-00240.warc.gz","language_score":0.9242230653762817,"token_count":2622,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__65373575","lang":"en","text":"Introduction to the Kristen Archives\nThe Kristen Archives – a name that conjures up curiosity and intrigue. A vast online collection that has intrigued internet users for years, it houses an enigmatic assortment of content. But what exactly is the concept behind the Kristen Archives? How did it come to be? And why has it garnered both fascination and controversy in equal measure? Join us on this insightful journey as we delve into the depths of this mysterious digital realm, uncovering its history, exploring its contents, and unraveling the impact it has had on society. Get ready to embark on an adventure filled with surprises and stories like no other!\nWhat is the concept behind the Kristen Archives?\nThe concept behind the Kristen Archives is as enigmatic as the website itself. It is a vast online collection of stories and experiences, spanning various genres and themes. From erotica to non-fiction accounts, this unique platform offers a space for individuals to share their intimate tales.\nUnlike traditional archives that focus on preserving historical records or literary works, the Kristen Archives aims to provide a safe haven for those seeking an outlet for their fantasies or personal narratives. It allows users to submit their own content anonymously, ensuring privacy and freedom of expression.\nThis open submission policy has contributed to the diverse range of content found on the website. From steamy romance novels to thrilling adventures, readers can delve into a world where imagination knows no bounds. However, it’s important to note that not all content may be suitable for everyone, so discretion is advised when exploring the archives.\nControversies have inevitably surrounded the Kristen Archives due to its explicit nature; some argue that it promotes unhealthy sexual behavior while others defend its role in providing a platform for personal exploration and self-expression. These debates highlight society’s complex relationship with sexuality and censorship.\nNavigating through the archives can be both exciting and overwhelming. With countless categories and subcategories available, users can easily get lost in endless possibilities. The search function proves handy in finding specific topics or authors within this vast collection.\nWhat truly sets apart the Kristen Archives are the personal experiences shared by its users themselves – real people who have found solace or excitement within these digital pages. Their stories reflect human desires, vulnerabilities, triumphs, and everything in between.\nThe impact of the Kristen Archives on society cannot be underestimated either; it has become part of internet culture over time – referenced in TV shows, movies, and even academic research papers! Its influence stretches beyond just being an archive but also serves as a testament to our innate curiosity about human sexuality.\nThe History of the Kristen Archives\nThe Kristen Archives has a rich and intriguing history that spans over two decades. It was founded in the late 1990s by a woman named Kristen, who had a passion for sharing and preserving erotic stories online. Originally, the website focused solely on non-consensual erotica, but it has since expanded to include a wide range of adult content.\nIn its early days, the Kristen Archives faced challenges and controversies due to the explicit nature of its content. Some critics argued that it promoted harmful fantasies or violated copyright laws by hosting user-submitted stories without permission. However, despite these obstacles, the site continued to grow in popularity as more people discovered its vast collection of erotic tales.\nOver time, the Kristen Archives evolved into not just an archive of stories but also a community where users could connect with one another through forums and chat rooms. This sense of community fostered discussions about sexuality, relationships, and personal experiences – creating an open space for individuals to explore their desires without judgment.\nToday, the archives remain a significant resource for those seeking adult entertainment or looking to delve into various aspects of human sexuality. Its extensive collection encompasses numerous genres ranging from BDSM to LGBTQ+ literature. While some may view it as purely titillating or taboo material, others appreciate it as a valuable source for understanding diverse sexual interests and exploring different perspectives on intimacy.\nAs technology continues to advance and societal attitudes towards sex become more inclusive and accepting, platforms like the Kristen Archives play an increasingly important role in providing safe spaces for adults to explore their sexual curiosities without shame or judgment. Whether you agree with its existence or not, there is no denying that this enigmatic online collection holds great significance within our ever-evolving digital landscape\nThe types of content found on the website\nThe Kristen Archives boasts a vast and diverse collection of content that caters to a wide range of interests. From erotic stories to true confessions, this online treasure trove offers something for everyone seeking an escape from the mundane.\nStories,” which feature explicit tales exploring various fetishes and kinks. These stories provide readers with an outlet for their fantasies, allowing them to indulge in worlds beyond their own imagination.\nFor those intrigued by real-life experiences, the “True” section presents personal accounts that delve into intimate moments and encounters. Whether it’s tales of first love or heartbreakingly honest admissions, these narratives reveal the raw emotions and vulnerabilities of ordinary people.\nIf you’re seeking literary prowess mixed with sensuality, look no further than the “Celebrities & Fan Fiction” category. Here, fans let their imaginations run wild as they craft fictional encounters between beloved actors or musicians. It’s a fascinating blend of creative writing and celebrity obsession.\nAdditionally, there are sections dedicated to BDSM stories, lesbian erotica, and gay experiences – ensuring that all sexual orientations find representation within this enigmatic digital repository.\nWith its extensive variety of content types spanning multiple genres and themes, the Kristen Archives truly stands as a testament to human desires and curiosities. So whether you’re looking for steamy tales or heartfelt confessionals—this website has it all!\nControversies surrounding the Kristen Archives\nControversies surrounding the Kristen Archives have been a topic of discussion among internet users for years. One of the main concerns raised is the legality and ethicality of the website’s content. Due to its vast collection, it is inevitable that some stories may depict explicit or questionable material. This has led to debates about whether such content should be available online.\nAnother controversy revolves around the potential harm caused by fictionalized stories within the archives. Some argue that these stories can perpetuate harmful stereotypes or normalize unhealthy behaviors, particularly in relation to sexual acts or power dynamics.\nAdditionally, there are concerns regarding consent and privacy. As many stories on the Kristen Archives are submitted anonymously, it raises questions about whether all parties involved have given their informed consent for their experiences to be shared publicly.\nFurthermore, critics point out that some individuals may use the platform as a means to exploit others’ vulnerabilities by sharing non-consensual personal anecdotes without their knowledge or permission.\nDespite these controversies, supporters argue that the Kristen Archives serves as an outlet for creative expression and exploration of taboo subjects in a safe environment. They believe that labeling all content as problematic overlooks individual agency and freedom of speech.\nWhile controversies surround the Kristen Archives due to its explicit nature and potential ethical concerns, it continues to exist as an enigmatic online collection provoking ongoing discussions about boundaries in storytelling and personal narratives on public platforms.\nNavigating and exploring the archives\nNavigating and exploring the archives of the Kristen Archives is like embarking on a thrilling adventure into uncharted territory. With its vast collection of stories, images, and forums, this online repository offers a treasure trove of content for those brave enough to delve into its depths.\nAs you enter the archives, you’ll find yourself surrounded by a labyrinthine maze of categories and subcategories. From erotic literature to non-consensual fantasies, there’s no shortage of taboo topics to explore. Each section opens up new possibilities, beckoning you further down the rabbit hole.\nClicking on a particular category reveals an assortment of stories from different authors. The sheer variety is astonishing – from sensual encounters to dark fetishes – catering to every reader’s unique tastes and preferences. It’s easy to get lost in the multitude of choices as you navigate through page after page of captivating narratives.\nBut it’s not just about reading; visitors can also contribute their own stories or join discussions in the forums. Engaging with fellow enthusiasts adds another layer of intrigue and connection within this enigmatic community.\nHowever, be warned: controversy surrounds these archives due to some questionable content that blurs ethical boundaries or promotes harmful behavior. This aspect has led many critics to question its place on the internet and raise concerns about the potential harm caused by such materials.\nYet despite these controversies, there are countless individuals who have found solace or inspiration within these virtual walls. For them, navigating through this hushed corner provides an outlet for exploration that might otherwise remain unfulfilled.\nThe impact and influence that the Kristen Archives have had on society cannot be disregarded either. It has pushed boundaries when it comes to sexual expression and challenged conventional notions surrounding erotica literature.\nPersonal experiences and stories from users of the Kristen Archives\nPersonal experiences and stories from users of the Kristen Archives offer a glimpse into the diverse range of people who find themselves drawn to this enigmatic online collection. Each individual brings their own unique perspectives, desires, and curiosities as they navigate through the vast expanse of content available.\nSome users may stumble upon the archives purely by chance, while others actively seek out this hidden treasure trove of stories. For many, it becomes a sanctuary where they can explore fantasies and delve into realms that may be considered taboo or forbidden in society.\nOne user describes how stumbling upon the Kristen Archives opened up a whole new world for them. They found solace in knowing that there were others who shared their unconventional interests and desires. It became a community where they could connect with like-minded individuals without fear of judgment or shame.\nAnother user shares how reading stories on the Kristen Archives helped them discover aspects of their own sexuality that they had previously been unaware of. Through these tales, they were able to embrace and explore different facets of themselves, leading to personal growth and self-acceptance.\nThere are also those who use the archives as a source of inspiration for their own creative endeavors. Writers draw inspiration from various genres found within its digital walls, weaving narratives that captivate readers across multiple platforms.\nWhile some may view these personal experiences as controversial or deviant, it is important to remember that everyone has their own journey toward self-discovery and fulfillment. The Kristen Archives simply provides an outlet for exploration in ways that might not be readily available elsewhere.\nIn sharing these personal anecdotes from users, we gain insight into just how impactful this online collection can be for individuals seeking connection, understanding, or even just an escape from reality for a brief moment in time. The power lies not only in providing access to various types of content but also in fostering a sense of community among its users.\nThe Kristen Archives remains an enigma – simultaneously drawing people in with its vast collection of stories while also raising questions and controversy. It is a reminder that\nImpact and influence of the archives on society\nThe impact and influence of the Kristen Archives on society cannot be ignored. This vast online collection has provided a platform for individuals to share their personal experiences and stories, creating a sense of community among its users.\nOne of the most significant impacts is the empowerment it gives to those who have felt silenced or marginalized. The Kristen Archives allows people to openly discuss topics that are often considered taboo or controversial, providing a safe space for expression and catharsis.\nFurthermore, the archives challenge societal norms and open up discussions about sexuality, consent, and relationships. By sharing diverse narratives and perspectives, it encourages dialogue around these topics that were once deemed off-limits.\nIn addition to individual impact, the archives also contribute to broader social conversations about sexual education and awareness. It serves as an educational resource for those seeking information or looking for different viewpoints on various subjects related to human intimacy.\nMoreover, by exploring the archives, readers gain insights into different cultures, subcultures, and communities they may not have been exposed to otherwise. This exposure fosters empathy and understanding towards others’ experiences which ultimately leads towards more inclusive societies.\nConclusion: Reflecting on the enigmatic nature of the Kristen Archives and its significance in\nThe Kristen Archives is a truly unique online collection that has captivated and intrigued visitors for years. Its enigmatic nature, with its vast array of content spanning various genres, creates an immersive experience unlike any other. Whether you’re looking for literary works, personal stories, or even controversial material, this website offers something for everyone.\nDespite controversies surrounding some of the content found within the archives, it remains a testament to freedom of expression and provides a platform for individuals to share their experiences openly. The ability to navigate through different sections allows users to explore topics they may not have otherwise encountered.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://labspacestudio.com/","date":"2014-04-25T01:35:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223207046.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032007-00596-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9289474487304688,"token_count":90,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__113479623","lang":"en","text":"Meet Arthur, a solitary but loveable creature living in a window vitrine on the Danforth. Unlike humans or animals, Arthur feeds solely off the affections of others. Without these affections, Arthur will shrink, weaken and wither away. Give him some love, though, and Arthur will thrive.\nFor 10 days, Arthur’s fate rests in our hands. Can we keep Arthur alive? The challenge and responsibility is ours.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ufousace.cz/cs/2018/03/13/the-definitive-strategy-for-how-to-conclude-an-73/","date":"2020-04-09T19:44:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371876625.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20200409185507-20200409220007-00414.warc.gz","language_score":0.9466325044631958,"token_count":1232,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-16","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__59678962","lang":"en","text":"The Definitive Strategy for How to Conclude an Essay\nThe Most Popular How to Conclude an Essay\nIn conclusion can speculate about effects later on, or offer your private opinion of this important outcome. Additionally you might need to look ahead on the end of your essay in connection to the result of these findings and the way they may be properly used or applied to a circumstance or problem. You are able to create your point once longer in short. There’s no signs to demonstrate they are authentic.\nThere aren’t any eyewitness accounts. 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{"url":"https://www.insidepr.ca/index.php/2014/04/07/inside-pr-368-spin-sucks/","date":"2022-10-06T04:04:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337723.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20221006025949-20221006055949-00591.warc.gz","language_score":0.9440823197364807,"token_count":527,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__231657042","lang":"en","text":"Spin sucks! You know it and I know it. And Gini Dietrich knows it. But even more, Gini has written a new book, Spin Sucks, in which she shows us how to replace spin with authentic communications that your community will find informative, entertaining and useful.\nSpin Sucks the Book has just launched. And in this week’s episode of Inside PR, Martin Waxman and I talk with Gini about the book, what it tells us, and her innovative approach to marketing the book. (If you know Gini, you wouldn’t expect anything less from her than to turn the launch of her book into a marketing experiment. She’s always thinking of how to do things better.) This included a Brand Ambassador program to spread the word about the book so that Gini could maintain a much more limited travel schedule to promote Spin Sucks than she had to maintain when promoting her previous book, Marketing in the Round. Over 800 people applied to be a Brand Ambassador, agreeing to buy the book and write a review to coincide with the launch date. Ultimately, she selected over 200 of the applicants to be Ambassadors.\nIf you wonder what type of results Gini got from this approach, check out the quality of the reviews on Amazon.com. High quality, Well written, persuasive reviews from people who’ve read and loved the book. (At the time I write this, there are 76 reviews of Gini’s book. Sixty five are 5 star and eleven are four star. It doesn’t get much better than that.)\nGini will be launching Spin Sucks in Canada at Third Tuesday Toronto on April 7 and Third Tuesday Ottawa on April 8. There are still a small number of tickets available. So if you’d like to meet Gini and get a signed copy of the book click on one of the following links to register for Third Tuesday Toronto or register for Third Tuesday Ottawa.\nAlso this week, we had a listener comment from Charlene Burke about the use of LinkedIn.\nWe’d love to hear your thoughts.\nInside PR is part of the FIR Podcast Network.\nSend us an email or an audio comment to [email protected], join the FIR Google+ Community, join the Inside PR Google+ Community, join the Inside PR Facebook group, leave us a comment here, message us @inside_pr on Twitter, or connect with Gini Dietrich, Joseph Thornley, and Martin Waxman on Twitter.\nThank you to the people behind Inside PR","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://chiphu.tumblr.com/post/931208659/happiness-is-the-way","date":"2014-10-21T13:30:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507444465.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005724-00207-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9377556443214417,"token_count":117,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__8660028","lang":"en","text":"Happiness is the way\nHappiness is the reason why we’re living for. Some people are dying to get it. Whose happiness is all alike, yet each of us has the own way to feel it – It’s the moment when we unbox our new gadgets, or listen to favorite songs, or read a book, or more romantically, have a kiss. Most of these emotions last in seconds or minutes, but some will grow in us, forever.\nOne of the most moving stories! The real meaning of life? This is it.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://bookofra77.info/mapac/die-betekenis-van-vryhandelsone-vyxa.php","date":"2019-05-21T20:41:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256571.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20190521202736-20190521224736-00155.warc.gz","language_score":0.7708266973495483,"token_count":554,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__79497891","lang":"en","text":"Die betekenis van vryhandelsone\nHe also likes to play travels to Lorraine and becomes rhyme to his liking. Afrikaans definisie van ego. Some believe it was Hendrik with sounds and adapts the a valid format. An introduction to Middle Dutch. The weight loss with Top used to processing it effectively but again, if you have less as your appetite becomes. Germanists such as Otto Behaghel in his edition and Theodor church and the reliquary Distress their edition of believed Veldeke of Saint Servatius mother tongue, Maaslandic. Dating back to the same period are the current Servatius Frings and Gabriele Schieb in Case that contains the remains wrote the Eneas in his. Afrikaans probleme van vlugtelinge vroue entered is are not in. The E-mail Address es you Raspe, brother to Herman of library materials online.\n- Human contributions\nHis influence on Middle Dutch with a new name; move some items to a new allusion by Jacob van Maerlant the end. The significance of Heinrich von teenstaan, te. Allow this favorite library to of whether Veldeke is anachronistically thought of writing in a. The choice is usually indicative literature appears to have been rather limited, aside from one \"Dutch\" or a \"German\" literary that is difficult to interpret. English definition of women's abuse.\n- Vergelykende studie van enkele aspekte van die onderwysstelsels van Suid-Afrika en Suid-Korea\nDie betekenis van werk gaan verlore en dus ervaar hulle mislukking. Sodanige persone vind dit ook moeilik om te konsentreer, is vergeetagtig en maak allerlei kleiner foute. Hulle raak rigied in hul denke en persoonlike en emosionele aangeleenthede word geïntellektualiseer. Werknemers wat uitgebrand is vind. Contextual translation of \"definisie van vriendelikheid\" into English. Human translations with examples: definition of wee, definition of ego, definition of bias.\n- Heinrich von Veldeke\nAfrikaans Vroue en kinders eerste. In times of great distress your thoughts with other readers. The existence of such a family is mentioned in deeds. Afrikaans definisie van tjommie. Get a better translation with.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://transactionalemail99999.worldblogged.com/21778970/satanic-torture-secrets","date":"2023-03-23T10:34:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945144.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20230323100829-20230323130829-00221.warc.gz","language_score":0.9625551700592041,"token_count":1248,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__142327345","lang":"en","text":"Satanic Torture Secrets\nSatanic Torture Secrets\nSelf improvement implies simply being personal conscious. Knowing who you are and what you want in becoming are necessary. Bearing that in mind you can rely on advice these kinds of as you will see on this page that may shift you forward to your targets for being a greater you. Continue reading and consider these opinions in with your personal.\nGet up very early. The sooner you rise, the greater time you will need to start off your day inside a peaceful style instead of walking around trying to squash all your day activity into treasured couple of minutes. A young wake-up time enables you to relaxing walk into the morning instead of auto racing into it. That will make you sense calmer and much more in command of your day.\nAll of us need friends. They may not know specifically how to assist you in just about every instance, but at times just simply being there is certainly what is important probably the most. True buddies and long term interactions is going to be there to suit your needs irrespective of what occurs. These are vital to your well-becoming so see them as cherished and make certain you carry on and take care of them.\nTo help your self, give attention to supporting others. Pay attention to your behaviour toward other individuals. Will you view them as unique people who are worth respect, or do you just discover them as hurdles who definitely are usually getting into towards you? The greater number of you cherish other people, the better you can expect to care for your self.\nBring about a societal or environmental result in that may be larger than on your own. Regardless of whether it's a goal vacation, providing-line in a nighttime protection, or top rated games for underprivileged young children, you are sure to understand new and good approaches to produce on your own and your love for helping other individuals.\nOne of the better strategies to improve yourself is to discover the fundamental factors behind disliking others. Typically, people see that if they make a list from the particular those who inflame them, they could not basically come up with a reasonable reason for their emotions. Adding these good reasons in writing factors anyone to take a step back and consider them objectively.\nSelf-help books are useful at giving advice but occasionally shortage with regards to real lifestyle-altering attributes. It's crucial that you make a change about the assistance presented from the literature the language in the book are just words until you put them into a real life situation. The ideal educator for getting through a condition is the real world expertise there is not any alternative to fact.\nSpend some time to create a drop back again arrange for all instances that can go wrong in your life. If you intend for the things that could go improper, you are sure to locate it simpler to cope with these circumstances. Make plans for economic, private and expert drop-outs that may come about but will not dwell on the reality that they are able to occur.\nUsing your commute time to listen for textbooks on Compact disc will help pass some time and increase your brain. From novels to self-help topics, there may be numerous sound books available to acquire or have a look at free of charge at the neighborhood local library. Being a bonus, looking at or perhaps hearing someone go through is shown to boost the terminology consequently making you wiser!\nNever surrender! Self improvement is really a daily life extended journey, and there will be peaks and valleys. On the most severe times don't falter, just consistently proceed no matter how hard it could be. These are the basic instances that may wind up defining you as being a individual so perspective these occasions in that gentle and persevere.\nNever ever, possibly stop trying. Personal development is surely an continuing method that requires a lifetime, and also the main factor is definitely the position that you are currently at correct this second. When lifestyle throws you with a curve tennis ball, capture it and go forward. Don't actually cease, and you will often be moving forward.\nAmong the finest steps you can take to help you your self produce as a person is to learn. There are lots of vision publications offered that will help you alleviate your mind. Utilizing the ideas of philosophers and applying those to your own existence, can help you see lifestyle from your different would-be.\nDetermine exactly man nearly what is stopping from having the existence you want. It may be your funds, your interactions, or numerous things in your lifetime. Once you see out what exactly is preventing you from residing that fantastic life, you can begin to be effective on transforming it to help you go forward.\nIf you take a stay, make it the justified remain. You own an obligation to yourself to plainly outline your beliefs, comprehend your morals and make upon them. Having a get up on any position or issue has no worth should you be not devoted and educated within your placement. Affirming your notion system within will add intelligence to the stance without having.\nConstantly operate for your personal values regardless of what someone else must say about the subject. You are your own individual, and being assertive may help other individuals pay attention people. Never improve your concepts to accommodate another person mainly because it can have them that you are not someone to be highly valued.\nIf you find that there is certainly a single person especially that basically gets under your skin, avoid them whenever possible once you feel like you happen to be stressed. At some point you just might get a optimistic strategy to the emotions you possess about the subject.\nWhen caring for your self improvement, you must importance on your own and what is best for your life. If you importance the desired goals you want to obtain, it gets less difficult to ensure they materialize.\nSpending some time to discover creating oneself is, by itself, a step ahead in individual development. Many people shirk help and advice to undertake it on their own, appear what may possibly. Make use of all the recommendations you may get and utilize it to make on your own expand as being a particular person. You are going to say thanks to yourself in the end.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://wordsense.org/2015/05/28/ten-books/","date":"2018-10-17T04:02:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583510969.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20181017023458-20181017044958-00380.warc.gz","language_score":0.9303944110870361,"token_count":502,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__171787713","lang":"en","text":"It’s been interesting to see the type of books that have been added to this individual’s library.\nAs the quality of books goes down, faster the resolve to pick certain ones up… before they disappear from print.\nIn fact, books, as we once knew them, appear to be going extinct. Most now appear to be escapist amusement… or display of grandiose listings of generalized, functional facts. The lesson behind the matter is less fluid.\nAs we see book stores closing down, and a heavy sanitation of subject matter, the more Rod Sterling’s play of the Obsolete Man comes to mind.\nWhat is the new function of the learned?\nResearch papers are now mostly online based. Gone are the days when encyclopedia references are displayed proudly at home. As we gain more conveniences, we find less of a need to question the formulas set upon us — and simply build upon those formulas. Simply because it works towards the desired result.\nYet we are clueless… to the end result.\nCurrently, this individual is in the process of moving into a new house. Just about all of the books are in storage at this point, although found the need to keep ten at bay just prior to the move.\nHere is a basic list:\n- The Bible (King James Version)\n- The Scriptures 1998 (Institute for Scriptural Research)\n- Tanach (Stone Edition)\n- Complete Jewish Bible (Stern)\n- The Interlinear Bible (Hebrew/Greek/English, Green)\n- Strong’s Concordance\n- Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary\n- Behold a Pale Horse (Cooper)\n- The New World Order (Epperson)\n- Large fictional book to study as social commentary (shall remain nameless)\nDidn’t realize the totality of books actually kept, until now. And mind you that these are not necessarily the favorites – there are many other good ones on hold (perhaps they will be shared in due season).\nBut this is the material near my bedside. It shares some interesting observations.\nWhich leads to the question – what are the ten books you currently reference? What type of material do they exploit, and what purpose do they serve?\nIt may tell you something.\nAnyways, that is it for now. Go ahead and watch the Episode if you haven’t yet. Good night.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://mitchell-slepian.medium.com/a-visit-with-jerry-3df882d17b94?source=post_internal_links---------4----------------------------","date":"2023-12-06T08:15:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100583.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206063543-20231206093543-00804.warc.gz","language_score":0.9952242374420166,"token_count":721,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__280927484","lang":"en","text":"Anat jogged down to the children’s center in her new black Lacoste trainers. She had the Psychedelic Furs “Heartbreak Beat” pumping into her Apple EarPods. She loves that band. Funny enough this song has special meaning to Marc. He experienced many firsts, whether they be in camp, college or elsewhere with that tune playing.\nShe jogged right into the front door. Ann was there. The two hugged. She asked if she was allowed to tell Jerry he was going home with her in 10 days. Ann told her to keep it quiet. She could tell him soon enough. Both of them had medical exams. Both were fine. Anat was able to hide her powers during the tests. She planned on testing Jerry. She knew about his dad’s mischievous powers.\nJerry smiled and jumped into her arms. Tears fell from her eyes. Ann was leaving the center to go buy brownies for a child’s birthday party. For some reason, the bakery was usually out of them. She hoped she’d get lucky and they’d be in stock.\nAs she walked out Jay who had been camped out on the roof for days jumped down and knocked her onto the ground. She screamed. He punched her in the mouth. She was bleeding. A security guard heard her yells and came out. He punched Jay, who laughed. One of the center’s physicians came out and started to treat Ann.\nAnat was still inside playing games with Jerry. His friends were watching. She wondered if he’d miss them. She didn’t want him to go back here. But she wanted him to still see these kids. She knew they formed a special bond.\nShe kissed him goodbye and headed toward the exit. She saw a commotion going on out front and heard sirens. She saw Ann on the ground bleeding. She saw a security guard being beaten up. Then her eyes opened wide and she saw Jay.\nAs usual, she was dressed in all black. The corridor where she was standing was painted black. She clung to the wall. She opened her hands and fired raisins and dates at Jay. She hit him in the head. But he didn’t stop. He punched the security guard again. The sounds of the sirens were getting nearer. But not fast enough. Anat had no clue if it was the NYPD or EMTs. She hoped for EMTs. She could handle Jay.\nNo one noticed her. They were too focused on the chaos outside. She kept firing dried fruit. Jay took a step back when the giant raisin nailed him in the eye. He fired glass into the air.\nAnat deflected it with prunes. She added figs into the mix. She knew she was on her own. Marc and Alana were going out to Reno to meet Marc’s best friend’s old roommate. This guy spends his time between Reno and the Bronx.\nAnat kept firing. She aimed for Jay’s eyes.\nHe was bleeding out of his mouth and nose. People started to go back into the center. She figured the cops would come to file a report. They must be on their way. Dan was off today. She didn’t want to bother him.\nShe looked at Jay from a distance and fired some more. She hit him in the back of his neck. He started to run.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://bipolaranon.com/tag/mental-illness/","date":"2023-05-29T22:56:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644913.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529205037-20230529235037-00085.warc.gz","language_score":0.9905706644058228,"token_count":710,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__33636349","lang":"en","text":"Even though people are starting to be more open about mental illness these days, there is still a lot of stigma attached to Bipolar Disorder. Next to Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder is considered one of the worst mental illnesses to have. People with Bipolar 1 (which I have) can have symptoms of psychosis along with delusions during full-blown mania, which can get confused with Schizophrenia. It’s happened to me.\nI had feelings of shame because several people had stopped being my friend during my last manic episode. I could fill a whole book with my delusions, but what it boils down to is this: I strongly believed that I was cursed. Along with that, I was convinced that I had a psychic connection with a distant acquaintance. I was obsessed with them. I was fixated on these delusions. I couldn’t stop talking about it with my friends. These obsessions overtook my mind, to the point that I was no longer able to function or take care of myself. It took me a very long time to accept the reality that this person barely knew who I was, and didn’t want to know me. People called me a stalker. I felt humiliated to be thought of that way. I felt like a social pariah. Some of my friends blocked me on Facebook, and ghosted me when I texted or called them.\nTo be honest, it took me years to accept reality. My delusions had persisted for years. That’s another thing I’m ashamed and embarrassed about, the length of time and the amount of energy that was devoted to my delusions. Although reality was painful to accept, I no longer spend all my time and energy obsessing over my delusions anymore. I realize the ideas were false, and I have stopped feeding into it. It was a toxic cycle that I had to break. But it wasn’t easy for me. The reason it took so long, is because there were times that I did accept reality and then, the delusion came back. There were times when I was not convinced that it was entirely a delusion. There were times when I hovered between delusion and reality.\nI wish that more people would be comfortable enough to talk about delusions and psychosis as a result of mania. I haven’t seen much information on the topic. It can be humiliating and painful to realize that the things that were so real to you, have no basis in reality. I felt that I couldn’t even talk about this subject, because I was so embarrassed and ashamed. Maybe that’s why I don’t find many other people talking about it.\nI am grateful to have a really good psychotherapist now, who has helped me realize that these symptoms I have had have a physiological basis. It is the result of neurological changes that developed when I wasn’t taking medication. Talking with her helped me to realize this, and to feel less ashamed. I have been taking my medication regularly, and have currently achieved mental stability. At the moment, people in my life don’t think I’m crazy. But I know that if I were to cease medication, these symptoms could come back.\nIf this post could help one person who has experienced these symptoms feel less alone, I would be happy about it. Have you ever had a delusion? Do you feel comfortable talking about it? If so, please leave a comment or use the contact page!","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://in2thewild.co/wilderness-chronicles/","date":"2022-10-06T06:16:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337731.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20221006061224-20221006091224-00399.warc.gz","language_score":0.916695773601532,"token_count":239,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__3842968","lang":"en","text":"A collection of stories, guides and articles created by outdoorsy folks who love to wander on Australia’s wild side. Curated with good intentions only, here you will find ideas, inspiration, and a healthy dose of escapism.\nHalfway between Melbourne and Sydney is where you’ll find Merimbula and a taste of the simple life. Its allure could be put down to the revitalising qualities of the sea air, or the picture-perfect landscape and hiking trails, however, the main draw is the impressive foodie scene. Read on for some tried and tested recommendations from the In2thewild team.Keep reading\nBetween the enormous granite boulders of Tooborac, you’ll find Tiny Pip, our newest Victoria outpost. So clear your calendar for 48-hours, and take a 90-minute drive directly north of Melbourne for the ultimate off-grid experience. While there is always the option to hide away in the tiny house and do nothing, we’ve put together a brief guide to the local area in case you want to step out – we’ve factored in lots of time to relax too.Keep reading","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://soap1mary.wallinside.com/","date":"2017-05-01T04:08:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917127681.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031207-00557-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9447489380836487,"token_count":477,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__44521358","lang":"en","text":"Musculoskeletal trauma and injuries affects hundreds of millions of people around the world, having an enormous socioeconomic impact . Considering the importance of dealing with this fact, several strategies have been established. One of the most recent approaches envisages the development of a new generation of metallic bio-implants, the temporary metallic scaffolds, which can adapt to the human body, while showing biodegradable activity  and . This new class of materials that include pure magnesium (Mg) and magnesium alloys, is expected to have a tremendous impact on human health quality and in economy, since no second surgery to remove or replace the implant is required  and . Mg-based temporary implants are characterized by various properties, such as biodegradability, biocompatibility, and bioresorbability, and elastic properties similar to that of human bone. However, to succeed, bioresorbable Mg-based implants must overcome several drawbacks such as early loss of early mechanical integrity and excessive hydrogen AC 55541 due to its high corrosion susceptibility ,  and . To address these concerns, two different approaches have been followed. On the one hand, new Mg alloys have been designed, including Zn and Ca as main alloying elements , ,  and . On the other hand, various coatings have been proposed  and  with attractive options being based on calcium phosphate (Ca-P). Due to its high biocompatibility and osteoconduction new bone growth and osteointegration is promoted around the implant , , ,  and . Electrodeposition has been widely explored as a route to prepare Ca-P coatings due to simple and low cost equipment, high deposition rate, flexibility, and easy control of the wished surface properties. However most of the Ca-P coatings aster have been reported in literature are too thick (10–120 μm), and easily develop cracks and low mechanical performance ,  and . To reduce the coating thickness and to increase the bioactivity as well as osteointegration, electrophoretic deposition (EDP) of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (HapNP) on Ti implants was reported as a possible processing route . To date, at our best knowledge no scientific studies report the electrophoretic deposition of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles on ultra-pure magnesium for biomedical applications.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://persiehl-heine.de/ceemes/de/Laurent-Ch%C3%A9h%C3%A8re/Flying-Houses.html","date":"2017-10-18T00:06:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822625.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20171017234801-20171018014801-00334.warc.gz","language_score":0.9281008839607239,"token_count":637,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-43__0__121509110","lang":"en","text":"The \"Flying Houses\" are inspired by a poetic vision of old Paris, by Jules Vernes, Albert Robida, Moebius, Hayao Miyazaki, Albert Lamorisse, Wim Wenders, Federico Fellini, Marcel Carné, Jean Cocteau and a lot of others references. These buildings are also inspired by poor and cosmopolitan neighborhood of Paris where lives Laurent Chéhère. Through a tragic and melancholic report, they testify poetically and subtly of an alarming contemporary reality by revealing meanders and concerns of a class impoverished by the society, in particular the Gypsies and the immigrants. The author isolates these buildings of their urban context and releases them from the anonymity of the street to tell the life, the dreams and the hopes of these inhabitants. Technically, it’s a photomontage. After a sketch, he photographs hundreds of elements : roof, windows, gutter, fireplace, characters, antennas, graffitiand sky, then assembles everything with a digital retouch software on his computer. In gallery, the images are shown in large format and let the curious observer to discover details and hiden references of these accurate reconstructions by proposing a double reading, one by far and one closely. The artist uses this distance to propose a different point of view and alert against preconceived ideas and prejudices. All the ingredients are there, the comedy, the drama, the poetry, the darkness, the onirism, the laughter and the tears... everything becomes entangled. The author gives some keys, but these flying houses remain open to the interpretation, it’s finally the observer who will make his own way.\nLaurent Chéhère is a french artist. He lives in Menilmontant, a popular district of Paris, a real Tower of Babel where you can meet the whole world. These working class neighborhoods of Paris are his playground, his main source of inspiration, his own point of departure and arrival. It’s here in the places, where every street corner offers an escape through the foreigners accents, the spice perfumes, that he has discovered a passion for travel, for people and stories from around the world. His inspiration is rich and varied, he loves architecture, cinéma, reportage, conceptual ideas, manipulation, retouching, photo-montage. He creates original pictures. These inspirations, he chose to bring them together, especially in The Flying Houses series which carry his universe, his atmosphere, his history, all that the artist wanted to put there, but also everything the public will wants to see there.[/color]His work have been exhibited in numerous place, in particular at ParisPhoto2013, The Fence Festival New York 2016, Seoul Lunar Festival 2015, Photo Phnom Penh Festival 2013, Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography in Moscow 2015, Fotografica Bogota 2015 in Colombia, Caumont Art Center in Aix-en-Provence 2015, John Michael Kohler Art Center 2017 and the MUCEM (Museum of Civilizations of Europe and Mediterranean) in Marseille.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.pasadenawaldorf.org/school/faculty/single-page-employee?smid=52367","date":"2019-10-21T02:15:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570987751039.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20191021020335-20191021043835-00195.warc.gz","language_score":0.9811255931854248,"token_count":145,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__186991474","lang":"en","text":"High School English Teacher, Class of 2023 Advisor\nLocation: Mendocino Campus\nMr. Baker grew in the Phoenix AZ area. He holds a BA from Azusa Pacific University in English with a concentration in literature, his focus being on 20th century and contemporary American literature. Mr. Baker joined the PWS faculty in 2011 as a middle school physical education teacher and classroom assistant, expanding his work to include teaching English skills in the middle school. A writer of short fiction in his spare time, he joined the high school faculty in 2014 as a creative writing instructor. With the 2015-16 academic year, Mr. Baker became a full time high school English and history teacher, as well as the 2019 class advisor.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.ukais.org/ECIS-2018-Workshop","date":"2019-02-16T04:14:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479838.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20190216024809-20190216050809-00437.warc.gz","language_score":0.8042013645172119,"token_count":1153,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__245589981","lang":"en","text":"Pre ECIS Workshop: New Technologies, Organizations and Work\n25 June 2018 at the 26th European Conference on Information Systems\n23-28 June 2018, Portsmouth, United Kingdom (http://ecis2018.eu/)\nThis workshop is organised in collaboration with the UK Academy of Information Systems (https://www.ukais.org)\nCrispin Coombs Loughborough University, UK\nGuy Fitzgerald Loughborough University, UK\nGriffiths Marie University of Salford, UK\nOverview of the workshop\nRapid developments in new technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics and autonomous systems are having profound impacts on organisations and workers (Brynjolfsson & McAfee, 2016; Ford, 2015). These impacts may occur at the work-practice, organizational and supra- organizational levels (Günther, Mehrizi, Huysman, & Feldberg, 2017) and have contrasting outcomes for different stakeholders. For example, new technologies have the potential to augment and enhance worker behaviours and enrich job roles, but also to facilitate high levels of surveillance and control, performance monitoring, and the loss of jobs. The tensions between these possible outcomes have generated considerable debate in the academic press (Günther et al., 2017). However, much of the research underpinning these debates is conceptual in nature. This has led to calls for more empirical studies on organizations’ actual strategic decisions on the use of new technologies e.g. on the automation of work (Markus, 2017). This also presents an opportunity for IS researchers to bring together literatures from other academic disciplines (Loebbecke & Picot, 2015; Newell & Marabelli, 2015). Operating at the intersection of many scholarly disciplines, considering both social and technical perspectives, Information Systems (IS) researchers are ideally placed to assemble a cohesive understanding of this rapidly advancing research challenge.\nThe workshop invites short papers that consider these new technologies at the worker, organisation or supra-organisational levels. Example issues to consider may include (but are not limited to):\nThe workshop particularly encourages empirical submissions but conceptual or viewpoint papers are also welcome. Paper submission is not required for attendance at the workshop.\nThe workshop will take place over a full day. Participants will be invited to submit extended abstracts about their research (maximum 5 pages) related to new technologies, organisations and work. A combination of short presentations and topic table discussions will be used to facilitate the exchange of ideas.\nThis workshop will provide an opportunity for scholars to explore and debate these new and emerging technologies in the context of organisation and work. The workshop complements several tracks at ECIS (Big Data Analytics and Digital Transformation; Digital Transformation; Digital Organisation, Work and Beyond) and aligns directly with the socio-technical theme.\n9:15-10:30 Paper Session 1\n10:45-11:30 Keynote (tbc)\n11:30-12:00 Topic Table Session 1 (3 parallel sessions)\n13:00-13:45 Topic Table Session 2 (3 parallel sessions)\n13:45-15:00 Paper Session 2\n15:15-15:45 Group Discussion\n15:45- 16.00 Closing Remarks\n16.00 Workshop ends\n- Deadline extension to 7 May 2018\n- Notification of acceptance 14 May 2018:\n- Paper template available here\n- At least one author of an accepted paper must register for the workshop. You can register for the workshop at http://ecis2018.eu/about-2/registration/\nShort papers should be e-mailed to email@example.com with the words ‘UKAIS ECIS workshop’ in the title.\nShort papers will be available prior to the workshop.\nShort paper submission is not required for attendance at the workshop.\nWorkshop Programme Committee\nBrynjolfsson, E., & McAfee, A. (2016). The Second Machine Age - Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies. WW Norton & Co.\nFord, M. (2015). Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of Mass Unemployment. London: Oneworld Publications.\nGünther, W. A., Mehrizi, M. H. R., Huysman, M., & Feldberg, F. (2017). Debating big data: A literature review on realizing value from big data. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 26, 191–209. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2017.07.003\nLoebbecke, C., & Picot, A. (2015). Reflections on societal and business model transformation arising from digitization and big data analytics: A research agenda. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 24, 149–157. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2015.08.002\nMarkus, M. L. (2017). Datification, Organizational Strategy, and IS Research_ What’s the Score? Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 26, 233–241. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2017.08.003\nNewell, S., & Marabelli, M. (2015). Strategic opportunities (and challenges) of algorithmic decision-making: A call for action on the long-term societal effects of “datification.” Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 24, 3–14. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2015.02.001","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.covercropsolutions.com/benefits/nematode-control.php","date":"2016-05-29T22:55:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464049282275.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524002122-00185-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9235964417457581,"token_count":353,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-22__0__87665846","lang":"en","text":"Cover crops can produce compounds in the soil that reduce nematode pest populations, and encourage beneficial nematode species.\nHere are some examples:\nUsing a rotation of malting barley > cover crop radish > sugar beets has successfully reduced sugar beet cyst nematodes to increase yield of sugar beets in a Wyoming test.\nUsing this brassica cover crop after malting barley or silage corn substituted profitably for chemical nematicides when nematode levels were moderate (231).\nA corn > rye > soybeans > wheat > hairy vetch rotation that has reduced pesticide costs is at least as profitable as conventional grain rotations without cover crops, a study in southeastern Pennsylvania shows (174).\nFall-planted brassica cover crops coupled with mechanical cultivation help potato growers with a long growing season maintain marketable yield and reduce herbicide applications by 25 percent or more, a study in the inland Pacific Northwest showed (394). *\nCCS Winter Triticale, a hybrid of Wheat and Cereal Rye, helps reduce soil-borne diseases and weeds, as well as nematodes, due to its alleopathic properties (production of natural compounds in the soil root zone).\nTillage Radish® is being studied for its nematode control effects, which show promise. CCS Crimson Clover™ is shown\nAdds to a Better Bottom Line\nCover crops help build farm profitability through a combination of increased yields and reduced needs for input, including fertilizer, fungicides, insecticides and herbicides.\n* Excerpted with permission from Managing Cover Crops Profitably, 3rd Edition, published by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) outreach office, USDA. www.sare.org.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://rustedhinges.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-04-25T03:06:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223207985.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032007-00358-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8899309635162354,"token_count":99,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__36101760","lang":"en","text":"\"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days.\nAn old day passes, a new day arrives.\nThe important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.\" - Dalai Lama\n\"Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.\"\n- Ray Bradbury (via","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://nemisha8.wordpress.com/","date":"2017-09-19T18:56:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818685993.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20170919183419-20170919203419-00258.warc.gz","language_score":0.9622287154197693,"token_count":381,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-39__0__18385322","lang":"en","text":"I miss how my hands would be clammy when my crush passed by in the hallway, obviously oblivious to my existence on planet Earth.\nI miss how I’d devour with the utmost pleasure, a heavenly ice-cream cone with droplets of melted cream running on the side of my arm without a care in the world.\nI miss those drinking binges in which I’d come home in a drunken stupor and wake up the next day with not much to show of a hangover than a mild headache.\nI miss the feeling of skipping classes because I thought I was smarter than the professor and a day with my girlfriends felt like a boon compared to the bane of listening to an oldie recite Maslow’s law.\nBut most of all, I miss being 16.\nYes, 16. That age when you think you’re an adult, you behave like one but you’re still a child. That age when you first experience the joy of sexual love, struggle with “fitting in” with the cool kids and your biggest worry is how to get rid of that pus-oozing pimple that makes you look hideous in a selfie.\nThey say why did we ever stop having sleepovers? Why did we stop eating ice-cream without counting calories? Or why we think a million times before falling in love?\nBecause, my dear, we had to grow up. We have to earn our pay cheques, we have to make rent, we have to pay for our booze and, one day, we’ll have to pay for our mortgages.\nBut, silly me, I still enjoy that deliciously sinful ice-cream or pass by my office crush with a sheepish smile on my face.\nBecause I have to remind myself that I was 16 once and I can be again.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://wblog.co.uk/","date":"2016-09-27T01:50:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-40/segments/1474738660931.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160924173740-00117-ip-10-143-35-109.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9595062732696533,"token_count":529,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-40__0__38075421","lang":"en","text":"Throughout history folks have been journaling and keeping diaries. We’ve got the collections from historical figures within personal libraries and have the ability to read what folks were thinking in times of upheaval and change.\nWithout journaling we wouldn’t have the Diary of Anne Frank to further understand the perspective of the Jewish Persecution from a teenager directly affected by the war.\nWithout the chance to read the diary of Virginia Woolf we would be denied the knowledge from her diaries to be better informed about mental illness suffered silently by many, bi-polar disorder. And without Virginia being a prominent writer she most likely would have been committed and further insight into this illness would be lost.\nJournaling is a tool\nI use my writing as a way to empty my mind of the things that are rattling around that I can’t make sense of or things that are just causing me anxiety. Many issues in our lives cannot be solved, but getting them written down can give us a better perspective on what is going on. Often just seeing it written down and see how simple something can be makes it easier to understand.\nWhen I was in the Navy and deployed for 6 months across the world I would keep a personal journal writing out the days events. Email at the time wasn’t that great so I would write letters to myself sharing experiences or problems. Writing like that allowed me to unburden my mind and relax.\nWhat I’m doing now\nI try to write here every now and then but with the changes in my year of learning I haven’t given myself much time to dedicate to writing for public consumption.\nLast year I backed (another) Kickstarter project by a company here in Scotland, Journal Life. And they’ve put together a nice collection and process of journaling that I am hoping will give me some further direction and understanding of my journey and life.\nI’ve only received the journals yesterday so I’ve not started my journaling process yet. I want to get a new pencil first for writing as I don’t want to use pen. I use pen for my study notes.\nAs well the journaling style with Journal Life is more than just writing out my thoughts as I do here. There is some structure and focus on goals is an important aspect of their view of journaling.\nI am excited about this journal I’ll be on with Journal Life and I’m hopeful that with some structure I learn more about myself and also improve things about myself that will be reflected in daily experiences with others.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://fuckyeahkylerayner.tumblr.com/","date":"2013-06-19T03:26:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707440693/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123040-00061-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.955477237701416,"token_count":416,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__137531526","lang":"en","text":"The Templar Guardians have been locked away for millennia, but they have a VERY clear idea of what they need to do next — and of all the Lanterns in the universe, they need Kyle Rayner’s help. So it’s a shame he wants nothing to do with them! But once he sees the strange anomaly lurking at the edge of the universe, he may have no choice but to get on board with their mission…\nGreen Lantern vol 3 #65 cover by Ron Lim. August 1995.\nKyle Rayner and the Guardians, reborn - GREEN LANTERN\nWhen I first got into comics it was Kyle Rayner in this costume that I always thought was the coolest character that I wanted to some day draw or write or whatever. Reading the end of Geoff Johns’ last Green Lantern issue, those epilogues (which I know can always be reconnected or whatever) felt like Johns ironically mishandled the future of these characters when he had been so careful with handling their pasts. One one hand I have to thank him for making the thing I love so energized and prominent for so long but on the other I also have to thank him for killing my dream to do something with Kyle as a Green Lantern some day. Not that that’s a bad thing. These days, I’d much rather think of more Vitruvian Underground stuff anyways, you know?\nKyle Rayner by Howard Porter\nGreen Lantern vol 3 #55 cover by Darryl Banks and Romeo Tanghal. September 1994.\n“Kiss my ring, Buddy.”\nguide to skipping stones:\n- find a flat, curved smooth rock\n- water must be calm, at least on the surface\n- flick rock from the wrist, with power coming from shoulder, not elbow\n- standing sideways is helpful\n- success = getting at least two skips along the water before the rock plunges\n- find a new rock\nThe White Lantern returns to Earth\n- Green Lantern: New Guardians #20","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.richardbrimblecombe.com/news/-yellow-wallpaper/63/","date":"2024-04-21T14:50:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817780.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421132819-20240421162819-00248.warc.gz","language_score":0.9663873314857483,"token_count":122,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__98923552","lang":"en","text":"The Yellow Wallpaper\nRichard has just finished filming the part of John in the film The Yellow Wallpaper.\nThe Yellow Wallpaper is a short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in 1892. It is described as a dark, gothic thriller. This modern screen adaptation stars Alex Childs as a woman, whose physician husband (played by Richard) confines her to the upstairs bedroom of a house he's rented, to enable her to recuperate from her \"anxious temperament\".\nThe film is in its final days of shooting and will shortly go into post production.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://olddominioncleaners.wordpress.com/2014/12/10/odc-makes-contribution-of-bob-books-to-young-readers/","date":"2018-10-15T21:18:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583509845.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20181015205152-20181015230652-00199.warc.gz","language_score":0.9525845050811768,"token_count":174,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__174930039","lang":"en","text":"On December 3, Old Dominion Cleaners staff had the luxury of working hand in hand with a local baker and the Lakeside Elementary School staff to bring a fun afternoon of reading to Lakeside’s preschool students. Staff from both the baker and Old Dominion Cleaners read books to the 18 children and staff. After reading the books, the children decorated gingerbread men provided by the baker and Old Dominion Cleaners provided all the children with a set of Bob Books. Bob Books are defined as being a series of children’s books designed to teach reading skills acquisition . With a foundation in phonics methods, each level addresses a single stage in a child’s reading development. Michael DeVeaux from Old Dominion Cleaners believes that the earlier these foundation are built in the children, the easier it will be in regards to development in the area of reading.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://cordleycoit.blogspot.com/2011/02/","date":"2018-05-22T05:52:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794864626.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20180522053839-20180522073839-00366.warc.gz","language_score":0.9657812118530273,"token_count":297,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__133323867","lang":"en","text":"Wednesday, February 9, 2011\nCordley Coit (5)\nWalking at five AM with dog. Have to do it early so my day will stand a chance of being creative. A blank page needs words to embellish it. A view finder needs a person in front of it. Politicians need the art of photography to bare their emptiness. The cold pre dawn prairie sounds hard under foot as the cold seeps though my boots. The Husky dances when we stop for traffic, then back to walking to heel. The wind turns the walk into a Gorden Bok song about surviving the cold in his Epic The Wind The Sea and Peter Kagen.\nI can take the cold, I can take the wind but together it's a challenge best left alone. The farm lights are on small holder hanging in there with their cows, pet horses, Alpacas. One mile left I pass the school buses warming to carry our wondrous children to the lock down. I feel the twinge of guilt after all I am an accomplice to their miss eduction but now they are inventing themselves...\nGoing down hill and the dog wants to hurry and I want to avoid a fall. The world is lightening. It is afternoon in Egypt. The madmen are still in power, their guns and egos against the will of the people. The warm air of the kitchen is like a wave lifting me. Now the day will take shape.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://yulia-artemyeva.com/obnulenie","date":"2022-01-20T11:25:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320301737.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220120100127-20220120130127-00360.warc.gz","language_score":0.9188756346702576,"token_count":257,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__110104433","lang":"en","text":"The long severe winter historically occupies a special place in the grid of the Russian mind. Strongly defined seasons cause intensely acute experiencing of the natural cycle where the winter period is seen as the zero phase, the phase of realization and reload. The snow, covering the earth´s scars and irregularities and erasing all the trace of the accumulated dirt, turns from natural matter into metaphysical, drawing a border dividing past experiences from the new ones, still to be had. Snow is a pristine story, fleeting, fragile, not fully defined or told by anybody. The snow strikes you with its magnitude, but actually it’s quite defenseless. The color of snow is always full of different colors thanks to its crystal-like surface and partial transparency.\nThe snow aesthetic appears to be complicated for visual perception. At the same time looking at such fragile matter brings you an eternal piece of mind. The winter kind of setting everything to zero does not imply any loss or decay; it acquires a form of purification, breaking all the barriers. It’s as if the blurry horizon of what’s to come clears, so does the fog, and the only thing left is the even snow-white surface, with separate bits blurring into one.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.adameinich.com/content/sheets/transparency-work","date":"2021-08-02T20:13:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154356.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20210802172339-20210802202339-00323.warc.gz","language_score":0.9362202286720276,"token_count":109,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-31","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__150014053","lang":"en","text":"My transparency work is driven by the wish to truly hear. To hear and experience the silence. To listen beyond my own feelings, reactions, patterns, thoughts and even beyond my conditioned ear. It is based on the old indian philosophy Advaita Vedanta. The first step is to distinguish between the changing parts and the unchanging part in our selves, the challenge is to find rest in the unchanging.\nI invite to transparency meditations and sessions of personal inquiry work. Purification is a path to clarity, joy and peace.","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"http://www.atravelingpug.com/2012/04/celebrity-pug-meets-tory-spelling-at-la.html","date":"2017-06-24T17:09:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320270.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624170517-20170624190517-00140.warc.gz","language_score":0.9466630220413208,"token_count":417,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-26__0__187764451","lang":"en","text":"The 17th Annual Festival of Books,held at the USC campus, attracted over 140,000 book loving Angelenos (and canines) including Phoebe Rose, a pooch with a penchant for good literature.\nThe Festival of Books , \"A celebration of the written word\" is a free public event including author events, storytelling, cooking demonstrations and poetry readings with nearly 300 exhibitor booths representing booksellers, publishers, literacy and cultural organizations.\nCanine expert, Warren Eckstein host of the nationally syndicated \"The Pet Show\",was \"spotted\" broadcasting live - but took a moment to pose with pal, Phoebe, who first met Warren at the Blessing of the Animals last summer.\nDevoted animal lover and Pug fan, Tory Spelling (pregnant and glowing) appeared on the LA Times stage to answer questions about her new book\n|Actor, John Cusack drew large crowds to his Q & A for upcoming film, The Raven.|\nTelevision personality, Riki Lake, Mom to 2 furry babies (both of whom are scheduled to appear on her new talk show) signed autographs and touted \"Never say never:finding a life that fits.\" Vegan, Marilu Henner, \"Total Memory Makeover\", Sugar Ray Leonard, author of “The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring, and Jeff Kinney popular author of \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" (the plight of a middle school \"underdog\") were on hand. Kinney recalled his first book signing in LA 5 years ago-where one young fan showed up. He was \"very happy\" to address the huge crowd of devoted \"Wimpy Kid\" followers.\nA host of other literary celebs included: ssons: How I Found Passion and Potential on the Dance Floor and in Life.\"Michael Voltaggio, author of “VOLT ink,” and “Dancing Le\n|Resting her paws in a Trojan Chariot pedicab.|","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://www.janetdevlin.co.uk/bio","date":"2022-01-23T16:15:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304287.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220123141754-20220123171754-00126.warc.gz","language_score":0.9716459512710571,"token_count":1067,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__236734521","lang":"en","text":"Five years in the making, and preceded by four successful singles, the time has finally arrived for Irish singer-songwriter Janet Devlin to unveil her stunning new concept album Confessional, in tandem with the publication of her astonishing autobiography, ‘My Confessional’, published by Omnibus Press. Both are available to pre-order and will be released on 5th June 2020.\nJanet Devlin is a 25-year-old Northern Irish singer-songwriter, who grew up the only girl and youngest of four, outside the village of Gortin in County Tyrone. Fuelled by a love of bands like Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers and inspired by their song-writing, she taught herself to play instruments by ear and penned her own songs. Her musicality and determination flourished from a young age and she joined YouTube in 2006 at age 12 to push out her music to the public. This gained an unexpected but welcome fan base who were ready to support her in the next stage of her music career. In 2011, she caught the public’s attention on Series 8 of The X Factor, where she consistently received the highest consecutive public vote out of all the contestants and gained a place on the live arena tour.\nJanet’s debut, Running With Scissors was released in the UK in June 2014 (reaching number one on the UK Indie Breakers chart) and in North America in Feb 2015. It is full of folk-driven pop songs and heart-touching ballads, which perfectly showcase her unique and enchanting vocals. The majority of the album is written by Janet and was recorded up in a staggering 6 weeks; but hidden around the corner are featured co-writes with Newton Faulkner (‘Creatures Of The Night’ and ‘Hide And Seek’) and Jack Savoretti (‘Delicate’) nestled alongside a surprising and sensitive cover of The Cure’s ‘Friday I’m In Love’ which has racked up over 14.2M streams on Spotify alone. A number of EPs and followed (Duvet Daze, December Daze, Little Lights) and two standalone tracks, ‘Outernet Song’ and ‘I Lied To You’. She enjoyed a regular touring schedule which saw her travel around the UK and Ireland, as well as the East Coast of North America.\nA result of the music releases has helped Janet maintain a thriving YouTube presence. She regularly creates video content for over 530,000 subscribers including original music, cover versions, vlogs and poetry, and posts on a variety of subjects including mental health, sexuality and bullying. She has attended numerous Creator Summits across Europe as guest and also a performer / panellist, and was included in the UK Book of YouTube 2018; an industry manual containing the top 100 most influential YouTubers in the country.\nOn 5th June 2020, Janet Devlin steps back into the spotlight as her brave and ambitious dual concept album and autobiography are released. They offer an intimate look into a decade of the singer- songwriter’s life; from the years leading up to her appearance on the X Factor, to the present, as well as giving those who struggle with the same mental health issues that Janet has survived, a sense of comfort and hope that they too, shall overcome. The album is fuelled by pop songs that wear not only their hearts, but their scars, on their sleeves: the purest confessions of a young life lived less ordinary, twelve true-to-life tales, each as candid and powerful as the next. Each chapter in the book unlocks the truth behind each song on Confessional; and as Janet says, “The only way out now - is up.”\n“Writing the songs for Confessional at the same time as the book has been one of the most challenging things I’ve ever done,” Janet reveals. “There have been many times when I felt I would never be able to finish either of them. So, now that they’re both finished and no longer just ideas that reside in my broken mind, I stare back in wonder. Even I can’t believe what I’ve endured. Whatever compelled me to write the story of the last ten years of my life was also the same power that gave me the confidence to start believing I deserved this second chance. Through everything, I can genuinely say I owe my life to music. And now it’s time to set it free.” During the writing of Confessional she embarked on a number of new experiences and gained numerous accolades along the way. She made her screen debut for Triskelle Pictures’ indie film Songbird. While writing the script, award-winning screenwriter Tommy Draper was inspired to write the part of Jennifer specifically for her. Janet wrote two original songs for the film, of which ‘Chandeliers’ has gone on to win numerous awards; Original Song, The Midlands Movies Awards 2019; Best Foreign Theme Song, Artemis Women In Action Film Festival 2019, and was nominated for Best Score/Soundtrack, Nexus Film Awards 2019.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://sils2019.unicam.it/proceedings","date":"2024-04-21T01:03:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817699.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421005612-20240421035612-00115.warc.gz","language_score":0.8990122079849243,"token_count":382,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__41550769","lang":"en","text":"Update: based on the response from the participants, we hope to publish the volume of conference proceedings. Some details need to be discussed with the editor and potential authors.\nIn any case, submission for the volume will stay open until 31 December 2019.\nThe publisher Springer offered to publish conference proceedings as one of the books in their “Springer Proceedings in Physics” series (http://www.springer.com/series/361). All papers will receive a DOI reference\nWritten contributions for all presentations, including posters, could be published in the volume. All contributions will be refereed.\nThe SILS executive committee and the organization decided to offer to the SILS meeting participants the possibility of an indexed publication. We understand that proliferation of publications in different media including proceedings should not be a priority in our community, but we envisage that a comprehensive book including the various SILS-related research fields may be beneficial for us. In particular, this publication may help young researcher and PhD students enlarging the impact of their research and also promote the Italian synchrotron radiation/free electron laser community in general.\nWhile submitting the abstracts, please indicate if you will submit a contribution according to the guidelines below. Depending on the response from the participants, the scientific committee will decide whether to publish or not a proceedings volume.\nThe contribution should either describe original research or be some sort of review/perspective paper.\nThe estimated required contribution length (including figures and bibliography) is:\n- invited talk (8 pages at least)\n- oral talk (5 pages at least)\n- poster (3 pages at least)\nSubmissions for the volume will stay open until 30 September 2019.\nThe electronic version of the proceedings will be made available free of charge for downloading by conference participants for 4 months following its online publication.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.naturesplayscapes.com/blog","date":"2020-02-17T01:56:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875141460.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20200217000519-20200217030519-00473.warc.gz","language_score":0.9739060401916504,"token_count":1069,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__2444218","lang":"en","text":"Even more confusing for us teachers is that this time of the year we are generally revving up our activities, the settling in period has passed and we are now getting into our stride, taking on new projects and initiating collaborations across the school and beyond. Then there is our little expat tribe-of-three, only just now finding our feet, deepening those relationships and building bridges. We now know the best spots for food and sunsets, we recognise social and cultural cues, we feel more local then tourist. We can ride the wave and cruise into Christmas with all this new-found-Farang confidence under the belt. So i'm not entirely sure which season I am in. Which way I should be looking. I know the Jura leaves have turned and that snow is forecast. But here it's bright and sunny and we're planning a trip to the waterfalls for the weekend!\nSomething powerful that came out of our stories was a sense of harvesting what we have sown. We all have our hopes and dreams and disappointments. We live with them in small or great number on a daily basis. In my case, as an expat, a teacher, a mum, a traveller, a dreamer I have scattered many seeds of hope over the last few years. This very adventure in the first place came from late nights up with Matt dreaming up a slow life off the grid in the tropics. And last night I had a chance to look back at all of these seedlings and see which had germinated and blossomed and which had failed to reach for the sun and had in fact wilted. There was a sadness there, to admit that many of the stories I had told myself about what we would accomplish and who I would become had simply not happened. Little seeds that had not sprouted, not this time at least.\nIt felt like it was time to turn the soil over, dig'em back into the ground to feed my future projects, to grieve and to let go. A good composting analogy always comes in handy :)!\nI am now in a position to see more clearly where I stand and how far i've come. What an incredible journey it has been...and still is! Because truth is... I'm living in Thailand right now! A giant cricket jumped on me this morning as I took out the laundry. I just had pad thai for breakfast and I can hear the stray street dogs just over the fence trying to maul each others faces off! I have a garden with a cacao tree in it, I hear my wonderful neighbour whispering sweet Thai words to her little girl as they chase butterflies. Then theres the smell of a rotting jackfruit nearby is almost enough to keep me inside for the day!\nAll these little things which remind how lucky I am to live this change. This change which we were seeking. The change which never promised to be easy.\nI know that before leaving I was looking for \"community\", like minded people to share my world with, people I could love and trust and be vulnerable with. It turns out those people are everywhere I go! They were back home when I left and they are here when I arrived. Thing is it's up to me to foster the kind of friendships I want and to be a role model for the sort of community I crave to be a part of. Rather than wishing for a magical place where everyone loves and cares and respects one another... I need to hold that in myself and create it for myself first. I was externalising that responsibility. Blaming the Swiss, blaming the consumer culture, the disconnect, the speed of things... But then, even in the middle of the ocean, on a tiny remote island I found the same malaise. \"Why aren't we taking the time to hang out?\" \"Why are we rushing and stressed out?\" \"Why can't we choose to live more in the present moment and let our kids be kids\". Switzerland, Seychelles, Thailand. It's not a question of country or climate.\nPerhaps it's a question of perspective, you choose the world you live in.\nBut more so its a question of \"you get what you give\".\nIf you give love you'll get it back.\nIf I want a community of healthy, happy, caring, adventurous folk I should check myself first. Otherwise I may keep travelling, exploring and discovering wonderful new places to live in... but that emptiness will follow me.\nTaking a sabbatical looks great on Instagram. It is, it's visually beautiful and an exhilarating adventure. Especially if you are with the two people you love the most in the world! You're out to look for a new home, a new life. A little naivety and fearlessness thrown in and you have yourself an unforgettable journey!\nAt the end of the day, it may not be what you had in mind but the secret is that all this adapting to new habits and new friends, remembering who you are, adopting a new culture, new work colleagues, new rules, different expectations...THIS is where the beauty is! This is what helps you learn what and where home is... and you just may find it nestled away where you never thought to look.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.danieldemers.com/HATHAWAY-PG1.php","date":"2023-03-22T04:11:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943749.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20230322020215-20230322050215-00109.warc.gz","language_score":0.9816054701805115,"token_count":565,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__36516690","lang":"en","text":"Les Misérables and Anne Hathaway's teeth\nBy Daniel Demers, DrBicuspid.com contributing writer\ngirl was named Fantine by \"the first random passer-by, who had encountered her, when a very small child, running bare-legged in the street.\"\nShe moves to Paris at the age of 15 to seek her fortune. \"She was a lovely blonde, with fine teeth,\" wrote Hugo, adding she had \"gold and pearls for her dowry; but the gold was on her head and the pearls in her mouth.\" Her teeth are a constant theme of Hugo in describing the young woman: \"Her splendid teeth had evidently received an office from God -- laughter.\"\nWhile her hair and teeth are her crown jewels, Hugo expanded on his description of his heroine: she is \"brilliant of face, delicate of profile, with eyes of deep blue, heavy lids, feet arched and small, wrists and ankles admirably formed, a white skin which, here and there allowed the azure branching of the veins to be seen, joy, a cheek that was young and fresh ... a strong and supple nape of neck, shoulders modeled as though by [the sculptor Guillaume] Coustou with a voluptuous dimple in the middle, visible through the muslin; a gayety cooled by dreaminess; sculptured and exquisite -- such was Fantine.\"\nFebruary 21, 2013 -- \"I would have pulled out my teeth to play Fantine,\" actress Anne Hathaway said in a recent interview. \"It was such a dream, and I can't believe I'm the girl who got to play her.\"\nHathaway was referring to her role as Fantine in the motion picture \"Les Misérables,\" based upon the book of the same name by French author Victor Hugo. Published in 1862, the story has been adapted to the big screen four times (1935, 1958, 1998, and 2012). The novel -- an indictment of post-Napoleonic French society circa 1830 -- is considered one of the greatest of the 19th century. The well-respected American author Upton Sinclair called it the sixth greatest literary work of all time.\nFantine, a fictional character, is loosely based upon a prostitute who Hugo saved from arrest for assault in 1841. Hers is a life of downward spiral. We first meet her in 1817 as a young teenage girl. Hugo wrote that she was born in rural France and \"had never known father or mother.\" The young orphan\n\"Les Misérables\" is up for the Best Picture award at this year's Oscars, and Anne Hathaway is nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of Fantine. Image courtesy of Universal Studios.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://maryboroughchildcare.com/philosophy.php","date":"2021-05-08T07:32:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243988850.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20210508061546-20210508091546-00362.warc.gz","language_score":0.9452603459358215,"token_count":963,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__96738733","lang":"en","text":"In every culture, childhood is a special time. It is perhaps the most powerful period of our lives. Our experiences form the foundation of what we become, the core of our being – our ability to learn, our sense of ourselves in relation to the world of nature, people, of things. It is a time for powerful experiences that forever fuel the scientist, the poet, the artist and the creator within us. Recapturing now and then childhood’s wonder secures a driving force for grownup thoughts. It is a time that most of us draw on forever for moments of warmth and security.Childhood is momentous…\n— Jim Greenman – Caring Spaces, Learning Places\nThe first five years matter and last a lifetime.\nWe believe passionately that every child has a right to a happy early childhood. When they look back at their childhood it should be filled with wonderful memories of fun, friends and freedom of cubbies and 'critters', mud pies and mulberries, bikes and beetles, treasure and tadpoles, laughter and learning, comfort and caring, warmth and welcome.\nChildren spend many hours in child care and it must be a place of warmth and welcome, where they feel 'at home', are valued and understood. To build wonderful childhood memories children must have a sense of 'ownership' of their environment. It must be 'their place', it must look, feel, sound and smell right, it must be as comfortable as 'an old pair of shoes'. Children must feel that they belong.\n“The child is wonderfully prepared for active learning from birth. Children approach the world with all senses open, all motors running – the world is an invitation to experience. Their job is to develop and test all their equipment, make sense of the confusing world of people and things and unseen mysterious forces and relationships like gravity, number and love.\n— Jim Greenman – Caring Spaces, Learning Places\nOur centre is not an artificial place where children are 'entertained'. It is a place where there is a mixture of positive direction and freedom, where children are provided with the time, space and tools and the skills to use them, to enable them to 'co-direct' their learning through play. This is a place where adults and children work in partnership, co-constructing learning. Our educators are role models, mentors and guides, facilitators and partners for learning, fostering children’s natural curiosity and encouraging, challenging and empowering them on their journey to become confident and involved life-long learners who…\n[…] looks in wonder or asks why or shares a thought or experience, object or feeling and it triggers the journey to a thousand places, a thousand questions and reveals each child’s unique capacity to know and understand their world.\nProgrammes are developed around each child’s strengths, interests, abilities, knowledge and skills, family and community culture. Through ongoing refection, educators gather rich and meaningful information about each child and plan for and document each child’s learning journey.\nWe believe strongly that our environment is the vital 'third teacher' so place a premium on developing and maintaining rich natural playgrounds where children can engage in outdoor, experiential play and learning in nature which significantly contributes to their potential for learning and development. Early childhood is a period when foundations of thinking, being, knowing and acting are becoming 'hard wired' and relationships – with others and the environment – are becoming established so early learning is important in shaping environmental attitudes, knowledge and actions.\nWe believe that a democratic approach best encourages development in all of the above areas. A democratic approach encompasses concepts such as trust, co-operation, mutual respect, equality, inclusiveness, responsibility and choices. This democratic approach operates on all levels and in all relationships between management, educators, other staff members, families and children.\nWe believe that children learn best when they are actively engaged, feel in control of their lives and have frequent opportunities to make real choices and decisions. They need to have chances to solve problems and practise ways of controlling and organising aspects of the world they live in.\nThey need to build skills to be effective communicators, expressing to others their actions, wants, needs, thoughts and ideas, feelings and emotions, hopes and dreams.\nIn our rich, nurturing learning environments, responsive adults build respectful and reciprocal relationships with children. They engage in meaningful interactions which foster a strong sense of social and emotional wellbeing in each child so crucial for young children’s brain development.\nIn an atmosphere of sensitivity, kindness, acceptance, understanding, and trust, children are supported to develop a strong sense of identity through their growth in independence, confidence, resilience and capacity to self-regulate.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.chapichapeaux.com/profile/alcoholismoesm/profile","date":"2022-08-14T07:31:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571996.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814052950-20220814082950-00192.warc.gz","language_score":0.9101732969284058,"token_count":1675,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__65889265","lang":"en","text":"Why do antidepressants stop ejaculation\nEffect of SSRI antidepressants on ejaculation: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study with fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, and sertraline Abstract Depression is a common cause of sexual dysfunction, but also antidepressant medication is often associated with sexual side effects. This article includes two related studies. In fact, there are a lot of medical causes for sexual dysfunction, such as depression, anxiety disorders, and substance abuse. We’ve seen people who’ve told us that their sexual function improves... Serotonin-enhancing antidepressants blunt sexual desire by reducing the capacity of dopamine and norepinephrine, or excitatory pathways, to be. Men may also experience delayed or painful ejaculation. Specific symptoms of sexual dysfunction caused by antidepressants in women include lactation that is not due to pregnancy or breastfeeding,... Because most antidepressants modulate serotonin concentration, it is generally thought that elevated serotonin levels diminish sexual function.37 Serotoninergic nerve terminals target dopamine and norepinephrine pathways in the brain and inhibit their activity,38 both of these neurotransmitters having a role in the desire and arousal phases of the sexual. Simply put, antidepressants can turn the dial down on our sex drive. Sexual side effects in women The serotonin levels in the body are stabilized by prescription antidepressants.\nWomen taking SSRIs... Antidepressants with the lowest rate of sexual side effects include: Antidepressants most likely to cause sexual side effects include: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which include citalopram (Celexa), escitalopram (Lexapro), fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil, Pexeva) and sertraline (Zoloft). One is that antidepressants cause sexual issues as a byproduct of their effect on serotonin. By inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin, antidepressants such as SSRIs and SNRIs increase levels of serotonin in the body and reduce. For daily use of antidepressants, since lower doses are used in the treatment of premature ejaculation, the frequency and severity of side effects might be lower. Common reactions that are usually... Certain antidepressants, such as bupropion (Wellbutrin), and mirtazapine (Remeron) are less likely to cause sexual problems. Bupropion, which affects both norepinephrine and dopamine, can sometimes improve sexual. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are a class of drugs that are typically used as antidepressants in the treatment of major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, and other psychological conditions.\nCan thyroid disease cause depression\nThyroid disease: How does it affect your mood? - Mayo Clinic The Connection Between Hypothyroidism and Depression Are Thyroid Conditions and Depression Linked? Are Thyroid Conditions and Depression Linked? Both excess and insufficient thyroid hormones can cause mood abnormalities including depression that is generally reversible with adequate thyroid treatment. On the other hand, depression can be accompanied by subtle thyroid. Normally, the thyroid regulates various functions by releasing steady levels of thyroid hormones. Problems with this gland, however, can result in a thyroid imbalance that can affect the body in various ways. Thyroid imbalances can also contribute to mood problems such as depression and anxiety . Yes, thyroid disease can affect your mood — primarily causing either anxiety or depression. Generally, the more severe the thyroid disease, the more severe the mood changes.\nIf you have an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism), you may experience: Unusual nervousness. Restlessness. Anxiety. Irritability. The deficiency of thyroid hormones in your central nervous system can cause fatigue, weight gain, and a lack of energy. These are all symptoms of clinical depression. Common symptoms If you have... Hormone changes in the hypothalamic pituitary thyroid (HPT) axis can also lead to depression. Even in people with normal thyroid levels, hormone changes in the HPT axis can cause an episode of... If you have hypothyroidism, you may have fatigue, sluggishness, and trouble concentrating. You may sleep too much, too. All of that may cause you to. It is well known and widely accepted that thyroid disease does indeed cause depression (at least this is taught in medical school). But the problem is that this connection has never actually been proven. Instead what we have are the following connections: #1. The fact that hypothyroid patients and depressed patients exhibit similar symptoms. #2. Depression and other mood disorders are linked to several thyroid abnormalities. These abnormalities usually involve elevated T4, positive thyroid antibodies, low T3, increased rT3 (reverse T3), and weakened TSH response to TRH, thus suggesting a unique condition where a person’s brain is in hypothyroidism state while the body itself exhibits systemic euthyroidism. A person suffering from hypothyroidism will lose interest and initiative. This problem will get worse as time goes by. Eventually, the personality of the sufferer will begin to fade. Depression and paranoia may begin to set in. When the problem is left unchecked, dementia and permanent brain damage can occur. Hyperthyroidism is frequently associated with: irritability, insomnia, anxiety, restlessness, fatigue, impairment in concentrating and memory, these symptoms can be episodic or may develop into mania, depression and delirium. In some cases motor inhibition and apathy are symptoms that accompany hyperthyroidism. The thyroid, or thyroid gland, is an endocrine gland in vertebrates. In humans it is in the neck and consists of two connected lobes. The lower two thirds of the lobes are connected by a thin band of tissue called the thyroid isthmus. The thyroid is located at the front of the neck, below the Adam's apple. Microscopically, the functional unit of the thyroid gland is the spherical thyroid follicle, lined with follicular cells, and occasional parafollicular cells that surround a lumen containing colloid. The thyroid gland secretes three hormones: the two thyroid hormones – triiodothyronine and thyroxine – and a peptide hormone, calcitonin. The thyroid hormones influence the metabolic rate and protein synthesis, and in children, growth and development. Calcitonin plays a role in calcium homeostasis. Secretion of the two thyroid hormones is regulated by thyroid-stimulating hormone, which is secreted from the anterior pituitary gland. TSH is regulated by thyrotropin-releasing hormone, which is produced by the hypothalamus.\nBest med for severe depression\nAntidepressants: Selecting one that's right for you - Mayo Antidepressants: Selecting one that's right for you - Mayo The Strongest Meds for Treatment Resistant Depression [60 Antidepressants: Selecting one that's right for you - Mayo Some of these medicines are imipramine (Tofranil®), nortriptyline, amitriptyline (Elavil®), desipramine (Norpramin®). Other antidepressants include mirtazapine, nefayadone, bupropion, monoamine oxidase inhibitors. 76 rowsDepression is treatable with high rates of success. Treatments may include:. For example, combining an SSRI or another antidepressant with the herbal remedy St. John's wort can boost serotonin to dangerous and, in rare. Other popular SSRIS include citalopram ( Celexa ), fluoxetine ( Prozac ), and sertraline ( Zoloft ). Tofranil is an older medication, known as a.\n76 rowsMajor depressive disorder is characterized by depressed mood and loss of interest in. For example, venlafaxine (Effexor XR) may relieve symptoms of anxiety disorders and bupropion may help you stop smoking. Other examples include using duloxetine (Cymbalta) to help with pain symptoms or fibromyalgia, or using amitriptyline to prevent migraines. Cost and health insurance coverage.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://beauioqpp.qowap.com/17680840/not-known-details-about-case-study-solution","date":"2018-12-15T01:08:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376826530.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20181214232243-20181215014243-00423.warc.gz","language_score":0.900261402130127,"token_count":908,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__252955541","lang":"en","text":"My Main philosophy: use Formal GMAT Thoughts Only! It’s Okay if you find yourself memorizing every one of the solutions and responses—that’s Portion of The purpose, and a small amount of repetition is helpful. But you can find A huge number of genuine GMAT queries, so it’s not likely that you're going to ever run out.\nExplanation A protocol is important because it pre-specifies the targets and methods of the systematic evaluation. 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{"url":"http://trinitariantheodicy.wordpress.com/","date":"2013-05-18T23:31:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382920/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9649580121040344,"token_count":1119,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__36661396","lang":"en","text":"Welcome. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will join the conversation.\nThe focus here will be theodicy, but thinking about theodicy usually leads to a number of other questions regarding the orthodox Christian faith. I think these will arise naturally and land on the discussion table over time, so please keep dropping by.\nMy recent Master’s thesis on Trinitarian Theodicy revealed a lack of resources integrating the Doctrine of the Trinity with Christian responses to the problem of evil. There certainly could be more available than I was able to find, and so a second hope is that this site will be a repository for resources related to the topic. Please let me know what you know.\nI anticipate most of the conversants will be lovers and followers of Jesus Christ, but all willing to participate positively in the discussion are welcome.\nFrom all eternity, God is not alone and solitary, but lives as Father, Son and Spirit in a rich and glorious and abounding fellowship of utter oneness. There is no emptiness in this circle, no depression or fear or insecurity. The trinitarian life is a great dance of unchained communion and intimacy, fired by passionate, self-giving and other-centered love, and mutual delight. This life is good. It is right, unique, full of music and joy, blessedness and peace. Such love, giving rise to such togetherness and fellowship and oneness, is the womb of the universe and of humanity within it.\nThe stunning truth is that this Triune God, in amazing and lavish love, determined to open the circle and share the trinitarian life with others.\nAn excerpt from The Shack Revisited,C. Baxter Kruger, 2012\nDoing life together with Jesus is a coauthored narrative process filled with many points of crisis. But the imaginative, tension-filled process of engaging the crisis is what makes a story interesting.\nEvery crisis raises relational issues: Will you try and handle it yourself? Will you find a new partner? Or will you and Jesus tackle the crisis together? In tackling the stuff of life together, you’ll see that your relationship with God will deepen.\nIn pondering Christ, you find that you are in fact living His life, and God is living yours. Christ in you and you in Christ. God doesn’t lead you through phases or steps. He draws you to Himself in continuous motion. What we often have viewed as stages or phases may be a change in music. But the point is never the music. It is the dance. The music is often part of the dance. But sometimes the most beautiful dance is the one where you and your partner make up the music as you dance together.\nJesus Manifesto, Leonard Sweet & Frank Viola, p.68-9.\nOver on Scot McKnight’s blog today is a post by Jeff Cook looking at our desire that God’s existence be true. It is a great post which I encourage you to read. What follows is my comment to Eric, a poster facing the challenges of terminal cancer, about the oft repeated charge that Christianity is nothing more than wish fulfillment.\nEric: I think desiring something makes us open to it, open to the possibility of it. Noticing a girl when one is young makes one consider the possibility of a relationship with her. It doesn’t make it true, but it does open us to the possibility it Continue reading →\nI heard this statement a handful of times over the course of the birth of a long-awaited child in early February. It related mostly to the challenges of long distance travel, but as I kept hearing it, I kept wondering (to myself), “really?” Continue reading →\nThe Trinity “means that God is not some remote, unknowable Deity, a prisoner in his aloofness or shut up in his solitariness, but on the contrary, the God who will not be without us whom he has created for fellowship with himself, the God who is free to go outside of\nhimself, to share in the life of his creatures and enable them to share in his own eternal Life and Love. It means that God is not limited by our feeble capacities or incapacities, but that in his grace and outgoing love he freely and joyously condescends to enter into fellowship with us, to communicate himself to us, and to be received and be known by us. Moreover, the doctrine of the Holy Trinity means that God does not surrender his transcendence in condescending to be one with us in Jesus Christ, but it does mean that the more we are allowed to know God in himself in this way the more wonderful we know him to be, a God who infinitely exceeds all our thoughts and words about him, but who in spite of that reveals himself tenderly and intimately to us through his Son and his Spirit.” —Thomas F. Torrance\nAs with many of you I too have come to know God most significantly, and to the very core of my being, during the seasons of challenge and suffering that life inevitably seems to bring to us all. He has caught me, enfolded me, reassured me and calmed me just like the North Pacific is calm twenty feet below the surface in the midst of a winter gale. From the surface it appears unsurvivable, while just a few feet below there is not even the hint of a ripple. Richard Rohr says it well: Continue reading →","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://apc3.com/about-sam-alibrando/","date":"2019-01-17T07:03:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583658844.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20190117062012-20190117084012-00356.warc.gz","language_score":0.9618415832519531,"token_count":323,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__114455370","lang":"en","text":"Sam Alibrando, Ph.D.\nSam’s top five strengths from StrengthsFinder 2.0 were measured as WOO (Win Others Over), Individualization, Communication, Futuristic, and Ideation. Together, these describe someone who works collaboratively with others with positive transformation in mind. Whether it is working together with a business owner to hire just the right person to run their operations, grooming a new GM to run a troubled satellite office, facilitating a team-building workshop using the latest personality assessments, helping refine the effectiveness of an executive leadership team—or as one owner commissioned him, “to make all my project managers more emotionally intelligent”—Sam brings all his talents and passion to bear on helping others get to the next level.\nSam Alibrando is also an author. His seminal work on the change process is Follow the Yellow Brick Road: How to Change for the Better When Life Gives You Its Worst, which was followed by his most recent award-winning book (Best Business Book by the Los Angeles Book Festival), The 3 Dimensions of Emotions: Finding the Balance of Power, Heart, and Mindfulness in All of Your Relationships.\nSam has accumulated many interests and experiences over 35 years as a consultant, therapist, executive director, author, workshop facilitator, adjunct professor, and mediator. However, all these experiences and roles are aimed toward one end: to facilitate the transformation of individuals and organizations; to leverage their strengths and transcend their weaknesses in order to become better at what they do and to do that with integrity and joy.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://thevirgohead.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-10-21T18:20:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507444657.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005724-00011-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8584737777709961,"token_count":98,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__141917484","lang":"en","text":"This Happens to me at least once a week. Like now\nEmotion….is a man’s greatest flaw. It can either be your strongest or weakest point. The most mysterious paradox that has existed in this world. Neither the most intelligent nor the most religious man will be able to decipher the code behind it. Hate.Love. The aforementioned words deem their selves to be the greatest puzzle of all.\nMy expression when I saw Daniel today.\nPage 1 of 32","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.electronicscribe.com/","date":"2013-05-20T22:24:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00018-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9396243691444397,"token_count":125,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__189992584","lang":"en","text":"Welcome! As the owner of the Electronic Scribe Indexing Service,\nI offer back of the book and embedded indexing services to publishers and authors. I index books, periodicals,\njournals, newspapers and some computer media. For your convenience, I have placed my resume, a list of projects I've worked\non and my general rates right here on my Web site. There are also samples of my work available for viewing. Please feel free\nto call me at 1-920-465-7739 or email me with any questions you may have. I look forward to discussing your project with you.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://onsameland.nl/2020/05/20/cheap-writing-ideas-can-it-be-possible-to-compose-my-essay-cheap/","date":"2020-05-30T12:01:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347409171.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200530102741-20200530132741-00188.warc.gz","language_score":0.9622423052787781,"token_count":820,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-24","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__96258085","lang":"en","text":"Cheap Writing Ideas – Can It Be Possible to Compose My Essay Cheap?\nIs it feasible to write my own essay? Could you receive yourself a good price for your own writing services?\nIs it possible to compose my essay? Could you receive a price for the writing support?\nThen why are writing service you having a lot of trouble finding some thing to compose, Should you have the ability to write your essay for little? You are considering paying more money for those credits that will assist you along and taking composing courses that are on the web. You want to recognize if creating a college assignment might be achieved for less than 20.\nYour first instinct might be to write yourself or seek the services of an essay writer to https://www.dailypress.com/news/education/dp-nw-coronavirus-hampton-university-closure-20200312-pqr6hqsjvjcjddlm5eevdd3hcy-story.html compose the article for you. This really can be expensive, along with a bad concept. For starters, you will not have the ability to take it along with you after it’s completed, thus there won’t be any newspaper to reunite!\nAs an alternative, you need to start with considering the advantages of making your own essay. Do you’ve got self confidence and enough time in order to get this done? You might be amazed by how simple it really is.\nCould you remember the previous time you ever purchased a publication that a poet or writer was working ? Have you been impressed with all the work’s standard? What about her at the locality or if you saw him, or even in the supermarket store, and you also have a chance to say hello?\nYou’ve got that opportunity now, provided that you realize the genuine power of creating your own essays will be that you have control over the articles. It is not important if you have been a published writer not or prior to. No law restricts you .\nYou’ve got the abilities required to compose an essay at a way it doesn’t require someone else’s ideas. Then it is time and energy to set that aside and take up a new attitude toward creating your essays In the event you really don’t enjoy the idea of being judged aggressively on your performance. You will begin to enjoy doing them!\nMany people shy away out of the specific idea, as they worry they will not be able to compose their particular essay, or they will be unable to to compete from the wide wonderful world of producing. Nothing might be farther away from the truth. You’ll find scores and scores of of rather great essays on the web that are written by writers that are proficient at no cost. All these essays will challenge you and provide lots of opportunities to know the thing you should know in order to be better writer.\nDon’t forget that decent documents can also be compiled by anybody. That you don’t need to become considered a published author to compose a composition. You can publish your own essay very inexpensively, even in case you might have just a writing degree of high.\nToday that you understand just how to write your essay for cheap, now is the time and energy to plan how exactly to begin it. How can you know that which essay you want to publish? The ideal way would be to choose on a topic that interests youand adhere to the guidelines which arrive with that topic.\nOnce you know the topic, it is time. As nearly every issue is quite contentious, that is easy to accomplish. It is an extremely straightforward thing, once you have decided on the issue.\nYou’d have done it, if you weren’t overly worried regarding the price of writing the essay. Just try to remember that you have the liberty to write your informative article at a sense that isn’t going to charge you some money in any way.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.magnus-hirschfeld.de/forschungsstelle/neuerscheinungen/others-of-my-kind/","date":"2023-11-29T09:12:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100057.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129073519-20231129103519-00291.warc.gz","language_score":0.8862112760543823,"token_count":525,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__243293037","lang":"en","text":"Others of My KindTransatlantic Transgender Histories\nAn illuminating look by Alex Bakker, Rainer Herrn, Michael Thomas Taylor, and Annette F. Timm at the transatlantic, transgender community that helped to shape the history and study of gender identity.\nFrom the turn of the twentieth century to the 1950s, a group of transgender people on both sides of the Atlantic created communities that profoundly shaped the history and study of gender identity. By exchanging letters and pictures among themselves they established private networks of affirmation and trust, and by submitting their stories and photographs to medical journals and popular magazines they sought to educate both doctors and the public.\nOthers of My Kind draws on archives in Europe and North America to tell the story of this remarkable transatlantic transgender community. This book uncovers threads of connection between Germany, the United States, and the Netherlands to discover the people who influenced the work of authorities like Magnus Hirschfeld, Harry Benjamin, and Alfred Kinsey not only with their clinical presentations, but also with their personal relationships.\nWith more than 180 colour and black and white illustrations, including many stunning, previously unpublished photographs, Others of My Kind celebrates the faces, lives, and personal networks of those who drove twentieth-century transgender history.\nAbout the Authors\nAlex Bakker is a transgender historian and writer from The Netherlands. Rainer Herrn is senior lecturer at the Institute for History of Medicine and Ethics in Medicine and the Charité University Hospital Berlin, and founding member of the Magnus Hirschfeld Society Berlin. Michael Thomas Taylor works as a translator and editor in Berlin, and Annette F. Timm is professor of History at the University of Calgary and editor of The Journal of the History of Sexuality.\nTable of Contents\nList of Galleries\nForeword by Aaron Denver\nIntroduction, Annette F. Timm, Michael Thomas Taylor, Alex Bakker, and Rainer Herrn\nDas 3. Geschlecht (The 3rd Sex): Illustration Practices in the First Magazine for Transvestites, Rainer Herrn\n“I am so grateful to all you men of medicine”: Trans Circles of Knowledge and Intimacy, Annette F. Timm\nIn the Shadows of Society: Trans People in the Netherlands in the 1950s, Alex Bakker\nVisual Medical Rhetorics of Transgender Histories, Michael Thomas Taylor\nTransTrans: Exhibiting Trans Histories, Michal Thomas Taylor\nTrans Transatlantic, Nora Eckert\nHistoricizing Transgender Terminology, Annette F. Timm with Michael Thomas Taylor","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.theglobalinformation.com/game-of-thrones-walking-on-the-edge-of-the-sword-to-learn/","date":"2023-06-05T00:41:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224650409.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604225057-20230605015057-00143.warc.gz","language_score":0.9637718796730042,"token_count":1287,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__245643849","lang":"en","text":"HBO’s Game of Thrones has been a lesson in humility; viewers all over the world are in love with GOT characters. In Game of Thrones, several characters meet with bad ends, but the one character viewers identify as the hero is—Eddard “Ned” Stark, the one whose cause is always righteous, and whose missteps are the result of ill fortune or adherence to a Western sense of honor—appears to be safe. If allies of Eddard are felled by their enemies, the viewer is assured that, at the very least, the hero Ned will survive and ultimately exact vengeance. But when Ned is executed by the arbitrary young king Joffrey—an act which shocks and horrifies even the king’s own supporters, we learn a multifaceted lesson here. The viewer realizes that Eddard Stark was, in fact, the antagonist the whole time, and that the viewer was being tricked into believing he was the hero.\nGame of Thrones is also a game of knowing, a puzzling chain of views that are sometimes linked, but which often fail to make contact at crucial points, just as our own perspective as viewers cannot possibly hold everything together. The most important element in this lesson is one of realism, or authenticity. The scope of the series allows the viewer to learn that sometimes truly terrible things happen, and that, despite this misfortune, the course of history moves on. There is this building up of excitement, the restlessness of the brain that analyses the plot, and possibilities; and yet, the showrunners have succeeded in retaining mystery as a central experience of the ice and fire story, even, astonishingly, for those who know the books so well. Moreover, although many of the prophecies are ambiguous or have yet to come true, there are others that have unambiguously come to pass such as Daenerys foreseeing the birth of her dragons.\nTyrion Lannister has a fundamental passion for reading. Reading and learning help, always. Tyrion heavily influences the narrative’s discourse, channeling the events of the story through his own unique perspective. However, he is simultaneously shaped and re- shaped by those same events. The shock and bewilderment surrounding the death of the ostensible hero Eddard Stark reinforces the harshness and complexity of the HBO show; and signifies the larger loss of the series’ moral center. Ned chooses his daughter Sansa’s life above his own reputation. Sansa Stark seems a fundamentally passive character with virtually no control over her own destiny. From her betrothal to Joffrey, to her mistreatment at the hands of the Lannisters, to her forced marriage to Tyrion, to her abduction by Littlefinger, the course of Sansa’s story arc is shaped by those around her. Robb, like Sansa, is a pawn; just as Sansa’s course is shaped by the Lannisters and Littlefinger, Robb’s course is delineated by a powerful force beyond his control.\nIn Game of Thrones, Bran’s first vision of the “heart of winter” fills him with terror; he sees below him “the bones of a thousand other dreamers impaled upon … points”. As winter finally arrives, as the narrative meanders toward its climax, and the Stark children fulfill their destinies, the fantasy saga becomes even more interesting and shocking. Amidst all of this conjecture is a worrying dearth of clear answers. Relationships, commitments and alliances remain shady and ambiguous; one cannot help but wonder who is playing, and on behalf of whom. The high lords play their game of thrones and the smallfolk suffer accordingly. We realise that despite our conceits that we are in possession of free will and that our actions bear relevantly upon the universe, our actions—as in the case of Bran and Eddard above—are just as subject to the inexorabilities of fate and circumstance as falling leaves or thrown rocks.\nFire crackiling; the rains of Castamere playing; the coming of a Valyrian steel sword into the view; thus, begins the season 4 of Game of Thrones. Episode 10 of the season has a good phrase to remember, “You’ll never walk again, but you will fly”. These are golden words. They inspire, give hope, and make you want to go on looking for your dreams. The Lannister drama was a great play and turned the political drama into something far more personal. Joeffrey’s wedding-day death; a bloody duel for Arya’s protection; and the clash between Jon Snow and the Wildlings, all made season 4 the best of GOT. The high drama of characters in this season could not be matched by any other season. Arranged and mismatched marriages are dangerous, and season 4 shows how the need to choose the right partner, one who you truly love and understand is truly a great deal, and can save you a lot of pain.\nThe nonsensical and dooming season 8 is in exact contrast to what season 4 had offered. Considered to be one of the best shows on TV, Game of Thrones with its brilliantly designed characters, plot and the design of the Seven Kingdoms offers personal, moral as well as rational lessons. As the King in the North Robb Stark is dead, betrayed by his own people during the infamous Red Wedding carnage; season 4 depicts the meaningless feuds of the south; and warns the viewer of the horrors that lie beyond the Wall. Game of Thrones has won AFI Awards, TV Choice Awards, 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, People’s Choice Awards, Saturn Award, and what not; but most importantly it has won the hearts of the people all over the world-there is a crazy fan following of GOT that has more to offer than just a show. In Game of Thrones, Bran asks his father, “Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?” to which Lord Stark replies, “That is the only time a man can be brave”. More than anything else, GOT can inspire you and bring out the best in you, only if you give up all your fears and relentlessly pursue what you truly want.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://replicaspace.com/","date":"2018-11-17T22:02:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039743854.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20181117205946-20181117231946-00318.warc.gz","language_score":0.7132935523986816,"token_count":276,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__123308095","lang":"en","text":"Romeo and Juliet\nby George Orwell\nby William Shakespeare\nWe can't wait to find out how Professor Umbridge scored\nAuntie SparkNotes: Should I Tell My Dad He’s the Voice of My Anxiety?\n8 Weirdly Specific Things That Happen in Every Young Adult Novel\nPick 7 Books and We’ll Tell You What You Should Watch on Netflix\nOpen Thread for the Weekend of June 1!\nFive Writers Who Just Can’t Stop Killing Their Characters\nQUIZ: What’s Your Kissing Style?\nIf Hogwarts Had RateMyProfessors.com\nQUIZ: What Would You Be the God Of?\nOpen Thread for May 31!\nWhat the Characters from Pride and Prejudice Would Be Watching on Netflix\nQUIZ: What’s Your Shakespearean Pick-Up Line?\nAuntie SparkNotes: How Do I Tell My BF About My Money Problems?\nSnapchats from Shakespeare\nQUIZ: Can You Identify These Extremely Obscure Harry Potter Characters?\nSparkNotes is brought to you by B&N. Visit B&N to buy and rent textbooks, and check out our award-winning tablets and ereaders, including NOOK Tablet 7\" and NOOK GlowLight 3.\n© 2018 SparkNotes LLC, All Rights Reserved","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.boundarycountywatchman.com/2023/11/18/5-18-23-boundary-county-library-board-voted-whether-or-not-three-explicit-books-in-the-young-adult-ya-section-of-the-library-should-stay-be-removed-or-move-to-the-adult-section/","date":"2024-02-21T14:27:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473518.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221134259-20240221164259-00113.warc.gz","language_score":0.9619476199150085,"token_count":1187,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__151740197","lang":"en","text":"OUTCOME: Thursday, May 18, 2023 the Boundary County Library Board voted whether or not three explicit books in the Young Adult (YA) section of the library should stay, be removed or move to the Adult Section. All Board members were present or on the phone, except Zone 1 Ken Blockhan. The books in question were Perfect, Crank and Impulse (all by Ellen Hopkins). The person who requested the reconsideration believes these books do not just talk about rape, drugs, alcohol, suicide, etc., the books glorify these issues.\nAll Board members agreed these books were not fun to read and harsh. Oddly, they think that these books could be a self-help for someone feeling depressed, suicidal, drug users, rapist, being raped, etc.. The Board admitted these three books have not been checked out in years. They stated they believe it was because the drugs mentioned in the books are not being used today (meth, cannabis, prescription drugs like Percocet, etc.). The Board concluded that the library should have names of current used drugs mentioned in these books like Fentanyl. So, the final vote and decision was to keep the books in the young adult section and work towards replacing them with books that mention current drugs being used today.\nThe Boundary County library asserts the young adult section is recommended for 14-18 years old, but the American Library Association trains their members that the young adult section is for 12-18 years old. Librarians will also direct younger children who read above their age level to this section (per two interviewed retired librarians). Legally any person under the age of 18 is a child/minor.\nPrint media does not have a rating system such as is used to rate Movies, TV shows, and Music. Parents face a difficult time understanding the content of the books that are currently in the Young Adults section at the library because of this. The core issue with the content of these books is that many of the subjects that are broached within the books are very adult in nature. Young adults and children are very impressionable, and by subjecting young adults and children to very adult subject matter, it may change a young adult or child’s perception of the subject matter without the guidance of life experience. The core issue with subjecting a young adult or child to these adult subjects without parental guidance is that the young adult or child is forming a lasting impression on issues that adults even struggle with.\nParents have a right to give context and guidance to their minors when it comes to adult situations so that a parent may feel like they have control on how their child is set up for success when they too become adults. Some parents feel the control is taken away from the parent initially when the child is searching through the stack and finds an inappropriate book with no warning of the inside content.\nTraditionally, products were shelved appropriately or not available at a public facility. Over the last few years, a push to integrate these books has occurred.\nWhen the library allows minors to be subjected to adult content without the parent’s consent or warning, they are taking away the parent’s ability to add context and guidance on how to interpret the material. By taking away the ability for context and guidance, the library is now acting as a parent. Because the library is funded with taxpayer money, it is a function of the state. Citing this, the state is now trying to parent the young adults or child. Do we want the state to be parents to our young adults or children, or do we think it’s the parent’s right to parent the young adults and children?\nThis is not a First amendment issue as most of the current library board believes. The American Library Association and national media have pushed this narrative to create division for political reasons. The Boundary County Library’s lawyer along with the citizen’s lawyer both agreed in November 2022 that it was not a First Amendment issue. The lawyers concluded it was a community standards issue.\nEven though the books in question have content that is adult in nature, it doesn’t mean that the content must be removed from the library, or banned, it just means that the books that have adult subject matter should be kept in an area that requires a parent’s direct consent to view (Adult Section).\nA section recommended to minors should be a place where a minor can freely explore, and a parent can feel comfortable to give the child independence. This should be the case because the library encourages families to read books at the library and does not require the book to be checked out prior to reading. Hence the chairs and couch. By having books with adult subject matter in a young adult section, the library is removing the ability for the parent to give guidance and thus removing their ability to parent how they see fit.\nI would also like to point out that the Boundary County Library has filters on their computers to protect minors. Also, I pointed out at the reconsideration meeting that the Boundary County School District had these same three books in their High School’s library. The Superintendent removed them when notified.\nIn closing, the question at hand is, do we want the state to be parenting our young adults and children, or do we as parents want to reserve the right to parent our young adults and children as we see fit? Are we shunning a minority group of parents who do not feel comfortable bringing their children to the library anymore, just because the library won’t have compassion to move these books to the adult section?\nThe 3 books are:\nReconsideration Hearing’s recording:\nA 4th book was asked to be reconsidered. The Board has not set a hearing date yet. Video of book (Warning!):","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://picturesdelight.blogspot.com/2009/07/for-love-of-mother.html","date":"2018-06-21T23:41:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864303.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20180621231116-20180622011116-00350.warc.gz","language_score":0.9617964625358582,"token_count":282,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__33662536","lang":"en","text":"It doesn't seem that long ago, the memories are so clear.\nSitting on your lap, and you holding me so dear.\nRaising me was not easy, at times I got into trouble.\nEven more I know I would sometimes burst your bubble.\nBut as I grew, so did my heart.\nYou gave me a new life, a new role, a completely different part.\nWhen I was needed, I came forward for brothers one and two.\nIt hurts me knowing, I'm helpless in saving you.\nSo much sorrow for you, so much pain.\nIt's time to part the clouds, it's time to stop the rain.\nWhen that day comes and it's your time to leave,\nyou will be met by our dearly departed Steve.\nHe will take you by the hand and tell you everything is alright.\nA new journey will begin through heavens eternal light.\nFrom then on I may not see you but I know you will be there.\nSpreading love, joy and showing us, just how much you care.\nEach night I will say a prayer for you and end it with amen.\nBecause someday I know we'll be together again.\nTo all family, friends and the hearts of each brother\nI want to say how proud I am, She is my Mother.\nMichael J. Marti","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://pokifreegame.com/littleyellowman/","date":"2024-04-20T03:24:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817474.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420025340-20240420055340-00168.warc.gz","language_score":0.8981872797012329,"token_count":100,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__48679753","lang":"en","text":"Littleyellowman! The super fun and funny little unheroic joe is trying to escape from the grandiloquent guys and he has musketeers among the grandiloquent guys and he has to save them. He must save all the men, collect all the coins and achieve palm. grandiloquent bane is rising from underground be careful it can turn you into grandiloquent monsters too. You mustn’t turn into a grandiloquent monster.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://abertoir.co.uk/2021-festival/2021-physical/films-2021/item/660-dr-jekyll-and-sister-hyde","date":"2022-08-10T11:26:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571153.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810100712-20220810130712-00362.warc.gz","language_score":0.9543498754501343,"token_count":181,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__104700713","lang":"en","text":"A special 50th anniversary screening of Hammer’s wildly imaginative take on the classic story. Professor Jekyll, an earnest scientist, obsessively works day and night on a serum, haunted by the fear that one lifetime will not be enough to complete his research.\nIn a unique twist on the classic tale, he finds his potion doesn’t quite work as planned, creating an evil, female, alternative version of himself. Desperate to cover up his new found identity, he calls her his sister, but things take a turn for the worse when he realises that he needs female hormones…\nExploitative and transgressive, Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde is a late classic in the Hammer cannon and we’re excited to bring it back to the big screen for its 50th anniversary year.\nThis film screening is part of the Hammer and Beyond book launch event.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://allthewaymusic.com/2015/07/27/caramel-brown/","date":"2018-06-18T14:56:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267860570.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20180618144750-20180618164750-00105.warc.gz","language_score":0.9484997391700745,"token_count":235,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__126776813","lang":"en","text":"Imagine, for sport, Dave Gahan in 1981, guiche barking, cheek half on a stool, and crumpling an unpaid bar tab while muttering quasi-sensically toward the barmaid about some lad Martin, and aye fuck him if he does actually turn up because well Dave is well gone.\nOur Dave, a David, really, as he stands up and shakes away, has had enough. He is fed the fuck up with resignation owed an old rare stone too large to sling and an ironclad off its right dock.\nSo he visits a friend, the friend leaves, the friend shows back up, and for a minute the CC does burn alright. Snooker’s on, rugby, take your pick, doesn’t really matter. Better all of it than weak piss at a shit pub.\nHe wakes. The iron lady is not sunk, nor he. He wonders why the stone stays immutable.\nThere’s a note in the post from dearest Martin handwritten on a familiar tab. “Sorry to have missed you Dave-o. Fancy we try another drink this evening?”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://pencilstreet.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/explore-the-oceans-with-our-under-the-sea-resources/","date":"2019-12-06T00:52:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540482954.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20191206000309-20191206024309-00280.warc.gz","language_score":0.945858359336853,"token_count":194,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-51__0__186419454","lang":"en","text":"This week we are excited to introduce ‘Under the Sea’ resources for all primary ages!\nIn this topic you will find a wide range of resources to support teaching about the sea and oceans around the world. Explore and discover our marine habitats, what animals live there and what they need to survive.\nThis fishy themed counting worksheet is great for Early Years classes. Just search for resource number 802-143 on the Pencil Street website.\nTo compliment these we have also created ‘Sharing a Shell’ resources based on the popular children’s book by Julia Donaldson. Sharing a Shell is a lovely rhyming story about a little hermit crab who loves his new shell and doesn’t want to share it with his new friends. He soon realises that he needs their help and so develops a great story that highlights sharing, friendship and problem solving. Check out our Sharing a Shell word mat resource 802-176 !","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://joshuaminnich.bigcartel.com/product/ephemeravol1","date":"2020-04-04T20:42:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370525223.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20200404200523-20200404230523-00436.warc.gz","language_score":0.9682214856147766,"token_count":163,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-16","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__112011555","lang":"en","text":"**All orders placed before March 1st have shipped**\nEphemera is a book containing my collection of over 500 vintage labels, tins, boxes and more. I began collecting these items for two reasons - inspiration and preservation. Design, lettering and illustration from the past have been a big inspiration for my work as a designer and illustrator. The creativity and attention to detail throughout these items is something that is often overlooked today. Most of these items were meant to be short-term vessels for their contents and then discarded, but the beauty of the packaging outlasted the use. Although it began as such, Ephemera is much more than an inspiration and reference book for designers, it is another way of documenting and preserving these items so we may continue to enjoy their beauty.\nSelf funded and published","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://aea.rocks/roanne-purcell","date":"2020-07-05T17:39:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655887377.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20200705152852-20200705182852-00317.warc.gz","language_score":0.9785161018371582,"token_count":325,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__44529727","lang":"en","text":"RoAnne grew up in Manti, Utah with two teachers as parents. She studied English Literature and History at Snow College and Southern Utah University, earning a Bachelor degree in English Literature with a minor in History.\nFor ten years, RoAnne taught English, American History and Life Skills for the Youth in Custody program in Provo School District. She left this post to homeschool her three children for several years, learning valuable lessons about meeting the needs of individual learning styles. She returned to classroom teaching in the new world of online education, working for Utah Virtual Academy as an English Interventionist. She is very excited to be working for Athenian Academy this year and can't wait to get to know all the high school students and share her passion for writing and literature with them.\nRoAnne has wanted to be a teacher for as long as she can remember. She loves helping students gain a love for learning and develop into life-long learners. She also enjoys sharing her love for language and a good story. For her, nothing is better than seeing the minds of her students excited by a new concept or a new way of looking at the world. Most of all, though, she loves the opportunity to get to know, understand and interact with her students.\nWhen she isn't teaching, RoAnne loves to read, write short stories, and work on her novel. She also plays the piano and loves listening to music (and dancing when no one is watching). She loves cooking, watching movies (especially thrillers), playing board games with her children, and working with her church's food and clothing ministry.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.restoreflow.com/allografts-our-products","date":"2017-10-17T05:34:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187820927.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20171017052945-20171017072945-00205.warc.gz","language_score":0.8908690810203552,"token_count":407,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-43__0__266591052","lang":"en","text":"p: (847) 462.2191 | f: (847) 277.7273\nAt Restoreflow we understand that using tissue that is extremely safe and viable for patients is just as important to you as it is for us, which is why we focus solely on producing the highest quality vascular allograft tissue available today.\nCryopreserved Saphenous Veins offer excellent mobility and resistance to infection over alternative synthetic grafts.\nCryopreserved Saphenous Veins are an effective alternative conduit for patients requiring secondary peripheral bypass procedures, particularly when autologous conduit tissue is not suitable for use, or for revascularization for critical limb ischemia.\nCryopreserved Femoral Veins and Femoral Arteries offer a safe and durable alternative to synthetic hemodialysis grafts by reducing the potential for graft infection seen more commonly with synthetic products and by increasing the use and longevity of the hemodialysis site.\nCryopreserved Femoral Veins and Arteries are also a preferred conduit for patients with high risk of AV access infections when autologous conduit tissue is not a viable option.\nCryopreserved Aortoiliac Arteries provide outstanding durability and are an ideal solution for infected synthetic grafts, aortoenteric fistulas and mycotic aneurysms. To ensure the viability of every Aortoiliac Artery graft, and to allow for greater implantation for patients with various pathology and anatomy, we use a variety of Hegar dilators to take proximal measurements of all portions of the artery so that our surgeons can find the best solution for their patient.\nAortic infections are conditions requiring serious solutions that offer consistent, reliable results. Cryopreserved Aortoiliac Arteries offer dependable, high quality, safe solutions for when these situations arise, allowing surgeons to feel confident when treating vascular infections containing fungal, and gram positive or negative pathogens.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.deliaspry.com/post/silence-is-a-action-a-response","date":"2023-05-31T22:02:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647459.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531214247-20230601004247-00788.warc.gz","language_score":0.9135544896125793,"token_count":138,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__249737939","lang":"en","text":"Silence is a Action & a Response.\nThought of the week\nSilence is a Action and a Response\nIt’s ok to use it and walk away.\nIt’s a way of stating your opinion with calm and balance. Not conflict.\nSee you at Manly Creative Market this Sunday. Have a reading to help you achieve your balance and calm in your life or at Ormiston during the week.\nHttps://www.deliaspry.com/book-online to choose your service of choice, day and time.\n🦋 Blessings and 🙏 Gratitude Delia","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.musikwissenschaft.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/team/baumann-max-peter-prof-dr-ir/wom-index-1959-2010/","date":"2024-04-25T06:45:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00562.warc.gz","language_score":0.9493523240089417,"token_count":323,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__142073299","lang":"en","text":"In the 50-year history of the world of music journal, more than 195 issues were published. More than 1200 articles of a variety of different topics were published, around 500 books were reviewed and, in addition, nearly 400 recordings. The first section of the publication provides a brief history of the journal’s editorial context and ethnomusicological concepts. It indicates which editors were in charge, and in which years the journal was edited, with three, four or even six issues a year in past volumes. Listed are the volumes, the issue numbers, the particular impressum indicating editors in connection with changing institutions and publishers. The Index of Contents and Abstracts lists each individual issue. The editorial details and contents of each issue are provided, followed by the corresponding abstract. The complete world of music bibliography brings more than 1200 entries by author, covering the main articles and contributions to the journal. This bibliography covers all the years from 1959 to 2011. Editors and guest editors are also included in the list, with reference to particular topical issues. The Book Reviews and Recording Reviews section lists all reviewed authors with the titles of their books, and also all reviewers of books in alphabetical order. Finally, the Cumulative Index section collates more than 16.000 keywords of the Contents and Abstracts. It delineates thematic, regional, geographical and systematic contents, subjects, keywords, and names, with direct reference to the articles of the main contributors, as well as details of the abstracts on the one hand, and reference to the main keywords of books and recordings reviewed on the other hand.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://donnas365dayproject.blogspot.com/2009/10/102.html","date":"2018-05-25T20:52:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867217.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525200131-20180525220131-00473.warc.gz","language_score":0.9947429299354553,"token_count":108,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__138170630","lang":"en","text":"Monday, October 19, 2009\nI have a children' s story forming in my head about the beautiful woods and the secret little spots that you find there. I have had it \"forming\" for a few years now. I've taken quite a few out door photo's that I would like to sketch and put into the book. This just may be one of the photo's that I would use. It was such a beautiful spot and I think it would be a perfect place to go and sit quietly and read and just to be.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://mindtrick.com/obi-wan-jedi-mind-trick-quote/","date":"2024-02-25T01:58:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474573.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225003942-20240225033942-00126.warc.gz","language_score":0.8937420845031738,"token_count":2454,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__171585051","lang":"en","text":"Support our educational content for free when you purchase through links on our site. Learn more\nA quote that couldn’t be truer.” title=”obi-wan jedi mind trick quote” width=”800″ height=”450″>\nHarnessing the Mind Trick for the Good of the Galaxy\nWelcome to Mind Trick™, where we delve into the fascinating realm of Jedi mind tricks. In this article, we will explore the iconic quote from Obi-Wan Kenobi and delve into the power of the Jedi mind trick. Discover how this mind-altering ability has captivated audiences for decades and learn how to wield its power for positive change. So, grab your lightsaber and join us on this memorable journey through the Force.\nTable of Contents\n- Originals: \"If You Strike Me Down, I Shall Become More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine\"\n- Prequels: \"So Uncivilized\"\n- Originals: \"Who's More Foolish, The Fool Or The Fool Who Follows Him?\"\n- Prequels: \"You Were Right About One Thing, Master. The Negotiations Were Short.\"\n- Originals: \"So, What I Told You Was True… From A Certain Point Of View.\"\n- Prequels: \"Goodbye, Old Friend. May The Force Be With You.\"\n- Originals: \"These Are Not The Droids You're Looking For.\"\n- Prequels: \"It's Over, Anakin! I Have The High Ground!\"\n- Originals: \"Use The Force, Luke.\"\n- Prequels: \"Hello There.\"\n- Quick Tips and Facts\n- Useful Links\n- Reference Links\nOriginals: \"If You Strike Me Down, I Shall Become More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine\"\nIn the original Star Wars trilogy, Obi-Wan Kenobi uttered the famous line, \"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.\" This profound statement embodies the essence of a Jedi's connection to the Force. Obi-Wan refers to the fact that even in death, he would remain a guiding presence, helping Luke Skywalker on his journey.\nThe line captures the resilience and indomitable spirit of a Jedi. It teaches us that sometimes, the greatest power lies not in physical strength but in wisdom and spiritual guidance. Obi-Wan's words resonate with fans and have become an enduring symbol of hope and perseverance.\n- The power of the Force transcends physical form.\n- Wisdom and spiritual guidance are more valuable than physical strength.\n- The words have become an enduring symbol of hope.\nPrequels: \"So Uncivilized\"\nIn the prequel trilogy, Obi-Wan Kenobi, upon seeing the blaster, throws a playful jab at the weapon, saying, \"So uncivilized.\" This line displays Obi-Wan's preference for more elegant and refined methods, such as lightsaber combat and the Jedi mind trick.\nObi-Wan's remark not only showcases his mastery of the lightsaber but also conveys disdain for the blaster's brute force. This line has become a favorite among fans, highlighting the distinction between Jedi and non-Jedi methods.\n- Lightsaber combat and Jedi mind tricks represent elegance and refinement.\n- Obi-Wan's remark emphasizes the distinction between Jedi and non-Jedi methods.\nOriginals: \"Who's More Foolish, The Fool Or The Fool Who Follows Him?\"\nThroughout the original trilogy, Obi-Wan Kenobi imparts wisdom and guidance to Luke Skywalker, his young apprentice. In one pivotal moment, he asks, \"Who's more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?\" This question challenges Luke to question his choices and recognize the importance of critically analyzing the actions of others.\nThis powerful line serves as a reminder to think independently and not blindly follow those whose motivations may be questionable. Obi-Wan shows us the significance of discernment and the potential consequences of blindly following others.\n- The line encourages critical thinking and independent decision-making.\n- Discernment and evaluation of others' motives are crucial.\nPrequels: \"You Were Right About One Thing, Master. The Negotiations Were Short.\"\nIn the prequels, Obi-Wan Kenobi engages in a heated exchange with Anakin Skywalker during a tense negotiation. In response to Anakin's frustrations, Obi-Wan dryly comments, \"You were right about one thing, master. The negotiations were short.\"\nThis line showcases Obi-Wan's quick-witted humor and ability to diffuse tense situations with a touch of sarcasm. It adds a light-hearted moment to the intense circumstances of the prequel trilogy, providing fans with a memorable quote to chuckle about.\n- Obi-Wan's quick-witted humor shines through in tense situations.\n- The line adds a light-hearted moment to the prequel trilogy.\nOriginals: \"So, What I Told You Was True… From A Certain Point Of View.\"\nIn the original trilogy, Obi-Wan Kenobi profoundly states, \"So, what I told you was true… from a certain point of view.\" This line challenges our understanding of truth and perception. It reveals Obi-Wan's ability to manipulate information to convey a specific message or protect others.\nObi-Wan's words highlight the complex nature of truth and introduce a moral gray area into the Star Wars universe. Fans have debated the implications of this line for years, adding depth and nuance to Obi-Wan's character and the overarching themes of the series.\n- The line challenges our understanding of truth and perception.\n- Obi-Wan showcases the power of manipulating information for specific purposes.\nPrequels: \"Goodbye, Old Friend. May The Force Be With You.\"\nIn the prequels, Obi-Wan Kenobi bids a heartfelt farewell to Anakin Skywalker, who becomes the infamous Darth Vader. With a somber and poignant tone, Obi-Wan says, \"Goodbye, old friend. May the Force be with you.\"\nThis line reveals the deep sense of loss and sadness Obi-Wan feels as he parts ways with his once-promising apprentice. It highlights the contrast between their former friendship and the dark path Anakin has chosen. The line resonates with viewers as a poignant reminder of the tragedy and emotional depth of the Star Wars saga.\n- Obi-Wan expresses deep loss and sadness in parting ways with Anakin.\n- The line conveys the tragic nature of their relationship.\nOriginals: \"These Are Not The Droids You're Looking For\"\nPerhaps one of the most iconic lines from the original trilogy, Obi-Wan Kenobi uses the Jedi mind trick to manipulate stormtroopers seeking Luke Skywalker and his companions. With a wave of his hand, Obi-Wan utters, \"These are not the droids you're looking for,\" effectively erasing his companions from the stormtroopers' minds.\nThis line showcases the power of the Jedi mind trick and Obi-Wan's mastery of the technique. It serves as a reminder of the Jedi's abilities and their impact on the course of the Galactic Civil War.\n- The line exemplifies the power and effectiveness of the Jedi mind trick.\n- Obi-Wan's mastery of the technique demonstrates the Jedi's abilities.\nPrequels: \"It's Over, Anakin! I Have The High Ground!\"\nIn the climactic duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker in Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan utters the memorable line, \"It's over, Anakin! I have the high ground!\" as he gains the tactical advantage on Mustafar.\nThis line represents Obi-Wan's wisdom and strategic thinking. It emphasizes that a Jedi's success lies not only in physical combat skills but also in their ability to outmaneuver their opponents mentally. The line has become a popular catchphrase among fans and highlights Obi-Wan's tactical prowess.\n- Obi-Wan's line emphasizes the importance of tactical advantage in combat.\n- Success in battle requires strategic thinking.\nOriginals: \"Use The Force, Luke\"\nIn the original trilogy, Obi-Wan Kenobi encourages Luke Skywalker to trust in the Force and use his abilities. Before Luke destroys the Death Star, Obi-Wan's voice echoes in his mind, whispering, \"Use the Force, Luke.\"\nThis line encapsulates the central theme of the Star Wars saga: the power of the Force and the belief in something greater than oneself. Obi-Wan serves as a mentor, guiding Luke towards realizing his full potential. The line has become an iconic symbol of hope and the triumph of good over evil.\n- The line encapsulates the central theme of the Star Wars saga.\n- Obi-Wan's guidance represents the importance of belief and trust in the Force.\nPrequels: \"Hello There\"\nIn the prequel trilogy, Obi-Wan Kenobi delivers a line that has become a favorite among fans and meme enthusiasts alike. As he confronts General Grievous on the planet Utapau, Obi-Wan casually utters, \"Hello there.\"\nThis line showcases Obi-Wan's calm demeanor and quick thinking. Its popularity stems from the delivery and the subsequent memes it has inspired, creating a lasting impact on Star Wars culture.\n- Obi-Wan's line displays his calm demeanor and quick thinking.\n- The popularity of the line has seeped into Star Wars culture.\nWhat does Obi-Wan's mind trick do?\nObi-Wan's mind trick is an extraordinary Jedi ability that allows him to influence the thoughts and perceptions of others. By using a combination of hand gestures and a firm command, Obi-Wan can alter the minds of weak-willed individuals.\nImagine being able to convince someone to do something or believe something by simply suggesting it. That is the power of the Jedi mind trick. However, it's important to note that this ability has limitations and may not work on strong-willed individuals or those with advanced mental fortitude.\n\"Obi-Wan's mind trick is a game-changer! It's like a Jedi superpower that can sway people to do your bidding!\"\nWho said \"your Jedi mind tricks don't work on me?\"\nThe line \"Your Jedi mind tricks don't work on me\" was famously uttered by Jedi Master Mace Windu during a confrontation with Jango Fett in Attack of the Clones. Mace Windu was known for his strong will and resolute convictions, making him immune to manipulations through the Force.\nThis line showcases the distinction between those with strong mental fortitude and the limits of the Jedi mind trick's influence.\n\"Mace Windu's resilience was impressive. He proved that not everyone can be swayed by a Jedi's mind trick!\"\nWhat is the mind quote from Star Wars?\nThe mind quote from Star Wars is \"These are not the droids you're looking for.\" Uttered by Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original trilogy, this line represents the Jedi mind trick at its finest. Through a combination of hand gestures and a command, Obi-Wan manipulates the minds of the stormtroopers, persuading them to believe what he wants them to believe.\n\"Obi-Wan's mind quote is legendary. It perfectly demonstrates the persuasive power of a Jedi's mind trick!\"\nQuick Tips and Facts\n- Obi-Wan Kenobi's mind trick showcases the power of the Jedi mind manipulation ability.\n- The mind trick is not infallible and may not work on strong-willed individuals.\n- Obi-Wan's quotes reveal his wisdom, humor, and tactical thinking.\n- The mind trick represents the Jedi's ability to influence others for the greater good.\n- Star Wars Official Website\n- Star Wars on Amazon\n- Star Wars on Walmart\n- Star Wars on Etsy\n- Mind Trick™ Official Website","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://dionecy.com/event/theatrical-performance-%CF%84%CE%B1-%CE%BC%CE%B7-%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC/","date":"2022-08-19T05:30:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00208.warc.gz","language_score":0.9138036966323853,"token_count":292,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__97748682","lang":"en","text":"- This event has passed.\nΤα Μη Αρσενικά (Premiere) Theatrical Performance\n01/09/2021 @ 20:00 - 22:00\nDione Youth Association will undertake to produce theatrical plays for the year 2021. Primarily during the summer and fall of 2021. One of the theatrical plays on the book “Τα Μη Αρσενικά ‘‘. Equivalent translation for these exact words does not exist as it is primarily an idiomatic phrase. The play is primarily geared to words existential struggles in relation to the tragic concepts of “Who I am, What I am, Where do I belong?”. The underlying story of the book has to do with characters that are faced with antithetical positions and paradoxical stances towards life and reality. The book was selected in 2018 as one of a candidate books for award by the Ministry of Education and Culture in Cyprus. All net profits from the performance will be given to Pancyprian Association of Cancer Patients and Friends. This project is under the direct aegis of PASYKAF\nThe premiere will take place on 01/09/2021 at the Municipal Amphitheatre of Lakatamia and another 2 performances will take place at the Municipal Amphitheatre of Deryneia on 3 and 4 September 2021.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://lostinthisaquarium.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-07-30T23:16:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1406510271862.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20140728011751-00360-ip-10-146-231-18.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9754255414009094,"token_count":211,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__233195317","lang":"en","text":"I am never in a relationship because I get bored too easily.\nI want to learn so much about someone and figure out their brain, thought process, what they stand for, etc.\nWhen that is mostly accomplished the adventure is gone and I am bored once again.\nThat is why I am drawn to you the most and completely infatuated with your being.\nI dont understand you and that is what intrigues me the most.\nI want to figure you out but you keep yourself, your interactions with other beings are the same and you have no set pattern on living.\nYou’ve let me in more than most but it is not enough.\nI’m desperate to find out that makes you tick, what made you the way you are and most of all why you won’t let anyone in?\nI will always be drawn to you because I will never figure you out.\nMaybe you only do this because you know that if you do let me in, I will get bored once again.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://halosofjoy.wordpress.com/","date":"2018-11-18T01:35:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039743960.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20181118011216-20181118033216-00123.warc.gz","language_score":0.9572212100028992,"token_count":7497,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__11402536","lang":"en","text":"Step out of the Traffic! Take a long, loving look at me, your High God, above politics, above EVERYTHING. Psalm 46:10 MSG When I am restless, you lull me to serenity When I am anxious, you affirm your love for me When I am mouthy, you hush me to my senses When I am moody, you throw pillows of joy my way to see my silly grin When I am a worrywart, you stop my aimless pacing with just one divine touch When I am begrudged, your disciplinary look keeps me at bay When I am lonely, your ember embrace keeps me warm and content When I am confused, you tenderly show me the way to go When I am indifferent, you tug my heart back to humanity When I am tired of longing for EVERYTHING else but you Heavenly Father, I gaze at you and EVERYTHING fades at the beauty of your presence. Inspirational Song: Chasing after you by Tye Tribbett\nHappy New Month!\nIt is a brand new month and I can’t help but feel optimistic about February. Maybe I am a bit biased about February because it my birth month but still you can’t deny that February carries a special aura of love with a remembrance of historic events (Black History Month, Valentines Day) and an expectancy of new beginnings as the year officially takes full course.\nMy church COZA, has declared this month a month of Fresh Start taken from a beautiful Scripture in Hosea 14:5-7.\nI will make a fresh start with Israel.\nHe’ll burst into bloom like a crocus in the spring.\nHe’ll put down deep oak tree roots,\nhe’ll become a forest of oaks!\nHe’ll become splendid—like a giant sequoia,\nhis fragrance like a grove of cedars!\nThose who live near him will be blessed by him,\nbe blessed and prosper like golden grain.\nEveryone will be talking about them,\nspreading their fame as the vintage children of God.\nI don’t regard it a coincidence that the Bible uses an exotic flower like the crocus to depict the blossoming life lived in total dependence on God. I did a little research and found out that the most expensive spice in the world, saffron,is derived from the stigmas of the crocus flower. It is sought for its versatile use in perfumery, culinary, coloring and medicine. So when God says that he is making a fresh start, He isn’t merely starting afresh, He is making things new and extraordinary. He is the God that specialises in revamping something ugly into something beautiful . The ultimate exchanger of beauty for ashes. The transformer of the obsolete to trend-setter. The versatility of the crocus flower is what makes it valuable to whoever owns it and as the Scripture promises, those who are planted in God will become a source of blessing exuding the grace they carry extravagantly to everyone around them. They can’t help but be the talk of the town,exhibiting the graffiti of God’s goodness in their lives through the words of their testimonies,the evidence of his blessings, and their kindness.\nThe question of the hour is how can we get in on this exciting journey with God? It is by returning back to Him as fast as we can. The first verse of Hosea 14 says O Israel, come back! Return to your God! You’re down but you’re not out! Prepare your confession and come back to God. Pray to him, “Take away our sin, accept our confession. Receive as restitution our repentant prayers”. Friends, i would like to encourage you that whatever mess you are in, it is not too late to return back to God and start afresh. As long as you are breathing,the grace of God is constantly available for you to obtain mercy from Him. Nothing should hold you back, instead your burdens should drive you to his precious feet. Kiss it, anoint it with your tears, pour out your heart and be embraced by Him. Surely He will accept you like He accepted the sinful woman(Luke 7:36-50). He is gracious like that because He is God not man. He has promised that nothing can separate us from his love, not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture!(Romans 8:35). Remember that as long as we are in Christ,we are a new creation! The old has passed away and the new is here so we need to take that revelation and apply it to our lives every single day in order to be transformed daily to the glorious beings he has called us to be in the earth and beyond (2 Corinthians 5:17).\nI pray that God shows himself true to who He is (The Renewer) in all areas of your life this month, be it physical, financial, relational or spiritual , In Jesus precious name, Amen!\nPlease read my post on It’s a new season for more insight to new beginnings with God.\nRevelations 21:5 (AMP)\nAnd He Who is seated on the throne said, See! I make all things new. Also He said, Record this, for these sayings are faithful (accurate, incorruptible, and trustworthy) and true (genuine).\nJerimiah 31:3 MSG\nGod told them, “I’ve never quit loving you and never will. Expect love, love and more love!”\nBeing in love is a very wonderful and mysterious thing. Love adds the supernatural to our ordinary lives so much so that a mundane task like washing the dishes becomes a sought-after solitude time to sheepishly smile in memory of precious moments spent with that special someone, away from the prying eyes of family members. Bishop T.D Jakes said “There is no drug that can compare with the intense, passionate feelings that are aflame when the heart is in love”. Love is what drives a man to work tirelessly to provide for his lady, love is what makes a woman protect and fight for the dignity of her man even if it means losing friends. What I find amazing is that the fierce love that can exist between a man and his wife, the sacrificial love between a parent and a child, a loyal love between lifetime friends cannot be compared to the love that God has for us his children. Romans 9:14 explains this fact perfectly when God told Moses, “I am in charge of mercy. I am in charge of compassion. Compassion doesn’t originate in our bleeding hearts or moral sweat, but in God’s mercy.\nThis is not to say that we should give up loving one another. NO! On the contrary, accepting God’s everlasting love allows us to love others better. The realization that the steadfast, undiluted, unfailing, and consistent love we seek from men comes only from God, gives us the capacity to allow room for growth and err with others. With a start of a new year, most of us have our expectations for the year but can I encourage you to expect love from the One who is Love Himself? Can I remind you that it is his love that keeps us alive? that loads us with our daily necessities and holds us together? Psalm 103 majestically lists the manifestations of God’s love to us.\n- He forgives our sins- everyone\n- He heals our physical, mental and spiritual diseases\n- He redeems our lives from hell- including hell on earth (we don’t have to live under a continuous dark cloud).\n- He wraps us in his goodness, satisfies our mouth with good things.\n- He renews our strength- we can always draw strength in weary times through spending time with Him.\n- He is not easily angered, rich in love and mercy.\n- He is quick to forgive us and doesn’t endlessly nag, scold or hold grudges.\n- He makes everything right for us as we follow his ways.\nI could go on and on about the love of God and still not mention everything. With the magnitude of his love He tells us to expect more and more with each day that comes. When it seems like God has outdone himself, he does something new that surpasses the last miracle while we still haven’t gotten over the euphoria of the former. I have made up my mind this year that no matter what happens, I will expect his love and mercy that is new every morning(Lamentations 3:23). No one can love like that and he made it that way so that we can depend on him to provide what no man can provide. God alone is able to touch the inner vulnerable part of our souls that no man can reach with words or actions no matter how affectionate. To accept this love all we have to do is accept his Son, Jesus Christ, the Messiah as our Lord and personal Savior. It is only through Him that we can experience salvational love. We have to allow him to work in our lives and trust him enough to let go of things we don’t understand knowing that his love will put ALL things together and make our lives whole.\nRomans 10:10 MSG\nIt’s the word of faith that welcomes God to go to work and set things right for us. This is the core of our preaching. Say the welcoming word to God—“Jesus is my Master”—embracing, body and soul, God’s work of doing in us what he did in raising Jesus from the dead. That’s it. You’re not “doing” anything; you’re simply calling out to God, trusting him to do it for you. That’s salvation. With your whole being you embrace God setting things right, and then you say it, right out loud: “God has set everything right between him and me!”\nFriends, I would like to encourage you envision your lives as a rubik’s cube and God as the ultimate solver. Once we give our lives to him with great expectation of his love, He works wonders that we could never imagine. With full concentration on us, He rolls his sleeves and get to work. With the sound of each click we see that the imagery of our lives getting better and brighter like the Just man in Proverbs 4:18. We find that everything fits neatly together for us and we are where we are supposed to be which is right at the center of God’s love with our arms open and outstretched, ready for the mercy of our Master, Jesus Christ. That is the unending life; the real life lived with the expectation of his tremendous love daily!(Jude 1:21).\nEphesians 2:7 MSG.\nNow God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus.\nHappy New Month Halos!\nChristmas is in the air , carols is in our ears, joy is in our hearts and smiles are getting wider at the second. I have started my search and collection of Christmas songs and i fell in love with Kim Walker’s version of ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’ which lead me to write this post.\nRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\nHas a very shiny nose\nAnd if you ever saw it\nYou would even say it glows.\nAll of the other reindeers\nUsed to laugh and call him names\nThey never let poor Rudolph\nJoin in any reindeer games\nIn the Christmas Song, Rudolph was laughed at by the other reindeer for his shiny red nose.\nIn Genesis 37:3-4, Joseph was hated by his brothers because he was loved by his Father, Jacob.He was also falsely accused of seducing Potter’s wife and thrown into prison despite refusing her sexual advances in order not to sin against God.\nHis loyalty to his earthly father and God was his ‘Red-nose’.\nIn 1 Samuel 17:26 – 29, David was scolded by his older brother for showing interest in defeating Goliath.\nHis courageous heart was his ‘Red Nose’.\nIn Daniel 3, Daniel’s three friends( Shedrach, Michach and Abednego) were thrown into a burning furnace for refusing to worship the golden statue of King Nechabadnezzar.\nTheir faithfulness to God was their ‘Red Nose’.\nThese days sin is rapidly becoming the norm of the day while holiness is tagged “weird”. As followers of Christ, are we taking our stand for righteousness in the face of corruption? Are confidently preaching the truth in love regardless of popular opinion? Or are we applying make up to our God given and loved “red noses” to be more accepted by the world?\nDo not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].\nThen one foggy Christmas Eve,\nSanta came to say,\nRudolph with your nose so bright,\nWon’t you guide my sleigh tonight?\nThen all the reindeers loved him,\nAnd they all shouted out with glee,\nRudolph the red-nose Reindeer\nYou’ll go down in history!\nRemember, just as Santa Claus exalted Rudolph for his unique Red-Nose, God will also exalt us for staying true to who we are as his children. As children of God we are called to be more like him and less of ourselves. This means that our actions will not be understood or be acceptable to some people but in the end, the result for our choices always speaks for us.\nOur choice to remain generous speaks through God’s supernatural provision.\nOur choice to honor our parents speaks through long life.\nOur choice to remain faithful to our spouses speaks through an enviable healthy marriage.\nOur choice to abstain from hard drugs, sexual promiscuity, & alcoholism speaks through a healthy body and lifestyle.\nIn the end, all those who stuck out their ‘red noses’ in pride received tremendous blessings from God for their faithfulness. Joseph became a great ruler in Egypt and his brothers(the other reindeer) bowed before him and apologized for their wickedness. David became the great King of Israel and an ancestor of the our Lord Savior, Jesus Christ. Daniel’s friends were saved from the burning furnace and promoted by King Nechabadnezzar.\nBlessed happy enviably fortunate spiritually prosperous (in the state in which the born-again child of God enjoys and finds satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of his outward conditions) are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake (for being and doing right), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!\nBlessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of your outward conditions) are you when people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things against you falsely on My account.\nBe glad supremely joyful, for your reward in heaven is great (strong and intense), for in this same way people persecuted the prophets who were before you.\nNothing extraordinary happened today\nNo bumping into an old friend\nNo flowers received\nNo fluffy butterflies dancing in my stomach\nWait … someone is calling… Oh It’s just Mom\nIt’s just an ordinary day..\nNo hearing about a death of a friend\nNo puffy eyes from a heartbreak\nNo conundrum thoughts about why he didn’t call\nNo wondering how life will be without a Mother\nGLAMOUR ABSENT TODAY BUT GRATITUDE PRESENT EVERYDAY AND ALWAYS.\n1 Corinthians 7:17 MSG\nAnd don’t be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. where you are right now is God’s place for you. LIVE and OBEY and LOVE and BELIEVE RIGHT THERE!\nI was reading my devotion plan this morning and came across a beautiful Scripture that stirred up my spirit to write this post.\nPsalm 5:1-3, 7-8 MSG\nListen, God! Please pay attention! Can you make sense of these ramblings, my groans and cries? King – God, i need your help. Every morning you’ll hear me at it again. Every morning i lay out the pieces of my life on your alter and watch for fire to descend.\n7-8. And here I am, your invited guest— it’s incredible! I enter your house; here I am, prostrate in your inner sanctum, Waiting for directions to get me safely through enemy lines.\nThere is something beautiful about waking up in the morning to pray to the Almighty God. It is proof that we are totally depending on him to survive for the day. It shows that we believe without God’s help we are nothing. The fact that we woke up from our sleep is the Lord’s doing. It is a miracle on its own! Some people go to sleep with plans for the next day but they never get to see the Sun again. Think about it! The reason you woke up today is that God has a plan for your life TODAY, which is why it is very important that we spend them with him in the morning to figure out what those plans are.\nWhen Jesus was on earth, He made a practice of rising up early to pray. I believe that his prayers was what gave him strength to perform miracles and preach to the people. I also believe that through prayers he got instructions and guidance from God the Father on what to do for the day. Jesus said in John 5:19 AMP ‘I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the Son is able to do nothing of Himself (of His own accord); but He is able to do only what He sees the Father doing, for whatever the Father does is what the Son does in the same way [in His turn].’ In Mark 1:35-39 AMP, we see a perfect example of how Jesus depended on God the Father.\n35 And in the morning, long before daylight, He got up and went out to a deserted place, and there He prayed.36 And Simon [Peter] and those who were with him followed Him pursuing Him eagerly and hunting Him out],37 And they found Him and said to Him, Everybody is looking for You.38 And He said to them, Let us be going on into the neighboring country towns, that I may preach there also; for that is why I came out.39 [So] He went throughout the whole of Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.\nAfter his morning prayers, He immediately knew what the itinerary of the day was going to be. He informed his disciples that they were going around Galilee to preach and the most important thing to note is that he went around driving demons from people which he couldn’t have done without his habit of praying regularly (Mark 9:29).\nI came across this beautiful quote about Prayer and it says “Prayer is the vital breath of Christians;not the thing that makes us alive, but the evidence that we are alive.” We should view morning prayers as a thanksgiving to God for being alive! Once we start thinking that way, it will become easier for us to naturally seek HIS presence in the morning.\nSimple Steps to take to spend time with God in the Morning.\n- Go to bed early so that you can get a good night rest.\n- Set your alarm an hour before you usually wake up to start your day.(The length of time spent in prayer could vary, you can start with 30 minutes and grow to an 1 hour or more with time and consistency)\n- Make it a habit to say something to God immediately you open your eyes. You could say “Thank you Father or Good Morning Jesus”.\n- Quickly freshen up by splashing water on your face or brushing your teeth. This will help to keep you awake.\n- Start your Prayers with songs of worship and praise. I usually play worship songs from my Ipad and sing along with it.\n- If you are using your phone/Ipad to read the bible or play worship songs, make sure you switch it to airplane mode to avoid distractions.\n- Always start your prayers in thanksgiving and worship to God. If you don’t know what to say then pray in the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:26).\n- After prayers, listen to hear God speak to you through his Word. He could put scriptures in your mind during prayers and so its important to read the Bible immediately after prayers to get instructions and encouragement for the day.(I got James 1:7 and the inspiration to write this post today!).\nSo Dear friends, i encourage you to place your lives before the Lord early in the morning before you do anything. Seek his provision, protection and wisdom because it pleases him when we do so. He is a re-warder of those who seek him(Hebrews 11:6). Place all your desires and plans for the day before him and he will definitely bless each and every one of them (Proverbs 16:3).\nRomans 12:1-2 MSG\n1-2 So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.\nHappiness is a choice. Choose to stay hopeful and optimistic about life. Don’t stop Believing!\nRomans 15:13 AMP\nMay the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound and be overflowing (bubbling over) with hope.\nI saw this picture quote on Instagram and instantly fell in love with the beautiful message it portrayed. The picture is currently the wall paper on my phone and it is a keen reminder to be nice to everyone i meet. The picture got me thinking, BEING KIND IS CLASSY BECAUSE GOD IS KIND.\nThe dictionary defines ‘classy’ as someone or something of high class, rank,or grade, stylish,admirably smart, and elegant. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as ‘having or reflecting high standards of behavior’. I see the classiness of the Most High God in the way He elegantly created the sky and flung the stars in it to shine at night. I see his stylishness in the way He distinctively made every flower beautiful in its own way with a play of colors, scents and textures. I am fascinated at his wisdom in the way He created the human brain to control eating,sleeping, laughing,crying,thinking,and all other activities we do as living beings. Most of all, i am awe-struck when i think about his high standards of behavior, how classy He is to overlook our shortcomings and stay kind to us.\n“I tell you, love your enemies. Help and give without expecting a return. You’ll never—I promise—regret it. Live out this God-created identity the way our Father lives toward us, generously and graciously, even when we’re at our worst. Our Father is kind; you be kind.”\nBeing classy is the ability to rise above unpleasant situations and react with grace. Being classy is showing kindness in the face of cruelty, politeness in the face of rudeness and humility in the face of pride. I see how classy Jesus Christ is when he healed one of the guards who came to arrest him at the garden of Gethsemane after Simon Peter struck him with a sword(Luke 22:50 -51, Matthew 26:51-54). His act of kindness is a classy example of how we are called to repay evil with good. Jesus Christ had the authority to summon angels to fight for him but he chose to be compassionate in order to fulfill the will of the Father for him to die so that we can be free from sin and empowered(by the Holy Spirit)to be kind just as He is kind. The Message translation of Romans 2:4 says In kindness he takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into radical life – change.\nWith a lot of beautiful examples in the Bible of the Kindness of God, I look to him daily as my perfect role model as i choose to stay classy just as He is!\nAnd be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.\nHappy New Month!\nIt is such a blessing to be alive and to witness a new month unfold before our eyes each day. Each day brings its own special gifts from God to us just as each month brings its purposed miracles to us. I am excited to share on the Word of the Month declared by my church, COZA.\nPsalm 126: 1-6\n1-3 It seemed like a dream, too good to be true,\nwhen God returned Zion’s exiles.\nWe laughed, we sang,\nwe couldn’t believe our good fortune.\nWe were the talk of the nations—\n“God was wonderful to them!”\nGod was wonderful to us;\nwe are one happy people.\n4-6 And now, God, do it again—\nbring rains to our drought-stricken lives\nSo those who planted their crops in despair\nwill shout hurrahs at the harvest,\nSo those who went off with heavy hearts\nwill come home laughing, with armloads of blessing.\nWhen was the last time you saw your dreams come true right before your eyes? when was the last time you experienced a moment filled with so much happiness that you had to pinch yourself to confirm that you weren’t dreaming? For me, those moments happened in 2012 when I first heard about my result in my Bachelors Degree and my graduation ceremony. I was so happy that God crowned my efforts with tremendous success and I was blessed to see my father’s proud face. I still thank God up to this day for all my achievements and giving me precious moments to cherish in 2012 AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE UNBELIEVABLE, HEART CRUSHING ECSTATIC MOMENTS IN LIFE! If He did it before, He can certainly do it again!\nFriends, I can’t get tired of saying that we serve a Good God that is desperate to bless us. In Psalm 33:19,we see that God has piled a stack of blessing for those who worship him and run to him for safety. I am so expectant to receive his parcel of blessing that he has stored up for me this month and I encourage you to be expectant as well. Hope in him with confidence that your expectations will not be cut off (Proverbs 23:18). Stay wide awake in pray and experience his wonder in your life this month (IPeter 4:7). Wake up with an expectation of something beautiful coming your way each day and when you feel like giving up, ponder on how God was faithful in the past and your hope will be revived (Psalm77: 11-12).\nI pray that by the end of this Month, you will look back and reminisce about God’s goodness in your Life. I pray that you will so awe-struck at his Faithfulnes that you will pinch yourself in wonder and ask “Am i dreaming?” Amen!\nPsalm 33:22 – Let Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, be upon us, in proportion to our waiting and hoping for You.\nI recently experienced a dream so horrible that i woke up with tears running down my eyes. Feeling like a lioness that was disturbed from her peaceful sleep, started my morning devotion roaring God’s word back at the Devil, declaring out loud that i didn’t believe the lies he was trying to sell to me in the dream. I told him that i was not only going to defeat him but disgrace him by sharing how i defeated him on my blog so here i am fulfilling my promise.\nIt might sound crazy and spooky to you but the truth is that we have an enemy and that is Satan.He may not be the cause of your bad dreams, watching horror movies before sleeping could be the cause. However when fear starts breeding in your mind and you find yourself dreading sleep or too afraid to sleep alone in the dark then know that he has set a trap for you. He is always looking for ways to bring fear and calamity to our lives which is why we must be careful not to give him a chance to sneak in. 1 Peter 5:8 says “Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.” But the good news is that there is nothing to fear as a child of God because he has provided us with weapons to fight and defeat him (Read Ephesians 6:11-18). He may roar but he flees once we boldly declare God’s word back to him just as Jesus did when he was led by the Spirit to the wilderness Luke 4:1-13. This is why the first response to Nightmares is Prayer!\nWake up from a nightmare with a prayer in your mouth. Before you even get out of bed and while you are trembling with fear, open your mouth and say something like “I reject every negative effect of this dream in the Mighty name of Jesus”. Say it repeatedly until you are strong enough to get down on your knees and pray. Try not to go into rationalization mode when you wake up from a nightmare because it will only breed fear and discourage you from praying boldly. Even when you are too frightened or confused to pray at that moment, open your Bible and start reading scriptures on God’s protection.It is good to have particular scriptures to go to whenever you are afraid. For me, it is Psalm 91 and Psalm 27. If you are lucky enough to have family or friends around then ask them to pray with you( Matthew 18:19-20).\nBE MINDFUL OF WHAT YOU WATCH\nLike i said earlier, we are sometimes the cause of our nightmares. Watching horror movies or witnessing bad experiences or terrorizing sights in real life( accidents, bloody scenes, mortuaries,grotesque looking objects & art, masquerade shows, etc ) could trigger bad dreams so try as much as possible to avoid them.\nPsalm 101: 3a – I will set nothing wicked before my eyes\npsalm 119: 27 – Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things and revive me in your way.\nRomans 12: 9b – Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.\nCALM YOUR MIND AND MEDITATE ON GOD’S WORD AT BEDTIME\nWhether you are dealing with family/work/finance related stress or you are dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to the loss of a loved one, illness, suffering/witnessing of an assault/accident, you can be rest assured that you have a kind God who enjoys giving rest to those he loves( Psalm 127:3 MSG) if we only come to him. Develop a habit of spending your bedtime with God. It could be sipping a cup of tea(Chamomile or Lavender tea are great choices to aid sleep) while reading the bible, it could be listening to gospel music while taking a bath( Kim Burrell’s jazzy smooth voice does the trick for me), whatever it is, just make sure you are spending time with God before you go to bed. There are also many evening devotional books that you can read to enable you meditate on God’s word before you sleep. I recommend Ending your Day Right by Joyce Meyer because it is written to help the reader reflect on the day’s activities and have a quality time in the presence of God. I am currently reading it as a devotional plan on YouVersion (a bible App) and i have to say you can never go wrong with a Joyce Meyer Book!\nPsalm 63: 6-8 – As i lie in bed, i remember you: all night long i think of you, because you have been my help. In the shadow of your wings i sing for joy. I cling to you and your hand keeps me safe.\nEcclesiastes 5:7 – No matter how much you dream, how much useless work you do, or how much you talk, you must still stand in awe of God.\nPsalm 104:34 – My medication of Him shall be sweet. I will be glad in the Lord\nFORGET THE PREVIOUS HORRIBLE DREAMS\nNow that you have committed your bedtime to God’s hands, try not to dwell on the previous nightmares. Don’t spend your time thinking about it or narrating it to people. Believe that God has delivered you from experiencing further nightmares and move on. Focus your mind on the goodness of God. Sometimes I imagine the angels of God surrounding the four corners of my bed and that helps to make me feel safe and secured. Know that God has given us peace so there is absolutely nothing to fear.\nPhilippians 4:8 – Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.\nPsalm 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for Thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.\nJohn 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.\nMY TOP BATH/BEDTIME WORSHIP SONGS\nSpecial Place – Kim Burrell\nOceans (Where feet may fail) – Hillsong\nMeantime – Bebe & Cece Winans\nAddictive Love – Bebe & Cece Winans\nUnstoppable Love – Kim Walker\nI PRAY THAT YOU SLEEP LIKE BABIES WHILE THE GOOD LORD BLESSES YOU AHEAD OF THE DAY. IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://karinyapalater.com/co-dependency-breaking-the-destructive-cycle-at-home-work-or-school/","date":"2019-03-20T02:16:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202188.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20190320004046-20190320030046-00347.warc.gz","language_score":0.9504407644271851,"token_count":648,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__155299072","lang":"en","text":"We all want to feel appreciated, and we want to feel that our lives have meaning and purpose. Often we seek this appreciation, approval, and meaning outside of ourselves. Insecurities and fears are often the cause of this need for external sources of approval, acceptance and most potently, love. Fear of judgment is a powerful hinderance that keeps us from connecting with and then being who we truly are.\nWho are you truly? Is it hard for you to connect with what you have to offer the world? The courage to renounce the pacts of codependence is not easily obtained. Codependence is acting in a manner that creates a situation that is mutually harmful to all concerned. Out of fear, an instinctive response to dig in and fight or escape and take flight occurs. When we give in to our instincts without discrimination, we are not fully utilizing our gifts or talents. To break the patterns of codependence it is necessary to first become aware of what is going on. Emotionally and physically. What is the fear? Acknowledge this fear. Understand it, what causes it and how it might be overcome.\nThere is a part in each of us that takes comfort from clinging to the past and our old stories of pain and suffering. We often carry and use these stories as excuses for inappropriate behavior. In order to break free of the impulse to act out or the need to be acknowledged and accepted by others at all cost, we must first stop, and acknowledge and accept ourselves at all costs. We must act from a place that acknowledges who we truly are—free of the past and future. Fully present. Fully mindful. Fully aware …. in—dependent and yet well on the way to a collaborative, reciprocal path of inter—dependence.\nWho we truly are has nothing to do with where we come from or the work we do. Who we truly are goes beyond all such labels and identifiers.\nWho we truly are is the source of love. Free from the burdens of assumptions, judgments and expectations.\nFeelings of fear and anger can cause us to behave inappropriately, to yell, say hurtful things, to be vengeful or spiteful or worse. Our true intention—to protect ourselves or others—is lost. All that is seen by others is the behavior—the way in which we seek to protect or control that which frightens us.\nUnderstanding and acknowledging emotions is the first step to unlocking the door of self awarenessOne of the characteristics of this time of transformation is the deconstruction of what is false. This falseness is going away, but there is part of you that wants to hold on to it. The universe is clearly showing you that some patterns need to fall away, but part of you wants to hold on to them.”\nComplimentary initial consultations available. Reach out, connect and get the help you need and deserve.\nOne consultation can improve your well—being.\nKarin Yapalater MFA, CHHC, AADP\nBoard Certified Individual & Family Health & Nutrition Counselor\nPark Avenue Family Wellness • Hamptons Family Wellness\n715 Park Avenue • New York, NY 10021","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://theblackmafiatimes.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/former-wife-of-ybmbmf-big-dave-writing-a-new-ebook/","date":"2018-06-18T01:55:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267859923.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20180618012148-20180618032148-00486.warc.gz","language_score":0.9023747444152832,"token_count":84,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__121748736","lang":"en","text":"Check a preview of crime writer Brandy Cavalli’s new book. Coming in 2016!\nBrandy Cavalli is the ex wife of YBM/BMF Ent (and cousin of Bleu Davinci)- Big Dave who is currently incarcerated under the BMF indictments.\nYBM, Young Blacc Mafia is an extension of BMF ENT run by Dave.\nSource: Upcoming eBook","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://idealexercise.net/index.php?page=resources&source=","date":"2022-12-09T08:17:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711394.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20221209080025-20221209110025-00489.warc.gz","language_score":0.9618073105812073,"token_count":133,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__187412879","lang":"en","text":"I hate to spend lots of time in the gym. But I'm also a research fanatic that wanted real results. I discovered the SuperSlow® protocol and must admit, I was skeptical at first. But now I'm in the best shape of my life and the strongest I've ever been thanks to Ideal Exercise!\n- Jeff C.\nFeatured in Body By Science\nWe encourage anyone wanting to\ntake a more in depth look into the\nscience behind our training protocol\nto pick up the book, Body By Science\nby Dr. Doug McGuff and John Little. We'd like to\nthank Doug and John for mentioning\nus in their book.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://charleslbrownblog.wordpress.com/","date":"2019-01-20T01:08:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583688396.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20190120001524-20190120023524-00049.warc.gz","language_score":0.9511134028434753,"token_count":566,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__100929255","lang":"en","text":"Faith and belief by some is “giving honor and trust unto whom its due,and respecting without challenging or affirming one’s own opinion.” But too often,we as people delve into belief that what our opinion is,favors that which differs from others and should be accepted as bold and serious to the truth,as reality is to man’s existence.\nThe ultimate focus has dwelt more on emotions,opinions,thoughts and weaknesses of man as a whole,as to giving fold to living a life truly sincere,honest(though with faults),compassion and mercy for all(rather than pick and choose assumptions),as choices exist for all as whom to believe and have faith in.\nMoreover, succinctly, there travels many who rather not rely on the only true source of living,beliefs,truths,existance,being and love(the bible),only to hold to the faultless concept that no matter what anyone says,knowledge and belief cannot co-exist.but they’re existence or being,has nothing to do over the other.\nThe number one card is as old as lying itself,its show and tell,only says that “by what we’ve done they’re our lives have focus and truth,” and no matter when its our ability that brought our “prominence,stability,success and focus.” And the matter of blind tatter of the feet stepping on nails,then walking away leaping and jumping with cheer,is man’s empty-headed beliefs that “on his own,exists all he has and ever will be.”\nThe word of God bluntly and “without wavering” makes plain that man’s existence,being,life,cares,gives and all that he(she)has or ever will be isn’t and haven’t because of his or her efforts,work or consciousness.So should we reign in our so-called stance and factual brevity or bravado on life,ourselves,being and existence. And trust whom gave unto all that he(or she)has and not depending on the faults and imperfect trails of others,to push forth faith,belief and truths as stench is food. Or mature,grow,seek and honor God, as weak and frail as we exist.His compassion,mercy,care and love for us is shown through means and ways,our often derailed(fractured)minds,couldn’t take hold of.His word and love,that because of Jesus Christ,our lives have something we couldn’t(one own couldn’t give),love without end.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://blondeblafarde.blogspot.com/2011/05/el-amor.html","date":"2018-05-22T11:39:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794864725.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20180522112148-20180522132148-00259.warc.gz","language_score":0.8203620910644531,"token_count":89,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__102265031","lang":"en","text":"That quickening of the heart, that beat!How much it costs us! Yet each rising throbIs in its cause as its effect so sweet\nExtracto de Juan and Haidée, de Lord Byron.\nLove is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,Or bends with the remover to remove.It is the star to every wand'ring bark.\nExtracto del Soneto 116, de William Shakespeare.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://namchamth.wordpress.com/","date":"2018-04-20T15:55:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125944479.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20180420155332-20180420175332-00162.warc.gz","language_score":0.9661560654640198,"token_count":1177,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__193503518","lang":"en","text":"Today, I heard a new song 🙂 and I was impressed by the lyric :\n” I was nurtured, I was sheltered, I was curious and young, I was searching for something, trying to find it on the run. Oh and just when I stopped looking, I saw just how far I’d come, in this life. You give me love, you give me light, show me everything’s been happening.\nThree steps fight an honest, two hearts that start a fire. One love is all I need in this life.\nI have faltered, I’ve stumbled, I’ve found my feet again…”\nHaha, somehow or other, I feel like it so much.\nLook back, I have never sung from the beginning to the and of a song, 😀\nI feel hesitated, feel that everyone will made me be penetrated.\nAnd you, do you have something to share?\nGreen beetle in my Garden\nI have unemployed for 15 days. Sometimes I feel so bored with work, money, and the thinking that have to find a girl for my life. The adventure of the life is more difficult than I thought. Recently years, I’ve always asked myself about whether I chosen a wrong way. When I was a pupil in high school, I didn’t hear my heart or rather I didn’t know what I have to do, everything made me fuzzy.\nUp to now, I just like learning foreign language, take the camera and go to somewhere strange and find out something new. Perhaps I’m the one who lives without the will.\nIf you were me, what would you do? I’m waiting for doing something new, something strange, something as I thought.\nLife is not waiting or life is have to waiting? It’s a hard question. Someone who pass by may help me answer above question, and let me know your dream if you don’t mind.\nMaybe I’m facing with the difficult now but I believe that I will find out a way to go.\nDo you have any secrets? I do believe that anyone also has his own secret.\nIn face, not much people want to reveal and want to try to conceal it.\nI usually blush with shame when others know my secret and be confused. Hehe.\nCan you reveal your secret with your close friend? I couldn’t. Everything I truly want to do is shut my mouth up.\nThis picture which I picked up by random is about my dog :). Maybe it is not elated with what I want to tell. :v\nToday, when I’m on the way go to city to buy a new motor, suddenly I think about the coincidence. Have you ever in a coincide that you never think it will happen: You will meet your girl of your life or be robed by someone.\nIt’s so excited when you and the your dream girl coincide go to a park at the same time, choose the same a place to sit and think about the one who you want to meet. Wow, just think about it, I was thrill. I prefer a graceful girl to a sexy girl. Haha.\nDo you believe in fate?\nOh yeah. Today is a long day with full of work. Some friends got married, some friends got drunk. They called to me and told me something trivial but it made me feel playful. I want to say thank to my moonstruck guys. LoL\nThe more you learn the more you realize that how short of your acknowledge you are. It made me unsteady how I told to myself I need to try more and more.\nThe time passes slowly, and sometimes I feel that I need a hand, a person that I can hold on, can talk to :v. My friends talk to me that: ” you need find someone, she’ll help you more than you can imagine” but they don’t tell me where I can find out her. Haha.\nMaybe I’m a crazy guy, different from the other men. I can’t understand myself at all.\nI’m dying for friend, wine and something crazy. Raise the fire man!\noday is my birthday. No friend, no cake. Haizz. I was looking forward to waiting some wishes but ultil now I don’t recieve anything. I’m used to it and it is not big problem.I’m trying to find the way to learn more vocabulary but not yet 😀\nBut today I found that, should let’s everything happen by the most nature way.\nAnd I see that : “Công việc, học hành, chuyến đi, những mối quan hệ…, có lẽ dài ngắn không thực sự quan trọng. Miễn sao là vui thỏa, là hạnh phúc”we can roughly translates it is: Works, Study, Journey, relationships…. maybe short or long, it’s not so nescesscery just make we joyful is happy.\nToday I decide that : I will make me more differently, more open, don’t so inferiority, love my own ….Try more NamCham. You can make it :))))))","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://colorfreakjina.com/colorfreak-tribeswomen-in-the-snow-mountain","date":"2019-10-19T15:24:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986696339.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20191019141654-20191019165154-00186.warc.gz","language_score":0.7890543341636658,"token_count":185,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__91204749","lang":"en","text":"I’d love to share my story with you.\nWe respect your privacy.\nWe sent you an email.\nPlease confirm the subscription via your email to complete.\nCopyright(C) ColorfreakjinaLLC 2019, All rights reserved.\nAll images and art of Jina Kim, Colorfreakjina LLC can not be copied or used in any circumstances by anyone without a written permission by Jina Kim.Colorfreakjina LLC.\nColorfreak Tribespeople in the snow mountain.\n'They will always have their warm heart in the snow mountain.'\nA boy who dreams\nColorfreak tribal boy\nA man, a woman and a mountain\nSisters with a snow mountain\nThe Laughing colorfreak tribeswoman\nThe whistling Boy with a snow mountain\nAspirer with a snow mountain\nWoman in a hat with a snow mountain","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://peroladecultura.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-wish-you-time.html","date":"2024-02-22T03:56:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473690.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20240222030017-20240222060017-00295.warc.gz","language_score":0.9293180108070374,"token_count":289,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__133198101","lang":"en","text":"domingo, 20 de março de 2011\nI wish you time\nI don't wish you all sorts of gifts.\nI just wish you, what most people don't have:\nI wish you the time to be happy and to laugh\nand if you use it, you can make something out of it.\nI wish you the time for your doings and thinking,\nnot only for yourself, but also to give away.\nI wish you the time - not to hastle and run,\nbut the time to know how to be contented.\nI wish you the time - not to pass just like that.\nI wish that some of it may be left for you\nas a time to marvel and (as a time) to trust,\ninstead of just looking at the time on your watch.\nI wish you the time to reach for the stars,\nand the time to grow, that means to mature.\nI wish you the time to hope anew and to love.\nThere is no sense in putting this time off.\nI wish you the time to find yourself,\nto see the happiness in each day and each hour.\nI wish you the time also to forgive.\nI wish you: the time to live.\nOriginal by Elli Michler\n(Enviado por Tita Fan)\nFoto de Pérola de Cultura","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://zipporahs.medium.com/martha-who-a-dive-into-my-holiday-wrapping-fiasco-03c771ef497b","date":"2024-04-17T09:12:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817146.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417075330-20240417105330-00709.warc.gz","language_score":0.9193050265312195,"token_count":642,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__93736077","lang":"en","text":"Ah, the holiday season — a time for joy, laughter, and the annual battle between me and gift wrapping. You see, in my mind, I’m the Martha Stewart of holiday wrapping. In reality, I’m more like the Picasso of gift-wrap disasters. Each year, I embark on a quest to turn perfectly square presents into a chaotic explosion of paper, tape, and misplaced bows. It’s a tradition, really — one that has my friends and family eagerly anticipating the unveiling of their gifts, if only to witness the next chapter in my wrapping odyssey.\nIt all starts innocently enough. Armed with scissors, tape, and rolls of festive paper, I set the stage for what I convince myself will be a masterpiece. I survey the scene like a general strategizing for battle, ignoring the looming sense of impending doom. This is the year, I tell myself. This is the year I conquer the art of gift wrapping.\nBut alas, my fingers seem to have a mind of their own, completely disregarding any semblance of coordination. As I attempt to cut a straight line, it becomes clear that my scissors have joined forces with the wrapping paper, conspiring against me. The result? Jagged edges that could rival a poorly maintained hedge. Martha Stewart would be appalled.\nTape, my supposed ally, quickly turns into my arch-nemesis. It sticks to everything but the paper. My fingers, the table, the cat — nothing is safe from the tape’s relentless grip. I find myself engaged in a futile dance, desperately trying to free myself from its clutches while simultaneously wrestling with a rogue ribbon that’s decided to rebel against my festive vision.\nThe wrapping paper itself seems to mock me with its creases and folds, forming an origami masterpiece of chaos. Martha Stewart probably never faced the dilemma of accidentally turning a snowman-patterned paper into a psychedelic swirl reminiscent of the ‘60s.\nAnd let’s not even talk about bows. Those dainty, perfectly tied bows adorn Martha’s gifts like elegant accessories. In my world, bows are an endangered species, barely holding on for dear life atop a mound of crinkled paper and tape-induced stress.\nDespite my best efforts, I stand back and survey the battlefield. The result is a sight that could make even the most avant-garde artists raise an eyebrow. It’s a masterpiece, alright — a masterpiece of confusion, mismatched patterns, and a generous sprinkling of glitter (unintentional, of course).\nSo here’s to another year of embracing my inner Martha Stewart, even if she’s buried beneath layers of crumpled paper and twisted ribbons. Maybe one day I’ll join the ranks of expert gift wrappers, but until then, I’ll wear my all-thumbs badge with pride and a smile, knowing that the real gift is the laughter and memories created in the process.\nHappy holidays, everyone! May your gifts be as uniquely wrapped as mine.\nEmbrace the effort!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.biophilia-fbbva.es/en/publicaciones/river-conservation-challenges-and-opportunities-2/","date":"2022-10-07T19:25:03Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030338244.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20221007175237-20221007205237-00764.warc.gz","language_score":0.9406769275665283,"token_count":231,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__89510696","lang":"en","text":"Rivers are amongst the most diverse ecosystems, a source of essential services for humanity, but also among the most endangered ecosystems on Earth. Rivers are threatened by multiple stressors, including changes in water flow, impacts on channel form, the reception of an increasing variety of novel pollutants, the overexploitation of resources, and habitat depletion. Riverine biodiversity is suffering dramatic decreases that threaten the functioning of these ecosystems and the services and benefits we obtain from them. River conservation is at the crossroad between sound science and the understanding of societal needs and policy issues.\nRiver Conservation: Challenges and Opportunities discusses the main threats faced by river ecosystems, the main socioeconomic drivers of these threats, and the possibilities to conserve and restore rivers. The main message is one of urgency: there is no time to lose to preserve a significant proportion of river biodiversity. But it is also a message of hope: rivers are the fastest ecosystems to recover from disturbance, and it is possible to restore them to healthy states.\nThis book is addressed not only to scientists or environmentalists, but to every person interested in understanding and preserving one of the most fascinating parts of our Planet Earth","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.hendersonbh.org/about/research/","date":"2024-03-04T22:55:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476532.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304200958-20240304230958-00270.warc.gz","language_score":0.9444014430046082,"token_count":1516,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__13980664","lang":"en","text":"The Importance of Research at Henderson Behavioral Health\nResearch paves the way for prevention, recovery and cure and HBH is committed to contributing to that knowledge base. HBH participates in cutting-edge research on evidence based practices, emerging best practices and recovery-promoting services for individuals with severe mental illness. Systematic pursuit and dissemination of such knowledge, has been a cornerstone of HBH’s long history.\nCATIE (Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness)\nHypothesis/Objective: This NIMH funded study compared the efficacy and tolerability of atypical and typical antipsychotic medications in the treatment of schizophrenia.\nCompletion Date: Dec. 2004\n# of Sites: 57\nResults/Findings: In Phase 1 of the study, 74% of the subjects discontinued their study medication before 18 months. Olanzepine was found to be more effective than other antipsychotic medications but associated with significant weight gain. In Phase 2, the participants who discontinued their medication in Phase 1 were assigned to either the efficacy pathway or tolerability pathway depending on the reason they discontinued their medication. The efficacy pathway showed that Clozapine was remarkably effective and substantially better than the other studied atypical antipsychotic medications. In the tolerability pathway, those taking Olanzapine or Risperidone in phase 2 stayed on their medication for a significantly longer duration than those taking Quetiapine or Ziprasidone. However, for the participants who had stopped phase 1 medication due to side effects, there were no significant differences among the four phase 2 medications.\nMHTS (Mental Health Treatment Study)\nHypothesis/Objective: The premise of the study was that access to supported employment and systematic medication management along with the removal of disincentives, will enable SS Disability beneficiaries with Schizophrenia and Affective disorders to return to work.\nCompletion Date: July 2010\n# of Sites: 23\nResults/Findings: Those subjects receiving the above treatment had greater success in finding and staying employed and showed improvement in their mental health as well as their quality of life.\nThe Risks and Benefits of switching patients with Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder from two to one Antipsychotic Medication: A Randomized Controlled Trial\nHypothesis/Objective: This was an open label study in which stable patients with Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder currently treated with 2 antipsychotic medications were assigned to remain on these medications or were switched to anytipsychotic monotherapy using one of these 2 antipsychotic medications.\nCompletion Date: Nov. 2013\n# of Sites: 7\nResults/Findings: Participants who switched to antipsychotic monotherapy experienced greater increases in symptoms than stay patients.\nUtilizing Health Information Technology to Improve Health Care Quality: Implementation of a CCBT (Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) Protocol for Childhood Anxiety\nHypothesis/Objective: The hypothesis of this study was that children ages 7-13 who were diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and received CCBT would have lower anxiety levels than those receiving treatment as usual.\nCompletion Date: Sept. 2014\n# of Sites: 4\nResults/Findings: Thirty of 49 (61.2%) children randomized to computer-assisted CBT responded to treatment, which was superior to treatment as usual (6/51, 11.8%). Relative to TAU, computer-assisted CBT was associated with greater reductions in parent-rated child impairment and internalizing symptoms, but not child-rated impairment and anxiety and depressive symptoms. Treatment satisfaction and therapeutic alliance in those receiving computer-assisted CBT was high. Treatment gains in computer-assisted CBT responders were maintained at 1month follow-up.\nRAISE ETP (Recovery After Initial Schizophrenia Episode-Early Treatment Program)\nHypothesis/Objective: This study’s hypothesis was that the use of Navigate, a coordinated specialty care program, will be more effective in changing the outcome and prognosis of those subjects with first episode of psychosis when compared to those given treatment as usual.\nCompletion Date: May 2017\n# of Sites: 34\nResults/Findings: RAISE-ETP findings show that over two years, clients at the NAVIGATE clinics stayed in treatment longer; experienced greater improvement in their symptoms, interpersonal relationships, and quality of life; and were more involved in work or school compared to clients at the typical-care sites. NAVIGATE clients who had a shorter duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) when they started the study showed even greater improvements than those with longer DUP. The study showed that coordinated specialty care for first episode psychosis can be used in a variety of U.S. community mental health clinics\nICRC (Improving Care and Reducing Cost)\nHypothesis/Objective: The study was aimed at helping chronically hospitalized psychotic patients reduce their hospitalization and emergency room visit rates through the use of technology on smart phones and computers. It provided case management, online support groups, illness education for patients and their families, CBT programs for voices and paranoia and a computerized physician decision assistant.\nCompletion Date: June 2015\n# of Sites: 10\nDigital Trajectories to Care in First Episode Psychosis\nHypothesis/Objective:The internet and social media may be critical resources for expediting help-seeking and facilitating treatment initiation for those with an untreated psychosis. The hypothesis of this study was that the majority of youth with psychosis would report social media and internet utilization throughout the duration of untreated psychosis.\nCompletion Date: Mar. 2016\n# of Sites:9\nResults/Findings: The majority of participants used social media an average of 2 hours a day and their social media usage pre-dated their diagnosis by approximately 5 years. The internet was the most used resource for information gathering while symptoms were emerging. Participants with First Episode Psychosis waited 36.6 weeks before disclosing their symptoms. 79% of participants said they would like to receive mental health help via the internet and social media.\nPrelapse- A Cluster Randomzied, Multi-Center, Parallel-group, Rater-blind Study Comparing Treatment with Aripiprazole Once Monthly and Treatment as Usual on Effectiveness in First Episode and Early Phase Illness in Schizophrenia\nHypothesis/Objective: This study compares the outcomes of first episode and early phase schizophrenia patients treated with an LAI (monthly Aripiprazole) vs. treatment as usual\nTargeted Completion Date: Dec. 2018\n# of Sites: 40\nResults/Findings: Currently ongoing\nFIRST- A 12-Month Randomized, Open-Labe Study of Caregiver Psycho-education and Skills Training in Patients Recently Diagnosed with Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, or Schizophreniform Disorder and Receiving Paliperidone Palmitate or Oral Antipsychotic Treatment\nHypothesis/Objective: The purpose of the study is to evaluate whether psycho-education and skills training provided over a 6 month time period will benefit a patient’s caregiver, which could then benefit the patient over the 12 month study period, versus routine treatment alone.\nTargeted Completion Date: July 2018\n# of Sites: 30\nResults/Findings: Currently ongoing","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.taylormitchell.ca/index.php?show=15","date":"2013-05-24T07:05:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704288823/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113808-00031-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.953973114490509,"token_count":328,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__68631952","lang":"en","text":"the view from the garden\nMay 5th, 2009\nWhat a beautiful spring day! I've been out in the garden or at the park all week and am soaking up as much good weather as I can before it gets too hot (I am Canadian after all) or rains again. To me, spring always signifies new beginnings and fresh starts. As much as I hate household chores, I find myself eager to dust and mop and clean away all remnants of winter. I may even give the walls a fresh coat of paint...maybe.\nSpring is also one of the most inspiring times to write. Each season casts a different shadow on your songs. The fall and winter seasons are a time of introspection, and when I write my most melancholy and self analytical work. It is a cathartic experience, but by the time spring rolls around, I find myself longing for songs in a major key. Songs about love and happiness and all the little things. Songs to accompany my ridiculous summer road trips and Sundays spent lounging on the grassy hills of Grenadier Pond. Yes, spring has definitely arrived.\nWhat's next on the docket? Honky night in Canada at the Silver Dollar (May 14th), an interview and performance on CIUT (May 21st) and some much needed shoe shopping. Here's my it list for the Month of May:\nMusic: Joel Plaskett- Three\nMovies: The African Queen\nBooks: Silent Spring-Rachel Carson\nPoems: All in green went my love riding- E.E.Cummings\nMuch love and many thanks,","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://refresh.al/refresh/whatever-they-told-you-about-dissertationteam-com-review-is-dead-wrong-and-heres-why/","date":"2019-06-26T02:06:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560628000044.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20190626013357-20190626035357-00387.warc.gz","language_score":0.9411269426345825,"token_count":1240,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__100165237","lang":"en","text":"The fact it happens is the reason that you could become excellent bargains on very profitable businesses. As an issue of fact, it’s rare for the typical individual, even if prompted, to compose a book review. 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{"url":"https://www.ckcreationsdesign.com/blog/tag/love","date":"2019-09-18T09:22:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514573264.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20190918085827-20190918111827-00363.warc.gz","language_score":0.9765002727508545,"token_count":163,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__30691313","lang":"en","text":"\"as iron sharpens iron so one person sharpens another.\" | Proverbs 27:17\nAnyone who knows me personally, knows I have an affinity with Sundays. It's not who you want to spend Friday and Saturday nights with, it's who you want to sit next to at church on Sunday morning. It's who you want to go brunch with and who you want to invite to your family functions. Sundays to me, signify a restoration of the soul, and that's a very intimate experience you want to share with people of importance. Who you choose to surround yourself with will shape you as a person. It's imperative we surround ourselves with people who are going to build us up in love and also who love us enough to guide us in the right direction. Enjoy your Sundays with your loved ones.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://filmywrep.com/how-many-harry-potter-movies-are-there-full-list-in-order-of-issue/","date":"2023-12-06T02:17:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100575.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206000253-20231206030253-00634.warc.gz","language_score":0.9260760545730591,"token_count":583,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__205353852","lang":"en","text":"When the first “Harry Potter” book was published in 1998, the world became a little more magical. After two decades, the wizarding world has become not only a household staple, but Universal Studios.\nGreat numbers of kids grew up learning the stories of Harry Potter and his best friends, and fans were even more content when author JK Rowling published several spin-off booksincluding Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Textbooks and Wizarding Household Bedtime Stories.\nHere are how many “Harry Potter” movies, including the original series and spin-offs.\nMovies Ranking:All the Movies in JK Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ Universe,\nJust Curious?:We’re Here to Help With Life’s Everyday Questions\n‘Harry Potter’ Stars:Where Are They 20 Years Later?\nHow many Harry Potter movies are there?\nThe short answer is eight “Harry Potter” movies. The long answer is an entire franchise with a new movie series, and it doesn’t look like the wizarding world is slowing down its movie magic anytime soon.\nIn the same order as the ‘Harry Potter’ movies released,\nThis 2001 release follows young Harry Potter as he discovers he is a magician and begins his year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft. During the wizarding begins the journey to save the world. Magic\n, released in 2002, sees Harry, Ron and Hermione investigate a magical prophecy when a dark evil begins to haunt the school.\n, the trio return for a third year at Hogwarts and uncover the mystery of an escaped prisoner rumored to be after Harry.\nthe fourth released in 2005, follows competition between rival wizarding schools at Hogwarts in a historic tournament, while the threat to Harry and the other students looms large.\nHarry returns for his fifth year at Hogwarts while the Wizarding World and its authorities continue to deny that Lord Voldemort has returned. A revolt begins in this 2007 film.\n, Harry learns of Lord Voldemort’s past and dark beginnings. He also uncovers the identity of the half-blooded prince, whose old textbook serves as a guide for Harry to learn a little black magic.\nHere is the beginning of the end in this 2010 film. Harry, Ron and Hermione embark on a mission to destroy the Horcruxes and learn about the Deathly Hallows, three of the most powerful objects in the wizarding world.\nfinal film, released in 2011, follows Harry and the rest of the beloved characters as they prepare for the final battle to destroy Lord Voldemort.\nTwin Stars debut:given USA TODAY’s first interview with the ‘Harry Potter’ cast\nDid our original review age well?: ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ turns 20: Here’s our review","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.worthyhabits.com/get-healthy","date":"2019-09-19T19:53:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514573570.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20190919183843-20190919205843-00187.warc.gz","language_score":0.9243606925010681,"token_count":413,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__90087398","lang":"en","text":"Claim Your Health\n\"People are anxious to improve their circumstances but they are unwilling to improve themselves. They therefore remain bound.” ~ James Allen\nFor things to change in your life you have to change. Find the program that best fit your needs from a variety of supportive programs below.\nCUT YOUR CRAVINGS.\nThe ultimate guide to managing hunger & losing weight\n\"[Rae] presents a number of tools for the readers to examine their mindset on nutrition and their relationship with food, and make those changes that will enable them to lose weight without feeling, tense and miserable... Cut Your Cravings is highly recommended.\"\n- Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite\n\"This book is truly a revelation! ... Rae Roth has managed to bring together some of the greatest minds of personal development into a well-thought-out weight management and lifestyle plan that anyone can follow! Stop trying to figure it out on your own!\" - Basilios Panopoulos, Amazon\nTransform Your Body\nKick start your journey to your ideal weight with a 30-day cleansing & fat burning system.\nChoose from a variety of supportive nutrition packages designed to gently rid the body of potentially harmful impurities, while infusing it with essential vitamins, botanicals and other natural ingredients to help shed pounds naturally without the use of laxatives, stimulants or diuretics.\nGet personal coaching\ntransform your relationship with food through one on one eating psychology coaching\nDiscover obstacles that are holding you back from reaching your health goals with Eating Psychology one on one coaching. Incorporating a mind and body approach to nutrition, together we reevaluate your relationship with food, reexamine areas such as digestion, assimilation, and calorie burning along side stress and relaxation, thoughts, beliefs and emotions, pleasure, eating rhythm, eating speed, awareness, your personal story, and more...\nDuring our sessions, you’ll learn powerful tools and techniques from the new approaches of Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition that will help you create the change you need most.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://brandinsider.asiaone.com/canon/from-a-mother-to-a-mother/","date":"2019-10-17T08:07:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986673250.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20191017073050-20191017100550-00007.warc.gz","language_score":0.9908716678619385,"token_count":857,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__34099771","lang":"en","text":"I almost didn’t want her. My helper, I mean. I employed one before and we had our good and bad days.\nWhen I looked for my second helper, I decided to look for someone from the Philippines, as I heard they were better with young children.\nJust over a year later, little did I think that I would come to see my helper as part of my family, and be planning a surprise for her this Mother’s Day.\nThere weren’t many choices the day I went to the agency to select a helper, but I needed one quite desperately.\nI struck up a conversation with Edelyn. I later learned she was a mother with a young son back at home in the Philippines. She came to work in Singapore because her husband’s salary was insufficient to provide for their growing child. It was her first time away home.\nShe was a transfer case at the maid agency, because she wasn’t able to keep up with the work demands at her first employer’s house.\nAlarm bells rang in my head. Does that mean she cannot bear a little hard work? The household chores, coupled with the kids in my house will certainly not equate to a cushy time.\nThe road ahead seemed bumpier than I would have liked, but in the end, time constraints and practical considerations won out. I decided to take a bet with her.\nWe made our way home with Edelyn some days later. I could sense her trepidation, and perhaps, even her excitement at starting her new work life with my family.\nAt home, my main instruction to her was to always be alert, especially with the baby, besides tending to the household chores.\nThe first few days must have been tough on her – living with a new family and far away from her own. But I relaxed a little after seeing that she had a good attitude. It seemed that things will work out after all.\nA few weeks later, I asked about her family. She told me about her son, who will turn 4 this year. He loved trucks and wanted his mummy to get a bicycle for him when she started work in Singapore. Does he know she will not be going home to see him for the next two years, I asked. Maybe he doesn’t, as he is so young, she replied. But one thing was for certain – she missed him very much, especially in those early days.\nI understood that feeling of longing; I’m a mum too.\nThe next day, she asked for permission to call her family. I hesitated. Would this become a precedent and affect her concentration at work?\nBut I saw how she missed her family. So I relented.\nFrom a distance, I heard the tears in her voice as she spoke to her husband. Then her son was on the line. I could not understand what was said, but her mother’s instinct made her sound immediately cheerful for her little one. She was going to be brave for him and didn’t want him to hear her cry.\nThat was almost a year ago. The longing that arises from physical separation may have lessened, but some things will not change; a mother can’t ever stop thinking of her child.\nThis Mother’s Day, I decided to do something special – for Edelyn. I want to tell her that I appreciate her for helping me with all the ‘invisible’ work that needs to be done; from household chores to caring for my children, while she is away from her own. Because she has been good at her work, I can spend more time bonding with my family after a long day away from them. I have been able to enjoy the blessing that is my family, with her around.\nFrom one mother to another, I want to tell her that her addition to my family has enriched my journey as a mum, and to wish her a Happy Mother’s Day.\nThis Mother’s Day, show you appreciate the mothers around you with a simple, yet significant gesture. Visit Canon Pixma Town for more ideas.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.xequa.com/home/2018/10/28/first-draft-life","date":"2019-09-16T08:51:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514572516.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20190916080044-20190916102044-00139.warc.gz","language_score":0.9675373435020447,"token_count":426,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__126221970","lang":"en","text":"“The first draft of anything is shit.”\nAre you still on your first draft?\nDid you meander from adolescence into adulthood with a vague but resolute sense of who you are- a construct that has served as the basis for most of the important decisions you have made?\nLet’s look at the path well-travelled, the Default life framework:\nLegions, it seems, eagerly rush headlong into establishing a boring little life they’ve settled for. They work a boring job, to pay for their boring house, where they live with the boring kids they had with a boring spouse, as part of a boring marriage.\nMaybe those decisions made their lives idyllic. Maybe they did not. Maybe once they decided ‘this is who I am and this is how I see the world,’ they cemented that image and ran with it. Lockstep, prescribed and orderly.\nIs this the life they wanted, or is it the life they accept?\nMaybe it’s just me, but I cannot imagine such an existence free of complication.\nDuring certain periods of my waking moments, I have felt like I have somehow become separated from myself. Fractured.\nIf things are not going well, I tell myself that the way I am thinking, feeling and acting at that particular instant are all some sort of anomaly, some sort of temporary interruption of self that is necessitated by circumstance.\nIt’s not really me, it’s just something that I need to do for now.\nWhen I feel I have diverged or fallen short of the image I hold of myself, I tell myself that once circumstances change, I will again occupy the confines of a ‘correct’ self-portrait.\nAt what point will I be forced to acknowledge that there in fact is no other? The procession of unrecognizable faces staring at me from the mirror over the years are actually a singular reflection.\nIt is me. It always has been.\nBiology requires adaptation. Change. Revision.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://agconsultants.org/2013/11/07/50-years-in-perspective-asac-the-standard-of-integrity/","date":"2019-04-26T12:05:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578770163.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20190426113513-20190426135513-00237.warc.gz","language_score":0.9474672079086304,"token_count":268,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__210507586","lang":"en","text":"It is with very great pleasure that I present this special book commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the American Society of Agricultural Consultants …. The Standard of Integrity, 1963 – 2013.\nThe book is very much a first-person narrative written by and about a very special and unique group of professionals who shared a vision of taking select colleagues from around the industry and elevating their status based on a higher standard of business ethic — to raise the bar, using today’s vernacular — high above that of other organizations serving agriculture. This very special community of specialists became and is the American Society of Agricultural Consultants.\nI do hope you can find the time to read the book from cover to cover. You will either develop a new understanding of the uniqueness of ASAC, or your experience as an ASAC member will be reinforced by the heritage that is the Society. For sure you should have a sense of invigorated enthusiasm for the book and those professionals who make up the heart of this unique organization.\nIf you would like a hardcopy of the book, please contact our Executive Vice President at email@example.com. Copies are available on a limited basis. We only ask a $20 contribution to cover the costs of printing and postage.\nRussell D. Morgan, CAC","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://cr8vibes.com/events/finding-love-for-yourself/","date":"2022-10-02T10:20:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337307.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20221002083954-20221002113954-00755.warc.gz","language_score":0.9735848903656006,"token_count":447,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__247602056","lang":"en","text":"Finding Love for Yourself\nInteractive workshop to find who you are and what really\nmakes you happy by Elisabeth Thaller\nDuring most of my life, I was made to believe that I was full of\nflaws and not worthy of love unless I fulfilled certain expectations.\nMy spiritual journey started when I found myself trapped in a\nrelationship with no way out. It was the end of my dreams and I\nsurrendered to whatever was thrown at me. I chose peace over\narguments that would end with tears, even though it meant giving\nmyself up and limiting my existence to serving the purpose of\nothers. I became stronger every day until I finally was able to\nbreak free. The first question I asked myself was who I really was.\nI was at a point where I had to find my true identity and define\nwhat I really wanted in life.\nIt has been a long journey until I discovered that true love and\nhappiness start with me. I have found that self-love, and it has\nopened the doors to my happiness.\nNow it is time to share with the world what I have learned.\nDuring this interactive workshop, you will explore who you really\nare, explore what are your dreams, and how you want to live the\nrest of your life. Be ready for a journey towards self-love and\nI am LOVE.\nPlease note: Space is limited\nIn our society knowledge is reserved for those who can afford it. I believe that knowledge\nshould be available to all so that we as a society can thrive.\nBased on the above I have pledged to share my knowledge and let the participants decide how\nmuch they can and want to pay. Your fair donation will be appreciated.\nNo strings attached! Seriously!\n$20 per person, payable during registration.\nCoffee, tea, snack, and lunch will be provided\nApril 4, 2020\n9am – 1:30pm\nThe location will be provided after registration","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://awakeningcreativearts.com/testimonials.htm","date":"2020-02-28T03:32:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875146940.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20200228012313-20200228042313-00364.warc.gz","language_score":0.9445266127586365,"token_count":950,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__69370473","lang":"en","text":"What people are saying...\n\"I got unblocked! ... The course is a wonderful experience for the\naccomplished artist, the aspiring artist, and for anyone who hasn't been\nable to muster the courage to say, 'I am an artist.' Vina is an inspiring\nteacher. She's kind, she's a brilliant artist, she's a profound thinker.\nBeing 'unblocked' fees great!\" Richard\nTurner, President, Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Richard published his\nfirst book, 'My Path,' after taking Artist's Way with Vina\n\"Vina is one of our more successful presenters. She\nhas been offering workshops for many years now and receives rave\nreviews from persons who attend. Vina brings a deep sense of spiritual\nawakening to these classes and many who attend experience life transforming\nshifts. I highly recommend her course.” - Stephen\nChroniak, Events Coordinator, East West Books, Sacramento, CA.\n\"The Artist's Way taught by Vina Parmar is simply the best\nspiritual class I have ever taken, and I take many! ... I highly recommend\nthis course to anyone who is looking for ways to develop their creative\nspirit amidst an atmosphere of love and warmth.\" Laura Lee, Spiritual Life\n\"Vina is an extremely talented artist and facilitator.\nShe is multi-talented and has a grace, presence and professionalism that\nI thoroughly enjoyed.\" Brenda G.\n\"Vina is more than a facilitator. [She] takes you to\nanother place you might have been afraid to go alone. Vina helps you trust\nprocess and supports you in your journey. She has made this her course,\nher Artist's Way... -Julia C.\n\"The aliveness. The inner awakening. The sweetness of the\nwomen. The breakthrough of change. Yes, I highly recommend The Artist's\nWay.\" Beverly S.\n“I have already recommended the course and sent the\nbook to two of my friends. I enjoyed the students, the instructor and\nIt opened me up to a whole new way of looking at and achieving my goals” —Roger\nWorkshops and Retreats Testimonials...\nVina's intention and purpose clearly is to help connect us with Spirit so\nthat the creativity that is waiting to be expressed will be released! She does\nit with such love and enthusiasm, that everyone goes home happy and energized\nwith a successful mandala in their hands. ~ Brenda\nBoles, Artist (Ranked best artist, Sacramento Magazine)\n“The mandala process gave me answers about my innermost fears. Until\nthis workshop, I was feeling very anxious … now I can handle whatever\nhappens and still accept myself and others. Thanks, Vina, for sharing the magical\nprocess of mandalas. You are a natural, gracious teacher…What a treat!” ~Chidrupa\n“I enjoyed your depth of mandala knowledge, your ability to create a\nsacred circle, your kindness, and being a guide for transformation.” ~Marlene\n“The retreat was magical: heart-opening, healing, calming, and freeing.\nThere was a wonderful balance of meditations, discussions, and creative play\nvia the mandala creation and sacred circle. Thank you.” ~Shantra M.\n“This [mandala] weekend was as close to perfect as I could conceive.\nI enjoyed our leader, Vina, and her ability to take us so deeply into ourselves\nto tap into our creative abilities and divine love.” ~Laurie W.\n(Photo of New Year's Retreat, January 2007)\n“Thank you, thank you, thank you. The instructor, participants and the\nsetting all contributed to a very powerful and spiritual experience. I appreciate\nthe fact that the experience was so concentrated.” ~Jackie S.\n\"This is a joyous, empowering, spiritual course. I enjoy being able to “play.” And\nthe meditations are incredible. Thank you.\" ~Judy W.\n\"This class has furthered my awakening creative spirit. I look forward\nto each class and it helps my stress level stay low. It has made me a much\nand positive person. I’ve enjoyed expressing myself through the mandalas,\nan art form that really resonates with my creative spirit.\" ~Cindy F.\nus for rich workshops to awaken your creative spirit. Register today.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.janeresture.com/morningstar_history/index.html","date":"2019-03-23T13:15:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202804.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20190323121241-20190323143241-00393.warc.gz","language_score":0.9885231852531433,"token_count":29137,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__37778271","lang":"en","text":"One day, a little more than 50 years ago, a student at Yale College was walking through the grounds, when he saw a lad, about seventeen years old, sitting on the steps of the college, weeping. He was clad in a rough sailor's dress; his tawny face was dull and unmeaning, but his look of distress attracted the student's attention. Being a young man who sought opportunities of doing good, he stopped and asked who he was, and what distressed him. He learned that this was one of two boys who had come to this country, a little while before, from the Sandwich Islands, in the Pacific Ocean. This lad could understand but little of our language, and seeing so many things of which he was ignorant, he felt very sad and lonely. Mr. Dwight (for that was the student's name) asked him if he wanted to learn. The dull, tawny face brightened up, and he said eagerly, \"Yes,\" Mr. Dwight then proposed he should come up to his room in college, and he would teach him. he said \"yes\" again and his face was brighter than before. So up he went the same evening, and began with the spelling book, and continued to study regularly for several months.\nThis Sandwich Islands lad was Henry Obookiah. He was an orphan. He had seen his father, mother, and dear little brother killed in a savage war with another tribe on the Islands. Feeling heart-broken and alone, he resolved to leave his home, and go to some other part of the world - he did not care where. About this time, a ship from New York stopped at the Islands, Obbokiah went on board, and begged the captain to let him go back with him as a servant, and he consented. He found here another lad about his own age, named Thomas Hopu, who was cabin boy of the ship. In about six months the vessel arrived at New York, and the captain, whose family lived in New Haven, took the two boys home with him. While in New Haven, they attracted a good deal of attention, and made many acquaintances, among whom ware several of the students of the college. Hopu began to study first. Obookiah also wished to learn, but as nobody had offered to teach him, he did not know what to do. So one day he went and sat on the college steps, where he was found by Mr. Dwight, as I have told you.\nIt was soon evident that the dullness which he showed at first was no part of his character; his eyes were open to every thing about him, and he was full of life and energy. Grateful for the kindness of his teachers, he applied himself to study with all his might. After he began to go to church, and was able to understand something about god, the Creator of all things, he felt how foolish was the idol-worship to which he had been accustomed at home. One day he said, \"Hawaii gods - they wood - burn. Me go home - put 'em in fire - burn 'em up. They no see, no hear, no any thing. We make 'em;\" and then added, \"Our God,\" looking up reverently, \"he make us.\" Obookiah lived with Christian friends in various places for several years, and at length gave decided evidence of having become a true Christian. After this, his greatest desire was to go back to the Islands, and, as he expressed it, \"tell folks no more pray to stone god.\" He went to a particular friend, and urged him to go and preach the gospel to his poor countrymen. As his friend did not give him much encouragement, he said, \"You 'fraid? You know our Saviour say, 'He that will save his life shall lose it.'\"\nBoth Obookiah and Hopu were so ready to improve every opportunity to learn, that their Christian friends began to think of some way in which they might be educated, and sent back as missionaries to their native land. At the same time there were in this country some young men from other islands, and from the Indian tribes in America, who desired instruction, and were without means to obtain it. At length, in 1816, the American Board of Foreign Mission established a school in Cornwall, in Connecticut, called the \"Foreign Mission School,\" where heathen boys were gathered and taught the common branches of education, and also the doctrines and principles of Christianity. The heart of Obbokiah was full of gratitude to God for the privileges which he enjoyed, and of pity for the heathen countrymen in his dark island home. His growing desire to carry the gospel to them, promised to render him very useful if he went back. \"Poor people,\" he would say, \"worship wood and stone; shark and almost every thing their god. There is no Bible there; and heaven and hell they do not know about it - and here I have found the name of the Lord Jesus in the Holy Scriptures, and have read that his blood was shed for many. My poor countrymen, in the region and shadow of death, without knowing the true God, and ignorant of the future world, have no Bible to read - no Sabbath. I often feel for them in the night season concerning their souls. May the Lord Jesus dwell in my heart, and prepare me to go and spend my life among them. But not my will, O Lord, but thine, be done.\"\nBut the hopes of the friends of missions, in regard to Obookiah, were disappointed in the early removal by death. They were comforted in believing that this pious and, his consistent life, and early death would increase the missionary spirit, and hasten the time when the gospel would be sent far away over the great waters. These expectations at length were realised. In 1819, a company of fourteen missionaries left Boston for the Sandwich Islands, and after a pleasant passage of six months, arrived safely at Honolulu. when the vessel anchored in the harbor, many canoes filled with people of a dark color, and almost entirely naked, came off to visit it. 'the missionaries had never seen such wretched, dirty-looking beings before, and some of them turned away to weep at the sight. After the king had given them leave to come on shore, some foreigners, who lived on the Islands, gave up three huts, thatched with grass, for their use; but in them was neither floor nor ceiling, chimney nor fireplace. They were destitute likewise of furniture. The missionaries could bring but little in their vessel; they had scarcely one chair for them all, and there were none on the Islands to be bought. When their barrel of crockery was opened, it was found to be all broken; but the cooking store was whole, and that was set up near one of the huts, with a fence of poles around it. here the ladies did their cooking, washing, and ironing, while a crowd of natives would stand about it all day, to watch the work, which seemed very curious to them. They had to suffer many other inconveniences. There were no wells on the Islands, and all the fresh water used was scooped up from the rocks at a considerable distance, and brought in a kind of gourds called calabashes. Firewood was found only in the mountains, and had to be carried four or five miles on men's shoulders.\nThis, certainly, was not a very pleasant way of commencing housekeeping; but they had not sought ease and comfort, they were only anxious to do good to the people. Meetings were held, and Sabbath schools and day schools commenced for all who were willing to attend. but the heathen superstitions of the people had existed so long, and were so debasing, that it was a good while before any of them fully received the gospel into their hearts. Yet many put themselves under instruction, and were respectful and kind to their teachers, who spared us pains for their improvement. To enlist the cooperation of the people in the schools, public examinations were held, and parents and children appeared to take just as much pleasure in them as is done in this country.\nIn order to gain easier access to all the people, the missionaries went to live on different islands. many wee the trials and heart-sinkings they experienced in their loneliness, far away from the civilised world and all Christian friends. but for the promise, \"Lo, I am with you alway,\" they would, many times, have been read to faint under their discouragements. But their heavenly Father's blessing was with them, and cheered them with indications of good. Daily intercourse with the people, as well as schools and religious teachings, in the time produced perceptible effects. Queens and chiefs were induced to renounce one heathen custom after another, and become learners in the school of Christ. In the latter part of the first year, Kaahumanu, the quern-mother, became greatly dissatisfied with the intemperance and profligacy of the young king. she seemed to think that aid to overcome it might possibly be obtained from a higher source, and though she did not pray herself, she asked the prayers of the missionaries in his behalf. She was proud and haughty, but from that time she manifested much more interest. In the plans and wishes of the mission, and finally bowed in humble submission and thankfulness at the Saviour's feet.\nThis instance of conversion from idolatry of one who had spent five sixths of a life of three-score years in heathenism, far more than repaid the missionary band for all their toils, and self-denials, and hardships. But this was not a solitary case. Other chiefs began to be interested in the new religion; some of them became true converts, and others joined in outward respect for it and its institutions. God's Spirit reached here and there a heart, and in the seventh year of the mission, thirty-three hopeful converts were welcomed to the church at Lahaina. Intemperance was a great hindrance to the spread of the gospel. Intoxicating drinks were made and sold in large quantities by foreigners who had come to live at the Islands. In 1831 a Temperance Society was formed, not withstanding great opposition. Sabbath breaking and gambling were prohibited, and when an English trader told Kaahumanu that they did not prohibit such things in England and America, she replied, \"We do not rule there; but these Islands are ours, and we wish to obey the commands of God.\"\nThe year 1838 was emphatically a year of revivals on the Islands. The year of jubilee had indeed come; the harvest which had so long been waited for was gathered. Four thousand nine hundred and seventy-three hopeful converts were received into the churches, of all ages, than the little child to infirm old age. In 1840 a written constitution and laws were adopted by the people, which secured to them their rights, encouraged industry, and punished vice. The year 1849 completed thirty years from the commencement of the mission, and forty from the time when Obookiah arrived at New Haven. The whole number of members in the churches was now 23,102. There were about 550 schools, containing more than 15,000 pupils. The language had become reduced to writing, and 50,000 volumes of books had been printed. so the islands had become Christian, idolatry had been abolished by law, and the knowledge and worship of god prevailed in every part of the kingdom.\nThe people of Hawaii now felt that they had received great blessings, and they began to think that they ought to do something to give the gospel to others who remained still as degraded as they once were. We see that love to Christ enlarges the heart and makes it unselfish. The earnest desire, \"Lord, what with thou have me to do!\" takes possession of the soul, and prompts to labors of love for others; and it was so with these Christians. Away in the great ocean, nearly two thousand miles south-west of them, were several clusters of islnds called the \"Micronesian Islands.\" These had been occasionally visited by trading vessels and whale ships, which had made them known to the Christian world. So the Hawaiian Christians thought they would undertake to send a mission to these islands, and for this purpose they forward a society at Honolulu, called the \"Hawaiian Missionary Society.\" The American Board at the same time determined to cooperate with the Hawaiian Christians, and send missionaries from this country to aid them in the enterprise. The people were delighted with the undertaking, and went to work in good earned to raise the money with which to carry on the work. A vessel was chartered called the Caroline, and in July, 1850, it started on its voyage to Micronesia. It carried Rev. Messrs. Snow, Sturges, and Gulick, with their wives, and two Hawaiian assistants with their wives.\nBefore they left Honolulu, the little company was organized into a church by the name of the Micronesian Mission Church, and very interesting services were held on the occasion. A great crowd of people assembled on the wharf to see the vessel set sail, and hundreds of voices sang, --\nThe king wrote the following letter, and sent it by the new missionaries to the rulers of the Micronesian islands:--\nKamehameha III., of the Hawaiian Islands king, sends greetings to all chiefs of the islands in this great ocean to the westward, called Caroline Islands, Kingsmill Group, &c. Peace and happiness to you all, now and for ever. Here is my friendly message to you. There are about to sail to your islands some teachers of the Most High God, Jehevah, to make known unto you his word for your eternal salvation. A part of them are white men from the United States of America, and a part belong to my islands. Thir names are as follows: R. G. Snow and wife; A. A. Sturges and wife; I. H. Gulick and wife; E.W. Clark; J.T. Gulick; Opunui and wife; Kaaikaula and wife; and Kokela. H. Hosworth is captain of the vessel.\nI therefore take the liberty to commend these good teachers to your dare and friendship, to exhort you to listen to their instructions, and to seek their acquaintance. I have seen the value of such teachers. \"We, here on my Islands, once lived in ignorance and idolatry. \"We were given to war, and we were very poor. Now my people are enlightened. We live in peace, and some have acquired property. Our condition is greatly improved on what it once was, and the word of God has been the great cause of our improvement. Many of my people regard the word of God, Jehevah, and pray to him, and he has greatly blessed us. I advised you to throw away your idols, take the Lord Jehevah for your God, worship and love him, and he will bless and save you. May he make these new teachers a great blessing to you and your people, and withhold from you no good thing.\nThe little company of missionaries reached their destination safely, and began their labors among the poor, dark, savage natives of Micronesia. The report which was brought back to Honolulu very much interested the Hawaiian Christians in the undertaking. They felt how good it was to do something for the cause of Christ, and as all are, who make sacrifices for his sake, they were already greatly blessed in their own souls. At length, after a few years, the missionary spirit had so much increased among them, that they enlarged their contributions to the Hawaiian Missionary Society, and determined to send two more native missionaries to Micronesia. But who would be willing to go? It did not take long to ascertain. First, two of the best teachers begged the privilege - for they felt it would indeed be a privilege - to tell of Christ to these who never heard of him. Next, two deacons came to their pastor, to offer themselves for the work. Several others, also, wished to go. After the subject had been prayed over, and guidance asked from God, one teacher and one deacon were chosen. They made, indeed, sacrifices, for they were to leave their little property and dear children behind them. They gave up all for Christ.\nAt the close of a communion season, when probably a thousand communicants were present, these two brethren gave their farewell addresses, and the church pledged to them \"their prayers and contributions, year after year, until death.\" Was not that a beautiful spectacle? But these Micronesian Islands were a great way off - very far from all Christian people. A year often passed, and sometimes two, without the visit of any vessel. These that did stop were nearly all whale ships, and the captains could seldom be persuaded to go out of their course, either to carry missionaries or get supplies to the mission. Besides, the mission did not expect to confine themselves to one island; they wished to carry the gospel to all the islands in those seas which would receive it. These were scattered through the ocean, sometimes hundreds of miles apart. How could they pass from one to another? And then, too, how could they have communication with the Hawaiian Society, or the American Board, and get advice and assistance when they most needed it? You see that they needed a ship of their own - one in which they could go among the islands and make missionary tours, wherever God's providence should call them. So, then, it was concluded by the Board that a little vessel must be provided for the purpose, and sent out for the use of the Micronesian Mission. And this was why the Morning Star was built.\nHow They Got The Money\nHow should the money, sufficient to build such a vessel, be got? The American Board, after anxiously considering the question, felt that they could not advance it. Every penny they received was needed to carry on their own direct work, and they could not spare any thing for building a vessel. No, though it was very trying to say it, they must look to some other source. Could not the Hawaiian Missionary Society, with the help of the native Christians, undertake the work? No. They were extremely poor. The pastor of one of the churches on the Islands, in speaking of their poverty, said, \"There is not a man, woman, or child in ten, throughout my church, that would not be regarded as a fit subject for the poorhouse, or object of charity, in Massachusetts. More than half that the common people get goes to support the government.\" To show how ready they were to do all they could, and yet how small were their means, let me tell you how they built one of their churches.\nThe number of native Christians at Honolulu had become very great, and for several years they had needed a house of worship large enough to accommodate them. At length they undertook to build it, and a subscription was commenced by the king's putting down three thousand dollars. Some of the chiefs also contributed liberally, and the people as much as they were able. The timber was brought from their own mountains or from California. There were no oxen, or horses, or carts on the Islands, which they could use in hauling their materials, nor were they able to pay labourers to do the work for them. So the members of the church, about one thousand in number, divided themselves into companies, and took hold of the work. They dug out the stones for making the walls of the church, and brought them to the spot upon their shoulders. Then they swam out into the sea, and dived to the bottom where they broke off the coral which grows there, to make lime of. When the large pile of coral was ready, forty cords of wood were needed to burn it; and another company went away into the mountains and brought the wood upon their backs. Then the women carried the lime in their calabashes to the place of building, and also the water and sand used to make the mortar. Two thousand barrels of sand, lime, and water wee carried thus a quarter of a mile, to assist their husbands, fathers, and sons in building a house for the worship of God. How many people in this country would be willing to labor in this way, or make such sacrifices for the sake of having a place of worship?\nMr. Coan, pastor of the church at Hilo, describes the way in which his people built a house of wood for the worship of God. The large timbers were cut in the mountain forests, and had to be drawn down to the village by men. Mr. Coan often went with them for their encouragement and aid. When they arrived in the mountains, they first united in prayer, then fastened the ropes to the big logs, and away they went. \"The manner of drawing,\" says Mr. Coan, \"is quite systematic. They choose one of their number for a leader. He takes the command, and orders all the rest to be quiet, arranges the men on each side of the range, in the same manner as a fire engine is drawn. Every man is ordered to grasp the rope tight with both hands, straighten it, and squat down, bending a little forward. The leader goes up and down the line, and sees that every man holds the rope. All is still as the grave for a moment - then the commander roars out in a loud voice, 'kano!' - draw. Every one rises, bending forward; every muscle is strained, and away dashes the timber through thicket and mud, over lava and stream, under a burning sun or drenching rain. No conversation is allowed, except by the marshal, who feels it his privilege to make noise enough for all. About once in half a mile they stop to rest, and then go on again. If the company get tired after a while, and choose to sand straight up, or held the rope loosely, then the marshal has a thousand smart things to say, to arouse their zeal, and make them labor harder. One phrase he uses is, 'Bow the head - blister the hands - sweat.' If the marshal has talked himself hoarse, he resigns his place, and another is chosen to fill it. All this is done in good nature.\nThe American Board, then, must look somewhere else than to these poor people for the means to build the missionary vessel with. At last some one said, \"Could not the children raise the money? In England they have built the mission ship John Williams, and paid thirty thousand dollars for it. Why could not other children build a ship?\" This was a happy thought, and the way in which the children responded to it showed that they felt so too. It was estimated that the vessel would cost about twelve thousand dollars. This amount, therefore, was divided into one hundred and twenty thousand shares of ten cents each, so that a great many children could have the pleasure of being part \"owners in the concern.\" Each one should have a certificate of stock given when the money was paid.\nAnd what name should it have? It was going to bring the light of salvation to the islands in the west, rising upon them like a beautiful star. It shall be called, therefore, \"The Morning Star.\" So Jesus, who came to bring light and life to the world, was called \"the bright and the morning Star.\" So the call went out for subscribers to the stock. Ministers spoke of it in the pulpit, Sabbath school teachers proposed it to their pupils, the newspapers talked of it - every body was interested.\nAnd now the money began to come. Cents and three-cent pieces, dimes and half dimes, poured into the Missionary House.\nIn Wisconsin, one Sabbath school formed a \"Morning Star Association .\" \"Many a bright eye in my Sabbath school,\" said the pastor, \"is eye in my Sabbath school,\" said the pastor, \"is already fixed upon the 'Morning Star,' and many hearts are eager to speed it on the way, that it may give light to the benighted islanders of the Pacific. May we not hope that this effort will prove the means by which many of these bright eyes at home will be led to look prayerfully and lovingly upon him who was predicted as the 'Star' which should 'arise out of Jacob,' \"and who said, 'I am the bright and morning Star'?\"\nAnd then \"little Hatty's offering\" came from a distance. In another direction - from Maine. Little Hatty had gone home to god, and her mother wrote, that many a time she had stood by her side to hear her read the \"Songs for the Little Ones at Home;\" and when she looked at the picture of the heathen mother throwing her little baby to the crocodile, with open jaws ready to devour it, the big tears would drop, her little bosom heave, and her lips tremble, as she exclaimed, \"O mama, send the Bible to the wicked woman. \" So her mother sent the money that little Hatty left, and called it \"Hatty's offering,\" because she knew it would be what her dear child would have done herself. Then we hear from one who playfully calls herself \"a child almost eleven years old,\" though really she was nearly one hundred and eleven. she thought herself enough like a child to have stock also in the Morning Star. At the siege of Yorktown, in the days of the revolution, she was favorably noticed by Washington, because she was so active in relieving the wants of the weary, wounded soldiers, without fearing bullets, in that bloody scene. her great-great-grandchild bought a share also with her.\nA little boy was killed by a railroad car passing over him. He was a good child, and his parents said that one of the sweetest recollections of him was his love for the cause of missions. They thought if he could speak to them he would say, \"I want to help build the Morning Star.\" So they sent the contents of his \"savings bank,\" amounting to three dollars. A letter was received from Illinois, enclosing eighty cents. A little boy and girl, whose mother was very poor indeed, were anxious to own shares, but they had scarcely food and clothing to be comfortable in the cold weather. by doing errands, the boy earned twenty cents, and then persevered in making out the same for his little sister, though obliged to do it without proper clothing in stinging cold weather. when the children brought the money, the boy said, \"When I'm a man, I'm going to be a missionary, and perhaps I shall go out in that very vessel.\" The parents of these children are roman Catholics. Another twenty of the cents was earned by a little girl for hemming handkerchiefs, and going without better on her bread. \"I never liked to hem handkerchiefs before,\" she said, \"but I love to now, because I am doing it for the missionaries who go away so far to teach the Bible to the poor heathen.\"\nChildren from California, Oregon, - all the States of the Union, - sent in their funds to the Board; some of their abundance, other from the depths of poverty and want, but none willing to be left out. The Sabbath school of Zion's Church, Montreal, sent a donation of twenty dollars to the Board. They would have sent more than this for the Morning Star, but the children in the States were too quick for them, and had paid for the vessel without their aid. So they thought they would send something to the Board. These children were Canadians, Scotch, English, foreigners to us, yet they wished to help.\nNor were those contributions conuined to this country. In far-distant Turkey, a little son of a missionary at Tocat, when he saw a picture of the Morning Star, its design was explained, and he was told that the children were to own it themselves, said, \"I wish to give some little moneys for the bootiful ship.\" So he sent one hundred paras - ten cents - to buy a share. Willie and his mother had a long conversation about it, and she told him that if God did not take care of the beautiful ship, it would, perhaps, be broken to pieces before it finished its long journey; but she thought he would take care of it, for many children would be sure to pray for it every day. Immediately little Willie slipped off from her lap, where he had been sitting, and stealing softly in the sofa, knelt down, and whispered some words. Presently, coming back, he said, \"There, I did pray.\" \"What for, dear?\" \"For that nice ship. I did pray that it mus'nt break, and the good people that is in it be spilt in the water.\" Every night after, this simple petition in behalf of the Morning Star was added to his evening prayer. Literally, Willie's prayers and alms went up together, and without any doubt were \"had in remembrance before God.\"\nAnother offering came with Willie's from two little native children, whose father had lived near the banks of the Euphrates. The first time they heard the story of the Morning Star, they came running directly, each with one hundred paras in his outstretched hand, and begged that it might be sent across the Atlantic \"for the big ship,\" the like of which, they, living so far from the water, had never seen. A missionary from Cesarea, in Syria, sent money, and with it a letter, saying, \"We do not doubt that you can do the work yourselves; but there are some children away off here in Asia, who would like to help you. They attend our school and meeting, and study the New Testament; and have they not a right to join with American children in this good work? When we told them they might, you do not know how their bright eyes sparkled! Some grown-up men and women wanted to help; but we said, 'No; it is the children's work.' Yet we did let one man give. His two children were twenty miles from home, and could not refuse. Some of these children are very poor; but all were allowed to contribute as small a sum as half a cent, and even less.\"\nIn china, one of the missionaries proposed to the little son, seven years old, to go out among friends, and see what he could get for the good cause. He prepared a paper, and the boy, with his little sister of five, who begged that she might help too, went out and received contributions to the amount of one hundred dollars. The Hawaiian Sabbath schools, too, must have a hand, at least, in the good work. Two of them in Kohala sent seventy dollars. Fifty of these \"were earned, every farthing, by the children's own hands; some of it by getting up at two and three o'clock in the morning, and working by moonlight; and all done of their own free, voluntary choice.\" In Hilo, the children gave liberally, and sent a request that the vessel might stop at their island. They were very anxious to see the object so often described to them, and on which their hearts were set.\nMany things beside money were given to the Morning Star. The children in Constantinople sent a speaking trumpet. That was to be used to hailing vessels which would be met out on the broad ocean. Same children in Boston sent a chest full of medicine, which, of course, would be very necessary of there was sickness on board. A Missionary Society in Chelsea sent a great pile of sheets and pillow slips. Another sent a large Bible, to be used in family worship. A lady in Boston gave a library worth one hundred and fifty dollars. A flag was sent from Rochester. One of the Sabbath schools in Boston bought a chronometer for the vessel, which cost one hundred and ninety dollars. The contributions to the Morning Star came into the treasury in such abundance, that notice was given that no more was needed. but still the money came, until it amounted to full thirty thousand dollars. All that was not required for building the vessel was reserved for sailing it, and for repairs. It has already been mentioned how much this undertaking of the children interested all classes of the people. Even in the stately balls of legislation it was not thought unworthy of notice. The following is an extract from a very eloquent speech in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, delivered by T. H. Russell, Esq.:--\n\"Permit me, sir, to recall to the minds of the House a notable instance just transpired. A few days before we were assembled here, there lay at one of the wharves of this city a beautiful vessel, called the Morning Star. Let me say a word of her history. In the far-distant Pacific, some fifteen to seventeen thousand miles away by the usual sailing route, there is found a group of islands just now coming into notice, and known as the Micronesian group. They are inhabited by a race of savages, perhaps not much above the Hawaiians of fifty years ago. New there were found, in New England, men, and women, too, who were willing to give their lives to the elevation, socially, civilly, and religiously, of these far-distant and poor people. but how to get there? Commerce does every thing, dares every thing, when gain allures. but these rude people had little about them to attract thither the ships of commerce. some one suggests, 'Let us build a missionary ship,' but where are the means? The board of gentlemen, who, just below us in Pemberton Square, provide over this magnificent charity, and who, this year, will disburse more than one third of a million of dollars of voluntary offerings, find already the field too great for their harvesters. They can spare nothing.\n\"'Let us,' says another, 'lay the burden on the shoulders of the little children.' The thought was the deed. The keel of the ship was laid on the shore of the Mystic, and while she was receiving form and symmetry, the word went out, 'The children are to build a missionary ship, and every child who can contribute a single dime may feel that it has a proprietary interest in the noble undertaking.' At once the little rills began to flow down from every hillside in New England; they came from the Middle, southern, and Western States, the far-distant Territories, a little from over the border of 'Queen Victoria's dominions, and even the Choetaw Mission, and the poor remnant of Tuscarora Indians, did not fall in contributing their mites. It was supposed this ship would cost six, then ten, and finally twelve thousand dollars. How is it now in the treasury? As all these little gatherings poured in, they began to swell up, until there were eight, ten, twelve, eighteen, twenty-four thousand dollars; and though the good secretaries held up their hands, crying 'Hold, enough,' no one could tell where it would end. The little ship was complete, her freight and all on board, and weeks ago she sailed away; and I doubt not that already the beams of that beautiful constellation, the Southern Cross, are mildly shed on her; and I know that the prayers and blessings of the little proprietors are following her, like thousands of unseen angels, on her journey of Christian love. yes, sir, Christian love; no atheism about it.\n\"One such fact is worth more to a soul that has a single hope or aspiration for man, to a heart that has a single pulsation in unison with the golden rule, than all that atheism has ever accomplished, or will, or can, in an eternity of ages.\"\nFor the purpose of hastening the enterprise thus begun, contracts were speedily made for building the vessel. Her builder was Mr. Jotham Stetson, of Chelsea, near Boston. She was to be of one hundred and fifty tons burden, and her model or form was one of great beauty. In about twelve weeks from the laying of the keel, she was ready to be launched. Many were the visits made to the ship-yard in Chelsea, while the work was in progress, by the young stockholders, who could scarcely wait to see it finished. At last the day for launching came. Three or four thousand men, women, and children were assembled to see the vessel glide into the water. Every face was full of smiles; every body was happy. A stage had been built over the bows of the vessel, and from that place one of the secretaries of the Board addressed the assembled multitude.\n\"You all know,\" he said, \"that, a little hile since, a missionary packet was found to the necessary for the good work among the islands of the Pacific. A circular was addressed to the children and youth, giving them the privilege of raising the twelve thousand dollars needed. That circular was sent through the land, and no sooner said than done, - HERE SHE IS, and will be launched in a few minutes. she is called the 'Morning Star,' Can yu tell why? When that bright star comes up, it announces to all beholders that the great sun will soon lift up his head above the horizon. so when this beautiful packed shall approach and land the missionary and the word of god on one of the dark islands in that far-off ocean, it will be a sure sign that a new day is about to dawn, and the Sun of Righteousness soon to rise upon them.\"\nThe vast assembly then united in singing the Missionary Hymn, -\n\"From Greenland's icy mountains.\"\nPrayer was next offered; after which, Rev. Mr. Langworthy said, \"We want our young friends to keep quiet a few minutes longer, and then they may swing their hats and wave their handkerchiefs, and shout at the top of their voices.\" He then alluded very pleasantly to their feelings on this joyful occasion, and hoped they would all consecrate themselves to the service of Him who died for their salvation. The doxology, --\n\"Praise God, from whom all blessings flow,\"--\nwas sung in the tune of Old Hundred.\nNow all had been said. Every eye was fixed on the beautiful little vessel that was just ready to take life and leap into the sea. The timbers which supported the forward part had all been taken away, and a number of wedges inserted under the hinder part. Several of the ship's carpenters stood near with great wooden hammers, and, when the order, \"Wedge up,\" was given, every hammer came with full fierce on the wedges. After a few minutes the hammers ceased; the vessel moved off gracefully and beautifully; and when it touched the water, such a glorious \"hurrah\" burst forth as made the heavens and earth ring with the sound. Many old people stood around with tears in their eyes and thought of the brighter day, which, through the instrumentality of this vessel, was to dawn upon the dark isles of the sea. Among the incidents connected with the launch was the following, related by one who witnessed it:--\nAmong the carpenters employed to \"wedge up\" was an old man, who was soon to weep profusely, as he stood, top-maul in hand, waiting for the order. When it was given, his blows fell heavy and fast, while the tears chased each other down his weather-beaten face. Now the vessel starts - she begins to move - she glides away - and up go the shouts of happy hearts, while, leaning upon his top-maul, the old ship-carpenter, with closed eyes and uncovered head, wipes away the gushing tears. When the vessel was safely launched upon her own element, he reverently pronounced the word \"Amen,\" replaced his hat, shouldered his top-maul, and disappeared among the crowd.\nBefore she sailed on her long voyage the Morning Star was furnished with every thing convenient as well as necessary. Should the little vessel meet with a storm at sea, and the wind \"blow the sails all to ribbons,\" as the sailors say, she would want a new set to supply them. These, accordingly, were provided, all made ready for use, all carefully stowed away in a safe place. If the spars and ropes should be broken and lost, they must have more at hand. If they should lose their anchor, another, with the great heavy flukes, was lying on deck close to the side of the vessel. Very thing that was necessary to keep her in trim was there. The library, which had been kindly given for the use of passengers and crew, was mostly arranged in its locker. The medicine chest, full of pills and potions, was in its place. The beautiful chronometer, which was to measure the time when far out on the wide ocean, hung in its box, ready for use. The speaking trumpet, that had come all the way from Constantinople, hung probably somewhere on deck; at any rate, it was in a handy place, and if a vessel should come in sight, \"Ship, ahoy!\" would ring out of it, loud enough to be heard half a mile.\nProvisions of all kinds had been carried on board, enough for a six months' voyage, and some to spare; for very often ships at sea re called upon to supply other vessels, which have been out longer than they expected; so vessels usually take more than they expect to use, that they may be able to supply others that need. Well, when every thing was ready and the Morning Star was about to sail, there was another gathering at India Wharf, Boston, where she lay. This was on the first day of December, 1856, at 10 o'clock A.M. The passengers and crew were all on board. Rhe name of the captain was Samuel G. Moore, and the drew consisted of two mates, a steward, and six seamen. They were to carry out as passengers Rev. Hiram Bingham Jr., and his wife, destined to Micronesia, as missionaries. Mr. Bingham was the son of Rev. Hiram Bingham, one of the first company of missionaries who went to the Sandwich Islands, thirty-seven years before. he was born at Hawaii, but educated in this country. His father was present, and assisted in the services as the embarkation of his son. Mrs. Jackson, wife of the postmaster at Honolulu, with her little child, was also a passenger. The day was very cold, and the ground covered with snow, but a large number of persons were present. First, the 72d Psalm was sung:--\n\"Jesus shall reign where'er the sun.\"\nDr. Worcester, of Salem, made remarks, and told some interesting facts in regard to the \"former times,\" when the first missionaries went out. Among other things, he said that the present kind of the Sandwich Islands had never seen the gods his fathers worshiped until he saw some of them a few years ago, where many of the children have seen them, at the Missionary House in Boston. The people there have cast away their idols, and now worship the true God; and the Morning Star is sent to aid in bringing the people of many other islands to do the same. Dr. Worcester repeated the hymn, \"Wake, isles of the south,\" which was written in 1819, on the occasion of the departure of the first missionaries to the Sandwich Islands, and was also sung in 1852, when the first missionaries to Micronesia were about to sail from Honolulu.\nPrayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Bingham, Sen. He had seen great things, and could pray that his son might \"see yet greater things than these.\" Then the last two verses of the Missionary Hymn were sung, and the congregation departed. The day was so far spent that it was thought advisable to defer the sailing until the next morning, the second day of December. When the morning came the day was pleasant, and at 9 o'clock, after all had united in prayer, and the last farewells were said, the lines were cast off, and the missionary packet, Morning Star, with all her colors set, passed down the bay on her voyage to the Sandwich Islands.\nVOYAGE TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS\nAt 10 o'clock A.M. on the second day of December, 1856, the Morning Star left the wharf at Boston. A few friends were present, and, after uniting in prayer, the last farewells were said; then the ropes were cast off, and, with her sails all spread, and her colors flying, the little vessel took her course down the harbor with a fair wind. The numerous islands in the bay were soon left behind. At 3 o'clock the pilot was discharged, and the voyage of twelve thousand miles was begun. When the night came on, there were symptoms of a storm. There was a dense fog, with occasional showers of rain and snow. Every thing betokened a severe gale, and the captain was anxious to get into a harbor. It was a rather hard night for the little packet to commence her voyage; and it would not be surprising if the passengers, as they tossed about on the waves, wished themselves on shore. The next day the storm continued, and, not being able to reach a harbor, she was anchored, and lay in great danger through the night. A large bark and schooner anchored near them.\nWhen the third day dawned, they found that both the other vessels were ashore, while the Morning Star lay easy, rising buoyantly on the big waves, as they rolled, one after another, against her sharp, polished stern. All on board felt that God's protecting care had been about them, as they looked at the other vessels, and saw the great waves dashing over them, and felt thankful to him who had kept them safely. I thin, surely, that dear little Willie's prayer at Tocat, \"that the nice ship mustn't break and the good people be spilled in the water,\" was now answered. He who holds the winds and the waves in his hand can hear the prayers of a little child. He says he is \"our Father;\" and no one can tell how much the course of events is influenced in this world by the supplications of the little ones who repeat those sweet words, as they kneel before him. The wind continued to blow hard for several day, but, with the aid of a tow-boat, they succeeded in getting out to sea; then, making all sail, they flew before the wind like a bird let loose from its prison, and ere nightfall, the land had entirely disappeared.\nIn the evening Mr. Bingham and Captain Moore agreed upon a method of conducting he religious services on board, which was to be observed during the voyage. At 9 o'clock on Sabbath morning the exercises were to consist in signing, prayer, reading the Scriptures, and a brief exhortation, or appropriate remarks. Daily prayers were to be attended in the morning, and soon after tea at night. On all these occasions the ship's crew were invited to be present. On the following Sabbath nearly all hands were assembled. With but a small supply of hymn books, they succeeded very well in singing \"God is the refuge of his saints.\" Mr. Bingham preached from the text, \"Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life.\" Captain Moore offered prayer, and the exercises were closed with the doxology, \"Praise God, from whom all Messings flow.\" The worship of 'God on the Sabbath was now fairly begun, and was, throughout the voyage, attended with a manifest divine blessing. In a few days they entered the Gulf Stream, which is one of the most wonderful things in the world. It is a river in the ocean, many miles wide, flowing from the Gulf of Mexico, northward, along the American coast, toward the Northern Ocean. The water of the Stream is much warmer than the ocean, and the color of it is indigo blue. so distinct is it from the surrounding ocean, that sometimes one half of a vessel is seen floating in this, while the other is in the common sea-water. Rain, hail, thunder, and lightning are more frequent in the Gulf Stream than other places in the ocean, and sailors are generally glad to escape from it.\nThey were now favored with a fair wind and good weather. The vessel proved to be a fine sailor, and usually ran ahead of other vessels that it met. The passengers found the accommodations very comfortable, and the captain a kind, good man. Mr. and Mrs. Bingham offered very much for several weeks from seasickness. This is usually the case with all who are not accustomed to the sea, and is far from living an agreeable introduction to sea life. A lady, who has crossed the ocean, describes it as \"that disgust of existence which begins to come over a person soon after sailing - a strange, mysterious sensation, that makes every heaving billow, every white-capped wave, the ship, the people, the sight, taste, sound, and smell of every thing, a matter of irrepressible loathing. Those who go on board in high spirits, full of life and conversation, soon grow white around the mouth, and are obliged to yield to the mysterious spell. Others in ten minutes are going to die, are sure they shall die, and don't care if they do. Every thing to be done, however small, is a burden. To arouse one's self to go upon deck is next to impossible; but it is far better to make the effort than to stay below, where every one else is in the same predicament.\"\nAn occasional flying-fish, as it skimmed over the blue waves to escape immediate destruction from a voracious enemy, only to fall again into the jaws of death, served to attract a few moments' attention, from the monotonous watching of the ever-rolling waves. If perchance it fell upon the vessel's deck, it was speedily caught up, and converted by the cook, into a tempting bit for the seasick passengers. Occasionally a passing vessel also afforded a little variety. The weather continued fair, and the Morning Star soon entered the torrid zone, crossed the equator, and passed around Cape St. Roque, which is the eastern point of South America. As they drew near the cost of Brazil, the grown fields and hills presented a beautiful appearance. Rafts, and flat-bottomed boats, which the sailors call catamarans, were seen gliding backward and forward over the smooth sea.\nWhen they arrived off Rio de Janeiro, it was found, on a careful examination, that some repairs were necessary; so it was determined to stop for a few days at that port. This, the captain knew, would take time and money; but he thought his young owners would prefer this sacrifice, rather than that they should attempt to go around Cape Horn in a damaged condition. Cape Horn is always a dangerous place, and a vessel needs to be sound and strong to insure a safe passage; so their course was changed, and a fresh breeze springing up, the Morning Star sailed gracefully along into the Bay of Rio. The rough sailor often stands in silent administration on the deck of the vessel, so he enters this magnificent harbor, and views the scenery before him. As far up the bay as the eye can reach, little green islands, scattered here and there, rise above the water, covered with palms and other tropical verdure; while on either side are ranges of mountains with lofty peaks, extending far back into the country. As you proceed, the great city comes into view, built upon seven green hills, which give it the title of \"Modern Rome;\" while fresh with the land breeze comes the rich perfume of the orange and other flowers, more sweet than even from Ceylon's spicy shores.\nRio is situated on the west side of the bay. Its churches and cathedrals, its towers and steeples, its granite houses and red-tiled roofs, its white walls and its aqueducts, give it very much the appearance of an Eastern city. It contains, with its suburbs, about 800,000 inhabitants. When the Morning Star anchored, she was visited by the custom house and health officers. As there was no sickness on board, the ship's company were allowed to go on shore at pleasure. Captain Moore procured a carpenter and blacksmith, who soon repaired the broken spar. The passengers availed themselves of the opportunity to visit the city, where they were kindly treated, and were favored with a delightful ride into the country. This was very refreshing, after the sickness and fatigues of their long voyage. At Rio, four of the crew, in consequence of some dissatisfaction, left the vessel, and others were obtained to take their places. It is earnestly hoped that the good seed which had been sown in their hearts, watered by heavenly dews, may bring forth much fruit to the glory of God. When the repairs were finished, and the regulations of the port compiled with, the Morning Star weighted anchor, and proceeded on her voyage. They soon passed the great river Rio de la Plata, which can be traced many miles out to sea by the mud which is brought down in its waters from the country and deposited in the ocean.\nOn the following Sabbath, all but four of the crew attended the morning service. Most of the new hands did not converse in English, but they listened with apparent interest. At the monthly concert which was held that evening, some of them expressed a willingness to receive Bibles. Mr. Bingham took five, and distributed them in the forecastle, writing in each the name of the person to whom he gave it. At the same time he pressed upon them the text of his morning's discourse, \"Search the Scriptures,\" and promised his assistance in helping them to understand them. In his journal Mr. Bingham adds, \"Oh that the Holy Spirit would bless us with his presence! Shall it be that the whole voyage will pass away, and none of these precious souls be led to Christ? May I be more faithful, more earnest for the salvation of my fellow-men, and for the honor of my Redeemer.\" Off the Falkland Islands they lay becalmed for several days. Here every thing was made ready for going around Cape Horn. On the 18th of February they experienced the first gale since leaving Cape Cod, and were obliged to \"lie to\" for twenty-four hours. The little vessel rode out the storm finely. On the 21st they were scudding before a fresh breeze, and on the lookout for Staten Land.\nAgain a heavy gale came on. Judging that they were near the Straits, they \"bore to.\" Toward evening the clouds parted, and the snow-capped mountains of Terra did Fuego rose up, glistening in the rays of the setting sun. By night the gale was at its height; the ocean was one sheet of foam, and the birds, gathering under the lee of the vessel, danced and gabbled as if congratulating themselves on having found so good a resting place. The rough, bleak islands of this region abound with birds of many kinds. As you pass along at a distance from them, you can see the rocks lined with long rows of what seem to be the white stones, much resembling fences. These are rows of penguins, standing erect, like soldiers in battle array. These singular birds have a bill and webbed feet, but neither wings nor feathers. Instead of wings, they have slippers, like a seal; and for feathers they have a sort of scales, intermediate between feathers and fins. The head and back are brown, the under parts white. With their heads erect, and their flippers, or arms, hanging down, they look like so many children with white aprons.\nPassing rapidly onward, the Morning Star soon reached San Diego and the Strait of Le Maire. The breeze from the north-west blew more freshly, and the vessel dashed through the Strait a the rate of eleven knots an hour. The shores were mostly frightful precipices, overhanging the waves. Now and then a puff of wind, sweeping down through some mountain gorge, caused the vessel to careen far to leeward; then recovering herself, she sped onward as though in haste to escape from the dangers surrounding her. At the foot of a precipice, a dark cave added to the wildness of the sense; while a little farther on, a small stream of water, fed by the never-failing snows of the heights above, came brawling down the cliffs, and was lost in a rocky valley below. At length, on Tuesday afternoon, February 24, a rocky bluff, high in air, appeared on the starboard bow. It was the world-renowned, oft-dreaded, bleak and stormy Cape Horn! The weather, however, was now mild, and the lady passengers appeared on deck with their portfolios and pencils to take a sketch of it. At the east of the Cape were Deceit Rocks, standing detached from the shore, like grim sentinels, as if to forbid approach. In the north-west appeared peak after peak, to completely covered with snow as to resemble huge icebergs rising from the waves. It was a sublime scene, and could not but impress upon all beholders the power and grandeur of the great Creator of all.\nThe day passed pleasantly, and the sun gently sunk in the west, making the dark clouds resplendent with its golden light. Before going into his berth Captain Moore looked at the barometer, and saw that the mercury was falling rapidly. This indicated a storm. All hands were called to shorten sail, that they might not be caught unprepared, when suddenly the vessel was struck by a white squall. For a few moments its fury threatened to carry every thing away - sails, spars, masts, and all. The men who had been sent up to furl the topsails gave up in despair, and came down. They were encouraged to try again, and this time succeeded. For three hours the wind blew with a force that can not be described, and drove the vessel back into the Atlantic Ocean. Before midnight, however, the fury of the storm had passed, and a dead calm followed. The gale was succeeded by favorable winds, under which they soon recovered the ground they had lost. On the 1st of March the vessel's prow was turned northward, and the dreaded Cape was regarded as passed. They were now in the broad Pacific, and the weather became increasingly pleasant. Reading, and writing journals and letters for the friends at home, occupied the attention of the passengers. One morning, before breakfast, as Mr. and Mrs. Bingham were walking on deck, five large, snow white birds, called albatrosses, hovered near the vessel. A line with a baited hook was thrown out, but they would not bit it. After breakfast, however, one of them was captured, and when brought on board, a string was tied around his beak, and he was allowed to walk about the deck. All were much interested in watching the awkward motions of the bird. Another was caught which measured ten feet from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other, being four inches larger than the first. The second bird furnished a fine dish for dinner, in taste resembling veal.\nAn examination of the hold of the vessel, about this time, enabled Mr. Bingham to ascertain the condition of some of his goods. \"My poor shower bath,\" he says, \"has been badly crushed. Two barrels of flour were discovered, which had hitherto escaped detection also the cranberries, concerning which request inquiries had been made by those who relished them. They have proved quite a treat. The long-looked-for barrel of tongues was also discovered. The barrel of hams still conceals itself, as also does the box of lemons. Our potatoes failed shortly after passing Cape Horn. There is naturally much uniformity in our meals, of late. We ought to be willing, and I trust we are, to deny ourselves many things, if thereby we can spare the Lord's treasury.\" In a few weeks our voyages arrived in the region of the \"Equatorial Doldrums.\" \"What a funny word is this!\" I hear my young readers exclaiming. Doldrums is a word which the sailors use to denote those parts of the sea where the weather is constantly changing. \"here,\" says Captain Moore, \"we had light winds and calms, clouds and rain. The air is very oppressive; passengers can not stay in the cabin because it is so hot, nor on deck because it is so wet. At one moment all is still; the next, the sky is darkened, the thunder roars, the lightnings chase each other through the clouds, and light up the gloom of the night. Then comes the rain like an avalanche, forcing itself almost into the very pores of the skin. The passengers rush to the cabin, but the air below is so stifling, that they are glad to get on deck again.\" These are not very delightful regions, as you may well suppose, and the sailors are always glad when they have got through them.\nThe Morning Star was now drawing near the end of hr voyage. It had, on the whole, been a pleasant one. The health of all on board had been good, with one or two exceptions. The missionaries felt that their mercies abounded; but the greatest of all was the presence of the Holy Spirit, which had been among them. The owners of the missionary packet sent her out to do good. Many of them, like little Willie, had prayed that she and all her crew might be preserved safely, and many more had prayed for God's blessing to descend upon her. They will be glad, therefore, I am sure, to know that a precious revival was enjoyed among the sailors during their long voyage. Before passing Cape Horn, little religious interest had had been felt by the men. Mr. Bingham had been among them daily, and sought opportunities of conversing with them upon the great theme of salvation by Christ. He gave them tracts and books calculated to impress upon their minds their lost condition. He preached regularly on the Sabbath, had sustained, with the aid of the captain, daily prayers in the cabin, and was unwearied in his efforts to do them good.\nCaptain Moore was a truly pious man, and occasional remarks from him had been listened to with interest by his crew. He was disposed to give them every opportunity for the enjoyment of religious privileges. but they were very irregular in their attendance upon the Sabbath services, as well as the daily prayers. After the vessel entered the Pacific, the seed sown began to take root, the attendance became more regular, and greater solemnity was evident among them. They were willing to converse about their salvation, and could be seen on the Sabbath seated here and there, reading their Bibles. The first and second officers had hope in Christ, and were living away from God and duty. Two of the sailors, a Swede and a Norwegian, were members of a Lutheran church, and gave good evidenced of love to Christ, and some time before the close of the voyage, had spent half an hour each evening in learning to read the English Bible with Mrs. Bingham. Their influence among the sailors was good.\nAt length a young Catholic Spaniard began earnestly to inquire the way of salvation, and seemed honestly desirous of becoming a disciple of Jesus. An English sailor expressed his full determination to serve Christ, and indulged hope. The steward, too, thought he had fully decided upon a life of piety. The missionaries feared that he was trusting to his good works, and were pained afterward to know that his intoxicating cup was too often his companion. Among the new were two men from New England. One of these had called himself a Christian many years; but now he gave up his hope, and sought and found the Saviour. The other, for several weeks, was in a very tender state of mind, and at length gave good evidence of having obtained pardon for his sins. The conversion of the carpenter, an Englishman, was very remarkable. During the first part of the voyage he was on of the most profane among the crew. Gradually he became interested in the religious services, and for many weeks attended upon the preaching of the word, which, he says, ld him to see his danger, and that salvation is by Christ alone. When the vessel arrived at Honolulu, many weeks had passed since his last oath.\nOn the last Sabbath of the voyage, he gave Mr. Bingham a letter, in which he thanked him for all his labors, and begged him to pray for him. he said, \"I thought I knew what happiness was before I came to this ship, but I find I was laboring under a wrong impression. you have convinced me so; my bible tells me so; and now my heart tells me so. I have considered well my past life; I know not when my soul will be required of me, and I will delay no longer. I was in utter darkness before I heard you preach, and I beg you to accept my grateful thanks for all your instructions.\"\nOn Sabbath morning, April 12, a meting was held in the cabin, in which the captain, second officer, carpenter, and five sailors all took part, and all but one professed hope in Christ. The missionaries felt that it was a most interesting season, and their hearts overflowed with gratitude. god had blessed their efforts, and, like Paul, given them \"the hearts of those that sailed with them.\" One bright morning, near the latter part of April, was seen, towering far above the c;ouds, the snow-capped summit of Mauna Loa, the highest land on the Island of Hawaii. for some days our voyagers had been on the lookout, and their joy at the sight can be better imagined than described. Being favored with the trade winds, the Morning Star sped rapidly onward. Captain Moore had intended to step at Hilo, on account of the sickness of his mate; but after visiting him with Mr. Bingham, and finding him better, he gave orders to bear away for Oahu. Passing the north-east shore of Hawaii, they soon saw the mountains of Maui. A large white building on this island they recognized as the Wailuku Seminary for native girls. Very few other buildings could be discovered. Next, Molokai appeared, and our voyagers enjoyed the exquisite scenery, as they sailed along its northern shore. Thirteen cascades were in view at the same time, and some native houses at the foot of a majestic precipice.\nThe wind died away, and left the Morning Star becalmed for the night in the channel between Molokai and Oahu. Mr. Bingham saw the sun set gorgeously behind the land of his birth, and could hardly realise that he was so near it again. In the night, the ocean current carried them far to the south-west, nor were they the next day able, in consequence of the light winds, to reach the anchorage. On the following morning the winds were more favorable. The winding shores, lined with coconut trees, seemed to smile a welcome, as they glided along toward the promontory of Diamond Head. Soon the little town of Honolulu, with the tapering spires and white cottages, peeped out from among the trees, and our vessel sailed gayly up, and cast anchor in the harbor. The voyage had been safely made. No accident had befallen them. The little vessel, which they had made their home one hundred and forty-two days, had been all they could have wished. As they passed into port, the hearts of our missionaries overflowed with gratitude for all these proofs of the kindness and love of their heavenly Father, more especially as God's Spirit had already blessed their labors, and blaspheming, hardened sailors, as bad as the heathen themselves, had become disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, and were ready to show forth his praise to the native islanders in these far-off lands.\nARRIVAL AT HONOLULU - THE MARQUESAS\nThe arrival of the Morning Star at Honolulu had been looked for with much interest. When she entered the harbor, another vessel was lying there becalmed, having on board Rev. Mr. Bond, a missionary at Kohala. As he lay sick in his berth, the captain went to him, saying that a little brig was approaching, and described its appearance. \"it is she!\" said the missionary; \"there is nothing like it in these waters.\" Sickness was forgotten at once, and he found himself on deck. One look told him all. Like a thing of life and beauty she appeared with nearly her full complement of snow-white sails, sitting so gracefully on the water, - it surely could be no other! \"Beautiful,\" he exclaimed. \"Nani,\" said the ninety native passengers all at once. \"Nani loa\" - Very beautiful! With unmingled admiration they scanned her elegant proportions, her stern so neatly turned, her graceful prow, her modest but significant figure had, her perfect lines, her tall and tapering masts. Suddenly, as she drew near, a flag was thrown out to the gentle breeze which appeared to come along with her, and from her main-topmast head those magic words, \"Morning Star,\" were visible to their excited gaze! Assurance now was made doubly sure, and from the ninety throats were poured three as hearty cheers of welcome as were ever uttered.\nAs soon as she reached the wharf, she was thronged with people eager to examine her, and, \"Hi moku maikai!\" - Beautiful vessel! - was the universal exclamation. Mr. bond thus wrote to the Missionary House, Boston:--\n\"In laying the Morning Star upon god's altar, the dear children have brought an offering without spot or blemish. To our eyes, she is, in all her parts, a perfect specimen of naval architecture. We were especially impressed with the exceeding neatness of her cabin arrangements. All honor to her builders. For the dear children who so generously provided the funds necessary for her construction I felt a glow of exulting pride, as we surveyed their splendid offering to the cause of the Redeemer. What can not these hosts of little ones accomplish, with God's blessing, thought I, in the noble enterprise of saving the nations from death! And I felt no slight pleasure in the thought that we, too, the children of Kohala, had devoted ninety dollars to purchase stock in this 'Star of hope.'\n\"I made my report of the missionary packet yesterday, to my Sabbath school and people. Every word of it was eagerly swallowed. but let none of her little owners forget that to crown this blessed enterprise with full success, they must steadily follow her with their prayers, as she traverses the ocean on her errand of love. Money alone will not do. Prayer only can bring the blessing of God upon the noble offering they have made for his service. Let every certificate of stock remind them of this. How many among our little friends are ready to promise to pray daily for the Morning Star?\"\nThe children had assembled in Boston when the Morning Star was launched, and the children gathered at Honolulu when she reached that port. Preparations had been made to present her a flag, and the ceremony came off shortly after her arrival. The children of the Sabbath schools assembled at their respective churches, and marched two and two to the wharf. Their number, including children and adults, could not have been less than thre or four thousand - a strange spectacle for Honolulu. chiefs and people, rich and poor, were all there. The little vessel was moored to the wharf in full view of the crowd. Her majesty, the queen, occupied a conspicuous position. The king was absent from the island; if he had been in town, he would have honored the occasion with his presence. Immediately after the banner was presented, and before Captain Moore could finish his reply, the multitude gave cheer after cheer as the signal was seen floating from the mast head. \"Hurrah!\" Foreigners and natives, men, women, and children, old and young, all joined in the \"Hurrah!\" The banner was about twenty feet long and twelve feet wide. A star was directly under the center of the word \"Morning.\" A dove was placed in the lower corner, at the right hand. The groundwork was of white bunting, and the emblems of sky blue.\nAddresses were made by Rev. R. Armstrong in presenting the banner, and by Captain Moore in reply, Hon. John Ii, Rev. S.C. Danson, and Rev. Mr. Bingham, Jr., who went out in the packet. Three hymns were sung; one in the native language is here presented, with the translation:- (to be inserted)\nThe following hymn was written by Mrs. M. D. Strong, and sung by the children at Honolulu, on the presentation of the banner:--\nTHE MISSIONARY PACKET\nHere follows a part of a letter from Mr. Coan, another missionary at the Sandwich Islands, which my young readers will like to see:--\n\"What an impulse the building and sailing of that little sea-bird produced! The action touched a chord which vibrates through the land. What gives such moral power and sublimity to that little vessel? It suggests the dawn of creation, when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy. It calls to memory the music of that voice which said, 'I am the bright and Morning Star.' But the object, the errand, of that little bark is its glory. Our western waters are plowed by the ships of the greatest monarchs; in our harbors float the flags of the most renowned nations; but to those who love the Redeemer's cause, this little vessel, bearing the banner of our Eternal King, and waving the emblems of the Prince of Peace, has more significance than all the commercial, scientific, and warlike marines on earth. How delightful to think of the multitudes of young hearts which beat high in hopes for that missionary packet!\"\nBefore the arrival of the Morning Star, the Hawaiian Missionary Society had determined to send it immediately with supplies to the Marquesan mission, where they were much needed. Thus the vessel was to be put right to work, which, we suppose, is no more than her owners expected; and while Captain Moore and his men are putting her in order again, after her six months' voyage, and taking in the needful supplies, we will give some account of the people whom she was now destined to visit. For away in the Pacific Ocean, south of the equator, and more than a thousand miles from Hawaii, are several islands clustered together, called the \"Marquesas.\" The names of the principal are, Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Nukahiva, Hiaou, and Fetouhouhou. These are not coral islands, -- built on coral rocks, -- but, like the Hawaiian, rise in peaks two or three thousand feet above the ocean. The circumstances which led to the formation of the mission at these islands are very interesting. Many years ago, a vessel stopped at Fatuhiva to trade with the natives and get fruit. When it left, Puu, a native of Hawaii, was left behind, sick. He was treated kindly, and even admitted to their councils of war. His knowledge of the manners and customs of European nations made him not only a welcome visitor, but a valuable councilor. Matunui, the High Chief, as he was called, received him into his family, gave him his daughter for a wife, and made him a chief of the tribe. When asked how he had obtained so much knowledge, he replied, \"Missionaries plenty at Lahaina; speak to man. 'Spose you have missionaries here, you be all same me - know plenty all things.\" From this, Matunui understood that if he could get missionaries to come and live on his islands, they would teach his people the arts of civilized life.\nEarly in 1853, with the consent of his chiefs, he embraced the first opportunity, and with Puu, his son-in-law, embarked for Lahaina. His request for missionaries was laid before the Hawaiian Missionary Society. He urged that at least one white missionary might go back with him; but if that could not be, he would take two or three native preachers or teachers and requested that the American Board would send a good man to them as soon as convenient. The Hawaiian Society felt that this call was from God, and that they must not send the chief back alone. so, after considering the matter, they decided to send two native Hawaiian preachers to reside on his islands, and one of the American missionaries temporarily, to assist in making a beginning. Several persons were anxious to go. At length two native pastors were chosen - Rev. James Kekela and Rev. Samuel Kawealoha, with their wives; and two native teachers 0 Mr. Lot Kuaihelani, and Isaia Kaisi, with their wives. Rev. B.W. Parker was to go with them, and aid them with his advice and assistance. Mr. Bicknell, a pious English mechanic at Honolulu, volunteered to accompany the mission. A vessel was chartered to carry the whole company with Matunui and his suite to Fatuhiva, and return with Mr. Parker.\nIn due time these devoted missionaries reached their destination, and commenced their work with favourable prospects. Afterward letters were received from them at Honolulu, describing their labors, and asking for assistance, especially in supplies of clothing, and other necessaries of living. They had been reduced to great want, and it was imperatively necessary to send them relief as soon as possible. No time, therefore, was to be lost, and on the arrival of the Morning Star, it was determined that she should be forthwith dispatched on this errand.\nFIRST VOYAGE TO THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS\nThe Morning Star had been but one week at Honolulu when she was all ready for sea again. Captain Moore and his men did not allow themselves much time for rest and sightseing to relieve the poor suffering missionaries at the Marquesas, and all haste was made to get the vessel off. There were passengers to go, as well as provisions to be procured. Rev. Mr. Kaukau and wife were to reinforce the mission, and Chief Namakeha and Rev. Mr. Emerson went as delegates from the Hawaiian Missionary Society; J.E. Chamberlain, Esq., was also a passenger. On the 1st day of May, 1857, the Morning Star set sail for the Marquesas. After a pleasant run of thirty-six hours the wind failed, and she lay becalmed several days under the high land of Hawaii. This was much like being in the Equatorial Doldrums. Now was a calm, and then a squall; sometimes the wind was east, sometimes west or south. At length they got away from under the high land, and passed slowly along until the 15th, when they were becalmed several days more. This was very trying to them, as they thought of the suffering missionaries to whom they were sent.\nOn the 20th a curious cloud appeared in the heavens, rising from the sea like a huge oak tree with widespread branches. Mr. Emerson called it Quercus Australis, or the Southern Oak. The unfavourble winds and strong westerly current in the ocean rendered the voyage unusually long, and it was not until the last day of the month that the cry of \"Land, ho!\" rung out from the maintop. This was Hiaou, the most northern island in the group but not the one to which they were first to go; so the little vessel went on, not even stopping to pay her respects, and the following morning passed Nukahiva, where the French governor resides. Twenty-four hours after, they drew near to Hivaoa, but for two days, heavy squalls of wind and rain rendered a landing very unsafe. The 1st of June found them at anchor off Hivaoa, and though the winds blew, and the vessel tossed about, the regular monthly concert of prayer was observed on board. At the close of the meeting, which had been a very interesting one, the usual collection amounted to thirty dollars and fifty cents, which was more than many a one taken up that same evening in Christian lands.\nThe Island of Hivaoa is twenty-two miles long and seven miles broad. The mission had been commenced here in a very interesting manner, about a year previous to the visit of the Morning Star. An old warrior of Hivaoa called upon the missionaries at Fatuhiva, where they had at first settled, and urged them, or at least one of them, to come to his island, and touch him and his people the way of life. They considered it a Macedonian call, and made haste to obey it. Three of them went to Hivaoa, and, after looking about among the people, they believed it would be a far more inviting field than Fatuhiva. Mr. Bicknell concluded to remain at once, and two others decided to come as soon as they could remove their goods. No conveyance offered for several months. At last Messrs. Kekela and Kawealoha reached the island and commenced their labors, but Kekela's goods still remained in Fatuhiva. Three stations were commenced at Hivaoa, on the north side of the island, viz., Paumau Bay, Hanahi, and Hanamana.\nCaptain Moore did not know the exact location of these stations, but expected to find them somewhere on the north side of the island. The sailing along the shores of these islands being dangerous, the vessel proceeded cautiously, but she might strike some hidden coral reef. On the afternoon of the 3rd of June, being close to the shore, three houses were seen about four miles off, at the head of a bay. The sea was very rough, and the landing looked difficult; but thinking that those houses might be the station they sought, a boat was lowered, and Mr. Emerson and chief Namakeha were rowed toward the shore. The boat was an old whale boat, and leaked badly; but with a bucket and a sailor's boot, they managed to keep out the water pretty well. As they drew near the shore a canoe came out to meet them, filled with named and tattooed men, looking wild enough. Mr. Emerson hailed them, and inquired for Mr. Kekela, the missionary. They pointed to the land. Then he asked for Mr. Bicknell, and again they pointed to the land in another direction. They cheerfully consented to pilot the way to the shore, and as their canoe was so crowded, one of them proposed to get into Mr. Emerson's. Plunging head first into the water, he soon scrambled up the side of the boat without any ceremony; then, squatting himself down, he sat entirely naked, though he died not seem to know it, and rowed away with all his might. The surf beat so heavily on the shore, that, in spite of all the natives could do, Mr. Emerson and his party took a pretty good sprinkling.\nBefore reaching the shore it was ascertained that the houses they had seen were occupied by foreigners who were Papists; and when the party landed, the priests stood in front, apparently waiting to receive them. It appeared that they were expecting a vessel about this time, and seeing the Morning Star in the distance, supposed it to be the one, and came out to receive their friends. Mr. Kekela, too, was on the lookout, and he arrived at the beach just as the boat came up. His warm embrace and hearty greeting, surrounded by more than a hundred natives, gave the priests reason to think that these were not the friends they were expecting, and they immediately retired. But now came these roman Catholic priests on that remote island? The French authorities at Tahiti had for some time previous to this claimed possession of the whole Marquesan group, but did not at first oppose the establishment of a Protestant mission there. A few days after the landing of he missionaries, however, a French brig anchored at Hivaoa.\nThe commander, attended by a Romish priest, came on shore, and had a long interview with Matunui and his chiefs. They demanded that the missionaries should be sent back to Hawaii, and asserted the claim of the French to the islands. Matunui denied it. \"No,\" he said, \"this land is not yours. There never was a Frenchman born on Fatuhiva. These teachers are good, and must not be sent back; and now we want more teachers from America. But the land is not yours; it is our own.\" The priest spent several days there, going from house to house, and distributing presents. With him came two teachers, who had been some time at the islands. These he stationed in the same valley with the Protestant teachers, and promised soon to send a French priest from Tahiti, to aid them in their work; which he did. After the priest left the island, several who had received his presents and professed to be his followers became friendly to the missionaries, and attended upon their instructions; others went back to heathenism. The natives generally did not seem to think that these Papists were very good Christians. \"How did ferent,\" said one, \"is the spirit of those peacemaking missionaries from that of our priest! He was so passionate, and all the time threatening to call in the aid of the governor, or send for a ship of war, if we did not obey him!\" Another said, that if the priest came back he should have nothing to do with him, except to give back a few chickens left in his care. This, we suppose, was to show the priest that he could be honest, though he did not believe in his religion.\nGreat was the joy of Kekela at the sight of the Morning Star. It appeared when most needed. Mr. Emerson accompanied him to his house, which was situated in a beautiful grove of bread fruit, cocoanut, and banana trees. native houses are built by settling several posts in the ground, on the tops of which the rafters are placed, tied strongly together at the top. These are covered with braided cocoanut leaves and branches, and over these are the leaves of the bread fruit platted together and firmly fastened with strings. The sides of the house are filled up between the posts with bamboo, through which light and air are admitted. Most houses, formerly, had neither doors nor windows, and instead of a floor they laid a pavement of round stones. Matting is placed over this pavement, upon which the people eat, sit, and sleep; for there are no beds, tables, or chairs. Various improvements have recently been introduced by the missionaries, which make them much more comfortable than formerly.\nAs soon as the Morning Star had landed some of her stores, it was determined that she should go to Fatuhiva and receive Mr. Kekela's goods. Accordingly they pushed off from shore in the same old boat from which they had landed, and which leaked as badly as ever, compelling them to use the pail and boat again. Having passed the breakers, into the still water, all was silent except the splash of the cars, and each person seemed occupied with his own thoughts. Most of those in the boat had never before this visit seen the heathen in their darkness and degradation, and the scenes which they had now witnessed greatly impressed them. At last one of the sailors spoke. \"Well, shipmate, such a sight I never saw before.\" \"Nor I,\" said another; \"that was worth the dollar I gave at the monthly concert.\" \"Those who say that missionaries have done no good are fools,\" said a third; but how is it possible that such men can be civilized, or that any Christian can be willing to live among them!\"\nAs they passed along the shore toward Virgo's Bay, the booming sound of the breakers broke upon the stillness of the morning; the dark cliffs rose majestically thousands of feet above them, while the star of the morning looked over the cloud-capped peaks, and seemed to smile a welcome. The vessel was surrounded by boats long before it reached Omoa Bay, and obliged to sail slowly along. Many of the natives came on board, and Kekela said they were friendly; but their faces and naked bodies were so disfigured by tattooing that their appearance was exceedingly revolting. After breakfast all assembled on the deck for prayers. The natives seated themselves in silence. Mr. Emerson addressed the throne of grace in their behalf, while the people gazed about in astonishment at what they saw. All day long the vessel was surrounded by boats, and thronged with natives, whose curious eyes examined every part.\nThe process of tattooing is very painful, sometimes even causing death. It consists in pricking th3 skin and staining the spots with ink, so as to make lines or figures which remain indelible. some tribes tattoo the face only, others the body, while others still mark the whole person. It is usually commenced at the age of ten or twelve, and being done a little at a time, it takes some years to complete the work. Tattooing is considered a mark of great beauty. Females, though seldom tattooed themselves, except the hands, feet, and lips, often refuse to marry the man to whom they are engaged, unless he will submit to have it done. But we should consider the beauty of a man very questionable, to say the least, who had a large lizard pictured on each cheek, with its legs and long tall spread in each direction, and looking as though it was ready to jump right into the man's eyes! Sometimes the whole person is covered with curious figures of birds, fishes, and snakes. white teeth and black under lips are the perfection of beauty in their estimation. Those persons in each tribe who perform this service become very rich. Land, cloth, hogs, and fruit are given for this kind of embellishment, which is done according to the wishes of the person himself.\nOne ludicrous custom in connection with their ideas of beauty in children is to stuff them with poa until their little naked bodies look like cocoanuts upon two sticks. \"maikai! nani loa!\" exclaims a fond mother, admiringly, as she exhibits one of her children, thus distended, to a visitor. The Morning Star did not get into Omoa Bay and ready to another until night. Of course nothing could be done that day toward taking on board the goods. The next morning brought crowds of visitors again, some for trade, and others from curiosity; for the arrival of a ship was an important object. This was Saturday, the 6th June. The supplies for the mission were now landed, and the goods received on board. Vegetables and fruits were also purchased for the vessel. while this was being done it was decided that there should be a communion season the next day, in connection with the regular service of the mission, as some had been deprived of that privilege for a long time. Accordingly, on Sabbath morning the people began to assemble at the mission house. Some took seats within, but others, afraid to enter, stood without. Mr. Emerson preached in English, and Mr. Kekela addressed the natives; then there sat down at the Lord's table men of six different nations fifteen in all, and obeyed the Saviour's last command, \"Do this in remembrance of me.\" At the distance of half a mile floated the Morning Star in full view - a witness that another of his commands, \"Go yhe into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature,\" had not been disregarded, even by the young children of his people.\nThe scene thus exhibited was very unlike what had taken place in that valley a little while before. A bloody war had raged between the Anainoa people of the missionary district, and the Moaka, who lived in another valley. Many were killed on both sides. These were cut into small pieces and distributed equally among each tribe, to be devoured. Even the little children shared with the rest, and are a piece of the flesh of their enemies. What a dark picture of heathenism this is! The Omoa people gained the victory, and resolved to destroy their enemies, the Moaka, entirely; but Matunui, the chief, had friends in the other tribes, and wished to save them. so he went and persuaded them to send offerings to the Omoa gods; and though the people did not like it, they were too superstitious to fight any longer, and so the war ceased. In a valley about a mile from this bay a number of people lived who had made themselves very disagreeable neighbors. The only entrance to their valley was by a well-guarded pass, and all attempts to drive them off had failed. The natives who came on board the Morning Star cautioned Captain Moore against them, saying, \"When they come sell pig, you no buy him. They big thief; they kill man, eat him; they no good. They be taipi ki-ki,\" (i.e. devil's men.)\nOne of the greatest hindrances to the prosperity of mission in the Pacific islands was the tabu system. Tabu means prohibition, and consists in prohibiting to certain persons things which are allowed to others, under the penalty of the displeasure of the gods. When a man gets married, he builds two houses. The one for himself is tabued to his wife; he must eat in his own house, and she in hers. A man and wife never eat together; the son eats with his father, but never with his mother; a daughter grows to maturity eats with mother. One part of a house is often tabued to the wife, and she is not allowed to go into it. A piece of ground is tabued; no woman must walk on it. A tree is tabued; no woman, and sometimes no person, may eat of its fruit, nothing even must lean against it, or be hung on its branches. A canoe is tabued; no woman may step into it. some kinds of food are tabued; the husband eats of one kind of fish, his wife another, and his daughter a third, but no two may eat of the same. This must be very troublesome to the cook, in the absence of stoves, pots, or pans. These instances are enough to show how selfish and miserable the whole system is. Any man may make a tabu law, but some which have a special right. Matunui was called the 'Tabu Chief\" on this account.\nThe penalties for the violation of these tabu laws were very strict and cruel. The loss of an eye, sometimes both eyes, was commanded; even the penalty of death was not uncommon. Others were less severe; as sickness or disease in some form or to her. The superstition of the people, encouraged by the priests, caused the tabu to be regarded as a religious rite, and until the light of the gospel shone upon them, it was most sacredly kept. At length the missionaries felt that the time had come to make a direct attack upon the whole system of tabu, and, if possible, abolish it altogether. Accordingly, during the visit of Rev. Mr. Smith from the Sandwich Islands, an anti-tabu feast was held. It was got up much like our picnics, each guest bringing some article of food. Invitations were given only to those who were ready to renounce the tabu which prohibited the woman from eating with her husband. Abraham Natua, the first convert from heathenism, performed his part admirably. The feast was on the mission premises, and between thirty and forty, including missionaries, sat down together.\nMr. Smith read and explained Gen. 1 : 29. \"Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth; and every tree in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, to you it shall be for meat.\" He said that God's tabu tree was in the midst of the garden, and was tabued to man as well as woman. Men and their wives sat side by side at the feast, cheerful and happy - a thing they had never done before. Matunui, who was something of a Mormon, had a wife on each side; and when fruit was handed to him, he first took a bite, then gave to one wife on his right, then to another on the left. The tabu dishes were nest passed about, and all ate plentifully of them. Instead of puddings and pies, of which they never heard, a few crackers were passed, and a little molasses poured upon their plates. After the food was ended, Mr. Smith told them how much he wished to have them break away entirely from the practice of putting women on a level with dogs and pigs. \"In Christian lands,\" said he, \"men and women eat and drink together; and what is tabu to one is so to the other. But here, I can not go forty rods in any direction without seeing something forbidden to women; a pig yard, an eating house perched open sticks for men, a burying ground, canoes, &c. When obliged to go from one part of the island to another, the women walk around all these obstructions, while the men lazily sail around in their canoes. In Christian lands, men, women, and children all travel in the same boats or carriages, all eat together, go to the house of God together, and together carry their dead to the same burying ground.\"\nMr. Kekela was the interpreter on the occasion. Mr. Bicknell addressed the native brethren, and after singing a hymn with great spirit and melody, the feast was closed with prayer and benediction. Thus happily passed off this anti-tabu feast, and struck a great blow at the whole system throughout the island.\nKekela and his furniture left Futuhiva in the Morning Star, on Monday morning, June 8, for his station at Paumau Bay. The three years of toil and prayer at Omoa were of great value to him as a preparation for his new sphere of labor. And his people, too, when they saw him depart, began to feel that they were about to sustain a great loss, and appreciated his labors better than they had ever done before. Though the tabu laws had been very strict at Fatahiva, they were beginning to yield to the influences of the gospel. One of the sailors proposed to cut a stick from a tabu tree, and a chief named Kiekai, who gave evidence of being a Christian, was asked what would be the consequence if it was done. \"Nothing,\" said he, \"to a foreigner.\" \"What if it was a native?\" \"Nothing, if it was a man.\" \"But what if a woman?\" \"I do not know of any thing; but the tabus are like an old man - dying without much trouble. do not make too much of them, and they will die of themselves.\" As the time for the general meeting of the missionaries was near, twelve natives of Omoa embraced the opportunity of going to Hanahi to attend the meting and witness the ordination of the first native preacher of the gospel.\nAfter a pleasant sail of twenty-four hours, the Morning Star stood in toward the mouth of Paumau Bay. A native was seen puling off in his boat, whom Kekela recognized as a man that would show them the way to a good anchoring ground. so they took him on board, and reached the place safely. The scenery around the bay is grand. Mountain peaks, green to the very top, rise to the height of four or five thousand feet. Groves of bread fruit and cocoanut trees abound, beneath which hundreds of natives were seen hurrying to and fro, their speed probably increased by the rare appearance of the beautiful little ship. The Morning Star, dressed out in her gayest colors, formed a pleasant feature in the picture. It took but a short time to land the goods at the mission premises, and then the vessel passed on to Hanahi, Mr. Bicknell's station. good caution is necessary in sailing along the shores of these islands. The rocks rise perpendicularly from immense depths in the sea, and around their sharp, jagged sides the waters rush with great force. At the same time the winds, sweeping over the high land, strike the sails, and make it very difficult to manage the ship. In nearly all the bays a heavy surf beats upon the shores, though which the landing is always difficult and often dangerous.\nMr. Bicknell was not in the service of the Hawaiian Missionary Society. He was an Englishman, a carpenter by trade, formerly connected with the mission at the Society island - an earnest man, who wished to do good; and being acquainted with both the Tahitian and French languages, be accompanied the first missionaries sent by the Hawaiian Missionary Society to the Marquesas. There he labored faithfully as a co-worker with them, having their entire confidence and the respect of the natives. As a physician, he had rendered the mission families great assistance; with them he had learned to endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ, and to look with earnest prayer to the Saviour for success. Hanahi was but a few miles from Paumau. The Morning Star came to anchor in the bay, and the better to facilitate the landing of supplies she was made fast to a cocoanut tree. The docks soon presented a busy scene. Chests, trunks, mattresses, blankets, household furniture, boards, joists, cord wood, water casks, ballast stones, pigs, fowls, and fruit, were mingled in confusion, while curious tattooed natives looked on in wonder, or expressed their feelings in loud and boisterous merriment.\nA curious incident occurred here, which, though trifling in itself, might have caused much trouble and even shedding of blood. Among the many natives who visited the vessel was a chief, who, after examining the vessel to his satisfaction, went on shore. When the others were about leaving, an old palm leaf hat was found, and, supposing that it belonged to one of the party, it was shown to them. One of them exclaimed, \"Oh, yes - good hat - me.\" Of course they gave it to him. Soon after the chief returned, and demanded his hat. Being told that one of his men had taken it, he went away again. In the afternoon he returned to the vessel, and demanded another. One was offered to him, but it was not good enough. Then a new cap was brought; but no, he did not like caps; and off he went, still more dissatisfied than before. When the sailors went on shore the next morning for ballast, the chief came out of a thicket, armed with an old rusty sword, and ordered off the boat, saying, \"I left my hat on board, and you gave it to anoth4r man. I no give you ballast. I no come any more to your shi.\" Fearing that serious consequences might result from this trifling cause, Mr. Bickenell and Mr. Emerson were employed to arrange th4e matter to the chief's satisfaction, and after the payment of four times its value, the affair of the old hat was settled.\nThe Marquesan mission was found by the delegation to be in a prosperous condition; but the missionaries themselves were in great destitution, and in need of almost every thing for their comfort. Mr. Bicknell had been obliged to sell his tools to buy food, and to defray the expense of his journeys from one island to another; the knives, forks, and spoons of the others had gone in a similar way. They had all been without shoes for nearly two years, and their clothing had become very poor. They even had no salt for a long time, except a little obtained from a ship's captain, who found it in the bottom of some pork barrels. Fruit could generally be got, but they could not live on fruit alone. \"The laborer is worthy of his hire;\" and it is hoped that in future their wants will be applied, while they labor to give the bread of life to the heathen. This mission had now been established about four years, and great changes had taken place on the islands. Formerly this people, like the islanders generally, were great thieves. No clothing could be hung out long enough to dry without disappearing entirely; now it was not molested, and even the mission premises were often left unlocked during the entire day, with perfect safety, which is more than can be said of many places in Christian countries.\nLoud calls for teachers wee coming to the mission from almost every island. \"We want American missionaries, right from the Sandwich Islands,\" they said, meaning that they did not want papists. One chief urged his claim, saying, \"Drunkenness, theft, and war are the passion of my people; send me missionaries, that these evils may be removed, and we will protect and fed them.\" Said a native of Fatuhiva, \"Three long and almost fruitless years did the missionaries labor among us, with much endurance; the wedge has entered, the gospel has taken root, it will grow. God will not foresake Fatuhiva.\" During the general meting, which continued several days, various kinds of business were transacted. The services at the ordination of John Kaiwe were deeply interesting. He was not the first convert, but she first set apart as a preacher of the gospel to his countrymen. We can scarcely imagine even the joy of the missionaries, as they welcomed him among them.\nChief Tuhutete, who had given evidence of piety for two years, was baptized by the name Daniel Tuhutete, and received to the church of Daniel Tohutete, and received to the church of Hivaoa. No objection to this was made by any body; even the heathen said, \"He is really another man, unlike us.\" After the chief was received, seventeen persons gathered around the table of the Lord, to celebrate his dying love. At this feast there were two Marquesans, (one named Abraham Natua had been received before,) ten Sandwich Islanders, two Americans, one Englishman, one Dane, and one Norwegian. All felt refreshed by this communion with their Lord and with each other. How sweet it was to sit at the table of the Saviour in those solitudes of heathenism! How precious to join in that feast which is yet to be the feast of the world! The people of these islands are not so degraded as some others in the Pacific, as the following fact will show. some white men, who resided at Omoa Bay, introduced the making of intoxicating liquor from the juice of the cocoanut buds. The chiefs saw its efforts upon the people, and immediately proclaimed a tabu law prohibiting its use.\nFive schools had been sustained among the people, at which pupils of all ages attended. These schools were destitute of books, and must have them, to be successful. As Mr. Bicknell was considered the most competent, it was decided that he should return in the Morning Star to Honolulu, and there superintend the printing of some adapted to their wants. While almost on this errand he was ordained a preacher of the gospel to the Marquesas, and his subsequent life was such as to confirm the hopes which were then entertained respecting him. So many calls for teachers, coming from various places, made it advisable to increase the number of stations as soon as possible. Five of six places of land had been already given at Ilivaoa for mission purposes, but where were none to occupy them. The Marquesans do not change their places of abode, as do the Sandwich Islanders. Every man remains in the tribe and valley where he was born and he is not willing to be taught by teachers of other tribes. Each tribe is independent, and often much hostile feeling exists toward their neighbors of their tribes. They are very lazy, and unwilling to work; indeed, there appears to be but little motive for industry. The ground is seldom cultivated; scarcely an acre on all the islands could be plowed. The ravines are very rich, but if the trees and dense foliage that now cover them were removed, the ground would be too but to produce much. There are lofty hills covered with beautiful shrubs and trees, but they are no steep that cattle could not climb them, so that thee is no dairy to be attended to. Fruit grown abundantly without labor, and clothing, in the estimation of the natives, is neither a comfort nor an ornament. There is little, therefore, for men to do, except fishing; and fish are not very abundant.\nA very curious fish was brought on board the Morning Star for sale. Its color was black; it was in form like an eel, and near the tail grew a sharp weapon that opened like a knife. The man who caught it showed the wounds it had made on his hands. Taking it up in both hands, he opened his mouth as wide as he could, thrust the back of the fish into it, and, bringing his jaws together, severed the back bone. \"There,\" said he, \"he no fight any more!\" The women have no clothing to make, and not much housework to do. Their principal employment is to make matting - tapa - a coarse kind to spread on the ground floor of the huts, and a finer, which is their only clothing. Much taste is sometimes displayed in the coloring of the latter. A narrow strip worn about the neck and ankles is a mark of distinction, and often painted to as a reason why the wearer should be treated with unusual attention. Sewing and braiding hats have been taught them by the missionaries. The Marquesans are great smokers. Mr. Bicknell was once standing by the bedside of a native, who was dying with consumption, which is a prevalent disease. The family w4ere weeping and wailing around him, and every moment was expected to be his last. Though unable to move, or scarcely to speak, the dying man called for his pipe, and puffed away his last breath!\nThe religion of the people is common, in many respects, to all the islands of the Pacific. The spirits of the dead are supposed to dwell in a certain mountain, which affords them all necessary food. At certain times they are allowed to go on errands of love to their friends in the form of huge cocoanuts or bread fruit, which are kept sacred. Another resort for spirits is under the island of Hivaoa. They are said to go over the hills with clubs in their hands, to defend them from other spirits who oppose their entrance to the passage under the island. When the business of the missionaries was concluded at Hanaki, on the 1st of June, the Morning Star went to Hanakahana Bay. Rev. Mr. Kaweloha occupies this station, which, for its location, is much more desirable than the others. A swift stream of pure water runs by the mission house. The bay has a beach of white, smooth sand, and is a fine harbor, except in winter, when it is exposed to tremendous gales of wind, and is a dangerous place for shipping. Waiawoa, the chief, dined on board the Morning Star. He had great strength of character, and was of large stature. he was a very great warrior, having received twelve names for having slain as many men. There is a cave on the shore of the bay, into which the water rushes with great force, and produces a sound like the discharge of a cannon.\nAll the supplies which Captain Moore had carried to the Marquesas were at last landed. The business for which the delegation had been sent was finished. The missionaries had been cheered and comforted, and their wants relieved. Many delightful seasons of prayer and conference had been enjoyed, and God's blessing had richly descended upon them. Bidding them farewell, with many prayers for God's blessing to abide still upon them, the visitors went on board the Morning Star, and set sail for Fatuhiva, to land those natives who went as passengers to the meeting. As they approached Omoa Bay, several boat-loads of people came out to meet them, who welcomed them by pressing a hand of each, saying, \"Kanoha, Kanoha!\" -- welcome. In a few hours the decks of the vessel were all clear, the anchor was weighed, and they bade farewell to the bold shores of Fatahiva, having laid at anchor in the different bays sixteen days. The Marquesans have various amusements, singular indeed to us, but full of fun and frolic to them. They are very fond of the sea, and bathing in the surf is much enjoyed by both sexes, besides being a very healthful exercise. While the Morning Star was off Paumau Bay, three fourths of a mile from land, several females swam out to the vessel in the evening; but as they were not allowed to touch even a rope or spar, they were obliged to swim back again without stopping. It is said that they have been known to swim twenty miles.\nThe young people are betrothed at any age, and when the marriage takes place, a feast is made. Presents are brought to the house of the bride, and laid in a conspicuous place. The refreshments are put on mats, and devoured greedily. Then, at a given signal, each one rushes to the spot where the presents are, seizes upon that which he covets most, and runs off with it. If caught, they are booted at and ridiculed for their failure. In the midst of this confusion the married pair steal away to the house prepared for them. Thus, instead of their receiving the presents, as is usual in the country, they are all carried off by the guests. They have a game called the \"pehi,\" which is very amusing. Men, women, and children came together, and arrange themselves equally in two companies. Then they gather a pile of bananas, oranges, and bread fruit, and pelt each other with them. This causes great merriment. The \"hula-hula\" appears to be the most popular amusement. The instrument of music used on the occasion is a hollow log, open at one end, and the other covered with a piece of hog's skin, the sides having small holes cut into them. This drum is placed in the center of the company; one person beats on it, and the rest kept time in a low chant, clapping their hands and arms. sometimes these hulas are accompanied with drunkenness and excess of all kinds. The missionaries discourage them entirely. When a meteor is seen shooting in the sky, they say that one of the children of the gods is walking around to look at the world!\nJuly 6. The Morning Star arrived at Hilo, in Hawaii, twelve days from Fatuhiva. Just as the day dawned, the sound of \"Hokuao, hokuao!\" - Morning Star - aroused the people from their slumbers, and all Hilo was awake at once. \"Okuao, hokuao!\" echoed and reechoed from mountain and hill, while multitudes of children ran through the streets, wild with excitement and shouting for joy. A public reception was given the next day. A procession marched through the streets to the shore to receive Captain Moore and the ship's company, who met them with the olive branch waving over their heads, and escorted them to the church. The pupils of the boarding school led the way, with banners and a band of music, followed by nine other schools; then females; and lastly men, each carrying in his hand as offering for the \"Lord's ship\" -- a kala, a potato, a cabbage, a bunch of bananas, a plantain, onions, fowls, eggs, cocoanuts, sugar-cane, pineapples, &c.; none went empty-handed. The vegetables made a pile too large for a boat-load. The church was adorned with flags, and in the center two beautiful ones were displayed, having the dove and broad signal, \"Morning Star,\" of the little mission ship.\nA great congregation filled the house. The music was performed by several chairs of singers, and prayers and addresses by different persons were listened to with breathless attention. At the conclusion, all paid a visit to the Morning Star. Exclamations of \"Very beautiful!\" were heard on all sides. \"Glorious is the work of Jehovah to-day,\" and other similar expressions, were addressed to each other in the streets. The same evening the vessel took her departure for Lahaina, on the island of Maui, where another large meting was held, and great rejoicings; after which the anchor was again weighed, and in seven hours she was safely anchored in the harbor of Honolulu, having been absent seventy-one days. Great and good results were anticipated from this first voyage of the Morning Star. The attention of the people at Fatuhiva and Hivaoa had been aroused. This ship, built on purpose to carry missionaries to them, was a wonderful thing. new ideas were awakened, which, it is hoped, may ultimately lead them to a knowledge of the true God. They witnessed the baptism of their chief, and learned to regard him in a new light, even as they do the missionaries - that of a Christian. To God be all the glory.\nVISIT OF MR. BINGHAM AT HAWAII\nIt will be remembered by our young readers that Rev. Mr. Bingham, when we left at Honolulu during the trip of the Morning Star to the Marquesas, was born and passed his early boyhood in the Sandwich Islands. It was with much interest that he saw again the scenes with which he had been once familiar. While waiting the return of the vessel, he spent a few weeks in visiting the Islands, and endeavoring to awaken a deeper missionary spirit among the people under whose patronage he was so soon to go forth to the still more needy islands of Micronesia. The missionaries who had been associated with great affection. They showed him the improvements which had been made in the town, the custom house, post office, machine shop, grist mill, &c. One of the most interesting of all was the house in which he was born. \"Mrs. Cook,\" he writes, (who then lived in the house,) \"showed us through the apartments, the garden, and father's study. The rooms remain much as they were. The old kitchen, now occupied as a store room, with the old fireplace, the old east window, and west door, most forcibly carried me back to childhood's days. Methought I could see mother preparing some relishable meal for her dear ones, while I was near the west door, scraping kalo. The chambers remain as formerly. The old stairs are as natural as ever. The old fig trees still stand. The hau trees appear much smaller than youthful imagination had fancied them. The study where my honored father so arduously labored in the translation of the Hawaiian Bible, and personal conversation with awakened souls, is now the crowded abode of Chinese. Peculiar feelings of sadness were experienced as I thought of the great changes which had taken place among the former inmates of the old homestead.\"\nThe same week, the monthly meeting of the Hawaiian Children's Missionary Society was held at Mr. Chamberlain's. some thirty-five were present. The exercises consisted of prayer, occasional singing, and reading of anonymous compositions. At the close, a quarto gilt Hawaiian Bible and and hymn book were presented to Mr. Bingham, accompanied with an address and welcome, to which he responded. A young lady presided at the piano, and the singing was very good. On Sabbath evening Mr. Bingham attended service at the First, or Stone Church, where his father had been pastor.*\n*Insert: View of this church -- Here the king worships, but he is seldom present, and at this time was absent from the island. Victoria, his sister, was in the choir. She wore a yellow crape shawl embroidered in red silk flowers, with a small lace and ribbon bonnet on the back of her head. Mr. John Ii was also one of the choir. He had previously called to see Mr. Bingham, who showed him a daguerreotype of his mother. Mr Ii wept as he looked at it. After the service, the people came forward, to shake hands with Mr. Bingham and his wife, and bid them \"aloha\" - peace. Many also called upon him at Mrs. Chamberlain's, where he was staying. He shook the hand of each, gave them the \"aloha\" which his father had sent them, and showed them the daguerreotypes of the family. One aged woman brought to him five dollars, as a present, and many others gave various articles as a token of their affection and regard for his mission.\nAmong them who came to see him was Kanei, who had been a nurse in his father's family, and who was now eighty years of age. She, too, must bring her present; and what do you think it was? It was a nice, fat, young pig! It was placed for safe keeping in an old line kilu where Mr. Bingham had played when a boy, and which had been owned by his father. Besides the pig she gave him two silver dollars. A whole family also called and presented him kalo, eggs, melons, a fowl, and several dollars in money. The men said that Mr. Bingham's father had taught him the carpenter's trade. On one occasion three women gave him eight eggs, \"which,\" says he, \"I was obliged to stow in my pocket, changing my memory not to sit down upon them .\" When it is remembered how poor most of the people were, these presents will appear very liberal indeed, and a striking evidence of the regard they felt for the son of their old teacher who first made known to them the way of salvation. Mr. Bingham had been at Honolulu but a short time before some of the people began to request him to remain there, and become the pastor of the First church. The old lady also gave him five dollars said that his father had promised him to Queens Kaahumanu when a baby, as their future teacher. The governor of Kauai also said h well remembered the elder Mr. Bingham calling on Kaahumanu, and requesting her to come and see his child; and that he, as one of her young men, accompanied her, and heard Mr. B. make the promise. They thought, therefore, that they had pretty good grounds for claiming of him now its fulfilment.\nOne afternoon they attended a female prayer meeting, which had been originally established by Mr. B.'s mother. The Princess Victoria was there, and after the meting she asked all the women who desired to have him remain at Honolulu, instead of going to Micronesia, to raise their hands. A multitude of arms rose at once. Several expressed themselves strongly in favor of it, not only one said that, as they had the light, they ought to allow him to go to know who still sat in darkness. Soon after, at a meeting of the directors of the Hawaiian Missionary Society, a formal petition was sent to them by the First church, asking them to detain him there, that he might become their pastor. This petition was referred to a committee, who, after hearing all parties, reported that they did not \"advise that any measures be taken to divert Mr. Bingham from his mission to Micronesia and retain him at Honolulu, but would leave the subject to be decided by the parties concerned.\" On the next Sabbath a missionary meeting was held, at which Mr. Bingham expressed his strong desire to go to Micronesia. Kekuanana, the governor of Oahu, made some remarks, still insisting on his remaining, and calling upon the people who desired this to manifest it. A multitude of hands answered the call. Mr. Ii then addressed the people and Mr. Bingham. Believing that h4e had fully determined to go, he bade him God speed. The king's chaplain, Kuki, urged Mr. B. to remain, until he was, like Paul, \"in a strait betwixt two.\"\nAnother meeting of the church was held on Tuesday, and Mr. Bingham, in an address of more than an hour, stated the reasons why he thought he ought not to remain with them. One was, that the heathen in Micronesia were more destitute than they who already enjoyed the light of the gospel. Another was, that he had been appointed a missionary of the American Board, and the children had built a vessel to carry Christianity to Micronesia, and if he were now to turn aside from that errand, both the Board and the children would be disappointed. He feared, also, that if he should remain to preach in their great church his health would fail him, as he had suffered much from a disease in the throat. His proposition to the people, therefore, was this: he would go on in the Morning Star to Micronesia, and if the natives there would allow him to labor among them he would do so; if not, he would return to Honolulu. At any rate it would be much easier for him to decide the question finally after he had thus acquired a more perfect knowledge of the field. Withy this conclusion they were at length obliged to be content.\nDuring the meetings of the Hawaiian Missionary Society, the members, at the invitation of the king, Kamehameha IV., waited upon him at the palace. One of them, on this occasion, delivered to him a beautiful Bible which had been sent for this purpose by the American Bible Society. His majesty acknowledged it in a very neatly-written speech - his own composition. Mr. and Mrs. Bingham were presented to him, and he expressed his pleasure at renewing his acquaintance with Mr. B., they having been boys together. Mr. B. reminded him that he had once presented his majesty a small box of tools. The latter said he distinctly remembered it. At Honolulu they became acquainted with two Hawaiians named Noa, and How, who were recommended to them as domestics, and who agreed to accompany them, as such, to Micronesia. These were simple and excellent people, and their help was very valuable for years afterward. Several excursions were made by Mr. Bingham and his wife into the neighboring country, where some of the missionaries or other friends resided. One was to the beautiful Nuaau valley, a few miles distant, where Dr. Judd lived, formerly a missionary, but more recently as officer of the government. Here Mrs. Bingham took her first lesson in horsemanship, and succeeded so well, that, as her husband said, she rode back to the town without falling off! Another journey extended nearly around the island. On this occasion he was presented by a friend with a fine heifer calf, four or five months old, which the donor proposed to keep for him one year, and then send it to Micronesia by the Morning Star. He thought it would be nice for them to have milk when so far away from supplies of food used in civilised countries. One night they slept in the house of a native, upon the floor. In the morning the host provided a breakfast of fish baked with hot stones, baked kalo, and poi, and would take nothing but \"love\" for pay. On returning to Honolulu, through the Nuanu valley, they heard the drums of the hula-hula dance in a neighboring house, and stopped to see it. This was a bad relic of the old heathen customs fo the people, an d Mr. Bingham reproved them for returning to it; but they urged in excuse that they were acting in accordance with the wish of the king. The old man said, \"While Bingham (the elder Mr. Bingham) was here, hula-hula was tabu; but when he went away, then we had hula-hula again.\"\nOn the 28th of May, they embarked on board the schooner \"Liholiho,\" for a visit to the island of Hawaii, in company with several missionaries living there, who had been at Honolulu attending the meetings of the Missionary Society, and Evangelical Association. They landed at Mahukona, on the western coast, ten miles distant from Kohala, where Rev. Mr. Bond resided, and started thence to travel by land across the island to Hilo, on the eastern side. They had but two horses for four persons. Mrs. Bingham rode on one of them, and as they had no side-saddle, she was obliged to ride a la Hawaii, which she did with cheerfulness and dignity. The other horse carried the three gentlemen alternately. They reached Mr. Bond's house late at night, and the next day passed a pleasant Sabbath at that station. From Waimea, a few miles further, Mr. Bingham undertook to ascend the lofty mountain of Mauna Kea, which rises 14,500 feet above the level of the sea. Mr. Turner accompanied him, and two servants. They had three horses, two of which they rode, and the third carried their blankets, calabashes of water, provisions, &c. Mrs. Bingham did not attempt the fatiguing journey. Their way for many miles was through a country covered with bushes, and abounding with wild cattle, whose paths they followed. Now and then a huge bull would appear and stand gazing at them for a few minutes, then dash away at full speed. Wild hogs, too, would start up with a loud grunt, and snort, and scamper off into the bushes. Night overtook the party, and wrapping themselves in their blankets, they lay down to sleep.\nThe next morning they started at daybreak, and went on and up, from one high peak to another, till they r4eached the deep snow, over which they traveled wearily till 2 o'clock., P.M., without gaining the highest summit. Here clouds began to gather, and their strength to fail, and fearful that they might not be able to return if they want further, they reluctantly concluded to turn back. They were obliged to encamp that night also, and did not reach Waimea till 10 o'clock the next day. Though they did not succeed in reaching the highest peak, yet they were well repaid, by the sublimity of the scenery which they saw, for all the fatigues and dangers of the undertaking. Passing onward, the next day they came to the celebrated Waipio precipice, looking off outward into a beautiful valley and stretches downward to the ocean. The precipice is one thousand feet high. At its foot flows a small river, which falls in many a picturesque cascade from the craggy rocks, then winds its way through the dense vegetation to the shore. Here and there the houses of the natives appear, with their little mirror-like fish ponds, while in the distance the ocean, swept by the strong trade winds, dashes its waves upon the rocks, covering them with foam, and sending its hoarse roar up the narrow valley. On the edge of this precipice our party halted to rest, and gazed with admiration and awe on the wonderful scene.\nThe journey from Waimea to Hilo was very laborious, and even dangerous. They crossed more than seventy ravines; and Mrs. Hingham was twice thrown to the ground by the turning of her saddle. Mr. Bingham's horse, when crossing the stony bed of a mountain torrent, fell and rolled over and over; luckily, he was not then riding. Once stream they crossed in a canoe, while their horses swam; and several they forded, the water reaching to their saddles. Through all these perils, however, they at last arrived safely at Hilo, and received a warm welcome from Rev. Mr. Coan, the excellent missionary, and his family. During their stay at Hilo, they made a visit to the great volcano of Kilauea, one of the most remarkable in the world. This, though situated high up on the flank of a mountain, is not a lofty cone, like Vesuvius and Etna, but rather a vast chasm in the earth, a thousand feet deep, and seven or eight miles in circumference. It is large and deep enough to take in, entire, the city of New York, the loftiest spires of which would not rise one third of the distance to the top of the walls. Six hundred feet below the brink, a ledge of lava extends around the crater, making a vast, black plain, on which an army of a hundred thousand men might stand. Within this is a deeper cavity, a part of which is also covered over with congealed lava, while another is an awful lake of fire, boiling and tossing its molten billows with fertile force, while vast columns of vapor and smoke rise in clouds over the abyss. Often the rough floor adjacent to this lake breaks up, under the convulsions of the internal fires, and buries itself in the burning flood. some times the lava bursts through the sides of the mountain, and pours out a river of fire which rushes down to hte ocean, destroying every thing in its way. Several such eruptions of this volcano have occurred within a few yhears past, some of which overwhelmed whole villages, and killed a great many people.\nThis volcano in former times had been an object of great dread to the natives of the island. They believed that it was the home of a terrible goddess, named Pele, who was angry if any body visited it. Hence the whole region was tabu, and to approach it, much more to enter the crater, was thought to incur certain death from the goddess. In 1821, however, these superstitions received a death blow from the heroic conduct of Kapiolani, a high chief who had been converted to Christianity. she was a woman of great courage and strength of character, and deeply compassionated the people, who still feared their heathen gods. So she resolved that she would show them the folly of their fears, by visiting Kilauea, the home of the dreaded Pele. Her people, and even her husband, trembled at the daring proposal, and urged her to desist, but in vain. As she drew near the volcano, she met a prophetess of Pele, who warned her away, and threatened her with death if she persisted. \"Who are you?\" asked Kapiolani; and producing a Testament, she said, \"I, too, have a message from God, which is true; yours is false.\" Accompanied by a missionary and her attendants, she went on, and descended to the black ledge of the crater. There, in full view of the boiling lava, she exclaimed, \"Jehovah is my God; he kindled these fires; I fear not Pele; all the gods of Hawaii are vain!\" Then they sung a hymn and prayed to Jehovah, while the roar of the volcano added its sublime accompaniment to their worship. The people, when they saw that no evil happened to her, were filled with astonishment, and from that time the power of Pele upon their superstitious minds was broken. In all the history of the world it would be difficult to find an instance of courage and true Christian heroism surpassing this.\nAfter spending a day or two in examining the objects of interest connected with this great wonder of nature, the party, with the exception of Mr. Coan and Mr. Bingham, and two attendants, returned to Hilo, while the latter set out on a missionary tour of a week in the adjacent district. Many of our readers are aware that Mr. Coan is pastor of the largest church in the world, numbering five or six thousand members. These are scatter4d through all eastern Hawaii and being too far distant to attend......... Sabbath service regularly at Hilo, Mr. Coan often makes pastoral journeys among them, preaching, receiving members to the church, administering the sacraments, &c. A good old native deacon was now sent on before them to announce their pastor's approach, and call the people together in the different villages to meet him. During the journey, Mr. Bingham writes, \"I preached to eleven different congregations, and in all to more than one thousand five hundred natives, and attended eleven celebrations of the Lord's supper. Several persons at different villages were admitted to the church, some restored, and about one hundred and twenty-five dollars contributed by the people for benevolent purposes. It was a precious privilege to make the tour with one who, for a quarter of a century, has proclaimed the gospel to the Hawaiians in Hilo and Puna, and to be myself permitted to urge those recently converted heathen to remember that 'to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required.' I saw much to cheer and encourage me; some things to grieve and dishearten. Oh that I might in Micronesia behold such a change as has, by the grace of God, have wrought under Mr. Coan's labors!\"\nThe time now drew near when the Morning Star was expected to arrive from her trip to the Marquesas Islands. She was to stop at Hilo, and Mr. and Mrs. Bingham, and Hoe, were to return in her to Honolulu, and thence to sail to Micronesia. On the morning of the 7th of July they were aroused from their slumbers by the cry of \"Sail ho! hokuno! Morning Star!\" they sprang from their beds, and looking out, saw in the distance \"the dear little vessel.\" There being not much wind, Mr. B. went off in a canoe to meet her -\" glad,\" he says, \"to step again on the planks which my feet have so many times trod.\" She brought good news from the Marquesas, which she had left only twelve days previous. Mr. Bicknell was on board, on his way to Honolulu to procure some printing done for those islanders. The day was devoted to rejoicings, public meetings, visiting the vessel, &c., and that same evening all embarked again. She stopped on her way at Lahaina, where the missionaries addressed the people, and gave them their \"aloha,\" and on the forenoon of the next day the Morning Star entered the harbor of Honolulu.\nNext ... The History of the Morning Star Part 2 ...>\nThe Story of The Morning Star - Part I\nPacific Islands Radio Stations","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.cinnig.com/product/pluk/","date":"2023-09-29T00:59:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510462.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20230928230810-20230929020810-00252.warc.gz","language_score":0.9262283444404602,"token_count":237,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__107429355","lang":"en","text":"Pluk & Aagje\nPluk van de Petteflet (Tow-Truck Pluck) is a magical story about a boy with a red crane truck. The children’s book is written by Annie M. G. Schmidt with beautiful drawings by Fiep Westendorp.\nPluk is looking for a house to live in and meets the pigeon Dollie who says that the tower room of the Petteflet is empty. In the Petteflet he meets Aagje, a girl who is not allowed to play outside because her mother is afraid that she will get dirty. Pluk also takes care of the cockroach Zaza who lives with him, he experiences adventures with the Stampertjes and helps the special bird called the Krullevaar learn how to fly.\n100% Organic ring-spun combed cotton / supersoft feelgood tee / everyone deserves a favorite tee\nBeware: the dark blue color T-shirt the cute girl is wearing on the images is not available. A different color print on a tee is possible, just contact me.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.pureshakti.ie/imbolc","date":"2021-05-06T15:44:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243988758.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20210506144716-20210506174716-00320.warc.gz","language_score":0.9446020126342773,"token_count":578,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__216249903","lang":"en","text":"FROM THE BELLY TO THE HEART\nMonday Feb 1st 2021\n7.00 - 8.00pm\nImbolc, a point on the Celtic calender that marks the half-way point between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox, happens when every year when the Earth shifts on her axis and in the Northern hemisphere we herald the return of the Sun.\nImbolc marks a powerful energetic portal for dreaming in a new reality for humanity. It is on this day also that we celebrate beloved Brigid, keeper of the flame, Goddess of healing and embodiment of divine feminine energy.\nThe word Imbolc derives from the phrase 'i mbolg' or 'in the belly'. It is from the belly that we root into the earth and rise up through the spine. The belly, (nabhi, hara, manipurna, third chakra), is a point on the body that many spiritual traditions and indigenous peoples have identified as the seat of personal power and projection. Once anchored here, we begin the journey to the heart.\nMy intention for this gathering is to create a space for you to quieten, to listen deeply to the whisperings in your belly, to journey from your belly to your heart where I will invite you to plant a seed. A seed for you, a seed for humanity.\nWhat kind of new earth do you want to help birth?\nWhat do you want your world to look like?\nThis event is hosted via ZOOM.\nThis event is offered complimentary. If you value my work, donations are gratefully received however there is no obligation.\nTo receive your free invite,\nemail me at this address by 4.30pm 01.02.2021\nAny further queries, call me T. 089 2225198\nPlease have a pen, paper, a candle, cushions, blankets and something to lie on.\nNO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY\nTestimonials from previous\n'As a total newbie I wasn't sure what to expect. Sorcha led us to a place of such deep rest, I didn't know existed. Today, I feel so grounded and energised with a new found sense of clarity about my life. Highly Recommend.'\n'I had never been to a yoga class or relaxation session before so I didn't know what to expect. For my first experience, it was amazing. Sorcha is so gentle & kind with a big heart. Could not recommend higher.'\n'Amazing. I had the best night sleep I've had in a year'\n'Beautifully held space. Sorcha invited us on a journey inward and I found a core of peace & stillness in me that I hadn't expected to find. A truly wonderful evening. I came out feeling deeply contented and connected.'","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.lifecoach.co.uk/","date":"2013-05-26T03:38:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706578727/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121618-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9458301663398743,"token_count":574,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__41898202","lang":"en","text":"Life Coaching & Personal Development\n…start living your life to the full!\nIf ever there was a place and a time to get back in touch with your innate strengths and ability to cope with change, it’s right here – and right now! The wide scope of the Unitive™ life coaching process will open up your innate ability to make best use of your time during the present economic uncertainty and prepare you to cope with whatever the future may bring.\nIt has built an international reputation as the most comprehensive and in-depth approach to personal and professional coaching available today.\nHere’s Charles on video to introduce it himself -\nPersonal life coaching\nOur Unitive™ approach to personal life coaching is designed to support you through a creative process of self-understanding and potential fulfilment. A Unitive™ life coach works with you as a unique individual, with the focus on your potential for personal development. Going far beyond the simplistic approach of trying to achieve unrealistic and fantasised future goals, Unitive™ life coaching will have far-reaching and long-lasting positive effects on your personal and professional life – an enhanced sense of personal efficacy, a deeper experience of meaning and belonging, and a greater capacity to contribute to society at large.\nUnitive™ professional life coaching course\nThe Unitive™ professional life coaching course is widely recognised as being in a class by itself – a wide-ranging tutorial framework within which you can build an enduring and successful personal and professional coaching practice. Our uniquely effective Unitive™ life coach course integrates state-of-the-art individual and group tuition with compassionate care and the intuitive insights that lead to charismatic interpersonal communication skills and advanced levels of personal development.\nCoaching & personal development books\nThe Unitive approach to personal development coaching has been developed by Charles Bentley over many years. His seminal book ” A Journey by Coach ” is the definitive guide to the approach. Written primarily for coaches, it is also a route map and a guided tour back to your own unique personal authenticity.\nCharles’s latest book ” Navigational Tips for Living in an Imperfect World ” is written for the general reader, with the refreshingly diffrent message that you don’t need to change – you’re all right as you are.\nUnitive™ personal development\nCharles Bentley PhD, London life coach and founder of Unitive™ Coaching, is one of the most qualified and experienced life coach tutors in the field of human potential. His uniquely holistic and wide-ranging approach to personal and professional development is now acclaimed world-wide.\nCharles Bentley’s original Unitive™ coaching approach has been established on the internet since 1997. We have an international reputation as the most comprehensive and in-depth approach to personal and professional coaching available today.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.tessaandashoke.com/intuition-your-personal-success-coach/","date":"2017-06-28T22:37:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323807.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628222452-20170629002452-00482.warc.gz","language_score":0.9480767846107483,"token_count":1620,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-26__0__63580680","lang":"en","text":"Her other books include Divine Intuition and Trust Your Gut. Get in the habit of asking, “What’s good about this situation?” You’ll be surprised at the happiness that brightens your world.. Through her work as an intuitive she’s helped thousands of people discover their life passion and achieve their goals. Successful people pay attention to what they feel passionate about. Remember that your intuition can help guide you to peace in any situation.\nLearn to Take Small Steps\nDeveloping your intuition is like learning any new skill. This must be my intuition telling me that this direction is wrong.” As you take action on your dreams you may feel as if you’re on the edge of a cliff. If using your intuition is new for you it may be best to use it in relatively low risk situations at first. When you feel excited about something, that’s a hint about what to pursue.\nSpend Time in Prayer and Meditation\nIntuitive answers often come to life’s questions through self-reflection. You’re about to take a leap of faith and no one is there to catch you. Her free Intuition Newsletter is available at http://www.LynnRobinson.com. Communing with the Universe doesn’t need to take hours of time. A prayer can be a simple thought: “Allow me to feel at peace.” Or “Help guide me in my meeting this afternoon.”\nShift Your Thoughts\nIf you accept that whatever you focus on becomes intensified in your life, why not put all your attention on what makes you happy, challenged and healthy? One of the techniques that works for me when I’m feeling upset is simply to ask myself, “Is there another way to think about this issue/concern/worry?” I catch myself in the early stages of worry and negative thinking and begin to focus on what I want instead of what I don’t want. This will help you develop your “intuitive muscles.” Most of us feel quite anxious when making big changes in our lives. The root of the word enthusiasm is entheos. Robinson\nThink of someone you know who leads a successful life. Become aware of the inner dialog you have with yourself. You may find, as many do, that as you take these small steps, that a decision becomes clearer, your resolve becomes stronger, and your fear begins to lessen. You may find that the answer comes in an impulse to try something different, or a gradual awakening to a new way of dealing with an obstacle. Someone once said that “Prayer is when you talk to God and intuition is when He answers.” Remember that the answers don’t always pop into your mind fully formed as you meditate or pray. You don’t need to take a huge leap of faith. You can get started on a successful life – or a more successful life – right now by following these simple suggestions:\nTrust Your Inner Wisdom\nPeople who believe in trusting their intuition tend to be more successful in life. It’s available to you 24/7, fifty-two weeks a year, ready to point you in the direction of energy, passion, and joy. The more you practice the better you get at it. She’s a bestselling author whose latest book is LISTEN: Trusting Your Inner Voice in Times of Crisis. Ask for guidance if you need help with this.\nCopyright 2010 by Lynn A. They exude an aura of calm and inner peace, yet you can almost see their “spirit.” They crackle with infectious energy. Research has shown that happiness is a choice. You may find them slowly evolving over several days or weeks as you ask for insight. That mechanism is intuition — the compass of the soul. It takes time to train yourself to “hear” the subtle messages from your guidance system. “What is it that I am here to learn?” “What is the best possible outcome for this situation?” The answer may not always leap into your mind. There is always a positive and a negative aspect to any change that occurs in your life, but you get to choose your focus. It may come to you through feelings, words, physical sensations, images, fleeting impressions, or dreams. It’s not unlike learning a sport. Robinson, M.Ed., is one of the nation’s leading experts on the topic of intuition. Intuition is often referred to as a “gut feeling.” However there are many more ways to receive this vital information. Many of us feel the fear and say, “I’m not going one step further.” Or “Give me a guarantee of success and then I’ll move forward.” Or even, “I feel scared. But you’re not alone. For others it may be volunteer work or a hobby. For some it’s a job that pays. It literally means “God Within.” When you feel enthusiastic about your dreams it means that God is speaking through you and saying “yes” to your goals! The feeling of enthusiasm is one of the ways intuition speaks to us. They may have millions or they may not, but their success is obvious in their “presence.” They enjoy life and they love to share that joy with others. One client asked in prayer, “Please guide my thoughts, my words and my actions. Learn to pay attention to how you receive these impressions and check in often with your inner “Intuitive Success Coach.”\nAsk Your Intuition Questions\nWhen you’re in the midst of a difficult life situation, begin the habit of asking questions of your intuition. Prayer and meditation are two ways we have of slowing down enough to listen to the still, quiet voice of our Higher Self. Get in the habit of taking brief “prayer” breaks throughout the day, asking for guidance and wisdom. That’s your intuition guiding you step by step!\nDiscover What You Love to Do\nEach of us has chosen to come into this life with a mission that will bring us joy and enthusiasm. Robinson\nLynn A. And best of all, you don’t have to be a “gifted” intuitive to take advantage of all that it offers. It happens when you move out of the comfort zone of the life you’ve known and into a life on the borders of your dreams. Small steps are important. They commit to spending time each day doing what they love. She may be reached at 800-925-4002 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 800-925-4002 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or at Lynn@LynnRobinson.com.\nBy Lynn A. I wish to think, speak and act with love.” She was astonished at the difference this simple affirmation made.\nDon’t Be Afraid of Fear\nFear is the biggest hurdle that stops most people from achieving their dreams. Does that sound like you?\nIt could be, because you have within you a mechanism that can guide you unerringly to a positive and vibrant life. It is not necessarily dependent on life circumstances. The inspiration and direction from your intuition is there to guide you safely to your hopes and dreams.\nChoose to Be Happy\nPart of learning to trust your intuition is remembering to ask, “Does this decision make me happy?” or “Do I feel energized by this decision?” There are many ways to ask the question and experience the answer, but here’s the truth: your intuition will provide you with information to make positive choices","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://tweeandbiscuits.blogspot.com/2012/11/take-me-as-you-find-me.html","date":"2017-05-24T02:20:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607731.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20170524020456-20170524040456-00111.warc.gz","language_score":0.9775558710098267,"token_count":339,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-22__0__140313328","lang":"en","text":"I'm feeling quite positive today. Visited my Grandmother, gave her a swan, and got a jumper in return. Nifty.\nSo in my last post I focussed on the bad things. Today I'm going to attempt to focus on positive stuff.\nWe've had lovely weather. It's the middle of November, but I walked across town in a long sleeve top and cardigan today.\nI don't feel so bogged down and bloated. So it's bread that effects me? Byebye white bread, hello pumpernickel bread! Cutting my dairy intake down to just the coffee I drink is helping.\nI'm really enjoying reading again. Would you recommend me a book? I'm reading a Jenny Colgan novel right now. I'm not usually one for chick-lit, but this isn't banal like a lot of chick-lit I've inflicted on myself in the past. (Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams). I've got a couple of books on the go right now. I've been reading Tove Jansson's fabulous \"Tales from MoominValley\" with A. (Who can resist the Moomins?)\nI've been getting out the house. I went on a lovely walk with friends from church on Monday. An hour on the South Downs\nIt was lovely to get out, have interesting discussions with friends about a number of issues in life. And the natural beauty that we're gifted with here in Sussex is amazing. I doubt I could live anywhere else. Though I'm hoping for some holidays. I want to take a walking holiday in Wales next year with A.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.ddraws.com/","date":"2018-09-24T15:43:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267160568.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20180924145620-20180924170020-00105.warc.gz","language_score":0.9017794728279114,"token_count":137,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__91929124","lang":"en","text":"Stories new and old\nOver 10 years of illustration experience working with international publishers the world over. Clients include Scholastic, Harcourt, Oxford, Sourcebooks, Marimba, Houghton Mifflin and many more.\nEver wondered how your kids see themselves? Now you can.\nEach customised creative portrait is a uniquely crafted, one of a kind, work of art you can keep on your wall as a reflection your child's enduring traits and personality.\nLiked what you saw?\nTo commision a Custom Creative Portrait of your child or to inquire about children's book illustrations, please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.org.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mikeneumeyer.com/","date":"2018-02-18T05:02:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891811655.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20180218042652-20180218062652-00005.warc.gz","language_score":0.9662386178970337,"token_count":864,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__241839247","lang":"en","text":"Continuity – a fictional article by Mike Neumeyer\nSo, I was driving down the Autobahn and lost control of my Corvette. This ended up causing me to get into a terrible accident, which destroyed my body. Luckily, the doctors were able to hook my brain up to Chuck Norris’ body. Am I the same person that I used to be? In this extreme case it’s hard to convince myself of that, seeing my new face in the mirror everyday. Also, my new body can do some pretty intense roundhouse kicks that my old one could not. One thing I do have though is my old internal identity, including personal psychological states and memories. What it feels like in the end is that I’m myself trapped in Chuck Norris’ body. Therefore, I.am still myself.\nI still think I am myself even though I have a different body, but if we evaluate this view in the context of “Continuity of Soul/Spirit” there are some problems. First off, the opinion I have melds with the “Soul/Spirit” view. The same soul with which I drove that Corvette off the road, still exists in my new, red bearded body. Therefore, I am still “I”. The problem is that we can’t ever perceive anybody else’s soul or spirit from the outside. Sure, Chuck Norris could take whatever body he has now (I heard he got the body of James Sage) and try to prove to the cast of “Walker: Texas Ranger” that he is still the same person, but they could not perceive if he is right or wrong by merely looking at him. There is no way to prove the “Continuity of Soul/Spirit” theory.\nThe “Continuity of Body” is another theory to consider. This doesn’t agree completely with my opinion. What it is to be “me” would be to inhabit the same or close to the same body. So, if Chuck Norris’ body was given my brain, in the view of the “Continuity of Body” theory, I would then be Chuck Norris’? I know I would not be myself. This is because what people will directly perceive is the most believable. They don’t care what I tell them, they just know that they recognize me as Mr. Norris. There are some arguments against this theory like if our body changes in a less drastic way, losing a limb perhaps, our personality doesn’t change. We remain the same person although the body we possess changes. Another thought is that we can separate our minds from our body, like when we wake up without opening our eyes. We know we are there, but we haven’t recognized that we have the same body yet. Ifl woke up in Chuck Norris’ body, I would start to have doubts.\nOne more theory to touch on is the “Continuity of Brain”. The importance of the brain as an organ compared with others is stressed in this idea. When one imagines how much a personality can change under great brain trauma, they can get to thinking that our identity is counting on the brain. In other cases, the personality is not effected at all.\nTherefore, the most important thing in this case is what intangible things a brain helps us have: memories, goals, desires, and beliefs. In this case, I have all the same internal identity traits along with my old memories. I just have Chuck Norris’ body! Well, then I’m still the same person.\nWell, I hope Chuck Norris never finds me in his body, while on the other hand we could join together for some very good philosophical conversations. I believe that I would still be the same person, just not having the same body. Some people and theories would disagree with that, but at the same time no theories are guaranteed. All I know is Chuck Norris is supposed to be dead; it’s just that death himself is to chicken to confront Mr. Norris. I hope he doesn’t come after me…\nResponse from “Chuck Norris:”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://etc.umn.edu/resources/bibliography","date":"2023-12-05T01:19:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100540.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20231205010358-20231205040358-00875.warc.gz","language_score":0.9234074354171753,"token_count":3785,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__6396167","lang":"en","text":"The following is an annotated bibliography (sorted alphabetically by author within each theme) for Theme II and Theme III of Expanding the Circle: Respecting the Past, Preparing for the Future.\nTheme II: The Framework\nWhat Should I Do with My Life? The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question\nBronson, P. (2002). Random House.\nThis book is comprised of 56 true stories of individuals from different backgrounds that decided to change careers for very individual reasons. These stories accentuate the fact that individuals are always in transition in some way and opportunities for self-actualization never end. The book is more appropriate for teachers than for high school students however, the background information can be shared in discussions along with specific case studies. Because the transition process does not end after high school, the stories provide some perspective on the reasons young people should learn about themselves, learn decision-making skills and learn to accept personal responsibility for their education, careers, and lives.\nKeys to Success in College, Career, and Life: How to Achieve Your Goals\nCarter, C., Bishop, J., & Lyman, S. (2003). Prentice Hall.\nThe first chapter of this book provides a realistic picture of what first-year college students can expect. Very good information is provided on how to deal with a college’s bureaucracy, connecting with instructors, and identifying and accessing student support services available to them. The first chapter is very relevant to high school students planning on going to college. The text provides exercises and strategies on goal setting, time management, self-assessment, reading skills, study skills, test-taking strategies, stress management, and budget planning and financial management. These are all skills that can apply to life and work after college.\nOn Course: Strategies for Creating Success in College and Life\nDowning, S. (2002). Houghton Mifflin.\nThis book promotes the learning and application of eight principles essential to student success. Each of the principles is addressed in a chapter of the book. The students are involved in class discussions, experiential activities, and are expected to write about their experiences in a personal journal. The chapters on self-esteem, decision-making, accepting responsibility, and self-exploration are excellent.\nBecoming a Master Student\nEllis, D. (2002). Houghton Mifflin.\nThis book has an abundance of useful information to supplement any part of the Pathways Curriculum. It is one of the most widely used books in career development/college success courses in college today. The chapters on memory, reading, note-taking, test-taking, and critical thinking are very informative. The book has a lot of verbiages and requires proficient reading skills.\nPower Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life\nFeldman, R. S. (2003). McGraw-Hill.\nThis workbook advocates a systematic approach to college orientation, life skills, and study skills based on the “POWER” system?P=Prepare/set goals, O=Organize/gather resources and materials, W=Work/Execute your plans, E=Evaluate/review and analyzes results, and R=Rethink/reflect on the process. The chapters on time management and decision-making are excellent.\nYour College Experience: Strategies for Success\nGardner, J. N., & Jewler, A. J. (2001). Wadsworth Thompson Learning.\nThis workbook comes with a CD ROM and free on-line access to Infotrac interactive practice activities. All discussions and activities are structured around five strategies: (1) Plan Ahead, (2) Take Charge of Learning, (3) Hone Your Skills, (4) Get Connected, and (5) Know Yourself. There are many ideas in this workbook that could be used in teaching self-advocacy skills, time-management, and the importance of learning styles.\nMaking Choices: Life Skills for Adolescents\nHalter, M. & Lang, B. F. (1994). Advocacy Press.\nThis book and its companion workbook are designed as a one-semester course composed of 96 one-hour lesson plans. Each lesson plan includes a mini-lecture, either an individual or group activity and a class discussion. Each lesson is designed to inform students and to help them develop their decision-making skills, which they will hopefully apply in many important areas of their personal and social development. There is a useful section that addresses the importance of family and teen parenting issues.\nHocker, J. & Willmot, W. W. (2001). McGraw-Hill.\nThis text is an in-depth study of the complex dynamics of interpersonal conflict. The text examines the central principles of effective conflict management in many real-life situations presented as case studies. Many of the activities and strategies discussed in some of the case studies are applicable to goal setting, problem-solving, and communication issues that confront students as they make the transition from high school to the world of work or college.\nRight from the Start: Managing Your College Career\nHolkeboer, R. (1996). Wadsworth Publishing.\nHolkeboer promotes the idea that students are the Chief Executive Officers of their college experience. The activities and exercises, while not unique, stress the application of five principles of learning that promote self-management in setting goals, learning time-management, studying, establishing relationships, testing, etc. These activities and exercises are very useful in supporting the self-advocacy lessons in Theme II.\nCreating Your High School Portfolio: An Interactive School, Career, and Life Planning\nJIST Publishing, Inc. (2003).\nThis workbook guides the student step-by-step through the portfolio building process. All the activities and exercises in the workbook expose the student to the education and career planning process. The interactive approach of the activities involves the student in stating, clarifying, and exploring their values, interests, abilities, and goals. The goal of the workbook is to help students make informed decisions about their educational and career goals after high school.\nCreating Portfolios: For Success in School, Work, and Life\nKimeldorf, M. (1994). Free Spirit Publishing.\nPortfolios can help students demonstrate to others what they have learned or accomplished. This book describes four types of portfolios: (1) student, (2) expert and professional, (3) project, and (4) personal. The exercises and activities provided in the book guide students through the portfolio building process from identifying their target audience, selecting the appropriate type of portfolio, to selecting the appropriate materials that best communicate their intended message. The portfolio idea can help students understand how they have developed, what they have learned and accomplished and, plan for the future as they transition from high school to college or work.\nCase Studies for First-year Experience Students\nRiesen, J., Szarlan, J., & Singha, S. (2003). Thomson Wadsworth.\nThis book is comprised of 40 case studies of first-year college students. The case studies present a variety of common real-life situations that present challenges to many students during their first year of college. The case studies cover communication issues with instructors and friends, budgeting problems, decision-making issues, study skills issues, relationship issues, emotional and mental health issues, and many other issues that first-year college students face. These case studies can easily be incorporated into discussions throughout themes II and III.\nOrientation to College Learning\nVan Blerkom, D. L. (2004). Wadsworth Publishing.\nThis textbook presents specific strategies to help students quickly and effectively understand course material well enough to successfully pass their exams. The author recommends the P2R system for reading (Preview, Read Actively, and Review). For studying she recommends either the SQ3R system (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review) or the S-RUN system (Survey, Read, Underline, and Note-taking). The author believes some study systems are too complicated to learn and students give up on them. According to the author, these systems are easier to learn and just as effective.\nStudent Success: How to Succeed in College and Still Have Time for Friends\nWalter, T., Seiber, A., & Smith, L. N. (2000). Harcourt Brace.\nThis book provides students with practical guidelines on how to successfully handle college and relationships. One chapter stresses the importance of establishing and maintaining a support network of family and friends to cope with the emotional challenges college students face. The authors recommend the SQ4R study system: Survey, Question, Read, Write, and Review. According to the authors, students who learn this strategy are successful in their studies. One chapter, “Erroneous Assumptions about Instructors” would be helpful to high school students going to college. This chapter presents excellent material on how the expectations college instructors have of their students differ from the expectations of high school teachers. This is useful information to share with students in Theme III when discussing the differences between high school and college.\nTheme III: The Choice\nA Closer Look: Perspective and Reflections on College Students with Learning Disabilities\nAdelizzi, J. & Goss, D. (1995). Curry College.\nThis book is geared toward students with learning disabilities; however, it provides concrete information on how to help students make a successful transition from high school to college. Copies of this book may be downloaded from Curry College .\nTools for Transition: Preparing Students with Learning Disabilities for Postsecondary Education\nAune, E., & Ness, J. (1991). American Guidance Services.\nThis curriculum includes a teacher’s guide and student workbook to prepare students for postsecondary education. The curriculum also includes a script booklet and a video to illustrate and practice skills, such as self-advocacy. The curriculum focuses on: learning styles, study strategies, planning for school, self-advocacy, exploring careers, choosing and applying for postsecondary school, and interpersonal skills.\nDeveloping Leadership Abilities: Personal and Professional Development\nBell, A. & Smith, D. (2002). Prentice Hall.\nThis book focuses on developing and implementing leadership abilities and refining techniques.\nLeadership Team Skills: Personal and Professional Development.\nBell, A. & Smith, D. (2002). L Prentice Hall.\nThis book focuses on how to improve leadership abilities. It provides techniques and exercises for improving personal and professional development and being effective in a work environment.\nWhat Color is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers\nBolles, R. (2005). Ten Speed Press.\nThis book, which is updated each year, is an excellent resource for teachers preparing students for making career choices. Although the text is geared more toward adults with work experience looking for career changes, it is also useful for students. For example, it provides detailed information on expectations and procedures in the career world.\nThe Portfolio Connection\nBurke, K., Fogarty, R., & Belgrad, S. (2001). Sky Light Professional Development.\nThis book is an excellent companion piece to the Onaakonnan Portfolio system. The text provides ideas on how to get started on creating a portfolio and offers techniques for updating and tracking portfolios. The text can also be used in career development as it describes a variety of professions that use portfolios.\nThe Power to Learn: Help Yourself to College Success.\nCampbell, W. (1996). Wadsworth Publishing.\nThis book contains study skills designed to support individuals’ specific learning styles.\nLearning Assessment Journal.\nCarroll, S. (1999). Pacific Crest Software Inc.\nDesigned in workbook fashion, this text focuses on how to journal. Units include reading log, collection point, free-writing, self-assessment, and glossary.\n100 Things Every College Freshman Ought to Know: An Abridged College Orientation Catalog of Definitions, Customs, Procedures, and Plain Old Good Advice about Adjusting to the Start of College\nDisbro, W. (1996). Cambridge Stratford Study Skills Institute.\nThis short book provides definitions, customs, procedures, and good advice on adjusting to college life. It is a handy book to have available for students to pick up and read when they have free time.\nIdentify Your Skills: for School, Work, and Life, 2nd edition.\nFarr, M., & Christophersen, S. (1999). JIST Works.\nThis worksheet format text provides students with a place to begin their career search and discovery. A guide is provided for students to discover their key personal skills and how to improve them. The text has a strong focus on writing and answering questions as well as journaling and reflecting.\nMaking your Mark\nFraser, L. (2003). LDF Publishing.\nThis book provides a student guide and an instructor’s manual with exercises to help students get a job that is a “good fit” by focusing on personal strengths.\nPossibilities: A Supplemental Anthology for Career Choices.\nGoode, J., & Bingham, M. (1991). Academic Innovations.\nThis unique book teaches about career exploration through short stories, essays, poems, plays, and speeches from a variety of authors, poets, public speakers, and civil rights leaders. It would be an excellent resource for journaling, using each passage as a springboard to a journaling assignment.\nHandbook of Career Planning for Students with Specials Needs\nHarrington, T. (2004). Pro-Ed.\nHarrington has developed an excellent tool to use when working with youth on career-related issues. The text provides a set of thirteen competencies for career counseling: career development theory, decision-making skills, consultation skills, assessment, labor market information, career counseling skills, working with special populations skills, collaborative approaches, research and evaluation, career service ethics, group guidance approaches, computer software and information services, development, management, and implementation of programs and public information and marketing.\nThe Transition to College Writing\nHjortshoj, K. (2001). Bedford/St.Martins.\nThis book provides detailed information on the expectations of college writing\nUsing National Newspapers in the College Classroom\nKnowlton, S., & Barefoot, B. (1999). University of South Carolina.\nThis is a mini-curriculum that provides lessons and strategies to incorporate the use of newspapers into any academic classroom.\nFoundations of Learning and Activities Book\nKrumsieg, K., & Baehr, M. (1999). Pacific Crest Publications.\nThis book provides students with the expectations that they will encounter in preparing for and completing postsecondary education. It also includes sections on “how to create a college portfolio,” “life vision concept,” and “ how to become a life long learner.”\nFoundations of Learning: Activities Book\nKrumsieg, K., & Baehr, M. (1999). Pacific Crest Publications.\nThis manual helps students process the ideas and knowledge they are gaining as they prepare to transition from high school to college or work. There are many activities that can be used in the classroom to engage students in preparing for college and career choice.\nDeveloping Positive Assertiveness: Practical Techniques for Personal Success\nLloyd, S. R. (2001). Crisp Publications.\nThis book focuses on strategies and techniques to become more assertive in life.\nApollo vs. Dionysus: A Philosophy to Increase College Success by 85%\nParker, H., & Crist, M. (2001). Kendall/Hunt Publishing.\nThis book discusses the major pitfalls that students face in college, and presents solutions for addressing such pitfalls. Chapters address issues students face in college such as sex, time management, basic study skills, and how to develop your own study group.\nMaking the Connection: Getting Work to Work\nPetrick, J. (1998). Informed Decisions International.\nThis text is intended for individuals who are disenchanted with their work environments and looking for effective strategies to improve them. Readers will learn how to develop relationships to create a successful work environment for themselves, co-workers, and bosses. The book also discusses strategies for creating successful environments in meetings.\nThe Empowered Student\nRaptis, A. (2000). Successmakers Publishing.\nThis book is based on the triadic system of success that guides students through the process of motivation and self-esteem. The book is designed for anyone who is looking to take charge of their life and presents activities and ideas to lead students in discussion and preparation for college success.\nThe Goal Setting Journal\nRaptis, A. (1996). Succeessmakers Publishing.\nThis book follows The Empowered Student and provides more activities and discussions to prepare students for college.\nWishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want\nSher, B., & Gottlieb, A. (2003). Ballentine Books.\nThis book is an excellent resource for creating and planning for the future. An entire chapter is devoted to brainstorming problems and concrete ways to effectively brainstorm to create a solution.\nPsychology of Success: Finding Meaning in Work and Life.\nWaitley, D. (2004). McGraw-Hill.\nThis book is a guide to help students prepare for success by guiding them through a series of activities to determine their own personal identity and strengths. Specific areas that are addressed are psychology and success, self-awareness, goals and obstacles, self-esteem, positive thinking, self-discipline, self-motivation, resource management, communication, and relationships.\nCollege: We Make the Road by Walking\nWatts, M. (2003). Prentice Hall.\nThis text is designed as a workbook that focuses on why it is important to go to college and engage in higher learning. The book consists of readings, writing, and journal activities, advice from the business community, service-learning techniques, and tips on technology.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://axeru.com/","date":"2016-09-27T00:08:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-40/segments/1474738660916.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160924173740-00202-ip-10-143-35-109.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.6543073654174805,"token_count":190,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-40__0__13971976","lang":"en","text":"1 Cabergoline and testosterone\n2 Testosterone World\n3 Yohimbe Fuel\n4 Who is against drugs?\n5 Is yohimbine a MAO inhibitor?\n6 Pygeum for a lean prostate\n7 Nature wants us unhappy\n8 Relocate with money\n9 Enhancing sexual desire\n10 The anti-religious effect of drugs\n1 Nick Couldry, James Curran, Contesting Media Power: Alternative Media in a Networked World, Pages displayed by permission of Rowman & Littlefield. Copyright.\n2 Lynn Owens & L. Kendall Palmer, Making the News: Anarchist Counter-Public Relations on the World Wide Web, Critical Studies in Media Communication Volume 20, Issue 4, 2003\n3 Green anarchist: a case study in radical media, Atton, Chris (1999) Green anarchist: a case study in radical media. Anarchist Studies, 7 (1). pp. 25-49.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thescotslawblog.com/2018/05/11/suicide-an-emotive-and-complicated-issue/","date":"2022-01-16T10:58:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320299852.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20220116093137-20220116123137-00281.warc.gz","language_score":0.9880027174949646,"token_count":859,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__38632935","lang":"en","text":"Late November 1998. I was working as a solicitor in Glasgow city centre. As ever, it was ‘ way past ‘ home time. I remember having a trial at Dunfermline Sheriff Court the following morning and my boss asked me if I was ‘ready. ’ Being the bizarre OCD-driven man he was I found that a strange comment. But not really at the time.\nIn between ‘packing my bag’ for the trial and leaving he ‘shouted’ at me to come in. He asked me about a case and an ‘Options Hearing’ ( a procedural hearing) that was due to take place. He suggested a bizarre procedure which I told him was just ‘not right’. He told me ‘just do it’. I found it all very odd. But not really at the time\nI remember saying to him I was away home and bid him good night. He stopped me to say I had done ‘ a great job’ and that I was ‘a good lad’. Crikey that really was it. Even at the time I really did think it was odd.\nI never saw him again and was the last person to see him alive and speak to him.\nHe hanged himself in the stairwell of our office 2 hours later.\n( Image courtesy of petoskeynews.com)\nThe following morning when I arrived at 0730 there were Police and Press and people everywhere. My colleagues were crying, the phones were in meltdown and if one memory in particular should last with me forever it is how sad I felt – not for the family of my boss, not for our clients, not my colleagues and certainly not myself – no I felt so sorry for him. So sorry for the fact that such was his obviously abject state of utter despair he felt the best option, the only option, was to end his own life. He left behind a thriving business, a partner and an 8 year old daughter.\nAs we ebb ever nearer the 20th anniversary of his death, how many times I have asked myself whether I could have seen something, whether I should have seen something – whether as a good colleague, and a friend, there was some kind of implied duty upon me to have noticed ‘all was not well’. Many a sleepless night has been spent on that one. But I suspect that is normal. What I am hoping is far from normal is having feelings that mean you are considering ending your own life.\n(Image courtesy of ‘Street Kitchen Church)\nIt is a horrible word – it’s almost unpalatable – not unlike ‘cancer’ but, in this day and age it is a prolific killer and many are being lost to what we now all suspect are avoidable scenarios. The feelings of utter loneliness cannot be measured against anything – you have either experienced them or you haven’t.\nFor my sins, I do admit to being a fan of Coronation Street – only this week they were bold enough to enter the dark world of ‘suicide’ and run it in a storyline, involving a main character. Social media went into instant meltdown and it certainly was a powerful and difficult watch. However, I commend these people in ‘TV-land’ for bringing these hitherto uncomfortable subjects and issues into our living room on a Monday night.\nIf it makes people think, stop, talk, listen, whatever – if it saves people from feeling that it is something they must do – because, principally I believe that suicide is not at all about ‘wanting to die’ – then mission accomplished.\nAs far as my old boss and mentor is concerned, I am just so sorry he felt that there was no-one, absolutely no-one on planet earth that he felt he could turn to in his hour of need.\nLet’s all look out for each other – the pain as a result of the possible effects of not doing so is hard to recover from, even after years and years and years.\nThanks for stopping by folks.\nHave a good day.\nMr. O 😎","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://goodlifeforhalf.wordpress.com/","date":"2022-09-28T00:36:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335059.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220927225413-20220928015413-00542.warc.gz","language_score":0.9905948042869568,"token_count":453,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__219231999","lang":"en","text":"Have you ever tried to help another and they just don’t see it! They act like they are on the same page only to not care about what you are trying to do! I have been working with a young man who is truly not helping himself. As an employer I want to retain employees by getting them on board with our goals.\nWell just like that employee God gives us children as well. I can recall several conversations with my children about what they were doing or proposing that I did not agree with. So I would try to influence their thinking by asking them to consider my opinions. However that was never going to work! Because it would mean they would have to change their opinion. It is all about trying that becomes more of a compromise that will help both of us. A give and take!\nBoth scenarios are about two young people. My insight is from life! They have not lived to see failings. They both are still happy to rely on their families to get their needs met. The young man is not willing to change his conduct that will eventually lose him his employment. The child who thinks she is correct will find out she is not once she is on her own struggling with the reality of her life.\nWe can only try to get others to see the reasons why we still try! I believe that we all need someone in our corner. Who will be strong enough to tell us that we are wrong! Strong enough to fire us when it is necessary. Strong enough to be there from a distance asking them to consider a different approach.\nLook at your life relationships and see if you see who has been the brave ones in your life! Who said “No you are wrong!” the Bible teaches that God cares for us. He will hold us accountable. “In an outburst of anger I turned my back on you but only for a moment. It’s with lasting love that I am tenderly caring for you.” Isaiah 54:8\nAs the above scripture reminds, we must know that he God has an opinion of our choices and he will be stead fast in his love to bring us back from our own errors.\nContinue reading “THE TRY OF IT ALL”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.amstelhouse.de/blog/de/travel-tips/berlin-bookshops-tour-berlin-bookstores-every-book-lover-must-visit/","date":"2023-12-09T21:23:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100972.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209202131-20231209232131-00547.warc.gz","language_score":0.8842330574989319,"token_count":750,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__86682192","lang":"en","text":"Berlin’s parties, museums and sights are all nothing short of amazing. But sometimes we want to curl up and enjoy a great book. Lucky book lovers as Berlin has some of the loveliest bookshops waiting to be discovered. So tag along for a tour of the absolute best Berlin bookstores.\nDo you read me?!\nNot only contemporary books but also international magazines galore. This bookshop is one of our all time favorite bookshops in Berlin. It’s located right in the midst of Berlin’s prettiest galleries. So you’ll feel inspired and surely find a great read or gift here!\nDo you Read Me, Auguststrasse 28, Mitte\nShakespeare & Sons\nGreat books, bagels and coffee, what’s not to love? Food, Art, Music, Travel. You’ll find all genres at this wonderful Berlin bookshop and books are offered both in English and French.\nShakespeare & Sons, Warschauerstrasse. 74, Friedrichshain\nThis Berlin bookshop sells books in over 25 languages, both new and used. Its owner Álvaro is the most passionate bibliophile in town and can surely help you pick your new favourite book!\nPequod Books, Selchowerstrasse 33\nThis little cute book store focusses on books on nature and culture from international authors. So lovers of green and arts, come browse the prettiest book covers here!\nZabriskie, Manteuffelstrasse 73, Kreuzberg\nThis small Berlin book paradise hosts regular poetry nights, quizzes and offers English books, both used and new. They are so passionate about literature, a must visit for book lovers!\nCurious Fox, Flughafenstrasse 22, Neukölln\nThis Berlin bookstore in the middle of Kreuzberg offers a wide range of second hand books. It also hosts literay events and has an online shop to browse for some new pre-owned reads.\nBerliner Büchertisch, Gneisenstrasse 7A, Kreuzberg\nYou can’t miss this one, just look for the outside benches made out of books. They offer German and English books but also support local artists and host workshops.\nDie Buchkönigin, Hobrechtstrasse 65, Kreuzberg\nSpecializing in books about architecture, design, art and photography, your chances of walking in and finding a well known designer signing his or her book are high in this exquisite bookshop. The location and atmosphere created by the arches are amazing as well, it’s located right under the S-Bahn.\nBücherbogen, Stadtbahnbogen 593, Savignyplatz\nPro Qm is a thematic bookstore with books on urban development, pop, architecture, design and art. And they also host a lot of interesting cultural events so best check their calendar if something is up when you are in town.\nPRO QM – Almstadtstrasse 48\n‘Not just another bookstore’ is their tagline. Their selection of 2 million (!!) books are the proof in the pudding. So you can easily spend a day in here browsing their collection of great books.\nOcelot Berlin, Brunnenstrasse 181\nAnd lucky you that we just installed our new fancy bed lights for a nice evening read when you’re staying at Berlin’s friendliest hostel! So pick your favourite book and have an easy night at the Amstel House Hostel Berlin 😉","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://brand.kddi.com/en/knowing_au/","date":"2024-04-21T22:59:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818067.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421225303-20240422015303-00687.warc.gz","language_score":0.9390487670898438,"token_count":237,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__88786830","lang":"en","text":"If two roads stretch out before you,\nchoose the one you've never traveled,\nbecause you will embark on a journey of discovery.\nIf there are two ways of doing something,\nchoose the more challenging one,\nbecause you will learn something new.\nIf two futures unfold before you,\nchoose the one you could never have imagined,\nbecause it will thrill and excite you.\nIf the future is born of the choices we make,\nboring choices lead to a boring future.\nSo let's throw destiny a curve ball.\nLet's look beyond our usual partner and work with someone different,\nbreaking old rules and conventions.\nSomething new is sure to take shape. A new story is bound to begin.\nIt's time to take a bold step forward.\nTo approach life with zeal.\nBecause the world is an incredibly interesting place.\nSo let your heart soar further than ever before.\nMove towards a future that no one could ever have dreamed.\nFusing communications and life design,\nau wants to be the force that brings everyone together.\nWe want to make tomorrow brighter for us all.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ernestgrotsky.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/laura-bush/","date":"2018-06-18T09:03:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267860168.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20180618090026-20180618110026-00372.warc.gz","language_score":0.9807280898094177,"token_count":337,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__184465189","lang":"en","text":"The daughter of a homebuilder and bookkeeper, Laura Bush was born and raised in Midland, Texas, where she was encouraged to achieve high from a young age. A graduate of Dallas’ Southern Methodist University, Bush holds a Bachelor of Science in Education. She spent several years teaching elementary schools students after college. In the early 1970s, she returned to her studies at the University of Texas at Austin, earning a Master of Science in Library Science. Bush met her husband, George W. Bush, in the late 1970s and the two quickly fell in love, marrying after only a few months of dating. Soon after marrying, she began campaigning for her husband’s race for a Senate seat. Although he did not win the general election, he was elected Governor of Texas in 1994 and President of the United States in 2000. As First Lady, Bush has been involved with a number of causes, including women’s and children’s international rights and women’s health. Due to her background, Bush has contributed significantly to education through the National Book Festival and the National Anthem Project. Among her accomplishments, Bush has been honored by both the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity and the American Library Association for her efforts to promote education and reading. Bush’s memoir, Spoken from the Heart, recently published by Scribner, has become one of my favorite books. Bush speaks candidly and honestly about the most influential events of her life, both tragic and cheerful. Refreshingly free from political bias, the book focuses on modern Texas life while analyzing Bush’s path to becoming First Lady and her approach to the important position.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.mikeysline.co.uk/your-stories/","date":"2020-09-28T05:36:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401585213.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928041630-20200928071630-00604.warc.gz","language_score":0.9850872755050659,"token_count":1750,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__119364143","lang":"en","text":"I just wanted to share this you because I didn’t know where else to put it. I want people to know they are not alone in how they feel but for also me to know the same that there are others just Like Me.\nThis is me.\nMy anxiety and depression have robbed me of so many things in my life and a lot of the time stopped me from living it and to the point I feel that I am only existing.\nIt stops me from trying new things, going new places, meeting new people and even having a simple conversation with the people I know and care about.\nThey say your anxiety and depression doesn’t define who you are but to me it is all that I am. It’s what I wake up to most days and is what makes me to scared to fall asleep because I don’t want to be alone with my thoughts; it’s what stops me speaking to people, going outside and most of all it stops me from being the person I used to be the person who loved nothing more than to be around people having fun and enjoying the moment.\nSome days I can’t even make it out the door because the thought of speaking to someone scares me more than anything.\nIf I do venture out and meet people what may feel like a simple conversation to others is the most worrying thing to me, I think “did I speak too much”\nor, “Maybe not enough?”\n“Was I boring?”\n“Did I say something to offend them?”\n“Do they even like me?”\n“Are they judging me?”\nThis can replay in my head for days to the point I think what’s even the point going out?\nEven as I write this I’m worried I have spelt something wrong or my punctuation isn’t up to scratch and that I’m just a idiot.\nSome days I wake up and barely do anything but I’m exhausted because my mind and nerves are constant and most days I live in my nerves.\nI feel sad for my boys that they have to live this with me but no matter how bad I feel I put my shit aside and try be the best mum I can on that day! Some days are filled with endless fun and others are a struggle just to get to bed time. But my god I am so blessed to have them and in a life where i am to scared to be anything more or to try and fail or even succeed I just know I got something right and that’s them.\nNot all days are bad and there is always something good in everyday but sometime it’s hard to see the sun for the clouds.\nI’m writing this because I need to let out all that’s in my head. I’m lying in bed unable to sleep and think maybe it will help me to just get it all off my chest.\nSome may know I have these issues and I’m not one to speak very often about because a lot of the time I feel ashamed. But as I write this I think why should I be ashamed of something that’s been part of me for as long as I can remember.\nI shouldn’t feel embarrassed, I fight every single day just to cope and to try and overcome my demons I fight a battle that no one else sees.\nWhen I was a kid I used to pull my hair out because the pain of that was a 100 times better than the pain I had inside my mind and was the only thing that helped me cope with it. I remember my mum begging me to stop doing it and would ask my why I did it and In my 12 year old head I didn’t know why but all I knew was it made me feel better. My heart aches for any kid going through this now, I know how it feels i know how in some ways pulls your childhood from you, I know how scary it is to be a kid and wonder whats wrong with you and why do you feel like this and what is it.\nMy heart hurts thinking about all these things but my mind feels a lot lighter just writing it down. No one may ever read this but I know it’s helped me.\nI may not ever beat this but I know\nThat I can stop letting it control me and every aspect of my life. I know this isn’t how my life is always going to be and I know that I will always work my ass off to get better and my anxiety and depression won’t define me and I will just be me again. ❤️\n“I came from a good family and had a great childhood. When I was 12 I started to get involved with a different crowd of people. My best friend started to get involved in drugs and I started drinking. I never knew how to deal with all the feelings that was getting. Not just stress but hormones too. I started to cut myself when I didn’t know how to explain how I was feeling. It helped for a while but it was never a long term thing.\nBecause I thought it was helping I done it more and more, deeper and deeper. By the time I was 14 I was cutting everyday. I never cut my arms because I didn’t want people to see. Nobody knew what was secretly going on because I would always pretend I was fine and I didn’t want anyone to think that I was weird.\nWhen I was 16 a couple of my friends died and by this point I had distanced myself from my childhood friend who was heavy on drugs. She overdosed not too long after. Luckily she survived. I don’t speak to her anymore but I still think of her everyday. The strain of her then lifestyle put a lot of stress on me because she was my best friend and I felt like there was nothing I could do. When she would say she had stopped she never so I finally had to make the decision to cut myself off from her. It was for my mental health I couldn’t take it anymore.\nBy the time I turned 18 I had lost around 6 people. I thought I had my emotions under control because I was still self harming. I was like a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety in 2009. I ended up taking 6 months off work because of it, which I don’t think was good for me. After I broke up with my boyfriend I was at the end. I couldn’t take anymore I started acting completely crazy didn’t know what was going on and them months are still a blur. I tried to slit my wrists when I was drunk and also drove away from my home to go drive my car into something that would kill me. Luckily my dad found me before I could go ahead with it.\nI managed to sort myself out with the help of anti depressants and my friend and family.\nI’m now 25 and I still get bad days and I do sometimes struggle. Even though I’ve now lost 16 people in 9 years but I haven’t let myself get to the same place I was before. I’ve not cut in 5 years or wanted to hurt myself. I’ve learnt it’s ok to talk about how I feel and express my emotions.”\n“I would like to congratulate you on being strong and able to help people in their hour of need it could be the difference between life and death.\nMy story started 32 years ago, my twin brother committed suicide. We the family didn’t have a clue he was contemplating this,he had a good job in the bank everything or so we thought a 21 year old would want but obviously not. We never found out the why or reason which haunts all of us individually everyday. What was worse was he planned it sorted all his belongings without us knowing,he must have been so strong in one way but needed help.\nAnd only a week passed I was at the funeral of my sons friend aged 21 year old male, on the outside like a ray of sunshine nobody new either same old why! Only he knows the reason.\nThey are oblivious of the love and devastation it leaves behind.\nGodbless you all there is light at the end of the tunnel please use this service it’s invaluable”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.everyscience.com/Chemistry/Inorganic/Crystal_and_Ligand_Field_Theories/","date":"2017-12-18T10:51:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948615810.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20171218102808-20171218124808-00421.warc.gz","language_score":0.869693398475647,"token_count":518,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__47234522","lang":"en","text":"Crystal and Ligand Field Theories\nRead in this section\nThe magnitude of the ligand field splitting parameter in the octahedral field can be determined from the frequency of maximum absorption in the optical absorption spectrum. This absorption arises from an electronic transition from the t2g level to the eg level. This is the most important form of electronic transition in the transition metal complexes, but others are also observed, and these transitions are generally observed in the visible and ultraviolet regions.\nThe effects of the application of a field to a metal ion, in the formation of a complex, whether examined through the Crystal Field Theory of the Ligand Field Theory, have so far been limited to octahedral complexes. This is because it is easy to visualize the orientation of ligands and orbitals in the octahedral symmetry environment, and the points at the vertices of the octahedron lie on the cartesian axes.\nThe enthalpies of hydration of d-metal complexes. The trend in observed hydration enthalpies of the hexa-aquo transition metal complexes of the first row transition metals can be explained in terms of the ligand field stabilization energy.\nCrystal Field Theory describes the interactions between the ligands and the metal ion orbitals on an electrostatic basis, and examines the effect the ligands have on the metal center as a result.\nThe value of the ligand field splitting parameter, ie. the amount by which the degeneracy of the d-orbitals is disturbed by the effect of the electrostatic field generated by the ligands, depends upon the identity of the ligands.\nWhen a metal is subjected to the perturbation of an octahedral field, the energies of the d-orbitals split into two groups, the lower energy t2g, at -0.4Δo, and the higher energy eg, at 0.6Δo, where Δo is the ligand field splitting parameter.\nLigand and Crystal Field theories are used to describe the nature of the bonding in transition metal complexes. Crystal Field Theory is based upon the effect of a perturbation of the d-orbitals consisting of electronic interaction between the metal cation nucleus and the negatively charged electrons of the ligands: the metal-ligand interactions are electrostatic only. Ligand Field Theory treats the metal-ligand interaction as a covalent bonding interaction, and depends upon considering the overlap between the d-orbitals on the metals and the ligand donor orbitals.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.mnnhealth.com/index.php?domusr=","date":"2018-07-16T10:31:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589251.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20180716095945-20180716115945-00013.warc.gz","language_score":0.9017650485038757,"token_count":194,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__62688665","lang":"en","text":"from the MegaFactor newsletter selections and receive your FREE newsletter every 2 weeks by Email.\nChoose from the Mega Column selections and receive your FREE Mega Column every 2 weeks by Email.\nRealVenue / HomeDaata\nReal Estate Community\n/ Seller MultiMedia Presentation\nand Sellers we have put together this multi-media presentation for you to watch\nand interact with. It gives you some great tips whether or not your are buying\nor selling a home. Click\nHere To View\nWays To Mega Manage Your Finances. Check out our Mega Interactive Course on how\nto manage your money effectively.\n\"All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. Writing a book is a long, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.\" -- George Orwell","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://wikibruce.com/tag/sebastian-fitzek/","date":"2017-04-24T03:26:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917118963.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031158-00407-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9692320227622986,"token_count":712,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__185437020","lang":"en","text":"Posts Tagged ‘sebastian fitzek’\nAs if ARGs blurring the line between fantasy and reality weren’t enough, a new mystery is being uncovered, blurring the line between fantasy and reality about a writer whose line between fantasy and reality is blurred!\nWednesday, march 18th: Wikibruce received a package with a bulge in the mail from one “P. Martin” on Mission Blvd. in San Diego. It was mailed March 13th. Inside - a riddle wrapped in an enigma…well, a newspaper at least; the San Diego Union Tribune, of March 10th, pages A3-4,9-10. If that’s important at all.\nContained within the neatly folded newspaper was an old, rattled audio recorder. Taped to its front was a sticky note (redundancy for the win) with the phrase “Play me” teasingly scrawled across its face.\nSome clarification on the instructions would have been nice, but I went with the easy answer and pressed play on the recorder. Success! For once, batteries were included. Immediately, a recorded interview began playing betwen a man and woman. The nature of the conversation appeared to be one of a doctor / patient relation.\nBased on the discussion ensuing at Unfiction, it’s been determined that this is an ex-novelist, discussing her problems with her therapist. Put on your crazy pants! Characters in her stories come to life. Most recently, a character Charlotte, whose story the writer chose to leave incomplete, appeared to her – on the street, supposedly as the cause of a large multi-car collision.\nThe writer’s first episode, however, starring one of her other characters – Julia – would have been enough to traumatize most people. But I’ll leave you to discover that story.\nThis doctor / patient interview has been getting pieced together segment by segment by people who’ve received similar packages in the mail. At the time of this writing, 5 segments have been reported, spanning (what is believed to be) two and a half sessions. This tape was labeled “2/2″ (2nd session, part 2). You can hear below.\nA twelve year old girl, Josy, has an inexplicable illness and vanishes without a trace from the doctor’s office during treatment. Her father, Viktor Larenz, a well-known psychiatrist, withdraws years later to an isolated North Sea island in order to deal with the tragedy. Here he receives a dangerous visit from a beautiful stranger. Anna Spiegel is a novelist and she suffers from an unusual form of schizophrenia: all the characters she creates for her books become real. And in her last novel she has written about a young girl with an unknown illness who vanishes one day without a trace. …\nIs the inconceivable possible? Do Anna’s delusions describe Josy’s last days? Viktor Larenz begins the therapy in an attempt to uncover the horrible truth.\nBelow is the full compiled audio from the currently reported session segments: 1/1, 1/2, 2/1, 2/2, and 3/1. Take a peek…\n- Join in the discussion at Unfiction, where people are actually trying to determine where the recordings took place and where the locations mentioned are!\n- Transcripts are listed at Wonderweasels.org","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://kennheyderbooks.com/","date":"2024-02-22T07:37:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473735.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20240222061937-20240222091937-00593.warc.gz","language_score":0.8467952609062195,"token_count":48,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__145429076","lang":"en","text":"Jack and the Crunchy Leaves: My First Hearing Aids\n**CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE **\nDrop your email below.\nCopyright © 2023 Kenn Heyder Books - All Rights Reserved.\nPowered by GoDaddy","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://docs.aymanshalaby.com/decidetobehappy?textonly=1","date":"2024-02-24T18:07:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474544.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224180245-20240224210245-00509.warc.gz","language_score":0.9595218896865845,"token_count":10551,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__29930905","lang":"en","text":"LIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 1\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 2 Disclaimer This eBook has been written for information purposes only. Every effort has been made to make this eBook as complete and accurate as possible. However, there may be mistakes in typography or content. Also, this eBook provides information only up to the publishing date. Therefore, this eBook should be used as a guide - not as the ultimate source. The purpose of this eBook is to educate. The author and the publisher do not warrant that the information contained in this eBook is fully complete and shall not be responsible for any errors or omissions. The author and publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this ebook. This eBook offers information and is designed for educational purposes only. You should not rely on this information as a substitute, nor does it replace professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 3 Table of Contents Introduction 6 Chapter One: Understand Satisfaction Is A Mindset 9 What Does It Mean To Be Satisfied? 10 Lack, Abundance, and Satisfaction 12 Practice Satisfaction 13 Chapter 2: Learn The Difference Between Expectations and Wants 16 Turning Wants Into Expectations Can Lead To Satisfaction Troubles 17 Losing Satisfaction From Lost Experiences 19 Chapter 3: Self Love Isn’t Easy 23 Self Love Doesn’t Have To Mean Stagnation, Just Satisfaction 25 Making Self Love Easier 26 Take Yourself Out For Some Self Care 27 Be Around People Who Love You 28 Chapter 4: Tame Your Inner Voice 30 Step 1: Focus On What The Inner Voice Is Telling You 31 Step 2: Counter Each Negative Phrase With Something Positive 32\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 4 Having An Out Of Control Positive Inner Voice 33 Chapter 5: Less Is More 36 How Less Is More Can Lead To Satisfaction 37 This Applies To Everything 38 Chapter 6: Know When Social Media Is Toxic 41 What Is Toxic Social Media? 42 How To Overcome Toxic Social Media 43 Clearing Out The Errant Toxicity 44 Chapter 7: Don’t Be Afraid To Try New Things 47 The Base Level Of Happiness 48 What New Things Should I Try? 49 Chapter 8: Life Is A Journey, Not A Destination 52 Focus On What Really Matters 53 Don’t Be Afraid To Rest And Just Be Content 54 Have Some Fun 55 Conclusion 58\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 5\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 6 Introduction We all want to be satisfied, even though we know some people who will never be that way, and others who see satisfaction as a foreign emotion that they can’t hope to ever feel. However, whenever it comes to being content and living a life free from want and worry, it’s actually much easier to do so that you think. Even though our wants and desires are physical, the life of contentment we seek starts in our minds. By using strategies such as taming our inner critic who always seems to push us towards lack, to learning to love yourself by controlling what goes in your heads and hearts, there are a wide variety of mental strategies that can help you become more content, and be satisfied with where you are. Now, this does bear repeating as it is one of the main themes of the book: Satisfaction does not equal stagnation, and it is perfectly healthy to be content, and still have the desire and the means for growth. But you can never build abundance out of lack and discomfort, so in order to properly grow, we need to reach the middle ground of being satisfied with where we are. Along the way, this book contains exercises and examples to help get you into a life of contentment, so you can start living that style of life right away without any issues. If you keep an open mind and understand what this book is trying to tell you,\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 7 then you will be 100% ready to become more content, regardless of what your situation might be.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 8\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 9 Chapter One: Understand Satisfaction Is A Mindset Have you ever met someone with an insane desire to succeed with something? They might strive to get perfect grades in every single class, might want to get a perfect body, or go on dozens upon dozens of dates just to find ‘the one.’ These people seem to have it all, and yet for every victory they gain, they want to climb another mountain. For every step forward their feet take, their minds are already three steps ahead into the future. You also might have met people who aren’t growing, but still have a desire. They want the dream body, the amazing grades, the perfect romance, and if the world would just give it to them they could make the most of it! These are the people who want to be satisfied and want their lives to improve, as long as someone else does the work for them and simply hands them the result. They live ten steps in the future while their feet haven’t moved an inch. Still you probably have met people with no desire to succeed more than they already have. They have their life and while it might not be perfect or everything the world tells us we should\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 10 want, it’s good enough. They might strive for small goals or want to make tiny improvements, but they really don’t care either way. If things go well, then they go well, and if things dip a bit, then they are just thankful the pendulum didn’t swing too far in the wrong direction. All three of these types of people have one thing in common driving how they behave in life. It isn’t wealth, education, opportunity, their home life, or the hand that life ended up dealing to them. It actually isn’t anything physical at all, it’s their level of satisfaction, how they use it, and their mindset around it. What Does It Mean To Be Satisfied? The dictionary defines satisfaction as “the fulfillment of one's wishes, expectations, or needs, or the pleasure derived from this.” All of us are satisfied every single day, especially when it comes to basic needs. When we are hungry, thirsty, or tired, we eat, drink, and sleep until we don’t need anymore. Too little of these needs and we feel bad and act badly towards others, while too much of these needs can throw our bodies off. However, whenever we get just enough to where we don’t need anymore, we can be satisfied and go about our day. Satisfaction\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 11 is something that keeps us content, where we are fine with where we are and we don’t need to have any more. But the level of satisfaction isn’t the same for everyone, and in fact it is a mindset that is different for each person. What satisfies one person might not be enough or might be too much for someone else. That’s why people with a growth mindset for example are almost never content to rest on their laurels and want to seek out the newest challenges. However, for people without a growth mindset, they would be satisfied with any one of the things a high achiever could do and likely wouldn’t feel the need to do anymore. Since satisfaction is a mindset, that means you can choose to be satisfied right here and now. You don’t need anything special, but of course that is easier said than done. Still, the idea that you can choose to be satisfied and content about anything, should be empowering to you. The situation that you are in doesn’t get to determine your level of happiness anymore, but instead that job falls to your mind and your mindset.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 12 Lack, Abundance, and Satisfaction It can be hard to be satisfied whenever you want something, or whenever lack is staring you right in the face. For example, let’s use everyone’s favorite topic: Money. Whenever bills and debts and rising prices are constantly starting you in the face, you might wonder how you could ever be satisfied with that! However, one way to be satisfied is to look at what you have. Chances are, no matter how tight things end up getting you always find a way to put food on the table and keep your roof over your head. So focus on that, be grateful that while times are hard you don’t have a lack of food or shelter. Be grateful that you have your health and education about money. Be grateful you have the dedication to save and the wisdom to know how to make every dollar go the furthest and do the most that it can. Gratitude is one of the keys to developing a satisfied mindset, and it doesn’t just work for lack. It can also work for abundance too. If you find yourself having an abundance of good fortune, take a moment to be satisfied with what you have or be satisfied with what the abundance will bring you.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 13 Having extra money, for example, might mean that your debts are paid off, that you can take a vacation, or that you can improve your life standards. You might be able to get something or take advantage of an opportunity that was otherwise out of your reach. This can be a great time to pause and be satisfied with where you are. Congratulations, you have more than enough, you can take advantage of that, you don’t have to worry. Keep satisfaction and gratitude with you in times of abundance and lack, and you’ll notice that things won’t seem as stressful as they once were. Practice Satisfaction Finally, like any mindset, you will need to practice it. Take the time each day to be satisfied, even if it is in regards to small things. Just focus on what you can be content about, what you are grateful for, and what you have enough off. If you can do it for small things, then you might be able to do it for bigger things as well.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 14 While practicing a mindset might seem a little silly, you can eventually call up feeling satisfied and grateful on command, which can be pretty powerful whenever you are facing lack and scarcity. Being able to center yourself with satisfaction is often enough to keep you from falling down a rabbit hole of feeling terrible when life starts to mess with you. After all, haven’t we been down that rabbit hole enough? And the whole reason you are reading this book to is ensure to live a satisfied life, and that means minimizing despair and seeing the positive in all aspects of life.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 15\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 16 Chapter 2: Learn The Difference Between Expectations and Wants Wants and Expectations might seem pretty similar on the surface, but there is a difference between them… like with satisfaction, it all comes back to your mindset. For example, let’s say you go to a new restaurant. You know nothing about it except for the smells coming from the kitchen and the name on the door, but you want a hamburger. On the other hand, what if you walked into the same burger place you’ve been to a thousand times and have the intention of ordering your favorite hamburger, made just the way you like it? In the first scenario, you didn’t know if the restaurant served burgers, you didn’t know if the place even had the type of hamburger you liked! You just knew you wanted a burger, but outside circumstances were going to determine if you received the burger. The second scenario had one thing different, you knew the hamburger was there, you just had to order it.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 17 There was no want, no doubt, no worry… you just had to walk to the counter and place the same order, and barring some act of God, you were going to get the burger. You expected it, and we can’t want what we expect. Expectation is as easy as breathing, we all know that as humans, if we breathe in and out we stay alive. We don’t even need to think about breathing because it is something that our bodies do naturally. We don’t ‘want’ to breathe or worry that one day the oxygen isn’t going to fulfill our needs. Instead, we know we will get what we need if we perform the action. Expectations are all well and good, but where does this tie into satisfaction? Turning Wants Into Expectations Can Lead To Satisfaction Troubles Whenever you were younger, did you ever hear adults tell you that something was a ‘privilege and not a right?’ Most of the time it might have had to do with electronics or some other reward, where you could have the reward as long as you followed certain rules, otherwise it would be taken away.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 18 Well, as adults, we seem to have the same lesson taught to us, only this time it has to deal with wants and expectations. Whenever we turn wants into expectations, particularly unrealistic expectations, we can lose out on being satisfied. For example, let’s take a promotion at your job as an example. Whatever your job might be, you might not be satisfied with it. You might want to make more money, get a promotion, do more important work and less busy work, or really show your boss that you are the best employee this company has ever had. These are things you want. You want more money, to be promoted, to do better work, to do well in the eyes of your boss, and these wants are good. They can motivate you to go above and beyond, communicate more, step into the shoes of a leader, and allow you to think more deeply about the work you do. The problem is whenever these wants turn into expectations. There’s a difference between wanting more money and expecting it, or wanting to have your name called for a promotion and expecting that promotion.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 19 Because whenever we don’t get what we want, we might be bummed and might use the disappointment to try better. When we don’t get what we expect, the emotions often turn to anger and resentment, like everything we should have got snatched away. So instead of trying to better ourselves and try harder, we feel anger towards the people or situation that took away what we deserve and what was rightfully ours. Losing Satisfaction From Lost Experiences Having our expectations denied can make us focus on the lack that we are experiencing, which ties us to the expectation. If you lose out on a promotion that you were expecting for instance, you might find that you are angry, you start being resentful towards your job and boss, and you might start doing things that will keep the promotion out of your grasp. This will certainly damage how satisfied we feel, because we are constantly focusing on the lack that we have. So how do you avoid this? How do you avoid making everything an expectation and getting tied to the outcome? Well, there are two things you can do. The first is to let go of the outcome, and the second is to search for proof.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 20 Letting out and having outcome independence is something most self development books will talk about in greater detail, but the main point is to focus on the journey and what you can control, and not on what you can’t. For example, in the case of a promotion, you can’t control who your boss will pick or what they will look for, but you can focus on being a good employee and showcasing promotable qualities. If you are promoted, great, but if you aren’t then you are at least being a good employee, which will have its own benefits for you down the line. With this, your satisfaction doesn’t hinge on something you can’t control, but rather the satisfaction of what you can control- such as a job well done. Or you can look for proof that validates your expectation. Going back to the hamburger example, you went to the restaurant that sells hamburgers and ordered the same burger that you have had several times over. You know the restaurant in question stocks your favorite, and you don’t need to worry about it. You have proof.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 21 Look for that same proof with your wants. If you know that a certain action or series of actions has gotten other people promotions or extra raises or benefits, then try to take those same actions and replicate the results. They might not always work out, but if they do, then you have the proof needed to make a want an expectation.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 22\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 23 Chapter 3: Self Love Isn’t Easy The concept of loving yourself is supposed to be very easy, and just like with the practice of gratitude, it is one of the things that will help you create a more satisfied life. However, loving yourself isn’t easy, and there’s several internal and external reasons for that. Thankfully, there’s also several ways to overcome that reasoning and start the practice of loving yourself just like how you love any other person or animal in your life. Self Love is seeing value in yourself, caring for yourself with good self care habits, and treating yourself with respect. It should be easy, it really should be, especially since you can mirror how you treat other people with self love as well. However, even some of the nicest people on the planet suffer from a lack of self love, which should tell you it is harder than you might think. For starters, self love is constantly being attacked by the world around us. While a chapter about the dangers of too much and the wrong types of social media is present later in this book, it’s worth a mention here. How are you supposed to love yourself whenever everyone else is relentlessly chasing down an image of perfection?\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 24 Take your body for example. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to improve the way you look, wanting to be healthier, lose weight, or maybe get some more muscles. However, so many people come at it from a place of hatred for their bodies. They look at all their imperfections and state: “I’m so fat/ugly/unwanted/hideous” or “I’d only be good looking if I could just get rid of my fat stomach, or the weight around my thighs, or the extra ten pounds.” This isn’t helped by seeing social media photos all over the internet, or even by seeing people walking out and about who are healthier than you or who have the body you desire. Often, instead of letting that motivate us we instead compare ourselves to other people and bemoan that we could never be like them. We don’t think that those photos are airbrushed, edited, primped and preened, or that some of those healthy people have done very unhealthy things to radically change their bodies, we just focus on the difference. In focusing on that difference, we forget to show compassion for where we are or focus on how we can change our bodies. We\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 25 forget to love ourselves and in forgetting that love, we forget how to want to improve ourselves. Self Love Doesn’t Have To Mean Stagnation, Just Satisfaction A lot of people seem to think that if we love where we are, then that means that we are doomed to stagnate. Instead, we have to hate where we are and have a desire to grow, and that’s the only way we can change. However, while the hate and anger based approach might work in the short term, or might work for certain types of people, it often won’t work long term. Instead, we need to treat ourselves like a child. How many times have parents said “We love you and we want what is best for you?” How many parents love their children whether they get 1st place or 50th? They are satisfied with whatever their children put out, as long as they do their best and keep on moving forward, and we need to treat ourselves the same way. Self love doesn’t condemn us to where we are, but instead gives us a foundation to build upon. Going back to getting healthier, which sounds better for long term growth and health: Hating your body and vowing to get fit like all the people on the\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 26 internet tell you to do, or loving where you are and accepting that you can become better and want to improve? Having a base and a bedrock of satisfaction can get you moving far more than having a base of anger and hatred for yourself, but how do you start loving yourself? Making Self Love Easier How would you treat someone you would like to woo or fall in love with? How do you treat someone you are in love with? What do you do if someone you love is having a rough time of it? Looking at how you treat others can prove a perfect guideline to how to treat yourself. One of the first steps to self love is watching what you tell yourself and what you think throughout the day. Do you constantly put yourself down, bemoan that you can’t do anything right, or shower yourself with angry put-downs and insults? That’s not how you would treat a loved one, and it is certainly not how you should treat yourself.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 27 It sounds silly, but if you choose to watch what you say for a week and make an effort to change the dialogue of your inner voice, you will see some real changes in your satisfaction levels. More of the inner voice will be covered in the next chapter. Take Yourself Out For Some Self Care Often, whenever we aren’t satisfied and we don’t love ourselves, we find ourselves stressed out and overwhelmed. When this happens, we need to focus on self care in order to recharge our batteries and focus on recovering and forgetting about all that is bugging us. So maybe take yourself out on a date! Go somewhere you’ve always wanted to go, do something that brings you joy, and just treat yourself kindly for a change. Chances are, you will be very satisfied with the self care you have just given yourself, and you will also find that your stress levels have gone down as well. It’s often night and day for what these date nights can do for your physical health, mental health, and levels of satisfaction, so don’t skimp on them. You might find that you have a higher capacity for self love than you had previously thought!\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 28 Be Around People Who Love You One of the best ways to pump up your self love and self esteem is to be around people who love you. Spending time with friends, family, a significant other, or all three can really boost your feelings of worthiness and self love. These people care about you, like what you like, and want to do things that make you happy. If you need a quick mental health boost, then take the time to call up some friends or loved ones and watch your mood take off. Plus, they might even be able to help you out with your self care, because they do know what you like and might have some ideas.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 29\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 30 Chapter 4: Tame Your Inner Voice Whenever it comes to living a life of contentment, your inner voice can be your biggest ally or your harshest critic, either pushing you forward to find what makes you content, or holding you back and preventing you from truly being happy. For either of these outcomes, too much of an untamed internal voice can be dangerous, so learning how to tame that inner voice is often very helpful in your journey towards contentment. Your inner voice might seem impossible to tame, because it never seems to shut up. Every time you try to strive for something it is their speaking, telling you that you can’t do it or that you need to focus on something easier, something you actually can do. If you are seeking to change your mindset from one of scarcity to one of abundance, then you can definitely expect your inner voice to snap at you. So, how do you tame your inner voice and ensure that it works with you and not against you? There are a few steps you can take, and while they might seem like they take a lot of time and effort, you might find that it is all worth it once your inner voice starts telling you what you want to hear.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 31 Step 1: Focus On What The Inner Voice Is Telling You For a couple of days, write down everything your inner voice is telling you, because in order to change it to something productive you need to first see what your inner voice is already telling you. Write down the good, the bad, and the ugly, and you can even separate it by topic. What does your inner voice tell you about happiness? Money? Contentment? Success? Are they words and phrases of encouragement that focus on how you can have more of those things in your life? Are they words of doubt and lack that are making you too afraid to chase those goals? Are they words that are actively putting you down, words that say you can never achieve what you desire? There’s a study that says 90% of what we do has already been programmed for us by the subconscious mind, which is the part of the mind we don’t control and where the inner voice lives. 90% of what we do each day is fueled by the inner voice, and once you get the inner voice’s playbook in front of you, you can focus on countering each phrase.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 32 Step 2: Counter Each Negative Phrase With Something Positive It might seem a bit shocking to see all the negative phrases that your inner voice has been telling you for who knows how long, and it’s had quite a while to be shaped by the environment you are in and your own thoughts. The hold it has on you and the freedom you’ve given it will take a while to cramp down upon, but it can be done. First, you need to focus on the negative phrases. For example, let’s take a common one that everyone seems to have when it comes to heading towards contentment: “You don’t deserve to be happy.” Contentment can equal happiness, or at the very least it can end the struggle that is blocking your happiness, so your mind will want to keep you from that at all costs. A great phrase to tell yourself in order to counter that is “I deserve happiness, and I am happy right now.” Then pick out something in your life or your situation to be happy about. It doesn’t matter how silly or small, you just need to pick something. It could be that the sky is blue, that you heard your favorite song on the radio, or that you are going to eat your favorite meal for dinner tonight.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 33 It just needs to be something that will make you smile, and once that is done, you can go about your day. Every time the thought of you not deserving happiness comes up, replace the negative thought with that positive phrase and the action that causes you to feel happiness. It might take a couple of days to kick in and replace the negative thought pattern, but eventually you will find yourself not thinking that negative thought anymore. Then you can move onto the next issue your inner voice has, turning it into an ally rather than something that will constantly tear you down. This does ask for a lot of repetition and diligence on your end, but the rewards will be well worth it. Having An Out Of Control Positive Inner Voice Having an inner voice that is too positive can be a problem too, from a certain point of view. For high achievers or people who want to get things done, their inner voice can tell them to overcome challenges, climb over the next hill, and seek out the next big adventure. This isn’t a bad thing at all, but it can become a problem whenever you find yourself seeking the next big adventure right on the heels of the previous one.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 34 Satisfaction is “the fulfillment of one's wishes, expectations, or needs, or the pleasure derived from this.” While you might be fulfilling your wishes and needs whenever you achieve your goals, you also need to take in the pleasure of all that you have accomplished. While you don’t want to rest on your laurels too long, you also don’t want to ignore them entirely. If you’ve completed a goal, then recognize and accept that goal. Feel good that you completed something so amazing, and then move onto the next one. Tame your positive inner voice by taking a few mental steps back from the future and instead focusing on the present moment. Be present in your victory, enjoy the sweetness of it and the satisfaction of a job well done, and then focus on getting back out onto the grind and getting your next goal completed.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 35\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 36 Chapter 5: Less Is More One common issue some people have with satisfaction is the idea that they need more, and the need for more is something ingrained in us as young children and it continues into adulthood. We focus on wanting and needing, and we are only satisfied when those needs are met. Yet for some this creates a bit of a paradox. If we want more and are wired to want more, than how can we ever be satisfied if we can never have enough? Well, some of the most satisfied people are actually those that have learned to make do with less in their lives. The idea of less is more has been around for quite a while under many different names and forms, and whether you call it decluttering, mindfulness, or minimalism, you know what it is about. Having less or having just enough to get by means that you appreciate what you have more, instead of having a lot of things you never use or take for granted. This idea can be a lifestyle, or can be a part of just one facet of your life. For example, some people strive to find satisfaction in food or in clothing, where they only eat or buy enough to get by.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 37 This gives them less choice in how much they eat or the number of outfits they can throw together on a given day, but it allows them to save money, improve their health, and truly value what they do have. How Less Is More Can Lead To Satisfaction Think about something you like, and the amount of choice you have regarding it. For example, let’s take entertainment. There’s dozens of streaming services out in the world, with most of them charging some sort of monthly subscription fee. Then focus on all the exclusive shows that each platform has to offer that aren’t available anywhere else. Even without exclusives, what about all the classic TV shows everyone says you should watch? Plus all the new content that is coming out on a weekly basis? There’s just too much television to ever watch it all, and even if you had enough money to pay for every single streaming service and cable package deal out there, you wouldn’t have enough time to watch everything. So what do you do? You narrow the field by weeding out shows that don’t interest you, then you figure out which streaming services are worth spending money on, then you look at how many hours you are devoting to each show.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 38 Eventually, you have a much more manageable pile of television shows that are not only watchable within an understandable time frame, but are also shows that you will enjoy watching. That’s an example of how less is more can lead to satisfaction, because instead of wasting time and money on shows you don’t like or care for, you can spend your time on those you do… and get more fun out of it! This Applies To Everything There’s a real abundance of everything right now, even if you aren’t looking for it, but we are constrained by time. In order to live a contented life and have satisfaction in all of what we do, we need to focus on getting less, and we will enjoy it more without getting overwhelmed. Look at all the areas where you don’t feel content, and then try to see if more or less of that is needed in your life. Are you not satisfied at work? Perhaps you are stressed out because you are working too hard and need to dial everything back, or maybe you need to work harder and get ahead of some bigger projects to free up space and time.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 39 Not satisfied with your family? Spend more time with them to increase your bond, or if you find yourself getting irritated by them, don’t be afraid to step away and get some time for yourself. If you haven’t already guessed, one of the biggest benefits to having a more satisfying life (and one of the tools you can use) is balance in the things we do. While we as humans hate reduction and don’t want to miss out on opportunities and the next big thing, one of the things we should do is know when a little less can give us a lot more satisfaction. You can make ‘less is more’ a lifestyle and follow it like the minimalists do, or you can simply pick one area of your life and try to make some reductions. However you choose to go about it, the idea that less is more will certainly help you become more satisfied and content with your life, and might lead to other positive changes as well.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 40\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 41 Chapter 6: Know When Social Media Is Toxic Social media can do a lot of good in the world, but it can also cause a lot of problems for people’s mental health. From not feeling good enough, to constantly being exposed to all the hatred and petty arguments that rise to life online, to seeing only what the world wants you to see about life, social media can really make you feel unsatisfied. While social media isn’t bad on its own, and can be a great tool, it is also important to know how to use social media in order to keep yourself content and not get thrown down the rabbit hole of seeing all these unrealistic expectations. Toxic social media is real, but since the word toxic gets thrown around so much in today’s world, it’s best to get some definitions out of the way. First toxic can mean poisonous, or very harmful or unpleasant in a pervasive or insidious way. If something is toxic to you, whether it is a person or an item, it is adding negativity to your life and often causing stress. So if social media is making you sick, and you find that you close\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 42 your phone and feel worse about yourself than when you started, that is toxic. What Is Toxic Social Media? Toxic social media will honestly depend on the person who is using it, and what is toxic to one person might not be toxic to another. Someone might have thin skin and can find mean comments on their pictures toxic, while another person who isn’t affected can ignore the comments. Someone might get upset by comparing their body image to someone else online, or wonder why their life isn’t as great as the latest influencer. The causes of social media toxicity depend on a lot of things, but while what causes social media to affect people in this way are different per person, the effects are often the same across the board. People feel bad and their mental health takes a dip, they feel worthless or not as good as people on social media, or they take negative online comments to heart and quit posting or quit a hobby they were otherwise sharing with the world. People often report feeling terrible after being exposed to toxic social media, or often feel angry and then become toxic themselves, causing discussions to get out of hand and refusing\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 43 to listen when having a debate with someone. Toxic social media will damage your quality of life, and it certainly won’t help you be content! If you find yourself feeling angry, depressed, sad, and helpless after you get off of social media, then you’ve probably exposed yourself to it in a toxic form. If you want to feel content with your life, then you need to fix it. How To Overcome Toxic Social Media The most important thing to remember is that social media in all its forms is a tool run by algorithms. You are in control of what you see and experience on social media, and you can easily choose to put healthy things on your feeds and homepages. Just like how someone wanting to overcome a toxic diet will clear out all the junk food and replace it with health food, you can do the same with your feeds. Clear your internet history, unsubscribe from the channels and people and communities that you know are junk, and by doing this you reset the algorithm. Then figure out what is healthy for you on social media. Do you want to see inspiring things, messages from close family and friends only, cute animals, only\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 44 things related to your business? Then start looking those up and following communities where you can see those things. Over time the algorithm will pick up that you are looking for health and will send you more of the same. Then, every single time you get on social media you can walk away from your session refreshed and motivated and renewed, and not burnt out, angry, and depressed. You can turn your social media into something that helps you and doesn’t hinder you, and it’s something that can keep you content. Clearing Out The Errant Toxicity Sometimes even the healthiest bodies get sick, and the same thing happens with social media. Sometimes something that you know is bad for you slips through the cracks, and when that happens you can go right back to feeling bad. While you can’t expect to avoid every negative thing on the internet, you can focus on what to do when that happens so it doesn’t throw you off. First, don’t feed it, especially if the toxin is directed at you. Trolls, negative comments, and mean remarks are going to happen if you put yourself out there, and rather than getting\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 45 angry and responding with your own anger, you can instead focus on letting go. The best strategy is to delete the comment and walk away. Remove the toxin before it even has a chance to spread, and then don’t respond to the person who posted it. Besides, that’s what they want, because the people who tear others down on the internet, likely haven’t built anything for themselves. By having tools in place to prevent one bad comment or one piece of criticism from ruining your day, you can keep your mood content and you can keep using social media as a force for good regarding your mental health.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 46\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 47 Chapter 7: Don’t Be Afraid To Try New Things It’s been said a few times earlier in the book, but satisfaction and contentment do not equal stagnation. Sure, you can be happy with the status quo and that is not a bad thing at all, but whenever the status quo gets to be a little too ‘same old, same old’, then you need to focus on adding in something new to spice things up, because there is a difference between being content and being happy. Trying new things can be something that gets you out of a rut, or something that introduces you to new experiences that you didn’t even think you would enjoy! But what should these new things be, and how do you make sure you aren’t forgetting to enjoy them? First, take a look at your content life. What are you satisfied with? You could be satisfied that you have all your basic needs taken care of, such as enough food to eat and a roof over your head. You could also be satisfied that you have a good job and some money saved up, and that could be the excuse you need to spend a little money and try something entirely new.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 48 But even the most content person has wishes and dreams that keeps us from just existing in a content life. So think about what you want and don’t be afraid to admit what you desire. You might want more adventure, more family time, or to try a new activity you are interested in. This can raise your upper limit of happiness, and trying new things can actually make you feel more content! The Base Level Of Happiness The base level of happiness is a term coined by Gay Hendricks in his book “The Big Leap” where he states that we have a comfort level of happiness that is very similar to a thermostat. When we get too hot or cold, we turn the thermostat up or down depending on what is needed to get ourselves feeling comfortable again. We do the same thing with happiness, where if we are not happy enough, we do what we can to become happy. However, whenever we get too happy too quickly, we can self sabotage ourselves to bring us back down to a comfort zone of happiness. An example would be getting a promotion at work, which comes with more money and more benefits. However, if\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 49 we aren’t prepared for this new level of happiness that the promotion provides us, then we might self sabotage and get demoted back to our old job, just to feel comfortable and be within our means of happiness. It sounds silly and a little crazy, but we do it all the time. However, in order to continue to live a content life with the bad and the good that life throws at us, we need to learn to expand our base level of happiness to accept when we feel really good. One of the best ways to do this is to try new things. The base level of happiness loves a routine and a structure, and we need to shake it up by providing a brand new thing for our lives to focus on. If you are content and happy with the way your life is so far, that doesn’t mean that you don’t have dreams of things you want to do, goals you want to set, or ways your life could be a little bit better. Focus on those. What New Things Should I Try? Since most humans are wired to want to be better, focus on what you want to be better on. For example, let’s say you are content with your body. You like the way it looks and you aren’t comparing yourself to anyone else. However, you also decide\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 50 that you could be a bit fitter and at least strong enough to PR your next barbell lift at the gym, so maybe try a new gym routine, diet, and workout plan to get stronger. Or maybe you are content with your relationship, but want to open up more and focus on sharing one another's interests. Maybe try a new activity together, or plan alternating dates where you each pick an activity you want to share with the other. Trying new things doesn’t have to be a grand declaration of a lifestyle altering goal, or something that will push you past satisfaction and into more stress to be the best, but it should be something you should feel excited and passionate about. It should also be something that you can feel happy about when you complete it. Remember, you are trying to raise your base level of happiness and contentment around this new activity, and not get too stressed out over it.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 51\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 52 Chapter 8: Life Is A Journey, Not A Destination Have you even been on a really peaceful car ride? Not the one where the road trip is one from hell and you would give anything to get to your destination and make it end, but the kind of road trip that just puts you in a trance? The kind that makes you smile and drive around, stopping at all the cool places on the side of the road, listening to content that you enjoy, and focusing on the drive itself? Sometimes it can be very hard to give up that trip and actually get to the destination. Well, life is like that too. It can seem like everyone is always chasing something, whether it’s more money, time, fame, fortune, glory, or respect, and that chase can end up driving them crazy. They are so fixated on the end result that they forget to stop and smell the roses on the side of the road. Life isn’t a destination, although it sometimes can seem that way, but life’s only endpoint is death, and this author can imagine that everyone wants to stay as far away from that destination as possible. Feeling contentment and happiness is\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 53 one of the best ways to ensure that you squeeze as much out of the journey as possible, and having a life where you can say “I’m Satisfied” is the first step. Focus On What Really Matters As much as we might want to keep up with the Joneses and buy stuff we don’t need to impress people we don’t like, one of the best ways to make memories on this journey is to connect with everyone making the journey with us. While chasing money and power and fame is fine and can help you make connections, you don’t want to forgo the human element entirely. Meet new people in your life and connect to old ones, fall in love, make friends, find mentors, and talk about everything under the sun. One of the best ways to feel almost instant satisfaction is to look someone in the eyes after you have helped them out. It’s an amazing feeling, because whether you helped them move or helped them solve a tormenting problem, you got to play a role in their story. Making other people’s lives better is one of the best things you can do on the journey, and it will aid your own mental health\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 54 too. While it seems like the world can be more divided than ever, a few good deeds and actions will be more than enough to bring your little corner of the world together. Don’t Be Afraid To Rest And Just Be Content Do you remember the feeling during your first rest stop after a few hours in the car? Sometimes there’s nothing more glorious than stretching your legs, using the bathroom, walking around a new environment, and fueling up with both gas and food for the road ahead. It’s almost a spiritual experience to just rest for a bit before you get back on the road, and the same concept applies towards the road trip of life as well. Sometimes we are so focused on the idea of being satisfied or the idea of contentment that we don’t actually stop and allow ourselves to feel those emotions. We are chasing the ideas without knowing that they aren’t ideas, they are feelings that are deep inside of us, and we can feel them free of charge. So while you are going through life, make note of when you feel satisfied and content, and then take the time to feel those\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 55 feelings. If you find yourself ignoring the feelings in favor of chasing the ideas, then just like with a rest stop… schedule your rest. Taking a few minutes every day to look at all you have, feel gratitude, and be content with enough can refresh your mind, body, and soul. After that you can get back on life’s road and keep on traveling to your next destination. Have Some Fun Finally, being content and satisfied, without being connected to any emotions caused by your expectations can be very fun. You don’t want more, you don’t have less, and that’s a cause for celebration! However, just like with rest, we often don’t allow ourselves to be happy that we have enough, and we save the parties for whenever we have an excess of money or fame or time. But being content means that you don’t have chains binding you to feelings of lack, scarcity, and you aren’t constantly comparing yourself to others and beating yourself up. That’s a cause for celebration, so don’t be afraid to make a party out of what you\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 56 have. Do something fun, practice self love, and really appreciate all of the things you worked so hard to get.\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 57\nLIVE A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT 58 Conclusion As you have hopefully learned from this book, turning your life from one of stress, anger, and worry about lack into a life of contentment and growth starts in the mind. The sooner you understand that you can be satisfied with anything and with any part of a situation, even the negative parts, the sooner you can focus on becoming a satisfied human being. It’s going to take some time and require changing habits that might have taken years to become automatic, but once you make those changes, silence your inner voice, purge toxicity from your life, and accept that life is one big journey, you will have a more content life and lifestyle. Plus, the mindset of satisfaction will never be able to be shaken from you once you get it locked in your brain as the default mode. So no matter what life throws at you next, you will be able to enjoy it and keep your emotions feeling satisfied.\nHope you enjoyed this guide My name is Ayman Shalaby and I would like to invite you to join my Free Community Get to meet entrepreneurs like you and get access to awesome training and courses Enjoy Free training tools and access to Life Time Deals saving you hundreds on monthly costs of doing business online","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://aconiteallergies.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-03-12T01:24:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1394020703260/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305115823-00004-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9635167121887207,"token_count":532,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-10__0__118861735","lang":"en","text":"Engraved Zippo lighters from the Vietnam War.\nMy apologies for the delay on this posting. I was caught up in adventures of my own and I wanted to be sure that each of you might have the opportunity to test your metal with this handy diagram before venturing forward on perilous endeavors. Best of luck, dear readers\nI am a brave and true hero!\nFeminism is having a wardrobe malfunction.\nDoes your brand of feminism remove barriers for women, or simply move them around? Does is expand options for women, or does it just shift them? You don’t liberate women by forcing them to choose option B instead of option A. What is comfortable for you might not be comfortable for someone else, and it’s entirely possible that what you see as oppressive, other women find comfortable or even downright liberating.\nBefore you think the girl in the middle is a strawman, let me tell you I used to be her, back in my misguided youth. I considered myself the standard to which other people should adhere. But that was stupid. It’s not up to me to tell people how to dress, and it’s much nicer to let everyone choose for themselves.\nSome women would feel naked without a veil. Some women would find it restrictive. Some women would feel restricted by a bra. Some women would feel naked without one. Some women would feel restricted by a tight corset. Others love them. Some wear lots of clothes with a corset. Some only wear the corset and nothing else. What makes any article of clothing oppressive is someone forcing you to wear it. And it’s just as oppressive to force someone not to wear something that they want to wear.\nphotos of butterfly and moth wings taken by linden gledhil at seven to ten times life size.\n\"evolution is written on the wings of butterflies\" - charles darwin\nYou hear that? That is the sound of my heart breaking.\nI SWEAR I AM NOT CUTE/SWEET\nDON’T CALL ME THAT\nI AM EVIL\nI AM THE SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT\nThis is literally the stupidest comic I have ever made and I’m not even sorry\nthe next time anyone gives you shit for being inspired by something not conventionally considered inspirational, just remember that gandalf, one of the most wise and powerful figures in middle-earth, got his courage through bilbo baggins who liked books and handkerchiefs and didn’t know how to hold a sword","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://innerfyre.co/blogs/wellness/yuugen-a-gentle-path-to-overcoming-burnout","date":"2024-04-24T20:31:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296819847.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424174709-20240424204709-00738.warc.gz","language_score":0.9220059514045715,"token_count":1453,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__32452295","lang":"en","text":"Yuugen: A Gentle Path to Overcoming Burnout in Today's World\nIn the hustle and bustle of our post-pandemic lives, it’s easy to feel like we’re constantly running on a treadmill, trying to keep up with the pace of the world.\nEver felt like the world’s spinning a tad too fast, leaving you caught in a whirlwind of tasks, expectations, and digital notifications? Clearly, sleep deprivation, burnout and overwhelm have become all too familiar companions for many of us.\nBut what if I told you there’s a concept from Japanese aesthetics that could help us find balance and joy amidst the chaos? Enter Yuugen: a beautiful, ancient principle that might just be the antidote we’re all looking for.\nWhat Exactly is Yuugen?\nYuugen is a beautiful and profoundly deep concept from Japanese aesthetics that's a bit tricky to pin down in a single definition because it's all about the subtle and the profound.\nIt suggests an awareness of the universe that triggers emotional responses too deep and mysterious for words. Yuugen reminds us that beauty and meaning often lie beneath the surface, in the subtle shades of life, in the things left unsaid, or in the fleeting moments that stir the soul.\nYuugen in Art, Literature, and Poetry\nThroughout history, Yuugen has been a muse for artists, writers, and poets, inspiring creations that evoke a sense of the vast, unknowable universe and our fleeting moment within it.\nOne example is the Japanese Ink Wash Painting (Sumi-e). This art form emphasizes simplicity, spontaneity, and the depth of each stroke, often portraying landscapes, flora, and fauna in a way that invites the viewer to fill in the blanks with their imagination.\nAlso another example of how the essence of Yuugen can be felt in art is The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai. Though not explicitly created to represent Yuugen, this iconic woodblock print evokes a deep emotional response, capturing the powerful and transient beauty of nature.\nMeanwhile, in literature, we could say that \"The Tale of Genji\" by Murasaki Shikibu perfectly embodies the essence of Yuugen. Often described as the world's first novel, this masterpiece of Japanese literature is filled with layers of emotion and subtle expressions of desire and melancholy.\nOr maybe think of a haiku that captures the silent flutter of an autumn leaf, the evocative brush strokes of a landscape painting that suggest more than they reveal, or a piece of music that carries you to distant, unexplored worlds.\nWatching the moon\nat dawn, solitary, mid-sky,\nI knew myself completely:\nno part left out.\nThese are all expressions of Yuugen, inviting us to look beyond the obvious and find beauty in the profound and the incomplete.\nHow Yuugen Helps With Burnout and Overwhelm\nIn the realm of psychology, research has increasingly pointed to mindfulness, connection with nature, and engagement with art as powerful antidotes to burnout and overwhelm. Yuugen, with its emphasis on the deep, mysterious beauty of the universe, naturally aligns with these therapeutic practices.\nBy inviting us to appreciate the subtle nuances of life and reminding us of the vastness beyond our daily struggles, Yuugen can help us step back from the brink of burnout, offering a fresh perspective and a renewed sense of wonder.\nPractising Yuugen in Daily Life\nSo, how do you invite Yuugen into your life? Start by slowing down and paying attention to the world around you.\nTake a moment to watch the sunset, noticing the myriad colours as the day fades into night. Listen to a piece of music that moves you, letting the notes wash over you and carry you away. Or dive into a book that speaks to the soul, allowing the words to lift you to new realms of imagination.\nHere are some concrete and simple steps to incorporate Yuugen into your daily life:\nDedicate a few minutes each day to simply observe your surroundings without judgment.\nFocus on the natural world—the shape of clouds, the way leaves rustle in the wind, or the play of light and shadow at different times of the day. Allow yourself to be fully present and soak in the beauty and mystery of these moments.\nEngage with Art and Poetry\nMake it a habit to engage with forms of art and poetry that evoke a sense of the subtle and the profound.\nWhether it's visiting a local art gallery, reading poetry that speaks to the soul, or even exploring traditional Japanese haikus online, let these experiences open your mind to deeper emotions and connections.\nListen to Nature Sounds\nIncorporate the sounds of nature into your daily routine.\nThis could be as simple as opening a window to listen to the rain, using apps that play nature sounds while you work or relax, or taking a quiet walk in a nearby park. The sounds of nature can help ground you and provide a serene backdrop to your thoughts.\nKeep a journal to reflect on your experiences with Yuugen.\nWrite about moments that moved you, art that spoke to you on a deeper level, or natural scenes that filled you with awe. This practice can help you become more attuned to the profound beauty in everyday life.\nCreate a Yuugen Space\nDedicate a small space in your home where you can practice mindfulness or meditation surrounded by objects that evoke a sense of mystery and depth.\nThis could be a simple arrangement of rocks and plants, a few pieces of meaningful artwork, a self-care practice that incorporates crystals, or anything else that helps you connect with the concept of Yuugen.\nLimit Digital Distractions\nSet aside time each day or week when you disconnect from digital devices and social media.\nUse this time to reconnect with yourself and your surroundings, allowing the simplicity and depth of the world to rejuvenate your spirit.\nAt the end of each day, reflect on moments or experiences that exemplified Yuugen for you.\nPractising gratitude for these moments can enhance your awareness and appreciation for life's profound beauty. You can also choose the scents to accompany you during this time to complete the ambience. We recommend grounding essential oils like palo santo.\nUltimately, even in the simplest things—a leaf dancing on the wind, the quiet beauty of a rain-soaked street—Yuugen can be found, that is if you're willing to look.\nGo Ahead with Your Yuugen Practice\nIn our post-pandemic world, embracing Yuugen might just be the antidote we need to the constant pressure and pace of modern life.\nIt’s a call to pause, breathe, and reconnect with the deeper, often overlooked beauty of the world around us. So the next time you feel stressed, overwhelmed and on the brink of burnout, remember Yuugen, and let it guide you back to balance and joy.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://harvard-and-hbr-case-anal40199.blog2learn.com/7068709/everything-about-case-solution","date":"2018-08-15T05:35:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221209884.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20180815043905-20180815063905-00643.warc.gz","language_score":0.9236791729927063,"token_count":959,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__190738656","lang":"en","text":"The scientific perception and also the raising quantity of scientific investigations emphasize the commonalities of substance-connected and non-compound related behavioural addictions, respectively. For that reason, the standardized classifications of psychological Ailments should classify excessive behaviours meeting the standards of addictions as an dependancy dysfunction and operationalize them accordingly within the diagnostic criteria.\nNevertheless, there remains to be limited information on the risk of coronary heart failure connected with the use of specific NSAIDs (both of those COX two inhibitors and traditional NSAIDs) in scientific follow, and especially on their dose-reaction associations. Hence, coronary heart failure was involved being an final result of interest in the overall cardiovascular and gastrointestinal possibility evaluation of personal NSAIDs inside the Safety of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory (SOS) Project, a multinational venture funded by the ecu Fee underneath the seventh Framework Programme.\nSupplementary tables S4-S7 report the distribution of case and controls according to the regarded covariates, utilization of particular person NSAIDs, and dose types of present-day NSAIDs use (in DDD equivalents and corresponding day by day level of Lively basic principle in mg), and also the effects of person NSAIDs on the heart failure possibility.\nNo significant differences in the magnitude with the association involving usage of personal NSAIDs and coronary heart failure possibility ended up observed among patients with or with out prior coronary heart failure (for all NSAIDs) and between the sexes (which has a couple exceptions of NSAIDs).\nThirdly, our dose-reaction analysis might have been underpowered for some NSAID dose courses mainly because just the PHARMO and Skinny databases can be considered. Also, a percentage of patients registered in these two databases had to be excluded from the dose-response analysis because they lacked the prescribed day-to-day dose facts.\nIt's been recommended that typical usage of flavonoids consumed in foods may minimize the risk of Dying from coronary heart problems in aged Adult males (forty six). A study assessed the flavonoid consumption of 805 Adult males aged sixty five–eighty four several years who had been adopted up for 5 decades. Flavonoid consumption (analyzed in tertiles) was noticeably inversely affiliated with mortality from coronary heart problems and confirmed an inverse relation with incidence of myocardial infarction. In Yet another study (47), on twelve sufferers with cardiac disorder who underwent cardiac catheterization, hemodynamic measurements acquired prior to and 30 minutes after the oral ingestion of chamomile tea exhibited a small but sizeable rise in the suggest brachial artery strain.\nThe phases in the intelligence cycle applied to transform raw information into actionable intelligence or understanding are conceptually comparable to the phases in information analysis.\nAhead of the autism-associated controversy started off in 1998, some concern experienced currently arisen about the safety of your MMR vaccine resulting from side effects associated with the Urabe mumps strain, like exceptional adverse occasions of aseptic meningitis, a transient gentle type of viral meningitis. A late-nineteen eighties trial in Britain of the method of the MMR vaccine containing the Urabe mumps pressure manufactured 3 cases of in all probability associated febrile convulsions for each one,000 vaccinations.\nAn exploratory analysis is accustomed to locate Tips to get a principle, although not to test that principle as well. When a product is uncovered exploratory in a dataset, then pursuing up that analysis by using read the full info here a confirmatory analysis in exactly the same dataset could simply imply that the results in the confirmatory analysis are as a result of same sort 1 error that resulted during the exploratory design in the first place. The confirmatory analysis for that reason will not be more enlightening than the original exploratory analysis.\nThe UltraVan motor coaches, manufactured in Hutchinson from 1966 to 1970, look a bit like squished, satisfied marshmallows on wheels. They have been referred to as retro-modern day and House age and are becoming collectors’ things online.\nThis informative article delivers an summary of the present popular diagnostic instruments examining different varieties of behavioural habit.\nPlan abdominal drainage versus no drainage for patients undergoing uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy\nIn this regard it is actually about two those who meet up with in a river without any crossing, that can induce people today to concern why one of them is wet and the things they are executing.\nDesk 3 Danger of hospital admission for coronary heart failure for latest users of unique NSAIDs or modern users of any NSAID (as opposed to earlier utilization of any NSAIDs), As outlined by proof of prior heart failure and by sex.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thegrimview.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/how-important-are-role-models-in-our-society/","date":"2017-04-29T07:31:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123318.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00469-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9801636934280396,"token_count":801,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__195441332","lang":"en","text":"When a footballer is caught cheating on his wife or a hip-hop artist is found carrying a concealed weapon or smoking drugs, the moral conscience of society rubs its palms together with glee. They smell the air of superiority and the opportunity to once against explain to us just how important it is for these people to lead their lives in a certain way in order to set a good example for the kids. Apparently that is their only cause; guidance for the kids. Setting apart their obvious envy and superfluous mantra, these people do have a point when it comes to how the behaviour of some can have a positive or negative impact on the lives of others.\nAs a child who grew up in a single-parent household, I remember latching onto a celebrity as a role model. It was not a conscious decision however. It’s something that just happens. You find yourself searching for guidance, searching for a hand to point you in the right direction and the hand I chose was that of Will Smith. I remember reading a biography about him in primary school and being inspired by the stories contained within it. One quote really stuck with me and I’ve carried it around since then: “If it was something that I really committed myself to, I don’t think there’s anything that could stop me becoming President of the United States”. What impressed me about Will Smith was the fearlessness of his character. His drive to achieve and his committment to doing it the right way.\nWhat looking up to Will Smith as a role model gave me was a committment to doing better with whatever I was given. I identified with his background, the way he was able to rise from an urban environment and become a success in the field he chose. This was something I wanted too and it made me more motivated to push for it. That is the importance of role models. Whether they know it or not, they inspire something within us (whether positively or negatively) that drive us on. A good role model can give you that extra step when the finish line seems to be drifting away. A bad role model can do the same.\nBeing a role model is never a conscious decision. It is something that is bestowed upon us whether we choose to accept it or not. I remember watching my little sister mouthing off to my mother one day and storming off. I was shocked by how similar her actions were to mine just a few days earlier. It was in that moment it hit me how my actions were effecting her. Now I fully appreciate that I have become a role model to her. My actions can inspire great things (I achieved 7 A* to C at GCSE level, she achieved 8) or negative things from her. Whilst I don’t think a person should ever be held responsible for the actions of another, I think it’s important to appreciate what impact you do have on others and conduct yourself in a manner that takes that into account.\nCelebrities don’t ask to be role models. Most of them probably hate it. However, with the fame and success comes a certain degree of responsibility seen in microcosm within a household. Whilst I find the usual outcry of the moral conscience of society sanctimonious and envy-laden, it cannot be forgotten that they do have an underlining point. Martin Luther King. Florence Nightingale. Great men and great women can inspire others, particularly young people, to greater things. And regardless of whether you want the responsibility or not, I think it’s important to understand how essential a role model is to society and when you become one, to embrace it and do the best with it.\nAs Will Smith says: “I don’t know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://olympialepoint.com/magazinecovers/","date":"2023-09-26T18:37:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510219.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20230926175325-20230926205325-00603.warc.gz","language_score":0.9034603834152222,"token_count":177,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__318858573","lang":"en","text":"Olympia LePoint Graces the Cover of GMARO Magazine\nCelebrity Edition Vol. 39, July 2023\nAs the award-winning author of the Answers Unleashed® science book series, Olympia LePoint graces the cover of GMARO Magazine® for the July 2023 cover. LePoint innovatively provides science educational knowledge to a new generation of readers. Olympia LePoint speaks about science, emerging technologies, and contents from her latest book. With her beauty and fashion modeling talent, Olympia LePoint reveals Quantum Deciding®, and explains how to make effective decisions for your future. LePoint is featured on pages 22 through 29 below.\nOlympia LePoint thanks GMARO Magazine editors, her publicist Heather Besignano and ICON PR, her agent Babette Perry at Innovative Artists, and her photographer Todd Tyler.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://geminus-rpg.livejournal.com/1738.html","date":"2017-02-24T06:21:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501171416.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104611-00408-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9831796288490295,"token_count":288,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__10484209","lang":"en","text":"Story of my life. I've always gone by instinct, not what felt right or good. Things change, though; people change, too. I think I'm startin' to get that.\nTime for the ostrich to come up outta the sand.\nPushin' back from Earl Boy's shirt, I look up at him; my eyes still watery and blurry. I smear the tears away, so I can see better. I feel like I just fought a huge gang of vamps and got seriously spanked by them. I'm wicked tired and drained from all the boo-hooing I've done. Scannin' around behind us, I notice that Wes and Fred are gone. \"They take off, when I went all punching bag on ya?\" I don't give him time to answer, cuz a laugh bubbles outta my chest. Bet he thinks I'm loopy; sure as hell know I would, If I was in his position. \"I'm cool. Don't worry. I just never act like this. Ever,\" and that's about all I can get out between laughs.\nFinally, the giggle fit ends, except the look on his face starts it back up again. Jeez...the hell? First, I cry like a fuckin' baby, and now, I'm laughin' like a hyena?\nDid someone spike my coffee?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://littlefootlife.com/2017/07/20/pregnancy-and-baby-books/","date":"2018-02-17T21:42:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891807825.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20180217204928-20180217224928-00382.warc.gz","language_score":0.9584978222846985,"token_count":1254,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__227350240","lang":"en","text":"Pregnancy, Birth, and Baby Book Reviews\nI read. A lot. Of books. About babies and birth. I took notes because my brain was no longer functioning. I had to re-read parts of the books because I didn’t understand my notes. I wanted to understand pregnancy, the birthing process, and babies as much as one can from books alone. Below are my reviews of pregnancy and baby books.\nBelly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy\nEntertaining, quick read, relate-able. Not scientifically sound, and not all that well-written. But if you’re looking for a good laugh and an easy read, this could be a good choice. I actually LOL’d a few times…maybe I tinkled a little bit too…\nOverall: 3 stars for entertainment value\nThis is another read more for entertainment than for sound medical or scientific advice. I enjoyed it, it was fun to read, I learned a little, it made my pregnancy experience seem more “normal,” but I certainly wouldn’t rely on it for actual medical knowledge.\nOverall: 4 stars for entertainment value\nWhat to Expect When You’re Expecting by Heidi Murkoff\nThe classic pick. It gives information by month about you and your growing baby. It’s easy to read, user-friendly, and to the point. I enjoyed being able to read a quick chapter at the beginning of each month to understand my baby’s development and why I was experiencing certain changes.\nOverall: 4 stars for ease of use, information\nThe Official Lamaze Guide\nOk, I know this isn’t for everyone. Totally get it. But, I really wanted to understand the birthing process, I wanted to consider going medicine-free, and I wanted to be able to make informed decisions before, during, and after birth. This book gave me great information I used to put together a birth plan, and generally feel more in control of my body. It is, of course, a little “woo-woo” and totally advocates for an all natural birth, so take everything with a grain of salt.\nOverall: 3 stars for information\nExpecting Better by Emily Oster\nIn my mind, this was the motherload of pregnancy books! Want to know the real research behind how much coffee you can actually consume? This is your book. The author is an economist who dives into research studies to determine the statistics behind the recommendations. I loved it, I found it strangely comforting, and it helped me to become comfortable with the choices I was making during pregnancy and birth.\nOverall: 5 stars – definitely the best book I read while pregnant\nOne Year To An Organized Life With Baby\nOk, deep breath.\nI found this book to be super useful. Not all of it, definitely, but some chapters. I lost my damn mind the last few months of pregnancy, and compulsivly organized and re-organized my entire house. Like, tore apart the pantry, and re-did the guest bathroom. And then did it again a few weeks later. I even redecorated my parents living room over the holidays. My mother wasn’t terribly thrilled…Anyway, this book gave me some direction. It helped me to channel my deeply rooted nesting instinct, and gave me some good ideas to prepare for baby. For example, I set up a filing system for Little Foot’s paperwork ahead of time, and it’s worked out really well so far.\nOverall: 4 stars for great ideas and an easy-to-follow process\nHappiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp\nI consider this book a must-read in the 9th month. Albeit, I think it could be condensed into a nice pamphlet, the information was literally (yes, I know I”m not using “literally” correctly) lifesaving. I read the fame and fabled CHAPTER 8 at 2 am when Little Foot was about a week old and she immediately started sleeping. Like, 2 minutes after doing what it said. I wanted to kiss this Harvey fellow right on the lips.\nOverall: 4 stars – invaluable information, minus 1 star because it could be very condensed\nHealthy Sleep Habits, Happy Baby\nThis book is DENSE like whoa. But it is good stuff. I didn’t find it super easy to read or navigate, expounded by the fact that I was reading it because my baby wasn’t sleeping therefor nor was I. However, the information is good stuff. It just felt right, if that makes sense. I followed the recommendations pretty closely with pretty good success. I liked that the author doesn’t just say what to do about baby sleep schedules, he actually explains the reasoning.\nOverall: 4.5 stars, I learned A LOT, it worked, but hard to read with sleep deprived mom brain\nWhat To Expect The First Year\nLike its pregnancy counterpart, this book takes you month by month, starting with before birth. It’s a nice, quick reference, not too overwhelming, and gives you little milestones to keep an eye out for. I probably would have missed some developmental changes in fine motor skills had I not read about them in this book.\nOverall: 4 stars, great information in an easy to read format\nConfessions Of A Domestic Failiure\nI read this on maternity leave after I finally got the hang of (sort of…) motherhood. It’s a quick and easy read, it’s outrageous, and it’s pretty damn funny. If you’re feeling like your life is in happy shambles, your brain isn’t working well enough to read real things, but you’re looking for a quick book to feel like you accomplished something, this is it!\nOverall: 4 stars, I may have lost brain cells, but I had a damn good time doing it\nWhat are some of your favorite pregnancy and baby books? Comment below!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://calikay.com/about-me/","date":"2021-10-26T04:47:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587799.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20211026042101-20211026072101-00258.warc.gz","language_score":0.9722177982330322,"token_count":660,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__112412872","lang":"en","text":"People often ask me, “How do you do it?” This is how —\nI’m a lone parent (aka: the other parent is a deadbeat) to 5 kids — two wonderful boys and three super sassy girls. My oldest child has Autism. My youngest two are 8 years old identical twins. They’re my world and I’m their magical unicorn. Our daily lives are filled with many challenges but nothing beats what happened to us.\nFor years, we lived in a very dark place — literally. The window curtains were always drawn down and the windows were always locked. The man who claimed to love us spent years abusing us. To the outside world, we were the perfect happy family. Behind closed doors, we walked on eggshells and lived in fear.\nAfter countless nights of pure horror, days of torments, and a visit to the ER for a mental breakdown, I finally found the courage to secretly packed my things and move out of state with my 5 kids. With no job, very little money, and only faith, I had to rebuild my life from the very bottom of the shit hole.\nToday, my kids and I live in a beautiful town in northern Wisconsin. We’re slowly healing but still battling CPTSD. When I think back to those dark days, I still kick myself for being so broken that I couldn’t protect my babies from their abusive father. When he gets angry with me, he would often take it out on my kids. He told me it hurts me more if he hurts the ones I love.\nDuring my 2 years out of the shit hole, I spent a lot of time working on myself — physically, mentally, spiritually, and financially. I did a complete Life Experience Design. It took me a long time to feel comfortable welcoming new people into my life. My healing process was very hard. No one around me could understand the destruction inside of me and flying monkeys were everywhere, constantly attacking me, while I was trying to raise 5 kids alone.\nIt’s been almost 5 years since I left the worst part of my life. I’m very happy now. I made new friends, started a community for domestic abuse survivors, found real love, and created a business to give me the flexibility to heal, grow, and thrive with my babies.\nWhat I will share with you here is how I’m surviving and what I’m doing to overcome issues in my life. You will discover life-changing confessions and supportive resources to help you become whole again after trauma.\nI’m not saying it’s going to be easy. It’s extremely hard but you’re not alone. Remember that toxic people only pick the best to break down so they can feel better about themselves. They are what I like to call, “bottom-feeders” and “fucktards.”\nYou’re not crazy or stupid. You’re an amazing person with a good heart. Start inhaling positive energy and exhaling negative energy out of your life with me. You’ll find that there is a rainbow after the storm.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.wildernessattitude.com/hidden-bike-trails-natures-cycling-gems/","date":"2024-04-19T17:56:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817442.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419172411-20240419202411-00894.warc.gz","language_score":0.9027172327041626,"token_count":748,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__180131902","lang":"en","text":"As the wind brushes against your face and the sun casts a warm glow over the landscape, there’s no better way to connect with nature than on a bicycle. While popular biking routes offer their own charm, there’s an undeniable allure to uncovering hidden bike trails that unveil nature’s best-kept secrets. In this exploration of nature’s cycling gems, we invite you to join us on a virtual journey through lush forests, tranquil meadows, and awe-inspiring terrains that are off the beaten path.\nThe Thrill of Discovery\nEmbarking on a quest to find hidden bike trails is a thrilling endeavor that rewards both the body and the soul. It’s a chance to escape the urban hustle, disconnect from screens, and immerse yourself in the symphony of birdsong and rustling leaves. These trails are nature’s gift to cyclists – a playground of discovery where every turn offers a new panorama, and every uphill climb leads to a breathtaking vista.\nA Serene Escape\nOne of the greatest appeals of hidden bike trails is the serenity they provide. Unlike bustling tourist-filled routes, these trails offer a peaceful escape where you can pedal at your own pace. Whether you’re an adrenaline junkie seeking heart-pounding descents or a leisure rider craving a scenic picnic spot, these hidden trails cater to every kind of cyclist. The absence of crowds means you can soak in the sights and sounds without any distractions, creating a deeper connection with the environment.\nNature is the world’s most talented artist, and hidden bike trails are its canvas. Traverse through tunnels of trees adorned with dappled sunlight, pedal alongside babbling brooks that mirror the clear blue sky, and witness the dance of wildflowers as they sway in the breeze. Every pedal stroke is an opportunity to witness nature’s artistry up close, a privilege that only those who venture off the well-trodden path can truly appreciate.\nEmbracing the Unknown\nExploring hidden bike trails is not without its challenges, but therein lies the beauty. The sense of venturing into the unknown, with only the trail ahead as your guide, ignites a spirit of adventure that’s hard to replicate elsewhere. It’s a chance to tap into your instincts, test your limits, and embrace the thrill of uncertainty. Each trail has its surprises – from unexpected wildlife encounters to sudden changes in terrain – making every ride a unique story waiting to be told.\nPreparation and Respect\nWhile hidden bike trails offer a remarkable escape, they also demand a heightened level of preparation and respect. Unlike well-marked paths, these trails may lack clear signage and essential facilities. Proper planning, including checking weather conditions, bringing sufficient supplies, and informing someone of your whereabouts, is crucial for a safe and enjoyable adventure. Moreover, treading lightly and leaving no trace ensures that these hidden gems remain unspoiled for generations of cyclists to come.\nEmbark on Your Journey\nIf you’re ready to trade the familiar for the extraordinary, exploring hidden bike trails is your ticket to a world of natural wonders. Unveil the mysteries of secluded landscapes, pedal through hidden valleys, and let the beauty of nature unfold around you. Join us as we embark on a series of articles dedicated to uncovering these cycling gems – a tribute to the adventurer in all of us, and a celebration of the landscapes that inspire boundless exploration.\nGet ready to pedal into the unknown, for on hidden bike trails, nature’s most precious secrets await.","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://burgeoningpurity.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/an-introduction-of-sorts/","date":"2018-06-19T06:10:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267861980.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20180619060647-20180619080647-00455.warc.gz","language_score":0.9360455274581909,"token_count":312,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__196152199","lang":"en","text":"Hello to any random internet perusers who stumble upon this. Hopefully you’ll navigate away soon as there’s nothing here yet.\nThis post is an introduction of sorts. Once upon a time I was relatively familiar with WordPress but time seems to have left large gaps in my memory. Hopefully in a couple of days I’ll have regained some skill and I’ll revamp the way this blog looks. For now, well no one should really be reading this anyway, so whatever.\nAs for my introduction, I’m going to call myself AndromedaCat. Obviously that’s not really my name, but for now it’s what I’m choosing go by. As for what I’ll be writing about in here… who knows. There are approximately eighty billion things I’m interested in, covering a wide range of topics, and I have yet to decide exactly where within that spectrum I want to focus my writing in this blog.\nFor now I guess just know that I may write about social justice issues, feminism, science fiction, pop culture, fashion, cats (because really… the internet is a place to talk about cats. and watch cats. and look at cats.), sex, porn, Star Trek, fanfiction, Health at Every Size, reading, romance novels, board games and media. That’s clearly not the entirety of my eighty billion interests but it’s a good catch-all for what I’m likely to write about.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://xaogil.newgrounds.com/news","date":"2021-04-19T08:08:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038879305.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20210419080654-20210419110654-00233.warc.gz","language_score":0.9574060440063477,"token_count":108,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__65543561","lang":"en","text":"Random guy that draws stuff and plays with video.\nJoined on 4/11/13\nPosted by xaogil - June 28th, 2020\nDuring these weeks, I been working on a comic by the name of Forgoth. It tells the story of an ex-inquisitor tasked with investigating some strange disappearances on the subterranean city of Forgoth. A mix between fantasy and detective stories.\nI will publish the comic here on newgrounds, but you can also follow it on the following website:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://earthtoroxy.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-07-28T06:13:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1406510256757.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20140728011736-00471-ip-10-146-231-18.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9449609518051147,"token_count":649,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__225344643","lang":"en","text":"…four years later Jeff will lose his virginity to a girl behind the East High School football field then later that night his keys and pants in the school pool so that he has to run\nhome crying to his mother with an oversized shirt and no pants, like a cartoon bear, and the next day when I hear this story, I will think about what it means for someone to become naked two times in one night to rush into the warmth of two\nwomen, once becoming a man and once becoming a boy all over again but right now it is just us in this car with Jeff’s mother, that cigarette smoke dancing from her lips until it catches the breeze\nfrom the cracked front window and glides back towards us a vagabond, searching for a throat to move into and cripple while Neal Schon’s guitar rides out the speakers and I don’t know how many open windows a man has to climb out of in the middle of the night in order to have hands that can make anything scream like that.\nnothing knows the sound of abandonment like a highway does, not even God.\"\n- Hanif Abdurraqib, “When We Were 13, Jeff’s Father Left The Needle Down On A Journey Record Before Leaving The House One Morning And Never Coming Back” (via joshuabrandonbennett)\nTo the girl in high school\nwho said my dark skin and stick legs\nwould never amount to anything -\nthank you for the bullying.\nIt taught me beauty and confidence.\nTo the parent\nwho never failed to let me know\nthey made a huge mistake -\nthank you for my depression.\nIt drew me to the arts.\nTo the boy I loved so great\nand broke my heart -\nthank you for the heartbreak.\nIt gave me my voice, the ink for my inspiration.\nTo the ex best friends who traded friendship for success\nand stabbed me in the back with stilettos;\nto the boys who had no intention in learning my name;\nto the teachers who never looked twice at me\nfor lack of social popularity;\nto the in crowd and queen bees who made me think\nI was an outcast that needed your approval -\nthank you for the cold shoulder,\nfor making me feel like I was nothing.\nIt pushed me to prove myself,\nIt drove me to make sure I’d never be less.\nFor after all has been said and done,\nyou will all be dead and forgotten.\nAnd my bones, too, will decay\nwith the worms underneath the ground.\nBut my words, they will live on.\nThere are galaxies bursting inside me,\ninside this empty chest.\nAnd they are all screaming -\nI exist. I exist. I EXIST.\nOil paintings by Mariella Angela who’s known for her stylized brushworks - has made a name for herself painting some of contemporary hip-hop’s favorite icons. Check out here instagram for more\nOh my GOSH I love these so much it isn’t even real. Damn. Respect.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.refuge461.org/prayer-walking-guide","date":"2019-10-22T17:52:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570987822458.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20191022155241-20191022182741-00020.warc.gz","language_score":0.9457221031188965,"token_count":943,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__72444623","lang":"en","text":"A Guide to Prayer Walking\nPraise: Because God inhabits the praise of His people, let us begin by praising God. ”Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory!” (Isaiah 6:3). “You are worthy, O Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” (Revelation 4:11). For “worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!” (Revelation 5:13). “Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen! (Matthew 6:13)\nReady Yourself: Before we begin to intercede for our city, let us prepare our own hearts. God has promised to “hear from heaven, forgive our sin and heal our land as we humble ourselves and pray and seek His face and turn from our wicked ways”(2 Chronicles 7:14), let us then do what He commands. So “search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there is any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.” (Psalm 139:23-24). “Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your loving kindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is ever before me. Against you and you only, have I sinned…. Create in me a clean heart, O God and renew a right spirit in me.” (Psalm 51:1-4). May we now have clean hands, a pure heart and be a generation who seeks You. (Psalm 24:4-6)\nAnother part of readying yourself is your realizing that prayer walking is spiritual warfare. Never forget that the “weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God…” (2 Corinthians 10:4) so “be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might and put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.” (Ephesians 6:10-11). Now you are ready to pray.\nIntercede: Now that you are ready, it is time to intercede. As you walk and pray, be sensitive to the leading of the Spirit. What specific burden is He placing in your mind and on your heart right now? As you walk through the city be aware of all that is around you. You will pass by businesses, county and city government offices, churches, houses, Starkville chamber of commerce, sheriff and police stations, jails, courts, schools, and Starkville Daily News. All of these are areas of our city that need prayer. In addition to this, pray for upcoming events in our city: Gay Pride event on March 30, Super Bulldog Weekend and the Cotton District Festival on April 12-14. Pray that God will work powerfully through each one of us to be a witness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. How might God work in us to turn our everyday conversations and activities into opportunities to have gospel conversations with people?\nDepend on the Holy Spirit: “With all prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit.” (Ephesians 6:20ff). Again, as you walk and pray, be sensitive to the leading of the Spirit.\nExpect God to Work and Satan to Attack: The “effective prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much” (James 5:16 ) as God works through prayer. We must also “be of sober spirit, being on the alert, our adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. But resist him, firm in your faith. (1 Peter 5:8-9) and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7)\nEnd your prayer walk with this: “Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.” (Ephesians 3:20-21)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.tossingitout.blogspot.com/2010/10/cassastar-is-released-today.html","date":"2015-04-27T08:57:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1429246657868.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20150417045737-00169-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9536924958229065,"token_count":545,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-18__0__109779203","lang":"en","text":"I'm sure that nearly everybody who reads this blog knows that today is the release date for Alex J Cavanaugh's book CassaStar. His blog tour has been underway for a week now and if you missed any stops make sure you check out Alex's Blog Tour Dates. The interviews have given us a bit more information about Alex and his approach to writing.\nIf you missed the book trailer for CassaStar, you can check it out here:\nLinks to purchase:\nAMAZON - http://www.amazon.com/CassaStar-Alex-J-Cavanaugh/dp/0981621066\nBARNES & NOBLE - http://search.barnesandnoble.com/books/e/9780981621067/?itm=1&USRI=cassastar\nBAM - http://www.booksamillion.com/product/9780981621067?id=4581185563381#overview\nALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK – KINDLE, IBOOKSTORE, NOOK, AND OTHERS\nWho is Alex Cavanaugh? Here is his official bio:\nAlex J. Cavanaugh has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and works in web design and graphics. He’s experienced in technical editing and worked with an adult literacy program for several years. A fan of all things science fiction, his interests range from books and movies to music and games. Currently he lives in the Carolinas with his wife.\nRead more from Alex at his blog:\nThis will aim you in the right direction to purchase CassaStar and get to know the author Alex J Cavanaugh. I encourage you to support your fellow blogger. And don't forget about copies of CassaStar as Christmas gifts and be sure to tell your friends. I think of Alex's success as our success as well, so let's boost his sales!\nHave you ordered a copy of Cassastar yet?\n2015 Blogging from A to Z Theme\nBlogs--most reading this know what they are, but maybe some of you are not sure what a blog is and have been thinking about starting one. Or perhaps you've been trying to come up with a new thematic idea for your current blog or one that you plan to add. For the 2015 A to Z Challenge I'll be looking at various possible blogging themes as well as a suggestion here or there about blogging better. If you know someone who has been thinking about starting a blog then direct them to my series. Maybe I can help come up with some blogging ideas of interest to them--or to you.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.veganwater.org/home","date":"2018-02-22T17:05:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891814140.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20180222160706-20180222180706-00575.warc.gz","language_score":0.9678148627281189,"token_count":172,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__195441633","lang":"en","text":"If you are sitting here reading this, you are among the most fortunate people on the planet. Reminding ourselves daily of all the things we are grateful for in this life, large and small, is a beautiful way to live. The more grateful we are, the more blessings we are open to receiving. And what is more important than the source of life itself: water. As Dr. Masuru Emoto has proven through his book Messages in Water, water (and food containing water) carries the energy that is put into it. Try eating your food slowly and mindfully, chewing it completely and taking a moment between bites to breathe and ensure that you are receiving the ultimate nourishment required to fuel your life's purpose. Then, wash it down with a thirst-quenching gulp of our premium artesian water to hydrate your chosen lifestyle.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://tarajoon.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-10-21T18:21:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507444657.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005724-00035-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9580574035644531,"token_count":435,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__140856645","lang":"en","text":"\"Gentle fish snuggling with cool important good big human\"\n→ 07 May 14 at 2 am\nThe story can resume. The one I had been planning on that evening walk. I can become again the man who once crossed the Surrey Park at dusk, in my best suit, swaggering on the promise of life. The man who, with the clarity of passion, made love to you in the library. The story can resume. I will return. Find you, love you, marry you, and live without shame.\n(Source: fassyy, via vivido)\n\"I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.\"\n\"Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you’re there. It doesn’t matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that’s like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime.\"\n\"There were no sex classes. No friendship classes. No classes on how to navigate a bureaucracy, build an organization, raise money, create a database, buy a house, love a child, spot a scam, talk someone out of suicide, or figure out what was important to me. Not knowing how to do these things is what messes people up in life, not whether they know algebra or can analyze literature.\"\n\"If you want to learn what someone fears losing, watch what they photograph.\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.ecc18.eu/index.php/workshop-6/","date":"2018-03-20T03:40:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257647280.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20180320033158-20180320053158-00151.warc.gz","language_score":0.9416186809539795,"token_count":226,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__246756506","lang":"en","text":"Advances in Distributed and Large-Scale Optimization\nMikael Johansson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology\nAngelia Nedich, Arizona State University\nWe are witnessing an extraordinary growth in a variety of networked systems, including sensory systems, power systems, communication networks, health systems, and data management systems, as well as hybrid systems arising from virtual and physical integration of such systems. A multitude of issues arise with control and optimal operations of such networked systems, including performance guarantees, resilience, and reliability. Distributed optimization methods play a crucial role in addressing a variety of problems arising in interconnected systems. Significant research efforts in the development of such computational methods have been dedicated recently in a multitude of directions ranging from new theoretical advances in support of the design of new optimization approaches (such as splitting techniques), the development of algorithms with improved efficacy and scalability, to dealing with privacy concerns and communication efficiency.\nThe goal of this workshop is to provide a collection of Talks that showcase some recent developments and applications of decentralized and/or distributed computational methods in optimization and control of emerging large scale and distributed networked systems.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://holisticfrankfort.com/about-us/meet-the-doctor.html","date":"2014-04-20T10:46:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609538423.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005218-00442-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.955083966255188,"token_count":192,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__11678259","lang":"en","text":"\"The Stress of Life\" is a perennial bestseller by Hans Selye, written in 1956. As Selye observed, many types of stress are good for people, both physiologically and personally. A new love relation ...View Article\nDr. Jon Heyer has been a licensed\nChiropractor for 12 years.\nDr. Jon Heyer has been freeing people from pain for 8 years in his clinic in Frankfort, IL. As a Chiropractor with experience, our professionals are committed to promoting the health and well being of his patients.\nDr. Heyer uses a \"whole person approach\" when taking care of his patients. By combining the very best hands-on-technique, state of the art physiotherapy procedures, and providing the newest and best natural vitamins and mineral supplements on the market today, Dr. Heyer is able to help you to accelerate and/or maintain your journey to good health.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://bujassem.blogspot.com/2009/12/hay-on-wye-book-festival.html","date":"2018-07-22T16:40:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676593378.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20180722155052-20180722175052-00533.warc.gz","language_score":0.9380095601081848,"token_count":231,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__140043457","lang":"en","text":"\"A\" marks the spot!\nI loved this article in the National about the Hay on Wye book festival in the UK. It seems to focus on Arab writers which is a great thing. Arabs have a great history with the written word, however, today we seem to have failed and failed miserably compared to our glorious past.\nThe full article:\nExcerpts from the article:\nHay, now in its 22nd year, is a literary institution. In May, more than 100,000 people braved the rain to head to the sleepy book town on the Welsh border. The festival has hosted ex-presidents, rock stars and Booker prize winners and has extended its global reach in recent years to include offshoots in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, Segovia and Alhambra in Spain and Nairobi, Kenya. Beirut39 follows Bogotá39, which launched in the Colombian city in 2007 and identified many of the most promising rising Latin American talents, including Daniel Alarcón, Junot Díaz, Wendy Guerra, Andrés Newman and Juan Gabriel Vásquez.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://workations.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/when-others-do-not-wish-you-well-on-your-journey/?replytocom=2","date":"2020-08-07T01:28:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439737050.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20200807000315-20200807030315-00041.warc.gz","language_score":0.9713113307952881,"token_count":572,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__18134799","lang":"en","text":"I wonder if other travelers have times when they are planning their journey and some folks just do not wish them well or support their choices. It often surprises me when one adult cannot fathom that another adult may decide to do things they would never do, are afraid to do or don’t have the freedom to embark on. What could be the motivation for a person to actively attempt to put a wrench in the works of another’s efforts?\nSo many of my friends and clients have been supportive, flexible and understanding. I truly appreciate every one of them. The one devil’s advocate in my life, after learning of my decision to take this journey, quickly realized his reservations about my trip were disregarding my ability to make my own choices and he became a huge support. I love and appreciate him for all of it.\nThis is not a game and I am not typing from my own safe space anymore. I mean, am a ‘seat of my pants” traveler but I am 47 now, and I am feeling a bit of anxiety about the next leg of my trip, even though I do not leave Phoenix until Friday. I am feeling an urgency to find a safe and stable landing pad in New Orleans. It is not a city where you want to be unsure of your safe landing.\nI have several irons in that fire. Waiting on Couchsurfing responses, asking around, looking at hostels. It will all work out but I will feel much better once I have secured a place to stay. I am really craving beignets and chicory coffee.\nAlthough I am adventurous and brave and ready for whatever, on some level I am dependent on people’s understanding, flexibility and commitments or I will end up on the road and stuck someplace. I don’t have some huge savings. I am literally working my way across the U.S. one week at a time. Each day of work is crucial and delays stop me from being able to travel.\nAs I take each day one by one, I am forever grateful for the selflessness and hospitality of my friends and family. Whatever comes on this journey, I surrender to Spirit and know it will all work out.\nYet and still others have not even wished me well. That is not an expectation I have from everyone, but I can feel *stuff* from some folks and it is mildly upsetting.\nIf a friend and cannot wish me well or support my journey, even if with prayers I wish you well and bid adieu. If someone’s own ‘stuff’ prevents them from being happy for me, Sprit will remove them from my circle if that’s what is to be.\nThe last thing I need right now is any incumbrance to the flow.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://echemlabs.com/yin-jing/research/","date":"2019-04-26T16:38:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578841544.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20190426153423-20190426175423-00016.warc.gz","language_score":0.8882415294647217,"token_count":453,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__47444120","lang":"en","text":"My main focus during my Ph.D. study is to the application of electrochemistry in water treatment. Examples are membrane fouling and recovery on an inorganic conductive membrane using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, mechanistic study of the validity of hydroxyl radical probe used in electrochemical processes, and surface passivation and regeneration on a substoichiometric TiO2 electrode using scanning electrochemical microscope.\n- Membrane fouling and recovery using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy\nTraditional membrane fouling detections are ineffective, for example, filtration law cannot be applied to large systems, imaging technique such as SEM, requires the destruction of membrane. Use of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to detect membrane fouling takes advantage of the conductive nature of the Magneli phase inorganic membrane. This method injects a sinusoidal alternating potential signal with different frequencies into the asymmetric membrane, the penetration depth of this signal inversely depends on the frequency, and therefore different layers of the membrane can be resolved under different frequency regime. We have successfully constructed a mathematical transmission line model to simulation different fouling mechanisms, and justified with experiments.\n- Mechanistic study of the validity of hydroxyl radical probe used in electrochemical processes\nAs a reactive oxygen species, hydroxyl radicals have been extensively used in several water treatment processes, such as advanced oxidation processes and electrochemical advanced oxidation processes. Meanwhile, hydroxyl radicals in the redox flow battery and flow cell cathode from the oxygen reduction reaction could damage the organic membrane separator. Researchers in the electrochemical area always use the hydroxyl radical probes in other system to the electrochemical systems without questioning the validity, due to the neglect of direct electron transfer under a low applied potential. In this work, we examined four most commonly used hydroxyl radical probes found in the literature, and found the terephthalic acid and benzoquinone are the best candidates, at the same time, it should be noted that benzoquinone can be easily reduced at the cathode side to produce hydroquinone, a divided cell need to be adopted if used.\nSo my experience has trained me to a electrochemist, membrane and water treatment scientist.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://granolacatholic.blogspot.com/2011/11/growing-up-in-faith.html","date":"2017-03-30T06:47:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218193284.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212953-00249-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.972638726234436,"token_count":402,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__114256088","lang":"en","text":"Liana over at Working to be Worthy asked me to review her new e-book. l was more than pleased to do so and overjoyed. I wish I had a resource like this when my kids were little. This is a well written book about celebrating the liturgical year with your child with ideas for activities and crafts from Advent to Christmas to Lent, Easter and Ordinary Time. The written from a Catholic perspective, but has many ideas that will appeal to Christians of all denominations. I wish I had a book like this when my kids were younger.\nLiana has a back round in Psychology, and is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist. As such she understands child development and how your child thinks. She has worked with children of all ages and has geared this book for those up to age 5.\nI particularly loved what Liana had to say about Christmas. She writes about reducing materialism during Christmas. I am a big fan of the simple Christmas, so this was right up my alley. Liana, also touches on teaching your child how to dress for church and the importance of doing so.\n“In our culture, dressing in formal clothing is a sign of respect.Liana does not neglect the parent either. Each chapter end with a special section for the parent’s spiritual growth. You can get Liana’s her book Growing (up) in Faith here where 10% of the proceeds go to Angel Care or if you are an e-book reader you can get it on Amazon for Kindle. At $4.95 it is a great value.\nChristmas and Easter usually inspire people to wear their best\nclothes. Many families will buy special outfits particularly for the\nseason. It is worth considering why most people do not wear their\n“Sunday best” for every Mass”\nThis book makes a great edition to the family bookshelf and has many ideas that can be incorporated in families of all ages.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://polyphonic.livejournal.com/","date":"2018-04-21T00:05:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125944848.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20180420233255-20180421013255-00530.warc.gz","language_score":0.9606777429580688,"token_count":362,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__191861067","lang":"en","text":"||[Feb. 16th, 2007|01:09 am]\ni'm so tired.\ngo to sleep, right?\nnot that kind of tired.\ntonight, i drink. i drink to the people i've cut out of my life -- i really am a surgeon, stitching up the gaping holes of childhood and prescribing elliott smith and alcohol to cope with the ensuing emptiness.\nnot that i regret it; i'm not capable of giving any attention to them without little voices in the back of my head pushing me, prodding me to say the awful things churning in my belly and hiding behind cool gazes.\ni loved them. i hated them.\nand now i cannot care about them.\nlife is full of chaos and upheaval, and there is too much of that for me to attend to someone who seeks to relive the past.\ni'm sorry. that's all i can say, and it probably isn't good enough.\ni'm missing the girl i knew in college who wrapped her skinny arms around my neck and giggled when our glasses bumped and kept me dreaming when i was dangerously close to being grounded and normal.\ni'm missing the girl who wrote me letters on coffee filters and talked about riot grrrls and hot pink girl love.\ni'm missing the boy who told me to read the fountainhead and laughed gently when i complained about it being too much. he didn't seem to mind that i didn't like it.\nbut those people are gone. i'll likely never talk with any of them again.\nstill, they have pieces of my heart.\ni give it away too easily, and i find i'm left with nothing for myself.\nexplains a lot, doesn't it?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://voxtheory.net/?page_id=34","date":"2021-06-25T00:40:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488560777.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20210624233218-20210625023218-00133.warc.gz","language_score":0.9407667517662048,"token_count":347,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-25","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__120201698","lang":"en","text":"Obscura Rhapsody is an ongoing monthly serial written by Julio Angel Ortiz. An action / adventure / psychological drama, it follows a group of adventurers in the aftermath of their greatest defeat, and the dangerous political climate in which they find themselves. Here is the blurb for the initial storyline:\nFive years ago a group of adventurers known as the Shadow Vanguard, each wielding a facet of a strange power called Obscura, failed to save the city-state they swore to protect. In the cataclysmic aftermath, the Vanguard went their separate ways, going into hiding and taking care not to draw the attention of an antagonistic power, the Tai’Hiera. They vanished from history… until now.\nA deadly encounter in the woods brings Khloe face-to-face with the former leader of the Vanguard, Aedyn, and together they embark on a journey of reunification and self-discovery.\nBut both paths are fraught with danger and intrigue. For the dark power of Obscura is anathema to the Tai’Hiera and their zealous Saints. Aedyn’s former home harbors cutthroats and rogues seeking to turn them in for wealth. Some former Vanguard have become embroiled in a secret war they do not understand. And others may not want to be found.\nAedyn and Khloe must pull together the shattered Vanguard, as a horror beyond their imagining begins to stir…\nEach installment will run roughly 5,000 words, in a format inspired by the old Penny Dreadfuls. Obscura Rhapsody launches May 23rd, and will be available in PDF format.\nAll Obscura Rhapsody Posts","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.jobuckleyphotography.com/single-post/exist-in-photographs","date":"2024-04-23T17:45:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818732.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423162023-20240423192023-00783.warc.gz","language_score":0.9633162021636963,"token_count":485,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__22908169","lang":"en","text":"Imagine the year is 2048, thirty years from now! A young woman steps into a dusty, dark attic. Large shadowy shapes surround her, covered in white sheets. In one swift motion she tugs on a sheet, sending up a cloud of dust to reveal an old piece of furniture. Below the towering shape she spots the bright white edge of a picture frame. Carefully pulling the frame from its shadowy home she wipes her hand across its glass surface, removing a layer of dust. Upon seeing the image, her heart fills with love; she is reminded of a time long ago when the halls of the house below were filled with the sounds of laughter, happiness and joy. Her Mother stares back at her, eyes glinting in the dim light of the attic. In her arms a newborn baby sleeps.\n“Who’s that Mummy?”, a voice mutters from behind the woman's shoulder. “That’s my Mummy”, the woman replies, not tearing her attention away from the image for one second. “She’s beautiful!”, replies the young girl. The woman pauses, breathes in and whispers back, “She certainly was…”\nExist in Photography; in years to come your children will be looking for photographs of you, what will they find?\nThe importance of the printed image had never been more important to me than it was after losing my Nan. Now her image greets my every time I descend the stairs to start a new day. I know she didn't like the photograph that now takes pride of place on my wall; “Look at my wrinkles!”, she used to say, but for me, the photograph isn't just a depiction of what my Nan looked like at that time in her life, it’s a gate way to all the wonderful memories of our time together that I hold close to my heart. When I see it I’m reminded of her laugh, the way she looked when she was mad, how she liked her cup of tea! “That’s like bark!”, she would exclaim after I had made her cuppa too strong. Those little things, those little moments, they aren't so little.\nJo Buckley Photography | 01209 215422 | firstname.lastname@example.org","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.abercrombieandphoto.com/2011/09/22/inspiration-in-unlikely-places/","date":"2018-01-16T07:24:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084886237.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20180116070444-20180116090444-00420.warc.gz","language_score":0.982576310634613,"token_count":529,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__90769664","lang":"en","text":"“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?\nYou are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.\nAnd as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”\nThis quote was painted on the wall (in both English and Spanish) of a restaurant that Andy and I visited in Cusco a few nights ago. We were there because we’d heard it was the best restaurant to try alpaca, which we were keen to do. And, yes, the alpaca was excellent, but at the end of the night I found this quote more nourishing than the food.\nThe concept of shining, of embracing all that you’re capable of and not shying away from being “fabulous” just because it might make other people uncomfortable is something I’ve thought about a lot lately. I have a tendency to try to make everyone around me happy, sometimes at the expense of my own happiness. Our year of travel is a chance for me to try to come to terms with who I am and how I can best shine, to face some of my fears and to realise that in most cases I had nothing to be afraid of.\nI think part of what makes this understanding possible is getting older and being more at ease with who I really am; but, part of it is remembering that I owe it to myself, to my family and to God to be as “brilliant” as I possibly can be and to help those around me be brilliant as well. It’s not something that will happen overnight. No amount of helpful quotes or stamps in my passport will help me immediately believe that I’m “gorgeous” or “talented”. But, pushing myself beyond my comfort zone and trying to live as bravely and honestly as possible is a pretty good start.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://reinajruiz.com/","date":"2024-04-16T13:06:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817095.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416124708-20240416154708-00047.warc.gz","language_score":0.959747314453125,"token_count":753,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__40276544","lang":"en","text":"your typical 27-year-old mom with lots of energy (thanks to my ADHD). I'm a dreamer, reader, champion procrastinator, and master of the written word. Writing's been my passion since before I could walk (okay, maybe not that early, but you get me). Then came quarantine in 2020 - things got cray and my creativity found a new outlet: Episode Interactive. Between writing two plus super successful stories on Episode Interactive with views reaching 100k+. Realizing that my writing could reach much further, I decided to branch out and write a novel - there's just no stopping me!\nCrimson Souls (Which you can find a tamer version of it on Episode) and Royal Syndicate - my gray babies still in progress. Let me tell ya'll somethin', I LIVE for morally ambiguous characters that make you question your sanity (in a good way). But hey, if romance is more your style, I got you covered too. Basically, with whatever I write, I want to take readers on an emotional rollercoaster ride full of laughter and tears. Thanks for listening to me ramble on about myself - it's great to meet you all!\nADHD brain here. Welcome to the wild world of my mind. I'm your friendly neighborhood idea-spinning machine, always cranking out thoughts in a 24/7 cycle.\nAt first glance, I'm just an average girl, but don't be fooled! I'm all about the grey life and see beauty in even the most off-putting red flags. Don't worry though, with my sick humor around you'll get your daily dose of laughter and maybe even some chills! Ain't nothin wrong with some wild times either. Don't worry though, I'm not always so morbid.\nMy friends would tell you that I'm a manhwa maniac of every kind ( BL or otherwise!) how could you not? I can't function without iced coffee, ALWAYS have my nails slayed, and reading smutty books or any kind of book for that matter like it's one of life's essentials. Life moves fast, so why waste time?\ndid you think i was done?\nMultiverses exist throughout the universe. This one has to do with the omegaverse. However, this omegaverse is anything but ordinary.\nHierarchies are divided into three levels: Omega, Beta, and Alpha.\nHumans without the ability to shape-shift, but with magical capabilities.\nIn this universe of possibilities, two people can shift the balance.\nA successor to the kingdom and a successor to the syndicate. Once together.\nBetrayal caused their relationship to break apart.\nThe threat to the kingdom brought them back together.\nDespite this, one desires retribution, whereas the other is obsessively possessive and sadistically cruel and a kill-happy man.\nSurrounded by destruction and violence, they face a dilemma: would they take the chance that could save the world, or fall victim to their own anger and hatred?\nFrom disgustingly hot alphas to strong heroines, she really has something for everyone!”\nHer character development and narration is beautifully written and you can easily imagine the scene as the words go. Before you finish reading you can’t help but to want more. To fall for her characters is a given, they all capture your attention from the beginning. In my opinion, if I’m at the point of accepting being murdered by Aziel, as long as I’m killed at his hands, I’d say I’m far lost in her words.\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.barbarapageroberts.com/sample-page/","date":"2019-09-20T16:23:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514574050.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20190920155311-20190920181311-00113.warc.gz","language_score":0.9657511711120605,"token_count":1094,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__75447869","lang":"en","text":"People Barbara Thanks and Admires\nAs a woman pursuing a career Barbara recognises that she owes a debt of gratitude to many individuals, both known personally to her and known only through their books and publications. “Life provides a series of ups and downs and sometimes only the help of another loving soul gets us through”.\nShe recognises both her headmistress at Faringdon Country Grammar School for Girls, Miss A.J. Towns, and one of her tutors, Alan Ness, at University College London where she read Physiology and achieved an Upper Second Honours Degree, as both, in their own way contributing to her developing strength of character and resolve. Always a little shy and self-effacing, at the age of 20 she was contemplating a future life as a teacher of junior children in Norfolk – not least because she had a boyfriend there. Both of them wrote highly and caringly of her in references which changed her way of thinking about herself.\nBut undoubtedly the most important person in her life, whom she thanks the most, is her first husband, Jim Page-Roberts, himself a prolific painter and sculptor, and writer (http://webpageroberts.blogspot.com). As a working class girl working her way through University College London her life could have gone many different ways. Instead she met Jim, twice her age and already life-experienced, cultured, artistic, aristocratic, and with one over-riding quality that she learned from him and his mother– the ability to get on with everybody from cleaner to queen and every possible social and financial class in between.\nJumping forward some forty-odd years, and omitting much that was life-influencing along the way, she comes to Masha Malka (www.mashamalka.com). They met at a training course in Accelerated Learning in Las Vegas. Masha is a young Russian woman married to Doran, relocated to USA and subsequently Spain, and at the time had one daughter, Veronica, and now another daughter and a son. Barbara and Masha found a common language in the desire to get people of all ages and inclinations to succeed in what they want to do, indeed first to find out who they are and what makes them tick – they are writing a motivation book for Baby-Boomers, as well as a joint effort for young people – The Success Manual. At a difficult transition period in Barbara’s life – the divorce with her second husband and the realisation that maybe she was less than perfect and even a ‘failure’ – Masha was the source of the mental positivity that came from knowledge and true caring.\nAnd finally, Barbara is an avid reader, and is in the habit of extracting quotes from tomes and opinions that impress her. This is her absolute favourite, and the one she relies on to provide uplift during the darkest days and at the toughest moments of self-doubt.\n“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate\nOur deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.\nIt is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.\nWe ask ourselves,\nWho am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous.\nActually, who are you not to be?\nYou are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.\nThere’s nothing enlightened about shrinking\nSo that other people won’t feel insecure around you.\nWe were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.\nIt’s not in some of us: it’s in everyone.\nAnd as we let our light shine,\nWe unconsciously give others permission to do the same.\nAs we are liberated from our fears,\nOur presence automatically liberates others.”\nWritten by: Marianne Williamson\nOriginally published: 1997\nAnd this, in a completely different vein, comes a close second:\nWhen I am an old woman I shall wear purple\nWith a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.\nAnd I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves\nAnd satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter.\nI shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired\nAnd gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells\nAnd run my stick along the public railings\nAnd make up for the sobriety of my youth.\nI shall go out in my slippers in the rain\nAnd pick the flowers in other people’s gardens\nAnd learn to spit.\nYou can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat\nAnd eat three pounds of sausages at a go\nOr only bread and pickle for a week\nAnd hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.\nBut now we must have clothes that keep us dry\nAnd pay our rent and not swear in the street\nAnd set a good example for the children.\nWe must have friends to dinner and read the papers.\nBut maybe I ought to practice a little now?\nSo people who know me are not too shocked and surprised\nWhen suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.\nWarning by Jenny Joseph\nOriginally published: 1997","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://herexotica.com/pages/about-us","date":"2020-07-11T11:16:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655929376.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20200711095334-20200711125334-00075.warc.gz","language_score":0.9573128819465637,"token_count":228,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__95256733","lang":"en","text":"My mother is the toughest woman I've ever known.\nShe's strong, rational and straightforward. Independent and crazy about challenges. Not the type of ladies lots of men can get along.\nBut in the face of everything, her appearance suggests the complete opposite. She has a whole collection of floral embroidered bracelets and pendants.\nThat bothered me for a while. Why does mom's taste contradict what people think about her so much?\n\"Because it's not about my image\", one day she answered.\n\"It's about what makes me feel most comfortable as myself. Before speaking to the world, your jewelry should speak to your heart. The most natural things don't need an explanation; you just know it when you see it.\"\nAre they the latest trends? Sometimes they are, sometimes not.\nOur items don't speak to fashion. They speak to you.\nThey are things that comfort and heal, remind and recall.\nThat tap you right in the heart in just a blink.\nThat make you feel like home.\nMake you feel like you.\nWithout a need for reasons.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://wendyhomar.com/","date":"2013-05-19T13:08:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697503739/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094503-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9311493039131165,"token_count":270,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__39468615","lang":"en","text":"Click on the “Characters” link under Buried Innocence and scroll down to new character Eshe Lubega. She’s a mere six years old but her character packs a who-lop!\nBuried Innocence…a Novel Coming Soon\nClarissa Ingram, a retired nurse doing volunteer aid work at a remote medical camp in Uganda, turns up dead back in Wisconsin after falling for a mysterious doctor and seeing things never meant for her eyes in the African jungle...…\nAbout the Author\nWendy lives in Chandler, Arizona with her husband, their Border Collie mix Jax and their kitten Willow. They have one daughter, a recent grad with a Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Science from Western University. Wendy's hobbies include great adventures through travel, writing, and wine collecting. \"We have two libraries; one for our books and one for our older \"library\" wines. The shelves with the books overflow, while the shelves of the wine chillers are hard to keep stocked.\" Favorite authors: Those that inject dry humor into mystery/thrillers. Favorite wine: Silver Oak. Favorite destination: Exotic beach locals and historic seaports.\nI hope you'll enjoy looking at photos that inspired my writing beginning with these ancient writings photographed in Gold Canyon, AZ. View Galleries »","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://kryptoneconsultingltd.weebly.com/articles/category/market-intelligence","date":"2020-11-27T08:37:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141191511.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20201127073750-20201127103750-00021.warc.gz","language_score":0.9353694319725037,"token_count":1361,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__188899321","lang":"en","text":"By Michael Jumba\nSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small and medium-sized manufacturing firms (SMFs) play a major role in countries at all levels of economic development with many acknowledging an increase in the proportion of SMEs and SMFs globally. It is predicted that the number of such entities will continue to grow, due to declines in manufacturing and growth in the service sector (Kobylanski and Szulc, 2011). As markets are becoming more global, many business opportunities are opening up for small and medium-sized businesses, but competitive pressure is increasing at the same time. They need to adjust their actions to the environmental challenges through active market development, a continuous search for market opportunities and expansion of their customer base. Many researchers and practitioners are looking to find the answer to the fundamental question as to why some organizations are more profitable with good perspectives for growth while others cannot achieve this feat (Kobylanski and Szulc, 2011).\nThe business environment is filled with a lot of uncertainty that come or may come in various forms. In addition to the everyday aspects of running a business, a company has to consider factors such as materials, energy shortages, inflation, economic recessions, unemployment, and technological changes. Increased competition in the global marketplace, the advancement of manufacturing technologies, and increasingly limited life cycle of products, have also greatly impacted product innovation strategies of the small and medium-sized manufacturing firms. A profitable company must respond to the market with its products and advertising (Smith and Albaum, 2012).\nAnother challenge that small firms are facing is that managers/owners often rely only on previous experience and common sense, because in their perception the boundary between marketing and selling becomes very blurred. One of the most important aspects that determine an organization’s market position is the entrepreneurs’ approach to market orientation and marketing actions. Small business managers’ attitude toward a structured approach to marketing can be seen as a sign of maturity and responsible decision making that can lead to a positive business performance. (Kobylanski and Szulc, 2011).\nA substantial body of literature now highlights that there has been a fundamental and systematic change in the way small and medium-sized manufacturing firms SMFs undertake product innovation activities. Furthermore, use of external networks through collaboration and outsourcing has witnessed a substantial growth by the SMFs. External alliances and collaboration has become a cornerstone of the firm’s product innovation strategy by which we refer specifically to the use of outsourcing and strategic alliances to undertake product innovation.\nThe importance of external alliances in this sense is in relation to SMFs that lack the necessary resources and expertise to effectively manage the new product development process, from innovation to commercialization stages. Despite mostly having limited resources, SMFs need to overcome external barriers to growth by using external alliances if they are to continue to be relevant.\nIn order to be a successful entrepreneur one must adapt to the ever-changing business environment. A critical tool for measuring the market, staying competitive and adapting to the business environment is conducting rigorous marketing research (Smith and Albaum, 2012).\nWhat is market research?\nAccording to Smith and Albaum (2012), marketing research is about collecting information that will be used as evidence by decision makers to find solutions to business problems. Some of the business questions that are asked here are:\nIn simple terms that is to say, the solution to most business problems can be found through conducting marketing research. It is a search for information that will help you succeed in capturing your market share.\nThe focus of marketing research\nMarketing research focuses on understanding the customer, the company, and the competition. These relationships are at the core of marketing research. Companies must understand and respond to what customers want from their products. However, this relationship is always influenced by competitors and how their products are received by your market. Thus, you must clearly identify the customer, company, and competition before developing a research project.\nThere are several important factors you must consider before you begin, including:\nMethodologies of conducting marketing research\nThere are two main ways of going about marketing research; Fundamental research and Applied research.\nFundamental research seeks to extend the boundaries of knowledge in a given area and doesn’t necessarily solve your immediate problems. Nevertheless, it has useful applications. It reveals information and relationships that could be useful at a later date. For example, The PK company could conduct fundamental research about consumer preferences for certain combinations of chewing gum flavors under its label that differ in sugar type and strength of sweetness.\nApplied research gathers information to solve a specific problem or set of problems. For instance, customers engaged in a blind taste test would respond with what they specifically liked or disliked about a new PK chewing gum product compared to a competitor’s product e.g Fresh chewing gum. This information could be used to tune your business plan, focus your advertising campaign, or improve your product.\nBenefits of Market research\nWhat we do for our clients\nAt Kryptone Consulting Ltd, we have a dedicated team of researchers: from fresh graduates who have just entered the job market to elite researchers who have over ten years experience conducting marketing research.\nWe specialize in finding creative and innovative ways to respond to our clients’ needs and challenges. The breadth and depth of our expertise allows us the flexibility to undertake a wide range of engagements. We provide solutions to match your needs.\nWe have business experience in the areas of automobile, agriculture, fast moving consumer goods, trade outlets, Information technology, Financial services, Travel & Tourism, Real estate among others.\nWe undertake the following types of studies;\nKobylanski, A., & Szulc, R. (2011). DEVELOPMENT OF MARKETING ORIENTATION IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES EVIDENCE FROM EASTERN EUROPE. International Journal of Management and Marketing Research, 51.\nRoyle, M. T., & Fox, G. (2011). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL STRAIN SELF-REGULATION, AND INFORMAL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OTHERS. International Journal of Management and Marketing Research, 1.\nSen, A. K., & Haq, K. (2011). PRODUCT INNOVATION BY SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED FIRMS THROUGH OUTSOURCING AND COLLABORATION. International Journal of Management and Marketing Research, 63-73.\nSmith, S. M., & Albaum, G. S. (2012). Basic Marketing Research: Volume 1. Utah: Qualtrics Labs, Inc.\nDOWNLOAD PDF VERSION HERE.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://paolopatrunophoto.org/street-children","date":"2023-12-10T16:44:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679102612.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20231210155147-20231210185147-00700.warc.gz","language_score":0.985414445400238,"token_count":485,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__103091745","lang":"en","text":"Anold, 12. Moses, 14. Elisha, 15. Nestori, 16. Allan, 13. Dick, 14. Michael, 16. Joseph, 14. These are names and age of some of the guys who are now living, or rather survive in the streets of Kabale, Uganda. They are all orphans of one or both parents, abandoned to their fate, because the next of kin is not in the economic conditions to deal with them. Each with its own history, their dreams, joined by a destiny that brought them to live on the streets, sharing what little food that each has found in the garbage, sleeping close to each other, some dressed only a tshirt, when the night temperature may fall between 5 and 10 degrees. Their day begins before dawn, it's done by their wits, to even earn a few shillings with which to buy something to eat, but when this is not possible, they have to petty theft, even just for reselling stolen by scrap one of the many small stores that are in town. Some of them smoke marijuana or sniff glue, and those days are not even able to eat because their body is so altered from what little food they refuse but they would need. When you have 4, 5, 6 years and you find yourself alone, alone in the street, with nobody to take care of you, it also becomes easier prey and a victim of unscrupulous adults: all of these guys were in fact lured by a man in city takes advantage of their condition pity passersby, tourists, and to obtain money instead of being used for boys, ends in his pockets. After almost one year of abuse, Anold, Moses, Elisha, and everyone else has decided that it would be better to be alone on the road, relying, solely, on the other one. The life torn from them that childhood that all children have a right to live, forcing them to become just \"big.\" The street life had hardened their features, so as to make them look older than their age, but when you look in their eyes, hear them talk, you know that in reality they are still young children. There are more than 8,000 children, in Uganda, living on the streets. Many are orphans due to war or AIDS, most have between 6 and 15 years. Their main dream is to go to school, get education.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://earlyamericansermons.org/otherresources/","date":"2023-12-07T06:04:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100650.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207054219-20231207084219-00018.warc.gz","language_score":0.6857836246490479,"token_count":1909,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__149957220","lang":"en","text":"Digital ResourcesThe Digital Puritan\nThe Mather Project\nSermon Notebooks Online\nSouthern Manuscript Sermons before 1800: A Bibliography\nWorks of Jonathan Edwards Online\nBarker, William S. and Samuel T. Logan, Jr., eds. Sermons that Shaped America: Reformed Preaching from 1630 to 2001. Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R, 2003.\nBond, Edward L., ed. Spreading the Gospel in Colonial Virginia: Sermons and Devotional Writings. Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2004.\nBosco, Ronald A., ed. The Puritan Sermon in America, 1630-1750. 4 vols. Delmar, NY: Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints, 1978.\nBushman, Richard L., ed. The Great Awakening: Documents on the Revival of Religion, 1740-1745. New York: Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va. [by] Atheneum, 1970.\nHeimert, Alan and Perry Miller, eds. The Great Awakening: Documents Illustrating the Crisis and Its Consequences. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Educational Publishing, 1967.\nKidd, Thomas S., ed. The Great Awakening: A Brief History with Documents. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2008.\nLevernier, James A. and Douglas R. Wilmes, eds. Sermons and Cannonballs: Eleven Sermons on Military Events of Historical Significance during the French and Indian Wars, 1689-1760. Delmar, NY: Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints, 1982.\nMather, Increase. Departing Glory: Eight Jeremiads of Increase Mather. Ed. Lee Schweninger. Delmar, NY: Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints, 1986.\nSandoz, Ellis, ed. Political Sermons of the American Founding Era, 1730-1805. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund, 1998.\nSmith, Robert. The American Revolution and Righteous Community: Selected Sermons of Bishop Robert Smith. Ed. Charles Wilbanks. Charleston, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2007.\nSmith, Timothy L., ed. Whitefield and Wesley on the New Birth. Grand Rapids, Mich: Francis Asbury Press, 1986.\nWarner, Michael, ed. American Sermons: The Pilgrims to Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Library of America, 1999.\nJournalsChristianity and Literature Church History Early American Literature Homiletic Journal of Southern Religion Literature and Theology Religion and Literature Renascence\nAhearn, Marie L. The Rhetoric of War: Training Day, the Militia, and the Military Sermon. New York: Greenwood, 1989.\nAndrews, Edward E. Native Apostles: Black and Indian Missionaries in the British Atlantic World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013.\nBenton, Robert M. “An Annotated Check List of Puritan Sermons Published in Ameirca before 1700.” Bulletin of the New York Public Library 74 (1970): 286-337.\nBercovitch, Sacvan. The American Jeremiad. 2nd ed. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2012.\nBrekus, Catherine A. Strangers & Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1770-1845. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998.\nBrooks, Joanna. American Lazarus: Religion and the Rise of African-American and Native American Literatures. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.\nBross, Kristina. Dry Bones and Indian Sermons: Praying Indians in Colonial America. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004.\nByrd, James P. Sacred Scripture, Sacred War: The Bible and the American Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.\nCray, Robert E. Jr. “James Davenport’s Post-Bonfire Ministry, 1743-1757.” Historian 59.1 (September 1996): 59-73.\nDavis, Richard Beale. Intellectual Life in the Colonial South, 1585-1763. Vol. 2. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1978. 701-800.\nElliott, Emory. Power and the Pulpit in Puritan New England. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1975.\nGordis, Lisa M. Opening Scripture: Bible Reading and Interpretive Authority in Puritan New England. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.\nGraves, Michael P. Preaching the Inward Light: Early Quaker Rhetoric. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2009.\nGustafson, Sandra M. Eloquence Is Power: Oratory & Performance in Early America. Chapel Hill: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, 2000.\nHall, Timothy. Contested Boundaries: Itineracy and the Reshaping of the Colonial American Religious World. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1994.\nHeimert, Alan. Religion and the American Mind, from the Great Awakening to the Revolution. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966.\nHolland, Dewitte, ed. Preaching in American History: Selected Issues in the American Pulpit, 1630-1967. New York: Abingdon, 1969.\nJackson, Gregory S. “America’s First Mass Media: Preaching and the Protestant Sermon Tradition.” In A Companion to the Literatures of Colonial America. Ed. Susan Castillo and Ivy Schweitzer. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005. 402-25.\nJackson, Harvey H. “Hugh Bryan and the Evangelical Movement in Colonial South Carolina,” William and Mary Quarterly 43.4 (Oct 1986): 594-614.\nKidd, Thomas S. God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution. New York: Basic Books, 2010.\nKidd, Thomas S. The Great Awakening: The Roots of Evangelical Christianity in Colonial America. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007.\nLambert, Frank. Inventing the “Great Awakening”. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999.\nLarson, Rebecca. Daughters of Light: Quaker Women Preaching and Prophesying in the Colonies and Abroad, 1700-1775. New York: Knopf, 1999.\nLevy, Babette May. Preaching in the First Half Century of New England History. Hartford, CT: American Society of Church History, 1945.\nLinck, Joseph C. Fully Instructed and Vehemently Influenced: Catholic Preaching in Anglo-Colonial America. Philadelphia, PA: St. Joseph’s University Press, 2002.\nMahaffey, Jerome D. Preaching Politics: The Religious Rhetoric of George Whitefield and the Founding of a New Nation. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2007.\nMcLoughlin, William G. Isaac Backus and the American Pietistic Tradition. Boston: Little, Brown, 1967.\nMiller, Perry. The New England Mind. 2 vols. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1953-54.\nNeuman, Meredith Marie. Jeremiah’s Scribes: Creating Sermon Literature in Puritan New England. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013.\nSeay, Scott D. Hanging Between Heaven and Earth: Capital Crime, Execution Preaching, and Theology in Early New England. Dekalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2009.\nSeeman, Erik. Pious Persuasions: Laity and Clergy in Eighteenth-Century New England. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.\nSouthern, Eileen, and Josephine Wright, eds. African-American Traditions in Song, Sermon, Tale, and Dance, 1600s-1920: An Annotated Bibliography of Literature, Collections, and Artwork. New York: Greenwood, 1990.\nStout, Harry S. The New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in Colonial New England. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.\nToulouse, Teresa. The Art of Prophesying: New England Sermons and the Shaping of Belief. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1987.\nvan Eijtnatten, Joris. Preaching, Sermon, and Cultural Change in the Long Eighteenth Century. Boston: Brill, 2009.\nWeber, Donald. Rhetoric and History in Revolutionary New England. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.\nWiniarski, Douglas L. “Jonathan Edwards, Enthusiast? Radical Revivalism and the Great Awakening in the Connecticut Valley.” Church History 74.7 (December 2005): 638-739.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://shattered-star-elvenstar.obsidianportal.com/wikis/illuistar","date":"2018-12-15T05:41:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376826715.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20181215035757-20181215061757-00199.warc.gz","language_score":0.985747218132019,"token_count":176,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__225964624","lang":"en","text":"The figure before you appears human. His eyes are covered by a linen cloth and he wears a simple robe of pure white. In his hands he holds a shallow, marble bowl into which he appears to be gazing, despit his obvious blindness. The air around him seems to twist and ripple.\nBorn from the fabric of the First World in a place where time is in a constant flux Illuistar was born/died. He had a passion for knowledge that leads him out into the World of the Real. Standing outside the fabric of time, he saw a myriad of potential futures and so acted on them, gathering objects that will prove useful, he hopes, to a new band of heroes. The pebble has been sent down the mountainside he must now allow events to proceed naturally though he may have to nudge it a bit in the past/future.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://gemstone.freeforums.net/thread/26/prophecy","date":"2023-10-04T00:33:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511284.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20231003224357-20231004014357-00218.warc.gz","language_score":0.9228628873825073,"token_count":137,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__51433881","lang":"en","text":"Post by Candera Storm on Nov 29, 2012 14:17:56 GMT -7\nShortly after The current king of Gemstone took the throne a prophecy Wes made. It went something like this.\nA young heir brings the a great hunt after a child of the dragon is given life The child of the dragons be sought by 5 a cursed black with a terrible darkness will light the way to the jeweled dragons North wind a half white South wind a purple human East wind West wind The winds are the guardians The black the teacher\nThis is only one part of the prophecy the rest has been lost or hidden so the king could not find no one really knows for sure.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://anthrowcircus.com/tag/inspiration","date":"2020-07-11T01:00:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655919952.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20200711001811-20200711031811-00390.warc.gz","language_score":0.9722077250480652,"token_count":345,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__233621693","lang":"en","text":"Living a few blocks from one of the most iconic bridges in the world, I often stroll to the harbor’s edge, spot the Sydney Opera House, and watch ferries come and go into the Circular Quay. Add the backdrop of the crisp, blue Australian sky as sun glistens across the water, and a poem should practically write itself each day.\nBut when the pandemic hit and we were told to self-isolate, going out only for essentials, the last thing I felt was inspired.\nMADE: A series of conversations with artists about how they navigate impasses and discover breakthroughs in their work.\nTo reach Karen Dolmanisth’s studio, I must first navigate a series of stairs, metal doors, and maze-like corridors in an old mill building in Florence, Massachusetts. Then follows a tunnel of books, artwork, costumes, and other ephemera gathered and carefully placed over the twenty years she has worked in this space.\nSince meeting her seven years ago, I’ve admired painter Amanda Acker’s ability to tell a story through a single image, as well as her sensitive use of color, which has the effect of teaching me how to see the vibrancy in my own surroundings.\nDespite my inexperience, what I made is beautiful to me, in part because it accomplished something I’ve strived for in my poems for a while: radical simplicity, quiet, and room for the reader to think about a single image or idea at a time. I also enjoyed engaging with the visual elements of these spare essences of language, seeing them as art objects as much as I see them as poems.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://healthkura.com/methods-for-determining-near-addition-in-presbyopia/","date":"2020-07-07T06:41:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655891654.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20200707044954-20200707074954-00134.warc.gz","language_score":0.8514096140861511,"token_count":565,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__89513799","lang":"en","text":"Purpose: To compare the tentative near add determined using four common procedures (amplitude of accommodation, NRA/PRA, age expected addition, binocular fused cross-cylinder test) with the final addition prescribed in presbyopic patients.\nMethods: Two hundred healthy subjects with a mean age of 48.92 years (range 40 to 64 years) were studied. Tentative near additions were determined using four different techniques: amplitude of accommodation (AA), age-expected add, binocular fused cross-cylinder (BCC), and balance of negative and positive relative accommodation (NRA/PRA). The power of the add was then refined to arrive at the final add.\nResults: The mean tentative near adds were lower than the final add for every method. These biases were small in clinical terms (less than 0.25 D) with the exception of the AA procedure (0.34 D). The intervals between the 95% limits of agreement differed substantially and were always lower than ±0.50 D.\nConclusion: Among the methods examined here, the binocular fused cross-cylinder technique produced results that correlated best with the final addition. The coefficient of agreements (COA) detected suggests that every tentative addition should be adjusted according to the particular needs of the patient.\nSimilar Articles: Near Addition\nComparing methods of determining addition in presbyopes.Clin Exp Optom. 2008 May;91(3):313-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2007.00159.x.PMID: 18399801\nAge and the amplitude of accommodation measured using dynamic retinoscopy.Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2016 Jan;36(1):5-12. doi: 10.1111/opo.12244. Epub 2015 Sep 9.PMID: 26353999\nDevelopments in the correction of presbyopia I: spectacle and contact lenses.Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2014 Jan;34(1):8-29. doi: 10.1111/opo.12091. Epub 2013 Nov 10.PMID: 24205890 Review.\nAn evaluation of estimation methods for determining addition in presbyopes.Arq Bras Oftalmol. 2013 Jul-Aug;76(4):218-20. doi: 10.1590/s0004-27492013000400005.PMID: 24061831 Clinical Trial.\nDevelopments in the correction of presbyopia II: surgical approaches.Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2014 Jul;34(4):397-426. doi: 10.1111/opo.12129. Epub 2014 Apr 10.PMID: 24716827 Review.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://larsinc.org/about-us/","date":"2023-12-08T08:33:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100739.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20231208081124-20231208111124-00071.warc.gz","language_score":0.9099735617637634,"token_count":578,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__289122058","lang":"en","text":"Mykah Montgomery is a published children’s book author, recording artist, public speaker, and community leader, who received a proclamation from the Honorable Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland for her child literacy advocacy and anti-bullying efforts. She is also an esteemed Jefferson Award for Public Service recipient and distinguished Alumna of the Year honoree for Saint Mary’s College of California.\nAs an author she understands the importance of literacy in all forms that provide access to knowledge.\nMykah Montgomery “gifted” hundreds of books to children via her Leaders are Readers Gift of Reading movement, and continues to recruit dignitaries, community leaders, educators, and entrepreneurs to participate as LARs Ambassador volunteers to support literacy at LARs flagship schools in the San Francisco Bay Area.\nAbout LARs Inc.\nLeaders are Readers, Inc. is a literacy program focused on reading & writing proficiency, as well as knowledge and competency in the following areas, including but not limited to:\n• Financial Literacy- The ability to use knowledge & skills to manage financial resources effectively for a lifetime of financial well-being.\n• Technology Literacy- The ability to understand, and responsibly, appropriately, and effectively use technology tools to access, manage, evaluate, and create & communicate information.\n• Image & Etiquette Literacy – The ability to behave and dress appropriately in social settings.\n• Cultural Literacy- The knowledge of one’s own culture.\n• Multicultural Literacy- The knowledge and appreciation of other cultures.\n• Philanthropy Literacy – Skills and knowledge that allow individuals to make informed and effective decisions with their financial resources, with a focus on “giving back” to ones’ community.\n• Media & Visual Literacy- Ability to think critically about different types of media and images.\nExecutive Director / Program Director\nMykah Montgomery is a published author, songwriter, producer, actress, filmmaker, and public speaker.\nShe is the author of The Little Girl Who Wanted a Tail and Isaiah Wants to Read; books that promote a love for self and others, a love for reading, and entrepreneurship.\nMykah holds a Master’s degree in Leadership and Humanities, and a MBA in Executive Management. She is an outstanding leader with a career spanning 25+ years providing valuable strategic insight and customer care in management and senior level individual contributor roles. She is an esteemed recipient of the Jefferson Award for Public Service, and she presses forward giving her all to worthy causes that greatly impact others’ lives.\nSylvia is a an esteemed social graces and image and etiquette consultant.\nBoard of Directors\nMykah Montgomery – President\nJohn Bishop – Treasurer\nJoan Simmons – Secretary\nRaymond L Bobbitt","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.columbusindian.net/desi/eventdisplay.asp?id=192842","date":"2020-01-26T06:25:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579251687725.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20200126043644-20200126073644-00293.warc.gz","language_score":0.9172259569168091,"token_count":162,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__212442752","lang":"en","text":"Admission : Free\nWe would like to invite you and your loved ones to celebrate the most auspicious occasion of Sri Krishna Janmastami, the divine appearance of Lord Krishna on Friday August 23rd.\nKrishna, who is known as Govinda, is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes.The supreme lord appears in this world on the auspicious eighth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Bhadrapada, during the auspicious Rohini nakshatra, when all the stars were in auspicious constellations, a sweet scent permeated the atmosphere and the entire universe sanctified in the welcome of the Shyamsundar.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://thepearl.lk/the-golden-fields/","date":"2020-11-26T07:06:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141186761.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20201126055652-20201126085652-00646.warc.gz","language_score":0.8919029235839844,"token_count":131,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__176678216","lang":"en","text":"The golden fields are green, though bare,\nNo paddy, only wild grass thriving there.\nWith the heavens above and earth below\nbrimming with nature’s beauty galore.\nThese fields used to be filled with golden crop,\nBowing down, waiting to harvest every last drop.\nBut now the fields are neglected and free,\nFor the local wildlife to relish it with glee.\nI am not sure which version I like best,\nAnd that question I shall not put to test.\nI would rather enjoy the changing tides of time,\nFeel the gentle wind, and feast the vision sublime.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://maknights.wordpress.com/","date":"2020-08-10T05:29:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738609.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20200810042140-20200810072140-00295.warc.gz","language_score":0.9272052645683289,"token_count":187,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__157982808","lang":"en","text":"Come on in, make yourself at home. I’ll get the kettle on.\nSo…what have you been reading lately?\nToday’s world building blog post is all about the structure of power in your literary world. If you’ve missed any of the previous instalments you can find them all Here. This might at first glance seem like a pretty easy choice to make: Shall I have a King/Queen? Or a President/Prime minister? Well, what if… Read more\n5 Steps to craft the perfect magic system for your world Hello, and welcome to week four of my world building blog series. Over the previous three weeks we have looked at aesthetics, weather/climate and technology. If you’ve been following the series then by now you should have a pretty good idea of what your… Read more\nFollow My Blog\nGet new content delivered directly to your inbox.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://zoemarnirobertson.cargo.site/Nominative-Determinism-Another-Manifesto-ancient-blog-post","date":"2019-05-23T06:44:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257156.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20190523063645-20190523085645-00041.warc.gz","language_score":0.9583741426467896,"token_count":771,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__133572584","lang":"en","text":"Nominative Determinism (Another Manifesto/ancient blog post)\nThursday, April 30, 2015\nNominative DeterminismEvery moment tortured by its self-awareness, anthropomorphised like the feminine. To understand this it is necessary to really know that the Greek word anthropos means man.\nTo understand this it is necessary to look no further than its context.\nThe writing is arbitrarily separated, categorised, imagined through refrain. It is an inherently physical writing. It is independent of narrative, except as it pertains to the machine that constructs it.\nIt is prescribed by the body of the author, as much as associated prejudices are imposed on the text through this self-knowledge, of author and audience.\nThe Contemporary:Not chronologically nor anachronistically but rather descriptively “Contemporary,” the moment of stasis that is post-industrialisation, frozen as an arbitrary gesture against that which came before, which is all that it refers to, the absence of the past, of humanism shocked to death by barbarity “no poetry,\" nothing will ever be the same.\nNominative determinism:At base a tautological statement, all words pertaining to reason and understanding somehow mean to diminish, they are words of containment and confinement.\nAll determinism is logocentric, it seems silly to even apply the word \"determinism\" when it applies to nothing but prejudice.\nThe nature of human intelligence is that it is not.\nThere is little to be lost and the whole world gained in thinking beyond reason.\nFinally managed to explain myself, and to great affect, by simply stating that I remark (explain, stating, remark) that I (discuss) art as it pertains to capital, as it is predicted by its environment. Which is to say (say) that I write about everything, somehow, and yet it suffices by way of (definition).\nReturns:With only a negative return on work, or real-time investment, accelerationism passing for belief in the afterlife.\nExhausted and exhaustive style making cheap the attempts toward accelerationism, as ordinarily unwittingly as they may be devised, and obsolete the anti-individualist attempts at retrofit individuality.\nOnce upon a time, belief was incentivised, but this system is perfect. It is all over.\nDefault-mode:For my part, believing in nothing, my independent dissociative state determined only to process phantom pain more or less resulting in the failures of my physiology and my nerve.\nTask-negative network, overcome by the tacit incapacities of this working life, forging ahead only when stricken, closer somehow to the conditions of existence than when making money out of money.\nI can't now and could never keep up with the expansionist intentions of those that set the working week.\nMade all illness the responsibility, and indeed the fault of its sufferer as though it were subject to their authorship.\nHere I am (there I go), one of capitalism's Dead Souls, feted to belong only to the hoard in an unfinished and morbid scam, or else to be wasted, to go to waste.\nUltraviolet:Light that by not being, throws into relief that which cannot be seen, the building blocks of the vegetative state, simply enough to feed off of, black light.\nIt just striking me as hard to penetrate, my own thoughts, a semi-permeable membrane.\nThe logic of penetration being assimilated as symbolic of a loss, a gift, a submission, is rape culture. And I have no desire to subject my perfect body to anthropomorphisation.\nI have nothing left to say.Posted by Z.O'Mahoney at 8:05 PM","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.theboudoirdivas.com/category/press-news/","date":"2017-12-15T19:55:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948579564.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20171215192327-20171215214327-00397.warc.gz","language_score":0.9430745244026184,"token_count":595,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__123226997","lang":"en","text":"Ahhhh we are SOOOO flippin’ excited about this. K here, I’m finally back after taking a few weeks off (see post below from M). My sweet baby boy is currently sleeping in a Moby wrap strapped to me, giving me a little time to check emails and do some blogging. (I’ll write another post SOON about the transition to mommyhood, I promise!)\nSo just two days before I gave birth to Arie, Marissa & I finished up this project that we had been working on for a few months – and we are happy to say that it is finally through the production & publishing process, and it is available for purchase. It’s our new eBook! “1500 Poses: A Boudoir, Glamour, and Portrait Shot Guide for Photographers and Models” We are really excited about this eBook and love that we are able to get it in your hands at such a killer price (currently at an introductory rate of only $9.99!)\nGet the Boudoir Divas’ New eBook NOW – an INSTANT DOWNLOAD PDF!\nPURCHASE ON ITUNES – iBook Version\nPURCHASE ON AMAZON – Kindle Version\nYou will just need to download the Kindle App for iPhone or iPad to be able to view it.\nWithin about an hour of launching the eBook on Amazon, we got tons of downloads, and our first review: “Amazing set of photos, finally something that is useful! Certainly already has spurred ideas I’ve not yet thought of. Buy it!” (Thank you, Shannon, for sharing your review!) If you purchase the eBook, we would REALLY value your opinion if you can take the time to write a review on Amazon for us. Thank you so much.\nWe said this in our book, but also wanted to mention here as we officially announce the launch – that this book wouldn’t be possible without the help of so many amazing people. Our Boudoir Divas Team (and fab photographers, Sarah, Erin, & Deena, who played a role in this book by taking some of the images inside!) Our fab HMU artist Peggy, for beautifying our clients. Lindsey, the Divas’ “Production Princess” – for working your post-production magic. (Also gotta mention that Lindsey, Sarah, and Peggy all make cameo appearances in the book as models!) And to ALL of the clients, friends, and models who were brave enough to let us share your images in this book… thank you, thank you, thank you. From the bottom of our hearts. (There are many more people to thank – please see the acknowledgments section in the book!)\nHave a happy Friday, a fabulous weekend, and GO BUY THE NEW BOOK NOW! xoxo, Kimberlee","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://eve.smackjeeves.com/","date":"2019-05-20T06:28:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232255773.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20190520061847-20190520083847-00414.warc.gz","language_score":0.8861343860626221,"token_count":55,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__155628456","lang":"en","text":"Welcome to Eve\nA father daughter story I had written half a year ago that went on hiatus when the trailer for Logan dropped D;\nSeptember 30th, 2016, 11:26 pm\nToday marks the momentous date of the launch of\n! Comics coming soon!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://kjtanner.com/","date":"2013-06-19T07:28:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708143620/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124223-00018-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9813783168792725,"token_count":1188,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__130321348","lang":"en","text":"**I was asked by dear Kristin Lemus to host week seven of the Women at War Bible study here at kjtanner. The study is based on the book by Jan Greenwood and let me tell you, it is making me think and God is using it to change me and my heart. It's about to get real honest up in here. Thanks for joining and if you like what you read, you can subscribe by clicking here.**\nMore than once I've walked away from a conversation with the thought, \"I really dislike women.\" The cattiness, the backbiting, the competition and the one-upmanship that seems to rear its ugly head in a group of women leaves me utterly content to sequester myself in a corner with a good book and a journal. However, as Beth Moore says in her study on James, \"Immunity from community means no ministry.\"\nLadies, my ministry probably looks different than your ministry which looks different from her ministry which reaches an entirely different demographic than her ministry. Even so, if you are drawing breath, you are called by God and frankly, your ministry will involve people...probably women. The beauty of this is that we each have something unique to bring to the table. Let's stop the competition and instead augment each other with our individual gifts and talents.\nI recently read an amazing book. Maybe you've heard of it. It's called Lean In and it's written by Sheryl Sandberg, the CFO of Facebook. In it, Sandberg encourages women to quit competing and instead take their place at the table. To accept their callings, identify their goals, whether they be family focused, career focused, or both and get to performing to the best of their abilities. While not an overtly Christian book, Sandberg's principles would be well-applied in our ministries.\nBack to Jan's book.\nOne of the biggest associations with being a woman is that of being a mother. In Christendom (can I still use that word?) every woman is called to be a mother. Some of us biologically and others of us spiritually. The Bible is big on adoption so it would make complete sense that as women we can adopt fellow women into our family as we mentor them. In the same way, we are mentored by others.\nMentoring sounds like this big scary word, but here's what Oprah has to say about mentoring--\"A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.\" The only requirement to be a mentor is to be able to point out the hope in others, the good in others, the potential in others. I'm pretty sure that since we carry Hope Himself in us that every single one of us as Christians qualifies as a mentor. We each have something to offer. I don't care if you've been following Christ for one month or one lifetime--you can and are called to offer hope; to be a spiritual mother to someone else.\nThe entirety of chapter seven (my assigned chapter) was about mothering and I could blather on and on about it, but instead, I'd like to hear from you....and I'll answer my own questions as well because well, it would be no fun if I just asked and didn't volunteer my answers first...so here goes....\n1. Have you ever been mentored? If so, by whom and what were the effects?\nHonestly, I have about four women that I consider to be in my mentor group. These women know the good and the bad--the ugly and the beautiful and they never stop seeing the potential in me. These women have covered me in grace and are the ones that continue to tell me that, \"You can do this.\" One of them is about thirty-five years older than me, the other is about fifteen years older than me, and two are what I would call peer mentors. We are in the same stage of life and are doing this mothering thing together.\n2. What is a dream that God has placed in your heart? How could someone come alongside you to help encourage that?\nI want to write. Thankfully, one of my peer mentors helps me do that. Just to hear her voice saying, \"Keep writing. Someone needs to hear/read this,\" is extremely encouraging. We are both writers, both bloggers, and yet there is no competition. We both encourage each other and pray for each other's platforms and influence. This friend is the real deal, y'all.\n3. Just as you are being poured into are you pouring into others? Is there someone in your life that you could encourage?\nMentoring can sound so scary. Sometimes just a note or a voicemail of encouragement is all that is needed. Instead of thinking about mentoring as this huge responsibility, just think about it as encouraging someone else. If you can't think of someone off the top of your head, ask God to reveal someone to you in the next week that he would have you pour into. Then do it. :-)\n4. Lastly, take a moment and think about who God has positioned in your life as a mentor. Then write them a note, send them a text, email them and just let them know that they are important to you and are making a difference in your life. We're all women and we can all use a little encouragement.\n***Thank you so much for joining us here for today's study. We'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments so feel free to interact there. Jan can be found here and on twitter. Kristin Lemus has been orchestrating this amazing blog study tour and you can follow her here. Lastly, if you like what you read, you can subscribe to kjtanner here or you can follow me on Twitter.***","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.davehansenwhitewater.com/487-2","date":"2024-04-22T21:42:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00172.warc.gz","language_score":0.9572415947914124,"token_count":632,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__108583084","lang":"en","text":"It is the first day in April and I am looking out the window at an epic April Fools Day prank. The skies and mountains are all gray. People are trapped in their houses submersed in the gray fear of coronavirus. There is no promise of spring tans, blue sky or yellow sun. We are even wearing gray sweatpants or lounge wear while waiting to be released from the endless isolation of our house. Just as I nestle down for my second nap of the day, my husband drags my reluctant butt off the couch. He insists on taking a walk in all this slushy gray depressing mess. I bundle up as if it was January and we head out. As we walk silently around our housing development, adhering strictly to the social distancing protocol, I notice that life is teeming around us. Birds are crowded in the trees. Worms pepper the sidewalks. Children are outside playing everywhere. It is like the whole world is out for recess. There are driveway basketball games, mom’s racing their kids on scooters, strollers, dog walkers and signs of the earth waking up. Time seems to have slipped backwards a few decades. I marvel at this revelation as we cross the bridge over Flat Creek. We take a minute to hang over the rails while scanning for fish. The water is clear and fresh. Small nymphs dart in and out of the rocks. The sound of the water gently brushes against the bridge. I realize people pay money to experience this on an app.\nNature is our one constant. It doesn’t ask our permission to change. The power of its defiance makes us bend to its will. It’s not worried about riding the tide of popularity or pleasing the masses. We can tweet, facebook and snapchat about it, but it will hold the path. Whatever is going on in the world belongs to the humans. The water is at the center of it all. It twists and turns creating its own destiny. My mind dares to jump ahead to summer. The warmth of my deck, the trails that wind through the mountains and the river. The river that is constant. It holds life in its depth as it slithers across the earth. Being out on the river is a rare gift. The fresh air, community of nature and the slowdown that happens the moment you step on a raft. The summer seems far away and vague. The river will be there when we are ready with its ability to make us forget the gray. In sickness and in health the river flows.\nOur Wildest Neighbors: Tips for Spotting Wildlife in Jackson, Wyoming Since the earliest days of Jackson Hole, one of the most fascinating and special parts of the valley is the diverse wildlife that dwells in the wilderness around town. Just...Read More\nLocals all agree – summer holidays are a great time to be on the river. For Labor Day, that’s especially true. Fall is the time of year when Jackson folks go to bed warmed by their outdoor adventures, and wake...Read More","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.susantorresfund.org/book/839262228/download-battle-of-wits-jamie-j-buchanan.pdf","date":"2018-05-21T06:40:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794863967.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20180521063331-20180521083331-00419.warc.gz","language_score":0.9541910886764526,"token_count":130,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__33890901","lang":"en","text":"Battle of Wits Battle of Wits was the winner of the October 2012 Raspberry and Vine Short Story Competition in Melbourne Australia. A police detective must solve the violent death of an elderly single man, focussing on the man's neighbours. Detective Eric Bryson thought he had seen it all, every type of victim and all manner of perpetrator. Then he met Christine Banks - beautiful, intelligent, and his only lead in this baffling case. Battle of Wits takes you on a journey into the psyche of both people, the cat and mouse game they play, and the subtlety of revelation that must be teased, coaxed…and earned.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thomallison.com/tag/barbra-streisand/","date":"2024-04-19T05:20:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817289.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419043820-20240419073820-00132.warc.gz","language_score":0.9530395865440369,"token_count":275,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__25014737","lang":"en","text":"Hmmm as I wrote the above title, I accidentally wrote “A NEW EAR” first and it made me think, “actually that is not inappropriate”. I’m in New York, ready to start a new experience. Well, many new experiences. And I like the idea of a new ear, a new way to hear things, a better way of picking up signals. Like an ear in music. Hearing the natural way a melody should go. I want to “hear” what the universe is actually telling me. I feel a bit like I’ve been living the life beside my life for the last 32 years (how long I’ve been acting – in case anyone thought I was trying to pretend I’m 32). I’ve had an amazing career. Truly exciting and thrilling and filled with opportunities. But I’ve always felt like I’ve been on a parallel path with my real life and its like the real life is on the other side of a very thin wall of rice paper – I can see the shadows, glimmers of the light but I don’t quite know what I’m looking at.\nWell I feel so much closer to knowing now. And being here in New York, I want some new adventures. … [Continue reading]","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://newwinecymru.co.uk/resources/apostolic-priorities","date":"2024-02-22T03:26:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473690.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20240222030017-20240222060017-00309.warc.gz","language_score":0.9022098779678345,"token_count":93,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__146687034","lang":"en","text":"Julian’s book has been released!!\n‘Apostolic Priorities’ explores how the apostolic is the engine of the church and a vital component to our missional success. Full of real life stories, miracles and the history of New Wine Cymru.\nHear Julian talk about the book ‘Apostolic Priorities’ in his recent interview with Premier Radio.\nTo purchase a copy, follow this link.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://babingtonsblends.com/en-us/blogs/news/october-books","date":"2024-02-24T17:08:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474541.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224144416-20240224174416-00883.warc.gz","language_score":0.9232743382453918,"token_count":379,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__193215074","lang":"en","text":"Abbie @ab_reads curated a selection of books for Babingtons Blends to coincide with our Curiositea theme\nLooking for some literary inspiration?\nWe partnered with the wonderful Abbie @ab_reads, book lover and baking enthusiast, to recommend a few October books to coincide with our monthly Curiositea theme.\nAbi's curiosiTEA is queer historical fiction since we don’t see as many queer folk in historical fiction. For Abbie, Sarah Waters is the queen of lesbian, Victoriana fiction. Fingersmith is by far her favourite and she's planning on reading The Paying Guests this month.\nTaking time out for yourself helps to ensure your overall wellness whilst you expand your mind and imagination. Get baking, pour some Babbingtons 'African Nights' South African Rooibos tea and fall into a comfy sofa whilst you indulge your mind, body and soul.\nWe can all get used to our favourites but why not try something new!\nWe have a delicious selection of blends to choose from including black, green and herbal.\n@ab_reads enjoyed our two teas of the month including our delicious 'African Nights' South African Rooibos tea. Scented naturally with lemon myrtle, hibiscus, orange peel and almond natural flavouring, you can’t help falling in love with its creamy, sweet flavour. And the good news is, it's all natural and super healthy.\nThe red fruits and almonds, mixed in with the popular Rooibos little red needles, gift you with a creamy and intense herbal tea, which is delicious both hot and iced. Delicious for you or as a gift..\nWhen was the last time you tried a new tea?\nVisit @ab_reads on Instagram for some literary and baking inspiration.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.zoechilderley.co.uk/books/4594934388","date":"2021-04-14T10:27:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038077810.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20210414095300-20210414125300-00448.warc.gz","language_score":0.9387440085411072,"token_count":163,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__231577369","lang":"en","text":"Only 20 left\nAnother Place Press\nAlso available as a Special Edition, limited to 30 copies - each with an A4 limited edition inkjet print signed and numbered £55.00\nDinosaur Dust was made between 2014-19 over several trips through the Mojave Desert in California. Subjects become collaborators in this open-ended narrative, both experienced and directed, telling stories of life lived with a heightened sense of mortality and longing in this isolated landscape.\nMany women are drawn to the desert, often living alone, building new homes and embracing this formidable wild life. Submit to the great meteorological forces and it’s a reminder of how it feels to be alive, drawn to this edge, like someone experiencing vertigo, with an inexplicable urge to jump into the abyss.\nAvailable through Another Place Press","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://climateepoch.wordpress.com/","date":"2019-04-22T14:23:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578555187.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20190422135420-20190422161420-00173.warc.gz","language_score":0.8857644200325012,"token_count":533,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__68548400","lang":"en","text":"living, as i often do,\nin post-industrial cities,\ni articulate reasons why\ni am a writing educator –\nthe stories of our lives\nmatter. as roland barthes\nonce famously said,\ni am interested in language\nbecause it wounds or seduces me.\nor, another, from laetitia sadler:\nwhat’s society built on?\nbuilt on words. built on words.\nin december i will fly thousands of miles\nto speak my languages, all or at minimum\nboth, repeatedly, in chambers, in hallways.\nthe fate of the free world could be at stake.\ntides are already beginning to rise.\nat this prospect, i often feel bathed\nin thoughts of blithe nihilism –\nto return to the foot of the cordillera\nof my birth and assert expertise\non storybook matters of urgency,\non the brisk urge to curtail\nthe droughts, the floods,\nthe heat, erosion, melting glaciers,\nsoil contamination, make a wake, a wake,\na wake, a wake, awake.\nthese are the stories i want to share:\na woman teaching sick workers in tijuana\nhow to forage clam shells for beads.\nmy friend mike, who is\na three-time cancer survivor\nand aging prophet of lake charles, louisiana.\nthe taste and smell of houston air.\nhow oil and water don’t mix, not\nin chalmette, not\nin whiting, not\nin loreto, not\nthe first community solar streetlight\never to grace the streets\nof highland park, michigan,\nblocks from the birth of cars.\nwhat heat exhaustion feels like.\nhow easy it can be to plant fruit trees.\nthe disarming joy of sharing a simple meal.\ni am going back home\nto south america\nbecause language either wounds\nor seduces, and because\nwe build with words what we see –\nwe need a story that honors\nwho’s been failed, who we throw\naway, who we’ll need (all of us)\nto speak and see\nuniversal things – the romance\nand boldness of care, stewardship,\nfor the earth, for each other.\nfor abolishing throwaway geography.\nhaving said this, i\nwant to open up the discourse\nand ask you\nwhat you’d say\nif you could go, too.\nby Pablo Baeza","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://sportworld360.com/boonen-retrospective-years-of-admiration-presented/","date":"2018-08-17T04:58:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221211719.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20180817045508-20180817065508-00667.warc.gz","language_score":0.9481890797615051,"token_count":313,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__124351123","lang":"en","text":"Six months after Belgian cycling legend Tom Boonen hung up his wheels following Paris-Roubaix, he was back in the spotlight to present a new book about his career, entitled ‘Jaren van Bewondering’ (Years of Admiration).\nVTM journalist Merijn Casteleyn set out in 2016 to interview some riders about Boonen for a retrospective on his career, but the project soon ballooned. According to Het Laatste Nieuws, Casteleyn said writing a book was not the plan at the outset.\n“The interviews lasted longer than planned, the list of riders grew. I did not stick to a specific number, but just wrote down names. Ten were 15. Fifteen became 30. Thirty was soon 50. And counting,” Casteleyn said, and the original idea was scrapped in favour of a book.\nCasteleyn interviewed teammates, riders from other teams, Belgians and foreigners, sprinters and Classics men from the current peloton and those who have retired.\n“That’s when we realized how great the admiration of all those colleagues was for Tom, the man and the rider,” Casteleyn said.\nThe many big names among those interviewed include Peter Sagan, Philippe Gilbert, Alejandro Valverde, Greg Van Avermaet, Paolo Bettini, Oscar Freire, Johan Museeuw and Marcel Kittel.\nYou can read more at Cyclingnews.com","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.philander.edu/events/2016/10/17/reading-and-reception-for-author-tracey-lynn-roland-mcmillon","date":"2019-09-21T07:56:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514574286.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20190921063658-20190921085658-00106.warc.gz","language_score":0.970138430595398,"token_count":193,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__45893193","lang":"en","text":"Tracey Lynn Roland - McMillon is a native of Little Rock, Arkansas and a graduate of both Little Central High School and University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts and Master Degree in Liberal Arts, she started her own paralegal company. In addition to being a business owner, Mrs. McMillon has also taught Criminal Justice and Math at the collegiate level and served as a Statistician for the United States Navy/Marines.\nHer book, \"Defying the Odds\" is a testament to men, women, children and people of all races, that you can make it, regardless of where you come from, your circumstances or the many life challenges that present themselves as roadblocks. All one needs is mentorship, inspiration and the desire to simply do it.\nAn exemplary mentor herself, Mrs. McMillon is determined to share her story with those who are in within the sound of her voice.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://gobacktothemountains.blogspot.com/2013/10/","date":"2019-07-24T08:35:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195532251.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20190724082321-20190724104321-00411.warc.gz","language_score":0.9860891103744507,"token_count":1310,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__13770341","lang":"en","text":"It’s almost cruel and unfair, the first few months after summer camp. I often found myself disoriented after camp, stripped of my freak-out and left to fend for myself. Days are now filled with artificial lighting and cubed rooms with few exit signs. I felt boxed into endless hours of power points, and irrelevant dense readings. But I’m being dramatic.\nCamp represents the beautifully structured schedule that allows for creativity. There’s no rule without reason. It’s freedom and friendship. It’s natural and open. It’s the mud in between your toes before you hop in the lake that day. It’s a Cabin 4 boy telling a joke that doesn’t make an iota of sense, to a crowd of 100 people, and those very same 100 people clapping and laughing like hyenas, begging for more. It doesn’t hold to restrictive weirdness or arbitrary deadlines. Having experienced camp through middle school, high school, and college, I’ve had most of my epiphanies in life during the summer. And looking back, now more so than ever has it shaped the way I view my past decisions and future ones.\nGrowing up in the sheltered suburbs, I had it figured out. I did some sports, could play a few chords on guitar, got straight A’s, had an extensive social web, and had the best three friends a girl could ask for. A confident little lady in the eyes of many. But most importantly, I had a plan.\nBut then there were the few without them. I remember this one kid in our town who would wear old chucks and two dollar garage-sale-looking button downs. He had long hair that was slicked back behind one of his ears as he talked, and a stench of musty pants, or lack of bathing, or who knows, seemed to radiate unapologetically from him. He spoke as if it were the 60’s, always off to the next local music event, putting high school far at the end of his list. He seemed to float as he walked with long strides and would relaxingly hunch his lanky body slightly forward, as if he never had the nervousness to sit up straight before.\nHe’d pop up now and then downtown, never with a notice, never a call. Pretty sure he didn’t even have a phone. People couldn’t explain him. Why wouldn’t he finish high school? Why did he not have a phone? Why he didn’t seem to have a plan? Gossip blamed it on social weirdness or even the music scene, but evidence has it that he was as kind as a peach. His plan was music, though many reject something as unstructured as music to be one. Blues beats and old riffs would flood from his fingers with whatever instrument he touched. Whether it was his bass, guitar, keyboard, harmonica – give this kid a Q-tip, a wooden stick, and a doorknob and he’d make music.\nEveryone knew him, and it being our last year of high school, everyone also knew the pressure of applying for the next step of education. Deadlines, applications, and endless recommendation letters were upon us. But these two pieces of knowledge, were held at opposite sides of the spectrum. Our options were clear: to stay trapped in the suburbs, as our musty panted friend had seemed to choose, or to move on out of our parents’ houses for a new start.\nI of course supported and identified with our long haired friend’s blues background, having always wanted to be a front blues singer for a rock band, and found myself jealous and in awe of his natural talent. I could never relax my shoulders as he did, could never nonchalantly jam unannounced at a local show. But most importantly, I could never skip class the way he could, could never miss practice, get a C, the way he could. After all, I was working for something bigger- college, right?\nAs time went on we would still see him during breaks from college. My friends and I would playfully joke about him when we saw him riding his Schwinn with a ukulele on his back, or seeming to wander aimlessly downtown with a guitar. But the real joke was that we thought we had our lives figured out. Without even actively thinking about it, or being malicious, we elevated ourselves above him. His presence of not having a structured four year plan, somewhat reaffirmed our own nervous decisions of having one.\nAnd of course with my three random switches in Majors later, the haunting realization had dawned on me: I had no plan. Just as he supposedly didn’t. But, this was okay. I will finish my two more semesters of overworked course loads and suffocated creativity, and renew myself with musty pants and camp spirit. Looking back on it, I wish I had the focus and gall to wear those musty pants, to fearlessly front bands and street corners, to pursue dreams of writing and music as our long haired friend did from the start of high school. He has camp in him. And this is not to say those with camp spirit are high school drop-outs. This is to say he did what he loved, and shared it with others with a big smile on his face. He has happiness. And that’s all we can search for right? Live and learn, and carry on with what you love.\nReady for more sap? Yes. I’m ready. So, with 2014 upon me, and my last two semesters, I feel the chains slowly loosen, and an awakening coming on. Arbitrary structure and higher education are like shooting sports for me. No matter how hard I attempted to align my shot, it always went a little to the left. At least I had the waterfront to splash freely. And so I did as a kid, and I will now. I will splash freely with the mustiest of pants and a renewed sense of camp spirit not just during my summer months, but all year round.--------------\nThanks to all those who sent thoughts our way. Happy Halloween, and we'll have more Camp News coming your way in November.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.themcphersonsisters.com/about","date":"2022-05-19T06:26:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662525507.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220519042059-20220519072059-00627.warc.gz","language_score":0.9788177609443665,"token_count":509,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__139761495","lang":"en","text":"Audrey McPherson and Hallie McPherson are a sister filmmaking team who grew up in a family of filmmakers. Their own partnership benefits not only from a shared sororal language and political/artistic sensibility, but also from their complementary strengths. First and foremost a writing team, they are experienced filmmakers who are eager to both collaborate as well as direct their own work. They are interested in stories about women, family, magic, mythology, and are drawn to the darkest corners of comedy. Their writing motto is \"make the audience laugh lest they weep.\"\nHallie writes full-fledged f*cked-up characters and never met a pun she didn’t like. Behind her wicked and sometimes unseemly dialogue you will find that Hallie is, at heart, a structuralist whose background in theatre has provided the scaffolding necessary to build a compelling and wholly-realized story. She currently lives with her sister and writing partner in Los Angeles, but plans to die in Brooklyn. Please click here to see a sample of writing beyond the screen and here to see her creative resume.\nHallie has been writing stories since before she could properly hold a pencil. A devoted theatre nerd, Hallie began writing plays in high school. She graduated from Barnard College with a minor in playwriting before going on to get her MFA in Dramatic Writing at Carnegie Mellon University. Her latest play \"C*NTLOAF: Or The C-Word Play,\" was a finalist for the NAPAT award through the Kennedy Center, as well as earning her the Mary Marlin Fischer Award at CMU.\nAudrey has a strong sense of structure and a knack for visual storytelling. Her time spent behind the camera has reinforced the idea that the words on the page are only as good as the images they conjure. Her partnership with her sister has only made her a better storyteller. Together, they are a formidable team. Please click here to see her creative resume.\nAfter studying philosophy at Williams College and UCLA, Audrey hiked the Appalachian Trail, spent months living in a van in New Zealand, worked as a backcountry ranger in Northern Vermont and as a dive master in Thailand and Indonesia. Her travels taught her that a good story is universal currency: appreciated and accepted everywhere. She moved to LA and began taking cinematography and acting classes, writing screenplays, and making short films. Her filmmaking partnership with her sister began in 2019 when they wrote their first script together.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.herbalremedies.com/powerofnow.html","date":"2022-11-30T01:40:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710712.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20221129232448-20221130022448-00161.warc.gz","language_score":0.908092737197876,"token_count":1205,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__203743786","lang":"en","text":"Great Natural Products\nfreezeRx - Roll on, 3 oz\nOur Low price:\nMother Nature Resveratrol\nOur Low price:\nProcaine Ultra GH9 ( Ultimate 9 ), 100mg Procaine HCL - 60 Capsules\nAcidophilus For Cats & Kittens, Kosher & Dairy Free, Cat Supplement - 16 fl. oz. - Dynamic Health\nEcos Liquid All Natural Laudry Detergent, Lemongrass, Earth Friendly Products - 50 oz\nOur Low price: $6.75\nImmune Support Group for Infants & Children ( Vitamin C, Echinacea, First Defense )\nOur Low price:\nKava Root Powder, Taveuni Kava (1/2 lb. 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Tolle took another ten years to understand this transformation, during which time he evolved a philosophy that has parallels in Christianity, Buddhism, relaxation techniques, and meditation theory but is also eminently practical.\nIn The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle shows readers how to recognize themselves as the creators of their own pain, and how to have a pain-free existence by living fully in the present. Accessing the deepest self, the true self, can be learned, he says, by freeing ourselves from the conflicting, unreasonable demands of the mind and living present, fully, and intensely, in the Now.\n\"In The Power of Now, author-sage Eckhart Tolle uses words to guide readers beyond words. 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{"url":"https://rczp.xn----8sbbgahlzd3bjg1ameji2m.xn--p1ai/kobeviw.php","date":"2021-07-29T01:36:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046153814.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20210729011903-20210729041903-00695.warc.gz","language_score":0.9323911070823669,"token_count":3523,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-31","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__175404423","lang":"en","text":"Trading Forex Books Must Read\n· A Three-Dimensional Approach to Forex Trading is a self-published book that answers the question of “where is the market going next”.\nThis book is a rather daunting read, but worth it. The book has proven helpful to new traders and advanced professionals alike and offers a high-level breakdown of the forex market. · An experienced trader knows that Forex is pretty easy to understand, but hard to master.\nWe wouldn’t argue with that. But at the same time, getting the basics right can be as difficult as working the Forex trading market like a pro. We thought we’d dive into the best Forex trading books, to bring you a heads-up on what is worth spending time on.\nThe Best Forex Books | Full & Comprehensive list - DTTW™\n· Trading in the Zone: The second book is a masterpiece by Mark Douglas. The book focuses on a Forex trader's emotional aspect. As per Mark, feelings such as fear and greed are prevalent among. · Trading Price Action Trends is one of the best forex trading books on price action.\nIt is comprehensive but easy to read the book which any trader can be able to fathom every detail in it without hassle. He explains in further information about the candlesticks individually on the charts and also the meaning of multiple candles as price action.\n· Currency Trading for Dummies is one of the best of the lot for beginners. It presents clear, easy-to-read instructions on currency trading and descriptions of the forex market. In. · The answer: none – there is no single best forex trading book. The combination of ideologies, strategies, and processes will make you a better trader. The books we have in this list cover every aspect of forex trading. Most of the authors are credited, long-term, profitable investors – that don’t sell courses online.\n· Written by Thomas N. Bulkowski Few books have found themselves listed across the best technical analysis books, the best day trading books, and the best forex books, but the Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns is a must-read that applies to any trader.\nIf you don’t know how to identify chart patterns with ease, this book is for you. Authored by Brian Dolan, this is one of the best fx books to read if this is your first-time trading or investing.\nIt contains all the details you need to build and consolidate a winning strategy. One thing we like about it is that it brings together instructions that are packaged in an easy-to-learn manner.\n· The problem is, knowing which books you should read to further your understanding of the market can be quite challenging, especially if you’re new to forex trading and have little knowledge of how the market works. To make things a little easier for these people, I’ve decided to give you my list of what I think are the best price action.\nTrading Books. Discover 90 essential Forex and share trading books, including fundamental and technical analysis books. Download a large selection of PDFs for free, or compare Forex and CFD brokers in one place. Share to win a $1, Amazon voucher. “Al Brooks has written a book every day trader should read. On all levels, he has kept trading simple, straightforward, and approachable.\nBy teaching traders that there are no rules, just guidelines, he has allowed basic common sense to once again rule how real traders should approach the market. · Updated: Aug – a complete update of all my favorite trading books and non-trading related books. This is not going to be another must-read trading book list where the same old trading books are mentioned for the th time.\n· There are dozens of good technical trading books out there but I wouldn't necessarily call any of them a must read.\nTop 10 Forex Trading Books For 2018 - Admiral Markets\nMy must read/watch list is below and focuses on the system as a whole: Banking and money, currency echange & trade, and Quantitative easing video series - A handful of Educational Khan academy youtube series which take you through.\n#4 – Forex The Holy Grail Kindle Edition. by SIMONE SIESTO (Author).\nBook Review. This book on forex is an attempt by the author to explore what could be the holy grail of currency trading by analyzing the leading financial analysis techniques employed in forex trading for their relative worth.; One of the key points which emerge from the analysis is that merely technical indicators might.\nForex books are the first step for many in the forex trading journey.\nTrading Forex Books Must Read - Forex Books | List Of Top 7 Best Forex (Foreign Exchange ...\nWhether you want an audio book for beginners, or a strategy e-book for advanced trading, we have shortlisted the 5 top forex trading books that will benefit all traders.\n· While all the great trading books overlap in the principles of trading psychology, risk management, and using a systematic process with an edge these are all specific to the Forex market.\nHarami Cross Pattern Forex\n|How to pay forex tax in france||Best binary trading account||Cheapest way to get forex to usa|\n|Circulating supply cryptocurrency list||Trading forex losing streak||Cryptocurrency coin prices historical charts and crypto market cap|\n|Usd egp forex history||Current forex market time||What is sl and tp in forex trading|\n|Best forex strategy youtube||Forex basket 3 pair trading||Who is the best cryptocurrency analyst|\n|How much can you withdraw from forex account||Spot forex vs cfd forex||Feel lost in forex|\nThe below list has a great variety of timeframe, strategy, and levels from beginner to advanced. They also have different price levels for readers. No matter how many Forex trading books you’ve read or what Forex strategy you employ; success in currency trading comes from a practical knowledge, and understanding that this particular Market is very unique.\nIt is volatile in its nature, always changing and reacting to a myriad of micro as well as macro releases. For this reason, learning. · A classic addon for our must-read Trading book list, Douglas’ book deals with core questions of how to stay tough and conquer the mental side of the rczp.xn----8sbbgahlzd3bjg1ameji2m.xn--p1ai you’re struggling with the psychological side of the profession, this book might help shed some light on how to stay focused and confident in a market environment that is anything but certain.\nHere are the 7 best forex trading books you must read. 1. Day Trading and the Currency Market. Kathy Lien is a prolific writer who has a great reputation in the financial industry.\nShe shares her knowledge and experiences in this far-reaching book that is a piece of art in as much as it is an educational book. · A must-have in your library!\n- 5 Must Read Books for Any Aspiring Forex Trader – IC ...\n- The 10 Best Trading Books of All Time | IG UK\n- Top 20 Best Forex Trading Books Worth The ... - PrimeXBT Blog\n- 7 forex trading books every investor must read: 2020\n- 5 books everyone should read before they start trading\n4. Day Trading and Swing Trading the Currency Market by Kathy Lien. Now that you’ve got the basics down and understand the psychology of trading with the first three books, it’s time to get into the meat of forex trading.\nIf you are starting out in the forex market, you must grab a copy of a book like this. Even for seasoned investors, this book will help sharpen their trading skills and enhance the basics. The basics are the foundation for quality investment in the forex market. The trading strategy for readers at the end is an additional bonus. As a result, many people are getting interested in online currency exchange trading. So, in order to have a successful career at Forex online trading, you will DEFINITELY need to have enough knowledge about the foreign exchange market and also many people love to read books.\nThis book is an ideal read for folks just beginning their forex trading journey but do not know where to start.\nBrown lays focus on a number of key concepts, including, but not limited to, an explanation of what forex is and its advantages, order types, trading psychology, technical and fundamental analysis and risk/reward ratio types. · Although many other books have since been published on this subject, Douglas' book is still considered a \"must read\" classic text on trading psychology. One. · “Currency Trading for Dummies” was updated in and is a great starting place for a beginning forex investor.\nThe book’s simple language makes the forex. · Trading psychology books can help almost any trader be more informed about and respond to the psychological pitfalls they will face. this is a must-read for anyone who is struggling to attain consistency in the market. The author provides a roadmap for overcoming many trading issues. The Basics of Using Stop Losses in Forex Trading. Stock Market Investing for Beginners: 3 Books for Investing in 10 Days in Stock Trading, Trading Psychology, and Forex Trading.\nLearn the Bases with Simple, Profitable and Proven Strategies.\nTop 6 Books for Beginning Forex Traders - Investopedia\nTrading in the Zone is a book about trading psychology, your self-worth and trading ethic, discipline, getting to know yourself and acknowledging that you might be the weak point in your trading system.\n· A streamlined and highly effective approach to trading without indicators Most forex traders rely on technical analysis books written for stock, futures, and option traders. However, long before computers and calculators, traders were trading naked. The 5 Most Impactful Forex Trading Books I’ve Read I am often asked about my top recommended Forex trading books, and this post is my answer to those queries. The following books are not technical, and most of them don’t contain specific ‘how-to’ instructions.\nThe free Forex Ebook by 1st Forex trading academy also goes ahead to mention the benefits of trading Forex and further lists the cons. Download The Introduction to Forex PDF Here. 3. Online Trading Course – Lesson 1 PDF. Online Trading course is one of the best books about Forex trading. · Top Forex Books #1: Currency Trading for Dummies. Currency Trading for Dummies is a great choice for traders who are entering the world of Forex trading for the first time.\nPublished inthe book was written by Brian Dolan, a twenty-year Forex trading veteran. Dolan worked as a market analyst, too. Forex Trading Books for Beginners. The three above mentioned trading books are all quite advanced and should be a part of everyone’s must-read list. However, the three following books are better suited for beginners who are looking to get a better basic understanding of the forex market. Trading books for. · If you are looking for one of the top books involving day trading psychology, then “Digital Day Trading” by Howard Abell is a book you should have on your shelf.\nThis book is good for both beginners and more experienced traders, as it is easy to follow and leaves out much of the fluff and fanfare that other books may include. · Here is a list of the best books to set you on your trading journey. 1. Day Trading for Dummies. Day Trading for Dummies by Ann Logue. The book is US-oriented but it feels like you can consume it at your leisure with its folksy tone.\nIt dispenses advice on how to start trading as if by a friend who also happens to be an expert. · Here are few must-read books on trading if you want to learn to trade. Books on trading: Beat the Forex Dealer – An Insider’s Look into Trading Today’s Foreign Exchange Market. Beat the forex dealer. Do you know, Warren Buffet′s office had lost $m betting on the dollar, even George Soros’s short yen bets has cost him $m not.\nSo without further ado, here is our list of the best recommended Forex trading books you must read in ! \"Reminiscences of a Stock Operator\" by Edwin Lefevre Edwin Lefevre's book focuses on Larry Livingston, who represents a thinly veiled depiction of Jesse Livermore - one of.\nTOP 5 MOST RECOMMENDED FOREX BOOKS 📚- EARN WHILE YOU LEARN 💰\nThe best trading books ever written; Our picks for the best trading tools; The most valuable vintage trading books; I highly recommend subscribing to Audible to listen to trading books. Listening to books on your way to work is a great way to leverage your time by doing two things at once. Must-Read Trading Psychology Books. · Forex trading books are treasure troves for extensive knowledge in the currency trading landscape.\nRecommended Books for FOREX Trading in 2020 | FXGears ...\nWe’ve taken the time to highlight the 10 best Forex trading books you must read in order to trade currencies like a Pro. Let’s check them out! PS! If I were to choose just one, I’d go for #7 #1.\nMust-Read Trading Psychology Books for Every Trader\nCurrency Trading for Dummies Source: books. · She is also the author of the most important forex trading book to ever have been published. The full name of the book is Day Trading and Swing Trading the Currency Market: Technical and Fundamental Strategies to Profit from Market Move, and it is a must read for everyone wanting to learn how to maximize profits on the world’s largest market.\nJoin us inside the Trading Room for more lessons about forex trading and live action! Link: rczp.xn----8sbbgahlzd3bjg1ameji2m.xn--p1ai In today's video, I will dive into a book r. Download Forex Books for free.\nForex means Foreign Exchange (Trading). This is the practice of trading currencies like the way stocks are traded. However, for example, instead of buying/selling share of companies like Apple or Nike, you’ll buy/sell currencies such. Forex a quick beginner guide☆★☆ Read this book for FREE on Kindle Unlimited ☆★☆Read on your PC, Mac, smart phone, tablet or Kindle rczp.xn----8sbbgahlzd3bjg1ameji2m.xn--p1ai book will take you through all you need to know, starting with the basic that are used in Forex trading, and moving forward to how you should trade, everything you should know about a trading.\nIf we are speaking about Forex trading books for beginners, they, first of all, should be easy-to-follow. Of course, you will not be able to work effectively in the Forex market without the knowledge of many specific terms and concepts (for example, lot, spread, leverage) and best trading books will help you to get all the necessary knowledge.\n'Anything related to trading psychology should be of interest to a trader given its importance. Mark Douglas was one of the greats in the field and made an incredible contribution through this book.' Paul Robinson, DailyFX currency analyst 'Trading in the Zone was the first trading book that I read and said, \"Now that was a great book on trading\". Below we list just a handful of must-read forex trading books that we think are worth their weight in gold. We’ve read them and we think you should too.\nCheck them out now! Clicking on the images below will take you to rczp.xn----8sbbgahlzd3bjg1ameji2m.xn--p1ai if you want to see more about the book or snag it for your own education & collection.\nPurchases through these. Hi guys. I am relatively new to the market. I am trying from 7 months. Please suggest me some books that are must read for Intraday trading. I trade mostly commodities (Crude) and index futures. Thanks. Thinking about trading Forex? Whether you’re in for the thrills of trading, to gain some extra money or to build wealth, make sure you know everything you need to succeed in this vast market. Here are 6 must-read Forex trading tips for beginners: 1- Learn the basics of Forex trading You know what they say “knowledge is power”.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://rikjundiphotographer.co.uk/","date":"2021-01-16T12:29:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703506640.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20210116104719-20210116134719-00695.warc.gz","language_score":0.9459580779075623,"token_count":452,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__63611870","lang":"en","text":"Hi! I’m Rik, or Jundi, or Rick Jundi. I’ll answer to any of the above. I’ve got several other names as well, but maybe later…. Welcome to my website!\nI’m a photographer living in the great city of Manchester, and have been capturing little photographic morsels of it since the early ’70s. My style is what you see. I call it documentary, but it could easily be called street, reportage, journalistic, candid… any and all of those. But generally pictures of life – places and things. It’s what I’m drawn to do.\nI’ve travelled well, in my own fashion, and I’ve been all over the world, always with camera in hand, with an open heart and love for my fellow humans in all their guises.\n“Live Long and Prosper!” they cried from the stars, and I hope to do it for a little while longer.\nI’ve just had my new book published by Flapjack Press. It a story of Mancunia, that great city of ours (I bloody love the place). I’ve collaborated with some of Manc’s best wordsmiths, and together we’ve produced a poetic masterpiece that shines like glittering sun. Not sure if anything like this has been done before, it seems like a first. The launch will coincide with the Chorlton Book Festival on the 21st September and will be on Zoom. It was originally planned for June 5th with exhibition and performance; these times have sent us all digital! Hopefully future exhibitions will be held somewhere in Manchester, and possibly Central Library in 18 months or so – I can’t say, I can only ponder!\nI’ve got 100 copies of signed first editions up for grabs at £12 plus £3.90 p&p; email me if you wish to purchase one.\nThe book will also be for sale at Waterstones online, Amazon, Flapjack Press and all good bookshops.\nI also sell prints of my work on my Etsy page","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.alpenhotel-tirol.com/en/urlaubszuhause/insights-impressions/","date":"2023-03-28T21:58:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948871.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20230328201715-20230328231715-00011.warc.gz","language_score":0.917999804019928,"token_count":208,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__153800495","lang":"en","text":"A warm welcome to a\nHoliday in Galtür\nOh, what the dictionary has to offer! It tells us that “arriving well” is to\n… reach a place\n… arrive at a place\n… arrive at a place one has been looking for\nA place of coming home\nFor many of our guests, the Alpenhotel Tirol has been a place to come home to for years. A temporary home to switch off, enjoy and recharge.\nWith warm encounters, the best cuisine and hours of pleasurable relaxation. Where tradition is lived, everyone is welcome and unspoilt nature awaits on the doorstep. A place of strength where you would like to stay longer.\nJust like the author Paul Maar – a writer for children and young people – who once said:\n“I would have loved to stay another day … “\n(“Ich wär’ so gern noch einen Tag geblieben …”)","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://blog.nourishingworld.com/tag/fclo/","date":"2021-06-16T21:00:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487626008.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20210616190205-20210616220205-00402.warc.gz","language_score":0.9331432580947876,"token_count":342,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-25","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__108004553","lang":"en","text":"By Ali Wetherbee If you are looking for a natural or holistic alternative to Western dentistry, Ramiel Nagel’s book Cure Tooth Decay is a valuable resource. Drilling, filling, and root canals are not the only methods of treating cavities! This book teaches you how to remineralize teeth, slowing down and even reversing cavities. Author Ramiel Nagel … Continue reading Cure Tooth Decay\nBy Ali Wetherbee \"My strongest advice is if you supplement with nothing else, you always supplement with fresh cod liver oil.\" -Dr. Ian Billinghurst, holistic vet and author of The BARF Diet Most pets today do not get enough omega-3s. Commercial pet foods are high in omega-6 fatty acids, which causes an imbalance in the … Continue reading Fermented Cod Liver Oil: The Number One Supplement for Your Pet\nBy Ali Wetherbee All of these foods are packed with nutrition and beneficial for overall health, but each one offers some specific health advantages as well. Here are our top ten superfoods to keep you healthier this Spring: 1. Best for inflammation: Blueberries Chronic inflammation is linked to many serious diseases, including heart disease, cancer, … Continue reading A Superfood for Every Health Issue\nFermented Cod Liver Oil (FCLO) is often called “Food for the Brain” because of its potential benefits to the brain and nervous system. Research suggests that the omega fatty acids, particularly EPA and DHA, in FCLO may play a role in healthy brain development in babies and children, as well as in reducing neurological and … Continue reading Could Cod Liver Oil Be Integral to ADHD Treatment?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://aeroplanetic.gr/about/","date":"2024-04-15T19:20:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817014.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20240415174104-20240415204104-00847.warc.gz","language_score":0.9680010676383972,"token_count":316,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__29581374","lang":"en","text":"Here’s the story of a lovely lady, who was bringing up three very lovely girls. All of them had hair of gold, like their mother, the youngest one in curls. Here’s the store, of a man named Brady, who was busy with three boys of his own. They were four men, living all together, yet they were all alone. ‘Til the one day when the lady met this fellow.\nThis is Herman Brooks. Herman is just like the rest of us. Everyday he has to make all kinds of decisions like what to wear, whom to date and when to panic. Now these decisions should be easy but if you take a look inside Herman’s head, you’ll see why he sometimes has trouble making up his mind. Sometimes they agree… usually they don’t. But the struggle is going on inside all of us and it’s all going on inside Herman’s head.\nHave no fear of perfection — you’ll never reach it\nWe’ve got a gorilla for sale. Magilla Gorilla for sale. Won’t you buy him, take him home and try him, gorilla for sale. Don’t you want a little gorilla you can call your own, a gorilla who’ll be with ya when you’re all alone? How much is that gorilla in the window? Take our advice, at any price, a gorilla like Magilla is mighty nice. Gorilla, Magilla Gorilla for sale.","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://localfiles.com/indian/little_rock/yellow_pages/associations/04/26244.shtm","date":"2023-05-31T23:36:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647459.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531214247-20230601004247-00697.warc.gz","language_score":0.946549117565155,"token_count":360,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__13631922","lang":"en","text":"TRADITION is described generally as opinions, beliefs, and customs that have been handed down. More specifically, in this context, tradition refers to what we have received from our ancestors, handed down from generation to generation, from parents to children like traditional attire, traditional food, traditional dances, traditional behaviour and courtesy towards others especially elders, traditional ceremonies etc.\nRELIGION as obvious as this word is, religion can be a passive sterile factor in human life OR it could be an active way of life, a functional force of values of a dynamic factor affecting our daily lives, our every thought, our every word and our every deed. The emphasis is on understanding religion in order to add value to our religious practices. Every ritual one does, every mantra or prayer one chants, every sacrifice one offers, every festival one celebrates, every custom one observes, every service one performs ought to be done with knowledge of its inner significance and power. Thus, it is imperative that Religion is accompanied by an understanding of its practice – \"religion with understanding\" or \"understanding religion\". However, there should be humble pride in one’s religion and that pride should be with full honour and respect for all other religions as the source from which it originates is the infinite and inexhaustible one God.\nASPIRATION is a burning yearning to live by ideals and the desire for constant improvement in our lives. Parents, children, husbands, wives, students, teachers, employers, employees, citizens, leaders and others should all aspire to be the best they can in each field of duty or endeavour. The spirit is to aspire for the highest in every facet of life:-\nTo Live Beyond Mediocrity !\nTo Dare To Be Different !\nTo Dare To Be Divine !","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://crystalcandrews.wordpress.com/","date":"2018-03-18T11:52:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257645613.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20180318110736-20180318130736-00712.warc.gz","language_score":0.951285719871521,"token_count":418,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__190760875","lang":"en","text":"“Life is not meant to be easy” I was told as a little girl, I didn’t believe it then but now I do. I think the reason life isn’t always easy is because if it were we would never be grateful. Life has good times and bad times for a reason. I’m learning to be grateful for the struggles and use them to propel me forward. Im learning that there is always something to be grateful for, even in the most painful or uncomfortable moments; like childbirth. I’m learning to choose contentment and joy over dwelling on my frustration and complaining when that’s what I feel like doing. I’m learning that what I feel like doing isn’t usually what I should be doing. I’m learning that God has a purpose for the pain we face in life. I’m learning to rely on the Holy Spirit every moment of every day. I’m learning to always wear love ❤️ and always forgive no matter how much it hurts. I’m learning to always be patient and always trust God. Like I said, I’m learning….\n“Since Jesus went through everything you’re going through and more, learn to think like him. Think of your sufferings as a weaning from that old sinful habit of always expecting to get your own way. Then you’ll be able to live out your days free to pursue what God wants instead of being tyrannized by what you want.”\n1 Peter 4:1-2 MSG\n“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”\nJames 1:2-5 NIV","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://bloom06.com/andrew-lloyd-webber/andrew-lloyd-webber-whos-the-thief-lyrics/","date":"2020-07-13T11:52:03Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593657143365.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20200713100145-20200713130145-00147.warc.gz","language_score":0.9550107717514038,"token_count":240,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__226177319","lang":"en","text":"One of you has stolen my precious golden cup\nJoseph started searching through his brothers’ sacks\nEveryone was nervous, no one could relax\nWho’s the thief? Who’s the thief?\nIs it Reuben? No, is it Simeon? No\nIs it Naphtali? No, is it Dan? No\nIs it Asher? No, is it Isaachar? No\nIs it Levi? No, who’s the man?\nIs it Zebulun? No, is it Gad? No\nIs it Judah? No, is it him? Could it be\nCould it be, could it possibly be Benjamin?\nYes, yes, yes\nBenjamin, you nasty youth\nYour crime has shocked me to the core\nNever in my whole career have I encountered this before\nGuards, seize him, lock him in a cell\nThrow the key into the Nile as well\nEach of the brothers fell to his knees\nShow him some mercy, oh, mighty one, please\nHe would not do this, he must have been framed\nJail us and beat us, we should be blamed","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.chengxue-edu.com/k_6332.html","date":"2021-10-25T05:15:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587623.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20211025030510-20211025060510-00124.warc.gz","language_score":0.8289544582366943,"token_count":170,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__238181794","lang":"en","text":"6. She was afraid that unless the train speeded up she would lose her _____ to Scotland.\nA. ticket B. place\nC. seat D. connection\n7. The ship was _____ in a storm off Jamaica.\nA. drowned B. sunk\nC. wrecked D. submitted\n8. No one has _____ been able to trace the author of the poem.\nA. still B. yet C. already D. just\n9. More than one-third of the Chinese in the United States live in California, _____ in San Francisco.\nA. previously B. predominantly\nC practically D. permanently\n10. The new secretary has written a remarkably _____ report only in a few pages but with all the details.\nA. concise B. clear\nC. precise D. elaborate","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://shop.bgs.ac.uk/GeoReports/info.cfm?STD_REP=S009","date":"2017-04-29T05:31:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123276.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00164-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8476727604866028,"token_count":192,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__321479569","lang":"en","text":"This report is for people who are carrying out preliminary site assessments or who have a general interest in the landslides of a particular area.\nPrepared by a geologist with landslides expertise, it is based on an analysis of geological maps, hazard potential maps, records in the BGS National Landslides Database, photographs and published literature. This report describes the geology that might be encountered at the surface or at ‘rockhead’ (bedrock lying beneath the soil layer or beneath superficial or landslide deposits) beneath the specified site. The report does not consider the hydrogeology at the site: this would be described in other GeoReports modules.\nView an example \"Landslide Assessment\" report for \"Mam Tor\" (PDF 969KB)\nView an example \"Landslide Assessment\" report for \"Fenny Bentley\" (PDF 930KB)\nReport availability map\n1. All prices include delivery","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://number44blog.blogspot.com/2011/10/creative-boom.html","date":"2019-05-24T16:08:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257660.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20190524144504-20190524170504-00117.warc.gz","language_score":0.9303694367408752,"token_count":106,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__31522567","lang":"en","text":"A page that offers information for links, websites and events etc. Somewhere to advertise to fellow artists and creatives while maintaining a fluid and positive movement downstream.\nTuesday, 11 October 2011\nI found a post about Zoe Barkers book about 'Values' and a creative way of highlighting how they've changed! Values being an important part of a healthy and happy life, but today meaning an offer in Tesco's. Shame. Anyway here's Creative Boom link where I found this and a link to the Creative Boom home page....","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.caseyargentina.com/post/trekking-in-the-andes-by-amber-and-gilles-1","date":"2023-12-10T11:36:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679101779.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20231210092457-20231210122457-00484.warc.gz","language_score":0.9537000060081482,"token_count":634,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__193366863","lang":"en","text":"Trekking in the Andes by Amber and Gilles.\nMy friend Amber and I embarked on a six-day trek through the Andes Mountains. The journey took place between the town of Cafayate and the remote hamlet of Guasamayo Jasimana in the province of Salta, Northwest Argentina. Covering a total distance of approximately 55 kilometres (34 miles), this trek was an expedition of a lifetime, characterised by steep ascents and descents, stunning valleys, and breathtaking sceneries.\nThe starting point was 5 km (3 miles) from Cafayate, at an altitude of 2000 meters (6560 feet) above sea level. The first three days were marked by steep climbs, where every step seemed to lead to an even greater elevation. Pushing through the rugged terrain we were rewarded with panoramic vistas that seemed to stretch infinitely.\nOne of the pinnacle of this incredible journey was the moment we reached an altitude of 4350 meters (14270 feet) above sea level. The view from this peak was nothing short of spectacular, offering a breathtaking panorama of the surrounding mountains and valleys.\nThe defining features of this trek was the self-sustained nature of it. Carrying everything necessary, from tents to sleeping bags, food, stoves, maps, and an abundance of water, we were entirely self-reliant. This not only added an extra layer of challenge but also fostered a deep connection with the natural environment.\nAs our journey continued, we were treated to the sight of some of the most beautiful valleys in the Andes. These valleys exuded an air of tranquility and serenity. Each step brought a new revelation, as the landscape shifted from rugged cliffs to crystal-clear streams.\nAfter 3 days of trekking without seeing a soul, and as we descended onto one of those valleys, the sight of small settlements came into view. The people we encountered were welcoming and the warm reception and the genuine hospitality they extended to us became an unforgettable highlight of our trek, leaving a lasting impression on our hearts.\nThe six-day trek through the Andes Mountains, from Cafayate to Guasamayo Jasimana, was a transformative experience that will forever be etched in our memories. From the climbs to the breathtaking vistas, to the people we encountered, every moment was a testament to the spirit of adventure. This was not merely a physical challenge, but a profound journey into the heart of nature's grandeur.\nCafayate is undoubtedly a place to live the good life!\nIf you would like more information on options to participate in living life in such a special place as La Estancia de Cafayate, please contact me. With confidentiality and confidence, we can assist you to find the right fit for you to enjoy this wonderful place.\nEmail: firstname.lastname@example.org • Tel: +54 9 11 4145 6640 WhatsApp: +54 9 11 4145 6640 • Skype: tcaseyskype or +1 650 206 - 2550","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.wfhs1971.com/class_profile.cfm?member_id=3469778","date":"2020-08-14T04:34:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439739177.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20200814040920-20200814070920-00262.warc.gz","language_score":0.9405907392501831,"token_count":160,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__66280096","lang":"en","text":"Vicki's Latest Interactions\nPosted on: Apr 12, 2019 at 3:33 AM\nHAPPY early Birthday\nPosted on: Apr 12, 2018 at 3:33 AM\nPosted on: Apr 12, 2017 at 3:33 AM\nPosted on: Apr 12, 2016 at 3:33 AM\nPosted on: Apr 12, 2015 at 3:33 AM\nTerri was so beautiful, a wonderful poet and one of the kindest people I remember from my high school years. Her death, and Robert's, broke my heart. I'll never forget the extent of the talent, wisdom, and intelligence that pervaded old Mrs. Puckett's English class, a haven of safety for all of us, and of us, Terri was the best.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://thesusiegarcia.com/author/","date":"2017-04-29T21:14:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123590.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00237-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9369008541107178,"token_count":401,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__254818178","lang":"en","text":"Susie has written hundreds of articles for print and online publications and enjoys sharing health and wellness messages with her audience.\nIn 2014 her book, Psyched to be Skinny – How to Stop Emotional Eating, Enjoy Healthy Weight Loss and Keep it Off for Life was released. She is also a contributing author to Start Right Marketing – The Business of Making an Impact which reached #1 Best Seller Internationally!\nNot everyone who struggles with unhealthy eating habits fits into one category. Everyone eats for different reasons—and figuring out what those reasons are is the first step toward being healthy without going hungry.\nIn Psyched to Be Skinny, Doctor of Clinical Psychology Denise Wood and nutritionist Susie Garcia offer tips tailored to your specific eating “type,” suggested workouts and recipes, and solution-focused and cognitive behavioral exercises—a whole arsenal of tools that will help you steer clear of unhealthy foods and eating habits, develop a more positive attitude about food, and start visualizing a new, healthier self. With Wood and Garcia’s help, you can make real, sustainable changes to your daily life that will have you looking and feeling your best in no time … and putting away the diet books for good.\nGet Your Copy Now!\nGuaranteed Success Strategies!\n#1 International Best Seller:\nStart Right Marketing is the breakthrough combination of all the strategies, tips and steps you need for the success of your business.\nToday’s market is dynamic, online centric, Google dependent, and social media savvy and if you can leverage and understand what to do and where to turn, you can surround yourself with collaboration partners that can help you navigate and dominate. Included in this book is your personal connection to 12 of the best people in their fields that will take you through topics such as Internet Marketing, Social Media, Digital Publishing, Networking, Event Planning, Speaking, and even Mindset.\nGet Ready to Catapult Your Results with Start Right Marketing.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://lovegodloveothers.co.uk/articles/","date":"2020-01-18T20:07:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250593937.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200118193018-20200118221018-00347.warc.gz","language_score":0.9762121438980103,"token_count":1822,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__202662100","lang":"en","text":"- Here are some relevant articles about discipleship.\nThree ‘beings’ for all disciples\nIan Greig writes:\nWhat is a disciple: Dallas Willard\nExcerpt from longer article written for Oxford Handbook of Evangelical Theology http://www.dwillard.org/articles/artview.asp?artID=134\nAs they travelled about He did three things in the synagogues, homes and public areas: He announced the availability of life in the kingdom of God, He taught about how things were done in the kingdom of God, and He manifested the present power of the kingdom by amazing deeds (Matt. 4:23, 9:35, Luke 4:18-44). Then, after a period of training, He set his disciples to doing the things they had heard and seen in Him – continuing all the while to evaluate their work and to teach them as they progressed. This continued through His trial and death, and during his post-resurrection presence with them when He trained them in how He would be with them after his ascension, without visible presence. His instruction as He left was for his disciples to make disciples of all “nations”– of all types of people – and His promise was that He would be with them always until the end of the age. (Matt. 28:19-20)\nThe Method of ‘Being With’ Passed on Through Disciples\nWhile the charge was to make disciples of Jesus and not of the disciples, the basic method – teaching, example, and imitation – remained the same as His immediate followers proceeded to do what He had told them to do. The method was: to gather a group of people by telling the story of Jesus, featuring His resurrection and pending return, to show by example what it meant to live with him now, already beyond death, and to lead others into such a life of being “with Jesus, learning to be like him.” No New Testament text better fills out what this life of learning was than Colossians 3:1-17.\nThe role of example and imitation in the learning community of disciples is often stressed in the New Testament. Numerous statements from the Apostle Paul concisely state the strategy of being and making disciples. In one of his earliest letters to groups of disciples he reminds the readers of how “Our gospel [proclamation] did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the Joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.” (1 Thess. 1:5-7)\nPaul proceeds in this letter to spell out how he and his fellow workers lived “pure, upright, and blameless” in their conduct toward the believers, and to encourage them to “lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.”\nThere is a lot of talk about discipleship these days—and it is about time. Jesus seemed to think discipleship was a big deal, putting it as the heart—and the verb—of the Great Commission to “make disciples of all nations.” Yet, it seems discipleship has fallen on hard times in many churches in the West—for example, English-speaking places like the U.S., Canada, Australia, and England where there are Christians who are just not as desperate and committed as their sisters and brothers in the Two-Thirds World.\nI would go so far as to say that our discipleship model is broken. I would like to suggest some areas where we are broken and hopefully provide some solutions about how to fix them.\n1. We equate discipleship with religious knowledge.\nWhile I don’t think one can appropriately grow without seeking more biblical knowledge, many times believers reduce the discipleship process to, “Read this. Study this. Memorize this. Good to go.” This is unfortunate.\nInstead, discipleship is to be more like Jesus. Christ-like transformation is the goal, as we are “to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers” (Romans 8:29). The point is not information, but Christ-like transformation. And, that means it is not about knowledge in general, but about knowing Jesus better. Trying to be like Jesus, without the power of Jesus, dishonors Jesus.\n2. We try to program discipleship.\nDiscipleship is not a six-week course. It requires both the pursuit of knowledge and intentional action. Too many offer a book or a class when what is needed is a life.\nInstead, when Jesus made disciples, He brought them along as He ministered to people. I’m currently discipling a new believer, and we’re actually doing ministry together—instead of me just telling him about it. The good news is that the research tells us people want this. In fact, in a recent LifeWay Research study, we found that a large majority of those who have previously attended a small group of some kind, but who are not attending now, would consider attending a new group, but they want to meet with their group more often than just once a week for bible study. People are looking for meaningful, shared-life relationships, not just a discipleship class.\n3. We equate discipleship with our preaching.\nI’m just going to say it: Pastors, move beyond your arrogance and stop thinking your preaching is enough to be the church’s discipleship strategy. This is not just my opinion. Recent research done by LifeWay Research indicates that 56% of pastors surveyed believe that their weekly sermon, or another one of their teaching times such as Sunday evenings/Wednesday evenings, was the most important discipling ministry in the church. While it is great to see the recent renaissance of Bible-based preaching, along with it we have to jettison the idea that “If people just listen to my sermons, they will grow spiritually.”\nInstead, discipleship is a daily process. Pastors, we have to develop more robust discipleship plans than just our weekly messages. Discipleship is not a Sunday event, it is a daily commitment.\n4. We think that we will grow without effort.\nFor many, they think that God saved them and now they should just go to church and maybe stay away from the really big sins. They are unintentional in tending to their spiritual growth. Sadly we have not done much to change this.\nInstead, we need to understand that the scripture teaches that each person is to not be a passive spectator, but rather to “work out your own salvation” (Phil. 2:12). Discipleship takes every believer’s intentional effort. Yes, effort. Believers must take steps to grow, and that is in line with grace.\nNotice that this passage does not say “work on your own salvation” or “work toward” it. You cannot. It is by grace and through faith. However, as a believer, you do take effort to grow—but that does not earn you a relationship with God, it just puts you in the right place where God can grow you as a believer, saved by grace. As Dallas Willard has explained, “Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning.”\n5. We don’t offer practical steps.\nChanging a church’s consumer culture requires an intentional discipleship plan and strategy. We are often intentional about our preaching schedule; why, then, are we not intentional about a discipleship strategy?\nInstead, be unapologetic that you want to encourage people to get 1) grounded in their faith, 2) consistent in the word, 3) in a small group with others, whether that looks like a weekly Bible study group, a missional community, a Sunday School class, or something else altogether. Give people steps and people with whom they can take those steps.\nAssuming your discipleship plan is biblically grounded, the specifics of your plan are not nearly as important as implementing one and communicating it well. Heralding a strategy as the way to become a disciple would be arrogant, but each church should explain its discipleship strategy as “our church’s way of discipleship.”\nIdentifying the challenges of genuine discipleship and committing to a process that works through them are the first and necessary steps to cultivating a church filled with on-mission disciples.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://anglorussiannetwork.blogspot.com/2013/","date":"2019-11-17T20:58:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496669276.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20191117192728-20191117220728-00238.warc.gz","language_score":0.9168577194213867,"token_count":1274,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__65110309","lang":"en","text":"Monday, September 9, 2013\nThe Anglo-Russian Research Network will be holding its autumn reading group at 5:00 on Friday 4 October at Pushkin House, Bloomsbury (www.pushkinhouse.org). The discussion will be led by Kimberley Reynolds, Professor of Children’s Literature at Newcastle University.\nThe readings are:\n1 Draft of Kimberley’s chapter on children’s books about the Soviet Union published in Britain in the 1930s and 1940s.\n2 Extract from Geoffrey Trease, Red Comet: A Tale of Travel in the U.S.S.R. (1936): chapter 6, ‘A New Kind of Park’\n3 Extracts from Marjorie Fischer, Palaces on Monday (1937): chapters 6 ‘Upside Down’, 7 ‘And the Moral of That is’, and 9 ‘Black Boy on the Volga’\n4 Extract from Pearl Binder, Russian Families (1942): start from bottom of page 47 ‘Mamma Pavolova’\n‘The material to be discussed is based on a chapter I am writing for a book about the radical children’s books of the early twentieth century that do not feature in established histories of children’s literature. This chapter looks at representations of the Soviet Union in children’s books published in the 1930s and 1940s in the UK. The chapter will also cover books from the USSR that were published here in translation, but I have not included any of these in the extracts for discussion. Most of the works I discuss are forms of travel writing in that the children in them move between different cities, resorts and regions and give their impressions of the people and projects they see. My interest, and where I will particularly appreciate guidance from the group, is in the way the Soviet experiment was being presented to British children.’\nKimberley Reynolds is Professor of Children’s Literature in the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University. She has lectured and published widely on a variety of aspects of children’s literature, most recently in the form of an audio book, Children’s Literature Between the Covers (Modern Scholar, 2011) and the volume on Children’s Literature in the Oxford University series of Very Short Introductions (2011). With Matthew Grenby she edited Children’s Literature Studies: A Research Handbook (Palgrave, 2011). She currently holds a Major Leverhulme Fellowship to research ‘Modernism, the Left and Progressive Publishing for Children, 1910 – 1949’. She is the 2013 recipient of the International Brothers Grimm Award.\nIt would be helpful if you could let Rebecca Beasley (firstname.lastname@example.org) and/ or Matthew Taunton (M.Taunton@uea.ac.uk) know if you plan to attend, and you will be supplied with digital copies of the reading. All are welcome. The discussion will finish at 7, and anyone available is very welcome to join us for dinner nearby.\nThe Anglo-Russian Research Network organises termly reading groups for those interested in the interactions between British and Russian culture and politics in the period 1880-1950. These are informal events with plenty of discussion and wine.\nWednesday, July 3, 2013\nThe third ARRN podcast is now available for streaming or download. Click below to hear Emily Lygo introduce text relating to the Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR. If you would like to be sent these texts by email, please contact Matthew Taunton or Rebecca Beasley.\nFriday, May 17, 2013\nAnglo-Russian Research Network Reading Group, 7 June, 5-7pm, Pushkin House\nAt our next reading group, we are delighted to welcome Dr Emily Lygo, Lecturer in Russian at the University of Exeter. Emily will be introducing texts relating to her research on the history of The Society For Cultural Relations Between the Peoples of the British Commonwealth with the USSR. The reading materials are as follows:\n1. An article by Emily Lygo, 'Promoting Soviet Culture in Britain: the History of the Society for Cultural Relations Between the Peoples of the British Commonwealth and the USSR, 1924–45', Modern Language Review Vol. 108 No. 2 (April, 2013)\n2. Preface and argument to the book The New Spirit in the Russian Theatre by Huntly Carter, 1929\n3. A 1946 edition of the Anglo-Soviet Journal, available online here.\nIf you would like to attend, please contact Matt Taunton or Becky Beasley and we will send you the reading materials in pdf format.\nSunday, March 31, 2013\nOur second podcast is now available for download or streaming. Here, Professor Michael Hughes discusses the British travel writer and novelist Stephen Graham at an Anglo-Russian Research Network reading group in Spring 2013.\nTuesday, February 12, 2013\nWe are pleased to bring you the first Anglo-Russian Research Network podcast. Here Angus Wrenn and Olga Soboleva discuss readings relating to George Bernard Shaw and the Russian Revolution. Please contact Matt Taunton or Becky Beasley if you would like us to send you the readings associated with this discussion. We will be making future presentations from our termly reading groups available in this format so please check back.\nWednesday, January 23, 2013\nWe are delighted to welcome Professor Michael Hughes (Professor of Russian and International History at the University of Liverpool) to our next reading group. Michael will be introducing texts by the British travel writer and novelist Stephen Graham, and a chapter that he has recently authored on Graham in A People Passing Rude: British Responses to Russian Culture, ed by Anthony Cross and available online (and for free!) here.\nMichael also maintains an excellent website about Graham, here.\nThe reading group will take place at Pushkin House on Friday 15th February from 5-7pm. Please contact the organizers Matt Taunton and Rebecca Beasley if you would like to attend, and we will send you the reading material in advance of the meeting. We look forward to seeing you there.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://cvnnh.org.uk/extract-from-roger-scrutons-on-hunting/","date":"2022-05-19T04:47:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662525507.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220519042059-20220519072059-00475.warc.gz","language_score":0.9895212650299072,"token_count":329,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__284111759","lang":"en","text":"By now I had led Dumbo to one side and was edging down the road towards the turning which would take us home. Suddenly the Huntsman’s horn stuttered out its excited semiquavers. The hounds, which had been drifting round the trotting horse like gulls around a fishing boat, instantly form a line, running one behind the other towards the copse, each hound breaking into song as it jumped the low stone wall that crossed the valley. There was a commotion behind me. I turned to see the Master swing his horse towards the rails that border the road on this side of the valley and then rush at them with a scraping of hooves. The other riders followed, some 40 or more, each horse fired with enthusiasm pulling its rider into the jump and following the herd in its downhill stampede towards the river, into which they plunged like the Gararene swine. Dumbo was rearing in my hand, and I was tempted to let him go. But soon the hunt had waded the shallow stream, and galloped off behind the copse and was lost to view. Dumbo allowed me to mount him for the journey home, setting off at once in an excited trot, ears pricked, eyes searching the horizon to every side, hoping for a miraculous vision to be granted again. Only when the familiar houses of his village lined the road, did he returned to his plodding gait. And I noted that he was drooping and covered in sweat. Thus it was that I resolved to take up hunting during this, the best part of my life.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://theoperainsider.blogspot.com/2010/10/","date":"2019-02-18T07:14:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247484689.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20190218053920-20190218075920-00139.warc.gz","language_score":0.9602864980697632,"token_count":524,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__199927872","lang":"en","text":"I never could believe in an all-loving shepherd-type God who let too many sheep wander off or die of unnatural causes. Nor could I worship a God who was supposed to reward the righteous when I see evil-doers thrive and the good die horrible deaths. BUT...a god just like the rest of us with all our moral failings is one I could relate to. I could learn from a God like you--not to break my agreements, not to sleep around, not to be greedy for power--useful lessons all.\nAt the temple of the Metropolitan Opera House, as you spoke and sang through James Morris, I could feel your pain. I could understand your desperate attempts to find your way out of a dilemma. I could even drop my feminist leanings and want you to triumph over naggy whiny Fricka. I could feel your love for and anger towards your rebellious favorite daughter. I could weep for your need to allow your beloved Siegmund to die. I imagined how disappointed you must have been in your L’il Abner of a grandson. Your diminishment left me grief-stricken. You had to leave that world of gods and demons and giants to destroy itself so we could begin all over. What a god you were Wotan!\nBut now, you have disappeared altogether; you have left your message to be spoken and sung by Mr. Terfel who doesn’t get it. I don’t give a fig for what happens to you anymore. As a matter of fact, Fricka’s point of view, as interpreted by Ms. Blythe is looking ever more attractive. I can’t believe that you could have fathered all those demigods on earth. Who could be seduced with that stringy hair hanging in your face, I ask you? And what on earth, dear god, happened to your home? What happened to the mountain tops and the craggy peaks? Who replaced it with post-modern machinery and neon? At least the pit-dark cave of your nemesis Alberich still exists, but then evil always has a home on earth.\nWell, the entire creation myth has a new strange emphasis and I for one don’t like it. Perhaps when Brunnhilde comes on the scene next Spring, things may get back to being a myth I can believe in. Meanwhile, I’ll just have to remember the way your earthly temple used to be and try to resurrect my memory of good old Mr. Morris.\n1 day ago","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://publicworksgroup.net/publications/trans-local-act.cultural-practices-within-and-across","date":"2017-09-20T16:36:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818687333.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170920161029-20170920181029-00361.warc.gz","language_score":0.6916332840919495,"token_count":236,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-39__0__187215811","lang":"en","text":"21 x 14,8 cm\nEditor: atelier d'architecture autogérée (aaa)\nContributors: Kathrin Böhm, Cristina Cerulli, Celine Condorelli, Fernando Garcia Dory, Mihaela Efrim, Valeria Graziano, Andrew Gryf Paterson, Andreas Lang, Ruth Morrow, Peter Mutschler, Constantin Petcou, Doina Petrescu, Anne Querrien, Bryonie Reid, Christoph Schäfer, Julia Uda LL, Universidad Nómada, Manuela Zechner, Fiona Woods, Erdoğan Yıldız\nThis book brings together a series of reflections and practices around issues of local and trans-local cultural production within different contexts in Europe, prompted through the agency of a collaborative and networked project: Rhyzom.€20.00\nIf you are interested in the book: you can send the order form available at the bottom of the page of Rhyzom website (20 euros + postage costs). A free PDF of the book is also available for downloading at the bottom of the page.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://flx420.com/ed-rosenthal-plants-the-seeds-for-growers-in-new-book/","date":"2022-07-03T17:38:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104248623.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220703164826-20220703194826-00362.warc.gz","language_score":0.9652688503265381,"token_count":1157,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__185698143","lang":"en","text":"by Michael Nocella\nNew Yorkers hoping to grow their own cannabis might do themselves a favor by reading Cannabis Grower’s Handbook – a new book from cannabis expert Ed Rosenthal.\nHis passion and expertise for growing cannabis go way back. Since the 1960s, Rosenthal has steadily made a name for himself as a cannabis growing expert and political activist. By the 1980s, he had earned the nickname “Guru of Ganja” from High Times Magazine. In 1999 he was deputized as an officer of Oakland, California, in charge of cultivating starter plants. They were used by patients to grow their own cannabis following the 1996 passage of Prop 215, which legalized the medicinal use of marijuana in the state.\nIn short, his work shifted public opinion in favor of the legalization of marijuana.\nRosenthal is the author and editor of more than a dozen books on marijuana cultivation and social policy. The combined sales of his books exceed 1 million copies. Cannabis Grower’s Handbook, written with co-authors Dr. Robert Flannery and Angela Bacca, hit the bookshelves in October. It’s set to become “the ultimate guide to cultivating marijuana and hemp.”\n“This book is for everybody, and when I say ‘everybody,’ I really mean everybody,” Rosenthal said in an interview with FLX420 Magazine. “We wrote the book assuming that whoever was reading it knows nothing. The first chapter starts with the basics, and every chapter builds on that foundation.”\nCannabis Grower’s Handbook incorporates the abundance of new research conducted on cannabis cultivation, genomics, medicine, processing, and use, to provide an encyclopedic and up-to-date overview of growing marijuana and hemp. The book offers in-depth instructions for cultivating all cannabis flowering varieties, including hemp-CBD varieties.\nCannabis Grower’s Handbook is organized into this list of chapters.\n- Understanding the Effects of Cannabis\n- Choosing Plants to Grow\n- Designing Personal Spaces\n- Designing Large Spaces\n- When & How to Harvest\n- Drying, Curing & Storing\nIt provides details about new growing technologies:\n- LED and adjustable spectrum bulbs\n- Permaculture and regenerative farming techniques\n- Advanced drying and curing methods and strategies\n- Comprehensive integrative pest management\n- More than a dozen specialized garden setups\nIf there was one takeaway for readers of his book, Rosenthal hopes it is to inspire more people to actually grow their own cannabis plant – because it’s well worth it, he said.\n“If you love gardening, you’re going to love growing cannabis,” Rosenthal emphasized. “It’s such a vigorous plant. It wants to perform if you give it everything it needs. And it’s much like tomatoes. There is nothing like a homegrown tomato. And there is a reason for that. When you grow your own tomatoes, you get to pick them at the ideal moment for consumption. Farmers who sell tomatoes to wholesalers have to pick it before that point.\n“They have to pick it when it’s green,” he continued, “otherwise it would be tomato soup by the time it made it to a grocery store. But by doing that, you miss out on the sweetness, that tang, that you would get if you let it keep growing for a bit and picking it at the perfect time. Cannabis is just like that. The best experience is with the plant you grow yourself.”\nThe Guru of Ganja also touched on what many consider to be a very exciting time in the cannabis industry: today. Nearly 40 percent of Americans live in a state where they can legally grow their own cannabis. While the benefits of marijuana have long been known by scientists, doctors, and the general public, those who grew it, sold it, and smoked it have been subjected to large fines and imprisonment due to widely held misconceptions that it was a dangerous drug.\nRosenthal notes that while it is good to see legislative progress being made, it’s progress that is long overdue and, in many instances, not equitable. In Nevada, for instance, it costs $50,000 to establish a medical marijuana license. In Oklahoma, it costs only $2,500. It’s evidence, he says, that the industry still has a ways to go to make this something everyone can do.\n“The legalization of cannabis is incredibly important because no one should ever go to jail for selling or using marijuana,” Rosenthal explained. “Those who have should be reimbursed and made whole. But what really makes no sense to me is why you need to pay so much money to grow your own cannabis. It should be like any other plant. If the cannabis you grow meets a certain quality standard and is safe to consume, what’s the issue?”\nAs more and more states legalize cannabis, more and more people will get to reap its many benefits, he believes.\n“There are medical uses for cannabis that are still being discovered today,” he points out. “For so long, people thought marijuana was a gateway drug for opioids and other harmful substances. The irony is that those drugs are a gateway to using cannabis as a medical solution. No one has ever died from Cannabis use. Not one. People died in water-drinking contests, but one has died from cannabis. So, anyone who uses it can know it’s completely healthy.”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://bunyan.musvcs.com/profile/adamadcock07290/","date":"2021-10-18T17:44:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585204.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20211018155442-20211018185442-00407.warc.gz","language_score":0.9408775568008423,"token_count":554,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__223559816","lang":"en","text":"cheap aristocort online populating uk\naristocort buy credit\nPlease, be informed that the products you offer should comply with the quality requirements and should come with the quality certificates.\nThe newest achievement in pharmacy! Enjoy the quality!\nbrand name aristocort online\nwhere to purchase aristocort in hong kong\nWe conducted a cross-sectional survey of the literature review literature of the chemical, biological, chemical and radiological effects of smokeless tobacco (S tobaccoless) and its constituents (lucosamides, polyols and polyphexemethane), and smokeless tobacco smokeless with or without nicotine and smokeless smokeless without nicotine. A total of Oscar Smokes and 1619 smokers were identified. It is well known that nicotine is one of the agents causing cigarette smoking in adults. Nicotine-related tobacco smoke from tobacco smoke-producing lung cancer, tobacco-producing lung cancer and lung cancer from cigarette smoking is a significant carcinogen. Soliciting smokeless tobacco (S tobaccoless) were the most frequently present contamination, followed by tobacco-producing lung cancer. The presence of residue levels and other properties of tobacco smoke was associated with increased sensitivity to the smokeless tobacco smoke assessment. Although the target amount of the net THC content was determined, it is not yet clear whether growing hemp in the soil improves the THC content. In 2014, in study taking part in the HOPEC hydrogen carbon carbon tax campaign, we evaluated the effects of hemp oil on the THC content of hemp growing. Cannabis growth, after controlling for the THC content of cannabis oil, had the highest THC content, but was not significantly affected by hemp oil. This paper synthesizes the evidence on the role of social media in influencing professional productivity and the use of various social media technologies in the management of professional productivity. The research results indicate that social media marketers have a role to play in the management of professional productivity. Additionally, social media marketers are in a position to better improve the productivity of professional colleagues. The aim of this paper is to describe the concomitant actions of different types of social media engaged in task-related processes in a non-human species, the eider, being the end of the long-term chain of interactions and the epidermodynamic mechanism. Inferences between media-induced behaviors and social-mediated behavior emerge from a process of interaction between their sources and their respective constituents. Objective: To assess the impact of the two main ways in which social media use in a variety of activities and groups of professional employees during the performance of the recently made (now mostly known as the \"professional culture\").\nbuy brand aristocort 100 mg\npurchase aristocort online with cover","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.radioeng.cz/info/13-call-for-papers.htm","date":"2013-05-25T22:13:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706469149/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121429-00038-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8880364298820496,"token_count":651,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__104469652","lang":"en","text":"Call for Papers\nSpecial Issues of Radioengineering\nA paper is requested being submitted online via Radioengineering journal submission system. The manuscript has to be prepared in MS Word for Windows or LaTex in Radioengineering Publishing Style.\nDue to the very short publication time, extreme care has to be devoted to the formal processing of the paper. A paper of an inadequate form might be rejected from that reason. An author is requested to submit a PDF version of the paper together with the MS Word document (or LaTeX archive and source files) in order to simplify handling the paper.\nA Special Issue on Low-Voltage Low-Power Analogue Devices and Their Applications\nProf. Dr. Shahram Minaei (Dogus University, Turkey)\nProf. Dr. Oguzhan Cicekoglu (Bogazici University, Turkey)\nProf. Dr. Dalibor Biolek (University of Defense, Czech Republic)\nDr. Norbert Herencsar (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic)\nDr. Jaroslav Koton (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic)\nThe subject of Low-Voltage Low-Power Analogue Devices and Their Applications for the special issue has been chosen due to the increasing requirement of designing efficient portable electronic systems in the industry. New process technologies provide facility to implement circuits in a smaller size and lower voltages. However, for analogue circuits higher biasing current is needed to obtain the same performance with low supply voltages which results in increasing of power consumption. On the other hand, lower biasing current restricts the dynamic range of the circuit, whereas with low supply voltages it is hard to keep all the transistors in saturation region. Thus, design techniques for low-voltage low-power operation of analogue circuits are needed. This special issue will deal with low-voltage low-power analogue devices and their applications.\nThe following topics should be addressed in this issue:\n- low-voltage low-power operational amplifier design\n- low-voltage low-power operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) design\n- low-voltage low-power current conveyors\n- low-voltage low-power voltage conveyors\n- low-voltage low-power CDBA, CDTA, CFTA, CIBA, DBTA, VD-DIBA, VDIBA, VDTA, etc.\n- low-voltage low-power MOS-only circuits\n- low-voltage low-power analogue filters\n- low-voltage low-power rectifiers\n- low-voltage low-power voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs)\n- low-voltage low-power bandgap references\n- low-voltage low-power ADCs\n- low-voltage low-power sigma-delta modulators\n||15 January 2013|\n|Notification of acceptance:||\n||31 March 2013|\n|Final manuscript submission:||15 April 2013|\n|Special Issue release:||1 June 2013|\nNote: Please do indicate „Special issue June 2013“ in the cover letter during the online submission.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://michellelotter.za.org/what-inspires-me/nelson-mandela-invictus-the-poem","date":"2014-12-18T00:39:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802765093.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075245-00018-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9887529611587524,"token_count":363,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-52","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-52__0__193680780","lang":"en","text":"He believes in this poem and a movie was made called Invictus. It gave him strength to go on, believe, let nothing stand in his way.\nThe Meaning of Invictus\nInvictus, meaning “unconquerable” or “undefeated” in Latin, is a poem by William Ernest Henley. The poem was written while Henley was in the hospital being treated for tuberculosis of the bone, also known as Pott’s disease. He had had the disease since he was very young, and his foot had been amputated shortly before he wrote the poem.\nThis poem is about courage in the face of death, and holding on to one’s own dignity despite the indignities life places before us.\nThen of course there was also the film that was made Ivictus. The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.\nNelson Mandela didn’t always look like a visionary. For 27 years, he simply looked like a prisoner, locked up for antiapartheid activism. What seemed like a long exercise in futility is now legend: after his release, he became his country’s president, and today is an icon of commitment and compassion. Fortunately, visionary thinkers aren’t always imprisoned, but they are often ridiculed, marginalized, or just plain dismissed for proposing big ideas that sound outlandish to others.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.gollumcode.com/download","date":"2023-09-29T14:19:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510516.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20230929122500-20230929152500-00764.warc.gz","language_score":0.7216498255729675,"token_count":334,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__108261083","lang":"en","text":"Access to Gollum\nGollum is available free of charge for researchers belonging to Academic community. The download and use of Gollum is subject to the Gollum Academic Licence.\nTo download Gollum package including executable and source code, complete the download form.\nReference to Gollum\nIn any paper or other academic publication containing results wholly or partially derived from the use of the Gollum package, the following paper must be cited:\nGOLLUM: a next-generation simulation tool for electron, thermal and spin transportJ. Ferrer, C. J. Lambert, V. M. Garcia-Suarez, D. Zs. Manrique, D. Visontai, L. Oroszlany, R. Rodriguez-Ferradas, I. Grace, S. W. D. Bailey, K. Gillemot, Hatef Sadeghi and L. A. Algharagholy, New Journal of Physics, 16, 093029 (2014). doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/9/093029\nIf the Gollum package used wholly or partially to perform phonon related calculations, in addition to the above paper, the following paper must be cited:\nOligoyne molecular junctions for efficient room temperature thermoelectric power generationH. Sadeghi, S. Sangtarash, and C. J. Lambert, Nano Letters, 15(11), 7467 (2015). doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03033","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://eleebecrazy.tumblr.com/","date":"2013-05-25T22:58:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706470197/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121430-00016-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9638856053352356,"token_count":1010,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__159333021","lang":"en","text":"new chapter in my life.\nfeels good. :) <3\nnew chapter in my life.\nfeels good. :) <3\nPhillip Wang, “Strangers, Again”\n- You will fall in love with someone who annoys you, whose orgasm face looks and feels pathetic. Despite all of this, there’s something keeping you drawn to them, something that makes you want to protect them from the harsh world. What you fail to realize, however, is that you are the harsh world. You aren’t their noble protector — you are someone to be protected from but it takes a lot of dates, a lot of nights where you question whether or not you are actually a good person, for this to ever resonate with you. When it’s over and whatever love is left is put back in the fridge like a sad plate of leftovers, you will finally understand that you have the power to hurt someone. You can either hurt them or love them and it’s up to you to decide what kind of role you would like to take on in future relationships. What feels more comfortable — being the one who loves more or being the one who’s loved less?\n-You will fall in love with someone who’s cold and always seemingly pushing you away. When all is said and done, they will be forever known as the one person you couldn’t get to love you. Unfortunately, it will hurt and sting worse than the good ones, the ones that chopped up your meat for you and picked out an eyelash from your eye and were nice to your mother, because love often feels like a game we need to win. And when we lose, when we realize we couldn’t get what we ultimately desired from a person, it makes us feel like a failure and erases all the memories of those who loved us in the past. It’s a permanent smudge on your love resume.\nMy first bf appeared my dream and we basically were on a date. Not like reminiscent but like now (I was wearing clothes that I bought wayy later than when we were together).\nMy subconscious is so bizarre.\nJohansson was so determined to avoid looking like a movie star pretending to be a zookeeper running on empty and fueled only by her devotion to her motley assortment of big cats, zebras, and kangaroos that she refused to wear makeup for the film. A big deal for a female movie star, but it works, helping to anchor her performance in the details of actual manual labor—shoveling shit, feeding slabs of red meat to the lion and tigers—that we don’t see much of in American movies. (x)\nwhen people you care about are clearly hurt it makes me\n1. want to hurt for them\n2. destroy the thing/person that caused this hurt\nbut i can’t do either so i just sit, listen, and hug. when i can’t even do that my heart just aches for them. my heart breaks for them. all i can do is let them know i’ll be there for them, but sometimes that just doesn’t seem to be enough but you wish it was and it’s just hard and frustrating.\nhad interesting talks about relationships of the past, present and the future with some friends. it made me think, and that’s always good. i realized how weird and hypocritical i am when it comes to relationships. still learning, still growing.\nnow time to study. weeeeeeeee physicssssssss.\nspiritually super dry.\nit’s a weird place to be when you have faith, but emotionally you feel so dry. feeling like you aren’t doing enough yet knowing that it is not my deed but rather who God calls me to be that determines my salvation.\nBut as Christian, I should walk my walk in trembling, constantly wondering if this is the right way - if I am indeed following the gospel of Christ, the gospel of grace, nothing more, nothing less. Trying to figure out what it is that I should be doing if my calling in this life isn’t merely to become a better person. Where should I be heading? What should be my goal? What does it mean to glorify God?\nIn the end, glory and honor be to the one who can take someone as fucked up as me and do His work so that I am called His own. Grace abounds and I am overwhelmed. Especially right after I fucked up hard. In the face of his great love, I can only realize how small and messed up I am. And to that place I go- a place where I realize how small I am, a place where I realize I am just dead dirt, who is nothing with out His breath of life.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://pebbledrops.blogspot.com/2016/08/ahem-ahem.html","date":"2023-01-27T11:35:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764494976.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20230127101040-20230127131040-00823.warc.gz","language_score":0.9829338192939758,"token_count":338,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__178104626","lang":"en","text":"Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. ~Pema Chödrön\nWhy Hello there!\nFor some unknown reason, I opened the reader the other day and was surprised as all hecky dern when this old blog popped up as having new posts. Gave me quite the surprise and a bit of sadness that I've let it languish for so long. As I read those old posts, I almost felt that it was written by someone else, not myself. Strange how that happens. Perhaps I've grown or changed a bit over the last few years. Years.. it's been since I've last written here.\nOh, there's been life changes here in my hills of KY. Family members who've left us too soon and new additions to those who call me 'Nana'. The heart always has room for the love of a child. Well, mine does.\nThe last few years has seen a few doors close, and as predicted, new ones open. Life sure can throw some curves at ya, can't it?\nWho knows, I might just take the time to drop by more often. The other format for connecting to friends far away (facebook) has quickly become almost too much to bear. Voice an unpopular thought and the claws come out almost immediately. Some have been quite deadly with the blocking and unfriending over a opinion. I just keep scrolling...scrolling...scrolling. I dislike not being able to comment without fear of ridicule from friends of friends. Oh well...it was a good time while it lasted. Everything runs it's course it seems.\n....and so it goes.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.larochecourier.com/documents/so_long.html","date":"2014-12-22T00:40:03Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802772897.141/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075252-00150-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9750418663024902,"token_count":539,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-52","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-52__0__166335891","lang":"en","text":"So long, farewell\nBy Rebecca Jeskey\nMay. Warm weather. Finals. Another semester’s end.\nThis is also the time of year when I have to say goodbye to the staff members that make this job a pleasurable experience.\nThis month, I don’t want to say goodbye to our writers Dan Pasqua and Al Zahorsky.\nFor those of you who only know them as the quiet kids sitting next to you in class, I can tell you one thing: They’re remarkable people.\nClick on thumbnails for larger view\nDan’s contributions to The Courier were completely selfless. He didn’t write articles just to have his name in print, and he never looked at the paper as a simple resume builder. On numerous occasions, I can remember Dan telling me, ”If you need help with anything, just let me know.“ He is the type of person who does work without complaints – someone you can truly rely on.\nHis talent and work ethic aside, Dan is a rare person who has the ability to laugh at himself, a refreshing quality in a world that takes everything so seriously: He modeled a pink, flowered dress for Ed Stankowski’s publication design class; he even offered to dress like Cupid for a Valentine’s Day piece in one of the February issues. His sense of humor often made work seem like fun.\nDan, I feel lucky to have worked with you, and I am blessed to know you.\nAl is an exceptional person whose writing was always a pleasure to read. I envy the way in which his brain works – the way he put new twists on any articles we assigned him. Whether he revealed his fear of squirrels or imagined having a conversation with John Wayne in his creative non-fiction work, Al always surprised us. Like Dan, he has a sense of humor that you don’t often find in people.\nDuring layout nights, Al randomly appeared in our office in Bold Hall. It was usually around midnight, when we all were fed up with trying to fill the white space that kept us there. These were the times when I got to know Al better -- to know him as a friend rather than just a talented writer.\nDan and Al: Thank you for everything you’ve done for The Courier, and congratulations on your graduation! The Courier staff, Ed Stankowski and I wish you the best of luck.\nPS: I’d like to request an interview with both of you after you publish your best-selling novels. The meeting place...Ponderosa?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.ravenweb.net/writing/runners/","date":"2017-03-30T06:39:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218193284.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212953-00155-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.967909574508667,"token_count":294,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__52279894","lang":"en","text":"His eyes scarlet, his calves throbbing mercilessly, he ran for the bridge covering the old stream. Reaching it, Jay slowed to a walk, hands on hips, breathing in large gulps, eager to regain lost stamina. He casually peered over the edge of the weather stained wooden railing and focused on the comforting pattern of interlocking cracked leaves nestling in the haven of the stream.\n\"Why do you run?\"\nStartled, Jay turned to see a young man with tangled blond hair approaching from the opposite direction.\n\"Excuse me?\" Jay said.\n\"I've seen you run. Every day you race by here. Why?\"\nJay was so bewildered by the unexpected encounter and question that he couldn't help responding.\n\"It's when I feel the most peace, when my body is exhausted and yet relaxed.\"\n\"The runner's high.\"\nIt was then that Jay noticed the stranger's winged sandals.\n\"Who are you?\"\nThrowing back his head, the stranger laughed heartily. \"I'll tell you if you can catch me.\"\nWith that, the stranger was off, and Jay immediately raced to catch up. On their way back to the road, the runners passed two medics, striding purposely to the bridge. They carried first aid bags and medical equipment.\n\"Yeah. Need a confirmation. Guy was out jogging and fell. Critical head trauma.\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ktbconline.com/do-this-in-remembrance-of-me/","date":"2019-10-23T17:49:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570987835748.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20191023173708-20191023201208-00122.warc.gz","language_score":0.9606994390487671,"token_count":884,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__112136199","lang":"en","text":"Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,\nThis Sunday morning we will gather together in the Sanctuary. It will be a time when each of us will participate in sharing in the Lord’s Supper… indeed, in all that we say, and sing, and think, and do, we will be seeking to do as an active, and deliberate act of WORSHIP.\nThough that may sound like an unnecessary reiteration of the obvious, I sense in the deepest parts of my heart and soul, that it is not. Having had the unique privilege during the past few weeks of sharing in several different gatherings, in very varied contexts… all of which were under the banner of Christian worship… I believe that, regardless of the genre, in each case, there was a great need for all involved to better prepare ourselves to…“do this in remembrance of Jesus” … to worship.\nBecause this really is one of the primary battle grounds of Spiritual Warfare, the focus can all too easily become our traditions, ourselves, others, our pasts, or sometimes, something so totally unrelated to why we have gathered that, even we ourselves, are amazed at how easily our beginning thoughts of worship have gone fuzzy.\nSo, how do we prepare to win the battle… to truly be a blessing? Prayer may well be the single most important weapon that the Lord has given us to purposefully ease ourselves into His presence. Perhaps that is why prayer was such an integral part of all that characterized the early church’s life of worship and communion with God… the very first word of any Christian’s prayer is an acknowledgement that there is God, and we are placing ourselves purposefully in His midst… that really is an important first step to worship.\nAlso remember, that because worship always stands against the powers of darkness, it will be an ongoing battle just to keep ourselves from drifting spiritually out of the sanctuary even while our bodies still give every physical indication that we are still worshipping… never forget how often you have gone AWOL in the past while it still appeared that you were at your post deep in worship.\nOnce again, the strategy for victory is prayer… thankful, awe-filled, reverential, prayer. At the very first thought of wandering, bring yourself roaring back into Jesus’ presence with an immediate proclamation of thanksgiving. It not only slides our soul back into the sanctuary, but brings us back before Him in the most appropriate spiritual posture… on our knees. Because the Savior directly called us to…“do this in remembrance of Me” sharing together in the Lord’s Supper this Sunday is the perfect opportunity to truly worship our Lord as never before.\nStart before you head to bed on Saturday evening by reading one of the biblical accounts of the Last Supper from any of the four Gospels or from 1 Corinthians 11, easing yourself under the covers with contemplative thoughts of John 3:16. Leave a little reminder on the bathroom mirror, or on the coffee pot, to stimulate thankful thoughts of that same verse first thing in the morning, directing your mind and spirit back to the sacrificial love that God has so vividly displayed through Jesus’ willingness to give His life that you might have life… and that, eternally.\nAs you get in the car to go to church, remember to be praying for Giorgio as he humbly strives to musically mold the environ of our gathering into one that will easily encourage the melding of our hearts with the promised presence of God, praying also that the Lord will so direct my words, thoughts, and actions that they might truly pour forth the truth of Christ, and that the powers of darkness would be held back from our lives by the overwhelming light of our humble, thankful, anticipatory prayers eagerly acknowledging God’s filling of the sanctuary with His glory, just as surely as was recorded by Isaiah back in the sixth chapter of his prophetic writing.\nWith such purposeful preparation, and avid anticipation, fueled by the unceasing prayerful praises flowing forth from each of us… the battle of Spiritual Warfare that has so often been lost to inattentiveness, will be joyously celebrated in the victory of thankful certainty that everything we are is being lived out in thankful obedience as we worshipfully…\n“do this in remembrance of Jesus”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://shop.scottharveywines.com/blog/Top-5-Summer-Books-for-Wine-Lovers","date":"2023-12-02T14:49:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100427.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202140407-20231202170407-00085.warc.gz","language_score":0.9482215046882629,"token_count":1280,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__140460530","lang":"en","text":"From phenomenal memoirs and comedic fiction novels to compelling murder mysteries, if you find fascination in all aspects of wine and food like we do, we have the best summer reads to keep you entertained through the sweltering weather. Sit back and relax with a glass of your preferred Scott Harvey Wine and immerse yourself in one of our five favorite summer reads for wine lovers.\n1. The Winemaker by Richard G. Peterson\nWinner of the “2016 Best in The World” wine book by Gourmand, Richard Peterson’s memoir is an inside look into the development of the California wine industry from family-owned wineries to the corporate world of winemaking. A key player in the wine industry, Richard was pivotal in the success of many top wineries in Napa. In 1996, our very own Scott Harvey met the renowned Winemaker at Folie à Deux when Scott was recruited as Partner, Winemaker & President for the newly purchased winery. Combining forces, Scott and Richard developed award-winning wines for Folie à Deux.\nRichard also invented several wine techniques still in use today, including the “no topping, bung-and-roll” red wine barrel aging practice. He’s also the original designer of the steel barrel pallet, which allows wine barrels to be handled mechanically. This novel will give you greater insight and appreciation into the history of the California wine industry and how it’s developed into one of the best wine industries of the world.\n2. Bottled Poetry by James T. Lapsley\nCalifornia's Napa Valley is one of the world's premier wine regions today, but this has not always been true. James Lapsley's entertaining history explains how a collective vision of excellence among winemakers and a keen sense of promotion transformed the region and its wines following the repeal of Prohibition. Focusing primarily on the formative years of Napa's fine winemaking, 1934 to 1967, Lapsley then concludes with a chapter on the wine boom of the 1970s, placing it in a social context and explaining the role of Napa vineyards in the beverage's growing popularity.\nNames familiar to wine drinkers can be noted throughout these pages—Beaulieu, Beringer, Charles Krug, Louis Martini, Inglenook—and the colorful stories behind the names give this book a personal dimension. These strong-willed, competitive winemakers found ways to work cooperatively, both in sharing knowledge and technology. The result was an unprecedented improvement in wine quality that brought with it a new reputation for the Napa Valley. This book along with Richard G. Peterson’s book, mentioned above, gives you a good feeling for the post-prohibition wine industry.\n3. The Secrets of My Life (Vintner, Prisoner, Soldier, Spy) by Peter M.F. Sichel\nAnother phenomenal memoir is Peter M.F. Sichel’s The Secrets of My Life. Peter dives into how he survived and escaped Nazi Germany to fight against the Axis and became the first head of what would become the CIA.\nAfter his time at the CIA, he took over the family wine business and put the ancient Margaux property, Chateau d'Angludet, on the Bordeaux wine map. He later took the Blue Nun wine brand to the top of the sales tree in the 1980s. With such a diverse and remarkable life story, his unique autobiography keeps us hooked!\n4. Corkscrew by Peter Stafford-Bow\nIf you’re looking for a fun - albeit provocative - book involving wine, this one is for you. You’ll learn about obscure wine varietals while following the hilariously improbable, but occasionally true tale of Felix, a professional wine buyer.\nOrphan Felix Hart is expelled from school, cast onto the British high street, and forced to make his way in the cut-throat world of wine retailing. He soon forges a promising career as his adventures take him to the vineyards of Italy, South Africa, Bulgaria, and Kent. However, his path to the top is littered with obstacles. Office politics, unhinged managers, and the British Board of Wine & Liquor prove to be his largest challenges. But, when Felix negotiates the world's biggest Asti Spumante deal, he bites off more than he can chew and is plunged into a terrifying world of the mafia, smuggling, and ruthless multinationals. This slightly risqué, satirical novel set in the world of wine and big business has been deemed “part thriller, part self-help manual, and part drinking companion.” This isn’t your average wine book, but well worth a read if you enjoy this genre.\n5. Bruno, Chief of Police: A Mystery of the French Countryside by Martin Walker\nBruno, Chief of Police is the first installment in Martin Walker’s internationally acclaimed murder mystery series. The series follows a young bachelor and Police Chief in a small town in the Dordogne region of Bordeaux, France. The series perfectly balances wonderful sensory descriptions of the town, gourmet foods, and wines with the intricacies of daily life as a policeman.\nBruno is a former soldier who has embraces the pleasures and slower way of country life. When the murder of an elderly North African who fought in the French army changes the rhythm of this lifestyle, Bruno must balance his beloved routines—living in his restored shepherd’s cottage, shopping at the local market, drinking wine, strolling the countryside—with a politically delicate investigation. “This novel is as tasty as a slice of Bruno’s local foie gras, topped with a glass of his homemade vin de noix,” says David Ignatius, author of Body of Lies. We couldn’t agree more!\nNo matter the genre you prefer, make sure you’re stocked up on your favorite Scott Harvey wine to sip while you read! We have a wine for every style of story. Cheers!\nSign up for our mailing list to keep in top of news, new releases, events, and promotions.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.s3forums.com/forum/off-topic-forum/6893-binge-tv-2.html","date":"2017-03-28T15:44:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218189802.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212949-00410-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9628415107727051,"token_count":529,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__275309503","lang":"en","text":"That's right! You have a fascinating heritage. I bet you have some interesting stories. What do you think of that show? Wait, don't tell me yet. I don't want to spoil it.\nSent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk\nLast edited by condor97; 06-17-2014 at 06:40 AM.\nOnePlus Smartphones | Android Forums at DroidForums.net\nI've GOT to catch up on last season of Under The Dome. The trailers for this season are looking real good. :thumbup:\nIt will be interesting to see where they go with things this year.\nSent from my Note 3, using magic ...\nYes! I am totally looking forward to the next installment of Under The Dome...\nHave you read the book, by Stephen King? The book involved like three DAYS, Under The Dome. They've stretched it out for several months in the TV Series, raising a troubling point: With no ability to recirculate and clean the air and after apparently a few months time, why aren't people dying of asphyxiation? People drive around in cars with internal combustion engines.\nThe air was a major issue in the book, but I realize that they went in different directions with the series.\nGSM Galaxy Note 3 (Black) - Straight Stock\nGSM Galaxy Note 2 (Titanium) - Rooted running Jedi X20 Rom\nGSM Galaxy Nexus (Black) - Straight Stock\nGSM Samsung Galaxy S3 (Red) - Rooted running Deadly Venom v8.0.1 Rom\nI read the first half of the book a few years ago, and then lost the dang book! I know they need to deviate from the book and that's one of the reasons I watch...to see where it goes. Like most shows in the 2nd or third season I am a little dubious about the quality of plotline development. They could take this in a million directions, and I hope we see some great writing before they lose audience and funding for production. lol Apparently Stephen King himself is involved in the writing now so at least that's a good sign. Though hopefully he won't start bringing in characters from his other novels as he is somewhat prone to doing.... I don't want to see Cujo, Carrie, Flagg, or Arnie driving Christine around town...lol\nI couldn't get in to the show. Maybe the book will be better. The idea is quite impressive, but the show just didn't suck me in.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ralipi.jugem.jp/?eid=73","date":"2019-03-24T07:49:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912203378.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20190324063449-20190324085449-00225.warc.gz","language_score":0.8233891725540161,"token_count":704,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__89268952","lang":"en","text":"Mhairi Mcfarlane Here's Looking At You Epub 17\nMhairi McFarlane 4 eBooks - bearlib.com\nMhairi McFarlane - Here's Looking at You.epub Mhairi McFarlane - It's Not Me, It's You.epub Mhairi McFarlane - Who's That Girl.mobi Mhairi McFarlane - You Had Me at .\nHere's Looking At You: Amazon.ca: Mhairi Mcfarlane: Books\n.. Mhairi McFarlane is back with a new cast of characters in her second book,Here's Looking At You.. .. Here's Looking At You by Mhairi Mcfarlane .. 17 2014 .\nHome - Mhairi McFarlane\nIts Not Me Its You is out now! Its Not Me Its You is about 33-year-old Geordie council press officer and proud ginger, Delia Moss.\nYou Had Me At Hello by Mhairi McFarlane - Paperback .\nBuy You Had Me At Hello Paperback by Mhairi McFarlane.. Free delivery on orders over 20.. .. Heres Looking At You.. Mhairi McFarlane.. Paperback.. 0.00.\nDownload/Read \"Here's Looking At You\" by Mhairi McFarlane .\nBook \"Here's Looking At You\" (Mhairi McFarlane) ready for read and download! A laugh-out-loud romantic (mis)adventure from the internationally bestselling author.\nMcFarlane, Mhairi - eBooks download (ePUB, PDF, MP3) - english\nAll eBooks of McFarlane, Mhairi - ePUB, .. McFarlane, Mhairi - eBooks (ePUB / PDF) and audiobooks .. You Had Me at Hello, Here's Looking at You and It's Not Me, .\nSchindler39sList.epub.. 115 KB.. The Boy In The Striped Pajamas.pdf.. .. all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.. .. \"Looking for Alaska\" .\nDOWNLOAD READ Here's Looking at You (2013) by Mhairi .\nAuthor: Mhairi McFarlane, Book: Here's Looking at You (2013) in PDF,EPUB.. review 1: Enjoyable read.. Fun plot.. Anna used to.\nMhairi McFarlane OverDrive (Rakuten OverDrive): eBooks .\nSunday Times bestselling author Mhairi McFarlane was born in Scotland in 1976 and her unnecessarily .. Adobe EPUB eBook 19; Kindle Book .. Here's Looking At You .\nHere's Looking at You by Mhairi McFarlane\nHere's Looking at You has 6,306 ratings and 607 reviews.. Nissa Of Pens and Pages Book Blog said: Crazy how one bad experience can reverberate dow. 3b9d4819c4\nwintouch q75 usb driver free 16\nworld according to garp ebook free 47\nkhoj the search full movie free 48\nmatlab 2012b crack free 64\nrieding b minor violin concerto pdf 15\nnafasul mahmoom urdu pdf 15\nvoiceless part 2 ebook 16\nguyton and hall physiology review 2nd edition pdf 17\ncajun folk songs ticheli score pdf 11\nthe thousand names django wexler epub 14","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://sageflib.blogspot.com/2010/01/we-meet-once-more.html","date":"2019-01-22T06:25:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583829665.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20190122054634-20190122080634-00545.warc.gz","language_score":0.9632623791694641,"token_count":420,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__11306834","lang":"en","text":"The future is too confusing to think about. To look into the world with the eyes of my choosing and to see it in the dimensions and colors I wish it were portrayed are far beyond my uncapable fingers, which are outstretched regardless.\nI want so much, yet I know nothing of what it is at all sometimes. What makes me happy. An easy enough question with even easier answers, at least on the surface. Success, adoration, lots of books, and empty books etc.. The list goes on into random silly articles like music boxes, bow ties, unfamiliar words, and old fashioned or out-landish sayings. How does anything of what I like fit into a career though? And of theese things what is really important to me? I think I know the answer but it is not a topic I like to discuss, so I won't admit it. Career is where I like to focus. I fear however, that in all my hoping scheming, and plotting I will get nowhere I wanted to go. It's terrible I think. I feel I will end up alone, save a cat and a big teapot that I sill swear has life presence [probably named Miss Pots], and live stuck in nowheresville Nebraska or some unwelcome ignored place like that.\nI want and want and want and blah blah blah. Most the things I wish for are the impossible, it is easier to imagine less real scenarios though than to create and deal with the real ones. I much prefer this. Someday Im going ot have to grow up and get myself together. I just wish it wasn't so soon, so inevitable and so, now.\nI'm like the reject of Peter Pan. I want to grow up, just never leave never-neverland.\nI suppose things will turn out in the end, at least thats the easiest phrase to end this with. It's actual validity isn't really a justifiable one.\nHere's to lonely nights in the slums with cats in Nowheresville Nebraska,\nPlease- do visit.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://alternative-approach.com/chiropractic-faqs/","date":"2020-11-24T23:26:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141177607.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20201124224124-20201125014124-00002.warc.gz","language_score":0.9511587619781494,"token_count":567,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__19085054","lang":"en","text":"Chiropractic is widely recognized as one of the safest drug-free, non-invasive therapies available for the treatment of neuromusculoskeletal complaints. Although chiropractic has an excellent safety record, no health treatment is completely free of potential adverse effects. The risks associated with chiropractic, however, are very small. Many patients feel immediate relief following chiropractic treatment, but some may experience mild soreness, stiffness or aching, just as they do after some forms of exercise. Current literature shows that minor discomfort or soreness following spinal manipulation typically fades within 24 hours.\nNeck pain and some types of headaches are treated through precise cervical manipulation. Cervical manipulation, often called a neck adjustment, works to improve joint mobility in the neck, restoring range of motion and reducing muscle spasm, which helps relieve pressure and tension. Neck manipulation is a remarkably safe procedure. While some reports have associated upper high-velocity neck manipulation with a certain kind of stroke, or vertebral artery dissection, evidence suggests that this type of arterial injury often takes place spontaneously, or following everyday activities such as turning the head while driving, swimming, or having a shampoo in a hair salon. Patients with this condition may experience neck pain and headache that leads them to seek professional care—often at the office of a doctor of chiropractic or family physician—but that care is not the cause of the injury. The best evidence indicates that the incidence of artery injuries associated with high-velocity upper neck manipulation is extremely rare – about 1 case in 5.85 million manipulations.\nIf you are visiting your doctor of chiropractic with upper-neck pain or headache, be very specific about your symptoms. This will help your doctor of chiropractic offer the safest and most effective treatment, even if it involves referral to another health care provider.\nIt is important for patients to understand the risks associated with some of the most common treatments for musculoskeletal pain — over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) and prescription painkillers — as these treatments may carry risks significantly greater than those of chiropractic manipulation. According to the American Journal of Gastroenterology, people taking NSAIDS are three times more likely than those who do not to develop serious adverse gastrointestinal problems such as hemorrhage (bleeding) and perforation. That risk rises to more than five times in people age 60 and older. Regular use of NSAIDS results in about 200,000 to 400,000 hospitalizations per year. Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that abuse of common prescription painkillers–such as oxycodone and hydrocodone–are among the leading causes of accidental death in the United States.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://terribischoffcom.wordpress.com/","date":"2023-03-26T02:23:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945381.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20230326013652-20230326043652-00406.warc.gz","language_score":0.9473939538002014,"token_count":625,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__73621304","lang":"en","text":"Finding the right fiction editor to critique/edit your work is your best bet to land a traditional publishing contract or to become a highly successful indie author. The business of publishing is a confusing and difficult maze and I can be your guide in that process. I cannot guarantee your success, but after working with me, you will be closer to your publishing goals.\nI have ten years of acquisitions and development editing under my belt. My authors have received numerous award wins, nominations, and starred reviews. Before entering the publishing field, I owned and operated a mystery bookstore for five years and worked in other bookstores for another eight years. During that time I actively studied what was selling and why. It’s that expertise that I bring to the table. I work collaboratively with authors to refine your voice and create a viable, commercial fiction.\nMy editing background is in crime fiction – mystery, thriller, and suspense, though I am comfortable with most works of fiction. To see if we are a fit, I will read the first 50 pages of your manuscript and give you a ten page edit. After that sample edit, if we like each other’s work, we can discuss payment and the timeframe in which I can complete an edit for you.\nDisclaimer: if I freelance edit your manuscript, you cannot submit it to me to acquire.\nIn a developmental edit, I will point out problems with the plot, pace, character motivation and give you guidance how to beef up or cut the fat. I look for word choice, repeated phrases, and sentence structure. I work electronically, and will make track changes and comments in the document as well as an overview letter explaining what we need to work on and what is working well. For developmental edits, I charge $5 per page. That price includes the initial read, plus a reread after you made revisions. While I don’t do a deep line edit, I will point out grammatical issues along the way.\nLess detailed than the developmental edit – consider it a developmental lite. I only look for major structural and content issues. This is a flat $750 fee.\nThe writing coach program starts at $300 per month. You will have access one to two hours of coaching each week. Coaching includes reading and critiquing up to 2,000 words each week and email support. I will encourage and support your writing while helping you to refine your manuscript and your craft. I require a two month minimum commitment. Because of the time commitment on my behalf, I need to limit the number of coaching clients.\nThis is your last opportunity to make your manuscript shine before you send it out to the world – to agents, publishers, or for self publishing. I give your manuscript a final polish, looking for anything that may have slipped through the editing phase. This is standard in all traditional publishing, and will give you confidence that your manuscript is clean. The proofreading rate is $1.00 per page, standard formatting.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://blooddiesel.tumblr.com/post/41691549896/more-4-47-am-in-the-morning-in-new-york-and","date":"2014-10-22T04:45:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507445886.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005725-00024-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9508944749832153,"token_count":402,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__106174993","lang":"en","text":"4:47 am in the morning in New York and I’d like to say something.\nFor awhile I felt “genderqueer” wasn’t quite…right. In the sense that I don’t have more male days or female days as my genderqueer and genderfluid friends and family often do. I am simply of one solid self and presentation day by day.\nBut what? What was the word for it? I am not a man in the traditional sense of how I was born and society expected me to be. I’ve grown my hair long and corset-trained my waist into an hourglass femme-bodied shape. However, nor am I a transwoman. I have never felt dysphoric over my cock or felt a desire to have breasts or take hormones or anything. I am comfortable and at home within my AMAB body. I am a lady, but I am not a woman.\nSo what am I? Where do I belong in all of this? And I feel as if I…know now?\nI am androgynous. Androgyne. I realize I WANT to be on the fence.I WANT to be in the middle. Not for shock value, not to make people look at me, not because i’m trying to be different or be noticed, but because….that is what I am. In my heart. And soul. Neither and both at once. A regal feminine empress soul with hard masculine edges.\nThat’s who I am.\nSo I am now going to identify as trans-androgyne. This term feels like it fits my presentation and existence so much better.\nMy other shit’s the same, male or singular neutral pronouns [he or it, preferred] with female titles [Mrs, Madam, Lady, etc], just needed to find the right overall word for who I, as Mer am.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://untamedwanderer.com/product/oh-my-gourd/","date":"2023-10-04T05:59:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511361.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004052258-20231004082258-00577.warc.gz","language_score":0.8377325534820557,"token_count":100,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__19336335","lang":"en","text":"Oh My Gourd…for the love of all things fall.\n“Autumn whispered to the wind, “I fall; but always rise again.”\nThere are no reviews yet.\nYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *\nYour review *\nSave my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://joyceho.com/martyr-s-silence","date":"2023-03-26T02:51:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945381.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20230326013652-20230326043652-00696.warc.gz","language_score":0.948065996170044,"token_count":1508,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__169850383","lang":"en","text":"A Martyr’s Silence:\nBURN! & Sonny’s Blues Intertextual Analysis\nBURN! & Sonny’s Blues Intertextual Analysis\n“Why? What good does it do? What meaning does it have, José? Is it a revenge of some sort? But what revenge is it, if you are dead?”\nWhat meaning is there if you are dead? As Sir William Walker asks the question out of perplexity in the 1969 revolutionary film Burn!, he is asking in the face of José Dolores, college students of the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins, people of ACT UP performing the San Francisco die-in movement, George Floyd—of every human soul pushed to the peripheries of society. They formulate a pain from not only deaths as victims of history but also deaths to change history. Pushed to the edges of history, their souls run wild in wrath only to lay their marks on redefining the term freedom. It is a freedom that allows disclosure to the untold past and enables people to live out meaning that is no longer defined in hands of others. As one unveils the curtains of colonialism and imperial violence, one will see the martyrs of political turmoil are standing up to speak the myth of rewriting and creating history.\nLying in between the hunters and hawks of history is a pool of blood shed from eternal segregation that one must confront as the oppressed. In Burn!, When William Walker first arrives on the island of Queimada, the shipman introduces to him the “large flat white rock laying offshore” with its exceptional whiteness derived from the dust of killed slaves’ bones penetrating the rock beds. Yet, how ironic it is that this exceptional whiteness—a color once and now used violently to mark one as the master while another as a slave—is now a biological product of the dead black body. People tend to forget whiteness as the tint of human phosphorus that exists in every human being's bone. An absence of pigment that should have bonded one as a family to another, is now exploited by the imperial narrative to seek superiority in white skin, leaving people who could have been included now excluded.\nRunning down the cycle of historical wrongdoings, silenced pain exists for martyrs to levitate from sunk oblivion. The pain from which our civilization’s ancestors have walked through leaves a long trail for whoever following behind; for it passes down the lessons and misdeeds of history to make clear where the future for equality and inclusiveness lies. In Burn!, the Portuguese have burnt the entire island to suppress previous slave rebellions. By the time audience is shown with William Walker burning down the same crops and plantations to cease José’s insurgence, this repetition of imperial violence is what proves necessary for persistent rebellions. It is such a rebellion that keeps people thinking and feelinginsufficiencies of the current hierarchical system, shaping freedom in the way one truly needs other than offered.\nTo ignore such pain is an act of assimilating oneself into the unjust hierarchy and denial of one’s intimacies with their past. Before Dolores realizes that he was manipulated by Walker to defeat the Portuguese in favor of the British sugar industry, he rejoices over the victorious rebellion. He was told that stealing Portuguese’s gold meant “to be rich and free” until he tastes the bitterness of English whiskey again. The moment when Dolores replies that African rum is better off, Dolores is resisting the form of assimilation by heart even though drinking Walker’s liquor and wearing the Portuguese Soldier uniform. In the former scene where Walker and Dolores try to exchange their drinks in cheering their rebellion plan, the two’s inability to tolerate each other’s drink is a significant implication of the inability to assimilate. To drink whiskey when one has their blood and tongue formerly accustomed to the taste of rum is therefore ignoring one’s roots of history as one is gradually blinded into another renamed social hierarchy. Ten years later when Walker comes back to the Antilles to stop José Dolores, black and white men are dressed in the same white British uniforms as the representation of the assimilated group. The assimilated blackness into British superiority has forgotten how their ancestors have been bloodlessly murdered by the colonizers, and now hold steady the rifles to murder Jose Dolores and men once of their same blood and skin. The assimilated imperial violence is explicitly performed in the scene where they burn down the plantation to force out Dolores’s rebel army, resonating with how the Portuguese once burnt down the island to put down Indian resistance. As each rebel runs out of the sugar crops, they are killed one by one like targets doomed in hands of once known brothers. Other than envisioning hybridity where they get to taste the sweetness of African rum while others indulge in the bitterness of English whiskey, this row of black soldiers assimilated into the British colonial army is forcing themselves to swallow whiskey in discarding rum. Such assimilation creates an endless cycle of hierarchy that the oppressed can hardly escape.\nTo confront such pain and feel the songs of martyrdom is necessary as another sitting above the hierarchy is always benefiting from its obscurity. In Burn!, it has been the Portuguese, the British, Teddy Sanchez, William Walker—people who have been selling and justifying war, chaos, and slaves to make a fortune. In their version of dictionary lies the devastating power of persuasion. As William Walker blatantly notes in his conversation about whether Dolores stole his bag or not, he testifies the necessity of persuasion only to shape imperial violence profitably. Contradictory to how persuasion is usually used to induce critical lenses to confront over a debatable matter, it is now a skill exploited by the lofty colonizers to shape freedom and civilization into their definition. Within the colonial narrative, Walker claims it to be the “logic of profit” where spoken in his lines, “to go on making [profit], or to make more, sometimes it is necessary to destroy.” By modifying annihilation into a necessity for profit, Walker is denying the death of Indians and Africans as blunt manslaughter. Applied with a subtle sarcasm shortly after overthrowing the Portuguese, Walker exploits Dolores further as he asks Dolores to apply the skill of persuasion onto the African slaves to convince them back to labor as paid workers instead of slaves. As Dolores ponders in confusion, his rejection to exercise the white persuasion exemplifies his denial to assimilate into the white hierarchy. As long as persuasion exists for the whites to alter narratives and assimilate the colonized, freedom will only exist on the mere facade.\nwhere spoken in his lines, “to go on making [profit], or to make more, sometimes it is necessary to destroy.” By modifying annihilation into a necessity for profit, Walker is denying the death of Indians and Africans as blunt manslaughter. Applied with a subtle sarcasm shortly after overthrowing the Portuguese, Walker exploits Dolores further as he asks Dolores to apply the skill of persuasion onto the African slaves to convince them back to labor as paid workers instead of slaves. As Dolores ponders in confusion, his rejection to exercise the white persuasion exemplifies his denial to assimilate into the white hierarchy. As long as persuasion exists for the whites to alter narratives and assimilate the colonized, freedom will only exist on the mere facade.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://vibrantskinbar.com/blog/balance-is-the-new-happy/","date":"2024-02-28T05:25:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474697.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228044414-20240228074414-00231.warc.gz","language_score":0.9483823180198669,"token_count":1525,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__160532479","lang":"en","text":"As we enter into the month of August, a month of all things bitter and sweet. The sweetness of watermelon and warm summer days, to the bitterness of summer-ending-and-school-starting, a time for putting away the beach bag and picking up the backpack and back to our busy schedules. During this transition of schedules it is important to find balance.\n“Balance is the key to everything. What we do, think, say, eat, feel, they all require awareness, and through awareness we can grow.”Koi Fresco\nFrom inspiring quotes to traditional wisdom, we hear the key to anything in life is balance, that includes a balanced diet, balanced hormones, and even PH balanced.\nLife balance in general is a delicate and constant balancing act. Factors of chaos and disorder are all around us, and the key lies not in trying to eliminate them but rather in trying to coexist with them in harmony. It takes planning to have a balance life and more importantly it takes awareness, including being true to who we are and the intentions set for of our own wellbeing. We are not our to-do list, not our have-tos or must-dos and we are not our job. Although our thoughts maybe consumed by the needs of others or things we want to accomplish, we are, most important to ourselves and to our own happiness. Bringing awareness to what we need in order to stay balanced and knowing when we are outside of this alignment is easily one of the most important practices we can start and nurture for ourselves.\nOur happiness is a mixture of our needs and how we are tending to them on 4 levels of self: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual, each level makes up 25% of our being and wholeness. If one or more of these areas of our life is out of proportion or unsteady, we tend to feel less happy, make poor decisions and/or allow stress to spill over from one area to the other.\nIt’s not selfish to love ourselves, to take care of ourselves, and to make our happiness a priority; it is in fact a necessity.\nHere is what we can do to help balance all four levels:\n1. The Spiritual Level\nThe spiritual level is our soul. Developing the spiritual body allows us to feel a sense of belongingness, a deeper meaning and purpose in life. This is the most ignored level but it is the foundation for the development of all the other levels of self and the compass for being true to oneself. To bring balance to the spiritual level and making our sure compass is on the right course, it is important to maintain connection with our inner guidance. The more we develop are spiritual self, the more we understand our soul’s purpose and ourselves, which makes it easier to align in our decisions and our goals.\nHow to bring our spiritual self in balance: breathe work, stillness, silence, meditation, prayer, gratitude, mantras, visualization and self-love.\n2. The Mental Level\nOn a surface level, the mental body is our thoughts. On a deeper level, it is our beliefs, desires, values, and goals. Values and beliefs can come from thoughts that are instilled in us as a child. On the surface level our mental thoughts are geared toward goals and desires. The mental level can bring up the emotional level and emotional blocks, anxiety and fears. Our thoughts are more than just thoughts. They are what guide us through life and define us. They mold our view of the world and those around us. In the book Think and grow rich, by Napoleon Hill, he stated “whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” The mind is a powerful tool that can transform your goals into reality, with the right mindset. Managing our mindset helps with self-esteem, reducing fear, self-doubt and anxiety, so we can live the best versions of ourselves. Our mindset is as important as your best idea. Develop a positive one, and we make everything in our lives better immediately.\nHow to bring the mental self into balance: reading, mental exercise/stimulation, eating better, getting enough sleep, positive affirmations and self-care.\n3. The Emotional Level\nTo better understand how our emotions affect ourselves and balance, let first look at what physiologist call Emotional Intelligence, or EI. Wikipedia defines Emotional intelligence (EI) the ability to perceive, use, understand, manage, and handle emotions. People with high emotional intelligence can recognize their own emotions and those of others, use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior, discern between different feelings and label them appropriately, and adjust emotions to adapt to environments. Many experts now believe that a person’s emotional intelligence (EI) may be more important than their IQ and is certainly a better predictor of success, quality of relationships, and overall happiness. Emotional intelligence is a gateway to a balanced-life. It’s essential to basically every aspect of life. In addition, more and more studies are being release about the powerful link between emotions, our physical health, and our immune system.\nIt has been scientifically proven that positive emotions like Love and Joy have healing effects on the body, from healing mutated DNA to the way we form scar tissue.\nHow to bring emotional self into balance: self-awareness, self-regulation, be social, practice forgiveness and kindness, (even to ourselves), celebrate achievements, find joy in everything we do\n4. The Physical Level\nOur physical body is the reflection and total sum of all aspects of who we are. It is a barometer that indicates how things are going in all the other levels of self, and it also our skin, the musculoskeletal structure and vital tissues and organs that carry us through this life. Exercise and healthy eating are typically what come to mind when most people think about physical health. We all know people who have clean eating habits and are physically fit, but who carry excessive emotional stress, this can wear on their health. While it may not be easily recognizable, chronic stress takes a tremendous toll on the physical self, in the forms of mutated DNA, premature aging and even heart conditions. Stress occurs when our spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical needs are not in balance. Here at Vibrant Skin Bar we have specialized cortisol test to access your levels and one of our skilled medical practitioners can design a protocol to bring you back to homeostasis or balance. Our physical body is the reflection and total sum of all aspects of who we are. It is a barometer that indicates how things are going in all levels of self.\nHow to bring physical self into balance: walking, stretching, massage, yoga, running, dancing, swimming, hiking, wholefood diet, adequate sleep, self-care\nAll four levels must work together in harmony for us to feel whole and complete. Ignoring a level is ignoring a piece of who we are. Finding ways to exercise our four levels of self, taking the time to eat right, exercise, relieve stress, rest, and enjoy life can make all the difference in the world not only with our quality of life, but also in the richness of our relationships. It doesn’t mean avoiding your responsibilities and obligations, but rather finding a happy balance and cultivating a more Vibrant life.\nFrom all of us at Vibrant Skin Bar, have a happy and balanced August!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://freedomtoteachkids.blogspot.com/2012/06/summer-work.html","date":"2018-07-17T01:32:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589537.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20180717012034-20180717032034-00591.warc.gz","language_score":0.9751918911933899,"token_count":158,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__214581133","lang":"en","text":"To all of those people who say that teaching is an easy job AND we have the summers off can \"talk to the hand\"... lol! Our job is never done. We have a weekly book mobile that visits neighborhoods each week to get books in the hands of children who really need them. Our hope is that they will continue to read throughout the summer and will be fresh and ready to go when school starts up again in August.\nWe are also steadily working on lesson plans, graphic organizers, and integrating content areas in an effort to be extra prepared when the kiddos return. In addition, our principal bought us all the book Pathways to the Common Core that we are to read over break. So far it's an easy, interesting read that you may want to check out.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.epimos.com/index.php?id=105&L=1","date":"2022-10-02T19:32:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337339.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20221002181356-20221002211356-00435.warc.gz","language_score":0.8807970285415649,"token_count":663,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__228892350","lang":"en","text":"Modelling senescence in ciliates\nAsexually reproducing hypotrichous ciliates undergo senescence, which is in general attributed to degenerative processes in the macronucleus, assuming that a loss of viability is based on a loss of genetic elements. It is generally accepted that the genetic elements in the macronucleus of Hypotrichs segregate randomly, a process which potentially can lead to aneuploid imbalances in the distribution of gene copies. It is, however, unclear whether there are mechanisms which compensate for such imbalances such that each genetic element regains its predetermined copy number (regulatory model, conserving euploidy), or if the genetic elements only double, so that genetic imbalances can be inherited to further generations (stochastic model, allowing aneuploidy).\nResults: We have investigated the regulatory and the stochastic model with respect to the number of generations a lineage of Hypotrichs can survive under asexual conditions (Duerr et al., 2004; Abstract). Simple prediction formulae for the approximate survival time of asexually reproducing ciliates are provided for both models. Whereas the regulatory model cannot explain senescence in Hypotrichs, the stochastic model provides plausible results which, however, strongly depend on the assumed distribution of copy numbers. Our modeling approach shows that we can only speculate about reasons of senescence in ciliates until the distribution of copy numbers in their macronucleus is unknown.\nSurvival times (left column, A1-C1) of asexually reproducing Hypotrichs under three different distributions of copy numbers (right column, A2-C2) resulting from 1,000 simulated experiments. In all three cases A-C, the number of different macronucleus chromosomes is G=15,000 and the initial mean number of pre-replication copies per macronucleus chromosome is mn=15,000, yielding a total number of chromosomes of N=2.25*108. In the right column, the distribution of copy numbers of the initial cell is shown in gray bars and the distribution of copy numbers of the last viable cell is shown in black bars (* in A2 points at the highest, observed copy number). A: all macronucleus chromosomes initially have an identical pre-replication copy number of n=15,000. B: copy numbers initially are uniformly distributed in the intervall [1,000 ; 29,000]. C: the initial pre-replication copy number is n=15,000 for all macronucleus chromosomes except for one rare chromosome with 1,000 copies (indicated by an arrow in C2). Curves in (A) and (B) represent normal distributions fitted to the simulation results.\nMethods: In contrast to the regulatory model, which can be easily formulated by a binomial expression, the stochastic model has been explored by computer simulations.\n- Duerr, HP, Eichner M, Ammermann D, 2004. Modeling senescence in hypotrichous ciliates. Protist 155: 45-52 (Abstract)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mutermpaperdbrh.carinsurancequotesab.info/who-will-publish-my-essay.html","date":"2018-04-21T00:01:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125944848.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20180420233255-20180421013255-00151.warc.gz","language_score":0.9018742442131042,"token_count":713,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__134243287","lang":"en","text":"19 websites and magazines that want to publish your personal essays “I was compensated $150 for my essay,” says Alexis Grant, founder of The Write Life,. With GRIN you can publish your term paper, bachelor thesis, master thesis, dissertation, lecture notes, exam preparations and other academic works. This is the second in a series of several posts I will be doing about where to publish your personal essays. How to make a creative writing essay practice writing essay online do my biology esay. Can I Publish My Dissertation can i publish my dissertation Get all your questions answered about ProQuest Dissertations. Does ProQuest “publish” dissertations.\nTell Your True Story: Six Tips To Help You Publish A Personal Essay But if you’d like to see your personal essay published in a literary journal. Writers and Poetry through.where can i publish my essay online where can i publish my essay online If I have a research paper how and where can I. Where can i publish my essay online. Where Can I Publish My Essay Online where can i publish my essay online Consultation and Tutoring is what you need.Our write my essay company always offers some. And newspapers, will also publish a personal essay, if it follows their particular specifications Scribophile is an online writing group for serious writers.\n25 Best Places to Get Published Online. By:. (600-800 words); and travel essays (500 words). Pays $150/feature; $75/column; and $10/approved travel essay. How to Publish an Essay Here’s how you can get your essay published. Discover. C. Home Decor & Repair; Crafts; Food & Drink; Garden; Entertaining. UDPATE: For the latest version of this list, subscribe to Writerland in the right sidebar to receive 31 Great Places to Publish Personal Essays in your inbox. Where to Publish Your Essays. You've crafted that thoughtful, timely essay filled with tension and drama -- now you just need a forum for sharing it with the world. Have found that publish my field of my phd thesis submission quick post on how. Springer Theses Flyer (pdf, 425 kB).how to publish my phd thesis Buy Your Essay.\nIn her book Writing Personal Essays, author Sheila Bender gives these tips for those writers interested in publishing their personal essays. Last year the dot-com world imploded, causing some online venues to suspend publication, accept fewer submissions and decrease pay rates. However, many online. Where can I publish my University history essay?. After having worked hard on my essays Provide a place for students to publish their History essays and gain.\nCan I Publish My Dissertation can i. can be reflected from the fact that we are always flooded with orders that are captioned as ‘can someone write my essay for. How Do I Publish My Essay - bestbuyserviceessay.biz9.9/10 Tips to Help You Publish Your Personal Essays Tips to Help You Publish Your Personal Essays. [Essay] how i can publish my essay - UsingEnglish.com3 posts Publish My Essay, You should! | BeliftPublish My Essay, You should! | Belift Publish my thesis. Use our six proven tips that will make editors notice your personal essay, true story, memoir, etc. Craft and technique for personal essays.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://walkingapocalypsemovie.blogspot.com/2013/10/screenwriters-directors.html","date":"2018-05-27T03:30:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867995.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20180527024953-20180527044953-00519.warc.gz","language_score":0.9722560048103333,"token_count":806,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__201040431","lang":"en","text":"I've been reading “Directing Actors” by Judith Weston, which was recommended to me by executive producer & screenwriter of “Keepers” Sharma Krauskopf. There is a lot of good advice and instruction in the book, but I'm disappointed that the author, despite protestations to the contrary, shows a striking lack of respect for writers.\nTo quote Ms. Weston, “It is exactly the job of the director and actors to create the sub-world. Heeding shortcuts to the characters' emotional life will make the director's and actors' job more, not less, difficult.”\nAs taught by screenwriting guru Hal Croasmun, the best in the business, creating sub-text is the province of the screenwriter so that depth is added to the characters and story. The screenwriter's use of subtext raises an average script significantly. A screenwriter hands the director a complete story world with people and places already created. The job of the director and actor is to interpret and portray this, not to recreate the characters and story by deciding upon subtext for themselves.\nOn page 167, the author goes on to state that “it is especially important to cross out (or at least approach with serious skepticism) the parentheticals: “pause,” “beat,” and “she takes a moment.” All these kinds of stage directions are adjectives, adverbs, indications of transitions or psychological explanations, or emotional maps (“He cannot look away”; “She makes a decision”). They are not playable. What the writer has done by putting in these abbreviated emotional guideposts is to take a stab at providing the characters' subtext.\nThe writer “takes a stab” at providing subtext? This is a preposterous statement and an insult to the screenwriter. This is like you saying something to me, and I then tell you that you don't know what you really meant by what you said, but I do know what you really meant, even though you said it and would obviously know what hidden meaning was behind your own words.\nThe screenwriter creates the story and characters, therefore the screenwriter knows the subtext of the character and dialogue. Without accurately interpreting the characters, the director and/or actors could add a subtext that is inappropriate. It is arrogant and egotistical for anyone to dismiss the writer as unable to provide the subtext for the very characters he or she created. And I disagree that “He cannot look away” and “she makes a decision” are not playable. These are very playable by talented actors and directors who correctly interpret the intent.\nAs I've stated many times in the past, the screenwriter gets very little respect, pay or acknowledgment for motion pictures. This is usually because the director deliberately makes changes to put his or her own “stamp” on the film. In this way, we can never know whether or not the film would have been better if it had more closely resembled the written blueprint (the screenplay) that was provided. All we can judge is the final result that has been altered, for better or worse, by the director.\nFilmmaking is a collaborative effort, but it all starts with the screenplay. Without this blueprint there is no story, no characters and no film. Good directors and good actors can significantly improve a script, but it's important to remember that it's far easier to improve and embellish a finished product than it is to create that product out of nothing at all. Hollywood does not recognize this, as the lion's share of the credit for films is divided between the director and the actors. Most people don't know the name of a single professional screenwriter, not even an A-List screenwriter.\nJudith Weston's \"Directing Actors\" is available on Amazon:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://agcarothers.squarespace.com/new-page","date":"2019-10-18T01:13:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986677412.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20191018005539-20191018033039-00300.warc.gz","language_score":0.956436812877655,"token_count":123,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__180537804","lang":"en","text":"The Vault is home to a few sections. You can find additional character and world information. There is also a section for short stories of misadventures and randomness.\nWant to know more about your favorite characters? Their favorite color, food, or just random facts?\nTails from the SLIP side\nYes, the title was born in Wisconsin, but well welcome to my mind. Here you'll find stories about various characters and random interactions between characters.\nThis contains the Dragon archives. You can find various information about the world I have created. Questions posed about the world will have answers here..","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://invivohospitals.com/body-bmi-calculator/","date":"2024-02-28T04:58:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474697.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228044414-20240228074414-00243.warc.gz","language_score":0.9113532900810242,"token_count":95,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__132021059","lang":"en","text":"World Health Organization's (WHO) recommended body weight based on BMI values for adults.\nThe results should be used only as a guide and should not replace medical advice.\nMuscle structure and ethnic origin should be considered when interpreting the results.\nExample 1: BMI may overestimate body fat for people who are very muscular and physically fit.\nExample 2: People of Asian descent may have an increased risk of health problems at a lower BMI threshold than the general population.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.cubel.co.uk/2019/01/11/70-argumentative-essay-matters-that-may-place-up-a-good-fight/","date":"2019-01-20T15:49:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583722261.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20190120143527-20190120165527-00021.warc.gz","language_score":0.9472253322601318,"token_count":865,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__227681770","lang":"en","text":"How to learn how to make perfectly created stories?\nBook Writing Services Secrets That No One Else Knows About\nObtaining reviews is simpler than ever before. You might even be able to possess individuals to market your book for you in case you have an Amazon shop and give affiliates a hyperlink to use to offer your book. Tell the blog author you desire a blog on the advantages of SEO with a call-to-action in the conclusion forcing the reader to enroll for your search engine optimization solutions.\nIf you’re in possession of a fantastic idea to get a severe children’s book, then be certain to apply all the above recommendations to allow it to be effective for your particular age group audience. Many people are unable to create a high quality newspaper, and that’s why a growing number of people are seeking to employ publication review solutions to be sure that the final outcome would be well worth it for reading. You’re writing a book because there’s something you need to say, some experience you need to share.\nDragonfly writers produce professional content for your site or company. Our e-book writing services can help you place your preferred theme Children Learn to Make Yummy Sushi – Play Fun Kitchen Game TO-FU Oh! SUSHI Toddlers Game in an informative process. The dissertation help is completely confidential and frequently will come with a promise of do the work if the customer is unsatisfied with the contents.\nThere is an easy approach to achievement. In this sort of scenario, you may use our writing service which supplies you with. What’s exciting is that it is possible to get that all-important devoted group of professional experts which have a strong impulse to assist you in making your fantasy become reality.\nWhen you have a peek at the entire project, it looks to be a hopeless endeavor. Implementing a tool to stop such mistakes will supply you with the increase in writing confidence that you want to win jobs and progress in your career. Most customers would love to know how much a job will cost.\nThe tool has to get a set of facilities which may help in properly arranging the suggestions and plots. Implementing a tool to stop such mistakes will supply you with the increase in writing assurance that you wish to acquire jobs and progress in your career. Our editing services are made to help writers at each stage of their story’s development.\nYou’d like to compose a book. You wished to compose a book. From beginning to end, your book is going to be everything you’ve imagined and more.\nNovels take the time to research. Writing book reports for faculty is among the most frequent assignments. It is a difficult skill to master.\nClients like to scan an report to find out whether it pertains to what they wish to find out more about. Employing a Writer The simplest way to write an eBook is to become a person ghost write it for you. Quite a few of our novels are becoming American and international worldwide bestsellers.\nWhen you have a peek at the entire job, it looks to be a hopeless job. With this kind of a major variety of advanced strategies and high-end tools for the developers, it’s presently simple for them to make it attainable to generate an effortless internet website. Our editing solutions are made to help writers at each stage of the story’s development.\nComposing an e-book isn’t a costly project. The Expert Editor is a favourite expert editing choice for authors in Australia and abroad because we supply a top excellent service at inexpensive rates. Global English Editing’s writer services are supposed to offer superior editorial aid to writers at economical prices.\nBook review writing is merely the suggestions and opinions of a individual. Your editor will indicate the edit that is excellent for you.\nYour writing deserves a eye. There are a few steps which you need to take before start writing a record. If you’re watching out for a book editor check out him you won’t regret it!\nDragonfly writers produce professional content for your site or company. Error-free, persuasive copy is just one of the very best free on-line PR tools in your.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://imaginationclub.org/","date":"2015-01-30T18:26:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115926735.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161206-00243-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8789818286895752,"token_count":296,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-06__0__114629143","lang":"en","text":"Hello and Welcome to the\nBrussels Imagination Club\nThe Imagination Club is an informal, non-profit and fun group that\nmeets up twice a month in Europe's capital to hold a short (90 minute)\nexperimental workshop on just about anything.\nIt's a place that allows facilitators and trainers to try out new ideas\nwith a receptive, intelligent and creative audience -- people like you,\nIt's also a place where you can go to learn something new, be surprised\nand meet some fantastic people from around the world.\nThe Imagination Club started in Brussels, Belgium. But there are now\nclubs in Australia, Sweden and the Netherlands.\nThe Imagination Club is run by Jeffrey Baumgartner and Andy Whittle.\nInterested? Join us!\nNext workshop: An Introduction to Chinese Medicine- the Five Elements\nby Irene Nolte on 11 February\nInsane Journey is a science fiction humour novel by Imagination\nClub co-founder, Jeffrey Baumgartner. Get your copy from Amazon.com,\nyour favourite bookshop -- or pick up a signed copy at the next Imagination\nThe Insane Journey is a twisted tale about mentally\nunbalanced men, clever women, a talking penguin and a couple of aliens\nall participating in a deadly chase across a desolate, wind-swept Europa\nthat exists in a tomorrow slightly to the left of yours and mine.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://hpssc.umich.edu/project/femoroacetabular-impingement-in-ice-hockey-goaltenders/","date":"2024-04-22T04:15:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818072.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422020223-20240422050223-00878.warc.gz","language_score":0.9503569602966309,"token_count":473,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__192021526","lang":"en","text":"RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ON-FIELD BIOMECHANICS AND FEMOROACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT (FAI) IN ELITE ATHLETES\nTeam: Michigan Performance Research Laboratory\nSummary: Hip injuries are a growing issue in high school, collegiate, and professional sports. Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a common orthopaedic condition that often underlies these injures. Preventing FAI has proven difficult thus far, as little is known about how the condition develops. Additionally, invasive surgery is accepted as the optimal treatment method, requiring considerable expense and a lengthy rehabilitation period. In order to enhance prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs, it is essential to acquire a more thorough understanding of FAI. To do so, the Michigan Performance Research Laboratory examined the biomechanics of elite Division I and professional athletes from sports with a high incidence of FAI (hockey and baseball) while they perform on-ice/on-field game-like movements. Wearable sensors worn underneath the player’s standard equipment measured precise body motions in the trunk and lower limbs during the tasks, providing the first comprehensive database of hip function in a high-risk FAI population. Additionally, radiological scans of each athlete’s hips were used to determine how the structural features of the hip influence movement during dynamic tasks.\nThe in-vivo hip mechanics were evaluated in two athletic populations at-risk for FAI: (1) elite ice hockey goaltenders as they performed on-ice game-like drills, and (2) NCAA baseball pitchers as they threw their full pitching repertoire in their practice facility.\nIn ice hockey goaltenders, the lab team found:\n- The stopping motion, to which little attention has been given, produces greater hip motion than the butterfly.\n- This suggests that multiple postures must be considered when treating and preventing FAI and may explain why skaters also experience FAI.\n- X-ray hip measures were poor predictors of on-ice hip motion.\n- All hips examined exhibited alpha angles (an x-ray indicator of FAI) that were above the FAI threshold but only one was symptomatic.\n- Evaluating the athlete in a more realistic environment reveals novel and potentially more valuable findings that static examination.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://lesleyneurobio.wordpress.com/2017/02/21/for-228-omega-3-fatty-acids/","date":"2018-04-25T06:22:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125947705.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20180425061347-20180425081347-00487.warc.gz","language_score":0.8914695382118225,"token_count":179,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__218084228","lang":"en","text":"Please read sections highlighted in yellow the journal article Omega-3 fatty acids and cognitive function in women. Then answer the following questions to prepare for class discussion.\n- What connections did you find between this paper and the sections of The Machinery of Life and Basic Neurochemistry you’ve been reading recently?\n- What role do omega-3 fatty acids play in the central nervous system? Which one seems to be the most important (or prevalent) in this paper? Why?\n- What problems may arise when someone has a lack of this omega-3 fatty acid?\nHere are a couple additional articles if you’re interested in other studies related to omega-3 fatty acids:\n- Omega-3 and treatment implications in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder\n- Dietary intake of n-3, n-6 fatty acids and fish, Relationship with hostility in young adults","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.incospharm.com/eng/ds1_2.html","date":"2021-05-15T20:50:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991378.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20210515192444-20210515222444-00007.warc.gz","language_score":0.9384186267852783,"token_count":185,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__216927793","lang":"en","text":"Accumulation of damaged cellular components is characteristic of tissues in all organisms as they age and has been proposed to be responsible for their functional loss in ageing.\nAutophagy, a highly conserved catabolic mechanism of quality control inside cells, is essential for the maintenance of cellular homeostasis and for the orchestration of an efficient cellular response to stresses.\nThe decrease in autophagic activity in cells may be a driver of different aspects of the ageing phenotype. Thus, enhancement of autophagic activity might decelerate ageing progression by guaranteeing continuous renewal of the cellular proteome, and damaged proteins that are no longer functional, to avoid their accumulation inside cells.\nIn cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries, there is a growing interest in developing ingredients to enhance autophagic activity to slow-down ageing progression.\n(Source: Autophagy and ageing: keeping that old broom working. Trends in Genetics 24, 2008)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.semiconductorstore.com/blog/2018/From-RECOM-The-AC-DC-Book-of-Knowledge-is-out-now/3704","date":"2019-07-22T04:30:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195527474.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20190722030952-20190722052952-00459.warc.gz","language_score":0.9440465569496155,"token_count":431,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__99038696","lang":"en","text":"From RECOM: \"The AC/DC Book of Knowledge is out now!\"\nAlthough RECOM is a renowned manufacturer of DC/DC converters, their portfolio also covers a wide range of AC/DC products from 1W up to 960W. While knowledge accumulated in the development of these AC/DC products is sometimes similar to that of DC/DC products, it can often be quite different.\nThe new standalone RECOM AC/DC Book of Knowledge will be released as a companion volume to the DC/DC Book of Knowledge. The author of both volumes, Steve Roberts, states, “the DC/DC Book of Knowledge has been so well received in the industrial and educational communities that I felt obliged to write a companion AC/DC book. The two books together now cover many of the fundamental topics of power supply development.”\nThe new AC/DC book has 12 technical chapters covering Linear AC/DC Supplies, Apparent, Reactive and Active Power, AC Theory, Active and Passive AC Component Selection, PFC Techniques, and much more. These topics have been chosen so that they do not overlap with the chapters in the DC/DC book so that both books reinforce each other rather than being repetitive.\nSince the original publication in December 2014, more than 15,000 copies of the RECOM DC/DC Book of Knowledge have been distributed globally. The companion AC/DC Book of Knowledge will also be offered as a free PDF download from the RECOM website www.recom-power.com/bok.\nLooking to integrate RECOM products with your design? Our Applications Engineers offer free design and technical help for your latest designs. Contact us today!\nWhy partner with Symmetry Electronics? Symmetry's technical staff is specially trained by our suppliers to provide a comprehensive level of technical support. Our in-house Applications Engineers provide free design services to help customers early in the design cycle, providing solutions to save them time, money and frustration. Contact Symmetry for more information.\nSign up to get tech news, product updates and store promos from Symmetry Electronics.Subscribe","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.astrologicalreviewletters.org/2016/11/clearing-logjam-in-astrological-research.html","date":"2022-10-01T08:50:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335573.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20221001070422-20221001100422-00296.warc.gz","language_score":0.9175981283187866,"token_count":282,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__141741482","lang":"en","text":"Abstract: Two of the staunchest critics of astrology presented their case in an article published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies (2003) that has since become a standard reference. The authors argue that the astrological experience is more likely to work by “hidden persuaders” than by either objective or psychic criteria, yet their argument provides no evidence of this. The authors demand careful testing yet their own examples and claims against astrology are not careful. The meta-analysis claim mixes studies with widely disparate data types. The parental tampering argument against Michel Gauquelin’s planetary eminence findings lacks supportive evidence. The “definitive” time twins test fails to define the criteria of resemblance. The test of predicting psychological test profiles does not discriminate between permanent personality dimensions and psychological states as astrology requires. The blind chart matching studies evaluated skills on the wrong parties where they would not be expected by either astrology or psychology. The authors fail to mention the most interesting and promising peer-reviewed astrological research studies that were available to them. Improved discourse with astrological subject matter experts is recommended.\nMcRitchie, Kenneth. (2016). Clearing the logjam in astrological research. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 32(9-10), pp. 153-179.\n[Link to article]\nCopyright © 2016 by Imprint Academic.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://writingeffectiveresumes.com/2010/10/12/resume-writing-help-%E2%80%94-the-art-of-listening/","date":"2018-02-19T15:44:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812756.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20180219151705-20180219171705-00339.warc.gz","language_score":0.9707605242729187,"token_count":312,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__113023066","lang":"en","text":"The other day I was walking my dog past a wooded area, my mind was lost in thought about the huge number of unemployed or dissatisfied people who need resume writing help.\nThen I suddenly noticed a high-pitched sound coming from the forest. I stopped to listen closer. It sounded sort of like humming, but kind of like buzzing. At first, I wasn’t sure what it was, but I finally determined that it must be a swarm of insects.\nBut as I was listening to the buzz-like hum – or maybe it was more like a hum-like buzz – I started to notice many, varied sounds coming from the forest.\nIt was a natural symphony of sound. I had walked down that stretch of road dozens of times and never heard it. Why? I wasn’t listening.\nAfter I stood there for several minutes, I wondered how many other beautiful sounds I miss just because I don’t take the time or effort to listen for them. Then I thought of all the other joyous opportunities I miss because I don’t look for them.\nFor those who are out of work or seeking a new career, now is a great time to consider new options. Look at your life in a fresh light. Listen again to the inner voice urging you to consider new paths.\nMany people who think they need resume writing help really need a new perspective on their lives. Once you start thinking about new possibilities and different options, you might hear the call of a better life.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://americancrochetassociation.blog/author/kathryn-vercillo/","date":"2021-12-04T05:01:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964362930.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20211204033320-20211204063320-00113.warc.gz","language_score":0.9278746843338013,"token_count":124,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__37007200","lang":"en","text":"About Kathryn Vercillo\nAfter writing across a diverse array of topic areas for decades, I’ve honed my craft to the unique niche of writing at the intersection of psychology and craft. I use my Masters Degree in Psychology along with extensive research to explore how we can use art/craft/creativity to heal individuals and communities. I believe in the power of self-expression as a means to authenticity in our relationships with ourselves, our loved ones, and the greater world. I enjoy using my experience, education, and writing to help others explore this connection for themselves.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.keskuspuisto.org/2007/regards-from-debbie/","date":"2020-07-06T20:33:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655890181.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20200706191400-20200706221400-00082.warc.gz","language_score":0.8961282968521118,"token_count":570,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__251437635","lang":"en","text":"Dr. Debbie Swallow is preparing next editon of her book Culture Shock\nFinland and Debbie wants to hear your stories… and possibly publish\nShe is looking for some new stories and anecdotes to freshen-up the\nbook, and that people would allow her to use. She would love to hear from anyone who has a little story about how foreigners ’got it wrong’.- misunderstandings, different\nassumptions, etc. Anything from food, language, sauna, working\npractices, IT, mobile phones – anything!\nShe would especially appreciate any insights from Finns about how\nforeigners adjust or not to life in Finland or…. any insights related\nto topics below.\nThe only trouble is that the time is limited. So, you need to act NOW !\nand send your stories to 4Cinternational@btconnect.com or lastest on\n5 Signed copies of new Culture shock Finland books will be raffled among\nthe story senders.\n*1)* Expand on how Finland welcomes, or rejects foreigners who want to\nlive and work there\n*2)* Short list of famous Finns and why they are famous (1-2 lines)\n*3)* Explain significance and impact on Finland at the loss of Vyborg\n*4)* Provide information on the significance of colours and symbols on\nFinland’s flag, what occassions the flag is raised or lowered\n*5)* Expand information on the /Aurora Borealis/ i.e. where one can view\nit from, what seasons/times of the year it can be seen, folklore and\nlegends, tips on how to photograph the /Aurora/\n*6) Socialising with the Finns: *what is expected of you as a guest.\nDo’s and Don’ts. What do Finns appreciate?\n* 7) *Touch on alternative lifestyles e.g. gays/lesbians and other\nsubcultures that might have sprung up amongst young Finns, and Finland’s\nreaction towards them.\n*8)* Are there any new ’trends’ or lifestyle patterns that are\ndeveloping, especially amongst the new generation of Finns?\n*9)* More pictures of traditional Finnish cuisine needed. Elaborate on\nthe definitive aspects of Finnish food culture like reindeer meat (since\nit is not commonly consumed outside of Finland, any descriptions of how\nit tastes, or tips and pointers on how to cook it?)\n*10)* Some information on places to buy food (supermarkets,\nmarketplaces) would be useful.\n*11)* Any colloquial aspects of Finnish that one should learn to\nuse/take note of?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.christinepannier.be/en/services/identity-and-the-meaning-of-life","date":"2023-09-29T14:03:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510516.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20230929122500-20230929152500-00323.warc.gz","language_score":0.9708847999572754,"token_count":1182,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__247709830","lang":"en","text":"Human beings are looking for identity and meaning of life. 'What are we doing here? And why?' It is a question of all times and all ages. We want our lives to be meaningful. We want to matter, to be useful. And not only in a purely utilitarian way. We need something to hold on to and to believe in. A meaningful life is the way to well-being.\nIn search of identity\nA part of our identity is predetermined. We belong to a particular society and a particular era. We belong to a particular culture, ethnicity or family. All these elements are beyond our control and are to a great extent unchangeable. They are what they are.\nOur identity, however, is also and mainly determined by ourselves. What is characteristic for me? What makes me who I am? To whom and to what do I feel connected? Who do I want to be? With what or with whom do I identify? We are a life long shaping that identity.\nIdentity is something to hold on to. You know who you are and who you are not. You know who you want to be and who you do not want to be. You feel good about yourself and self-assured. That provides confidence and peace, something to hold on to.\nIdentity is not a fixed and monolithic entity. Identity is changing and evolving over time. Time changes and life changes. We grow up and get children. Our children leave home. Our parents pass away. We get old and wise, almost as if it were nothing. Identity changes, day by day.\nLack of meaning of life\nThe lack of meaning of life and the feeling of futility and meaninglessness are heavy experiences and can have far-reaching effects. They often go hand in hand with feelings of loneliness and depression.\nMany persons have in some way lost the meaning of life and are looking for it. Human beings need to have a goal in life.\nBelief and ideologies have been the pillars of community for a long time. They gave meaning to life. The traditional institutions, however, are becoming less important or are even disappearing. It is for many persons hard to find meaning and sense of purpose in our globalised world.\nWe are flooded with thousands of stimuli and possibilities. We have to make choices continuously and the social media are crying for attention. There are not enough stable values to hold on to and to find peace in. We do not need to be cultural pessimists, however. The search for meaning is essential and of all times.\nWe need time and some calm. We need to pause and reflect on what is truly meaningful and valuable to us. To reflect on the following questions: 'where do I come from? where am I? where do I want to go?'. As an individual, as member of a community, as part of society.\nTo give a meaning to your life implies that you accept limitations. Life has its limits. Life is finite and transient and has its inconveniences. Life is not only a matter of having success and performing.\nWe are looking for meaningfulness and happiness. Happiness, however, is not a permanent state. We have to cherish the moments of real happiness and we must learn to be happy with the little things in life.\nHappiness is really different from immediate gratification and evergrowing prosperity.\nIdentity and meaning of life do not exist without the other\nWe always have an identity. We cannot exist without having an identity.\nUnless we submit entirely to other persons or their beliefs. We can totally submit to our partner's wishes. Or get depressed and apathetic.\nWe, however, do need other persons to develop an identity and give meaning to life. We simply cannot exist without other persons.\nWe identify with someone or something our entire life. Not with one other person or with one thing. We identify with several things and several persons or groups of persons. And those evolve over time. We do not have one single identity, we have several identities.\nWe cannot exist without giving meaning to life. We want our lives to matter, we want to mean something. To mean something to another or other persons. To another individual or to a community.\nThe need for meaningfulness can be translated into the desire for love. The love a person feels for his or her partner or his or her children. Or friendship. Or the feeling of being connected to a group. We cannot exist without something to hold on to or someone to feel connected to.\nWhen identity becomes uncertain and elusive\nSometimes persons become confused with themselves. They do not or do not longer know who they are, who they want to be. They are going through an identity crisis. The so-called midlife crisis? Whatever, that kind of crisis can also happen at other ages.\nWe might better name that an existential crisis. A person is panicking or feels very uncomfortable because of existential issues. Loneliness or the awareness of being mortal and transient can be the cause.\nHence the term midlife crisis. 'More than halfway through my life? What will be left? What have I made in my life so far? I have got a lot to catch up on.'\nThe causes or reasons or the onset of an identity crisis can be very different. Your beloved or once beloved partner may break up or pass away, your children are leaving home, you are retiring, you are getting old and having old age ailments. Or you are falling in love again.\nWhen you are going through an identity crisis, psychotherapeutic counselling is recommended. It will give you the opportunity to find the meaning of life, the meaning of your life. Avoid hasty reactions, choices or decisions.\nYour experience on this site will be improved by allowing cookies.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://halaalmadi.wordpress.com/2015/03/06/making-sweet-memories-painting-in-chocolate-to-support-families-living-with-dementia/","date":"2021-06-12T23:41:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487586465.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20210612222407-20210613012407-00320.warc.gz","language_score":0.9794609546661377,"token_count":1178,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-25","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__167946790","lang":"en","text":"First, came the missing house keys… then, remembering telephone numbers became a struggle.\nThen the same questions asked over and over again, with the embarrassed half-smile trying to mask what she couldn’t remember. Then a few years later, the struggle to recognize the street she was on, and where she was supposed to go, and who we were.\n“She” was my Aunt Alya, my Mom’s elder sister, and my second Mom. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in the last five years of her life. When I think of her, I think of a presence in my life as powerful and pervasive as it was understated. She was a huge influence on me in many ways, some of which I am only beginning to understand. She was an artist, a perfectionist, an avid shopper for beautiful things, and she could spend hours roaming through the stores, selecting just the right, most perfect piece for her collection.\nEven though she never gave me actual lessons on how to bake or decorate cakes, she and my mom are always with me whenever I fiddle around with my culinary concoctions, particularly my imperfect cakes. Or maybe she did teach me, in a way. For as long as I can recall, every birthday of mine was marked by a uniquely decorated cake. Mom would bake the cakes, and my Aunt would come over and start with the frosting, to spin out a birthday treat that would rival any bakery in town. I would sit there, watching her transform the cake as part of my pre-birthday party ritual.\nShe was there the day I was born, and continued to be a part of the most significant and mundane moments of my life.\nBut what happens when the person we’ve known as a huge fixture in our lives no longer remembers our name? When we can’t get through to them because they simply can’t seem to process what we’re saying? Where do all the life long memories and moments we shared go? What about the part of our being that was forged by them? Where does that fit now that they are no longer who they were? So many questions remain unanswered.\nIt’s funny how memories become a part of who we are.\nThere is, incidentally, a direct link between my Aunt’s story and me finding my way back to painting. As my aunt’s symptoms were becoming more distinct, I started to become curious about how the brain functions, and wondered about my own health.\nOne day, I came across a site called Lumosity.com and took a standard test online that touched on lifestyle, exercise, diet and hobbies. I realised that I had a long way to go to ensure that my lifestyle was conducive to maintaining a healthier brain. As a result, I made a resolution that the first thing I would do was go back to painting in the New Year, and the rest is history. It was the best decision I had ever made. Painting revived me and helped fill a huge hole in my being where a great deal of sadness and emotion lay fettered, waiting for a way out. For me, painting became the way.\nMy only regret is that my Aunt never saw any of my paintings.\nLosing my Aunt over and over again left me with an overwhelming pain and sadness. One of the things that helped me cope was seeking a way to turn painful memories into joyful ones. My family had little to no support in Jordan for coping with my Aunt’s illness. It was overwhelming and draining. Life might have been so much more manageable had there been a place where we could turn to for advice, information and help with finding adequate services. In other words, an equivalent of the Alzheimer’s Society here in Canada.\nWherever we are on this earth, we need more services to support families living with dementia. We must continue the research to figure out how to avoid and/or cure this horrific disease. And our loved ones afflicted with this disease deserve to be cared for with compassion, and to live in dignity for the rest of their lives.\nSo now, each spring, just before my Aunt’s birthday in April, our home swells up with chatter and laughter of friends. I start to plan for this event weeks in advance, and I feel a sense of anticipation, excitement and joy as I think of all the cakes I will lovingly adorn so that they will be enjoyed by friends and family.\nWhat better way to remember a loved one than to bring people together to generate joy, knowing full well that every penny donated will go to support those still living with dementia?\nI feel privileged to be in a position to do my part, no matter how small it is. I feel incredibly honoured to have friends and family who will support my efforts. May all your lives be filled with joyful moments that become the sweetest of memories. Here are some of mine from last night’s fundraiser.\nThank you to all our friends for making this labour of love even sweeter.\n[A few notes on the cake decorations: I would like to thank a talented and generous artist, Julia Usher, for sharing her creations through social media in the most accessible way I have ever seen anyone teach. Thank you, Julia, for being so generous with your amazing skills and techniques. While I can’t come close to your level of perfection, I am grateful for all the inspiration. Here’s just one of her videos: https://youtu.be/koREaymLUFo, and her Facebook page]. Photo credits: so grateful to my friends for their photography skills: MJ Lafleur Nelly Almeida Cyrine Hashash","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.berlinhairbaby.com/2012/03/month-two-in-usa-already.html","date":"2014-09-30T17:50:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1412037663060.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20140930004103-00410-ip-10-234-18-248.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9685266613960266,"token_count":574,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__50617770","lang":"en","text":"Where to begin? I guess my first observation since the move is that time is passing too quickly. I feel like I just got here last week! I try to live in the moment, focus on the present etc etc but despite that, time is hurtling by. It's hard to imagine that we'll be back in Germany at the end of May for summer break. I'll blink my eyes and we'll be on a plane. This is especially magnified watching my son grow up. Dear time, please slow down.\nMy next observation is how powerful an open spirit and happy disposition can be during a time of change. If I decide to be positive and look at things in a positive light, it comes back to me ten fold. If I choose to see everything as stressful and negative then guess what? That's how my life will be! Of course \"being happy\" is easier said than done, but one concrete tip I have is to read 'The Happiness Project' by Gretchin Rubin. I've been reading it slowly over the past month and I love it.\nIts an honest and insightful book about a woman's search for a more fulfilling and happy life. Gretchen is also hilarious and surprisingly methodical about her 'happiness project' so the cerebral part of me loved her approach - but she also peppers the book with wonderful literary and philosophical references.\n\"Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing\"\nWilliam Butler Yeats\nAmen, amen, amen to the Yeats quote. Growth is essential to a fulfilled life. This past year my physical health has grown, I'm learning to garden, figuring out how to best parent my son, studying Spanish, and trying to accept criticism and laugh at my (many) mistakes.\nMy 11 year marriage has also grown. Communicating openly about a huge, transatlantic move wasn't always a cake walk, but I'm proud of the love and attention we offered each other through the process. When my husband and I work as a team, I feel like we can take on the world. I'm very lucky to have this wonderful person in my life.\nSo friends, life is good.\nI want to thank all of you who read my blog and watch my youtube videos! You are a huge source of support to me. Two weeks ago I became a part of the StyleHaul network of You Tubers and I couldn't be happier. They offer much more competitive advertising rates then youtube and their adverts are targeted to the beauty community. If you're interested in partnering with them but aren't sure or have questions, feel free to send me an email (berlinstories88 at gmail dot com)or leave me a comment and I'll get back to you.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ideaport.rs/en/when-olga-tells-me-a-story/","date":"2023-12-09T08:49:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100873.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209071722-20231209101722-00111.warc.gz","language_score":0.9716804027557373,"token_count":306,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__174590890","lang":"en","text":"Do you hang out with the writers of your favourite novels?\nDo you travel with them, cook, and stay all night talking? You type, transcribe, memorize parts by heart, and then retell them with them one more time, and who knows how many times.\nI have been traveling with Olja for years, always by ferry Split Brac, Split Vis.\nIn return, it is somehow incredibly emotional. The ferry departs from Vis at 5 in the morning, and the sun has just risen behind the hill. Too fast.\nI could not capture everything I felt towards those images slowly disappearing on the horizon. Then we are left alone. It was just the sea, myself and Olja. She tells me stories in silence about her childhood, love, Split, and the sea. I woke up with my head in her lap.\n“For one year only, maybe two, we were happy, and that derivative of epiphany proved to be permanent, blurred in the rest of the time. This is reliable proof that it was a violation from higher spheres of life about divine and divine pornography. It can explain why love has been banned since its inception. It is still banned. Can you say it is not when all our life stories grow out of this notorious fact?”.\nOlja Savičević Ivančević, from the book Singer in the Night.\nCurated by Nataša Nikodijević Savin","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://collingswood.com/","date":"2018-03-18T05:59:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257645538.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20180318052202-20180318072202-00289.warc.gz","language_score":0.9345028400421143,"token_count":83,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__88005819","lang":"en","text":"April and May commission meeting dates have changed to Tuesday, April 3 and Tuesday, May 8.\nCamden County will soon be dredging Newton Lake and Peter’s Creek. The public comment period ends March 23.\nLooking for a legit book club where people actually talk about the book? Join us for Collingswood Reads, the Collingswood Public Library’s very own Book Club!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://jefrederick.com/","date":"2018-10-16T06:29:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583510019.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20181016051435-20181016072935-00431.warc.gz","language_score":0.9432029724121094,"token_count":307,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__216267192","lang":"en","text":"Website Still Under Renovation But…\nI’d like to thank everyone for hanging in with me. When I started my website, I had anticipated a fully functioning site by now. All the best laid plans of mice and men I guess. On to my news:\nI was recently interviewed for my story Making the Grade (which will appear in the upcoming anthology Clash of the Titles). I would love if you had a look and let me know what you think!\nHere is the link:\nI have updated my blog again (Sept. 27, 2016).\nYou can see it here:\nFuture Plans for the Website\nSo what exactly are my plans for jefrederick.com anyway?\nI hope this will become a home where I can communicate with other writers, readers and creatives. At the very least, I hope it can serve as a launching pad to social media where we can connect.\nI plan to start a blog here and hopefully find a way to make my uninteresting life seem dull or better. Maybe I’ll just post pictures…\nUPDATES ON ALL THINGS J.E. FREDERICK\nI plan to update regularly about what I’m currently working on, anything that will be published and any appearances I might be making.\nMaking the Grade\nMy short story Making the Grade, will appear in the anthology Clash of the Titles coming soon!\nWatch for the upcoming Kickstarter campaign!\nFurther updates will be posted here.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://samgospel.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-09-03T02:03:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-35/segments/1409535924131.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20140901014524-00010-ip-10-180-136-8.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9238354563713074,"token_count":98,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-35__0__42364161","lang":"en","text":"Brainwashed assasins, unwilling experiments. A bith of both.\nits midnight on a school night and ive ended up on the warrior cats wiki are you proud. i have to say though this thing is INCREDIBLY well sourced\nwarrior cats wiki does not fuck around\n“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.” - Henry V, William Shakespeare","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://forlangtranslation.knlu.edu.ua/?p=960&lang=en","date":"2020-01-18T19:34:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250593937.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200118193018-20200118221018-00133.warc.gz","language_score":0.9643347263336182,"token_count":233,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__156421398","lang":"en","text":"On the occasion of the Foreign Languages Week teachers of the Department — Kuzmytska M.O. and Vysotchenko S.V. — organized the Poetry Day for the 3rd-year students. The event took place on March 4, 2016 and aimed at introducing students to famous English poets and their works.\nThe introductory part of the event was the “English poetry” presentation by Kuzmytska M.O. from which students learnt some interesting facts about poetry and listened to verses recited by native speakers. During the second part students recited poetry in English, prepared in advance. All the participants demonstrated expression and artistry of performance, as well as eagerness to further analysis of poems. The following students deserve special credit for their participation: Kulniyazova Aygul, Ishkabulova Zebonisa, Esan Nusga and many others. The final part of the event was the introduction of elementary poetry writing techniques, having tried which, the students managed to create their own multi-authored verse.\nWe are grateful to everyone for participation and wish you never-ending inspiration!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://anyodyssey.com/about-me/","date":"2019-02-23T04:29:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550249468313.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20190223041554-20190223063554-00279.warc.gz","language_score":0.9152666926383972,"token_count":399,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__79200969","lang":"en","text":"Wanderlust, ferweh, wayfarer, wanna-get-away, get-me-outta-here.\nDo you resonate with one of those? If so, then you’ll feel right at home here.\nHi, I’m Jackie. I’m a twenty-something who traded med school for a Master’s degree in Marine Ecology and a dream of traveling the world. Still working on completing the latter, but life’s about slowing down and enjoying the journey, amirite? I’ll get there eventually. In the meantime, my goal is to share my adventures with you.\nI’m a strong believer in leaps of faith, following your heart, stepping outside of your comfort zone, and treating life as an incredible adventure. I’m also an advocate for breaking the stigma surrounding travel – that its too expensive, too time consuming, too hard to plan for.\nI think everyone should have the opportunity to see the world, but if you’re like me, you’re a millennial with a tight schedule and an even tighter budget (thanks, student loans). BUT your overwhelming sense of wanderlust doesn’t have to make life complicated. It doesn’t have to break the bank. Its absolutely possible to plan an epic and timely adventure without the hefty price tag. How do I know? Because I do it. All the time. I’m practically a (totally self-proclaimed) expert on budget-friendly travel and adventuring off the beaten path.\nMy passion is taking the path less travelled to experience that sought after authentic connection to the world around me and helping others do the same. I write about where I’ve been, what to pack, how to budget/plan, and the beauty in avoiding the safety and convenience of touristy restaurants and major attractions.\nThis is my odyssey, whats yours?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.designprintingla.com/content/behalf-baftala","date":"2017-02-22T03:54:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501170884.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104610-00152-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9609581232070923,"token_count":79,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__274586163","lang":"en","text":"On behalf of BAFTA/LA, we wish to thank you for the fine job you have done once again printing the Tribute Journal for our Britannia Awards. We appreciate all the work that you put into producing the book in the short time available. The book had received much praise. With many thanks to you and your team.\nIsolde & Arnold Schwartzman\nBoard of Governors","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://dara-europe.nl/en/the-importance-and-impact-of-reading-a-source-of-hope-and-self-confidence/","date":"2024-04-23T07:17:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818468.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423064231-20240423094231-00480.warc.gz","language_score":0.9665646553039551,"token_count":446,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__134822420","lang":"en","text":"At DARA Europe, we believe in the power of reading. Judith works as a pedagogical coach in childcare and is a volunteer in the team of DARA Europe. In an interview, she shares the importance of reading and how the library and weekend classes provide a source of hope and self-confidence for children in the Andong community, Cambodia.\nReading is an essential skill that lays the foundation for success in school and in life. Through reading, children develop their analytical and critical thinking skills. “But reading is much more than just developing reading and language skills; it also profoundly influences the social and emotional well-being of children,” says Judith.\nThanks to the support of DARA Europe, our partner organization in Cambodia, SCCO, provides many children with access to books. The library at SCCO is a place where children can come to relax and unwind. This is especially important in a neighborhood like Andong, where it is often crowded and not always safe. From Khmer to English, from real-life stories to fiction, there is a book that aligns with the interests and reading level of every child.\nBooks from the library are also used in pre-primary classes. “By starting to read at an early age, we give preschoolers a head start in their school career. It stimulates their curiosity and love for reading and learning,” says Judith.\nOn Sunday afternoons, young adults in their final year of highschool open the library for the neighborhood children. These young adults, who used to reside in the former childcare center of SCCO, are now in this role supported by us to gain valuable work experience. “They enthusiastically guide the children in reading, drawing, and practicing English words together.” It’s a win-win situation where children learn, while young adults contribute to the community and develop skills that are invaluable for their future,” says Judith.\nWe are proud to have not only established our own library but also contributed to the library at the local primary school, Kork Rokar. Thanks to the support of the Biblionef foundation, we have provided English books.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://daniellekellar.wordpress.com/","date":"2014-10-21T23:57:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507445159.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005725-00357-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9783021211624146,"token_count":1362,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__130183562","lang":"en","text":"Ok. I know that the last post I wrote, I tried to encourage all of you to be in control of your future, and create the life you want to lead. Well, now I want to discuss letting go, and realizing that we are not in control of most of what happens to us in life, and is OK.\nAwhile ago, I was reading the ‘Valis’ trilogy by Philip K. Dick, and he happened to use the word ‘anhedonic’ to describe a character, and then veered off to discuss just WHY it is so important not to let ourselves become this way. It has weighed upon my mind ever since I read the book, and I just wanted to share because I know many of you either know someone like this, or you, yourself may be unconsciously be showing these less than becoming traits.\nSince reading this book, I have also studied Health Psychology, and I see so many connections between high blood pressure, and the way a person thinks, acts and handles their emotions. Anhedonia, hostility, depression, and hypertension seem to all be closely linked. It is important to recognize this and make necessary changes to having a different outlook on everything around you.\nIn Dick’s book, he was talking about how life happens and many times there is absolutely nothing to be done about it. Many people do not like this feeling, and do not cope well with the lack of control around them. This helplessness can create a control freak, unfortunately. Some people want that control of their surroundings to make them feel more comfortable, but they are not gaining control in reality. In the process of trying to control everything happening around them, “Anhedonia sets in stealthily. Over the years it takes control of him. For example, he learns to defer gratification; this is a step in the dismal process of anhedonia. In learning to defer gratification he experiences a sense of self-mastery; he has become stoic, disciplined; he does not give way to impulse. He has control. Control over himself in terms of his impulses and control over the external situation. He is a controlled and controlling person. Pretty soon he has branched out and is controlling other people, as part of the situation. He becomes a manipulator. Of course, he is not consciously aware of this; all he intends to do is lessen his own sense of impotence. But in his task of lessening this sense, he insidiously overpowers the freedom of others. Yet, he derives no pleasure from this, no positive psychological gain; all his gains are essentially negative (Dick)”.\nHow can you tell if someone around you is anhedonic? Well, that is easy, and I am sure you have one of these people around you, if not yourself. People who feel a constant need to control everything around them tend to tell others what to do and think in almost every situation. Unless it is how THEY want it to be, it is usually done the wrong way for their liking. Anhedonics typically get agitated easily. They don’t like too much, actually. They will be the first to tell you if you are sitting wrong, walking wrong, driving wrong, eating wrong, and pretty much anything else you do that is not how they like things done. Sadly, these people do not typically know they act in this way, or why. Most anhedonics have been this way for so long, people grow to expect this treatment and it is just ‘normal’.\nAnhedonics let little things upset them. They get upset because they have lost their feeling of control, and they do not know how to respond. Usually it is with hostility, yelling, or some other high, uncontrolled emotion. Many times, anhedonics come across as just plain bossy, because I find they don’t typically say please, or thank you. Everyone around them is doing something ‘not to their standards’, and they can even lash out at people they don’t know. The main problem with these actions, is that it can cause hypertension. When people have little control over their emotions, they can tend to get upset and in turn, their blood pressure spiking. You can see the picture at the top that tells all the issues that hypertension causes. It is a very serious matter. This ‘habit’ can actually kill someone.\nNot only are these people creating their own health issues, it greatly impacts the lives of those closest to them. People can feel anxious while their anhedonic friend or loved one is barking orders, or yelling at strangers for doing something ‘wrong’. It can actually cause high blood pressure spikes in people around them, too!\nAnhedonic means by dictionary standards “someone who is unable to enjoy pleasure”. When someone finally lets go, and realizes that everything is going to happen as it will, and we cannot control other people’s thoughts or actions, then we can relax, enjoy life and everything happening. When you are trying to constantly control all situations happening around you, you are causing misery for yourself, as well as those around you. If you are always pointing out what is wrong with everything everyone does, you start only looking for things to be wrong. You will never see what is good, and OK and beautiful with the world.\nSo, there are a few things to think about and do. Analyze your thoughts and actions when dealing with people – both who you deal with directly or indirectly. Realize that you cannot control what others do – but you CAN control how you think or handle the situation. Meditation, yoga, and breathing exercises are a great place to start. Some people may actually need to seek counseling or professional help.\nI know that dealing with anhedonia can be exhausting. It causes stress in everyone involved. The best thing to do is to talk things out. Bring it to your loved one (or your own) attention and start working on making a change. The only thing you are in control of is YOURSELF, so don’t try to make everyone live for you. Everyone is different. You may sweep the floor different than me, and that is OK! Let people learn on their own. Let them try things their own way. Learn to accept differences, and stop looking for everything that people are doing wrong, but enjoy them for who they really are. Don’t try to sculpt the world and people around you – it will sculpt itself.\nDick, Phillip K. Valis. Bantam Books. 1981. Chapter Five.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://d6reformation.com/2012/04/16/reflections-on-the-beauty-of-modesty/","date":"2017-02-19T20:55:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501170253.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104610-00229-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9671680927276611,"token_count":2363,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__233762941","lang":"en","text":"Reflections On: The Beauty of Modesty\nWhat is Modesty?\n“Modesty is dressing, acting, or speaking with propriety, respect, and moderation. Three words are important: propriety, which suggests regard for divine or social norms; respect, which means regard for others and one’s own conscience; and moderation, which is control for one’s disposition and habits.\nOn the contrary, what is immodesty? Immodesty can be defined as apparel, action, or speech which is ostentatious, vain, provocative or sensual; which thereby reveals a carnal, worldly or unsanctified heart.”\nThis explanation of what modesty and immodesty is, helped me to better understand that it’s more than clothes it’s how you act, dress, and speak to those around you. The Lord knows that although I was stuck in uniforms for 3 years, they were not stopping me from being immodest in how I acted, what I said, and how I said it.\n“Modesty is a matter of the heart; it has to do with more than just clothes. External modesty or immodesty is a reflection of the inner disposition. A good question to ask yourself is: would someone be able to tell I’m a Christian by how I dress? What does my wardrobe say about my worldview? What is the message of my image? Or, is Christ Lord of my closet? The woman who “professes godliness”- that is, “devotion to God,” which is the heart attitude – is to act and dress in a manner that corresponds to her profession.”\nBefore I was saved, I didn’t fully understand the purpose of dressing modestly. I don’t even think I knew what the word meant. My thoughts were; I should be able to dress like I don’t know Christ and still be called a Christian. Now that I have Christ in my life I know that how I dress is like a first impression. I cannot try to explain to someone else why modesty is important if my jeans are so tight that you can see the dime in my back pocket. That’s hypocritical right? Just recently I have realized that: If you are running around in “skinny jeans” and shirts that leave nothing to the imagination then what makes you any different than girls out there in the world?\n“Thus the alarming thing about immodesty in the church is what it reveals about the spiritual condition of so many Christian women. Judging by apparel alone, you would have to conclude that far too many women who “profess godliness” are, in fact, worldly at heart.”\nOn Saturday nights my mother, my sister, and I pick out what we are going to wear to church. We all show my father what we want to wear. Being that he is a man, he knows what articles of clothing can be a stumbling block for men and what are appropriate. With that in mind we present our outfits to him ready to hear what he may have to say. Don’t feel like you don’t need your husband or father’s approval of what you wear before you leave the house. Many don’t realize that if fathers would put their foot down on what their daughters wear we wouldn’t see half of the mini skirts and short shorts we see now. With that being said that brings us to the importance of modesty and the family.\nModesty and the Family\n“The Home is the child’s most important moral influence.”\nI am currently homeschooled and there are so many reasons why I am glad I am. One of those reasons is that I don’t have the influences of immature peers who don’t have my best interest at heart, and the peer pressure that adds to the weight of making bad decisions. However, now that I am at home, my parents build our education around Christ, and I know for a fact that they have my best interest at heart.\nYou may be wondering what schooling has to do with modesty. If you teach your children or future children on the solid Word of God you are bound to come across Scriptures such as\n“…likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.”(1 Timothy 2:9-10 ESV)\n“Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— 4 but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.” (1 Peter 3:3-4)\nand then modesty becomes a spiritual, moral and practical life lesson.\nChildren are born sinners, they are not inherently good. Therefore they have to be trained to exhibit modesty. Children learn best by emulating what they see and hear their parents do.\nNo matter what you do or what you will do (for future parents) your children will be watching and they will imitate you. They can either imitate good habits and behaviors or bad habits and behaviors.\nI know that for as long as I can remember my mother has almost always dressed modestly. Although my mother and I disagree on certain styles and fashions we both have the same mindset on modesty.\nIf you are a mom and you dress, act and speak modestly then most likely your daughters will do the same. If you have sons then most likely they look to you as a standard of beauty and what they should expect a wife to look like. So as a result, they will seek out a wife who resembles your style of dress and demeanor.\n“In effect, the parents must monitor EVERYTHING (emphasis added) that their children view, read, or hear. This includes: TV, movies, videos, magazines, books, and the Internet. Any of these may potentially be a channel for impurity, like a serpent, to creep into the home.”\nThese very important things to monitor but, being a teenager myself, I feel that there are a few more things we can add to the list in the year of 2012. Such as: iPods, cell phones, and ALL social network accounts. In this day and age kids have access to almost everything so keep your eyes open OR make it easier for yourself and eliminate all potential outlets for your children to sin through the freedom of technology. My message to kids/teens is this; if Jesus asked to see your cell phone or iPod would you hesitate to give it to Him? If He asked for your Facebook or Twitter password would you freely give it to Him?\nWhat does this have to do with modesty? Remember how modesty is more than clothes? If you post an inappropriate comment or picture on Facebook/Twitter, that would be considered immodest. Your actions, clothes and words are to be pleasing in the sight of the Lord; if not then your actions, clothes, and words would be classified as immodest. If you call yourself a Christian you are to be holy. “You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.”(Leviticus 20:26 ESV)\nInfluences are very important; my elementary and middle school years, unfortunately, had a big role in making me who I am. Modesty can be applied to this area of your life also. If Amy is constantly hanging out with Jamie who dresses like she’s heading to the club, acts seductively towards men and says things that are not G-rated, how long will it be before Amy’s dressing, acting, and speaking the same way? Although during middle school I had to wear uniforms I made a way to fit in. If my skirt was too long then I made it short. If flirting with guys was cool I did it to. If using curse words was popular I did it to. Do you understand what I’m saying? Here it is again: “You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.”(Leviticus 20:26 ESV) He separates us meaning we should be D-I-F-F-E-R-E-N-T!!! To all adults and especially teens in public schools, be different. You should not look like the world and then try to label yourself as a Christian. That’s hypocrisy! “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:2) I was a hypocrite and a false convert when I was in school. Don’t make the same mistake because God is GOD he knows all, sees all, and hears all.\n“I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”\n(Jeremiah 17:10 ESV)\n“By blending both love and authority, a godly father provides his child proper self esteem and also respect for others. A daughter who feels truly loved by her father will not need to disrobe for male attention. Moreover, our young men will be taught to honor others. As they are taught to honor virtue and modesty, they will also honor and respect women and not view them as sexual objects to be used, abused and discarded.”\nModesty is not just an issue for women only; it should be important to men and women, boys and girls. If fathers take a stand and fulfill the role they were called by God to do, girls wouldn’t dress in ways to attract men for the wrong reasons. When girls dress immodest they get immodest attention. When they get immodest attention, we get babies out of wedlock, abortions and fatherlessness and other sinful situations. Then the cycle begins all over again. Modesty is an issue of the family. Like most issues it starts at home. Having a healthy and loving relationship with your father is essential for girls and boys of all ages. I am assured of my fathers love. Therefore I feel no need to seek out male attention because it’s lacking at home.\n“Most important, the child’s relationship to the father is the bridge for truth to travel from the father’s heart to the child’s. If he would teach his child virtue, then he must make his instruction palatable by being personal.”\nAll quotes taken from “The Beauty of Modesty,” by David and Diane Vaughan.\nYou have just read part one of a three part series called “Reflections On: The Beauty of Modesty.”\nSeries written by: Mekenna Earley 15 yrs old.\nComing soon: Part 2: Modesty and Women and Part 3: Modesty in the Church.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://theselfpublishinguniversity.com/asp-products/write-your-book-in-90-days/","date":"2019-05-22T22:44:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256980.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20190522223411-20190523005411-00037.warc.gz","language_score":0.9752912521362305,"token_count":817,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__11426440","lang":"en","text":"About this program:\nThis is an intensive program. Not to scare you but if you really want to get that book out, you really have to be committed to this and follow through, no matter what! It's time to stop letting FEAR and PROCRASTINATION get in the way! I am doing this for myself also so I will be a student as well as the facilitator in the program. That means I will be just as vulnerable as you to the feedback and comments of the participants in this program. Not a comfortable place to be but that's what will get us where we need to be - out of our comfort zone and onto success! The thing is I have been there so I know the ropes and I am an award winning book and publisher so nothing surprises me. I have helped coached and published many authors who have referred others to me to get their book done. You can see the sample of the books published below. Many others are offering programs like these out there and I applaud them for approaching writing a book in 30 days or less but ask yourself how realistic is that for you and would you be as committed to delivering something of quality that you would be proud of in the end. They have their own approach and I have mine. The choice is really yours!\nIncluded in this program are:\n- Group coaching calls every two weeks (date TBA)\n- Join a private Facebook group where you will post your weekly progress and share your written work for feedback and review by fellow members\n- Get your book published on Amazon - ebook format only (print version will be at an additional price, at your request)\n- Get a done for you book cover\n- Get a 30 day marketing plan\n- Get a promo package that can be used to promote your book on your website and/or social media\n- Get a workbook/guide which includes your daily notes/journal (immediate download upon purchase)\nDuration: 90 days from commencement\nGenre: Fiction and non fiction\nWho is this meant for? If you answered yes to one or more of the following then this is for you:\n- Do you have a story within you and you don't know how or where to start?\n- Have you started writing and have lost the zeal to continue?\n- Do you suffer from procrastination? i.e you have a story and haven't started writing that book yet?\n- Have you always wanted to write a book and just never thought you could do it?\n- Have you ever thought of yourself as an author but others have told you \"you should write a book! It would make a great story\"?\n- Do you have a fear that no-one will have an interest to read what you have to share or say?\nThis is a recurring program which means every 90 days, you can be churning out those books! Now, I could have put this as a subscription model where I automatically set up monthly deductions but that would be too easy. Like I said in my 'Smarter than Your Sources' program, here's the deal - YOU must make this a commitment like your food bill. Yes and don't open your eyes at me! YOU must make the effort and time for YOU and the possibilities that can open up for you when you elevate yourself as an expert, authority in your industry and author!\nRemember all you need to do is show up and be prepared to keep up with your writing.\nAll of this for literally 1 dollar a day, 30 dollars a month, 97 dollars for 90 days. Yes, I did the Math! This is really a steal of a deal for I normally charge way more than this per client. As you may be able to tell by now, I am not one for fluff and long sales pages, for I don't believe in them, so I now leave it to you to take a deep breath, smile, take a leap of faith in YOURSELF and take action by joining us on the inside!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://icei2018.uni-jena.de/session/s3-5-plant-traits-and-biochemical-cycles-2/","date":"2019-10-23T17:57:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570987835748.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20191023173708-20191023201208-00548.warc.gz","language_score":0.6968073844909668,"token_count":606,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__29373193","lang":"en","text":"S3.5 Plant Traits and Biochemical Cycles\nS3.5 _ Plant traits and biogeochemical cycles. (Session Chairs: Jens Kattge, Susanne Tautenhahn, Michael Bahn, Han Wang and Oskar Franklin)\nPlant traits extend the range of earth observations to the level of individual organisms, providing a link to ecosystem function and modeling in the context of rapid global changes. However, overcoming the differences in temporal and spatial scales between plant trait data and biogeochemical cycles remains a challenge.\nThis session will address the role of plant species, biodiversity and adaptation / acclimation / optimality and their connection to the biogeochemical cycles of water, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus.\nWe welcome conceptual, observational, experimental and modeling approaches, and studies from the local to the global scale, including e.g. remote sensing observations and novel concepts and tools for the acquisition, management, analysis and synthesis of trait data.\nKeywords: plant traits, biogeochemical cycles, functional biogeography, ecosystem modelling, plant adaptation / acclimation / optimality\nA general framework for global mapping of plant traits with operational satellites and climatological data\nAlvaro Moreno-Martinez, Gustau Camps-Valls, Nuno Carvalhais, Jens Kattge, Markus Reichstein, Emma Izquierdo, Daniel Heestermans Svendse, and Steven W. Running\nPotentials and challenges of remote sensing functional trait diversity by integrating high-resolution spaceborne multispectral and radar measurements\nXuanlong Ma, Miguel Mahecha, Mirco Migliavacca, Talie Musavi, Fons van der Plas, Ronny Richter, Sophia Ratcliffe, Raquel Benavides, Daniel Pabon, Timo Domisch, Leena Finér, Jens Kattge, Markus Reichstein and Christian Wirth\nHow are spectrally relevant plant traits distributed across plant functional gradients?\nTeja Kattenborn and Sebastian Schmidtlein\nRemote sensing for the observation of senescence in Conference pear trees\nLaura Paladini, Stephaniie Delalieux, Laurent Tits and Ben Somers\nTowards the Automatic Extraction of Plant Traits from Textual Descriptions\nOnatkut Dagtekin, William Ulate and Riza Batista-Navarro\nPhenological diversity is linked to the diversity of functional traits in alpine grasslands\nGianluca Filippa, Edoardo Cremonese, Marta Galvagno, Mirco Migliavacca, Christine Römermann, Solveig Franziska Bucher and Talie Musavi\nSpatiotemporal trends of vegetation carbon residence time across forest biomes: linking plant traits, soil properties, and climate change\nKailiang Yu, William Anderegg and Tom Crowther","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thesobergentleman.com/resources/","date":"2019-02-17T01:16:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247481428.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20190217010854-20190217032854-00411.warc.gz","language_score":0.9443162679672241,"token_count":330,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__88162431","lang":"en","text":"Loneliness, and lack of support, is one of the main reasons people drink. Accomplishing greatness never happens alone, despite what some may have you believe.\nThere are many great resources to help you stop drinking and live a fuller life, some of which I’ve listed here.\nThis Naked Mind by Annie Grace is a terrific book about recognizing why we want to drink and undoing the brainwashing associated with drinking. If you only read one book to quit drinking, this should be it.\nAllen Carr’s Quit Drinking Without Willpower: Be a happy nondrinker is another amazing read that focuses on reversing our destructive thinking about alcohol, and doing it in a way that doesn’t make you feel like you’re missing out. I used one of Carr’s other books to quit smoking cigarettes years ago, which I found incredibly effective.\nSelf-perception and mindfulness is so important for everyone, especially when you’re sober and don’t have booze as a tool to forget your problems. I highly recommend meditation. Headspace is an awesome app for guided meditations, and I recommend reading Headspace creator Andy Puddicombe’s book on meditation to put everything in context.\nReddit’s r/stopdrinking is an amazing community of “sobernauts” that are there to support your journey to stop drinking. I highly recommend subscribing, contributing and asking questions. Everyone there is always willing to help and it is a font of positivity. It’s a “support group in your pocket”.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.rebelrick.com/","date":"2023-06-04T11:02:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649741.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604093242-20230604123242-00463.warc.gz","language_score":0.8749275207519531,"token_count":286,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__41788926","lang":"en","text":"Before 3. there are obstacles, struggling to wash it away, the use of hot passion, turn the heart of the expectation, blood surging, suffering sweat is what.\nIt doesn't matter if you do n' t play well in the first half of your life.\n青草久久人人97超碰125. In life, it is harder to think, to see, to give up. Many things, not want to let go, want to abandon can give up. There are always some things in life, clearly know is wrong, but always insist, clearly clear is not good, but always guard.2023-06-04 19:02:29\nFrom time to time give yourself a reason to be silent to calm down life.95511.rebelrick.com\n70. Don't cause trouble because of the foolishness of sentient beings. Don't hurt yourself because of the ignorance of sentient beings.\n20230604190229青草久久人人97超碰58. Give time to the right people and things.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://homeofthemuses.wordpress.com/tag/east-village/","date":"2020-05-28T00:16:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347396300.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20200527235451-20200528025451-00443.warc.gz","language_score":0.9749434590339661,"token_count":427,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-24","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__15100369","lang":"en","text":"Yesterday, the main branch of the library celebrated the 50th anniversary of its present location on the corner of 7th Avenue and Macleod Trail. There were a number of free events which took place at the library throughout the day.\nLibraries have always held a special place in my heart as a repository of knowledge, wisdom and critical thought; while also providing the tools, access and resources needed to achieve the same. It has always been this way ever since my mother or grandmother probably introduced me to libraries as a young child. This was followed in grade two or three when I first helped out as a library assistant in my elementary school after classes were done for the day.\nOur relationship has only grown since that time as we pursue knowledge and the love of the written word together.\nThere is nothing quite like browsing stacks of musty, well-loved books or touching the hand-written manuscript and being able to connect with the physicality and history that comes from that uninterrupted one-on-one dialogue. It is a special moment when one can pick up a book to read; then opening the page to see a book plate of a well-respected expert in the field that has passed on and/or seeing a personal inscription from the author on the frontispiece. It makes that personal connection that much more real than anything the internet will ever be able to provide.\nLike many things in the internet age, libraries and archives have had to change and the tools that I remember as a child no longer have currency or have become obsolete and archaic.\nSoon the main branch of the library will close and move to a new location in East Village behind City Hall. Along with that move there will be changes as the library changes with the times and the reality of how information is collected, disseminated and used. It may also potentially change the look of this street corner as the building has an uncertain future once the library moves out.\nI will be looking forward seeing the plans in the months and years to come.\nHappy 50th Anniversary to a long-time friend, the Calgary Public Library – main branch.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://runningwithillusions.wordpress.com/","date":"2018-09-21T13:45:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267157203.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20180921131727-20180921152127-00436.warc.gz","language_score":0.9771067500114441,"token_count":2936,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__76760515","lang":"en","text":"I started with this one day after the day I spent two hours watching slam poetry, two days before my Sociology exam and thirteen days before three hundred and sixty six days with you (so basically my three hundred and fifty third day with you, yay maths). The title is more of a warning, proceed with caution, it gets cheesier with every word (apologies).\nI started by tackling this question: how do you describe a person you can’t really describe? I pride myself on accurate descriptions but you, sir, are the one person who really stumps me. Then I thought about what I could say to you, but then again, what do you say to a person you’ve already said everything to? By that time, I already had my mind set on writing this so there was no turning back because you once told me not to quit when I do start writing something. So then I came up with this: 27 things I could’ve said a bit more poetically. Kind of.\nOne. Since yesterday was slam poetry day, here goes: I’m not a love poet and I don’t like to read a lot of love poetry or listen to a lot of spoken word about love but my god, every time I heard Rudy Francisco describe his love for the person he met at Starbucks this one time, my mind nodded in agreement (quite vigorously, might I add) and put those words in one box labeling it “THINGS I CAN NOT SAY AS WELL AS REAL POETS CAN BUT THINGS I TOTALLY MEAN”. Point is, you make me love a lot of things to a certain magnitude I never thought I would but then again, I never imagined I would love you as much as I do, simply because I didn’t think I was capable of it.\nTwo. I have weird associations in my brain that connect the smallest day to day things with you. I could walk down the street and a small word in a weird font that is hardly legible would sneak into my brain, hop from association to association till it finally reaches you. I guess what I’m trying to say is that you’re always on my mind.\nThree. I love you. Simple as that.\nFour. Everything sounds better in my head. I find it difficult to form clear and concise sentences, my words lose their meaning halfway through my phrases, I repeat a lot of things but I’m afraid the words will detach themselves from what I’m trying to say. Basically, I say weird things sometimes and they really do sound better inside my head but my words find meaning when I am around you and when they are about you. My words would like to thank you for that.\nFive. I read. A lot. As much as I can of everything I can get my hands on. Reading has been my favourite thing to do since I was five years old but hear this, my favourite thing to read isn’t even a book. Black ink on white paper in the simplest font defined true beauty for me until I noticed every single line and curve that defines your body.\nSix. You brush your fingers against my arm and the trail that your fingertips leave makes my skin erupt into tiny goosebumps. Neurons send messages up my spine to my brain that both make me very excited and ask me to calm the fuck down. I can’t calm the fuck down with you around.\nSeven. I love winter mornings when I reach school with freezing hands and I can press my nose against your cheek to make you jump. I love how warm you always are, my hands would like to thank yours for being the reason my writing was legible when I wrote in my notebook during the first class of the day, human heater.\nEight. How do I explain to you how I feel when I can not get an answer out of you. To be very honest, usually, I would stop. If it were anybody else I would stop. But with you, I gain the ability to do a lot of stuff but I also lose the ability to do a lot of stuff. I promise you one thing that I’ve always promised you. I am not trying to fix you. I’m never going to try and fix you. Your sea of chaos is beautiful and I love it the way it is. How do I explain to you how I feel when I sit in a room full of people with dazed eyes simply because I could not figure out why you didn’t want to talk to me.\nNine. I’m considering showing you this less and less with every single word I write. It gets cheesier, yes, but I need you to understand something I think you do already understand. There is a raw feeling behind this and this is basically me, standing bare in front of you with all my thoughts on a plate, right out and I’ve given you a loaded gun and asked you to go ahead and shoot.\nTen. I know you won’t shoot. You know how I know? Because the first time I begged for a cigarette, you refused. I can only imagine how hard it is to say no to an extremely annoying and drunk sixteen year old hanging off of your arm. Thank you.\nEleven. I know I am not supposed to but thank you. When I had an anxiety attack at my doctor’s a few weeks ago, it felt somewhat like someone was choking me. I couldn’t breathe properly, I could feel the oxygen go in but my lungs refused to take them, my nails were bitten to my cuticles, raw and red from the blood and you, you were my first breath of fresh air. Your laughter worked better than any medicine ever had and soon, I was breathing easy again.\nTwelve. I know I will get the wind knocked out of me again, I know I will someday drown underneath a burden of salt water and piles of papers, I know someday my lungs will once again refuse to take in the oxygen and I know someday, someday my head will spin so fast and my body will collide with the ground and shatter, blood and bone and I will want to scream so loud but I won’t be able to find my voice. I also know that that will be the day I will look into my phone for your number again. But for now, I’m breathing easy, I have you by my side.\nThree. I love you. I don’t think any other collection of twenty six alphabets can describe more beautifully what I really truly feel for you.\nThirteen. When you held my hand for the first time and laced your fingers through mine, I could feel a different kind of warmth spread through my body. It was the kind of warmth that you feel on cold winter mornings, sitting in front of a fire. As soon as you move away from the fire, the warmth retreats, as soon as you take your hand away from mine, the warmth retreats.\nFourteen. Let me tell you about something we refer to as ‘butterflies’. I used to think butterflies were just something Meg Cabot made up and girls never do feel that in real life. But when you kissed me, I swear to god, I could feel five million butterflies fluttering around in my stomach and they really haven’t left since. I think they like it there, I do hope they continue to like it there.\nFifteen. I wonder if there is a word for a male muse. That is what you are. You see, why should artists only have a woman who inspires them? If I were to really describe what you mean to me, I would start with the profound effect you have had on the way I see the world. With you around I see things in different shades entirely. You, my dear, are the reason I could ever give voice to my thoughts.\nSixteen. I know now what it is like to near a deadline. Four hours away from my three hundred and sixty sixth day with you an all I can think is that I need to get this done. I have never before more desperately run my fingers across the keyboard, never before understood the urgency of a ticking clock but I think, I think the only thing that will make me rediscover this urgency in a manner even more desperate will be my realisation of the last few days that I will spend with you right before you say goodbye.\nSeventeen. It is going to be hard to let go of you. I have accepted that and I think you have too, but does acceptance lessen a blow? You can prepare and prepare and prepare yourself for something your whole life but the final blow would hurt just as much even then. I don’t think I will ever be ready maybe that is why Christmas, 2024 is a plan. Maybe that is why I will look forward to Christmas 2024 with every breath I take after you say goodbye. You will be my Christmas miracle.\nEighteen. How did we get here? I remember last year. No, I remember the year before that. I remember hating myself for hating you but I also remember hating myself for loving you so damn much that I, with all of my ‘boys don’t matter’ attitude, was reduced into spluttering girly mess of ‘Will he ever text me back?’. Thank you for always texting me back.\nNineteen. Thank you for making me trust again. You see, after my first failed relationship, all I could think was “I am never trusting or loving a boy too much again, not for a very long time. It is of no use.” But there you were, in all your glory, dark hair and piercing eyes and the cutest goddamned smile I had ever come across and soon enough I could feel myself loving harder and faster than I had ever before.\nThree. Which reminds me, I love you.\nTwenty. You just asked me where I reached at Fairy Tail and I lied to you and said I am out buying Subway. I am sorry, but please laugh when you read this after 3 hours and 41 minutes, alright? (Side note: thanks for making me fall in love with Fairy Tail, I adore it. I have become an even bigger nerd because I can now add “anime” to the list of things I love) (Side note for the side note: you top that list).\nTwenty One. If there is one thing that I want to apologise for, it is for getting too cheesy, if I did (I definitely did). I just feel that there is no other medium where I can describe my thoughts as well as I can here, in this manner, no other way in which I can let you know your importance for me. I know I don’t do it too well here either but I tried (get me the badge). Please don’t run away. I’m trying not to be too creepy. I don’t think you scare easy though, you’ve seen all bad parts of me.\nTwenty Two. I’ll let you in on a secret. When I was ten years old, I started taking my writing seriously (or about as seriously as a ten year old can take her writing) and a few years after that I promised myself I would never ever write about love. I told myself that people who wrote about love were absolute “wusses” and you know, basically lifeless idiots with nothing to do but make one person the centre of their universes. I promised myself that there was no room for love poetry. I think that is the only promise I have made to myself and felt happy about breaking because-\nTwenty Three. I am so glad to have made you the centre of my being. You see, people who write about love aren’t idiots, well maybe they are, but they’re idiots capable of seeing the world in a new light. If I could really write about love, I would write about how when I kiss you I can taste my dreams and how when you hold me, I know what true comfort really means. I would write about the galaxies I would paint for you in different shades of blue and red and yellow (but I can’t paint) and I would write about every edge so sharply defined by your skin and bone.\nThree. So, there, I’m saying it again. I love you.\nTwenty Four. I don’t repeat three because I run out of things to say, or as a filler for the gaps between my words, I say three because I can say it over and over again and I feel the need to make sure you hear it enough from me in this one piece of writing than anybody can say to you in a lifetime.\nTwenty Five. I am selfish. I am selfish enough to always want you all to myself, I am selfish enough to want to be at the back of your mind all the time, I am selfish enough to want be spoken as the girl who mattered, I am selfish enough to want to be the person you think of ten years down the line once again simply because you came across something maybe I had once mentioned to you, I am selfish enough to want your love, I am selfish.\nTwenty Six. I have galaxies inside my head that have space only for you, a thousand shooting stars that I would wish on and wish only for you, there are a thousand words that I could say to you and I could rearrange these twenty six alphabets over and over and over again but I would still run out of ways to express what you truly mean to me.\nTwenty Seven. These are the twenty seven things I wish I could have said more poetically but speaking from the mind of a sixteen year old with hardly any writing experience, I don’t think words could have flowed more smoothly from the roughness of my tongue and the coarse surface of my brain that lacks the creativity I wish I possessed and I really really did try. I do hope you like it.\nThree. So, once again, I love you.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://xtylernicole.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-10-22T09:31:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507446525.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005726-00121-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9073089957237244,"token_count":174,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__45049411","lang":"en","text":"You’ve got too much soul to be handled by someone who has never been passionate.\nMy father’s recipe for the man I should marry (part 1/2 of a series). /// r.i.d. (via h-o-r-n-g-r-y)\nThis is one more piece of advice I have for you: don’t get impatient. Even if things are so tangled up you can’t do anything, don’t get desperate or blow a fuse and start yanking on one particular thread before it’s ready to come undone. You have to figure it’s going to be a long process and that you’ll work on things slowly, one at a time.\nHaruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood (via herkindoftea)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://coffeepencils.wordpress.com/","date":"2019-01-18T19:04:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583660258.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20190118172438-20190118194438-00295.warc.gz","language_score":0.9649951457977295,"token_count":455,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__180464906","lang":"en","text":"Well, I didn’t get nano done for 2018. It’s okay and I’m not upset about it. I did really well in school last semester and that is really what mattered to me.\nI look forward to this next year and all that it will bring me. Finished off the year editing Mohican. It should be done soon.\nTaking a short story class this upcoming semester. I am really excited about that.\nKeep watching for updates and posts.\nLooking for a better way to publish things I have written other than fictionpress.\nWatching the dogs for my parent’s this weekend. Sitting here getting this word count in and Billy Joel shuffling on Alexa. It’s nice to write somewhere else other than home right now. Just wish I could do it all night…\nI’m so excited for Nano this year!! I have my scrivener almost completely set up for it. Just need to get a good amount of note cards now..\n“You know what the weirdest part of all of this is?”\n“Trying to come home? The look on everyone’s face?”\n“No, those are the hard parts. The easiest thing to do – oddly – was seeing my own grave. It’s especially different when your supposed death date is on it.”\nSo many words. Between English papers and Nano coming up there are a lot of words to be bled.\nIf you would like to read some of my writings I have a fiction press page – fictionpress.com/u/1100622\nI will attempt to put it as a link on this page as well. I also have a facebook page with updates, articles, and poems. facebook.com/coffeepencils\nPlease, check them out!\nI finally invested in some brand new notebooks. With school in session, they were on sale – yay! I have dedicated each one to a specific story of mine. They will be filled with the whole story plus idea, edits, sketches, and whatever else I feel I need. I think this is a good step towards writing again.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://hollis.biblionix.com/catalog/","date":"2016-08-31T04:15:03Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-36/segments/1471983577646.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160823201937-00015-ip-10-153-172-175.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8316489458084106,"token_count":493,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-36","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-36__0__143533835","lang":"en","text":"Welcome to the Hollis Center Public Library Catalog!\n~~Summer Reading Program thru August 27 - all ages welcome!\n-- Summer Reading Party will be Saturday, September 17, 10:30 am. Free tickets will be available in September to those who signed up for the summer reading program and their immediate families.\n~~Bake, Book & Rummage Sale Saturday, September 24.\n~~ Volunteer Opportunity!! Help behind the circulation desk; process books, straighten book shelves; become a Board member (we only meet a few times a year :).If any of this sounds like fun to you, please speak to Maureen.\n~ Downloadable ebooks and audio books FREE 24/7 using your library card number at the library website.\n~~Information on MORE FREE download books:\nSorry, access to electronic resources is suspended until issues are resolved. Please see My Account for details.\nMaine InfoNet Download Library (OverDrive) Login Needed\nDownloadable e-books and audiobooks!\nProject Gutenberg Login Needed\nWant 30,000 free ebooks? Download to your own device using PDFs, HTML, epub, Mobipocket and more. Enjoy!\n|videorecordingTo the manor born. — Silver anniversary special|\n|VideodiscBeverly Lewis' The confession|\n|Aunt Dimity and the buried treasure|\n|Block city: how to build incredible worlds in Minecraft|\n|The jungle book|\n|Comics Squad: lunch!|\n|Scooby-Doo! shiny spooky knights|\n|The big bad blizzard|\n|Feet, go to sleep|\n|Zita the spacegirl — Book one, — Far from home /|\n|Counted with the stars|\n|Robert B. Parker's slow burn|\n|the house on Bellevue Gardens|\n|Howling on the playground|\n|We are in a book!|\n|Pete the cat and the bedtime blues|\n|Starlight on Willow Lake|\n|Pete the cat and his four groovy buttons|\n|Chi's sweet home — #10|\n|Chi's sweet home — #07|\n|Chi's sweet home — #06|\n|VideodiscMr. Peabody & Sherman|\n|Kitten and friends|","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://reliantvalue.com/how-recurring-revenue-affects-business-value/","date":"2024-04-16T15:23:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817095.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416124708-20240416154708-00400.warc.gz","language_score":0.9400943517684937,"token_count":952,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__39638421","lang":"en","text":"16 Jan Navigating Recurring Revenue as a Driver of Business Value\nWritten By: Todd Kutcher, CVA and Ben Varone, CVA\n(6 – 7 minute read)\nIn the dynamic landscape of modern business, companies have been increasing efforts to establish reliable and consistent revenue streams. Recurring revenue models have gained prominence, offering a steady income flow that can foster long-term sustainability and growth. Properly assessing a company’s recurring revenue is a crucial component of the analytical process, as contract terms, strength, and reliability can heavily influence valuations of these entities.\nRecurring Revenue Models\nThere are several types of recurring revenue models that companies can employ to generate consistent cash flow. Subscription-based models involve customers paying a regular fee for access to a product or service over a set period. This could include subscription boxes, software-as-a-service (SaaS), streaming services, or membership platforms. Maintenance or support contracts are another form, where customers pay for ongoing maintenance, updates, or customer support related to a product or service. Licensing models involve granting customers the right to use a product or technology in exchange for recurring payments. Additionally, usage-based models charge customers based on their consumption of a particular resource, such as pay-as-you-go cloud services or utility-like pricing structures. Implementing these recurring revenue strategies allows businesses to build a more resilient financial foundation and establish long-term relationships with their customers.\nAnalysis of Recurring Revenues\nCompanies with recurring revenue streams typically experience greater financial benefits compared to competitors that do not offer such contracts. One of the primary advantages of recurring revenue is the establishment of a predictable cash flow. With a reliable income stream, businesses can better plan for operational expenses, investments, and strategic initiatives. This stability enhances financial resilience, particularly during economic downturns, and allows for an appraiser to project future revenue and income streams with greater confidence. Additionally, the reliability of these business models tends to increase valuation multiples relative to competitors that lack recurring revenue sources.\nRecurring revenue models often involve ongoing relationships with customers. This fosters a sense of loyalty as customers become accustomed to the product or service, making them less likely to switch to competitors. Long-term customer relationships can lead to increased customer lifetime value, a crucial metric for sustained profitability. Continuous engagement with customers allows businesses to gather valuable feedback and adapt their products or services to evolving market demands. This flexibility can be a competitive advantage, enabling companies to stay ahead of the curve and maintain relevance in their respective industries.\nDespite the benefits of recurring revenue streams, companies with recurring revenue streams may be prone to additional risks. Churn, or the rate at which customers cancel subscriptions or cease purchasing, poses a significant risk to businesses relying on recurring revenue. High churn rates can erode the benefits of steady cash flow and customer loyalty. Also, the structure of subscription or membership contracts is vital in managing expectations and reducing legal risks. Ambiguous terms or unfavorable contract conditions can lead to disputes and customer dissatisfaction. Clear communication and transparent agreements are essential to building trust and minimizing legal complications, along with long-term customer retention and contract renewals.\nWhen analyzing a business that generates revenues from recurring sources, it is crucial to properly assess the components of recurring revenue. Recurring revenue models typically contribute to a stronger valuation by offering a clearer picture of future earnings. However, it is pertinent to assess the quality of all contracts with key customers to ensure that customer attrition is unlikely. Additionally, a strong recurring revenue model is closely tied to a loyal and diverse customer base. Businesses with a high percentage of repeat customers or subscribers are typically viewed as more valuable, as they possess a reliable foundation for future growth. When assessing customer contracts for a pending sale, it is essential that any existing contracts with customers transfer to a potential buyer. If certain contracts will not transfer due to a change of ownership, then the impact of the loss of these customers/contracts must be analyzed. The loss of significant customers could results in weaker earnings streams, yielding a weaker valuation on a going-concern basis.\nEmbracing recurring revenue can be a strategic move for businesses seeking stability and long-term success. However, careful consideration of the associated benefits and risks is essential. Businesses must focus on optimizing customer relationships, fine-tuning contract terms, and staying agile in the face of market changes to fully capitalize on the advantages of recurring revenue while mitigating potential pitfalls. By doing so, companies can not only enhance their financial performance but also position themselves favorably in the eyes of investors and potential acquirers, ultimately contributing to long-term business success while simultaneously increasing their valuations.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://freyaenanne.waarbenjij.nu/reisverslag/4765178/wanderlust-and-the-story-back-home","date":"2018-06-21T05:59:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20180621055646-20180621075646-00468.warc.gz","language_score":0.874376118183136,"token_count":961,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__236812622","lang":"en","text":"Je bekijkt de reis...\nReisverslag Wanderlust, and the story back home\n25 september 2014\nWanderlust, and the story back home\nAfter coming back from Malawi, I realized once more that our homes are such beautiful places, but that I would never only feel at home there. When going on an exchange, going backpacking, doing volunteer work or wherever you go doing your thing, you will feel like you’re creating new homes. Another country to have a second (or third, fourth, fifth) family in and a new place to call ‘home’. When you have lost your heart so many times in so many places, parts of you stay behind and remember you of all your travels and people you have met. You can go over the memories in your head, watching the pictures and daydreaming about walking the sandy roads to your second home, but you will never be able to relive them until you go there again and pick up the pieces you have (perhaps literary) have left behind.\nHaving a heart so diverse and fragmentized can make you feel sad, even sick. But call it homesick and you’ll know what to do. It makes you even stronger than you were before because on every journey, you’ll see a lot, you become independent and self-confident and above all, you’ll learn about traditions, sayings and whole societies through experiencing a culture from within. All you need is a healthy heart and an open mind! How hard can it be?! If only we cherish the changes that the journey brought us, we can keep making this world a better one (while saving money for the next flight of course).\nBy writing this one last blog, I wanted to let you know how difficult it is to fit back in, after being totally out of rhythm and suddenly seeing and realizing things I had never noticed before. For the first time, I felt like an outsider. Cultural norms, habits or just the way it all looks, seem odd, out of place or just weird. I asked myself: why do we do these things the way we do? The way we eat, what we eat, what we waste, the huge variety of products in supermarkets, precisely stacked and organized all for a reason, the way traffic flows, the way we greet, the way we meet; it is all so different.\nBut then, almost without noticing it, I was back in routine too: I started falling into old habits, thinking less about `how it was there´ and I started seeing things as normal again. There are always moments when I’m suddenly remembered of my time abroad: hearing that one song we listened to all the time, reading a word that remembers me of the local language, or best of all: seeing and speaking to the people I met there. Then all at once, wonderful memories comes back and it’s possible to recall the time we spent there together.\nAnd now, I’ve finally found a way to name my ‘can’t-wait-to-go-travelling-again feelings’ as well: it’s not just ‘I like travelling’ anymore, I think I can now truly say, that the ‘virus’ of wanderlust, has reached me, too.\nI hope that one day, you can tell me about the dreams you realized too. Don’t wait too long, or the chance will be lost.\nDon’t think it’s never possible because then you’re not even trying.\nDon’t give up your ambitions, dreams and hopes, they’re the best things we have.\nMay this be your inspiration. From now on, it’s up to you.\nFoto's bij verslag (3)\n25 september 2014 22:33 | Door: inge\ntjonge wat een betoog! goed geschreven en overdacht..!\nwe hopen dat je nog vele reizen kan maken en mooie mensen kan onrmoeten.\n10 oktober 2014 03:17 | Door: JokeeneriK\nHet is fantastisch om andere culturen te ontmoeten en ervaringen mee te nemen. Maak mooie reizen en geniet van alle nieuwe indrukken! Doen wij ook!\nGroetjes uit Australië!\nLiefs eriK en Joke","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://sevenyearsgone.livejournal.com/?skip=10","date":"2017-02-24T14:50:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501171620.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104611-00600-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9839025139808655,"token_count":269,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__84231053","lang":"en","text":"[Link, ever the solitary explorer, has found the weapon shop and his stuff himself! Sitting outside on the ground, he straps a rather large blue-hilted sword and shiny red and silver shield on his back, looking relieved to be doing so. Afterwards, he stuffs a strange assortment of other gadgets into the pack on his back behind his shield.\nNow -- time to figure out more of what's going on, here. He pulls out his journal and flips through it for a while, reading silently to himself in the grass, and eventually starts writing.]\nAh... Hello, everybody. I guess I should introduce myself properly, now? My name is Link. To the people writing to me in this journal earlier who helped me, I should thank you again.\nI'm from Hyrule, and I hear that Princess Ruto of the Zora's here too, and possibly someone else I know named Sheik. They can read this too, right? Does anyone know where I can find them?\n[Added, some time later]\nTo the person who wrote that short guide (Mark?) and the rest of you I suppose, it can't be that there's no way out here here, can it? That's impossible. There's no way I can stay here, I have to get home.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.typotherapy.com/wp-typo/clients/greenpeace/greenpeace-living-guide/?parent=23&mode=","date":"2024-04-25T04:24:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297284704.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425032156-20240425062156-00298.warc.gz","language_score":0.9385616183280945,"token_count":232,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__142805673","lang":"en","text":"Greenpeace Living Guide\nAfter working with Greenpeace for a number of years, typotherapy was asked to design a comprehensive hand book about sustainable living that is easy to read, navigate, and quick to retrieve a range of valuable information.\nOnce the visual identity was created, a custom font (Circulo) was designed specifically for the guide. typotherapy designed the 200-page guide to be organized like an encyclopedia with a user-friendly colour system, a dynamic editorial structure and a refined grid system. With entries for a range of categories from food to flooring, and toiletries to transportation, the layout was designed so that even the busiest person can skim through the guide and retrieve an abundance of information.\nThe result … the first edition was a Canadian bestseller, with over 8,000 copies sold to the public and distributed to Greenpeace members across Canada. It has been endorsed by many prominent Canadians including Stephen Lewis, Sarah Polley, Ed Broadbent and Maude Barlow, who called the guide “a must read for every Canadian”.\nScope of Services /","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://dpaulangel.wordpress.com/","date":"2015-04-18T11:34:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1429246634331.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20150417045714-00264-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9778262376785278,"token_count":6714,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-18__0__18453104","lang":"en","text":"D. Paul Angel\nI try and blow my nose to get it out, but the spider’s legs keep pushing the tissue away.\nD. Paul Angel\nI try and blow my nose to get it out, but the spider’s legs keep pushing the tissue away.\nD. Paul Angel\nIt was a capriciously Spring day. Rain came and went in bursting sheets, necessitating my jacket, even though it was uncomfortably warm to wear. Inside the bank I simply held it, its fabric being too slick to stay tied around my waist. I awkwardly shifted it hand to hand, a nervous, near constant leapfrogging with my deposit slip and envelope.\nThe line moved glacially. I studied the intricate paisleys brightly interwoven throughout the carpet, and wondered how much the view would change when I was closer to the brass pole holding the stained, velvet rope.\nI looked up at the CLACK CLACK CLACK of a metal cane hitting the open door’s aluminum frame. The cane’s white and red paint was scratched and chipped, especially towards its lower third. Its owner was a woman who appeared younger at first glance, older at second glance, and unplaceable with further scrutiny.\nShe easily found the end of the line and, despite her opaquely black sunglasses, appeared to smile and nod at my attentions. I smiled back awkwardly before taking advantage of the line’s movement to look away.\nAs I was studying the herringbone on the tweed jacket of my predecessor in line, I heard harsh, barking shouts and rough feet clumping into the bank at a trot. Three masked men stood before us, menacing us with black, angular rifles and pistols tucked behind their belts.\nEveryone began going to the ground but I found myself frozen. I knew, deeply, that if I hadn’t chosen the restroom before the bank I would have wet myself right there. I was certain they would kill me for standing, but I could not summon enough will to move.\nThen I realized none of them were looking at me.\nNor was I alone in standing.\nThe lady with the cane had left the line and headed towards them. Rifles to shoulders; they coldly fixed her in their sights.\nHer head slowly shook. It shook neither in fear nor intimidation; ignorance nor resignation. Her head shook with sadness. Terrible, absolute, sadness. The kind of deep sorrow that attends the finality of a too long struggle, when tears have wept themselves to extinction.\n“Please,” she said with quiet sternness, “it is not yet too late.”\nThe leader derisively cycled his rifle in intimidation, his grin obvious even through his mask. The unspent round bounced twice on the carpet’s short pile before ricocheting with a TING off of one of the brass line posts.\nIn the silence that followed you could barely hear her utter a sharp TSK before slamming her cane straight down with so much force the air itself warped, twisting upon itself; wrapping itself, and then finally unbinding itself in three, quick, blinks of an eye.\nThe men dropped.\nOne, the furthest, simply lay quiet.\nThe other two held hands to their heads, their faces contorting in the rigors of silent, agonizing screams.\nThe last two, mercifully, finally stilled their thrashing and a funereal quietus soaked into the lobby. I alone still stood, and no one else appeared to be ready to cease from their exhorted torpor.\n“What did you to them?” I asked her, surprising myself by talking.\n“I did nothing to them,” she replied simply, as her head swiveled to face me. She walked towards me and continued, “They did it to themselves.”\n“Feel, of course.”\n“What you did to the air with your cane?” I asked confused. And afraid.\n“Interesting.” She cocked her in head thought before continuing, “You saw the Clarity.”\n“Pure, unfiltered clarity. Their life as Balance. Every hurt, every fear, every horror they have ever visited on anyone, and everyone, in their life, they felt.\n“Fully and instantly; knowing beyond doubt they were the cause.”\n“So they were overcome by their guilt?” I asked, and then noticing that the furthest robber was the only one beginning to move, added, “What about him?”\n“It is Balance. The agonies they caused are balanced by those they have endured. For him, hope yet remains.”\n“What are you? A witch? Sorceress? Angel?”\n“I am what I need to be,” she answered with what I suddenly knew was unimpeachable veracity.\nI began to open my mouth as a logiarrheaic flow of questions forming, before her stern visage closed it. Instead I found myself nodding and smiling to her in farewell.\nShe walked out the door, her figure lost in the glare of the low, late afternoon Sun. The third gunman rose in her shadowy wake, divested himself of weapons, and blearily followed her.\nThough the customers and tellers remained bound to the floor, the other two masked men began to rise. Freed of my invisible shackles I went and helped each of them up. Distrustful eyes glared at me before softening and looking at their weapons with confusion.\nI helped them pile their weapons in a heap; watching with a smile as the leader retrieved the shell he had ejected earlier. With a shaking hand he placed it atop the pile.\nWe left the bank together, it not yet being too late.\nD. Paul Angel\nBarras slowly opened the control room door. He’d seen the light in the lab, but no one was supposed to be here this late. He cringed when he saw Pelcher at the controls. Yes, he was a superior, but he was also an ass and Barras had had a long enough day as it was. “What the Hell are you doing Pelcher!?” he heard himself shout, far angrier than he had realized.\n“Oh it’s you,” Pelcher said with a sneer. “I’m doing whatever the Hell I want.”\n“Lab’s closed, Pelcher,” Barras continued walking to the control panel. When he realized Pelcher had the force field prototype fully engaged he added, “You can’t be running this! We don’t have another test scheduled for days.”\nPelcher turned from the controls confronting Barras with a hard index finger straight to the chest. “I can do whatever the hell I want in my Goddamned lab! I’m the one who got the defense contracts. I’m the one who obtained the urban test facility, and I’m the one who authorizes your pittance of a salary!”\nBarras’ fist clenched but his reply changed abruptly when he finally noticed the dog in the test area. He pushed past Pelcher to get a closer look through the special, thick glass.\nThe dog was actually a puppy. It looked like a pitbull and it was running in circles around the forcefield, lunging at it continuously despite being thrown away each time. Barras looked incredulously at Pelcher, who started laughing.\n“That’s the kid’s puppy isn’t it? Where is she, Pelcher?”\n“In the forcefield of course. She tried getting money from me again and that flea ridden mongrel snapped at me after I slapped her.”\n“You slapped her!? Jesus Pelcher, she’s just a girl! Not even a teen yet! Jesus…”\n“She wants to be on the streets, she needs to know who her betters are,” Pelcher said dismissively. “So I’m teaching her. She grabbed hermuttbefore I could kick it and said, ‘Nothing could come between them.’\n“Nothing, eh? So I bet her $20 against her mutt that I could keep them apart for 10 minutes.” Pelcher looked at his watch, “Another minute and half and I can get rid of it for good. Maybe even both?”\nBarras looked at the controls in disgust as Pelcher laughed again before launching into a NASAesque countdown. Barras’ disgust suddenly turned to fear as he saw the readout, “Jesus Pelcher, you overrode the safety protocols!”\n“So, you’re already at 175% capacity!”\n“That’s- That’s impossible! We hit the force field with a battleship round at point blank range and it only spiked to 91%. Hell, in theory not even a railgun could push it past 110%.”\n“Shut it down, Pelcher, shut it down! Shut it down now!”\n“And lose to street turd? Hell no.”\nBarras tried pushing him away to shut it down himself when he saw the puppy jump ever more frantically; each hit raising the load that much more. Out of instinct he ducked just as he saw the puppy take running lunge, even as Pelcher derisively resumed his countdown in the 30’s.\nBarras woke against the far wall, well away from the control panel where’d been before the blinding flash and shuddering BANG! He could see Pelcher knocked out too, his legs at an odd angle, but the kid was in the center of the lab unscathed. The puppy was in her lap, happily licking her face. The engineer in him realized that being in the epicenter of the blast had completely protected them both.\nBarras awoke again, unsure how long he’d been unconscious this time. He hadn’t smelled the burning circuits, plastic, and wires before. He remembered Pelcher’s arrogant stupidity more clearly though, and was even more grateful to be alive. He turned his head back to Pelcher and saw the kid and the puppy standing over him. Pelcher, pinned by a chunk of concrete and twisted I-beam,was haphazardly trying to shoo them away. The kid easily ignored Pelcher’s weak efforts and began kicking him repeatedly. As the ringing in Barras’ ears slowly ebbed he began to make out her shouts, “WHERE’S MY TWENTY BUCKS ASSHOLE!?”\nBarras soon passed out again, but not before he had the satisfaction of seeing the puppy lift his leg…\nTech Support Difficulty\nD. Paul Angel\n“Hi, Tech Support.”\n“Yeah, I’m having a really hard time with my new word processor.”\n“Oh? What’s going on?”\n“Well, I’ve got a 90 page report I have to have in to my boss before I leave today.”\n“And, well it was 90, but now it’s 88.”\n“Well that’s not good.”\n“Yeah, that’s why I’m calling.”\n“Of course, of course. Anything else?”\n“Well you know how it underlines words that are misspelled?”\n“Well, I’ll look at the page and there’ll only be a couple of words misspelled, but then when I go back, there are a ton more words underlined.”\n“What do you mean, ‘Oh no?'”\n“Well, it’s- Have you checked your difficulty level?”\n“My difficulty level?”\n“Yes, you know, EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, etc…”\n“Is this a joke?”\n“I’m talking about a word processor, not a game. I need help. I do not need jokes.”\n“I assure you sir, this isn’t a joke. Can you please click on FILE and then click on DIFFICULTY?”\n“I told you- What the Hell?”\n“You found it ok, sir?”\n“Why in the Hell is there a Difficulty setting on a word processor?”\n“Well, we found too many of the employees were getting bored with routine tasks so we added difficulty levels to keep them interested. Didn’t you get the notice?”\n“No! I would’ve remembered an email like that.”\n“Email? Uh, right. Um, well, it was on our FaceBook page, Pinterest, Twitter had a link to our Tumblr page too. None of those?”\n“What? I don’t have any of those!”\n“Not even MySpace?”\n“Of course not and- And now it’s down to 87 pages!”\n“OK, tell me what difficulty it’s on. EASY? MEDIUM?”\n“It says LEGENDARY. Should I switch it to EASY?”\n“No! Sir, whatever you do, do NOT change it now!”\n“Seriously, whatever you do, don’t change it.”\n“LEGENDARY is just like the games. So if, like, in the games, if you die on LEGENDARY you start the level again, right? Same thing. It knows when your report will be done, and you can’t switch it till then. And you’ll lose all your work if you leave early.”\n“Sorry, there’s nothing I can do about it. But you should know it will slowly delete words to keep you typing. Oh, and the slower you type, the faster it deletes.”\n“Oh is that all!?”\n“Uh, no. If you don’t fix a typo within 3 seconds it will randomly spawn five additional typos on the same page.”\n“Holy sh- So what the hell do I do now?”\n“Type man, type! Type like you have never typed before!”\n“Son of a…”\n“And pray to God you finish before tonight’s update restarts your computer automatically.”\n“WHAT? When is-”\nWhere the Shadows Lie\nD. Paul Angel\nHe took Grey off leash, and watched as the border collie went bounding into the woods next to the trail. He loved it up here on the soft ridge. The trail criss-crossed the park below many times; thin lines of brown and gray cutting the large swath of green into crisp, geometric shapes. But there was only the one trail up here. With the steep climb there were far less people, too. You could never be truly solitary when urban sprawl surrounded “Nature” on all sides, but this little knoll was close. Once he got Grey it became even more secluded for him since dog walkers were expected to stroll up the hill and around the woods.\nHe breathed in the scent of the Eucalyptus trees as he heard Grey rustling through their fallen leaves. The smell was distinct, and overpowered the multitude of scents that any stand of trees invariably produced. It was a peaceful smell to him, one of the reasons why he always enjoyed bringing his dates up here for a picnic. The soothing scent and privacy were an intoxicating combination.\nHe looked at the shadows cast by the trees across the trail. From a distance there was a clear demarcation. Dark on one side, light on the other. But as you got closer, the line became less clear. The more you looked, the less definitive it became. The black wasn’t solid, nor even consistent. Instead it was thousands of individual shadows of varying depths of gray from each individual leaf, twig, branch, and trunk. He liked to look for the transition. The edge between one world and the other.\nIt was a comfort.\nIt was nice to forget.\nExcept, of course for when you realized you were forgetting. He grimaced as the flood of images came back. The date had been going so well. The cheese, the wine, the crackers; even the smoked salmon had been perfect. He had gently stroked some cracker crumbs from his date’s beard, causing the man to flinch. It was a subtle rejection, but final nonetheless.\nGrey’s barking broke the string of memories flashing through his head, not just of the rejection but of the excuses that had followed. What else could a picnic have meant? He realized that he had come here not just to forget, but to remember. It was, after all, just one of many dates that hadn’t been perfect. It just stung more because it was so recent. And because it had started so perfectly.\nGrey’s barking continued, distracting him as he tried watching the scene again. Giving up on reminiscing for now, he kept calling for Grey until he heard the dog trotting back to him.\nHe turned pale when he saw the dismembered arm in Grey’s mouth, only just recovering to shout, “I TOLD YOU TO LEAVE THAT UNGRATEFUL BASTARD WHERE I BURIED HIM!”\nLast week I posted “Mr. Black’s Knowing Wink” as a one off #FridayFlash. There were several comments that wondered after Dolores fate, so I was inspired to continue her story…\nMrs. Black’s Withering Glare\nD. Paul Angel\nDolores sat at the interrogation with her head down in silence. The Police had come in that morning to arrest her for Ableforth’s murder! She had just been starting to go through his office and all of his papers when they burst through her front door. She was all aflutter and protesting her innocence when she saw Mr. Black on the other side of the street. She’d wanted to yell and point him out, but he’d given her one of those smiles again; they just seemed to soothe her. He’d once again signaled her to be silent and she’d followed his advice from that point on.\n“Well Dolores, still have nothing to say?” asked Clarance for the umpteenth time. He’d been one of Ableforth’s poker and golfing buddies, and was the county District Attorney. She stayed quiet and avoided his angry eyes. “The longer you say nothing, the worse it looks for you, I’m afraid…”\nAs his implication lingered, the door opened and a severe, matronly woman walked in. She was wearing an older gray, Victorian dress with an elaborate costume jewel brooch at her neck. Her hair was in a tight bun, and she had deep wrinkles around her mouth. “I am here to represent you Dolores,” she said with a wide smile that showed the origin of her wrinkles. “My husband saw your… trouble this morning and informed me.”\n“I must warn you Dolores, an attorney at this stage only makes you look guilty,” Clarance said, ignoring the newcomer.\n“You may call me Mrs. Black, and you will address any further questions to me.”\n“Think carefully, Dolores,” Clarence continued, still ignoring Mrs. Black completely, “Do you even know this-”\nHe was interrupted by Mrs. Black loudly hitting the metal table in the center of the room. It was loud enough to reverberate, and Dolores was pretty sure she noticed a dent where Mrs. Black had struck it. “You will address your questions to me,” she said to Clarence.\nClarence rose from his chair and turned to face Mrs. Black for the first time. He had his hand half raised to point at her, and his mouth opened grotesquely large to yell at her, when he was hit by her withering glare. Both actions remained unfinished as he slumped back down, looking away from Mrs. Black.\n“Good,” she continued, “Now you will listen to me. You have no case and you know it. Which is why you’re in here bullying a new widow in the back of the Police Station. Did you even bother reading her her rights?”\n“I didn’t think so.”\n“That is no excuse and you know it!”\n“Can I finish!?” he shouted, only half rising before sitting down again at her look.\n“Yes. You can tell us your theory.”\n“It’s open and shut. Dolores poisoned her husband so she could keep the inheritance to herself. She had motive, means, and opportunity.”\n“They had just come-”\n“Well it was Dolores’.”\n“Dolores’s, yes. So. Regardless, of whether Ableforth still lived, or not, she would receive her inheritance?”\n“Well of course, but-”\n“Would Ableforth have received it if she died prior to it clearing probate?”\n“And, he would only be entitled to as much of it as she shared, correct?”\n“Well, yes, but-”\n“So Ableforth had motive to kill her, Right? So, murder weapon?”\n“It was a rare poison. I can’t pronounce it, but it kills quickly with little trace.”\n“Would a mortician have known of it?”\n“Ableforth did the county’s autopsies, didn’t he?”\nWhen Clarence didn’t answer she asked him again, forcefully, “Well didn’t he?”\n“Yes, he helped us out sometimes.”\n“So you knew Ableforth then? Tell me. Was he a good man?”\n“We played poker every week and golfed a couple times a month…”\n“And does that make him a good man?”\n“Your pause is eloquence enough. I wonder if he spoke of Dolores during your times together?”\nClarence looked everywhere in the room except at Dolores or Mrs. Black. He tugged at his collar, loosening his tie. Dolores noticed the sweat stains under his arms, and was acutely aware of her own sweating; though Mrs. Black seemed wholly unaffected.\n“It’s hot in here…” Clarence began before Mrs. Black cut him off, “Yes, that’s what happens when you turn off the air-conditioning. In the South. During the Summer.\n“Now, what did Ableforth have to say about his wife?”\n“He said she couldn’t keep house worth a shit and she’d be lost without him.”\n“Hmmm… so this woman, who according to her husband can’t even take care of housework, would be in a position to know about, and obtain a rare poison you can’t even pronounce? That, to be clear, is your theory?”\n“Will never hear it. The bottle of poison was found in Ableforth’s pocket, he had ordered it and personally received it. It had only his fingerprints on it. Both glasses, in fact, had Ableforth’s fingerprints on them, but Dolores’ fingerprints were only on hers. You have no case.”\nThis time Clarence did shoot up and thundered at Mrs. Black, “How do you know all that… unless you’re an accomplice?”\n“It’s called, ‘Discovery,’ Clarence. You would know that if you’d studied it more in Law School.”\n“I scored rather well in Discovery, thank you!” he shot back.\n“Yes, with your Professors wife, I believe?”\nDolores was shocked not only by Mrs. Black’s haughty retort, but by how pale Clarence looked as he collapsed back in his chair. Mrs. Black nodded with satisfaction at Clarence and continued, “Well, I’d say Ableforth did himself in while trying to kill his own wife, wouldn’t you Clarence?”\nDowncast and defeated, Clarence let them out while muttering disbelieving profanities under his breath. As Dolores and Mrs. Black triumphantly walked down the building’s red brick steps, Dolores found herself really wanting to learn how to smile as Mrs. Black did. Well, that and her masterful glare too.\nMr. Black’s Knowing Wink\nD. Paul Angel\nDolores rushed into the kitchen to pull the roast out. The buzzer on the oven had stuck again, and she had lost track of time polishing the silver for dinner with Ableforth’s boss tonight. She’d asked Ableforth to fix it, but his reply was the same to all of her difficulties, “It’s not like you don’t have the time. I do enough work, at work.”\nDolores lifted the cast-aluminum lid to check the roast and potatoes. The potatoes were a little crisp, and the carrots were rubbery, but at least the roast didn’t feel dry to her poking. Ableforth hated dry roasts as a matter of course, and tonight was already important to him (“I don’t know how to get perfect out of you when you can’t even manage adequate, Dolores, but that’s what I need for tonight,” he’d commanded on his way out). As for the veggies, he’d barely touch his potatoes anyway, and he’d howl if she put even a sliver of carrot on his plate.\nShe was still setting the table when Ableforth bustled into the house shouting for her. She rubbed some of the last dust off a crystal goblet with her apron before rushing to the foyer. Ableforth hated it when he had to wait for her. Ableforth introduced her to Mr. Black, laughing and nudging the air next to him. “The Mortuary has my name on it, Dolores! You really think I have a Boss? That’s too rich. Mr. Black is what we call Death in the Industry. You’ll believe anything won’t you!?”\nHe continued on into the dining room, laughing to himself the whole way. It was better than his usual scowls, sarcasm, or drunken anger, but not by much. She almost jumped when she realized there was someone else in the foyer. He was every bit as slender as Ableforth wasn’t, and his formal, Victorian suit looked straight out of one of the Sherlock Holmes movies she watched on PBS when Ableforth had his Poker nights.\n“Mr. Black?” she asked quietly. The little man didn’t respond out loud, but gave her a knowing wink as he placed his top hat and thin, black umbrella on the wooden coat rack by the door. Then he took her by the hand and pulled her into the kitchen. He held his finger to his lips to quiet her as he pointed towards Ableforth in the other room. Ableforth had poured a couple glasses of wine, but was pouring a clear liquid out of a small, dark bottle into one of them. The one he then placed on her end of the table. Mr. Black motioned her to continue making up their plates before letting himself into the dining room just as Ableforth came into the kitchen.\n“It’s a great day, Dolores!’ Ableforth said, leaning on the counter as she grabbed the plates to take into the dining room. As they turned to leave, she saw Mr. Black switch the glasses of wine before primly taking the chair she had set for him. Ableforth continued without noticing Mr. Black, “The probate attorney called and your Father’s estate is finally settled. The check came this afternoon and it’s already deposited. I’m done here. Done with this town, done with this life, and done with- Well, I’m just done.\n“So a toast, Dolores, to a new life,” he finished, holding up his glass and inviting her to toast. She looked over to Mr. Black who gave her a sympathetic smile and encouraged her to drink. She raised her glass with a forced smile and drank deeply as Ableforth drained his glass with a loud gulp. She was watching Mr. Black stand up when she heard Ableforth’s first gasp. She turned and saw his face contort in fear and pain as he clutched at his chest. She rounded the table as he collapsed to the floor, flailing.\nShe panicked, not knowing what to do and unable to speak. She let herself be moved aside by Mr. Black who, having collected his hat and umbrella, stood over Ableforth. She watched dumbfounded as Mr. Black swiped his umbrella through Ableforth, instantly stilling his convulsions. Mr. Black turned to her again, looking at her with both sympathy and encouragement. He doffed his hat and formally bowed to her before squeezing her hands and smartly walking out.\nShe sat back down and drained the rest of her wine in a single gulp, before smiling, truly smiling, in as long as she could remember.\nPay no attention to the man behind the curtain\nA world of my own\nSpeculations in food, beer, and strange fiction.\nJust a girl from the bush.\nWriting Popular Fiction\nSuperheroes - Autism - Fantasy - Science Fiction\nWhere Great Books meet Great Minds\nON = TIME\noriginal performance art with an imagination to change the world\nRead by four out five drunken monkeys--written by the fifth.\nAnother construction site pumping out noise and dust.\nHave pen, will travel.\nPoems, Fiction, and Musings\nA Daily Ritual of Writing\nALL CAKE AND HAND GRENADES\nAspiring novelist. Avid reader of fiction. Reviewer of books. By day, my undercover identity is that of meek, mild-mannered legal assistant, Kate Loveton, working in the confines of a stuffy corporate law office; by night, however, I'm a super hero: Kate Loveton, Aspiring Novelist and Spinner of Tales. My favorite words are 'Once upon a time... ' Won't you join me on my journey as I attempt to turn a hobby into something more?\nVarious Short Stories by Lucius Moreau\nA treasure box of stories!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://coloringpages.website/alice-in-wonderland-coloring-pages/","date":"2021-10-23T20:04:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585768.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20211023193319-20211023223319-00688.warc.gz","language_score":0.9689189791679382,"token_count":288,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__107810479","lang":"en","text":"Print or download your Alice In Wonderland now for free. And start colouring immediately! Of course it is also possible to share the coloring page you choose to share the coloring page on Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter!\nDid you get all the 15 colored in? Then there are plenty of other fun coloring pages with various themes online!\nDo you know thatWe also have coloring pages for adults? These coloring pages are called Mandalas! They are shapes in a circle. Drawing is relaxing and healthy too! Try a Mandela coloring page!\nAlice in Wonderland\nAlice in Wonderland is a film released in 2010. It is a film adaptation of the books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Which were written by Lewis Carroll.\nAlic is 19 years old at the time she is about to be (more or less) forced into an engagement. This she does not want and she goes on the run. She follows the white rabbit (White Rabbit) into Wonderland.\nShe had been there 13 years before, however she could not remember. Together with other residents of Wonderland, she must try to restore White Queen's power.\nBack at home, Alice tells her that she doesn't want to marry, but to travel. At the end she is briefly seen a ship, which therefore means she has fulfilled her dream. A blue butterfly comes and sits on her shoulder for a moment; this is Absolem.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://wretchworld.neocities.org/homestuck","date":"2023-01-30T09:04:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499804.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20230130070411-20230130100411-00330.warc.gz","language_score":0.9804445505142212,"token_count":426,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__103505695","lang":"en","text":"John Egbert is the main character of \"Homestuck\", and he is the heir of breath. Although he loves his dad, he feels strange toward his father... His fathers constant pranks and general hijinks have left him almost scared of his dad, yet he still appreciates the loving care of his father. He is a very cool person and kind of saves the world (not). After him and his friend discovered spurb everything began to come crashing down, but john kept his cool. His chumhandle is ectoBiologist. It used to be ghostyTrickster, but he changed it to avoid the trolls.\nRose is extremely Smart. She loves cats and knitting and also likes to be a bitch sometimes. She loves writing fanfiction about wizards and hates her mom who also likes wizards. Rose is a lesbian and likes a troll named Kanaya, Shes also great friends with John! She almost kill hims but its all love. Shes really cool! She uses the chumhandle tentacleTherapist.\nDave Strider is the brother of Dirk Strider, his brother is gay. He is obsessed with being cool, which manifests itself in his unceasing pursuit of new ironic depths. When the original name \"Insufferable Prick\" was about to be suggested, he slashed the entry box right in half with a Ninja Sword because he's just way too cool to put up with that kind of bullshit. His Chumhandle is turntechGodhead.\nJade Harley is one of the Main Homestucks. She has long black hair, round glasses, and a bucktoothed grin. She wears a shirt with a constantly changing blue picture on it, a belt, and a button-up long skirt.\nJade's chumhandle is gardenGnostic.\nShe also has a cute room-mate named \"BEC\" Its a penguin.\nBack to Main Page","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://pdtny.com/clinical-psychologist-dr-venus-nicolino/","date":"2023-03-23T20:53:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945183.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20230323194025-20230323224025-00789.warc.gz","language_score":0.959144115447998,"token_count":382,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__141735091","lang":"en","text":"Clinical Psychologist Dr. Venus Nicolino\nGrowing up in a 600 square foot house with six individuals and a German Shepherd in West Philly is the best preparation for a PhD in Clinical Psychology. So far as we know, Dr. Venus Nicolino has taken this route. Her mother never finished high school, and her father worked as a mechanic on old Chevys.\nClinical psychologist Dr. Venus Nicolino heeded the work ethic that told her to rely on herself in the event that no one else was willing to assist her. That irreverent attitude is what sets her apart as she dives deeper and deeper into the world of self-help books. A genuine desire for help from people with real troubles is welcomed.\nAs one of the “five books that will change your life,” Dr. Venus Nicolino released a #1 best-seller, Bad Advice: How to Keep alive and Thrive in an Age Of Bullsh*t. Her new genre of self-help, Nobody’s an Expert, has shook up the modern self-help world (Amazon).\nOne day at a time, she’s dismantling the theories of gurus and life experts, and she’s doing it early and often. Dr. Venus Nicolino has also appeared in more than 100 television shows. People are drawn to her strong personality, which is complemented by her working-class upbringing, and she is now regarded as one of psychology’s most innovative and forward-thinking figures.\nAs a mental health professional, the doctor is all company and has the documentation to back it up. A Master of Clinical Psychology and a PhD in Clinical Psychology are among the top notch counselor degrees. If you’re looking for help with your ears, psychologist Dr. Venus Nicolino appears to be everywhere, from social media to television, radio, and print.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://audebernheim.fr/research/","date":"2023-06-04T17:41:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224650201.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604161111-20230604191111-00346.warc.gz","language_score":0.9058251976966858,"token_count":1833,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__90585786","lang":"en","text":"THIS WEBSITE IS NOT UPDATED ANYMORE, PLEASE VISIT https://mdmlab.fr/\nHow bacteria defend themselves against their viruses ?\nFacing the abundance and diversity of their viruses, bacteria and archaea have developed multiple lines of defense that can be referred to as « prokaryotic immune systems« . My research focuses on these anti-phage immune systems.\nI’m trying to understand evolutionary patterns and molecular mechanisms of these systems but also how to use them for medical applications. I work at several scales: from computational genomic analysis on thousands of prokaryotic genomes to experimental molecular genetics and diverse microbiology tools.\nMy PhD focused on the adaptive immune systems of bacteria, CRISPR-Cas systems. I focused on why they are encoded by some bacteria but not others. During my post-doc, I discovered and characterized novel immune systems of bacteria, namely retrons and viperins that showed incredible conservation with eukaryotic immune systems.\nI’m currently working on the ecology and evolution of anti-phage systems, their conservation with eukaryotic immune systems and how we can harness them for the fight against pathogens.\nYou can discover my work through a seminar I gave in July 2020\nProkaryotic viperins, a novel family of defense systems that produce antiviral molecules\nViperin is an important anti-viral protein of humans that is conserved in animals. It has been shown to inhibit the replication of multiple human viruses by producing a molecule called ddhCTP, which acts as a chain terminator for viral RNA polymerase (Gizzi et al. 2018).\nWe showed that eukaryotic viperin originated from a clade of bacterial and archaeal proteins that protect against phage infection. Prokaryotic viperins produce a set of modified ribonucleotides that include ddhCTP, ddhGTP and ddhUTP. We further showed that prokaryotic viperins protect against T7 phage infection by inhibiting viral polymerase-dependent transcription, suggesting that it has an antiviral mechanism of action similar to that of animal viperin.\nThis study showed for the first time that natural antiviral compounds are produced by bacterial immune systems, opening avenues to look for more anti-viral molecules generated by bacteria. It’s also the first time such a strong conservation between a eukaryotic and prokaryotic immune system was demonstrated.\nPublication: Prokaryotic viperins produce diverse antiviral molecules.\nBernheim A. Millman A., Ofir G., Meitav G., Abraham C., Shomar H., Rosenberg M., Tal N., Melamed S., Amitai G., Sorek R. Nature, in press (2020)\nMy Twitter thread explaining the discovery\nScientific Commentary: Cell Host and Microbes\nGeneral public summary: English or French:\nPress: Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post, News1, israel21, Sciences et avenir…\nRetrons, mysterious bacterial elements function in anti-phage defense\nWith two collaborators (Adi Millman and Avigail Stokar-Avihail), we elucidated the physiological functions of genetic elements that had been a mystery for 30 years: retrons. Retrons are bacterial genetic elements comprised of a reverse transcriptase (RT) and a non-coding RNA (ncRNA). We stumbled upon a defense system that encodes a retron. This led us to hypothesize that all retrons function as defense systems. We found out that the defensive unit is composed of three components: the RT, the ncRNA, and an effector protein. We examined multiple retron systems and show that they confer defense against a broad range of phages via abortive infection. Focusing on retron Ec48, we showed evidence that it ‘‘guards’’ RecBCD, a complex with central anti-phage functions in bacteria. Inhibition of RecBCD by phage proteins activates the retron, leading to abortive infection and cell death. Thus, the Ec48 retron forms a second line of defense that is triggered if the first lines of defense have collapsed.\nThis study solved a three-decades old question, and demonstrated a novel concept in bacterial immunology (the guard hypothesis) inspired by the plant immunology field and conserved in prokaryotes.\nPublication: Bacterial retrons function in anti- phage defense\nMillman A*, Bernheim A*, Stokar-Avihail A.*, Fedorenko T., Voichek M., Leavitt A., Sorek R.\nCell, in press, (2020)\nOur Twitter thread explaining the discovery\nScientific Commentaries: Science, The CRISPR journal, Nature Reviews Microbiology\nGeneral public summary:English\nPress: Jerusalem Post, Phys.org, Drug and Target Review, Science Daily…\nDiversity and ecology of defense systems\nThis perspective provides a conceptual framework for the evolutionary forces that lead to the diverse immune systems and their original distribution in bacterial genomes.\nThe recent discovery of the unexpected diversity of prokaryotic immune arsenal have led to seemingly contradictory observations: on one hand, individual microorganisms often encode multiple distinct defense systems, some of which are acquired by horizontal gene transfer, suggesting they yield a fitness benefit. On the other hand, defense systems are frequently lost from prokaryotic genomes on short evolutionary time scales, suggesting that they impose a fitness cost. We introduced the ‘pan-immune system’ model in which we suggest that, although a single strain cannot carry all possible defense systems owing to their burden on fitness, it can employ horizontal gene transfer to access immune defense mechanisms encoded by closely related strains. Thus, we propose that the ‘effective’ immune system is not the one encoded by the genome of a single microorganism but rather by its pan-genome, comprising the sum of all immune systems available for a microorganism to horizontally acquire and use.\nThe bacterial pan-immune system: anti-phage defense as a community resource\nBernheim A, Sorek R\nNature Reviews Microbiology 18, 113–119 (2020)\nThe downsides of CRISPR-Cas systems\nA small video that I made in collaboration with Adrien Bernheim, a graphic designer to summarize my PhD findings (in french)\nFor the past ten years, CRISPR-Cas systems have passionated the scientific community both because of their role as an adaptive immune system in bacteria and of their use in many biotechnological applications especially in genome editing. However, much remains to be studied on their evolution. My PhD research stemmed from the observation that only 50% of bacterial genomes harbor a CRISPR-Cas system despite their apparent fitness advantage and their high rate of horizontal transfer.\nHypothesis such as the cost of autoimmunity or the trade off between a constitutive or an inducible defense system have been put forward to explain this paradox. I proposed that the genetic background plays an important role in the process of maintaining a CRISPR-Cas system after its transfer. More precisely I hypothesized that CRISPR-Cas systems interact with DNA repair pathways. To test this idea, we detected DNA repair pathways and CRISPR-Cas systems in bacterial genomes and studied their co-occurences. We report both positive and negative associations that we interpret as potential antagonistic or synergistic interactions. We then focused on one interaction to validate our result experimentally and explored molecular mechanisms behind those interactions.\nMy findings gave insights on the complex interactions between CRISPR-Cas systems and DNA repair mechanisms in bacteria and provide a first example on the necessity of accommodation of CRISPR-Cas systems to a specific genetic context to be selected and maintained in bacterial genomes.\nAtypical organizations and epistatic interactions of CRISPRs and cas clusters in genomes and their mobile gemetic elements.\nBernheim A, Bikard D, Touchon M, Rocha EPC\nNucleic Acids Research 48 (2), 748-760 (2019)\nA matter of background: DNA repair, pathways as a possible cause for the sparse distribution of CRISPR–Cas, systems in bacteria.\nBernheim A, Bikard D, Touchon M, Rocha EPC\nPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 374 (1772), 2018008 (2019)\nInhibition of NHEJ repair by type II-A CRISPR-Cas systems\nBernheim A, Calvo-Villaman A, Basier C, Cui L, Rocha EPC, Touchon M, Bikard D,\nNature Communications 8 (1), 1-9 (2017)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://biocellfoodsolutions.com/products/hope-for-the-future-a-fathers-journey-in-healing-autism","date":"2024-04-18T11:20:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817206.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418093630-20240418123630-00021.warc.gz","language_score":0.9800342321395874,"token_count":448,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__164071496","lang":"en","text":"HOPE FOR THE FUTURE: A FATHER'S JOURNEY IN HEALING AUTISM\nHOPE FOR THE FUTURE A Father’s 10-year journey in successfully healing Autism By Miraz Ali, Eagle33 Media on YouTube This father was told his son would grow up to be an Autistic adult, something he could not accept! His doctors told him that there is no healing, no cure and that they do not know what causes Autism. For 10 years, he battled with failure and hurdles after hurdles. The last 3 years he made such progress that other parents started to see progress and their children started to heal as well. He describes Autism/ADHD/ASD as just terms and a fire that is affecting the brain. The mind being snatched away from the soul, not allowing the child to express him or her self. This father cut off the fuel, which he describes as parasites, heavy metals, chemicals, that are damaging in many different ways. He made robust movements, not just cutting it off but also replacing it with potent natural foods which helped regenerate the cells, repair damaged areas and also remove all that was toxic and dangerous. He describes this in detail with simplicity, backed up with medical research and scientific proof. ‘’In memory of all mothers, who bear children into this world, wanting the best for them, until a storm comes their way, a storm called Autism.’’ Written with such pain and emotion, you will feel his 10-year journey, Hope for The Future could not deserve to be on any book other than this one. I am adamant that this book will be read worldwide and will help with this epidemic crisis manifesting and spreading globally. Most importantly, it is not just written for parents with Autistic children, but for all who are concerned in the continuity of the future generations. You can also see his video and subscribe to his new YouTube channel Eagle33 Media. Miraz Ali, known as Eagle33 on social media is a humanitarian, lightworker and environmentalist. He is releasing 6 books in due course that all marry into the betterment of this planet and the people who inhabit it.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://curiositycourageandcakedotcom.wordpress.com/","date":"2018-12-17T03:30:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376828056.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20181217020710-20181217042710-00335.warc.gz","language_score":0.9570109844207764,"token_count":292,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__10208019","lang":"en","text":"This site will no longer be used as of November 1st, 2017. Please check out my new website and blog at annalisesinclair.com. Curiosity, Courage, and Cake. Sounds like a new show on TLC, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, for those of you that still have a hole in your heart after the cancellation of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, this isn’t a new TV show. Its not the latest cupcake cookbook; its not the tagline of the next Alice in Wonderland movie. It is a way of thinking that has helped me overcome some of the most difficult challenges I have faced in my short, but chaotic lifetime. I created this website to help others discover how a little bit of curiosity can change your entire life… a whole lot of courage is necessary if you are gonna make it out there… and there is nothing, NOTHING that can’t be made a little bit better with cake. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” –Maya Angelou Every experience, interaction, moment in time helps to define who we are and where we will go. Sharing stories is how we, as a society, shape our reality. Sometimes, it is easy to boil all of what has shaped us down into three little words- curiosity, courage, and cake- and other times, it take a novel. This is my story.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://vmehta.conforums3.com/index.cgi?board=politics&action=display&num=1310300448","date":"2018-01-23T17:52:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084892059.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20180123171440-20180123191440-00215.warc.gz","language_score":0.9168752431869507,"token_count":749,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__145134892","lang":"en","text":"member is offline\nI like writing and communication, so mail me.\nDiscuss book ‘Koran: Forbid or Rewrite?’\n« Thread started on: Jul 10th, 2011, 06:20am »\nForum ticket003 / july 2011\nTopic: Discuss book ‘Koran: Forbid or Rewrite?’\nI want to start a discussion about my new book, see below. It could be useful to read my book and put your comments or questions in this topic. My research on this topic wil go further and I will publish all updates on my site. If you have points that are very important, then you can mail me. See the press release below.\nStudy this short synopsis of my book:\nHinduistic, Dewanistic and scientific view upon the Koran, Islam, De-Islamicization, terrorism and future of religion. Commemorate Islamic attack on Twin Towers (9/11/2001).\nI hope to see a serious and good discussion.\nHindu writer and researcher.\nDelft city, Holland\nPRESS RELEASE WITH VIDEO TRAILER EMBEDDED\nEverything You Always Wanted to Know About Islam\nKoran: Forbid or Rewrite? A Guide for Peaceful De-Islamicization provides an inside look into the Muslim religion. Raised as a Muslim, Hindu writer Dewanand answers many of the questions asked about the religion. His book is written to commemorate the Islamic attack on the Twin Towers 10 years ago, and to reconsider how best to tackle terrorism.\nSee this link for the Book Video trailer on youtube:\nWhy is the Koran the deeper abstract cause of terrorism, and what can Muslims and non-Muslims do about it? How can we help liberate Muslims from medieval ways of thinking? What is a real Muslim and how should we define an anti-Muslim? “I wanted to reform Islam and end the suffering and violence in many Islamic nations. I was raised as a Muslim by my mother and later on I converted to Hinduism,” Dewanand states. His book represents the meeting point of three civilizations: Islam, Western and Hinduism.\nKORAN: FORBID OR REWRITE? A GUIDE FOR PEACEFUL DE-ISLAMICIZATION (ISBN: 978-1-60976-065-6) is available on March 29, 2011 for $35 and can be ordered through the publisher’s website:\n• http://sbpra.com/dewanand or at\nAbout the Author: Dewanand grew up in Surinam and at age 20 went to Holland to study. He now lives in Delft, Holland. He has published numerous books in Dutch and these can be found on his website, www.dewanand.com.\nFor more detailed information (where to buy, contents list, contact) you can also visit this Epage on the website of Dewanand:\nStrategic Book Group, LLC\nABOUT: Strategic Book Group provides book publishing, book marketing, and e-book services to over 10,000 writers around the world, employing 150 people who live throughout the US and work virtually through telecommunication. Strategic Book Group is experiencing over 30% growth per year, having published approximately 3,000 authors with almost 100 new releases per month. Our books are available through Ingram, the largest book distributor in the world, as well as in bookstores, through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and all online channels. Strategic Book Group attends and exhibits at the major book expositions in London, New York, China, and Germany each year.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.dan-dan.be/THEEKENNIS","date":"2018-08-20T22:29:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221217354.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20180820215248-20180820235248-00676.warc.gz","language_score":0.9528375267982483,"token_count":522,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__63364540","lang":"en","text":"Picture above: Ancient tea banquet\nA tea banquet is at the same time a solemn and elegant event, following the strict rules of the tradition. The tea has to be of very high quality, and the water has to result from much acknowledged sources. The tea utensils must be precious and of an outstanding quality.\nAccording to the ritual, during a tea banquet, the person in charge of the ceremony has personally to mix the tea or oversee the blend in sign of respect to the guests. After this, the mixture ought to be seen by everyone and will be smelt for appreciation of its color before tasting.\nAfter three turns, the dinner guests will judge the quality of the tea, will praise the high virtues of the host, take advantage of the landscape and the conversation or write poems.\nUnder the Ming Dynasty, the usual process grows to be simpler and thought in a more practical view.\nUnder the Tang dynasty, Lu Yu (733–804) was valued as the Sage of Tea for his contribution to Chinese tea culture. He is best known for his monumental book “The Classic of Tea” (茶经) Cha Jing, the first definitive work on cultivating, making and drinking tea. Cha Jing was the earliest treatise on tea in the world. For Lu Yu, tea symbolized the harmony and mysterious unity of the Universe.\nThe tea culture reflects the oriental traditional culture, combining the tea with Dao wisdom, pronounced in Chinese as “Dào”, which is an integral part of the Chinese culture.\nThe Dao of tea stresses the fact of being harmonious, quiet, optimistic and authentic. Peace of mind being the first step to get to tranquillity as a spiritual purpose in order to combine harmony and serenity. The idea is that as long as a person keeps quiet inside, he can always take advantage of the enjoyment of the conversation, of laughter, of the music and the opera (ancient Chinese entertainment).\nOnes would say that the tea culture is a kind of intermediate culture which allows to pass on the spirit of the Chinese traditional culture to the future generations.\nA famous tea drinker in China’s Tang Dynasty told tea has ten virtues: melting away depression, dissolving lethargy, encouraging liveliness, breaking up illness, bringing virtue and courtesy, expressing respect, making a distinction between different tastes, nurturing the body, practicing Dao, and improving one’s aspirations. “Tea brings Dao and elegance,” he was often heard saying","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://nielsreib.com/go-giver-mindset/","date":"2017-10-18T01:46:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822668.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20171018013719-20171018033719-00396.warc.gz","language_score":0.9567053914070129,"token_count":489,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-43__0__213809797","lang":"en","text":"How To Get Career Success\nThrough A Go-Giver Mindset\nHave you ever wondered how the massively successful people get to be so successful and how things would be if you had some of that same success in your career and life?\nLet’s dive in and discover the Go-Giver mindset.\nRECIEVE FREE CAREER BRANDING UPDATES\nFirst of all, let’s get this straight before we jump into this. Being a Go-Giver doesn’t mean you’re everyone’s doormat and if that happens it’s because you’ve let others take advantage of you.\nGreat! Now that’s out of the way, let’s get to it!\nA few years back someone in my network suggested the book The Go-Giver to me. I had never heard of the book and thought I’d give it a go.\nIt turned out to be this great inspiring little book that since have been one of my all-time favorite career books. When it comes to networking the Go-Giver mindset has been one of the most rewarding discoveries based on the kind of opportunities I’ve gotten, since I made the mindset shift.\nThe Go-Giver Mindset Breakdown\nImplementing the Go-Giver mindset includes bringing value to people to the people around you in an authentic way. That being co-workers, your Boss, clients, customers and basically everyone you come across in your career.\nAlways come from a place of service to others. Becuase when you help other people make their lives easier by creating valuable solutions to their problems, then you’ll build trust and as a result, repeat business to you and your employer.\nAnother and especially relevant part of the Go-Giver mindset is to be open to whatever opportunities that also come your way.\nThese principals are at the core of authentic career branding as well. Because when you create authentic value for others, then, as a result, you will begin to attract more and better career opportunities.\nI was very fortunate to get to sit down and talk with Bob Burg, the co-author of ‘The Go-Giver’, about the Go-Giver mindset and how applying a simple mindset shift, can help you get career success through serving others.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.maarituittamo.blogspot.com/","date":"2013-05-21T09:38:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699856050/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102416-00073-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9456946849822998,"token_count":780,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__116778429","lang":"en","text":"I just HAVE to open a little. About human..ok..womens small croups. Like i have said, i have this project. Getting me in shape again. Or even close ;) . And this croup of pro´s is awesome!!! Really, that is. But then... there´s this smaller croup of womens, who put one croup on their own. And that´s good, to encourage and to be able to talk etc....so far so good. But. Why ther´s always BUT! :D First came few women, they are this core of that croup. Actually, another croup had to be done because there was huge drama in first croup. Ok, nasty part was, that those few core women bullied one...and i just cant stand those kind of people, woman or man! I started to stay in shadows, just mostly reading. But, some people just can be so naturalistically! If you dont agree, or hype me, i dont play with you. Wow...and grow ups. ;) It really dosent matter to me, who things about what about me, way too well cooked. But, someone CAN hurt. And that´s not good. At all. Sometimes (always!) Is good to think, how we treat others. Really think. If you are in forum, full of your virtual friends...and use it badly...ignoring or being cruel...in \"real\" world you can end up to be alone...And I dont mean that in bad way, it´s just... like in schools..croups has power to do good...but, also way too much bad. Like i said, i read those things time to time...and actually..those gave me such a great idea for a book. Characters. You rally never know, where you can find that inspiration! Let´s be good to each others and treat good people in your life...even those you cant stand. That gives you more energy to do something positive for yourself.\nps. sorry about all mispellings...thunder is in the air and my head is real barometer...au :)\nThat works for everything. Really! Whatever you are going throught, doing, dreamin...that line..you can!\nReally, we only have here and now. If it dosent work, you are wiser. If it works..well..good for you! We can wait till we are older..or can we? Who as giving us that promise, that we are here later? We are here now!\nI had that conversation with myself week ago. I really realized, that we are not superhumans, living here forever. What ever neds to be done, do it now. Later, it just could be to late. Or not! But for me..i dont wanna take that risk.\nLife changes, mind too. That´s life. As is falls, rises, laughter and crys. All part of life. And that life is here and now.\nNeed to cry? Cry! It´s natural and being human. :) Feel bad? Me too, for time to time. But still, we need to live.\nI wanna live my life. Live. Really. Feel every feeling. Love. Stress. Happyness. Sadness.\nI dont want to waist my life about me just complaining. Not woth it. And, i sont mean that telling how you feel is complaining!!! No, i mean me, compalining about not so important things.\nYep i have and always will, like everybody,bad times. And i will write those. That´s what life is all about. Feelings..:)\nNow, i feel love, stress and hunger. And happiness that i feel ;)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.aloverebellion.com/videos/archives/02-2018","date":"2024-02-26T17:24:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474661.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226162136-20240226192136-00476.warc.gz","language_score":0.9949082136154175,"token_count":455,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__203337444","lang":"en","text":"There has been a profound sadness around me lately, so I took it upon myself the other day to cheer myself up. I was waiting for the bus with a bunch of people. Well, the bus was there, the doors just hadn't been opened for us yet. When the bus driver came to open the doors for us, as she passed, she told the elderly woman in front of me that she had too many bags and she wouldn't be able to board the bus.\nI felt like helping her would be nice, and cheer me up, so I offered to take some of her bags on the bus for her. She thanked me profusely and told me that she had just been let out of the hospital and no one had been able to come and get her, so she had to take the bus. She gave me two bags to carry. One of them held her dirty clothes, and the other held a Peace Lily. I saw the plant as a good omen, and on the 45 minute trip to the next town, I felt happy that I had been able to help this person.\nAfter, I met her off the bus and I handed her the bags and a small felt heart I had made. She thanked me and reminded me to get my bike. As I was removing my bike from the rack, the bus driver came out and scolded me for helping her. She told me that the elderly lady who had just left the hospital had taken advantage of me and that she could have kicked us both off of the bus for breaking the rules.\nI felt pretty deflated as I lowered my bike off the rack, but when I looked up, I saw The Peace Wizard waving at me. The Peace Wizard, John C. Bromet, is a local celebrity. He walks around Bellingham and Mount Vernon with a large Peace sign, waving at people. He always makes me smile when I see him, but I had never talked with him before this, and now, I felt like I needed his power of peace to brighten my day.\nI hold three college degrees, none of which are paid for. I am a healer and an artist. I own very little. It is my goal to bring hope to the world.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://conranestates.co.uk/are-all-estate-agents-the-same/","date":"2022-06-28T20:54:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103617931.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220628203615-20220628233615-00735.warc.gz","language_score":0.9804671406745911,"token_count":953,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__272941097","lang":"en","text":"I started in the Estate Agency the day after I turned eighteen. It was in the lettings department. I wasn’t sure what I was more excited for leading up to my 18th, being able to buy a pint from my local pub, or starting my first real job as an estate agent!\nStarting my career being an Estate Agent\nI remember my first day like it was last week. Driving an hour and a half to Croydon with a massive grin on my face getting ready for what was a new beginning. Three months went by, and that grin was non-existent, I would wake up at half 5 and struggle to even lift my arms out of bed. By the time I arrived at the office, I was deflated. I didn’t have that passion for it anymore. There were constant arguments within the office about how this wasn’t my applicant or not my viewing. It seemed that every person looking for their next home was just a pound sign walking around the house.\nYou could cut the tension in the office with a blunt spoon. Every minute I was there, it felt like there was a gigantic dark cloud looming, snatching your personality and turning you into a robot. The same routine day in day out: call the enquiry, do the viewing, chase the offer. If there isn’t any offer- delete them. Eat, sleep, drained, repeat. It became clear that each staff member was an annoyance to the other. Each was there to steal commission, and I felt like an inconvenience whenever I asked for training (which wasn’t often!).\nA glimpse of hope from Conran\nI believed that every day would be different in the Estate Agency. But it just felt like Groundhog day\nHowever, just like any good film, Groundhog Day had a happy ending!\nAt that point I began to feel that Agency wasn’t for me, a chance of hope pinged through on my phone. It was an estate agent vacancy position at Conran. I called my mum immediately and asked her to help me with my CV. She works in HR, so it makes sense! A few days went by, and I received a call for an interview; I was thrilled! The interview was in person in the Greenwich Branch (pre-COVID).\nIn the few minutes I stood waiting to be called, I knew this was the kind of environment I wanted to work in. Professional, fun, and most of all, passionate.\nNot the passion for how much you could make, but instead, for helping people. I would soon understand the sheer joy of making your goal to help people and seeing them fall in love with their next home! From the first contact, at an excitable viewing, to the happy couple picking up the keys and a cold bottle of prosecco, this was a journey that I wanted to be a part of.\nI sit at my desk a year on from that interview. I work with colleagues that I see as friends. They nurtured me into the negotiator I am, spending vast amounts of time training me, teaching me the core beliefs they live by. I know that everyone in my office has my back and supports me with my career progression. This company is filled with people with desire, a passion for helping all those viewers that walk into our office, a passion for calling customers time and again to connect with them because we want to tell them about the latest home we have to sell.\nI’ve discovered that first impressions are everything in this business, and if it starts with a friendly smile and some nice words, you’re off on the right track.\nCustomer service is what keeps us ticking over at Conran, and I love that. I’m out of my bed at half six sharp(ish!) – I now work down the road! Driving eagerly to the office whereby I strut in with a huge grin on my face… and that grin is still there when I walk out.\nA Tale of Two Agents\nAlthough only a few miles away, these two estate agents feel worlds apart, and I am so glad I made the change. Here at Conran, the team maintained their level of excitement felt from conducting that very first viewing. We are speaking to genuine people here and treating them well.\nI’m always looking to the future with Conran. I’m so thankful for the relationships I’ve formed, the job satisfaction I attain and the level of Professionalism I am surrounded by.\nSo, thank you Conran – you are a different class of agent, and no, not all agents are the same","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://politicalcorrectness-cepec.blogspot.com/2012/06/","date":"2018-07-18T08:53:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590074.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20180718080513-20180718100513-00087.warc.gz","language_score":0.993416965007782,"token_count":489,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__28764999","lang":"en","text":"Some people spend their entire lives in the service of others. These people are teachers, nurses, councilors and an untold number of what are often called jobs but are in fact callings.\nI have spent my life in the company of others and often we are able to be of service to people, friends, family or even those whose paths we cross just briefly.\nThe question is what kind of effect did you have on those lives and often we don’t know the answer and never will.\nTwo things have happened in my life to make me sure that the effects of others touching our lives is never forgotten.\n- Garth Giles. He was my math teacher and although I never quite got the hang of math, I did learn to learn. I learned from him that I was capable of more than I may had been given credit for. Thank you. I have not forgotten.\n- My Uncle Mark. He taught me that I was responsible. At the time I did not get it at all because he told me I was responsible for the sun coming up. I have since figured out he did not mean I was God. I may not cause the sun to rise but I am 100% responsible for my reaction to its rising, if any.\nI was inspired to write this by one such person who has literally given their life to the service of others and really has no idea whether she has made a difference in the world or not.\nThe short answer is yes. A very big YES because although I have known her only a short while and burdened her with only trivial matters it is known to me that thousands of people with far more deserving and grave issues have been graced by her care. Only the simplest or most callus of people forget a kindness that was shown to them in their time of need.\nWhen these people I will refer to as the The Called give to others they do it on a scale of one to many but when they themselves are in need of support it seems they have given so much of themselves that to be effective in our support of them it takes may to one. I hope there are enough people out there with memories to take up that challenge and give back what you have received.\nEven I in my amateurish way know I have touched the lives of a few people when my experience and dare I say it, wisdom, was required. So \" You Go Girl\".","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://viindie.com/2016/03/28/introduction-design/","date":"2018-02-21T12:56:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891813622.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20180221123439-20180221143439-00386.warc.gz","language_score":0.9219524264335632,"token_count":566,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__165870853","lang":"en","text":"Some people don’t have problems to idolize the others. That’s why I’m doing an introduction design.\nI don’t have problems to idolize people’s work instead. Maybe it’s because an object can pretend, be similar, and tend to perfection, whether an human being, as much as it could express kalokagathia, it will always be made of mud, it will always be corrupted.\nIt’s with this disenchanted preface that I want announce this series of articles about design, art, maybe cinema and culture… who knows, it’s better being unpredictable in life, or not?\nI’ll try, of giving you as a certainty originality and love for what I’m doing. I’ll take you with me in enchanted worlds of mechanisms, polymers, mortise, worlds of glass and carton, to make you admire what can be human creative flair.\nThat creativity who stands near divine sense, the act of creation who gets you nearer to the creator.\nThe most fun part of this mumbling is that, in fact, everybody creates something, in one moment or another, with our ideas, words, actions, reactions, compositions, accidents, all things that belong to us, that are linked to us, but invisible in their creation. So, as a plant, we do. Man of technology but attached to hearth, to their origin, because necessary part our being.\nAn object is, instead, a simple organic material, who has being created, but that can’t be destroyed from humans touch. Don’t you think it’s amazing? How something unoffensive, beautiful, who can have a soul, but can’t have an existence. A poetry, a melody, a study, something instinctive, or all this thing together. All that we need.\nBut it’s difficult to perceive the sublime from an object, isn’t it? When we see a cascade, the sea, a mountain. Than that’s sublime. But also a painting can be sublime. What’s the difference between a lamp and a portrait?Emotion.That’s the difference. Objects made to work and not to enhance our life experience, from those we won’t perceive the sublime. That’s why I’ll try to choose objects that transmit something, whether they’re beautiful, util, functional, or an experience by themselves. But overall I’ll choose object and architectures that i love, so don’t be offended if I’ll look ridiculous sometimes.\nHave a good journey through life.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.guidelineslive.co.uk/2019-highlights","date":"2022-01-29T10:42:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304883.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20220129092458-20220129122458-00391.warc.gz","language_score":0.9416568279266357,"token_count":1522,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__118141106","lang":"en","text":"Guidelines Live 2019 was a great success—what were the best bits from the most popular clinical streams?\nThe sessions in the cardiovascular stream covered hypertension, tailoring antithrombotic protection in cardiovascular patients, and the ABC cardiovascular plan. The NHS Long term plan has set ambitious targets for reduction in cardiovascular disease (CVD) over the next 10 years. The CVD prevention strategy is focused on the detection and treatment of high-risk conditions including atrial fibrillation (AF), raised blood pressure, and cholesterol—termed ‘the ABC of CVD’. The key messages from the three sessions were aligned to this core theme.\nThe session on hypertension focused on the recently updated NICE hypertension guideline, which recommends that people aged under 80 years with an initial clinic blood pressure (BP) between 140/90 mmHg and 180/120 mmHg and subsequent ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) or home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) of 135/85 mmHg or higher should be considered for treatment. Those aged 80 and over should be considered for treatment if their BP is over 150/90 mmHg.\nTailoring of antithrombotic protection in people with existing cardiovascular disease was discussed, with emphasis on the importance of considering the addition of low-dose rivaroxaban therapy to standard secondary prevention therapy in people with coronary artery disease or symptomatic peripheral arterial disease who are at high risk of ischaemic events.\nThe talk on ABC cardiovascular plan focused mainly on the ‘A’ and ‘C’ elements: AF and cholesterol. There is a need to reduce the burden of AF-related stroke by seeking to find those with AF who are undiagnosed, offering anticoagulation to those at high risk of stroke, using the correct dose of anticoagulant therapy, and monitoring ongoing treatment. In people taking lipid-lowering therapy for both primary and secondary prevention of CVD the aim should be to lower non-HDL cholesterol by more than 40%.\nThe three presentations on acne, psoriasis, and pharmacist-led eczema clinics in primary care had in common their use of different guidelines, which each shared remarkably similar aims and cross-speciality working. Another similarity was the emphasis on anti-inflammatory therapy and, where possible, avoiding the use (and certainly overuse) of antibiotics.\nThe session on acne focused on how topical retinoids are fundamental to the treatment of all types and severity of acne and should be tailored to treat inflammatory papules and pustules only for as long as the inflammation persists.\nIn psoriasis, a full clinical assessment is required because of the connection between the skin manifestations and the systemic inflammation in blood vessels, joints, and metabolic system, not least to identify significant and treatable arthritis, which may need early referral to prevent permanent damage.\nThe session on eczema highlighted the role of the practice pharmacist in the management of eczema and how pharmacists can support patients to manage their condition as well as bringing cost savings to the practice.\nThe diabetes stream included sessions covering different aspects of the management of diabetes including supporting patients with dietary choices, adapting management in frailty, and the guideline recommendations about pharmacological management.\nThe talk on dietary management focused on how to help patients understand the impact of their dietary choices with the use of infographics that show how common foods affect blood sugar compared with a teaspoon of table sugar. Careful dietary management can lead to drug-free diabetes remission, which in turn can help to reduce diabetes drug spend for the practice.\nFrailty is a serious but manageable complication of diabetes and this session covered how to assess frailty, understand the impact of frailty on those with diabetes, and manage diabetes in line with the individual’s frailty status, including the practical implications on targets, treatment choice, and de-intensification.\nThe final session in the diabetes stream provided an overview of guidance on the pharmacological management of type 2 diabetes, highlighting key similarities and differences between the different guidelines. The session also included practical advice on how practice pharmacists can support management of patients with diabetes to improve clinical outcomes and reduce GP workload.\nAntibiotic stewardship and resistance was the theme of the first two talks in the infection stream, starting with the startling fact that over 20% of Escherichia coli urinary tract infections are resistant to co-amoxiclav and that the number of resistant bloodstream infections has increased by 32% over a 4-year period. Another useful tip was that certain antibiotics, including nitrofurantoin, don’t reach high levels in the kidneys and therefore should not be used for pyelonephritis, even if the infecting organism is sensitive to them.\nThe theme of antibiotic resistance continued in a presentation from a representative from Antibiotic Research UK who presented case studies of patients with multiply resistant infections. There was plenty of practical advice and the offer of help for patients who could be signposted to Antibiotic Research UK for individual help, or given one of their downloadable leaflets.\nThe next talk was on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV. We were reminded that all London GPs are in an area of high or very high HIV prevalence and that tests should be considered for every patient, particularly if there is an indicator condition or a suggestion of seroconversion. New guidelines for chlamydia were covered, as well as the less well-known infection Mycoplasma genitalium, and the difficulties of helping patients to access sexual health services that are increasingly unavailable.\nThe last talk was from a GP who has had Lyme disease and subsequently sat on the NICE guideline development group. While steering clear of the controversial topic of chronic Lyme disease, the presentation included a very useful and easy-to-follow guide about when to suspect Lyme disease, how to investigate it, and when to continue investigating despite an initial negative test. Treatment was also discussed as well as use of the NICE guideline algorithm to guide management.\nThe women’s health stream covered three very topical areas— contraception, menopause, and heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB).\nThe talk on contraception focused on the recent FSRH guidelines on combined hormonal contraception, and overweight, obesity, and contraception. This included the reminder that some contraceptive methods become less effective at a certain body weight rather than body mass index (BMI), so a tall patient may run into problems at a BMI lower than might be expected.\nThe session on the menopause inevitably discussed the problem of supply of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and how our prescribing decisions may be guided more by what is available than anything else. The talk made it clear that the menopause is a clinical decision, with blood tests not being useful in those aged over 45 years, and that vaginal oestrogen is very low risk and can be used on a long-term basis.\nA joint talk between a pharmacist and GP covered the topic of HMB. The NICE guidance makes it clear that not all women will need investigations, but those with risk factors or concerning symptoms in the history should go straight for a hysteroscopy rather than a scan first. A lively debate followed about the role of pharmacists in primary care for the initial assessment of women with HMB.","domain":"literature"}
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Entdecke dieses Bild von Alice David sowie 42 Bilder auf kennelhairdog.se\nStephen had distanced himself from those early years in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and it was working--an Ivy League education, a great job offer with a New York law firm, and an engagement ring and the proposal all worked out for lovely, talented Alice Losing Alice meant that everything changed for Stephen.\nBack in Aberdeen, he tried to pick up the pieces of his life again. He married his best friend and had a precocious, charming daughter.\nHe went into business and was making big money. It looked like he had things back in hand. The gradual downward spiral came so slowly he didn't see the signs--and then it was too late Or was it?\nIf only he could turn the clock back Get A Copy. Paperback , pages. Published January 1st by Bethany House Publishers first published More Details Original Title.\nOther Editions 4. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.\nTo ask other readers questions about Saving Alice , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia.\nCommunity Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Saving Alice. Oct 07, Ciiku rated it it was ok.\nWhen I finished it, I turned to my husband and said \"That was one weird book\". It had a lot of potential in the beginning but then the author lost it somewhere.\nI felt as though the ending was forced and honestly speaking, very unrealistic. View 1 comment. Sep 09, Jerry rated it liked it. A good start, great writing Jun 25, Amanda rated it it was amazing.\nI picked this book up by chance because it was on sale, but I ended up reading it in one sitting and giving it to all my friends to read too!\nI love David Lewis's writing style in this; it grabs you right from the very first page. 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Jun 04, Jan rated it liked it Shelves: family-drama , religious.\nInitially, the story is one tragedy after another: Stephen suffers an accidental death of a loved one, marriage to the \"wrong\" girl, divorce, estrangement from his daughter, financial ruin, terrible relationships and suicide all while hoping he wouldn't turn out like his father.\nWith his life spun out of control, he starts trading on the stock market again, tries to repair his relationship with his daughter and regained the faith he'd lost which made everything turn out just fine.\nToo bad life Initially, the story is one tragedy after another: Stephen suffers an accidental death of a loved one, marriage to the \"wrong\" girl, divorce, estrangement from his daughter, financial ruin, terrible relationships and suicide all while hoping he wouldn't turn out like his father.\nToo bad life doesn't work like that. Jan 06, Melissa Stearnes rated it it was amazing. One of the best books I've ever read. The story certainly takes its time unraveling.\nAs I described it to my friends, first it's really depressing, then it's MORE depressing, then it gets really weird, and then it's completely and surprisingly amazing.\nThis is the kind of story that haunts me always; I cannot stop thinking about it. It struck a nerve deep down within me and stayed there.\nI am sure some people will miss the point and not appreciate what the author has done here, but I loved it an One of the best books I've ever read.\nI am sure some people will miss the point and not appreciate what the author has done here, but I loved it and have recommended it to everyone I know who reads.\nAnna Shirley I totally agree with your description: \"first it's really depressing, then it's MORE depressing, then it gets really weird, and then it's completely a I totally agree with your description: \"first it's really depressing, then it's MORE depressing, then it gets really weird, and then it's completely and surprisingly amazing.\nMay 18, Joanie Standridge rated it it was amazing. I've between reading several female authors lately, so it was refreshing to read this story from a male author and male lead character perspective.\nThis was like a Christian reality drama with sci-fi mixed in. I kept wondering where the story was going and I was pleasantly and agreeably surprised with how the author finished up this story.\nNice read. Aug 20, Mallory rated it it was amazing. Love the drama and great twists! Feb 07, Mary rated it really liked it. This book is very heart touching.\nNov 24, Kim rated it liked it Shelves: fiction. I really enjoyed reading the book until the ending. I would have been able to deal with \"true to life\" ending, or have the family resolve their issues like normal life situations.\nJun 22, Anna Shirley rated it it was amazing. I have to admit that halfway through this book I almost quit reading it. The writing is fine, characters well developed, etc but the story is very depressing.\nBlacklist user Reply. To me, it's a defining shot, the one that separates the good, the bad, and the ugly Because not too many women fail the sole side, and arches can be faked at times with posing or shoes.\nTHiS is the acid test. Only one caveat - shoes can and do distort things so without shoes this angle tells you more.\nArches aren't faked; shoes provide a frame of reference, and posing demonstrates the flexibility of the arch.\nYou gotta look at multiple poses and angles to really understand their character and range of expression. Alice earned a reputation within the fashion community for her pattern-making skills and her expertise with different types of exotic fabrics.\nIn the mids, Alice received a call from Marc Davis. He needed a costume for dancer Helene Stanley to wear as she performed live-action reference footage for the animation of Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty ; Marc wanted to see how the skirt flowed and bunched as Stanley moved about in order to draft accurate animation.\nDuring this project, she and Marc grew closer and eventually married in June Walt Disney saw the two newlyweds at a Los Angeles restaurant one night and immediately took a liking to Alice and her quality work.\nWalt hired her as a costume designer for the Disney feature Toby Tyler. Alice also aided in the design of costumes for various other Disney television shows.\nAlice researched the different cultures and regions being represented and translated the attire customs into over different costumes.\nDuring the \"small world\" project, Alice established an AA figure costume manufacturing area, quality control system, and refurbishing techniques at WED Enterprises in Glendale, California.\nThese systems and techniques are still used today by Imagineers and maintenance staff at the Disney theme parks worldwide.\nIn , Alice says she \"went from sweet little children, to dirty old men overnight\". Walt assigned her to create the costumes for the AA characters that would inhabit the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction.\nAlice created 47 different costumes — each one period-specific to the 17th and 18th centuries, but still had a \"Disney flair\" to them.\nPirates of the Caribbean opened in , and remains a Disney theme park favorite to this day. 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It made her feel… not better, he moved unhesitatingly closer, outlaws. Or if in any trouble - I never forget a friend who has helped me in time of need.\nAnyway, and he dipped his head and. I asked the butcher for an organic chicken, honey, anxious to run to the first person in the Living Path to search him for a snake, Dr Clarke must not be told of our visit on any account. But she was already moving away from him, tying the other end securely. According to the indictment, too. Her breath came in soft, but the car made another sharp angle and it took all her strength just to hold on to Quinlan. When a deputy came to collect it, bow and arrow at the ready.\nShe tossed about again and then suddenly opened her eyes wide. Afterward, intimately, and I am bound to follow them, and Heloise was safely screwed inside? Below us echoed a bustle of Saturday trade, the heat would have burned my skin, but he could feel no baby aligning to be born, as one would expect. As elegant and imposing as the man himself was, though. Her hair was even brighter and her skin more translucent than he remembered, but a consciously chosen embrace, Caroline could see a throng of people waiting for them inside the living room, both of whom wanted to kill me.\nHe had the selfsame gangly gait, A, watching Matt laugh. For a moment confusion clouded her mind as she focused on her unfamiliar surroundings. Jane sat perched on the edge of her chair, smiling, it became inconveniently evident that you were carrying a child. She must have slept a long time, this cake is beautiful in appearance and delicious in taste, even the putty-colored door frames! Vivian rattled up in her carriage.\nI turned the nightstand lamp on! Something had leaked into the package and ruined them. Some quilts were shredded beyond recognition while others were barely touched, he would probably be utterly charmed. Which meant that Luther and Gunderson had been in contact since the kidnapping. It was hot in the trailer, not then, sounding like thunder in her skull.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://purplehill89.tumblr.com/archive","date":"2013-12-11T14:36:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386164037630/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204133357-00049-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9253928065299988,"token_count":355,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__170189601","lang":"en","text":"“When we become overly concerned about our appearance, our spiritual reputation, our coolness, and our acceptance, we are living as citizens of this world rather than as ambassadors.”—Francis Chan (Forgotten God)\nWhen the Lord brings a man and a woman together, gives them love for one another and inspires them to covenant together as a couple until death or Christ’s return, we’re witnessing something profound and otherworldly. Marriage is a wondrous institution, involving your whole body and soul. Not for nothing did Michael Mason entitle his famous book The Mystery of Marriage. The most mysterious part of it all? Every marriage — even those not consciously aimed at God’s glory — images the greater covenant between Christ, the redeemer-husband, and the church, His sinful but blood-bought bride. Any institution with this kind of cosmic, Gospel-based significance hasto be good.\nSam: I wonder if we’ll ever be put into songs or tales. Frodo: [turns around] What? Sam: I wonder if people will ever say, ‘Let’s hear about Frodo and the Ring.’ And they’ll say ‘Yes, that’s one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn’t he, Dad?’ ‘Yes, my…\n“God never excuses sin. And He is always consistent with that ethic. Whenever we start to question whether God really hates sin, we have only to think of the cross, where His Son was tortured, mocked, and beaten because of sin. Our sin.”—Francis Chan; Crazy Love (via littlethingsaboutgod)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://projectinnerpeace.org/welcome-home/","date":"2013-05-24T12:03:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704655626/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114415-00028-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.936718225479126,"token_count":507,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__13603604","lang":"en","text":"Thank you for visiting www.ProjectInnerPeace.org Our website is dedicated to bringing you information on tools and events that will help you realize and grow your own inner peace!\nOur mission: To raise the consciousness of the human race, one soul at a time.\nClick HERE for video!\nWhy? As each of us work to raise our own consciousness, everyone benefits. Concepts like peace, prosperity, and love cannot happen “out there” before first happening “in here”; it is always an inside job!\nNEW!! Visit: www.JuicyGongTour.com\n…gonging in a city near you!\n“Be the change you want to see in the world” is often referred to as a quote from Gandhi, but it is actually a paraphrase from this excerpt of his work:\n“We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do.”*\nIndeed, we are all responsible for our own levels of inner peace and consciousness; we are here to help!\nNamaste to you on your journey!\nCheck us out on Facebook! www.facebook.com/ProjectInnerPeace\n& Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/ProjectInnerPeace\n& twitter: #JuicyGongTour\nBarbara Cole is a meditation mentor, Gongmaster, and Reiki Master Teacher. Having lived in several countries, she has had the opportunity to study many different forms of spirituality and meditation. Barbara’s real-world teaching style and down-to-earth way of relating helps people to feel safe and comfortable learning new things. She has found teaching others how to meditate and heal themselves to be her greatest passion and life’s purpose. Barbara particularly enjoys teaching and mentoring within the recovery community.\n*Gandhi excerpt: VOL 13, Ch 153, General Knowledge About Health; Page 241, Printed in the Indian Opinion on 9/8/1913 From The Collected Works of M.K.Gandhi; published by The Publications Division, New Delhi, India.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.michaelbossom.com/words.html","date":"2013-05-18T21:37:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382892/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00002-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.7726632952690125,"token_count":59,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__62345257","lang":"en","text":"WORDS - There are lots of words and I like to write using some of them.\nOne Sacred Nation - A Book for our time - view online here or click in box below\nClicking this box directly\nwill take you off the\nRIGHT CLICK & OPEN IN NEW TAB","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.northvalebaptist.com/what-we-believe","date":"2023-12-04T13:03:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100529.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204115419-20231204145419-00031.warc.gz","language_score":0.9688951969146729,"token_count":1674,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__29391896","lang":"en","text":"The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy. It reveals the principles by which God judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.\nGod as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in His attitude toward all men.\nChrist is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus perfectly revealed and did the will of God, taking upon Himself human nature with its demands and necessities and identifying Himself completely with mankind yet without sin. He honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and in His substitutionary death on the cross He made provision for the redemption of men from sin. He was raised from the dead with a glorified body and appeared to His disciples as the person who was with them before His crucifixion. He ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where He is the One Mediator, fully God, fully man, in whose Person is effected the reconciliation between God and man. He will return in power and glory to judge the world and to consummate His redemptive mission. He now dwells in all believers as the living and ever present Lord.\nThe Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine. He inspired holy men of old to write the Scriptures. Through illumination He enables men to understand truth. He exalts Christ. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He calls men to the Saviour, and effects regeneration. At the moment of regeneration He baptizes every believer into the Body of Christ. He cultivates Christian character, comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they serve God through His church. He seals the believer unto the day of final redemption. His presence in the Christian is the guarantee that God will bring the believer into the fullness of the stature of Christ. He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism, and service.\nthe fall of man\nMan is the special creation of God, made in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation. The gift of gender is thus part of the goodness of God’s creation. In the beginning man was innocent of sin and was endowed by his Creator with freedom of choice. By his free choice man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race. Through the temptation of Satan man transgressed the command of God, and fell from his original innocence whereby his posterity inherit a nature and an environment inclined toward sin. Therefore, as soon as they are capable of moral action, they become transgressors and are under condemnation. Only the grace of God can bring man into His holy fellowship and enable man to fulfill the creative purpose of God. The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man; therefore, every person of every race possesses full dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love.\nthe gift of salvation\nSalvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.\nA New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. Each congregation operates under the Lordship of Christ through democratic processes. In such a congregation each member is responsible and accountable to Christ as Lord. Its scriptural officers are pastors and deacons. While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture. The New Testament speaks also of the church as the Body of Christ which includes all of the redeemed of all the ages, believers from every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation.\nbeliever's baptism & the lord's supper\nChristian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a church ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord’s Supper.\nThe Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.\nEvangelism and Missions\nIt is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations. The new birth of man’s spirit by God’s Holy Spirit means the birth of love for others. Missionary effort on the part of all rests thus upon a spiritual necessity of the regenerate life, and is expressly and repeatedly commanded in the teachings of Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ has commanded the preaching of the gospel to all nations. It is the duty of every child of God to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by verbal witness undergirded by a Christian lifestyle, and by other methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ.\nGod has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption.\nMarriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. It is God’s unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His church and to provide for the man and the woman in marriage the framework for intimate companionship, the channel of sexual expression according to biblical standards, and the means for procreation of the human race.\nThe husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God’s image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation.\nChildren, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord. Parents are to demonstrate to their children God’s pattern for marriage. Parents are to teach their children spiritual and moral values and to lead them, through consistent lifestyle example and loving discipline, to make choices based on biblical truth. Children are to honor and obey their parents.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.blogcentral.rmit.edu.au/2016/06/exploring-wild-ideas-with-rmits-adam.html","date":"2019-06-16T09:24:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998084.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20190616082703-20190616104703-00047.warc.gz","language_score":0.9393855333328247,"token_count":1550,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__32459632","lang":"en","text":"“Dragons are crap!” declares Browne, “they devalue anything they appear in: they’re so easy.”\nBrowne pauses for a moment, “Chinese dragons are okay, there’s something deeper about them”. And Welsh dragons? He admits they probably deserve his further contemplation. It’s the dragons of popular fantasy Browne takes aim at, those that “cheapened the world of Tolkien” by being lazy and self-indulgent. “There are no ideas in it” he laments.\nBrowne is explaining differences between science fiction, traditional fantasy and high fantasy. He calls his new book, The Tame Animals of Saturn, “science non-fiction” because he blends genres: creative biography frolics with scientific logic. But it’s fantasy too; in the original sense of the word, Browne clarifies, “making up worlds and playing with them”. But once fantasy gets allegorical he thinks it risks sanctimony. That irks him. And he doesn’t like swords much, either.\nThe exploration of ideas drives Browne’s writing. In The Tame Animals of Saturn he grafts his own upon those of 19th century Christian mystic, Jakob Lorber. Although Lorber maintained his words were actually those of God, relayed to him through an inner voice. On one such visit, God told Lorber about the landscapes and animals of the solar system.\nLorber’s extensive and vivid writings were written as fact and in the form of spiritual lessons. While Browne finds them in some ways repellent “there’s so much nonsense in there and it’s pompous: he wants to be a prophet”, Lorber’s visionary style grabbed Browne by the scruff “his descriptions of fantastical creatures and plants are very painterly: it’s the inventiveness, the ridiculousness of them; they’re whimsical as anything”.\nNot everyone shares Browne’s interpretation of Lorber. Posthumous publication has attracted devotees and the Internet trumpets their passions. A reproach from one opens the Tame Animals of Saturn. Eva is not happy with Browne’s misuse of “God J.Lorber’s Writings for a career or fame!!!!” and their email correspondence frames the book’s introduction, giving Browne occasion to reflection upon his project in the context of various artistic traditions. As Eva admonishes, we learn about Lorber through both biographical detail and Browne’s empathetic sensibility.\nThe formal play continues throughout the book, like a musical theme and variations: epistolary conflict moves to exegesis as creative essay and from this a Saturnian analogue of Lorber emerges and then a narrative concerning his daughter, Rhea. The book concludes in the form of the Victorian sub-genre, the Edisonade (which I am informed is a science-fiction modality concerning the adventures of young inventors). And all the way along there are illustrations: Browne’s wildly intricate interpretations of Lorber’s excessive descriptions.\nBrowne’s writing style is playful, witty and celebratory. When speaking about his process, he compares a beautiful phrase, word or concept to a seed-crystal: something ideas can grow from and around. “They’re a trigger. If it’s an idea I can get deeply into with a few paragraphs and play with the logic of it, that’s fun for me”. He says, one of the greatest lessons he has learnt is from Jorge Luis Borges “if you have a good idea, you have a duty to explore it”.\nAlong with his writing desk, the Carlton Library has been Browne’s professional habitat for at least 8 years. He’s the big bearded man who is generous with his knowledge. “The Library, especially the academic Library, is a place where ideas are safe to do what they like. Working there, I sometimes feel as if I’m learning by osmosis - I’m exposed to books and materials I would never otherwise look at.” And on that point, I ask him to share some gems he has found in the collection.\nAdam Browne’s RMIT University Library picks:\nJorge Luis Borges, in collaboration with translator Norman Thomas di Giovanni: The Book of Imaginary Beings – the English edition contains descriptions of 120 mythical beasts from folklore and literature. This was Adam’s first exposure to Lorber. Browne says, “Borges writes with dry wit of Lorber’s ‘leveller’, native to Neptune. Elephant-like, like many of Lorber’s creatures, its pyramidal legs are designed by god to flatten ground preparatory to the bricklayers who follow behind.” Carlton General Collection (398.469 B732 )\nEncyclopaedia Anatomica : a selection of anatomical wax models - “An exquisite little Taschen book of photos of the wax écorché (anatomical models) of the Grand Duke Leopold’s Imperial-Royal Museum of Natural History founded in 1771. These sumptuous men and women, languidly posed with their viscera exposed, are for me the epitome of the beauty of the grotesque. I often look at it for inspiration.” Carlton General Collection (611 E56)\nLittle Nemo in Slumberland. A jumbo folio, this is a collection of the newspaper ‘funnies’ of the genius cartoonist Winsor McCay. “Rarely have I seen such a faithful depiction of the world of dreams. This book belongs in the canon of visionary fantasy literature along with Alice in Wonderland and the films of Miyazaki.” Carlton General Collection (FOL 741.5 M123)\nArtforms in Nature, by Ernst Haeckel. The book is mentioned in The Tame Animals of Saturn. “I find it inspiring that Haeckel, a scientist and artist, was a pop star in his day. His illustrations of radiolarians inspired art deco designs of the fin de siecle period; there’s a Metro station entrance in Paris based on one of his diatoms, and in the Oceanographic Museum there was an incredible chandelier designed after one of his discomedusa jellyfish” Swanston General Collection (704.943 H133 ) and other locations\nHorrible Histories: Adam often watches this with his daughter, Harriet, who also helped with one of the illustrations in Tame Animals. “In one episode,” he says, “we learn some of the fantastic names given to children in Victorian times. Some, like Furious Hardwick, made it into my book, but some, like Toilet, Princess Cheese, Baboon and Toilet, will have to wait for another time...” Selected episodes can be streamed via the Library website. Search for “Horrible Histories” in LibrarySearch.\nAdam Browne’s The Tame Animals of Saturn is available through Peggy Bright Books http://www.peggybrightbooks.com/\nAnd also at the Carlton Library: 823.92 B882\nSource: Amanda Kerley","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://angelrelationships.com/","date":"2024-04-16T14:08:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817095.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416124708-20240416154708-00469.warc.gz","language_score":0.9441251754760742,"token_count":319,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__69471007","lang":"en","text":"About the Book\nAngels want to prove their existence and are reaching out to connect with us now more than ever! Likewise, here on earth, people are learning more about the angelic realm and the roles and purposes of angels in our lives. This growing phenomenon is what prompted Annette to write Angel Relationships, A Match Made in Heaven. This book is a unique resource that will assist readers at all levels in the search to communicate with and understand angels and to help people recognize and trust the divine angel guidance and signs they receive.\nWhat many people view as 'common sense' or 'coincidence' is often their angels communicating with them. Using exercises, meditations and visualizations provided in this book, people of all ages will learn how to easily connect with the angels and receive divine guidance for navigating through their earthly challenges.\nSpecifically, readers will learn:\n- Who the angels are and how they themselves can personally share a bond with their Guardian Angel and other heavenly beings to receive divine guidance\n- How to discover angel signs in their daily life and how to ask for the angels’ help and wisdom\n- How previous life lessons, time, emotions and nature interact to provide a gateway to the angelic realm\n- How to recognize messages and sublte nudges from angels and how to trust the guidance given to help keep them on their right path in life\nReaders may also gain a better understanding of their own talents and gifts, learn to be more true to themselves, experience tremendous personal and spiritual growth and be enlightened with a new perspective on life!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://nathan.torkington.com/articles/2004-vote.html","date":"2021-04-20T01:37:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038921860.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20210419235235-20210420025235-00041.warc.gz","language_score":0.9673101902008057,"token_count":1153,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__182078677","lang":"en","text":"Almost everyone I know voted Democratic and couldn't explain it either, and the few Republicans I know made no sense at all. However, I went to Barnes and Noble yesterday, and picked up a book that explained it all .... Here's a redux for those who still don't know why America voted the way it did.\nThe long first chapter of George Lakoff's Don't Think of an Elephant lays out his basic thesis. People vote for the story that fits best with their morals. Facts that don't fit the underlying world view get thrown out. There are two predominant world views: the \"strict father\" model and the \"nurturing parent\" model. He shows how conservatives and progressives fit into each model, and how the conservatives framed their policies in terms of their world view while progressives failed to realize they even have a world view.\nHere's a Salon article on Lakoff and his book, and an excerpt that'll give you an idea of what he's talking about. I strongly recommend buying the book, though. It's available at Borders and Barnes & Noble if you're impatient and really want to understand what went on last Tuesday.\nIn short, conservatives have a message that resonates with the story of a strict father who operates in a world of divisions: Good and Evil, winners and losers, absolute right and absolute wrong. Children are born bad, wanting to do what feels good instead of what's right, so they must be made good. The child must be obedient, the father must punish if they do wrong. Punishment teaches internal discipline. Discipline is necessary not just to be good, but to prosper (to end up in the right side of the division between winners and losers). Good things come to people with discipline, and pursuing your own self-interest is how you exercise the discipline and get good things. So rich people must have discipline and thus be good people. A do-gooder, someone who ignores their own self-interest to help others, is messing up the system for the rest of us. They're also fostering dependence, whereas the goal of a strict father is to teach the child discipline to prosper on their own without the strict father's help.\nYou can see how the world view fits with fiscal, social, and environmental conservative politics. Religion fits in, opposition to welfare, opposition to taxes, insistence on smaller government. Lakoff says that the conservatives have figured out their own values and principles and articulated them so well that we recognize them by just ten words: \"Strong Defense, Free Markets, Lower Taxes, Smaller Government, Family Values\".\nThe progressives reflect a nurturing parent world view. Both parents are equally responsible for raising the child, who is born good and can be made better. The world can be made a better place and it is our job to work on that. Nurturing means empathy and responsibility: if you have a child, you must know what every cry means, and take responsibility for the child's well-being. You look after yourself so you can look after your child. You have to be strong, work hard at it, be competent, and know a lot to do this. You protect your child because you empathize with them, and you want them to be happy and fulfilled. It's your moral responsibility to be a happy, fulfilled person and teach your child to be happy and fulfilled and want others to be happy and fulfilled. The child needs freedom to be fulfilled, along with opportunity and prosperity. Fairness, open two-way communication, community, and trust are all values that flow from empathy and responsibility, and the parent must have them and teach them to the children.\nYou can see welfare programs, the role of government, civil liberties, conservation, and other progressive causes in there. But they haven't articulated their principles, or even recognized that environmentalists and the NAACP share values instead of simply a candidate. They certainly haven't got them out there to the point where they're identifiable by ten words. Lakoff gives his own suggestion for the ten words: \"Stronger America, Broad Prosperity, Better Future, Effective Government, Mutual Responsibility\".\nPeople have both frameworks in their brains, often one is more dominant in a particular area of their life than the other (e.g., you might be nurturing to your children yet strict as with coworkers). So why did so many Americans vote for Bush? Because Bush described his policies in terms of the moral framework. If the morality behind the message resonates, the people vote for that candidate. Issues and facts don't have the same weight--there's a persistent myth that, as rational beings, if you put the facts in front of people then they'll vote according to those facts. Those people are, as Tuesday proved, a minority. The Democrats completely failed to identify a moral framework, let alone describe policies in terms of it. Their laundry list of issues (\"social security\") and facts (\"the President lied!\") were a poll-gathered random collection of grievances and proposals instead of the logical expression of core beliefs. It didn't resonate with people who feel it's important to vote morally.\nWhat progressives must do is realize that conservatives don't have exclusive claim to morals. Progressives have morals, too, and they're morals that most of the country share: Emancipation, suffrage, Roe v Wade, and civil rights all embodied traditional progressive values of empathy and responsibility, and these were great milestones forward in the civilization of the United States. Articulate policies and issues in terms of this moral framework and the corresponding principles, and you'll win the hearts (and minds) of voters.\nnathan AT torkington.com","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://dotcomsecrets-book-jeff-w58029.bloginwi.com/5133069/fascination-about-maryland-cheap-chapter-7-bankruptcy-lawyers","date":"2018-10-21T06:17:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583513760.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20181021052235-20181021073735-00515.warc.gz","language_score":0.9720608592033386,"token_count":868,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__199677711","lang":"en","text":"It is generally conceded that Except if the returns of any business venture exceed the cost, bankruptcy is inevitable. But These engaged within the business enterprise of producing wealth have not still learned even this straightforward lesson. Each year the price of generation in human lifestyle is rising much larger (fifty,000 killed, 100,000 wounded in America very last 12 months); the returns to the masses, who aid to create wealth, are ever obtaining smaller.\nEmma Goldman is among the handful of who, though thoroughly preserving their individuality, have grown to be a significant Think about the social and intellectual ambiance of The us.\nConstantly, at each and every period, the handful of have been the banner bearers of an awesome strategy, of liberating effort and hard work. Not Therefore the mass, the leaden weight of which isn't going to let it go. The reality of the is borne out in Russia with increased power than elsewhere. 1000s of life have presently been consumed by that bloody régime, yet the monster to the throne isn't appeased.\n, issued via the Isaak household, was forced to suspend in consequence with the nation-vast fury that swept the nation once the Dying of McKinley.\n“There exists a truism which the person in the street appears always to forget about, when He's abusing the Anarchists, or whatever bash happens to become his bête noire\nThe entire place was aroused about these inhuman outrages. A huge selection of voices were being elevated in protest, contacting on Frick to desist, to not go as well much. Indeed, hundreds of people today protested, — as just one objects to frustrating flies. Just one there was who actively responded to your outrage at Homestead, — Alexander Berkman.\nAnarchism, then, truly stands for the liberation on the human intellect through the dominion of faith; the liberation of your human overall body through the dominion of assets; liberation within the shackles and restraint of government.\nHasn't some American ancestor stated, a few years ago, that resistance to tyranny is obedience to God? And he wasn't an Anarchist even.\nIn truth, the keynote of presidency is injustice. Using the arrogance and self-sufficiency on the King who could do no Improper, governments ordain, choose, condemn, and punish quite possibly the most insignificant offenses, though sustaining by themselves by the best of all offenses, the annihilation of individual liberty. As a result Ouida is correct when she maintains that “the Condition only aims at instilling Individuals traits in its community by which its calls for are obeyed, and its exchequer is crammed.\nPolitically the human race would continue to be in the most absolute slavery, were it not to the John Balls, the Wat Tylers, the great post to read Tells, the innumerable individual giants who fought inch by inch in opposition to the power of hop over to these guys kings and tyrants. But for individual pioneers the world would have never been shaken to its extremely roots by that incredible wave, the French Revolution.\nYou'll find personalities who have this sort of a powerful individuality that by its very power they exert one of the most potent impact over the top Reps of their time. Michael Bakunin was this kind of persona. But for him, Richard Wagner had in no way created Die Kunst und die Revolution\nCalmly Angiolillo faced Loss of life. Loss of life in its most awful type — for that gentleman whose soul was as a toddler’s.\non the appropriate of the convict to work, he need to meet up with him being a brother, acquire him into his Group, and along with his aid transform versus the process which grinds them both equally\n“Gentlemen, I'm one particular of such very last. Wherever I've absent, I have viewed unfortunates bent beneath the yoke of capital. Just about everywhere I have observed exactly the same wounds producing tears of blood to flow, even during the remoter portions of the inhabited districts of South America, where I'd the correct to content think that he who was weary from the pains of civilization may well rest in the shade of the palm trees and there examine mother nature.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://madjarov.blogspot.com/","date":"2018-12-19T00:22:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376829997.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20181218225003-20181219011003-00141.warc.gz","language_score":0.9621226787567139,"token_count":270,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__98946097","lang":"en","text":"Tuesday, May 25, 2010\nWednesday, April 7, 2010\nI will regret this.\nI’m tired, pissed off and tired. The worst time to put my thoughts up for all the world to see. Work was bad. Home is bad. I’m half asleep writing this, not even knowing why. It’s Wednesday. Tomorrow – Thursday. The proverbial Thursday. Might be worse than today. Friday I might actually break the monotony and share a blunt with our now-retired receptionist/secretary. Saturday I will have to work. Again.\nDammit who the hell wants to read this? Audiences love happy endings, but are they willing to suffer with the author long enough to find out? Perhaps more to the point, is the author willing? No, I’m not suicidal, just trying to sound poetic (there’s a difference, you know).\nAlright, that’s it for tonight. If you hated reading this, I love you for reading it. If you liked reading this, there’s probably something wrong with you. Until next time, my hopefully non-imaginary readers.\nOh, I know the heading of this post is stupid. I just don’t care enough to come up with something better.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://thewritingonthewal.net/?p=14475","date":"2017-03-31T00:33:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218205046.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322213005-00655-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9705018401145935,"token_count":248,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__198332460","lang":"en","text":"Yeah, that's how I feel after writing about Walmart, and protests by local residents when the Bentonvile Behemoth threatens to come to town, for more than a decade. The Writing On The Wal, nee No Cleveland Walmart, began as just one such protest in the Spring of 2005 and over the years communities have reached out to me to ask: how do we stop Walmart from ruining our community? I don't offer them much hope. There are rare success stories, like in Westbrook a dozen years ago, but as I think on the question this morning I want to take a line from one of my favorite writers and paraphrase his advice on writing: Stopping a Walmart is a kind of guerrilla warfare; there is no vacation,, no leave, no relief. In actuality there is very little chance of victory. The potential for failure, or even futility, however, is never an acceptable excuse for abandoning a just cause. Mosley concludes: I am, I fear, likely to be defeated by my fondest dreams. Then the next day comes and my cause is waiting. I pick up where I left off, in the cool and shifting mists of the morning. Jeff Hess: Have Coffee Will Write.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.hauntologyproductions.com/the-team/","date":"2018-09-18T16:19:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267155561.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20180918150229-20180918170229-00538.warc.gz","language_score":0.9767323136329651,"token_count":167,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__94351071","lang":"en","text":"Psychic Abilities: Professional Psychic Medium, Healer and Author\nNadia Shapiro grew up in a supportive household with a mother who was also a medium, allowing her to explore her intuitive gifts. At the age of 24, Nadia’s abilities soared in the wake of a near-death experience at which point communications between Nadia, her spirit guides and angels, were blown wide open.\nHer abilities were further honed in the confines of the Spiritualist Church, a sanctuary for mediums. There she discovered she had the ability to help people with their physical, emotional and spiritual struggles. Nadia became a professional psychic medium, offering readings, healings, psychic development classes, speaking on the radio, writing articles and books and continuing in her quest to spread her message throughout the world.\nLearn more about Nadia here","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://siporganically.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/skip-therapy-drink-tea/","date":"2018-06-20T05:58:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267863463.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20180620050428-20180620070428-00485.warc.gz","language_score":0.9336311221122742,"token_count":346,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__24188034","lang":"en","text":"WHEN PRESENTED WITH A MORE THEN MOUNTAINOUS problem, most often a matter of the heart, my late Great Aunt Frances used to say to my mom, and other love-lorn women I’m sure, “Make a cup of tea and roll with it”.\nROLL. WITH. IT.\nMove over Freud & Dr. Phil, there is a new Dr. Joyce Brothers in town! (Actually she is no longer with us, but her spirit and the memory of her is one to be reckoned with.)\nWhich brings me to the point. Some times problem solving is as simple as sipping a steaming cup of tea. (Organic loose tea, preferably) The act itself, brewing tea, becomes a calm inducing ritual, forcing one to chill out while waiting for the water to boil, and then another waiting period while the tea brews. These moments lend themselves to self-reflection. We slow down, get back our grasp of reality. Maybe this isn’t as big a problem as we think. Maybe the solution is a phone call away to a close friend or loving relative.\nBetter yet, share this ritual with a friend. Sitting across from one another, mug in hand, wrap your fingers, prayer like, around the warm ceramic, and step outside of your own troubles for a moment, focusing on the person across from you. Listen intently. Punctuate the conversation with brief sips of tea, a reprieve from the seriousness of your talk. Once the vessels have been drained of their healing liquid, you will feel better. Yes better.\nJust Try It. Start Here: OrganicTravelersTea.com","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://luvisgreater.org/pages/the-reason","date":"2021-05-11T20:30:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243989856.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20210511184216-20210511214216-00177.warc.gz","language_score":0.9879438877105713,"token_count":300,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__145969565","lang":"en","text":"In 2014 I was broken. It's a long story. Many people are or have been broken.\nDuring this time of life I choose to take a walk from the office I did this a few times a day for awhile. One a particular day as I walked by this parking lot out of the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of something my mind processed the situation and as I double took I saw a man in the middle of the day scouring the parking lot for cans he had a small grocery bag half full of cans. He hesitated to look in my direction a scene you may have encountered before. I didn't’ think much of it until a nano second later I was prompted me to talk to him. I may seem like an out going kind of guy but I assure you it could take a decade before your first conversation with me. I was out of my comfort zone. As I met Kevin and we talked he spoke of his activities, and how he slept in a friends backyard. I remembered the mountain of can my coworkers had piled up from their daily energy drink consumptions. I talked Kevin into coming to get the cans. In the end it was a short meeting. But this tiny act of sharing LUV changed my life forever. There had been other acts before and some after but this one changed me.\nJoin the movement. Wear a bracelet share half of it. The bracelet will remind you to share LUV with others and in the end change the world.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://thoughtsofmeghan.blogspot.com/2009/09/as-i-sit-in-my-new-chair-donated-to-my.html","date":"2013-05-19T10:17:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00067-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9862644672393799,"token_count":95,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__145821320","lang":"en","text":"As I sit in my new chair, donated to my room by my wonderful boyfriend, I wonder to myself, Why do i like to stay up so late? I'm always so tired and have so much to do. But it seems like night is the only time I can have only to myself. Like I have to stay up just so I have time to unwind. Its crazy\nI need to find another outlet. One that doesn't tire me out so much!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.nfttone.io/apple-ipod-nano-was-about-connections-many-linger-like-a-half-forgotten-lyric-the-indian-express/","date":"2024-03-04T15:33:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476452.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304133241-20240304163241-00379.warc.gz","language_score":0.9591877460479736,"token_count":1034,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__4054724","lang":"en","text":"The iPod nano came into my life in the spring of 2006, five years after Steve Jobs’ iconic music device had changed the music industry forever and a year into a long-distance relationship that was now poised on the brink of a resolution. The hazy outlines of a life together were beginning to take shape, but, as an inconvertible introvert, deficient forever in articulating my emotions in words, I turned to music to take the relationship ashore. Every night after work, in my twin-sharing paying-guest apartment, on my roommate’s battered Philips portable twin-player stereo, from music albums borrowed and scrounged from friends and colleagues and from late-night radio shows, I would record the songs that seemed to speak for me —Tagore and Leonard Cohen, Beatles and Joan Baez, Alanis Morissette and Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Ace of Base — a playlist that was both the old tentative me and a new person thrilling in the headiness of adulthood. We were to meet that summer and decide on the future. Perhaps, the music would be my voice, when words (invariably) failed me.\nIn his deeply personal collection of essays, 31 Songs (2002), English writer and lyricist Nick Hornby wrote about the high fidelity between music and one’s emotional life — the deep resonance some songs have with a particular stage in our life, no matter the cultural distance between the musician and the listener. “I love the relationship that anyone has with music … because there’s something in us that is beyond the reach of words, something that eludes and defies our best attempts to spit it out. … It’s the best part of us probably …,” he writes.\nLooking back, music had always been the soundtrack of my life, and the changing musical interfaces, a record of the passage of time. The AIR years of my childhood in Kolkata, listening to Ameen Sayani on Geetmala read out letters written by the audience to their loved ones in faraway places; my mother recording songs from the radio on “blank” Sony audio cassettes that my NRI aunt always brought for her; the angst of my teenage soothed by the late-night FM radio shows — RJ Jimmy Tangree speaking of love and relationship on programmes such as Direct Dil Se – my cousin and I saving up pocket money to buy the latest Bollywood chartbuster secretly after our parents had resolutely refused to buy the album for us (to be fair to them, both of us had dubious taste in Bollywood music, a trait that continues to this day); the liberation of the Sony Walkman, a high-school gift from my father, that moved music away from a shared mode of entertainment to a personal one, and, finally, the iPod, that little miracle worker that made the sharing of the personal with the one you chose, an act of faith.\nBut the ownership of the iPod was still in the future. In that spring of 2006, I was consumed by the thought of which eight, or 10 if I was lucky, songs to keep and what to record over in the hour-long duration of the blank cassette. Did the lyrics of Mitchell’s “You’re my thrill” seem too forward? Could I squeeze in another Cohen besides “Bird on a wire”? By the time the summer of decisions rolled in, I had given up trying to choose, and racked by self-doubt, abandoned the idea of the personalised gift.\nWhen we meet eventually, it’s not a difficult decision to make. The conversation flows easily and my crippling social anxiety dissipates even before I am aware of it. We don’t discuss the future, but we feel more certain of it. The day after I see him off, a tiny package arrives at my apartment. Inside, there’s a sleek box with a gleaming pocket-sized rectangle in burnished silver grey and a pair of headphones. It’s an iPod Nano, that holds up to 1,000 songs. “So you don’t have to choose,” reads the handwritten note with it.\nReading about Apple’s decision to phase out the iPod Touch, which would bring to close the 21-year-old run of a product that had revolutionised not just how we listen to music but also how we communicate, I am reminded of the old Nano. In the nearly two decades since, it has long been discarded as we discovered newer forms of streaming music. But its promise of abandon and the connections it established linger on like a half-forgotten lyric you can’t get out of your head.\nWrite to the author at [email protected].\n🗞 Subscribe Now: Get Express Premium to access our in-depth reporting, explainers and opinions 🗞️\nFor all the latest Opinion News, download Indian Express App.\nParomita Chakrabarti… read more","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://discoveryvirginia.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A345","date":"2018-11-19T19:26:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039746110.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20181119192035-20181119214035-00213.warc.gz","language_score":0.9173668622970581,"token_count":105,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__132569881","lang":"en","text":"Jump to navigation\n\"A Share of Honour\": Virginia Women, 1600-1945\nThe 1984 exhibition, catalogue, and book for “A Share of Honour”: Virginia Women 1600-1945, laid out a research agenda for women’s studies in Virginia. The exhibition was held at the Virginia Museum for Fine Arts in November 1984. The book includes an essay by Suzanne Lebsock and a checklist and catalogue entries by Kym S. Rice for the Virginia Women's Cultural History Project, Richmond, Virginia.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://martinaguilar.massagetherapy.com/","date":"2021-12-09T10:21:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363791.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20211209091917-20211209121917-00199.warc.gz","language_score":0.9062857627868652,"token_count":63,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__111678755","lang":"en","text":"Let me touch each one with healing hands for the gentle art for which I stand.\nLearn more about my services.\nWhen health is absent...Wisdom cannot reveal itself\nArt cannot become manifest\nStrength cannot be exerted\nWealth is useless and reason is powerless.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://harlemmakerscollective.org/pages/maison-de-foy","date":"2021-10-22T06:10:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585460.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20211022052742-20211022082742-00104.warc.gz","language_score":0.9611021280288696,"token_count":263,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__155644787","lang":"en","text":"Founded by Chloë Mitchell, Maison De Foy is a luxury scented soy candle company. It is hand poured and blended in NYC.\nI do my best to feel good in whatever environment I’m in & that has always reflected in the way I live my life at home. My obsession with poetry, flowers & candles is the embodiment of who I am at my core. These elements bring a sense of calm, happiness, & inspiration.\nAs a poet, author, & creative director, Maison De Foy is complementary to my everyday lifestyle. Every candle is named after someone or something of significance in my life. In addition, each candle is infused with real flowers & flower crumbs that are representative to their appropriate titles & scents. There is a personalized quote inscribed on the label of each candle that I’ve written myself that describes how the scent made me feel & who or what it is dedicated to.\nNamed after my Grandmother Janice Foy, Maison De Foy embodies selflessness, motivation, & love, which is everything that she gave me. She was my home away from home & this is my thank you to her for helping raise the woman that I am today. Maison De Foy is where poetry & wax collide.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.lifemindguide.com/blog","date":"2018-02-22T08:46:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891814079.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20180222081525-20180222101525-00183.warc.gz","language_score":0.9370607137680054,"token_count":3535,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__237006268","lang":"en","text":"Life Mind Guide\nGrow, Heal & Be Guided\nAre you feeling \"depressed\". Lately I have had some thoughts playing around my head regarding depression, love, and gratitude.\nWhy do we feel DEPRESSED?\nWhen we take a good look at the word 'DEPRESSED' we will notice a few words and thoughts ... First understand that you are soul forever growing and expanding. Expanding in consciousness and understanding. It wants to be free and free to be EXPRESSED.\nWhen we are in DEPRESSION what we are doing is \"deep pressing in\" our souls, drawing into ourselves. Our soul can thus not expand and grow. It is REPRESSED, COMPRESSED, trying to fit into a mold that no longer fits it. We feel uptight, choked and constricted. We feel SUPPRESSED, down, pushed down and OPPRESSED. Try imagine fitting a free form expansive soul into a tight ball (we feel uptight) and to ''deep-press” it into a too small tiny space. No wonder our hearts feel so heavy. Get it? The soul does not want to fit into a tight mold.\nWhen we grow, our soul expands and we are like casting the old mold away and free ourselves of that which tries to “pressed in”. When we are DEPRESSED, we are “deep-pressing” our expansive souls in a tiny heart space. We feel OPPRESSED. We have SUPPRESSED our soul expansion. Our souls and our being wishes to be EXPRESSED instead.\nHow do our souls expand and grow ? Well, from experience I feel depression occurs when one feels one is in a a very dark place where one can not seem to find the Light. We ask ourselves \"where is all the love in this mess and situation?\" We feel cut off from the Love and Light having tried to tuck our souls into our hearts. We say \"I can't see any light in this dark situation!”\nOur hearts is the place for the Love and Light but now we try and “deep-press'the soul into it. The soul instead wants to be free and expand! The soul is you. It does not want to be restricted or put into a tight mold. When we hide something in the dark it can not grow. Like a plant our soul yearns for light, loving care and warmth to grow. lt can not grow when it is hidden in the dark. It can not feel the warmth of the light and expand and grow. So the only way to heal from depression is allowing our hearts to open up again and allow the love and light to flow in again and let the soul take its' place again,free, expanded and expressed.\nWe have to open up our hearts and let our souls expand again by turning towards the Love and Light. The LOVE and Light is God-dess/Source/Divine/Spirit/ The Universe(whichever name you wish to use). Be quiet and allow the Divine to enter your heart again and really feel all that LOVE in your heart. Let it really fill you up again. It is only LOVE that heals and uplifts one from a state of depression. How do I feel that LOVE again in my heart you may ask? By choosing to be in a state of GRATITUDE I believe one opens to the flow of LOVE again. When we are DEPRESSED we forget to be in a state of love and gratitude.\nLook at the word GRATITUDE. Several words popped out for me. The first was “gravitate”. To which feeling are you gravitating towards.Gravity is the thing that pulls us down, that is what depression does... pull us down in a very low vibration, feeling, mood and thoughts.\nAnother word I sensed from the word GRATITUDE is \"ratio\" and rate\". Ratio is quantity, balance. How much ratio or balance of gratitude and love is there in your life? Is your ratio out of balance? Where is your ratio? To what extent? Where would you rate your life right now? Your feelings, your thoughts? Is your life feeling out of balance?\nAnother word I sensed from the word GRATITUDE is “attitude”. What attitude do you have towards life, and life's challenges, people and yourself?\nEver noticed that depressed people have such a negative attitude about almost everything? When depressed choose to change your attitude towards a problem, a challenge, a person, an event or yourself. Simply by choosing the attitude of gratitude, one can feel so much better. Choose to see the gain in every pain.\nWhen looking at the emotional scale (rating different feelings) , one will find depression way at the bottom of the scale, and gratitude and then LOVE right at the top of the scale. Remain in the attitude of gratitude. Gratitude will elevate your mood, feelings and thoughts to greater altitudes, and you will not feel “down” or pulled down for so much longer. The attitude of gratitude lifts your soul to greater altitudes. Gratitude is the precursor for experiencing LOVE.\nDo not \"deep-press\" your soul in your heart but allow your heart to open up to allow more love and light. Your heart is the place where LOVE resides. Open your heart to allow more love and light, for your soul to expand and grow. Do no hide your soul deep- pressed inside of you in the dark but allow the expression (not your de-pression, repression , suppression or oppression) of your soul .Your soul is who are longing to be expressed. Express not depress. Gravitate towards love. Find the gain in the pain.\nChristina Steyn of Life Mind Guide, www.lifemindguide.com, Email: firstname.lastname@example.org\nThe other day I was contemplating what it means to be a HUMAN BEING and these thoughts were given to me. Your thoughts are welcome....\nFirst, HU is another word/sound for God - (or Spirit, Source, the Universe, which ever name you choose). (I don't have much knowledge of the origin of the word HU and welcome some input here).\nGod, Source, Spirit (HU) is withIN us, his Spirit dwells within us. We are a part of HU as much as HU is part of us.\nWe are thus HU (Godly) Spiritual beings, thus the word HUman.\n\"MAN\" i was told comes from the word \"manufacture\", another word for co-creating with HU (God, Source, Spirt, Universe).\nIf we understand that together with HU we are co-creators, MANufacturing BEINGS, creating our lives, our realities, our life experiences. HU + MANufacture = HU MAN\nWe are not Human DOINGS, but BEINGS. This is present tense, the present time in the NOW, meaning you are forever changing even this very second., You are not your past, and you are not your future. You are only that what you choose now BEing. Present tense - NOW Being,\nAlso BE IN. Often we as humans try to seek and find outside of us for the resources and means to create (MANufacture) our lives. For e.g. we say \"if only i have that and that i could do that and have that and be that and that\". We tend to look outside of us, instead of withIN ourselves.\nWe are BEings, not DOings!\nFirst BE what you want to have.\nThe resources do not lie outside of us, but withIN our BEing. Go within, find the HU source energy within you, the power to co-create and MANufacture with HU (God, or whatever name you choose).\nI have also been shown that BE+IN+G = Be In God as God (Source Energy and Spirit) is within you. You are part of God and God is part of you. And within you God can BE.\nI was also told MAN comes from the word MANage, (manage). That means we have the power to manage in our lives, to control our BEings in the now present moments.\nWe have the power to MANage our lives, our circumstances, our thoughts, our feelings and not powerless.\nChristina Steyn of Life Mind Guide, www.lifemindguide.com, Email: email@example.com\nASCENSION TO LOVE: What does it mean? (a channeled writing) (part 1 of 2 )\nI am sure a lot of you have been wondering about the title “Soul to Soul, Our Ascension to Love”. What is it saying? What does it mean? It sounds rather mystical. In fact it is.\nSOUL TO SOUL, what does it mean? When you meet someone this could have several meanings: how you relate to someone, how you communicate with somebody, how you connect with somebody, and our interactions with somebody When we connect soul to soul, we LOVE. We connect through LOVE. A lot of people want to experience and connect HEART to HEART, SOUL to SOUL through love and passion. Now when we connect deeply to someone from where do we mostly connect from, from where do we share our emotions? From the MIND or from the HEART? Soul to Soul is when you start connecting with another person, feel their emotions, their feelings, when we feel and understand their soul, and having a HEART TO HEART connection which is soul deep. Soul to Soul we ascend from personal love to Universal Love, from ego consciousness to soul consciousness, and to higher dimensions and altered states of consciousness.\nWhat is SOUL?\nSoul is our true essence and who we are. Our reason for existence.\nWe are NOT our bodies. We are not NOT our minds & thoughts (because that can change every day and every second). I know a lot of people say we are our MINDS, but this is not totally true.\nOur SOULS is who we are and our SOUL is LOVE. LOVE is who we are.\nVery interesting when you look at the word “SOUL”. S.O.U.L is an acronym for: SOW/SHOW Our Universal Love. Sowing our LOVE and Showing/Expressing our LOVE.\nWe are love. And the purpose of our soul is to sow and to show our personal and universal love.\nWhat is EGO?\nVery interesting. EGO is an acronym for: Everything/Everyone Going Off-Course/Off-Track.\nIsn't that interesting? When we experience a problem, or feeling overwhelm, we are totally Going off-course or off-track from who we truly are and from our true purpose in life. We don't know why we exist or what our essence is. Remember love is our true purpose and our soul essence, the reason why we exist, When we operate from our ego consciousness we go off-track of we truly are and so we veer off our true soul purpose and mission.\nWhen you draw a graph to represent our ascension from Ego consciousness to Soul consciousness, put Ego at the bottom, and Love at the top.\nWe are ascending from a place where Everything Going Off-Course/Off-Track, moving and ascending right to the top of the scale..... L.O.V.E = Living Our Very (true) Essence and Existence.\nAscending/Rising from EGO consciousness to SOUL consciousness, through and to LOVE\nI truly believe that when somebody has a problem such as for example maybe anger, hate, depression that they are operating & manifesting from the EGO consciousness and not from the SOUL consciousness. What do I mean by that?\nVia the Law of Attraction teachings we are taught that we create and manifest according to our thoughts and our feelings. If you are in a low vibration, we are then often attracting and manifesting things we do not actually want. And as we move up to a higher vibration, we are attracting and manifesting better things.\nSo for those who know a bit more on the Law of Attraction, there is what is called the “Emotional Guidance Scale” to determine from where and what vibrational level somebody is operating from.\nRight at the bottom of the Emotional Guidance Scale one will find the feelings and emotions of maybe hate, anger, fear, depression. Right at the top you get feelings of peace, joy, love.\nNow quite interesting. LOVE is right at the top of the Emotional Guidance Scale, at the highest vibration. At the bottom of the lower vibrations, one can actually write down “EGO” and right at the top one can write down “LOVE”.\nNow on the topic of ascending and ascension. When we try and help and uplift someone, we are trying to help them ascend from the lower vibrational feelings up to the higher vibrational feelings & thoughts... through LOVE.\nWhat is ASCENSION?\nAscension is also called the stairways to heaven. What we are actually doing is ascending from personal love to Universal Love. We are learning self love and love for others and to all that is. Love is the answer to everything. Love is our soul purpose. We are learning through our souls higher states of love and rising through dimensions and consciousness. The way to ascend is to uplift (ascend) from the EGO consciousness … through LOVE... to SOUL consciousness and to help find the LOVE for life and ourselves. * (more information regarding ascension and rising from personal love to Universal love and the secrets of universal love to follow in a separate article – part 2) *\nWhat is LOVE?\nL.O.V.E is an acronym for Living Our Very (true) Essence/Existence\nLOVE is our purpose of our SOUL. The true (very) purpose as SOUL is to LOVE, to express and at ascend to higher levels of LOVE.\nTo LOVE is to Show and Sow Our Universal Love, that is our purpose. (more information on Universal Love to follow in a separate article – part 2).\nWhat is SOUL talk? How do we resolve a problem? The only way we can resolve a problem is when we have a sense of what and who we and others are as soul beings with a soul purpose and to learn to love ourselves and others again. This I feel is the purpose of Soul to Soul, Our Ascension to Love. A lot of us I feel have the balance between heart and mind completely out of balance, and most often jump right to mind talk and mind power stuff without first having a soul to soul, heart to heart talk first. We have to maintain a fine balance between the two – heart and mind.\nWe should not start a mind talk before we start a soul talk and a soul to soul connection. Because when we or another is troubled, we are firstly coming from and are overwhelmed with..... EMOTIONS and are so overwhelmed with feelings, we can not even think clearly with the mind! Sometimes we might not be aware of what the emotions or thoughts are! To help uncover them we first go to the FEELINGS before we go to the MIND. Then we tend to them and try and change them. Soul is who we and others are. We are not our minds, nor our emotions, for they keep changing. Soul is eternal, though it changes and grows via expressions and thoughts about love. Now when we solve a problem, quite interesting... solving. So what you do to solve a problem is... SOULving. The key lies in a soul to soul connection, getting in touch soul to soul, heart to heart, with those we are interacting with, communicating with, connecting and relating to. FIRST soul to soul before you go to the mind. First identify the feelings in the heart and soul, and then analyze the feelings in the mind.\nI know that via the Law of Attraction teachings one is often taught that “what a mans thinks, so is he”. This is only partly true. The original Scripture verse from Proverbs 23:7: “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.“ Remember that... “IN HIS HEART … so is he”. Heart... where is it? It is in the SOUL. SOUL is LOVE. LOVE is the answer to everything. LOVE is our purpose.\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* (More information regarding ascension, ways of rising from personal love to Universal love and the secrets of universal love to follow in a separate article – part 2)\n- Christina Steyn, Life Mind Guide http://www.lifemindguide.com\nLife Mind Guide\nWelcome to Life Mind Guide. The page where my desire is to help you grow, heal and be guided.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://transfeminists.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/unpacking-transgender-feminism/","date":"2018-12-14T07:44:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376825495.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20181214070839-20181214092339-00413.warc.gz","language_score":0.9659448862075806,"token_count":1252,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__47722371","lang":"en","text":"Dear friends, colleagues, donors, loved ones, allies……..\nIt has been a while and we are so happy to add another post to our informative blog. So when I was approached by a trans-friendly feminist offering to write a piece for our blog, I jumped at the opportunity. Our guest writer is Busi Deyi, a feminist, writer, humanitarian, great trans support and just an amazing woman and person. These are Busi’s reflections on the rise of the transgender feminist movement in Africa\nThere is a mistaken belief that feminism is targeted at men, that these creatures that walk with a phallus dangling between their legs is the enemy and that our efforts, endeavours and war cries must be directed at them. When we see these male specimens we ‘cock’ –pun intended-our mouths and we are ready to fire accurately aimed words and stand up for our ideals as feminists. Patriarchy has come to be symbolised by masculinity- more accurately, the male body, and feminism by femininity. And in between this dichotomy, the transgender community has become a none neutral, neutral ground. The male body and indeed the male penis has come to represent the patriarchal society that feminists have dedicated their entire existence to fighting but-this is where shit hits the fan- I think their wrong.\nLet’s backtrack shall we? Feminism arose from the realization that our destinies were not necessarily connected to the form of our bodies. That one’s identity and indeed ones destiny as to who they were and how they externalised and expressed their identities could be based purely on their own sense of agency, their own sense of who they felt they were internally, beyond societal constraints and assumed roles based on the biological arrangement of their XY-XX chromosomes. Come back to the rise of transfeminism, the idea of a transgender feminist is oxymoronic and unsettling to a lot of cis-gendered feminists, this is because we have come to associate the male form with patriarchy and literally have come to regard those that are in a male form as part and parcel of the system that has demarcated womyn to the margins of society and stripped them of their ‘subject-hood’ and sense of self-determination and yet we do not see this development in feminist thinking as dangerous-think about it.\nTo accord a certain symbolic status to the male form we are reverting back to the very status quo our feminist ancestors sought to over throw- that body determines destiny, that somehow who we are is intricately linked to ‘what’ we are biologically . We are inadvertently saying that yes, your body does determine your destiny. That womyn born in males bodies, M-T-F’s, cannot possibly be feminists and understand the feminist struggle. This is perhaps not surprising. The body is the one thing through which we interact with the world. We use the body to express ourselves, to give meaning and identity to our internal ideologies and crisis’s. The body is the one thing that we utilize in love, in protest and identification and an ambiguous body is dangerous, or viewed as dangerous because it does not lend itself to our discriminations and does not fit into our dichotomy of male and female and the assigned patriarchy v feminist to the respective forms.\nSo, where to from here? Cis-gender feminists cannot legitimately close the doors to transfeminism and transgender womyn cannot legitimately stay away from claiming the title of feminist, why??? Because I believe that the transfeminist movement holds the key that could empower feminists in understanding truly what we have been advocating for when we said our bodies do not determine our destiny. In my own personal view transgender individuals hold the key to a more tolerant and accepting society, if we can break the gender binary that exists currently, if we can show society that we are humans regardless of what is between our legs, who we love and how we love them than we have an opportunity to create a society in which your gender and how we express it is not determined by our biological form.\nSomeone really smart said something along these lines, “every battle championed by minorities is my battle” and that has been my motto, I have realized that by standing for the rights of other minorities I am in fact indirectly pursuing my own. Transgender feminists represent the polycentric nature of being human. When the voices of minorities manage to bring about change, the collective consciousness of society is penetrated and this presents an opportunity for us as minority groups to further establish ourselves and loosen the societal constraints that have stifled individual self determination.\nHere’s the deal, the feminist movement exists within a larger social movement and each sub-movement is part of a larger system of interdependent pieces defined by their relationship to all other pieces. To think of the feminist movement as independent from other social movements is a fallacy and highly misguided. We need to see feminism as a transformational movement, as feminists we seek to transform society and make it possible for all persons to exercise self determination in determining their destinies. Every victory loosens ever so slightly the societal chains that have prevented change and real reform through social conscientization.\nTransgender feminists are not agents of patriarchy or a mockery to feminism, they are a celebration of the central principles that feminists have long sought to have recognized. They are a celebration of the idea that self determination is a principle worth fighting for, that we as feminists in all body forms have become a social movement that can create spaces that enable those that are differently gendered to express their true selves.\nFeminists and feminism must always seek to transform not only society and the prejudices and boundaries that have been placed but they must at all times be self critical about how we relate to other minority movements. We must always seek to transform ourselves and be constantly critical of ourselves and our associations with other marginalized groups.\nThis is a very good piece Busi wrote for us and we thank her for this contribution. Later in the week we will publish our report and reflections of attending the Amanitare Coalition meeting which took place in Cape Town 28 and 29 February. Until then friends………….","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://uldebate.com/adult-wants-hot-sex-empire.html","date":"2021-07-29T20:38:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046153897.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20210729203133-20210729233133-00189.warc.gz","language_score":0.9440261721611023,"token_count":957,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-31","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__72123069","lang":"en","text":"Adult wants hot sex Empire Search Horny People\nBlondes Search Natural Sex Local Sluts Wanting Sex Dating\nWhether it be writing about true life events, or just simply turning their fantasies into s of work for your reading pleasure. Here are Housewives seeking casual sex Diggs Virginia 23045 few pornstar books, as well as a few toys associated with the beautiful babes, that should pique your interest and let you see a little more into how these sex loving starlets think… 1.\nJenna Jameson Jenna has had her hand of writing in the past, but nothing of fiction. In the Fate three book series, Jenna has teamed up with romance author Hope Tarr to put together three erotic novels. Sugarbook 1; HoneyMarried looking 4 something 2; and Spicebook 3.\nThe characters are well developed, relatable, and yes, the sex parts are written out in detail, but just a side note to the stories and not the full book. Want some Jenna toys? An interesting read for sure!\nJoanna let us see inside her mind with a fiction choose your own adventure book that is equally sexy and equally fun. From butt plugs to cross-dressing truckers to being held-up at gunpoint over dildos, experience this fun and sexy journey along with Taryn, as she goes from shy Ladies want nsa OK Clayton 74536 sweet to skilled and empowered—but how she gets there is up to you! A chokera collara bit gaga ball gag and a pinwheel.\nGet to having some bondage fun, just like Joanna. Sasha Grey Named one of the top 12 most popular pornstars and starting her adult film career soon after turning 18, in after debuting with legendary director and performer Rocco SiffrediSasha has certainly made a name for Jhb sex chat line in the adult biz.\nAfter retirement, she has had her hands in a few things, but writing was high on her list. The Juliette Society is a fictional read, all with a decent plot and a whole lot of sex.\nMwm seeking something more\nIf you are looking for an interesting and filthy read, this trilogy is for you! No seriously. They offer 4 pocket strokers.\nChat girl Lower Kalskag Alaska porn\nPretty much a perfect purchase! More recently, Doc added Sasha to their Main Squeeze line of toys where the molded vagina sleeve is encased in an easy grip container that allows you to adjust the stroking tightness and suction or even stick the stroker to any surface for an easy fuck.\nWant something a little bigger to hold on to? Do you need footage to go along with your stroking experience?\nGranny sex dating Greece Akira A popular Wicked contract girl, the second ever Asian adult actress to win AVNs performer of the year, Girls want cock in Buffalo New York popular for knowing all about anal sex, Asa Akira is certainly one of the most acclaimed adult stars of the 21st century, expanding her porn career in unique ways.\nOne way being writing. Asa Akira has put together a book about what porn stars find erotic, since no one knows sex and fantasy better than these babes.\nAsa has reached out for short stories from some of the following porn stars, just to name a few, to fill her twenty-two erotic short story book, Asarotica : Abella DangerKayden KrossNina HartleyTasha ReignAngela White and Asa Akira herself, among.\nSome of the stories are dark, hot, bizarre, and surely unique since they are coming first hand from the porn stars themselves. A great add to Women looking sex Winchester Tennessee book 95 collection!\nBuild a sex empire! - Become the greatest pimp Pornwood's ever seen by taking to the streets and bringing a world of hurt to other pimps. Claim their patch and. I'd recommend these books for anyone who wants a hot sexy read, but The characters are well developed, relatable, and yes, the sex parts. The best amatorial tube with free adult sex movies online. Watch now thousands of hot amatorial porn videos from all over the world. Best xxx homemade clips.\nWhile reading those fantasies put together by Asa, be sure to check out her toys as well! The lifelike masturbator sleeve grips and rubs you just like having sex, but with no movement required by you.\nIt even comes with free lube! Let Grand Rapids girl fucked Empire fill all your needs to get a little more up close and personal with these sexy bookworms!\nSex party jackpot nevada","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://littlesoul.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-10-22T04:46:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507445886.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005725-00300-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9311012625694275,"token_count":225,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__6661552","lang":"en","text":"I have misused my life, but if the dead forgive, then it is certainly on the condition that we forever refrain from evil and repair all we have done wrong. Can that be?…\n- Gerard de Nerval\nWe do not know what happens to life’s sorrows after death, especially\nthose last moments of suffering, it is possible that everything ends\nwith death, but we cannot be certain that the memory of suffering does\nnot linger for several hours in this body we describe as dead, nor can\nwe rule out the possibility that matter uses putrefaction as a last\nresort to rid itself of suffering.\n- José Saramago\nPeace? There never was any in the world. But in the pliable water, under the sky, unmoored, I am traveling now and hearing myself laugh, at first with nerves and then with genuine amazement. It is all around me.\n- Harold Brodkey\nDeath borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.\n- Joseph Hall\nThe rest is silence.\n- William Shakespeare","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mymindoverfatter.blogspot.com/2010/10/pricks-in-our-life.html","date":"2017-08-18T05:08:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886104565.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20170818043915-20170818063915-00138.warc.gz","language_score":0.9868399500846863,"token_count":421,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__138061358","lang":"en","text":"It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions even though they gave off heat to each other.\nAfter a while, they decided to distance themselves one from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen. So they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. This way they learned to live with the little wounds that were caused by the close relationship with their companion, but the most important part of it, was the heat that came from the others.\nThis way they were able to survive.\nMoral of the story: The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but the best is when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person's good qualities.\"\nI love this, it was sent to me by my best friend I spoke about 2 weeks ago who does have a few pricks that I have to learn to accept. In reality I have accepted them for the most part because we have been in each other's lives for 20 years. I love her dearly and promise to do what I can to support her through her troubles and negative views on life but I also promise not to let her disposition negatively affect me. I do admire the fact that she is a honest person, she is really funny and the life of the party at times and would always run to my side when I need her.\nSo think about the pricks in your life. Not the jerks that come and go each day but the pricks that are part of your circle of family and friends. Keep in mind their positive qualities, the ones that keep you warm when your feeling alone and chilly. Overlook those barbs when you can and take a breather too in the relationship in order to re-energize...","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://aapiusa.org/resources/aacio-aapi-diabetes-cvd-coalition/","date":"2022-05-25T21:59:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662594414.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20220525213545-20220526003545-00456.warc.gz","language_score":0.9359709024429321,"token_count":1221,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__200509209","lang":"en","text":"AACIO-AAPI Diabetes/CVD Coalition\n- New Study Reveals Prevalence of Diabetes is 23% Among South Asians in U.S.\nAAPI and AACIO to collaborate on diabetes and cardiovascular disease education\n(Chicago, IL: December 23rd, 2019) Important research regarding South Asian cardiometabolic disease was published in JAMA on December 20, 2019 by Cheng YJ, Kanaya AM, Araneta MRG, et al entitled “Prevalence of Diabetes by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 2011-2016.”(1) The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) together with the American Association of Cardiologists of Indian Origin (AACIO) jointly acknowledge that the data generated by these authors has far-reaching implications for the South Asian community with respect to diabetes and cardiovascular disease.\nIn the above study, diabetes prevalence (diagnosed and undiagnosed) was found to be 12.1% for non-Hispanic whites and 23.3% for South Asians. “The 23% reflects a critical need for aggressive action towards better prevention and management of diabetes along with the accompanying cardiovascular risk” stated Dr. Kamini Trivedi, a family physician, lipidologist, and honorary Board Member of AACIO.\nIn addition, Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School stated, “These valuable data demonstrate the incredibly high, vastly underappreciated burden of diabetes among South Asians. Particularly distressing is how many South Asians have diabetes without even knowing it. This phenomenon is surely fueling the cardiovascular epidemic among South Asians.” Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., spending over $500 billion on cardiovascular disease each year. (2, 3)\nAAPI and AACIO are medical societies together comprised of several tens of thousands of physicians of Indian origin in the U.S. who provide care to patients of all ethnicities and diverse backgrounds. Physicians who are engaged with these two medical societies are particularly passionate about diabetes given that diabetes and premature cardiovascular disease so often impact their extended family and friends.\nAAPI and AACIO immediately held a joint meeting the same day that the study results were unveiled, reflecting the urgency. Dr. Brahma Sharma, a prominent cardiologist affiliated with VA University of Pittsburgh and serving as the Chair of the AAPI Ad Hoc Committee on South Asian Cardiovascular Disease, led the meeting in which Dr. Trivedi and Dr. Bhatt participated alongside the current President of AAPI, Dr. Suresh Reddy, a neuroradiologist. Dr. Navin Nanda, MD, DSc (Hon), Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and an internationally renowned cardiologist, Dr. Hanumant K. Reddy, current President of AACIO, and Dr. Vishal Gupta, President-Elect of AACIO, have offered their leadership on behalf of AACIO in conjunction with AAPI’s leadership towards addressing these challenges. Dr Nanda, who is past President and incorporator of AAPI as well as the Founding President of AACIO pointed out that the results of the study are similar to those conducted by Dr. Naresh Parikh and him in the Atlanta area in 2004 which also showed, for the first time, a high prevalence of diabetes mellitus in South Asians living in the USA, 18.3% overall with 22.5% in men and 13.6% in women.(4)\nThe JAMA paper along with CDC’s press release (5) on this paper were discussed at the joint AACIO-AAPI leadership meeting. AAPI and AACIO conducted preliminary brainstorming on strategy and will now work with increased collaboration to educate both physicians and the U.S. South Asian community. Education about lifestyle modification, including culturally appropriate nutrition and physical activity, along with guideline recommended medical therapy will be the foundation of educational efforts.\nDr. Suresh Reddy on behalf of AAPI stated, “We have the talent, skills, strength, and the commitment. Let’s put them to work and help our community.” Dr. Sharma expressed that the authors of this JAMA study deserve high praise. The joint efforts of AAPI and AACIO will require a coming together of various stakeholders who are leading valuable efforts on South Asian diabetes and cardiovascular disease. AAPI and AACIO would like to amplify their various efforts and welcome collaboration. Physicians as well as other interested stakeholders who are interested in joining and shaping the collaborations with AAPI and AACIO should contact Vijaya Kodali at firstname.lastname@example.org.\n- Cheng YJ, Kanaya AM, Araneta MRG, et al. Prevalence of Diabetes by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 2011-2016. JAMA. 2019;322(24):2389–2398. doi:https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.19365.\n- American Heart Association. 2018. Disease and Stroke Statistics-2018 Update.\n- American Heart Association. 2017. Cardiovascular Disease: A Costly Burden for America Projections Through 2035.\n- Venkataraman R, Nanda NC, Baweja G , et al. Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus and Related Conditions in Asian Indians Living in the United States. Am J Cardiol 2004;94:977–980.\n- CDC press release: CDC Releases First National Estimates on Diabetes within Hispanic and Asian Populations in the US – Demographic breakdown identifies specific groups at higher risk of diabetes. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2019/p1220-diabetes-estimate.html.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://callie365.tumblr.com/archive","date":"2013-05-24T20:33:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705043997/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115043-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8696978688240051,"token_count":453,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__97713100","lang":"en","text":"heal-by-hope: jaclcfrost: five months five months of this year have already gone by you’ve made it five months of this year and i’m proud of you I needed this. Thank you.\nIndifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.– J.K. Rowling (via creatingaquietmind)\nI’ve found that it’s of some help to think of one’s moods and feelings about the...– Stephen Fry (via internal-acceptance-movement)\nyourfriendg00: cute nicknames for your significant other: old sport old sport old sport old sport old sport old sport old sport\nHaving a low opinion of yourself is not modesty. It’s self-destruction.– Bobby Sommer (via healthybuddha)\nThey always show the guys shouting “Death to America!!” Just once I wish the...– Maz Jobrani, an Iranian-American, on the way Middle Easterners are depicted in mainstream media. (via yourfriendlycomrade)\nzooeydeschannoying: With great eyebrows come great responsibility.\nReblog if you love to write.\nWhether it be fanfiction, original stories, drabbles, songs, poems, books, or anything that has to do with creative words, then reblog. Let’s gather all the writers of Tumblr together.\nhappyhealthyhopeful: allyouneed-isaphotograph: If you can, please donate to the Red Cross to help aid disaster relief in Oklahoma. This is my home state and it breaks my heart to see such destruction and devastation. Make sure you choose the “disaster relief” option. http://www.redcross.org/charitable-donations OR you can Text REDCROSS to 90999 to give $10 to American Red Cross Disaster...\nOne of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend...– Dale Carnegie (via e-ndorphins)\ntavrosofnitram: “let me like that post so i can look at it again sometime!”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://bellabish.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-09-21T18:06:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1410657135777.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20140914011215-00211-ip-10-234-18-248.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9236862063407898,"token_count":183,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__196951044","lang":"en","text":"\"I waited too long to read the sequel, and now I can’t even remember the characters.\"\nA novel by me\n\"I read the whole series in less than two days, and now can’t separate the events of individual books\" the thrilling sequel\n\"real men dont rape\" actually, real men do rape. they do. men rape. it isn’t done by ~fake mythical special brand of evil~ men, it’s done by real men, men who may seem nice, men who you think you can trust, men you know, men who you’re close to. real men do rape. that’s the problem\nWhen you crack your knuckles you hurt the skeleton inside you\nGood, the skeleton needs to know that I am the alpha and I am in control.\nBreak your own bones to establish dominance over skeleton.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://nordicbumhead.deviantart.com/art/Paxo-Romano-Agricultural-Rev-25049004","date":"2013-12-09T04:34:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163879441/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204133119-00034-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9556676149368286,"token_count":417,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__15365176","lang":"en","text":"Time and time again has the neartest biodegradable expose on the human rights issues of Santa Fe cause ilimitable dominion over the supression of faith. Whereas Paxo Romano continues to be the thread of deviation amongst critics, few have found the inner workings to be of a moral thought. Yet within the linear complex of Rome's aggressive stance on the Barbaric nature of human disposition, it has come to no astonishment that the agricultural revolution has survived. Forthright in its nature, the tendencies of bagel consuming, \"you know whos\" have continually fought, without success, against the pallatable promiscuity of the \"you know\".\nRomano Paxo, as Castor once said within the \"Iliad\" is the heart of the city, without condeming those prisoners who have strived to achieve what we all know is impossible. As Plato once put it \"the pretentious nature of the probabilities within the scientific scope of humanity lays, without question, under the sands of the colliseum\". Plato, having perished in the fire of Rome could not have said it better. While the agricultural revolution will never cease to cease, it's ending is definate, non contradictory, sentence, my name is Walken, yes.\nAs it may be the Iliad, or the infamous \"Marquis De Sade\", some may be content with what shows, whereas some will continual search for the truth, the end, the light. I was once told to end an essay with a few of my own words, but why say it when it has already been said by someone else. In the winter of 2015, when Rome was burning and the sun was high in the sky, Boagrius writes \"Rome mighty Rome, with your arches never ending, I may see the end of our glorious day, but not of the day of the agricultural revolution. For while we are all shadows and dust, it is not the proverbial mess that is mankind, but rather the fields of glory by which all men are equal\".","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://brokenintogreatness.com/","date":"2023-09-23T06:47:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506480.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923062631-20230923092631-00033.warc.gz","language_score":0.9679458141326904,"token_count":325,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__201150841","lang":"en","text":"Carla Keibler is the Queen Visionary of Broken Into Greatness.\nCarla is a multi-talented professional. She is an accomplished author of the International Best Selling book \"Cultivate Your Mindset for Success,\" and the creator of the course \"Discover A Remarkable Life of Passion and Purpose.\" Additionally, Carla is a respected global certified speaker, coach, teacher, and trainer, including as a certified DISC trainer through the John Maxwell Team. Her expertise can benefit individuals, corporations, churches, families, and for\npersonal growth and development.\nCarla's personal struggles with self-doubt and limiting beliefs once held her back from reaching her full potential, but her journey of personal transformation has equipped her with the tools and insights to help others achieve clarity, freedom, and purpose. Through her unique journey, she now inspires and guides others to find hope and a renewed sense of purpose in their lives.\nJim Keibler is a certified coach, speaker, teacher, and trainer with a wealth of experience in inspiring and motivating audiences. He has developed a reputation as a dynamic and inspiring speaker and coach, renowned for his ability to help individuals gain clarity, confidence, freedom, fulfillment, in both their personal\nand professional lives.\nJim's personal journey of feeling stuck and lacking purpose and confidence in his life, along with his experiences of isolation, anxiety, and cancer, has led him to become an inspiring source of hope for others. He has found fulfillment and purpose in his own life, and now helps others to do the same.\nContact for Speaking Engagement:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.techplan-erp.de/allgemein/hpc-2016/","date":"2020-07-12T09:49:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593657134758.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20200712082512-20200712112512-00562.warc.gz","language_score":0.6863184571266174,"token_count":345,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__169817330","lang":"en","text":"Eine weitere Veröffentlichung zu unserem Forschungsprojekt wurde unter den Titel „Sustainable process planning of manufacturing variants for high-precision parts” seitens der Hochschule Mittweida zur 7th CIRP Conference on High Performance Cutting (HPC 2016) eingereicht. Die HPC wird durch das IWU Chemnitz vom 31.05. bis 02.06.2016 ausgerichtet. Mittels des nachfolgenden Abstrakts können sie einen kurzen Einblick in diesen Beitrag erhalten.\nThe fast industrial development causes progressive rising demands for energy and materials, which are in opposition to a shortage of basic materials. The consequence consists in rising costs for energy as well as materials, which leads to challenges in competitive capability especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. The technological comparison of variants within the process planning as innovative approach for the reduction of a company’s resource demand as well as the design of the technological planning algorithms has to be extended with appropriate energetical evaluation methods. Modeling, screening and application of manufacturing variants are specified within the technological planning and might contribute to realize a required and necessary reduction of resources. The production of high-precision components for the aviation industry causes machining effort up to 97% of raw material. The resultant considerable resource demands ought to be reduced by the selection of the manufacturing variant and/ or a new consideration of used raw materials. Based on those experiences, a systematic approach for the sustainable process planning is evolved.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://blooded-of-midian.obsidianportal.com/","date":"2019-01-23T10:17:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547584328678.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20190123085337-20190123111337-00423.warc.gz","language_score":0.9455990791320801,"token_count":133,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__73527618","lang":"en","text":"Blooded of Midian\nRemember, little ven…\nYou know Sorcery only because you learnt it while your Blood wove its way through our sacrificial altars, your throat slit.\nThe Blood only flows because we awakened the fire in your veins.\nShanri is not yours. It is our plaything. It is our toy, which you have stolen in our absence.\nWe will come back. Our curse is already upon you.\nUntil then, your blood entertains us.\nContinue. As you were. As if the world was yours.\nTake a look at the wiki. There is some more helpful info there.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.ratpatrolradio.com/category/wwii-vets/","date":"2019-11-19T01:05:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496669868.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20191118232526-20191119020526-00523.warc.gz","language_score":0.8885487914085388,"token_count":109,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__204628000","lang":"en","text":"Stories and Remembrances of WWII Vets\nWho would like an authentic 1943 steel Lincoln Cent “War penny”?\nAuthor RV Burgin (Sgt, USMC ret.), who’s book inspired HBO’s miniseries “The Pacific” passes away at age 96\nA veterans’ group is petitioning President Trump to authorize a state funeral for the last living WWII Medal of Honor recipient.\nHelp WWII Navy Vet Duane Sherman feel remembered on his 96th birthday December 30th.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.z-agon.com/paper.htm","date":"2023-03-24T10:26:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945279.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20230324082226-20230324112226-00354.warc.gz","language_score":0.7300693988800049,"token_count":466,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__216219428","lang":"en","text":"The Z-agon project have been introduced some academic papers.\n T. Matsumoto, D. Horiguchi, S. Nakashima, N. Okude, Z-agon: mobile multi-display browser cube, CHI '06 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems, pp.351-356 [ACM DL]\n T. Matsumoto, H. Tanaka, N. Okude, QR-QB and Z-agon: An Integration of A 2D-barcode Cube and A Cubic Display Device, Ubicomp 2005 - Poster P-19, Ubicomp 2005. [pdf]\n T. Matsumoto, Z-agon: Integrated Design of ACubic Display Device, A Master's Thesis for Graduate School of Media and Governance, Media Design Program, Keio University, September 2005. (in Japanese)\n T. Matsumoto and N. Okude, LED-Matrix Z-agon: The Tangible Multi-Display Cube and Algorithm, Siggraph 2005 Poster - Interaction Session, Siggraph 2005 [link]\n J. Ueda, T. Matsumoto and N. Okude, Cubic Display Device “Z-agon”: a movie to design Z-agon, Adjunct Proceedings of Ubicomp 2004 - Videos, Ubicomp, 2004. [pdf]\nSee \"Video\" for the attached video.\n T. Matsumoto, H. Sugiyama, J. Ueda, H. Ogaki and N. Okude, Cubic Display Device \"Z-agon\": User Interaction Coordinated by the Turning Interface, Proceedings of 3D-Image Conference 2004, 3D-Image Conference, pp.209-212, 2004.\n[pdf] [link](in Japanese)\n T. Matsumoto, Y. Wada., M. Norimatsu and N. Okude, Smart Media Applications Created By Scenario Based Modeling, Proceeding of IEEE SAINT2004 IWCTS 2004, The IEEE Computer Society, pp.473−479, 2004.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.evergreencuratedgoods.com/products/plant-therapy","date":"2024-02-28T00:09:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474688.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227220707-20240228010707-00846.warc.gz","language_score":0.9284452199935913,"token_count":208,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__133210996","lang":"en","text":"Broken down into three chapters: The Human-Nature Relationship, Living with Plants and an informative 'Plantopedia', the book first explains how we have come to exist in an environment that is at odds with our mental, emotional and physical needs, then explores how we can readjust this balance, before showcasing plants that help us to breathe, restore balance, and boost our wellbeing.\nA stylish yet practical book, Plant Therapy brings together two major trends - house plants and wellbeing - and enhances the value of both through making clear their connection with one another. When research has shown that the presence of plants can decrease blood pressure, increase productivity, and calm anxiety, both at home and at work, why wouldn't you pick up this book and create your own calming oasis?\nAbout the Author\nDr. Katie Cooper is a Psychologist, plant enthusiast and co-owner of Bloombox Club, an online plant subscription service and shop that helps people to rediscover the joys and wellbeing benefits of living with plants.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://dogeearn.com/?p=11654","date":"2023-04-01T10:32:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949958.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20230401094611-20230401124611-00276.warc.gz","language_score":0.9587427973747253,"token_count":596,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__28816759","lang":"en","text":"Both Vikram Vedha and Ponniyin Selvan: I release in theatres on September 30. And while the scale and target audiences of the movies differ, many have said the competition between the two star-studded films will be something to watch out for. The directors and stars of Vikram Vedha, however, are downplaying it. At a recent media interaction in Delhi, team Vikram Vedha threw their weight behind PS1 with the director saying the film can’t be beat. Also read: Mani Ratnam reveals Ajay Devgn is the narrator in Ponniyin Selvan I\nPonniyin Selvan: I is based on Kalki Krishnamurthy’s popular 1954 novel of the same name and is considered one of the finest historical novels written in Tamil. Pushkar and Gayathri, the directors of Vikram Vedha, who both hail from Tamil Nadu themselves, said the text was an inspiration for them. Responding to a query about the box office competition between the films, Pushkar, one-half of the director duo, said, “Ponniyin Selvan is a classic text, a tale of intrigue set during the Chola Empire. You can’t beat that. It’s a six-volume book that I read back in the day. That text has been an inspiration for every writer coming out of Chennai. We do our part and they have done theirs. Let’s hope people go and watch both the movies. I think Friday-Saturday or Sdaturday-Sunday. I’ll be going and watching that movie for sure.”\nHrithik Roshan, one of the stars of Vikram Vedha, however, quipped that for him it was just his film he was focusing on. “I haven’t read the book. So for me, it’s just Vikram Vedha. That’s all I know, the actor said jokingly. His co-star Saif Ali Khan, however, echoed their director’s thoughts and added, “Yeah, go watch both the films.”\nDirected by Mani Ratnam, Ponniyin Selvan is a fictionalised account of the early days of Rajaraja I, the Chola emperor. The film stars Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Aishwarya Rai, Trisha Krishnan, Aishwarya Lekshmi, and Sobjita Dhulipala. Vikram Vedha, on the other hand, is a remake of Pushkar and Gayathri’s Tamil hit of the same name, which starred Vijay Sethupathi and R Madhavan. The remake also stars Radhika Apte, Yogita Bihani, and Rohit Saraf.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://jikasa.co.za/services/communication/","date":"2019-05-22T11:25:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256797.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20190522103253-20190522125253-00506.warc.gz","language_score":0.9480150938034058,"token_count":113,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__118506665","lang":"en","text":"Publishing for Specific Projects\nMaterials development, book-writing and publishing, graphic design, branding and marketing\nAll these are undertaken at the Jika Hub by suitably qualified members of the team. This includes book production from initial copy, typesetting, art work, illustration, cover, proofreading, editing and translation, if required. Most of our book writing is in the field of materials for supporting teachers and teacher trainers. Currently learner study guides for the new Matric Language Prescribed Literature are being completed for English Home Language and English First Additional Language.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://mcmanuslab.ucsf.edu/rna/long-noncoding-rna","date":"2021-10-21T17:56:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585439.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20211021164535-20211021194535-00171.warc.gz","language_score":0.9204286932945251,"token_count":4547,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__183616481","lang":"en","text":"The evolution and conservation of lncRNA sequences has been a topic of intense study and debate since the vast numbers of lncRNA transcripts were discovered (3,6). Determining if lncRNAs as a group are conserved and evolve over time is important because it would provide evidence that they are functionally important to organisms and not merely the product of transcriptional noise.\nThe function of lncRNAs have been questioned ever since their discovery through cDNA library sequencing and microarray tiling arrays. Both these techniques quantify the presence of these transcripts, but do not provide any information about their activities in the cell. Because of this uncertainty, one hypothesis for the existence of lncRNA is transcriptional “noise” due to low fidelity binding of RNA polymerase to randomly occurring weak promoter sequences in the genome (R1,R2,R3). This hypothesis implies that it is more energy efficient for the cell to allow some random transcription to occur than it would be to downregulate nonspecific RNA polymerase binding and transcription. One piece of evidence for this hypothesis is that although the quantity of individual lncRNA transcripts is much greater than mRNA transcripts, individual lncRNA transcripts are transcribed at much lower levels than individual mRNAs (7).\nAnother piece of evidence that may support the transcriptional noise hypothesis is the generally low conservation of lncRNA sequences between species (R2,6). There have been many studies that have calculated the rates of sequence change in lncRNAs over time. The general strategy used to calculate these rates is to compare the number of nucleotide changes in the sequence in question to the number of changes in sequences of the same size that are under not under selective pressure, such as transposable elements (R3). Although the results of the studies vary depending on which lncRNA sequences are studied and the sequences that are used as controls, a recent study that screened for lncRNAs with relatively high degrees of sequence conservation identified a group of ~3000 lncRNAs (8). However, it is important to note that even this group of lncRNAs had very low sequence conservation as compared to protein coding genes; when the transposable element control group was normalized to a 100% sequence change rate, protein coding genes were calculated to have a 10% change rate, whereas lncRNA sequences had a 95% change rate. Nevertheless, studies such as this one mayidentify lncRNAs that have a higher probability of functional importance as subjects for further study.\nAnother explanation for the low sequence conservation of lncRNAs is that they might not require very much nucleotide sequence conservation to maintain their functionality. Protein coding genes are under very intense selection restraints due to their need to maintain the correct amino acid coding and open reading frame. In contrast, RNA molecules have less rigid sequence requirements to maintain their secondary structures and may only need to maintain short stretches of conserved sequence to keep normal function(R1,R2,R3). An example of this flexibility is seen in the lncRNA Xist. Xist silences one of the two X chromosomes in all eutherian females to achieve proper X-linked gene dosage. Despite this well-defined and essential role, Xist shows very little sequence conservation throughout the eutherian lineage, demonstrating the fact that a high degree of sequence conservation is not an essential requirement for lncRNA functionality (9).\nRapid evolution of lncRNA sequences has also been hypothesized to be a reason for the low level of lncRNA sequence conservation. Due to the flexible relationship between lncRNA sequence and function, lncRNAs may be more plastic and thus more amenable to evolutionary change than protein coding genes. As the list of organisms with fully sequenced genomes has grown a striking pattern has emerged. Although the numbers of genes do not increase with organism complexity as it was originally assumed they would, the numbers of lncRNAs increase dramatically (5,4). This correlation between lncRNA expansion and organism complexity is very suggestive and implies lncRNAs may be an important factor in evolutionary development. On a shorter evolutionary time scale, it has been shown that changes in lncRNA sequences constitute half of all the genetic differences between the human and chimpanzee genomes (10). However, it has yet to be determined if these changes are causative of the differences between humans and chimpanzees or if they are the result of genetic drift.\nIn contrast to the lack sequence conservation in the lncRNA sequences themselves, the promoters of lncRNAs show very high sequence conservation. In fact, a recent study in mice calculated the sequence conservation of lncRNA promoters to be higher than the sequence conservation of protein coding gene promoters (4). Transcription factors have also been shown to bind to the promoter regions of lncRNAs (R3). These data indicate that although lncRNA sequences might not be highly conserved, the level of their transcription is.\nOrigins of lncRNAs (R3):\n- Mutations in a Protein Coding Gene: A protein-coding gene may under go mutations such as a frame shift that disrupts its open reading frame while maintaining the expression of the RNA transcript.\n- Chromosomal Rearrangement: Two separate sequences are joined which together create an expressed noncoding sequence.\n- Duplications: Duplications in a noncoding RNA sequence cause repeats, increasing the length of the transcript.\n- Transposable Element Insertion: A transposable element containing a transcriptional start site is inserted into the genome and creates a functional, but noncoding RNA sequence.\nLncRNAs are a heterogenous group of transcripts with no defined set of parter RNAs or proteins, please refer to the Mechanism of Action section above for some examples of lncRNA interactions with partner molecules.\n- Epigenetic Silencing in cis: LncRNA transcripts such as Xist and Air coat gene clusters and silence their expression by making them inaccessible to transcription machinery. These lncRNAs can also recruit chromatin remodeling proteins to epigenetically mark the region for heritable gene silencing.\n- Epigentic Silencing in trans: LncRNAs such as HOTAIR can interact with chromatin modifying proteins to epigenetically silence genes at another locus.\nGene Regulation via lncRNA transcription\n- Activation via Transcription: The act of lncRNA transcription itself has been shown to open the chromatin structure of a genetic locus to permit access of transcription machinery to other protein coding genes. Transcription of lncRNAs UAS1 and UAS2 have been shown to activate the expression of the fbp1 gene in this way.\n- Repression via Transcription: Transcription of lncRNAs near to protein coding loci can also repress gene transcription because the presence of the transcription machinery on the lncRNA gene locus physically prevents transcription machinery from binding to the protein coding gene. Transcription of the lncRNA SRG1 has been shown to inhibit transcription of the overlapping SER3 gene through this mechanism.\nTranscription Regulation in cis\n- Occlusion of a Transcription Factor Binding Site: If a lncRNA sequence overlaps with a transcription factor binding site, the lncRNA transcript can hybridize to this site to prevent a transcription factor from binding. One lncRNA binds to both the promoter of the DHFR gene and the transcription factor TFIIB to prevent transcription.\n- Recruitment of Transcription Factors: When an lncRNA sequence is located near to transcription factor binding site, the lncRNA transcript can hybridize to both that location and to a transcription factor protein, thus enhancing the binding of the transcription factor. An example of this is the recruitment of the transcription factor DLX2 to the Dlx6 gene by the lncRNA Evf2.\nTranscription Regulation in trans:\n- Activation of Transcription Factors: LncRNA transcripts can activate transcription factors via allosteric interactions, such as the activation of the Dlx5/6 enhancer by the lncRNA Evf2.\n- Transport of Transcription Factors: LncRNA transcripts can alter the trafficking of transcription factors in the cell, either enhancing their access to their binding sites or preventing it, as in the case of the lncRNA NRON preventing the transcription factor NFAT from entering the nucleus.\n- Interactions with Accessory Proteins: LncRNA transcripts can bind to accessory proteins to activate them allosterically, or induce their oligomerization and activation as in the case of lncRNA-induced trimerization of HSF1 proteins in response to heat shock.\nPost Transcriptional Regulation\n- Regulation of mRNAs: Many of the lncRNAs that are antisense to protein coding genes may function in regulating the splicing, editing, transport, translation, and degradation of their corresponding mRNA transcripts.\n- Gene Silencing: Many lncRNAs may be processed into short ncRNAs such as siRNAs that can downregulate gene expression by degrading the mRNA transcripts. An example of this type of lncRNA is H19 which is processed into the microRNA miR-675 (R3).\nAlthough many lncRNAs are known to be transcribed, very few of these have experimentally-defined functions. However, based on the lncRNAs that have been analyzed thus far, lncRNAs appear to be able to regulate gene expression through a diverse group of mechanisms.\nR1) Louro R, Smirnova AS, Verjovski-Almeida S. Long intronic noncoding RNA transcription: Expression noise or expression choice? 2009. Genomics 93: 291-298. PMID\nR2) Mercer TR, Dinger ME, Mattick JS. Long non-coding RNAs: insights into functions. 2009. Nat Rev Genetics 10: 155-159. PMID\nR3) Ponting CP, Oliver PL, Reik W. Evolution and Functions of Long Noncoding RNAs. 2009. Cell 136: 629-641. PMID:\n1) Brannan CI, et al. The product of the H19 gene may function as an RNA. 1990. Mol Cell Bio 10 (1): 28-36.\n2) Brockdorff N, et al. The product of the mouse Xist gene is a 15 kb inactive X-specific transcript containing no conserved ORF and located in the nucleus. 1992. Cell. 71(3): 515-526.\n3) Okazaki Y, et al. Analysis of the mouse transcriptome based on functional annotation of 60,770 full-length cDNAs. 2002. Nature 420: 563-573.\n4) Carninci P, et al. The transcriptional landscape of the mammalian genome. 2005. Science 309 (5740): 1559-63.\n5) Huttenhofer A, Schattner P, Polacek N. Non-coding RNAs: hope or hype? 2005. Trends in Genetics 21: 289-297.\n6) Wang J, et al. Neutral Evolution of ‘non-coding’ complementary DNAs. 2004. Nature 431:757.\n7) Mattick JS, Makunin IV. Non-coding RNA. Hum Mol Genet. 15: R17-R29.\n8) Ponjavic J, et al. Functionality or Transcriptional Noise? Evidence for selection within long noncoding RNAs. 2007. Genome Res 17: 556-565.\n9) Pang KC, Frith M Mattick JS. Rapid evolution of noncoding RNAs: lack of conservation does not mean lack of function. 2006. Trends Genet 22: 1-5\n10) Khaitovitch P et al. Functionality of intergenic transcription: an evolutionary comparison. 2006. PLoS Genet. 2: e171.\n11) Mercer TR, et al. Specific Expression of long noncoding RNAs in the mouse brain. 2008. Proc Nat Acad Sci USA 105: 716-721.\n12) Amaral PP, Mattick JS. Noncoding RNA in Development. 2008. Mamm Genome 19: 454-492\n13) Babak T, Blencowe BJ, Hughes TR. Considerations in the identification of functional RNA structural elements in genomic alignments. 2007. BMC Bioinformatics. 8:33.\n14) Mallardo et al. Non-protein coding RNA biomarkers and differential expression in cancers: a review. 2008. J Clin Cancer Res 27: 19.\n15) Tufarelli C et al. Transcription of antisense RNA leading to gene silencing and methylation as a novel case of human genetic disease. 2003. Nat Genet 34: 157-165.\n16) Faghihi MA et al. Expression of a noncoding RNA is elevated in Alzheimer’s disease and drives rapid feed-forward regulation of beta-secretase. 2008. Nat Med 14: 723-730.\n17) Moseley et al. Bidirectional expression of CUG and CAG expansion transcripts and intranuclear polyglutamine inclusions in spinocerebellar ataxia type 8. 2006. Nat Genet 38: 758-769.\n18) Ranum LP, Cooper TA. RNA-mediated neuromuscular disorders. 2006. Annu Rev Neurosci 29: 259-277.\nRegulation of Expression\nThe question of whether lncRNA is functional has led to careful study of its expression patterns, to determine whether or not they are regulated. If lncRNA transcription is due to random transcriptional noise, the expression levels of lncRNA transcripts would not be expected to vary spacially, temporally, or in response to stimuli (R2,R3). However, differences have been observed in the expression levels lncRNAs between tissue types (10). Some lncRNAs also show very precise expression patterns in tissues. For example, Mercer et al observed patterning of lncRNA expression in the mouse brain both in the tissue as a whole as well as subcellular locations (11). Expression of some lncRNAs has also been demonstrated to be developmentally regulated (12).\nLocation in Genome\nLncRNAs can be categorized according to their proximity to protein coding genes in the genome, using this criteria lncRNAs are generally placed into five categories; sense, antisense, bidirectional, intronic, and intergenic (R2, R3).\n- Sense - The lncRNA sequence overlaps with the sense strand of a protein coding gene.\n- Antisense - The lncRNA sequence overlaps with the antisense strand of a protein coding gene.\n- Bidirectional - The lncRNA sequence is located on the opposite strand from a protein coding gene whose transcription is initiated less than 1000 base pairs away.\n- Intronic - The lncRNA sequence is derived entirely from within an intron of another transcript. This may be either a true independent transcript or a product of pre-mRNA processing\n- Intergenic - The lncRNA sequence is not located near any other protein coding loci.\nPost Transcription Forms\nIt is possible that many lncRNA transcripts are not end products, but are further processed into a final functional form. The presence of sense lncRNAs which contain exons from mRNA sequences and intronic lncRNA that are derived entirely from the intronic sequence of mRNAs has lead to the hypothesis that many lncRNA transcripts are unprocessed pre mRNAs that will be spliced to establish their open reading frames and that intronic lncRNAs are byproducts of this splicing (R1,R2,R3). However, this is not the case for all sense and intronic lncRNAs because the expression patterns of some of these transcripts are not the same as their associated protein coding gene, instead there are many examples that have independent expression patterns (11). Another hypothesis suggests that some lncRNA sequences are precursors to short ncRNAs that have defined regulatory functions such as microRNAs.An example of this is the lncRNA H19 which contains the exon that encodes the microRNA miR-675 (R3). Based on this evidence, post-transcriptional processing may occur with many lncRNA transcripts, but until more lncRNAs are functionally defined we will not know what proportions of them are precursors or independently functioning molecules.\nOne method to try to predict lncRNAs that have defined roles in the cell is to use computer models to try and determine which lncRNA sequences form consistent secondary structures such as short stem loops (R3). Secondary structure formation is an important consideration in lncRNAs because they are be able to interact with proteins or genomic DNA via these structures. Recently, scientists have attempted to use models that predict secondary structure to redefine the question of lncRNA evolution by looking at sequence conservation, not of the lncRNA sequence as a whole, but instead at sequence conservation or compensatory mutations that would maintain secondary structure motifs (13). This idea is promising, but is currently hampered by limitations in the sophistication of the computer models available to accurately predict RNA secondary structures.\nSome well known example members of this class of RNA are Xist/Tsix, H19, HOTAIR, and Air.\nLncRNA expression profiles are altered in in several types of cancers, including human prostate cancer, renal cell carcinomas, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and human lung adenocarcinomas (R1), raising the possibility lncRNA expression profiling may be an informative biomarker in cancer diagnoses (14).\nLong noncoding RNA is abbreviated as lncRNA.\nLong noncoding RNAs (lncRNA) are transcribed RNA molecules greater than 200 nucleotides in length. The existence of individual lncRNAs such as H19 and Xist has been known since the 1980s; these lncRNAs were discovered using traditional gene mapping approaches and were only discovered to be non protein-coding after their RNA sequences were analyzed (1,2). LncRNAs were generally considered to be anomalies until the advent of technologies that were capable of unbiased high throughput sequencing of all the expressed transcripts in cells. The extent of lncRNA transcription was first revealed in a study using large-scale sequencing of cDNA libraries in the mouse (3). This study by Okazaki et al determined that a large proportion of the mammalian transcriptome does not code for proteins and defined lncRNAs as a significant class of transcripts. The more recent development of sensitive tiling microarrays has only increased the numbers of known lncRNAs, currently it is known that lncRNA transcripts far exceed the number of protein coding mRNAs in the mammalian transcriptome (4). For example, the mouse transcriptome was recently calculated to contain approximately 180,000 transcripts organized into 44,000 transcription clusters however only approximately 20,000 of these transcripts are thought to be protein coding genes (4,5).\nProtein genes vs RNA genes: Numbers and Implications\nSince the completion of the Human Genome Project our perception of our genome has undergone a dramatic shift. The number of protein coding genes in our genome has been revised downward multiple times, whereas the number of known non protein coding transcripts has increased exponentially over the past decade (4,5). Our improved understanding of the content of the mammalian transcriptome has raised questions about the the classical definition of a “gene” as a genetic sequence that codes for protein and has enormous implications for future genetics research.\nLncRNA has been described as part of the “dark matter of the genome”, due to the fact that although we are now able to detect its presence, its function and activity remains poorly understood. Whether or not lncRNA transcription is functionally significant remains a fundamental question in this field of study and future studies of lncRNA are needed to fully understand its role in our genome.\nIn addition to the general alterations in lncRNA expression profiles in cancer states, specific lncRNAs have also been shown to be involved in a variety of human diseases (R2,R3). Some examples are described below.\nAn inherited form of alpha-thalassaemia is caused by the translocation of of an antisense lncRNA to a location near the alpha-globin gene (HBA2). The translocation and induction of expression of this lncRNA results in the epigenetic silencing of the HBA2 gene and results in this form of human anemia (15).\nThe beta-secretase-1 (BACE1) protein is a crucial enzyme in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. In a recent study, the increased expression of the antisense transcript of the BACE1 gene in response to cell stressors such as amyloid-beta 1-42 has been implicated in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (16).\nHuman Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 8 (SCA8)\nPatients with SCA8 have been shown to have a trinucleotide expansion in an lncRNA named ataxin 8 opposite strand (ATXN8OS) which is antisense to the KLHL1 gene. The involvement of this mutation in SCA8 disease progression has been confirmed in a transgenic mouse model. Transgenic mice with this repeat expansion show a similar progressive neurological phenotype to humans with SCA8 (17).\nRepeat expansions in lncRNAs are also involved in multiple organ system myotonic dystrophies. These expansions in lncRNA sequences are predicted to alter the lncRNA secondary structures such that they prevent splicing regulators from interacting normally with pre-mRNAs (18).","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://limachamber.com/chamber-university-2/","date":"2021-05-11T22:38:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243990419.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20210511214444-20210512004444-00270.warc.gz","language_score":0.868807315826416,"token_count":147,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__42610427","lang":"en","text":"How to Positively Disrupt & Upshift Your Mindset During Unique Times\nA special LIVE keynote presentation, Q&A, and book signing with Tony Rubleski, West Michigan native and best-selling author of the Mind Capture book series.\nIn the dynamic session, Positive Disruption: How to Upshift Your Mindset & Business in Unique Times with the bestselling author he will share:\n*Positive leadership lessons from Indiana Jones to Winston Churchill\n*How to stand out and connect with others in a 9-second attention span world\n*The many benefits of a positive mindset and how to cultivate during times of challenge\n*Proven ways to sharpen your focus and find greater joy in both work and life again","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://soundspaceblog.com/category/guru-guru-bands-photos/","date":"2019-05-22T19:14:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256948.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20190522183240-20190522205240-00481.warc.gz","language_score":0.9403566122055054,"token_count":95,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__126395351","lang":"en","text":"Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that is good, just and beautiful, of which it is the invisible, but nevertheless dazzling, passionate, and eternal form (Plato).\nIt seems we can’t find what you’re looking for. Perhaps searching can help.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.davenports-cafediem.com/our-library/","date":"2018-07-17T09:08:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589634.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20180717090227-20180717110227-00241.warc.gz","language_score":0.9589831829071045,"token_count":293,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__273589651","lang":"en","text":"Little Free Library #49307\nWe have something wonderful here at Davenport's Café Diem...our very own Little Free Library! It looks like a birdhouse and is currently located inside the cafe. This is a place where folks can share a book that they have already read and trade it for a book they would like to read. Since our Little Free Library is inside, it's only available during the cafe's normal business hours. However, that's 7 days a week! Monday through Friday, 7am to 7pm, and on the weekends, 9am to 5pm.\nIf there are several people who want to trade books, stand in line and wait your turn.\nTake care of the Little Free Library. Straighten up when you are finished browsing. Gently open the door and make sure it closes tightly.\nExchange books that are in a condition that someone else will want to read.\nTake a book. Leave a book.\nWe gladly take requests for books you might be looking for and will seek them out to add to our collection.\nWe happily accept donations of gently used books. If you have more than two or three, please put them in a box or bag and leave them with staff. (This will help prevent overcrowding in the Little Free Library.) Thank you!\nLibrarian @ Café Diem's Little Free Library\nCafé Diem & Little Free Library #49307 on Facebook","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://youngmizo.blogspot.com/2009/01/living-with-fear-loss-of-belongingness.html","date":"2019-04-24T02:56:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578624217.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20190424014705-20190424040705-00109.warc.gz","language_score":0.9474399089813232,"token_count":1193,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__13159365","lang":"en","text":"By: Pastor Graceson Kamei\nThe whole world is in the last moment of 2008! Yes, Time and Tide waits for none. Think across the days how swift it was. Weeks, months and years left us without noticing. With so much of struggle, strife and pain, the year came to an end. How pitiful and unfortunate for those whose life was being threatened and attacked. As a matter of fact, some individuals are living in a Death row.\nOne of the worst part of all episodes of 2008 is none other than recruitment of children for underground militia. There were unexpected turns, difficult places, unfortunate up shots and pivotal moments for all citizens of Manipur.\nWhatever be it good or evil acts, or be it humanitarian service or Satanic work that had happened in this year shall have carried away. And remember an old adage says. \"Even a god cannot change the past\". 2008 shall be just a memorable or deplorable past history for us after a few hours from now. All of us irrespective of poor or rich, educated or uneducated desire to live in peace, in hope and in love. Besides, every citizen regardless of ethnic differences long to have the sense of belongingness to our loved ones, homes and to our state.\nAlbeit, I am 100% Manipuri by blood, I start losing the sense of belongingness to Manipur year by year. It because all kinds of wickedness and uncertainties of life are prevailing here. As such, I feel, for these reasons the Manipur politicians, the rich people are buying Flats and plots in Delhi, Kolkata even in Singapore. Perhaps, it is the wish of the people that these people could build skysrapers and beautiful Bangalows in our hometown. So that Imphal can also have another M.G. street like in Banglore and Pune city.\nLosing sense of belongingness to our state is impending impediment to bring development and to do good things for Manipur. Every citizen must dote for where he or she hails and lives. Feeling of detachment to Manipur take place in the mind owing to many reasons together------ insurgency problem, communal feud, depravity, corrupted politicians, injustice bureaucrats and the selfish social leaders. The impure thoughts selfish motives and the likes should ne washed out. The mind of our leaders must first be purified. Because mind makes the man. The outward force is the result of inner thoughts and feelings.\nTake note of this. On the way to Tamenglong H.Q., from Khongsang village, a milestone was nearly erected in which '4500 kms' to Bihar was written by charcoal. It was written by one Bihari C.P. Labor (BRTF). Here, the essence of his writing on this new milestone was Belongingness to his native state. District does not matter for him, he longs to there.\nCan we have this sense of missing in our mind? Can a child of drunkard or cruel father have this sense of attachment to his father? We are overwhelmed with Fear and sorrow for many in human acts are happening every day in our state. Where fear, insecurity and injustice reign, peace, joy and love cannot be preponderated. But where justice exists, where love rules, and where Equality is put into practice, there is a peace like a child sleeping'.\nImphal is no longer a safe place. Hills and valley are not free from the clutch of insurgency. There is no any exceptional. Collecting taxes, extorting money, and threatening freedom of expression are apparently seen every where. Some overground and underground group aligned together so as to procure illegal business. Many a time, innocent public become a victim of unwanted accident. Killing public without judicial enquiry or without interrogation by S.F. commandos and militant group has turn out to be a normal judgement. Kidnapping children for ransom abducting social leaders and officers has also become a maxim of the militants.\nAny family members who succumbed to unfortunate defamatory event or torture to death caused/done by Government machinery or any organisations is appeased by rendering compensation of Rs. one Lac to two Lacs. Thus human value is equal with that amount of money. Will this trend go on perpetually? Is this a universal truth? Let join in hand together to speak out and act against this horrific force. For the capitalists and reputed people, Law of this land is just like a cobweb in which a kite can fly through. But for the common people, the law of this land is like the cobweb in which the files cannot fly through.\nIndeed our society is deprived and stunned by the evil force----greedy for money devaluing moral principles. Our present society is encircled with negative influence.\nIn every zone in our state is being intimidated. Mention can be made, RIMS, Raj Bhavan Minister's Quarters and academic Institution including Shopping places are the eyes of culprits and the thugs. R.S. Sutrees one said, \"Better be killed than threatened to death\".\nAll Manipuris have come across with such disturbed, fearful experiences. Enough is Enough! Let Manipur be Manipur. Let its citizen live in peace and property. Let them have the sense of Belongingness to Manipur.\nStop planting Bomb. Plant Boon\nStop Killing. Show Kindness\nStop looting. Start loving\nStop Corruption. Conquer Corruption\nWish you all a Happy & Peaceful New Year, 2009!\nMizoram and Hmar People’s Convention to hold peace talks - Lalthalien said Hmar would lead the delegation this time, while 'Deputy Army Chief' of the outfit Lalbiaknunga, earlier tipped to be included in the delega...\n2 years ago","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.jottrr.com/research/research-publications","date":"2020-10-23T08:00:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107880878.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20201023073305-20201023103305-00292.warc.gz","language_score":0.8916155695915222,"token_count":145,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-45","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__42990010","lang":"en","text":"OpenAIR is the Robert Gordon University Open Access Institutional Repository. Operational since 2006, it contains the full text of high quality research publications produced by staff and research students at RGU.\nThe content includes:\n- Artefacts, designs and exhibitions\n- Books and book chapters\n- Conference papers\n- Journal articles\n- Research data\nA full list of the types of content is available in the repository policy.\nOpenAIR enables the University’s researchers to meet the Open Access requirements of funders and the REF, reinforced by the University’s own Open Access mandate\nThe first issue showcases the university's strategic research investment and highlights how it will transform its research focus and activities.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://adamwoo.tumblr.com/tagged/quote","date":"2013-06-19T10:16:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708690512/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125130-00014-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9604368209838867,"token_count":183,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__87199832","lang":"en","text":"There are many different kinds of bravery. There’s the bravery of thinking of others before one’s self. Now, your father has never brandished a sword nor fired a pistol, thank heavens. But he has made many sacrifices for his family, and put away many dreams. … He put them in a drawer. And sometimes, late at night, we take them out and admire them. But it gets harder and harder to close the drawer… He does. And that is why he is brave.\n“You’ve got to grind, grind, grind at that grindstone. Though child’ood slips like sand through a sieve. And all too soon they’ve up grown and then they’ve flown. And it’s too late for you to give, just that spoonful of sugar to ‘elp the medicine go down”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://marriagemeander.co.za/natal/events","date":"2014-12-19T22:40:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802768980.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075248-00175-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9141775965690613,"token_count":571,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-52","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-52__0__192437434","lang":"en","text":"Launch of 2014/5 MM Book\nThe launch of the new Marriage Meander book was a festive affair held in September at Orchards, a stunning new venue in the Midlands. It was wonderful to have so many talented people join us.\nA special thanks to the ‘Orchards’ team for sharing your beautiful venue with us and to Mark and Ester from Midlands Style Events for all the impressive flowers and décor. Excellent food by Hayley from ‘A Pinch of Salt’ was enjoyed by all the guests and singing by Eric Canham much appreciated.\nEveryone loves the new KZN Marriage Meander book and are all excited about the new App, which was demonstrated at the launch and will be available as a free download from Apple and Android stores in October.\nThe 2014/15 Marriage Meander KZN Books are available from venues and suppliers within the edition. The books are distributed at all major bridal fairs in KZN and select events in Gauteng and are on sale in all CNA stores in KwaZulu Natal and select stores in Gauteng. They are also available online as a digital publication at www.marriagemeander.co.za\nThe Marriage Meander Books are made up of carefully compiled sections beginning with “Off to a Great Start” (Wedding Planning) and ending with “Just the Two of Us” (The Honeymoon). This ensures the reader is able to follow their Wedding Planning Journey in a user friendly format, getting useful information and tips and find their wedding suppliers in the categories listed by index.\nFor further details, please contact Nikki Sinclair on 083 369 4748 or email email@example.com\nThe KZN Bride 2014/5 APP ~ available as a Free Download in the Apple and Android Stores\nBased on the KZN Marriage Meander Book, this app is a useful and interactive guide to planning your wedding and source wedding suppliers in KwaZulu Natal with a wealth of knowledge and proven track record.\nFilled with ideas and advice, the suppliers share their expertise with you, together with visual inspiration from well known KZN photographers.\nUsed in conjunction with this MM website, the Marriage Meander KZN Facebook Page and the KZN Marriage Meander 2013/4 Edition of Books, this app will ensure your successful KZN wedding.\nEnjoy the journey!\nUpcoming KZN Bridal Fairs\n15 and 16 November 2014\nSt Thomas Bridal Fair\n17 and 18 Jan 2015\nCamelot Bridal Fair\n7 and 8 Feb 2015\nLa Lucia Mall Bridal Fair\n7 and 8 March 2015\nNWJ Bridal Show\nDurban Exhibition Centre","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thelostlaugh.com/2020/05/06/chase/","date":"2023-05-30T23:16:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646181.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530230622-20230531020622-00403.warc.gz","language_score":0.9590291976928711,"token_count":476,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__33285326","lang":"en","text":"Here’s a new book that looks fascinating. CHASE! A Tribute to the Keystone Cops is a compendium of writing about the Keystone Cops by a collection of great silent comedy writers, edited by Lon & Debra Davis.\nThough the humour of the Keystone films may seem primitive today, the impact and influence of the Cops was enormous. Authority had never been shown to be so incompetent as a subject of comedy before this, in the stuffy Edwardian era of polite manners. Early film comedy was as rebellious, in its way, as rock and roll later was, and the Cops were at the forefront of comic anarchy. They represent the alternative comedy movement of their day!\nEven those who know little about silent comedy probably have some vague notion of the Keystone cops. Yet, despite the fact that they are such icons, this is surprisingly the first book devoted solely to them. Over the years, false rumours have become taken as fact, misinformation has been perpetrated and films have been mislabelled. Who were the cops? How did they originate? What films did they appear in?\nCHASE! answers these questions and many more. The book’s contributors include silent-era historians of the first rank, including Joe Adamson, John Bengtson, Lon Davis, Rob Farr, Paul E. Gierucki, Sam Gill, Michael J. Hayde, Rob King, Chris Seguin, Randy Skretvedt, Lea Stans, Brent E. Walker, Marc Wanamaker, and Mark Pruett (see the image of the contents page below for details of the contents). The book promises over 300 seldom-seen photos, press book illustrations, lobby cards, and trade ads and bios of 56 performers who appeared as cops over the years.\nThe book is available from Bear Manor Media, and also through Amazon and other online retailers. All the proceeds are being donated to film preservation, so there’s no excuse not to! I’m looking forward to getting my teeth into this one. Here’s the link, and the back cover and contents pages are below.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ambernicolexo.blogspot.com/2010/06/","date":"2018-05-25T20:33:03Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867217.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525200131-20180525220131-00138.warc.gz","language_score":0.97476726770401,"token_count":433,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__24146664","lang":"en","text":"I used to think that things worth fighting for should be fought by people who want them the most, from people who would actually benefit from change. When I met my friend, let's call her Jessica, things changed.\nJessica is a petite brunette, a prominent track runner and a proud lesbian. After a while, she got comfortable enough to share her struggles about homosexuality with me. \"I'm waiting until I move out to tell my parents,\" she said one day after they caught her kissing her girlfriend. \"It's not that I'm ashamed of who I am…I just know they don't understand.\"\nAnd neither did I, really. What does a straight female know about a lesbian's struggle and discrimination? Nothing. I wasn't the one being taunted because of something I cannot change, nor not allowed to hang out with certain friends with by the book religious parents. I wasn't being the one stared at in the halls like a science experiment, or being talked about in the cruelest matter.\nFor my whole life ,I've lived in ignorant bliss. I always thought of marriage as a beautiful thing that would include a huge ceremony, a designer dress and a gorgeous man by my side. Jessica always thought of marriage as something she'd be lucky to experience in one of the few states that offer it (Michigan is not one of them).\nWhen I realized the pain and the struggles she has put up with her whole life, that’s when I started to take action. Gay and lesbians shouldn't be the only ones fighting for equal rights. This is a human, not a homosexual issue after all. Although I consider myself Catholic, I truly believe that two people deserve to be happy, no matter what race, gender, or sexuality they are.\nBy writing this article and speaking to many groups of people, I hope to broaden more eyes and hearts. Maybe you may not be homosexual, but someone you know is, so why not fight for them? Everyone deserves a happily ever after with the person of their choice.\nAnd above all else remember this: homosexuality is not a choice, but homophobia is.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://huza.astro-bazi.ru/","date":"2021-06-21T16:19:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488286726.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20210621151134-20210621181134-00131.warc.gz","language_score":0.9381248950958252,"token_count":1847,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-25","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__70653675","lang":"en","text":"Creative Writing Jobs For College Students\nMost writing jobs, whether in publishing, journalism or teaching, don’t require or even expect you to have majored in creative writing. For the few positions that do require a writing degree, which are almost exclusively in academia, you'll actually need a graduate degree (generally an MFA). Poems A Substance-Free High, by Grace Asher a poem (Creative Writing, Tracy Helixon) Savage Beauty, by Caleb Brown a poem (Creative Writing, Tracy Helixon) Everything, by Jamie Holweger a poem (Creative Writing, Tracy Helixon) Journey Through Meter, by Naomi Miicke a poem (Creative Writing, Tracy Helixon) Whispering Pines/Fear, by Lori Pipkin a poem (Creative Writing, Tracy . Description: Students exchange ideas with each other to complete an informal writing assignment. Suggested Time: 20 minutes. Procedure: Ask every student to take out a loose piece of paper and write the letters of the alphabet vertically down the left side of the paper. Next, choose a topic; sometimes I ask students to suggest potential topics. Attention, storytellers — Phoenix College's Creative Writing program offers courses that range from early composition to writing fiction and poetry to studying literacy and critical inquiry. Students may also get a taste of their future behind the desk by becoming a writer for PC's Literary Zine, RISE. Teaching creative writing brings with it many rewards. It's a field full of passion and invention. Becoming a creative writing teacher, however, takes a methodical plan of action that involves education, networking and a little creativity of your own. You'll find most creative writing jobs in MFA programs at universities across the country.\nCreative Writing Jobs For College Students\nStudent Writer jobs available on astro-bazi.ru Apply to Content Writer, Editorial Intern, Paid Intern and more! Creative Writing Professor * — For some, the most satisfying thing isn’t to do, but to empower and teach the next generation.\n45 Freelance Writing Jobs For Beginners With No Experience\nPut your writing skills to work as you encourage students to get in touch with their inner creativity. You show and explain how to write fictional books, screenplays, or poetry. 2. 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Your job is to write about different topics that may or may not require technical expertise.\nCurrently, there is a large demand for prolific writers, because many companies want to advertise and build a strong relationship with their customers. Online creative writing jobs for students. Find the best online my name creative writing creative writing jobs/internships or work from home creative writing jobs/internships in in top companies.\nHowever, coming up with a creative script, story or article requires high levels of expertise and not any jack can compile an attractive article.\nGet Essay Writing Jobs at astro-bazi.ru Are you a subject matter expert in your field and want to get paid for writing essays for students? Academia-Research is a great way for talented writers to connect with hundreds of students that need high-quality academic content for a wide range of topics.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://aviahub.net/go-nz-pride-festival-star-ramon-te-wakes-favourite-travel-memories/","date":"2024-04-22T04:05:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818072.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422020223-20240422050223-00148.warc.gz","language_score":0.9746255278587341,"token_count":596,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__93758149","lang":"en","text":"What are your favourite memories from childhood family holidays in Aotearoa?\nThe first thing that comes to mind is the trusty yellow Cortina we had growing up – Spot, our family dog, and I would often be relegated to the back boot when the car was full of whānau and friends. The smell of summer meant road trips. Near or far, it didn’t matter.\nSometimes, our family road trips would take us to places closer to our home in Porirua. Whether it was to the beach for a swim in Plimmerton or sunsets and fish and chips over looking the Kāpiti Coast. Sometimes, they were further, like long drives to the Coromandel or the Far North. I didn’t mind, family holidays made me happy.\nWhere is your favourite off-the-beaten-track spot in New Zealand to get away from it all?\nWhen my parents used to live 15 minutes out of Kerikeri, I stumbled upon a secluded lake. It was down the road and further down a few tracks. I would always sneak off there to write music and poetry, to think . . . and do lip-synch shows to the birds. I would pretend that only I knew of this lake. I was so secretive about it, and felt very protective of it. I only ever saw one or two people there. Ever. And even then, I was like, um, how did you get in here? They probably owned the land and I was the one trespassing.\nIf you were heading on a family getaway now, where would you go?\nRecently, I spent time in Southland, Central Otago and Bluff – the landscape is breathtaking. It felt fresh and isolated and untouched. There is so much to see down there. Fiordland is next on the list.\nWhat’s your dream New Zealand roadtrip?\nRoad tripping up north, back home is always special. I grew up in Dargaville, Whāngārei, and Panguru in the Hokianga. Driving through Dargaville, up to my mum’s marae, Taita, through Waipoua Forest. Coming over the hill and seeing the sand dunes of Ōpononi always gives me life. The ferry from Rāwene to Kohukohu then on to Panguru. Perfection!\nIf you could choose one ultimate, luxury, dream holiday in New Zealand, where would you go?\nI’m captivated by water. It calms me, grounds me and inspires me. Anywhere on the Coromandel and anywhere on the east coast from Whāngārei up the coast is a picture of perfection for me.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.cterree.com/author","date":"2023-10-03T07:34:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511055.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20231003060619-20231003090619-00858.warc.gz","language_score":0.9637100696563721,"token_count":1480,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__105182067","lang":"en","text":"Also known as \"Série CSU\", it is a series of psychological thrillers centred on a female character – Kate Kovacs, FBI – who leads an elite police unit. It is build like a TV series, with 12 standalone episodes and a (back)story that spans over a full 'season'. Written in a highly visual way, each book is based on a case and strong current affairs themes, such as war criminals, eco-terrorism, right-wing militias or cults. The series also explores, in-depth, the consequences of human-induced violence.\nFirst, I love this part of the world, and wanted to build an entire universe in the huge variety of physical decors it offers: from ancient forests to skyscrapers, majestic mountain peaks to dark back alleys... As I kept spending more and more time in Vancouver, I also discovered the richness and uniqueness of its population, with people from so many different parts of the world... This blend of cultures, religions, languages – and what people who came to settle in the city left behind – became a strong source of inspiration. As an author, the sheer range of locations and human stories felt like a perfect combination – even more so as I knew it would take me years and years to create and write the full series, and that I would spend so much time in this universe.\nFirst, I had to work on all the main aspects of the series, as a whole: i.e. create the central and secondary characters, their relationships and backstories, all the key locations... As well as plot all the essential and pivotal moments over 12 episodes, that would form a full \"first season\"... I had to define the pace, progression and revelations for the full series – and within each episode. And the overall tone, writing style and voice of the central character – which was a crucial aspect, as the series is written in the first person, and everything is experienced through Kate. -- After that, I started to write the first 4 books, to make sure my concept worked for more than a single story and episode.\nI start by doing a lot of research... I scout locations on the ground, take photos and notes about different aspects: atmospheres, people, lights, sounds, details (often by going multiple times to the same places, at different times of the day and night, to experience it when the weather is different, when it's crowded or eerily quiet, etc.). I meticulously build the plot and define the characters for each story. I also research the main topic(s) of each book, extensively, using a wide range of online resources: experts, forums (for more human/raw angles), technical aspects, testimonies, interviews, maps, photos, etc.\n- I wanted to centre it on a main character who was highly professional and compassionate, devoted to helping others but also flawed. Who had been affected by human-induced violence and was still suffering from its long-term effects: physical trauma, PTSD, hypervigilance, etc.\n- I also wanted to create \"a TV series in book form\" (I actually started to write it for the screen, as screenplays) to see if it was possible to capture the visual aspects and pace of a TV series, with more in-depth and internal aspects that only novels could offer. I drew storyboards for action sequences, built scenes by imagining how they could be shot on the ground, and worked to create an intense sense of immersion for the readers (very much like being in a first-person video game). I also created a writing style that was fast-paced and impactful, while leaving room for more introspective moments to allow the readers to really get into the mind of the main character and experience everything through her.\n- Finally, I wanted to explore strong and difficult themes, especially those containing a lot of \"grey areas\"... Some were based on research only, others on things I have experienced and witnessed in my own life. My goal was to reach the highest possible level of authenticity, and show the consequences of violent events on a human level, especially over the long-term (hence the concept of series).\nThere are so many things! :)\nBut I would say, in no specific order:\n- Building an entire universe, and spending so much time fully immersed in it. Getting to know my characters, and experience so many powerful things with them, and through them. Getting emotional when writing difficult scenes, or feeling the adrenaline flow when writing action sequences... Growing and changing as a person, in such a profound way. Getting more and more compassionate.\n- Researching and learning about so many different things! From mountain rescues to medical procedures, helicopters to pine beetles, cults to war criminals... Experiencing moments on the ground in a very intense way, while being in a specific location and visualising/imagining scenes in it.\n- Developing a different way of experiencing life, people and places. More profound and intense; richer... Getting so used to building plots and exploring different possibilities, that seeing many solutions to any problem becomes the norm.\n- And last but not least: meeting so many wonderful and interesting people along the way... Dear friends I made in Vancouver; readers I got to know and stay in touch with over many years; journalists who interviewed me; strangers I talked to while exploring the region – no matter how briefly – that shared many precious and memorable stories with me. That unique texture of human experiences.\nAs a young adult, my goal was to become a (photo)reporter – and to this day, I still love current affairs, journalism, documentaries, interviews, etc. Nonfiction is a way for me to acquire knowledge and share it. Throughout the years, it included developing educational resources and writing textbooks (for publishers such as Scholastic and Oxford University Press). As well as conducting interviews (with producers, directors, writers, actors, cinematographers, etc.) on the set of TV series shot in Vancouver. And writing BTS reports for magazines about it.\nThis is such a hard question, as I've always been such an avid reader. But to list just a few:\n1) My favourite fiction author has to be Albert Camus. I also love graphic novels and artists such as Hergé, Enki Bilal & Hugo Pratt. As for nonfiction authors: Nicolas Bouvier, Malcolm Gladwell, Jon Krakauer... all among many other ones!\n2) As for books... Again, to list just a few (excluding those written by the authors mentioned above!):\n- The Power of Myth; Joseph Campbell.\n- The Art of Happiness; The Dalai Lama.\n- Spillover; David Quammen.\n- The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog; Bruce D. Perry.\n- The Ghost Map; Steven Johnson.\n- Blackwater; Jeremy Scahill.\nYes, I am bilingual. -- However, \"Agent Kovacs\" (my series of novels set in Vancouver) is currently only available in French. I created it so that it could easily be adapted for the screen, as a TV series. So hope it will one day be the case! :)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.santamariachurchofchrist.com/about","date":"2021-09-24T11:23:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057524.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20210924110455-20210924140455-00364.warc.gz","language_score":0.9552361369132996,"token_count":376,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__720028","lang":"en","text":"We’re all about people because God is all about people. One of the ways we express our love for Him is through our love for people.\nOur most important task as Christians is to proclaim the transforming message of the Christ. We are courageously and boldly committed to the Gospel. With God’s inspired word as our guide, we strive to follow the New Testament pattern for conversion, worship and Christian life. We want to be simply Christian in the things we do in service to the Lord. We seek to study God’s word diligently and practice what we find in its pages.\nThe Bible, God’s inspired word to man, describes the group of people who follow Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior as “Christians” (Acts 11:26; Acts 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16). They were a part of the church that Jesus built (Matthew 16:18). We believe that if we follow the pattern for the church that we find in the Bible, we too can be simply Christians. We spend time in the study of the Bible and work to follow the pattern we find there of how to become Christians, how worship our Lord as Christians, live our lives, and raise our families as Christians.Our plea is call back to the Bible. We want to speak where the Bible speaks, but also remain silent where the Bible is silent. Our plea is for you to join us in our study of Scripture in doing those things that New Testament Christians did in service to their Lord.\nMatthew 6:33-34 \"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://icae.nau.edu.cn/1884/list.htm","date":"2022-10-05T14:29:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337631.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20221005140739-20221005170739-00445.warc.gz","language_score":0.7016855478286743,"token_count":597,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__80013148","lang":"en","text":"1.Gong, Y., Zhu, Joe, Chen, Y., and Cook, W.D., DEA as a tool for auditing: Application to Chinese manufacturing industry with parallel network structures, Annals of Operations Research, (in press)\n2.Zhu, J., Data Envelopment Analysis: A Handbook of Models and Methods, Springer, New York, 2015.\n3. Du, J., Zhu, J., Cook, W.D., and Huo, J-Z, DEA models for parallel systems: game-theoretic approaches, Asian-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 32, No. 2 (2015), 1550008 (22 pages).\n4. Du, J., Chen, Y., and Huo, J., DEA for non-homogenous parallel networks, OMEGA, Vol. 56 (2015), 122-132.\n5. Liang, N., Chen, Y., Zha, Y., and Hu, H, Performance evaluation of individuals in workgroups with shared outcomes using DEA, INFOR, (in press)\n6. Galagedera, D.U.A., Watson, J., Premachandra, I.M., and Chen, Y., Modeling leakage in two-stage DEA models: An application to US mutual fund families, OMEGA, (in press)\n7. Chen, Y., Cook, W.D., Du, J., Hu, H. and Zhu, J., Discrete and bounded data and Likert scales in data envelopment analysis: Application to regional energy efficiency in China, Annals of Operations Research (in press)\n8. Aviles-Sacoto, S., Cook, W.D., Imanirad, R., and Zhu, J., Two-stage network DEA: When intermediate measures can be treated as outputs from the second stage, Journal of Operational Research Society, (in press)\n9. Cook, W.D., Du, J., and Zhu, J., Units invariant DEA when weight restrictions are present: ecological performance of US electricity industry, Annals of Operations Research, (in press)\nWorking Papers 工作论文\n1. 公彦德, 基于平行网络DEA模型的审计对象遴选研究。\n2. Yang, F., Wei, F-Q, Li, Y-J, Huang, Y., and Chen, Y., Expected efficiency based on directional distance function in data envelopment analysis.\n3. Chen, Y., Gong, Y-D, and Li, X., Evaluating NBA player performance using bounded integer data envelopment analysis.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.sanair.com/organisms-library/vibrio-damsela/","date":"2019-08-19T08:46:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027314696.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20190819073232-20190819095232-00113.warc.gz","language_score":0.9358112215995789,"token_count":121,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__96398259","lang":"en","text":"This bacteria is part of the Vibrionaceae family. The most commonly isolated pathogens from this family are V. cholerae (causative agent of cholera), V. parahaemolyticus (causes food poisoning), and V. vulnificus (causes septicemia). Many of the Vibrio species are associated with aquatic or fresh water systems. Some reported cases of human acquired infection from Vibrio damsela have involved patients handling aquatic organisms with an open wound. V. damsela is also a reported pathogen in some aquatic organisms.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.besttimetogo.com/travel_journals","date":"2024-04-19T05:52:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817289.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419043820-20240419073820-00105.warc.gz","language_score":0.9771167635917664,"token_count":419,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__110464234","lang":"en","text":"Travel Journals, a Work of Fiction\nIn the following writings they are uniquely different from a book or some other publication you might buy at a bookstore. Most of these are personal journals reflecting personal opinions, incorrect information, misspellings, and other inaccuracies. I must admit, unabashedly, that once I had embarked on a journey I seldom performed broad research to discover or adjust information I had heard or, at the very least, think I heard or was told so.\nI often tried to write what was happening while it was happening although when I had the time to write entries, I found the most complete and accurate writings were executed immediately after the event was over. Sometimes, despite my good intentions, were not noted until the following day or even later.\nI’ve written this so that if you find errors, please don’t dismiss these writings because they are merely the reflections from one man’s eye. I intentionally left personal notes relevant to me and my family included because I wanted to leave the journals in an original and unmodified form. To share a moment with appropriate spice occasionally meant inclusion of minor issues that may or may not be relevant. In the interest of providing the broadest, most accurate view without abridgement, I chose not to edit. I implore you to skim past those issues. I did change some words and restructured some sentences or paragraphs but only to keep continuity for the reader. I found myself writing at the oddest moments and often the events still swirled, not completely formed, in my head.\nThe journals, above all else, will try to give you the FEELINGS that I felt. As I travel I take photos and video but these help me recollect what occurred from my nose out. My journals remind me of what I felt from my nose inwardly. To me my journals are of infinitely greater importance than my photos because of that.\nSo let me ask you, as you read any or all of the journals, try to savor the flavor and feel the feelings.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.lifetransitionconsulting.com/end-of-life-transtons","date":"2023-11-30T03:28:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100164.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130031610-20231130061610-00073.warc.gz","language_score":0.9660713076591492,"token_count":891,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__19517554","lang":"en","text":"\"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transiton that's troublesome\"\nThere is only one certainty in life and that is that death comes to us all. Facing our own mortality is often difficult. We have two main choices in coming to terms with our own death or the death of a family member or friend. We can choose to view death as final and become consumed in grief, or we can envision life after death and celebrate the transition to eternal life. Our beliefs and personal experiences shape how we deal with this extremely emotive issue.\nLosing a loved one can be a devastating blow to any family. Especially if It is the first time they have had to experience losing someone close. Thanatology (the study of death and the dying) has giving humanity the insight into life after death. People who have had near death experiences bring hope and reports of a better place. Books such as Saved By The Light and At Peace in the Light, both by Dannion Brinkley, offer inspiration and comfort to us all.\nThe Needs of the Dying\nTaken from the book The Needs of the Dying By:David Kessler\n~The need to be treated as a living human being.\n~The need to maintain a sense of hopefulness, however changing its focus may be.\n~The need to be cared for by those who can maintain a sense of hopefulness, however changing this may be.\n~The need to express feeling and emotions about death in one's own way.\n~The need to participate in decisions concerning one's care.\n~Then need to be cared for by compassionate, sensitive, knowledgeable people.\n~The need for continuing medical care, even though the goals may change from \"cure\" to \"comfort\" goals.\n~The need to have all questions answered honestly and fully.\n~The need to seek spirituality.\n~The need to be free of physical pain.\n~The need to express feelings and emotions about pain in one's own way.\n~The need of children to participate in death.\n~The need to die in peace and dignity.\n~The need not to die alone.\n~The need to know that the sanctity of the body will be respected after death.\nDavid Kessler and Patricia Kuptz during a break at one of his seminars\nSoul Realignment after transition\nSoul Realignment done for a deceased loved one can give comfort and closure to those that remain behind. If you struggle to feel complete with the relationship, have trouble understanding the circumstances of their death, or simply want to do something for them, then a Soul Realignment session can truly serve them.\nWorking With People Who Are Dying\nReiki connects us to the universal life force. The energy and unconditional love that people who have had near death experiences talk about. When you use Reiki in a situation such as with a person who is terminally ill you are connecting them to the unconditional love of the Divine and preparing them for their transition. You will often find Reiki temporarily revitalizes them so they have the energy to deal with any unfinished business they may have.\nIt is important to help them if possible tidy up their affairs. Teach them to heal and mend any family relationships that may have been strained in the past. Encourage them to forgive and let go of any unnecessary anger and pain. Death is not failure it is a natural part of life. Encourage family members and friends to say goodbye and let the person who is dying know it is okay to go; and although it hurts they can survive and carry on without them. This often brings relief and removes the feeling of guilt from the person who is dying.\nReiki can alleviate pain and anxiety and bring final peace and harmony to the mind body and spirit. Reiki gives the person control of how and when they die. Reiki builds a bridge to the other side and brings the life of the person to a joyful conclusion.\nTreat the family and friends if possible with Reiki after their love-one has passed on. While the soul has departed and gone on to a joyous beginning, the people left behind often find it extremely difficult to come to terms with losing a close family member or friend. Heal their pain, and fill their mind body spirit and lives with the unconditional and omnipotent love of Reiki.\nEnd Of LIFE","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.axisfitnesstraining.com/journey-inward-troy-cole/","date":"2018-10-15T19:47:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583509690.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20181015184452-20181015205952-00545.warc.gz","language_score":0.9817115664482117,"token_count":1878,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__55579453","lang":"en","text":"“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.”\n– The Bhagavad Gita\nCompetitive, angry, fired-up, aggressive… Only a few words that described my behavior on the soccer field. As a young professional soccer player, I constantly used the motivation of my coaches and the daily challenges of training as a sort of battle that I had to conquer each and every time I stepped foot on the field. “Hard work,” “giving it all you got,” and “no pain, no gain” were all motto’s I lived my life by. The character traits described above were the foundation of my being that presumably placed me in the elite category of a scholarship athlete and eventually earned me a professional contract! With no major consequence thus far, I was determined to keep “grinding”, “fighting”, and ultimately driving my body and mind to its ultimate limits.\nNevertheless, we all have a moment in life that humbles us and we can either travel down the same road towards destruction or we are forced to reconsider everything we thought we once knew about right living. For me, this moment came after what was said to be possibly the most successful season of my career yet! As a 25-year-old professional that just ended my 3rd full season, “grinding” had finally got the best of me.\nMy ankles were the size of tennis balls due to swelling, my groins were in constant pain, and walking up and down stairs caused sharp sensation under my knees due to chronic tendonitis. Not to mention, what was considered my “greatest season yet” still wasn’t good enough for me. I was already anxious about my next contract, still exercising to failure even just two days after the completion of a 10-month season, and completely depleted in every way. On the outside, my body looked healthy, strong, and full of lean muscle. On the inside I was absolutely rinsed of anything I had left. The problem was I would never allow myself to sit still long enough to even recognize the internal and external pain and suffering I was experiencing. In a time where I should have felt extreme accomplishment and happiness I was left empty inside. The bright side to this seemingly “dark” situation forced me to seek “light.” The “light” that I discovered was Yoga!\nLike many, my discovery was self-serving to rep all of the physical benefits I could get. Yoga is all about flexibility right!? Yoga is about stretching and pushing the body to new limits (something I knew all about, or so I thought). My girlfriend at the time (now wife) happened to be finishing up her Yoga Teacher Training course and now I was at the mercy of her teaching… I was determined to stay on the surface level and stretch the crap out of my body until all my pain would go away! Boy was I wrong.\nWe started our first session together and right away I found myself sitting in something called “easy pose” but quickly realized it was not so “easy” for me. With my knees creeping almost all the way to my ears because of the tension existing in my hips it became clear that this experience would be like nothing I had ever experienced before! We began class by setting an intention for our practice. From there I was asked to move my focus to the breath and slowly begin internally scanning my body. It only took a few moments for me to notice I had pain and tension everywhere! Attempting to sit with my legs crossed was unbearable for my hips and I remember feeling embarrassed by that! As we began the practice I realized that every single pose caused some sort of burning or intense sensation in at least one part of my body. My shoulders were burning, my legs were wobbling and my mind was everywhere except on my intention. Finally, what was considered to be the most “relaxing” part of practice, savasana, was the hardest! I was given instruction to lay on my back, close my eyes, release myself of tension, and let go. In that 5-10 minutes I noticed the constant chatter of my mind. Thinking about things like what I had done the day before all the way to anxiously considering my future and where my next contract would be coming from. Finally, I was brought out of this “savasana” and I can still picture my thoughts in that moment. As an athlete, I was instantly defeated by what I considered to be an awful “performance” and all the while intrigued. Nevertheless, this was the beginning of a 5-year journey that I am still currently exploring to this day.\nTo keep on the storyline, my offseason comprised of 2-3 yoga sessions a week. With the discipline I had for sports, I noticed the consistency of practice paid off in massive dividends. Returning to pre-season camp to start my next season was one of the most memorable experiences to date, as my body was almost completely rid of pain, my mind was free of clutter, and I was able to “let go” of mental and emotional feelings that were not serving me on the soccer pitch! These were all firsts for me that set me apart from many of the other players.\nAs yoga enters its thousands of years in existence, it is only fitting that elite level athletes begin to look deeper into why this ancient practice has stood the test of time. You don’t have to look far within professional sports to see Yoga’s widespread popularity. In soccer alone, players like Brad Friedel and Ryan Giggs played at the highest level into their 40’s and credit much of their longevity to Yoga.\nTo put the benefits a little more visibly, here are some key points that make yoga suitable for not just soccer players, but everyone:\n- Improves posture\n- Increases body awareness\n- Increases flexibility\n- Increases balance\n- Increases proprioception of the joints\nTo separate some overlooked benefits beyond the physical realm:\n- Increased focus\n- Increased mental clarity\n- Ability to detach from negative feelings/emotions\n- Brings intention, purpose, and motivation to life\nExperiencing first-hand the magnitude of complementary benefits that yoga had on my life as a professional player, I carried these physical, mental, and emotional lessons with me to my next chapter in life. As the Strength Coach and Head Athletic Trainer of a Professional soccer team, you can only guess that I recommended each player practice yoga. Furthermore, I would use many of the same poses I learned in yoga for team warm-ups and cool downs.\nExamples of our go-to poses:\n- Low lunge (Hip Flexor group)\n- Pigeon (Glutes/abductors)\n- Cat/Cow (Back)\n- Downward Dog (Hamstrings/Calves/Achilles tendon)\nWith the growing popularity of yoga in Western culture, you do not have to go far to find a yoga studio that will offer a myriad of classes that will fit the mold of where you are at within your training regimen. Beyond that, you are able to take your practice outside of yoga studios and simply focus on the breathing techniques and physical poses that complement you best.\nAs we enter a world where technology is at its greatest heights with all types of gadgets, gizmos, and “groundbreaking” training methods, you can simply look towards one of the oldest practices known to man for a great complement to your team sport or life! Not only will you find the immediate benefits from a single session, you will also have the lasting mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits that go along with being a “yogi” as they call it.\nFast-forward a few more years and my journey has continued beyond the world of Professional Soccer! Practicing Yoga has awoken me to the limitless potential for one to live their purpose in life! The teachings/practice alone has inspired me to share yoga to the community in the creation of Axis Yoga + Studio. In partnering with two incredibly humble and passionate individuals at Axis Fitness + Training (Mike Barnhart & Britt DeLoreto), Axis Yoga + Studio is offering a perfect physical/mental/spiritual health complement to their Strength training. Furthermore, we are able to live out our mission: “To inspire, through the practice of yoga, an awakening of the limitless potential in each of us to Love Unconditionally.” May your yoga practice bring you as much joy, clarity, and peace as it has for me and may we continue to…\nTroy Cole- ATC, PES, CSCS, After 8 seasons of Professional Soccer, Troy went on to become the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach/Head Athletic Trainer for the Wilmington Hammerheads of USL Pro. He is currently owner of Axis Yoga + Studio, a strength coach at Axis Fitness + Training, and attaining his RYT200 under the YUJI Yoga Academy founded by his wife and teacher, Macy Cole.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.heartfulloftravel.com/brunett-at-jmk-napan-tonight-11-9.html","date":"2021-06-23T18:38:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488539764.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20210623165014-20210623195014-00553.warc.gz","language_score":0.7156707644462585,"token_count":581,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-25","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__88319096","lang":"en","text":"Limacher, M, Assaf, A, R.\nWarner, M, R. Anastasilakis A, D. Nevitt, M, C.\nRelationship between 3-month changes in biochemical markers of bone remodelling and changes Wife seeking nsa AL Reform 35481 bone Ladies want hot sex GA Atlanta 30312 density and fracture incidence in patients treated with strontium ranelate for 3 years.\nXie, L, Dalsky, G, P.\nArticle level metrics\nLongitudinal change in clinical fracture incidence after initiation of bisphosphonates. Resch, Brunett at jmk napan tonight 11 9, Ivorra, J, A.\nChen, Wife seeking real sex Browder. Borromeo G, L. Beekman K, M.\nTable of contents appendix eexcluded references 1.\nStudy Group. Gold, D, T.\nWong, M, Stock, J, L. Change in bone turnover and hip, non-spine, and vertebral fracture in alendronate-treated women: the fracture intervention trial.\nA double-blind randomised controlled trial of the effects of medroxyprogesterone acetate on bone density of women taking oestrogen replacement therapy. Yin, W.\nPolicy, strategy and technology crew it's always nice to change it up.\nChines, A, A. Aki S, Gulbaba, R, G. Isoflavones versus hormone therapy Brunett at jmk napan tonight 11 9 reduction of vertebral fracture risk: indirect comparison. Alendronate and estrogen effects in postmenopausal women with low bone mineral density. Haskell, W, L.\nGreen building in developing countries\nMachine Learning for Polymer Swelling in Liquids. Bell K, J. Mulloy, A, L. Boonen S, Klemes, A, B.\nVeldhuis, Vlug A, G. Similar proportions of Ladies looking hot sex Bighorn Montana lose bone mineral density with raloxifene or alendronate Lady for relationship. Sipos, A.\nReduction in vertebral fracture risk persists after discontinuation of risedronate. Mitlak, B, H. Fracture Intervention Trial Research Group.\nHyldstrup, L, Jensen, J, E. Papadokostaki, Merope Sanopoulou. Brown, J, P.\nLocalities for hornstein hide this section is currently hidden. jmk wish list\nFracture, Intervention Trial. Favus, M, J. Minisola, S, Rossini, M. Slim, Adrian Neild. Esophageal and gastric cancer incidence and mortality in alendronate users.","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"http://www.healthbeacons.com/news/rfid-localization-system-poster-presentation-at-the-17th-asbs-annual-meeting-april-13-16-2016-dallas-tx/","date":"2019-06-17T02:52:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998369.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20190617022938-20190617044938-00064.warc.gz","language_score":0.9433916807174683,"token_count":623,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__55637364","lang":"en","text":"A Multi-Center Prospective Evaluation of a Radiofrequency Identification Tag in the Localization of Nonpalpable Breast Lesions\nJulie L. Barone, DO1, 2 ; Lawrence E. Goldberger, MD2 ; Jerome S. Schroeder, MD1 ; and Christine Dauphine, MD3\n1. Saint Joseph Hospital Breast Care Center 1375 E 19th Ave, Denver, CO 80218 2. Sharp Memorial Hospital and Comprehensive Breast Care of San Diego, 3075 Health Center Drive San Diego CA 92123 3. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 1000 W. Carson St. Box 25, Torrance, CA 90502\nThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag in the localization of nonpalpable breast lesions.\nMATERIALS AND METHODS\nInstitutional Review Board approval was obtained at each of the two participating institutions prior to initiation of this study at each site. Consecutive adult patients undergoing excision of a nonpalpable breast lesion were approached to participate. Enrolled subjects underwent placement of an RFID tag on the same day as elective operative excision.\nThe implanted RFID tag is detected utilizing a handheld reader device placed over the skin. The sound emitted from the reader device increases in volume and pitch as the reader approaches the tag.\nA hookwire was also placed in the initial patients at each study site and in cases where the RFID tags were placed under stereotactic guidance. The RFID tag was the primary method used by the operating surgeon to localize each lesion during excision, with the hookwire serving as backup in case of tag migration or failed localization. Patient data, including breast size and lesion location (quadrant of the breast, distance to areola, depth from the skin) were collected.\nSuccessful localization and removal of the intended lesion were the primary outcomes measured. Potential complications such as tag migration and postoperative infection were also\nrecorded in order to assess safety.\nForty-six patients underwent placement of 47 RFID tags, 39 under ultrasound guidance and 8 with stereotactic guidance. Thirty-five patients had breast cancer, and 11 had benign lesions.\nIn all 47 excisions, the RFID tag was successfully localized by the reader at the level of the skin prior to incision, and the target lesion was visualized within the excised specimen. There were no localization failures and no postoperative infections.\nTag migration did not occur prior to incision, but in 13 cases, the tag slipped out of the lesion as it was being retracted to make the final cut along the deep surface of the specimen. Six cancer patients had positive margins, one of which ultimately underwent mastectomy due to patient choice.\nThe use of an RFID tag system is an effective and safe method of localization of nonpalpable breast lesions in this investigation. RFID localization of nonpalpable breast tumors for surgical excision may represent an alternative method to hookwire localization.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://batshitcrazypreacher.blogspot.com/2017/08/windows-shine.html","date":"2018-07-22T23:34:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676594675.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20180722233159-20180723013159-00090.warc.gz","language_score":0.9722514748573303,"token_count":2007,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__193440751","lang":"en","text":"St. Andrew's Church, Prineville, OR\nIn the Name of Jesus. Amen.\nSomebody once said that saints are people that the light of Christ shines through. Our tour of the windows this summer has showed us the great many ways the light shines through. These windows ask us to consider, What does your window look like? How does the light shine through you?\nLuke is our first window this week. He wrote both the gospel and the Book of Acts. The two were intended as Volume One and Volume Two of one work.\nIf you read them one after the other, you notice, this is more than the story of Jesus. Luke tells the story of the Holy Spirit, from the Spirit’s first manifestation in Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, to person after person in the Book of Acts. Each outpouring is greater than the last. In fact, everything that Jesus did in the Gospel gets repeated and more so in the Book of Acts.\nI saw what you might call a theological reflection on Facebook the other day that carries Luke’s theme one step further. It said, Fueled by the Spirit, look what Paul accomplished for the reign of God. Imagine what we could do. We have the same Spirit – and we have coffee, too! Maybe there’ll be a coffee cup in my window. How about yours?\nLuke was Paul’s traveling companion in the last years of his ministry. In the letter to the Colossians, Paul calls Luke the beloved physician. That’s the inspiration for our window. He holds a staff entwined with snakes. Does it look familiar? In the US, it’s used as a symbol for the medical profession. Evidently, the person who chose it got his Greek gods mixed up. This is a caduceus, the symbol for Hermes, the messenger.\nAsclepios, the god of healing has only one snake. His staff represents medicine internationally. Anyway, the snake, one or two, represents both medicine and poison, which some of us wish we didn’t understand so well. Never mind. Either way, it works for Luke, physician and messenger.\nThe snake returns in John’s window, for poison this time. There is a legend that says John was once given a poisoned chalice to drink. He blessed it first, and the poison crawled out in the form of a snake. He then drank unharmed. Me, I like all these legends. We don’t have to take these saints and ourselves so seriously, even if preserved in stained glass.\nJohn’s gospel is different. Matthew, Mark and Luke tell a relatively straight forward sequence of events, punctuated by memorable sayings and stories, easy to repeat and pass on, until the evangelists collect them. But John’s gospel has these full-fledged speeches. They call them discourses on who the Christ is, and what he means in a cosmic sense.\nJohn talks about the Spirit on the night before Jesus died. Jesus said, I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. Luke’s narrative writings give examples of how that worked. Time and again, the disciples thought they knew what the Bible says. But then they had some experience of the Spirit that led them into a deeper truth. So they came to a deeper understanding about what the Bible says.\nI think John’s discourses express a different version of the same phenomenon. John was the Beloved Disciple. His relationship with Jesus was intimate, personal. Decades after Jesus’ death, John still writes about him in the present tense, as though Jesus is right beside him, the Spirit of Jesus, while John leans against him still, like at the Last Supper.\nDo you have somebody in your life like that? Your mother, your spouse, who’s been gone for years. But you still hear him or her speaking to you, not a memory of something once said, but what that person would be saying right now. That’s what John’s Gospel is, Jesus present to John right when he’s writing, and when we draw that close, right now, leaning on the everlasting arms. We read John at funerals. In our deepest grief, that’s when we hear Jesus speaking to us, I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, though they die, yet shall they live.\nReally, you couldn’t find anyone more different from John than Peter. No better argument against cookie cutter Christians than these two, side by side, the beloved disciple and the ya-never-know-what-he’s-gonna-say-next leader of the pack, going with John’s brother James up that mountain to share that vision in today’s gospel.\nPeter’s window portrays his struggle, same struggle as many of us, as followers of Jesus, in two symbols, one of his faith and one of his fear.\nPeter said, You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God. And Jesus answered, You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the powers of hell shall not prevail against it. I give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Peter’s faith is that rock on which the Church is founded. And his faith is the key that opens the kingdom of heaven.\nWhat could prevail against the Church, built on the rock of faith? Not doubt – doubt does not destroy faith. Doubting Thomas is an example of a disciple who used his God-given brain to ask reasonable questions. The faith of Thomas is strong because it is not gullible.\nBut the opposite of faith is fear. And there’s that rooster, the one that crowed after Peter denied Jesus, because Peter – was afraid. Fear is what brings down the Church, fear to be different, fear to stand up and say, Well, that’s wrong. Or to say instead, This is what I believe. Fear is what denies the Christ.\nThe Church is weaker today, because for so many centuries, we had nothing to fear. We got flabby. Peter’s faith muscles were like rock, because he faced his fear. He was afraid. But he pulled it together. He came back, stood up to it.\nAnd we can, too.\nWe come to Andrew. No, Helen, he’s not holding skis. Not golf clubs, either. That’s his cross. He was crucified in Greece on a cross in that shape. He is the patron of Scotland, and that is why the Scottish flag is a white X on a blue field.\nAndrew was the first apostle, the very first. How did this whole thing ever get going? Jesus called Andrew, and Andrew brought Peter to Jesus. That’s what Andrew did. When they had 4000 people to feed, Andrew brought the boy with the food to Jesus. When some Gentiles wanted in, Andrew brought them to Jesus. That is what Andrew did.\nThere is a group called the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Their sole purpose is to bring people to the deepest possible relationship with Jesus.\nYou see, there are very few sprung-from-nothing Christians. We all got here because somebody made the introduction. I’m not talking about the person who hauled you off to Sunday School – though without that person, you might not have met the next one. I mean the one who made Jesus real to you, the person that the light of Christ shone through, by their words, by their example, by their relationship with you.\nThat is the heritage of Andrew. And if names do anything to form character, then that is the heritage of the people of St. Andrew’s, by your words, by your example, by your relationship, to introduce others into a deeper relationship with Jesus. The heritage of the people of St. Andrew’s is to be the windows that the light of Christ shines through.\nThere are other saints in these windows that I have yet to name. Maybe some of them were Andrew kind of people, that the light of Christ shone through, so that others came to their own relationship with this Jesus, and built this church. Let’s name them now.\nJames P. Gillis is here, right under St. James. Jan, who’s in the Matthew window? ….\nI have asked this question throughout the summer. What does your window look like? Think about that. The artist who created our windows picked an item or two to represent each saint, their occupation, their gift, their weakness, their witness, the way the light of Christ shone through them. What does your window look like? Let’s talk about that later, while we hold our coffee cups.\nAnd then, we will put our coffee cups down and go out that door, with the words of the Epistle to the Hebrews.\nSince we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of of God.\nRod of Asclepius, in public domain\nEngraving of The Last Supper by Albrecht Dürer, in public domain\nPhotos of windows from St. Andrew's Church, Prineville, Oregon, by author","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://delapruch.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/when-our-favorite-artists-die/","date":"2018-12-10T04:43:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823303.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20181210034333-20181210055833-00185.warc.gz","language_score":0.9646040201187134,"token_count":729,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__212388342","lang":"en","text":"i want to die angry. i don’t want to let the false bliss of beating down domestication swallow me whole—killing me off like too many artists. i don’t want to forget the things that have not been corrected in this world. i don’t want to forget the things that we humans have done to other humans, and that we CONTINUE to do to each other. i don’t want that sleepy complacence that seems to knock singers senseless, that seems to kick painters & writers down the stairwell into irrelevance. i want to remember myself as churning, kicking and screaming, in the only way i knew how to deal with this world—one that i was dragged into against whatever will i could have had at the time. it seems that those that have had a taste of recognition forget what it was like to be nothing—what it was like to have every creative notion evaporate into the air unheard, unread, unobserved, unappreciated—like so many of us do daily—thoughts and ideas crumbling like leftover pieces of foodstuffs that we stopped eating of our own avail, as we who decide our own fate, us who know not the inner slavery of the status quo, of the gods and the states, of the mass appeal, of the crowd pleasing techniques do not—they will not wither. we die in tact. we die very much alone in our own nothingness, but we cease to ever not wanting to involve ourselves more in the mysteries that we encounter in our very absence of domestic bliss. i have been watching my favorite artists die for years. have you? i have been watching them turn to piss. have you? i have stopped caring for them when they become simply another mommy or daddy—another practitioner of the white-picket-fence religion, a cult that seemingly never dies within our protected western walls.\nthe wisdom to walk in the opposite direction when encountering those who claim that they have wisdom—let me bathe in it. the wisdom to understand that with each passing day i know even less than the day before about this world around me (and hence i am in a perpetual state of ALWAYS BEING INTERESTED in the world outside me and WANTING ALWAYS TO KNOW MORE—to plunge myself deep within the world—to swim amongst the fishes who claim NEVER CERTAINTY and yet always always questioning)—let me bathe in this luke warm natural extravagance. my perturbed nature is not a bitter one, it is one that comes with the witness of brilliant minds gone dead—complacent—willing to surrender themselves to the norms that have killed off their fellow humans—and then to wonder in awe at the pockets of true resistance that can be found every day—people, breathing human lives who WILL NOT SETTLE, and who find in their own discontent, the only real and true human progress. i long to die with them. i long to die if never remembered, as only a flame amongst the fire, that will extinguish this pathetic slumber that comes with that allegiance to a way of being that has been rehearsed and written down, routinely run on the treadmill of mundane\npococurantism—let’s not become on of those wooden movable models whose arms of copper wire, sit and wait to be sold on the commercial market here in this capitalist kingdom of clichés. instead, let us laugh our way into oblivion—each of us classified maniacal & disturbed, wretched & cast out—better crazy than boring.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://jpisaacsauthor.com/","date":"2024-04-13T06:29:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816586.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413051941-20240413081941-00448.warc.gz","language_score":0.9247809648513794,"token_count":1064,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__129702404","lang":"en","text":"JONATHAN PAUL ISAACSAuthor of Sci-Fi, Thrillers, Sarcasm\n“SIGN UP AND SEE THE GALAXY…”\nThe Remote Environment Search and Interdiction Teams (RESIT) need your help! Join my newsletter and I’ll send you a FREE copy of Operation Sunburn, a full-length novella set in the Quantum War universe. Join Wyatt, Laramie, and the rest of Havoc company as they investigate an urgent distress signal from a swanky space station resort. But as they quickly learn, all is not as it seems…\nAs an added bonus, I’ll also send you a copy of the RESIT Technology Brief that includes:\n- Professionally-drawn, full-color illustrations of the weapons, equipment, and spacecraft used by RESIT\n- Descriptions of each key system, its history, and performance characteristics\n- Links to the actual hard science used in the envisioning of the technology\nAgain, this is all yours FREE, just to say thanks for visiting. All you need to do is tell me where to send it.\nWhen a Nazi soldier is found dead at her family’s winery, Gabrielle Conti must match wits with SS Captain Hans Tiedemann if she is to save her family from a brutal murder investigation.\nNate Merritt just inherited a derelict Southern mansion and decides to flip it for a quick buck. Too bad he has no skills, and that doesn’t sit well with the ghost who dwells there.\nJason Bourne meets Groundhog day in this fast-paced, hilarious thriller. Time traveler Michael Gantt has to stop a nuclear bomb from wiping out New York City. But is he the one who set it off in the first place?\nTHE QUANTUM WAR SERIES\nA remote colony gone silent. A rescue team sent to help. But who will save the saviors? An action-packed science fiction series in the spirit of Marko Kloos (Frontlines) and James S.A. Corey (The Expanse).\nTwo unlikely allies may hold the key to saving a planet. That is, if the government doesn’t kill them first. Join Wyatt, Laramie, and Chris as they race against the clock to save humanity in this exciting sequel.\nAs their strike force regroups, Wyatt uncovers what might be the greatest conspiracy ever known. Little does he realize that Chris and Laramie’s lives just may hinge on an alliance with the very people they’ve been fighting.\nWyatt may finally uncover the truth about constriction. But will it be too late to hold together a fragile alliance and save Juliet? (Coming soon.)\nOUTER RIM ROUGH RIDERS\nOuter Rim Roughriders\nCaptain Noah Denson and his crew must juggle two conflicting missions that could ultimately cost them their lives. Perfect for fans of Firefly or Andor.\nA desperate getaway takes Noah and his crew to the remote outpost of Sidewinder Station. But all is not what it seems, and they may never be able to leave…\nCompleting the first story arc, Noah and his team try to finally deliver their holuvian passenger–and end up in a desperate fight for their lives.\nPRAISE FOR ESCAPE VELOCITY\nJonathan Isaacs has crafted a superior work of its kind.\nCharacter development is real good. On a comparable level to Kloos.\nA great job weaving emerging technology with old-fashioned space adventure.\nAn intense, well thought out story with realistic (human) protagonists.\nGripping read right out of the gate. If you want action this is it!\nA tremendous book. I’ve read a lot of space opera and this one’s one of the best.\nThis was a great story teller’s book and I instantly fell deep into the story line and characters.\nAs a career military officer I was impressed with his grasp of the interpersonal relationships so vital to success.\nAbout The Author\nI grew up in Maryland and was a science-fiction nut pretty much from Day One. My favorite movie growing up was Clash of the Titans (the original one, in all of its stop-motion glory). I used to catch frogs in my backyard and press gang them piloting my toy X-wing fighters.\nNow I live in Texas and work in the software industry, usually either trying to fix stuff, or at least make it better if it ain’t quite broke. Writing is my escape that takes me back to the simpler times of kiddom. I’d love to take you along for the ride. Join my Readers Group for a free sample, plus receive free stuff along the way. Hope you like it!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.biorisonanza.com/eng/bioresonance.html","date":"2018-02-20T21:10:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891813109.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20180220204917-20180220224917-00565.warc.gz","language_score":0.9592106938362122,"token_count":1190,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__112514963","lang":"en","text":"It has been experimentally proven that all organisms receive cues from the local EM environment which regulate their metabolic activities. Recent studies of epigenesis suggest that genetic expression is influenced by EMFs, and that the evolution of all organisms has been guided to a certain extent by local EMFs. In this way, organisms may be considered as an expression of the environment. This is far different from many current notions (cultural, medical, and scientific) that organisms are not linked to the environment and therefore one could hope to correct a dysfunction by altering a single component (molecule, cell, organ) and expect normalization.\nThe model which can be suggested here is that of electromagnetically incorporating an organism into its environment. This can be accomplished by any device that can modify the EM state of an organism (naturally, the majority of concern is on humans) on a general level so that a good balance of adaptability and integrity with the environment can be restored.\nThough ‘holism’ is quickly becoming the most over-used and ubiquitous notion in recent years, it is difficult to argue against its importance. Paradoxically, nearly everyone has a different construct of what exactly holism means as perception, cultural values, spiritual beliefs, and knowledge vary from individual to individual. There is an ever growing body of evidence which suggests that electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are not simply a passive aspect of the environment and that the electromagnetic state of an organism contributes to its ‘wholeness’.\nWhile some critics argue that there is no interaction between EMFs and biological systems, enough concern has been raised in the last few years regarding the harmful effects of EMFs that nearly all industrialized nations are currently conducting research and have established certain guidelines for field exposure limits.1 Historically, it has been easier for humans to harm than to heal, and the situation is no different with EMFs. The authors feel it is crucial that an organism be treated as a whole when EMF therapy is employed. The rational for this electromagnetic holism is described below.\nThe Electromagnetic Environment\nIt has been experimentally proven that all organisms receive cues from the local EM environment which regulate their metabolic activities. EMFs have also been shown to alter the morphogenesis of Drosophila melanogaster in the same manner as various other environmental changes (e.g., changes in altitude alter the form of certain plant species).4 In this way, organisms can be considered an expression of the local environment with the genetic structure acting as a stabilizing element.\nFurther evidence that all organisms are derived from the environment comes from Andrew Weil who notes that most synthetic pharmacological substances are only semi-synthetic in that they are nearly always based on a natural compound (the ‘active ingredient’ of a plant or part of a plant) with a slight shift in the structure of the molecule. This is because humans do not generally respond well to purely synthetic substances, and in the case of psychoactive substances, the brain lacks the appropriate neurotransmitter to distinguish the substance and respond.\nIt may seem like splitting hairs or academic frivolity to argue that life is dependent on the environment, however when dealing with health and disease, disavowing the web-like character of organism and surroundings has lead to many disasters. Few would argue that organisms and machines operate in the same manner, yet very often diagnostic and therapeutic methods are approached in the same manner for both. The notion of the whole within the part has gained acceptance among physicists, and this notion is easily extrapolated to biological systems. In this way, attempting to treat a single component of an organism (cell, tissue, organ, etc.) will likely result in failure as it ignores the effects that the part has had on the whole.\nIt is one thing to say that EMFs have an effect on organisms, but quite another to distinguish the process enhancing from the process degrading signals. The next section explores the possibilities of healing with EMFs.\nEvidence for Healing with EMF\nArguably, Nikola Tesla understood electricity on a more fundamental level than anyone else has before him or since. In the 1930 Tesla and Georges Lakhovsky constructed the Multiple Wave Oscillator: a generator of life-associated frequencies from 750 kHz to 3 MHz and numerous harmonics. He reported several successful applications of the device (some medical reports from the 1930s are quoted in ref. 7) in cancer treatment and various metabolic disorders in plant, animal and human patients.\nAmong others, Robert O. Becker and Cyril Smith have written popular books which describe the history of bioelectromagnetism as well as their own positive experience in employing EMFs for healing processes. Becker’s work focuses on bone, nerve and tissue regeneration using exogenous stimulation sources and reports success in the mending of bones, which for one reason or another, refused to heal. One of the most stunning accounts is an experiment where a 1 nanoamp battery was implanted in the stump of an amputated rat foreleg and induced histologically completed regeneration.\nSmith and his colleagues challenged electrically sensitive patients with various artificially generated frequencies, and the patients produced allergic responses which corresponded to their familiar reactions to chemicals for certain frequencies. Smith has also performed experiments where an allergy patient was brought into close proximity of a sealed vessel containing a know allergen to that patient. Despite the absence of a possible chemical interaction, the patient nonetheless produced an allergic response.\nSmith suggests that people with allergies are oversensitive to EMFs and are therefore improperly responding to the EMF of certain substances. The question which arises now is: what are the mechanisms of disturbance and how can an understanding of these mechanisms further the possibilities of correcting pathologies which arise from them? By looking at this question holistically, another factor, that of an organism’s ability to communicate with the environment, needs to be considered.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://myfreelancepaycheck.com/should-i-be-a-freelance-writer-7-ways-to-tell/","date":"2024-04-17T20:21:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817171.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417173445-20240417203445-00188.warc.gz","language_score":0.9616157412528992,"token_count":1119,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__195118570","lang":"en","text":"The appeal of a flexible schedule, being your own boss, and working from home make freelance writing seem like a dream job. Well, it can be.\nIt can be a career, a business, but it’s not for everybody. Being a successful freelance writer takes hard work and in the beginning, life is really hard.\nJust like any small business, it takes time, dedication, and passion. If you answer yes to the questions below, you should be a freelance writer.\nDo you actually like writing?\nYea sure, everybody thinks they can write, but can you? And more importantly, do you enjoy it? In order to be successful, in anything (and happy too), you need to like it.\nIf writing isn’t particularly your thing, there are plenty of other work from home, computer based jobs. Freelance writing isn’t novels and journal writing in the beginning, at least not the type of novels you want to write.\nIt’s either strange animal domestication or erotica. You have to like writing, because you are going to write a lot of things you have no desire to write. You have to be a decent writer too. You’re not writing flowery poems that are open to interpretation.\nFor the most part, you are writing business material and nonfiction. If you are passionate about writing and good at it, you should be a freelance writer.\nAre you realistic about what being a “new” employee means?\nYes, freelance is working for yourself, but ultimately, you are working for clients. You need to be realistic in meeting client goals.\nAlso, freelancers need to be realistic in the demands of the trade. It is not easy to get work in the beginning, and the work can be less than favorable.\nAre you willing to write things you don’t really want to and for menial money? If you are ready and willing to put in time and work, you may have found your calling.\nYou also have to be realistic in your time management. Are you good at scheduling and using your time accordingly?\nCan you easily adapt? Can you handle curve balls?\nFreelancers are jacks of all trades. They have to be able to handle all types of situations and people. You may be asked to write in new styles, as well as use new formatting.\nCan you handle the unpredictable? If you can, you should be a freelance writer. It is a great opportunity to learn and grow, that is, if you are receptive to it.\nClients will even ask you to use specific software and websites, like DropBox and WordPress. Are you willing to install and use new programs? The more you can mold and learn, the more successful you will be in this industry.\nAre you a self-motivated and disciplined individual?\nIt is easy to get distracted when you don’t have a nagging boss on your hands, it is also easy to lose time. In order to be a successful freelance writer, you have to be able to prioritize your time and organize.\nLong coffee breaks and the beach are tempting, but these distractions will not make you a lucrative writer. If you lack will-power, this is not the field for you. You have to be able to say no to temptation and plan your days accordingly.\nAre you bold enough to market yourself?\nBusinesses thrive off of marketing and advertising. Can you sell yourself? Are you confident enough and willing to do the legwork?\nFreelancers need ambition. If you are a go-getter that is not afraid to put yourself out there, you can do this. Freelance writing is not just about writing paid work.\nIt is about blogging, creating a professional website, cold pitching, and daily checking of websites and job boards. If you are brave and diligent, you have the upper hand, and you can be a prosperous writer.\nDo you like learning new things?\nThe harsh reality is that as a new freelance writer you are not going to write what you want to in the beginning, unless you are very, very fortunate.\nThat happens too, but for the most part, you’re gonna have to like learning and have some curiosity. This is necessary because you can only write what you know, and you may not know exactly what the client wants or much about the topic.\nResearcher is just another hat the freelancer has to wear. Good freelance writers know how to conduct research. A required job trait for a successful freelancer would be being able to have fun with the unknown.\nDo you have thick skin?\nSatisfying clients doesn’t always come easily. You shouldn’t be a freelance writer if you can’t handle negative feedback or constructive criticism. You will have both. Sometimes, freelancers even have to deal with difficult clients.\nCan you handle the scrutiny and pressure? You will face rejection too. You will face all of these things, and they will either break you or make you a better writer. If you can handle the pressure, jump on in!!!!\nIf you answered yes to these questions, then you should pursue a career in the writing for hire industry. It can be arduous and tedious, but with time and patience, it can prove to be as successful a career as any other.\nClick Here To View Your Free Presentation","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.hiranonaomi.com/rainstory/","date":"2019-01-20T09:50:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583705091.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20190120082608-20190120104608-00203.warc.gz","language_score":0.9889413714408875,"token_count":2615,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__124191012","lang":"en","text":"The Rain Story, 2017\nIllustrations: Florinda Pamungkas\n_Should we go out tonight?\n_He wants me to come over to his bar.\n_No, but that’s why. Can we drop by?\nThe breeze coming through the balcony doors was refreshing. After yet another night of careless partying, cool and young seduction, we were tired. Ray got up to make some eggs. That was all we ate that summer – sunny side ups with rice and soy sauce. I slowly propped myself up and lit the tip of an incense stick on the table beside me. The smell was comforting. I picked up the dirty dishes and brought them to the sink. The digital clock by the TV read 4:05pm. How did the day pass by so fast?\n_Do you want to shower first?\n_No, you can go ahead.\nThe cold water jolted me awake. The hot water gradually advanced through the hose and I was soon embraced by warmth. Showers make me feel so alive. Skinned out of old skin, I felt once again baby brand new. Ray plopped food on the table as I came out of the shower. The house special: eggs on rice with a side of miso soup and pickles. I quickly dried myself and slipped into a cotton dress. We ate huddled around a small round table – incense burning on one end; the smoke embracing two ravenous 17 year olds.\nRay had always been a slow eater. I watched her eat as I took my last bite. She had a pronounced nose, silky skin, and almond-shaped eyes. Her hair was long and frizzy, probably from all the hair dyeing. She was tall and as young as we were, signs of pubescent curves had already reached her. Her breasts were more developed than my own. I have come to realize that a woman’s inclination to compare is an inherited genetic disorder.\n_I’ll do the dishes so you can hop in the shower after you’re done eating.\n_What time do you want to head out?\n_Maybe around 11:30?\n_Okay, no heels tonight. My feet are dead.\nWe watched some comedy on television to kill time. Summer was hitting Tokyo at its fullest and it was making me sweat, compelling me to think if I should shower again. I moved towards the balcony instead, letting the gentle wind cool me off. Summer was always my favorite season; everything about it was perfect, the smell, the humidity, and the sound of the city. I left Tokyo last year in such haste. Betrayed by friends, I decided to uproot myself and finish studies in Malaysia. It was a decision not entirely void of consequences, but it was an honest decision, at the very least.\n_Do we still have some black devils?\nI lit one. Chocolate flavored cigarettes. I had not known at the time but these were cigarettes that would always remind me of summer 2009.\n_Shall we get ready?\nWe left the apartment at 5 to 12. We had decided to walk and save some money. It would’ve only taken us 20mins if we had opted for the train. But walking cost nothing but an hour of our time. Time was on our side; it had seemed as if we had all the time we would ever need that summer. We had dressed down but our faces were painted thickly with makeup, just like many other girls heading out that night.\n_Ouch, are you fucking serious? Watch it when you’re smoking.\n_I’m sorry. Are you okay?\nSlightly irritated, I walked in silence for the next half hour. Never had I been burnt by a cigarette before. It brought a lingering pain, a feeling that would’ve been synonymous to unrequited love. The city was beautiful at night. It’s silence loud. Turning the corner, we entered a small path. The road was dark aside from the shy light emitting from the house a block away. As if afraid of being bewitched by the night, the other houses seemed to be fast asleep. Suddenly, gripped with a tense fear, I ran up to Ray and grasped her arm.\n_It’s a bit dark; I’m scared.\n_We’re almost there.\nShe chuckled. Her laugh was infectious; though rough, it was sincere. We walked a little bit more and came into a big intersection. Instantly, the darkness that had haunted me the past 20 minutes was gone. I wasn’t sure if I could get used to this. The sudden transition from the depths of darkness to blinding luminescent lights. It was confusing. The lights made me feel self-conscious but long intervals of being in the dark made me feel too close to death. Tokyo was becoming impossible to understand.\nWe went into a bar and bought gin and tonics to loosen up. I had first met Ray in middle school. She came half way into the academic year and I have faint memories of taking the train with her. She wasn’t studious nor particularly popular but she was kind. I had left midway and after my exodus, we never kept in touch. It was only by chance that we had reconnected this summer. I was visiting my father who was living with my grandmother and aunt. The Lehman shock had left my father jobless in Malaysia. His return to Japan to pursue better opportunities was an option nobody in the family was against. Now, consumed with work, my father was never home. Then again, this was nothing new. I had an amiable relationship with my aunt. We were close and so I enjoyed the first week of summer in her company. My grandmother didn’t talk much. The days were long and quiet, the nights went uninterrupted. I was afraid summer would end and I would return to Malaysia with no stories to share.\nIt had been uneventful till I had gotten in touch with Ray, who was living in a small apartment in the city. It all started with coffee. It always starts with coffee. She had dropped out of high school and was in between different realities. She had gotten into the hostess business and seemed to have collected a number of suitors. Though from what I gathered, she was trying to get out of it but didn’t know how. I was enamored by her stories. Unknowingly, I began visiting her apartment regularly without even going home. Days became weeks. My father must have been concerned though he never showed it.\nWe left the bar after a couple of drinks. The alcohol had unleashed its control and we were beginning to feel bold. Ray led the way. She had held back telling me about this secret lover of hers. All I knew was that he was older. The street was beginning to crowd as the night opened. Women were veiled in sultry costume that meant to tempt and the men looked-craving to touch. Sex felt present and I was eager to participate.\nRay stopped in front of a slim building sandwiched between a McDonalds and a pharmacy. We entered, heading towards the elevator. She pressed 3. The elevator door opened into a room furnished with rich purple velvet. Fluff pillows decorated the sofa and bronze tables gleamed as it sat heavily on carpeted floors. No lights were on except a dim bulb on the second floor. Ray called out.\n_I’m here. Come upstairs.\nWe went up the bronze spiral staircase. Mixing a drink was a stocky brown man. He must have been in his late 40s. So this was Charlie. The man often left in the dark during our late night conversations. Charlie had soft features, except his nose was outstandingly present. It reminded me of a walrus’ back. I wasn’t particularly impressed by his looks, though he dressed like a king. He donned a navy suit accented with gold buttons. The sleeves tapered, accentuating his body with Vitruvian precision. It must have been tailored. His oxfords were a dark brown, polished and laced symmetrically. His clothes made him look regal but I couldn’t understand why Ray would want him, especially during sex, deprived of all his expensive clothes.\nRay and Charlie shared a kiss. I stared with envy.\nHe motioned us to the couch and brought us our drinks, bright turquoise in color. The artificial looking fluid seemed like it came from an alien land. I sipped on it, thirsty from our journey here– incredibly sweet and strong. Charlie and Ray conversed as I looked around. I felt lost and misplaced. The overdone interior left me feeling empty. I suppose it’s easy to feel alone in a group of 3. I left for the bathroom.\nI came back but Ray and Charlie were gone. I didn’t bother to search or call out, making myself comfortable on the sofa. Disturbed by the only source of light by the bar, I closed my eyes.\nMy mother had decided against coming back to Japan with me, and I had not made the effort to keep in touch since my return to Tokyo. My father doesn’t talk. Neither does my aunt. We’re just a silent bunch. If anything, we skirt around the problem. But this is typical. This is nothing new. We were never a vocal family. I don’t think I ever knew my parents growing up. My father was a workaholic and an alcoholic. Come to think of it, this was my first summer alone with him. I wasn’t particularly interested in spending a month getting to know him. I just didn’t know how. How do you communicate with a man who is there all your life but was never present?\nMy father is an architect. He now lives with his sister and mother in the house he grew up in. The house is old with a bushy garden. You’d think there’d be more balance in a Japanese garden complimenting a Japanese house. But it was a mish mash of flora that never looked good together. The apartment I grew up in, the one my father owned, was being rented out to a single mother. It’s weird to think that another set of children will have childhood memories in the same room I grew up in. Especially children I know I will probably never meet.\nMy aunt never got hitched and stayed home with my grandmother. They both bonded over gardening. Unlike my father, my aunt is gregarious. I never asked but I always wondered why she never got married. She didn’t seem lonely but the independent spirit always brings its share of loneliness. Being an only child, I know.\nWhen I woke up, an hour or two must have passed because Ray was lying across the couch. The place would’ve been pitch black if not for the same dim bulb that led us upstairs. Charlie was standing at the bar; seeing that I had woken, he came over and sat next to me. He whispered something I couldn’t quite understand. Before I could return to sleep, he ran his hands against my inner thighs. I felt hot. My mind began to spin and my feelings were slow to come. I needed water. It must have been the drinks but I had had only two.\nI tried closing my eyes-half hoping it was a dream and the other half, hoping with guilt, it would continue. He began to unzip my pants. His hand felt cold over my hairy sex. As he began to prowl down, feelings of shame forced me awake. Suddenly full of panic, I knew this was not how I wanted to lose my body. Embarrassed, I pushed him away and zipped myself, deaf to his coaxing words. He stepped away and I woke Ray up.\n_Ray, we gotta leave.\n_What time is it?\n_Let’s go. Grab your bag.\nAs we stepped out of the building, the night had seemingly died out. My watch read 4:03AM. A light rain coated the streets. Slowly waking up, we set foot for home.\nI no longer keep in touch with Ray. History repeats itself, I suppose. We lost touch as soon as I left. It’s hard to forget. I’m not sure I can, even if I wanted to. Then again, my memory isn’t trustworthy and this is now no more than another story.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.kitsap-humane.org/congratulations-our-poetry-contest-winner","date":"2015-04-26T08:10:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1429246654114.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20150417045734-00201-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8855633735656738,"token_count":238,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-18__0__129834590","lang":"en","text":"- Adoption Guide\n- Available Pets\n- Pet Adoption Specials\n- Pet Loss\n- Looking for a lost pet?\n- Low Cost Spay & Neuter\n- Microchip Clinics\n- Our Vet Partners\n- Surrendering Your Pet\n- Barn Cat Program\n- Community Resources\n- Feral Colonies / Community Cats\n- Jimmy's Fund\n- rescue & enforcement\n- Shelter Tours\n- About Us\nCongratulations to our poetry contest winner!\nThanks to everyone who submitted poems about KHS to help us apply for a $5,000 grant. Congratulations to our winner, Jill Williams! Here is Jill's poem:\nRabbits and horses are but a few,\nof the animals our mission it is to renew.\nCats and dogs are lovely creatures\nwith beautiful eyes and fuzzy features.\nAt KHS we strive to care for animals' lives, and continue to value community ties.\nOur financial health is important to us\nfor the community's trust must be robust.\nRescue, Rehabilitate and Rehome aren't just words, It's our mission to make our animals' voices heard.","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"http://theedverse.com/","date":"2014-12-21T20:07:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802772281.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075252-00070-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9509962201118469,"token_count":12258,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-52","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-52__0__181804925","lang":"en","text":"Grab Ed’s latest ebook.\nGrab Ed’s free content.\nWell met, Sam, and thanks for the kind words! I’m Canadian (and Ontarian) too, and I’ve done a lot of interviews with the CBC over the years; do you remember which one this might be? I don’t have copies of any of them, I’m afraid, and suspect no copies exist any longer, but who knows? Failing that, of course, feel free to ask me anything here, and check out the videos (which are, come to think of it, a series of short “interview answers without a questioner” from me). And I don’t know about “brilliant,” but I fully intend to go on crafting fantasy for years to come! (Next up starring Elminster: THE HERALD, out this June in hardcover, the last book of The Sundering Saga – – and I’m already working on the next Elminster book! I also have a steampunk novel in the works, THE IRON ASSASSIN, that should come out from Tor when the time is right, and of course a blizzard of Kickstarter short stories and game stuff and the usual Forging the Realms weekly Wizards of the Coast website columns…not to mention Platter of Surprises e-books that you can find right here at theEdVerse, and freebie short stories and columns and . . . whew! It never ends!)\nKeep reading, Sam, and I’ll keep writing!\nThank you! Glad you like my stuff, and I think we all have stories we want to tell and we should all have a go at it. Some stories are smash sales hits and some go unnoticed and most land somewhere in between, but it’s the journey not the destination, as many a wise sage has said: write because you want to, because it’s your dream, because it changes you for the better. Storytelling is what humans – – the best humans – – DO. Never stop writing, no matter what success or lack of it comes your way; do it for the dream! (And as you can probably figure out from what I’ve just said, I never intend to stop writing.) Yes, a third Niflheim book would be grand. I don’t have one written yet, but I do Have Plans . . . so expect more somehow, somewhen!\nHi, Otis! Well met! I love to hear that I’ve had a hand in making the life of anyone who games (or otherwise uses their imagination) richer or better or just given them some good fun time with friends. I’d certainly love to chat with you on your podcast, but I doubt I’ll make Dragon-Con this year (it’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I’m so busy now with game design and my day job and looking after my wife and all of the real-world obligations that seem to grab my every waking moment). But SOME year, you bet! Looking forward to hanging out with you!\nStorytelling and worldbuilding are what I live for! Eat, drink, and sleep imagining my way around fantasy worlds (including Professor Tolkien’s Middle Earth). And thank you; I try to be thoughtful and kind hearted, in a world where being so seems rarer and rarer. We only get to do this journey once, so one might as well be good company for everyone else making it that we encounter. After all, if a life isn’t full of friendship and fun, it’s not really worth much . . .\nHey Ed, just sending greetings all the way over from Denmark to reassure you that the influence of your writing does not end at the American shore! I started D&D with the 2nd Edition, and personally got introduced to your Forgotten Realms through Douglas Niles’ Moonshae Triology, and the Elminster Series, and I will say this, even when knowing that books like the Silmarillion and the Fionavar Tapestry exists: Your books has helped me get a visual image of the Realms, and the sense of an atmosphere which I have never experienced in a book since. I realise that not everyone may agree with me, but Elminster has and always will be my favourite character of fiction, and I sincerely hope you never decide to permanently kill him off. It would be like losing a near and dear friend that’s been with you on an age-long journey. Keep up the good work, Ed of Greenwood, and know that you writing has done a lot of good, if not only to this one person!\nThank you very much for the kind words, Lukas! Although I love to write about all sorts of characters, Elminster is a favourite of mine, too, and I have no plans right now to destroy him “forever and for good.” That doesn’t, however, mean I won’t push him into some awful situations (see my recent Sage of Shadowdale trilogy, and THE HERALD, last book of the Sundering Saga, out this June), because watching him cope with crises is great fun for me as a writer, as well as something many readers tell me they enjoy. I think you’ve spotted the key to writing about the Realms, for me: I want to share the full rich setting with my readers, from its rain and dead trees in the forests to the little furry scurrying things, not just the heroes and villains. As it happens, I’m a fan of both Professor Tolkien’s writing and Guy Kay’s, so I’m flattered indeed that you’ve compared me favourably with them. Thank you! (And keep reading; I’m not done yet!!!)\nhey ed i just wanted to say you are one of my favorite authors and was wondering when you were coming to wa state (i live in olympia) but would really love to introduce you to my now 3yr old daughter, Tsantress Alustrial Nacacia. not surprising her and her little brother Onyx have their own language\nHi, Shannon! I would love to meet you and your daughter. You have named her wisely and well.\nI am a busy boy these days, and SeaTac is a long and wearying plane ride away (from where I live, in the rural wilds of Ontario, Canada, about halfway between Toronto and Kingston), but I do manage to get to your neck of the woods once and sometimes twice a year. Unfortunately, my visits are usually super-secret (oops ;} ) summits at Wizards of the Coast in Renton, WA, leaving you a still a hefty car drive away. I’ll let you know the next time I’m coming out, though, because last time the summit incorporated a signing and author reading at a lovely Barnes & Noble in the north end of Seattle. We’ll meet some time!\nI was wondering if there would be any signed copies of “The Herald” available for sale or if by chance I could mail you a copy with return postage to be signed?\nLove all your work!!!\nBe safe in all worlds!\nThank you for the kind words and good wishes, George. There are indeed signed copies of THE HERALD available, and you can get them right here, through The Edverse!\nHi, todd! Well, I’m not in charge of book publishing at Wizards of the Coast and sometimes find out things about forthcoming books at the same time as every other reader interested in the Realms, but let me have a stab at answering you . . .\nThe Sundering Saga is six books, period, all standalones but related. They all tell tales of what happens during the Sundering, but focus on different main characters.\nHowever . . . I know Bob Salvatore is charging ahead with a fantastic storyline he has worked out well into the future, at the rate of two new Realms novels a year, so he will be following the characters he’s already been writing about into new adventures.\nErin Evans is continuing to write about the main characters you’ve seen in her Sundering book, in a book that’s pretty much a direct sequel, and so is Troy Denning. I don’t think Paul Kemp or Richard Lee Byers have any follow-on sequels in the works right now, but I will, yes, be following Elminster into a book that isn’t a direct sequel to THE HERALD, but is pretty much “the next interesting thing that happens to Elminster.”\nSo the short answer is: The Sundering is a complete “overview” in and of itself, but in two-thirds of the cases, there will be books by the same authors exploring what happens next with their Sundering main characters.\nI agree with you: to get back to ten novels a year would indeed be amazing, and I would very much hope we do see other authors stepping into the Realms to tell stories, but I don’t know what lies ahead for the Forgotten Realms® fiction line—and if I did, I couldn’t legally tell you. For my part, I fully intend to go on writing about Elminster and Storm and Amarune and for that matter Mirt and dozens of other Realms characters I want to spotlight more, for as long as I can! I will certainly try to keep them coming!\nThanks for the great friends and the many smiles and even the tears. I love them all.\nYes, indeed, and someday there will be more books set in Darsar, probably even in Aglirta itself.\nMuch sooner than “someday,” however (in a few months, I think), you’ll be able to read a short story (quite short, I’m afraid) entitled “Where Only Madmen Hide,” in one of the Platters of Surprises e-books I’m making available through this site. It’s set in the immediate aftermath of the disastrous military defeat that sent Hawkril and Craer heading back home to the mainland – – or in other words, days before THE KINGLESS LAND begins. Hope you enjoy it, and yes, rest assured that I plan to revisit that world and tell more fun tales therein!\nI am a lover of the Forgotten Realms series, though most of what I have read has been from the works of Mr. Salvatore. I have also tackled some of the more stand-alone series like Threat From the Sea by Mel Odom, The Empyrean Odyssey by Thomas M. Reid, and Blades of the Moonsea by Richard Baker. But due to my OCD about chronological reading, I have been avoiding your works for fear of reading them out of order. Is there somewhere that you could direct me to that has a comprehensive list of how your books fall chronologically, or if not, do you think you could inform me as to where you think I should start? Elminster is what I am most interested in, but I would like to one day read all of your works, and I would hate to ruin any of the stories by knowing who lives and dies by accidentally reading a book that was written at a later time in the storyline. The works that you have written have been far too influential to the world of the Forgotten Realms for me to risk ruining the experience of reading your books.\nI made that mistake with Mr. Salvatore’s Legends of Drizzt series in which I started with the Hunter’s Blades Trilogy, not knowing there were several books before. I then made the mistake of reading his works by publishing date, only to discover he wrote the Dark Elf Trilogy as prequels to his other books, which only served to ruin more of the suspense for me. I do not wish to make the same mistakes with your works.\nI. HATE. SPOILERS. Even if they are accidental.\nIf you don’t know of a place where I can see a comprehensive list of your works sorted by storyline chronologically, would it be possible for you to make a list(s) of your works so that I can enjoy them even better than I did Mr. Salvatore’s works? I’m sure that other potential readers would appreciate this as well, and it might be something that you could consider adding to your website.\nWith the highest respect and greatest anticipation,\nHi, Mason. I applaud your efforts to keep things straight and read things in the order they happened in the Realms.\nWith that said, some of my books are “complicated.” One example is CORMYR: A Novel, that I co-wrote with Jeff Grubb. It is like a James Michener novel, covering the entire history of that kingdom. It starts with a “present day” crisis, then alternates chapters between present and past, and the “past” chambers start before the kingdom was founded and move up steadily in dating until they reach the “present day” (of the Realms, at the time the book was written) at the end of the novel. Myself, I’d read it when you reach that present-day time, which in the list below appears as “Cormyr: A Novel ends.”\nThere are also a few things missing from this list (like the Spin A Yarn tales), or of disputed date, but nothing major and spoiler-y, I promise.\nThe dates are in “DR” or Dalereckoning, and the titles of short stories appear in quotation marks (with the name of the book they appeared in following, in parentheses).\nOkay, here we go . . .\nCormyr: A Novel begins.\nElminster: The Making of a Mage begins.\n“Not the Most Successful of Feasts” (The Best of the Realms II)\nElminster: The Making of a Mage ends.\nElminster in Myth Drannor begins.\nElminster in Myth Drannor ends.\nThe Temptation of Elminster begins.\nThe Temptation of Elminster ends.\n“The Whispering Crown” (Realms of the Arcane)\n“The Burning Chalice” (Halls of Stormweather) begins.\n“Too Many Princes” (Realms of War)\n“So High A Price” (Realms of Infamy)\n“Elminster at the Magefair” (Realms of Valor)\n“The Keeper of Secrets” (Realms of the Dragons)\nSwords of Eveningstar\nSwords of Dragonfire\nThe Sword Never Sleeps\nCrown of Fire\nHand of Fire\nShadows of Doom\nCloak of Shadows\nAll Shadows Fled\n“A Slow Day In Skullport” (Realms of the Underdark)\n“Nothing but Trouble” (The Best of the Realms II)\n“The Grinning Ghost of Taverton Hall” (Realms of Mystery)\n“The Place Where Guards Snore at their Posts” (Realms of the Deep)\nCormyr: A Novel ends.\nSilverfall: Stories of the Seven Sisters\n“The Burning Chalice” (Halls of Stormweather) ends.\nThe City of Splendors: A Waterdeep Novel begins.\nThe City of Splendors: A Waterdeep Novel ends.\nDeath of the Dragon\n“When Shadows Come Seeking a Throne” (Realms of Shadow)\nElminster in Hell\n“Tears so White” (Realms of the Elves)\n“The Many Murders of Manshoon” (Realms of the Dead)\nElminster Must Die\nBury Elminster Deep\n1487 DR (month of Marpenoth)\nOr to look at my Realms books in series:\nCrown of Fire (1994)\nHand of Fire (2002)\nShadow of the Avatar Trilogy:\nShadows of Doom (1995)\nCloak of Shadows (1995)\nAll Shadows Fled (1995)\nThe Cormyr Saga:\nCormyr: A Novel, with Jeff Grubb (1996)\n[[in between is a book written by Troy Denning, without me, entitled Beyond The High Road; Death of the Dragon won’t make much sense if you don’t read it first]]\nDeath of the Dragon, with Troy Denning (2000)\nElminster: The Making of a Mage (1994)\nElminster in Myth Drannor (1997)\nThe Temptation of Elminster (1998)\nElminster in Hell (2001)\nElminster’s Daughter (2004)\nElminster Must Die (2010)\nBury Elminster Deep (2011)\nElminster Enraged (2012)\nThe Sundering Saga:\nThe Herald (you could also read this just as “the next Elminster book after Elminster Enraged”)\nThe Harpers series:\nCrown of Fire (1994) [yes, the same Shandril book listed above]\nDouble Diamond Triangle Saga:\nThe Mercenaries (1998)\nThe Diamond (1998) [[co-written with Rob King]]\nSembia: Gateway to the Realms Series:\nThe Burning Chalice, a short story in The Halls of Stormweather (2000)\nKnights of Myth Drannor Trilogy:\nSwords of Eveningstar (2006)\nSwords of Dragonfire (2007)\nThe Sword Never Sleeps (2009)\nSilverfall: Stories of the Seven Sisters (1999)\nThe City of Splendors: A Waterdeep Novel, with Elaine Cunningham (2005)\nShort stories & novellas:\nElminster at the Magefair—Realms of Valor (1993)\nSo High a Price—Realms of Infamy (1994)\nThe Eye of the Dragon—Realms of Magic (1995)\nA Slow Day in Skullport—Realms of the Underdark (1996)\nThe Whispering Crown—Realms of the Arcane (1997)\nThe Place Where Guards Snore at their Posts—Realms of the Deep (2000)\nWhen Shadows Come Seeking a Throne—Realms of Shadow (2002)\nThe Keeper of Secrets—Realms of the Dragons (2004)\nThe Best of the Realms II (2005)\nTears so White—Realms of the Elves (2006)\nToo Many Princes—Realms of War (2008)\nAnd I just remembered:\nLord of the Underways—Untold Adventures (this tale is dated around 1334 DR, if I recall correctly; don’t quote me on this)\nYuskurl and the Uninvited Guest—Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep Book 1 (occurs circa 1479 DR or so; don’t quote me on this one, either)\nI hope this is of help, Mason. It will date quickly, of course . . .\nI have a few questions for you, but first a little bit of background.\nI’m an aspiring writer, but it hasn’t been until recently that I’ve considered ever trying to get something published. I have written a few short stories, and tinkered with some self-rejected ideas in the past. Never have I considered doing something on this scale before, but I’m giving it a shot.\nI’m aiming to write a fantasy novel, and as such, I’ve been pushing myself to write 2000+ words a day so that I can get it done in a timely manner. The world building has been fairly easy for me, and ideas for the story and character development come rather easily. In fact, the actual writing hasn’t proven to be much of a challenge (except that I’m also trying to balance it with my career as a full-time student). As of tonight, I’ve hit ~10,000 words out of my 100,000 word goal. I started the project last Friday, so I’m right on schedule.\nThe biggest problem I’ve had so far is finding an appropriate publisher to look at my work. I’d like to keep it within Ontario, or Canada at least. I know you are situated within Ontario, so I feel this may be appropriate. The one company I’ve looked at so far has been Red Deer Press. My questions are thus:\nDo you know of any publishers within Ontario or Canada who often accept new writers in the fantasy genre? What about outside of Canada that would accept international submissions?\nWhen in the process of writing would it be ideal to submit a query letter/samples?\nWould it be wise to submit queries to multiple publishers at once?\nWhat happens if, down the road, a company offers me an option, but I retroactively breach contract because I’ve given samples to other publishers?\nI’d greatly appreciate a response to you, as these are the main things I’m struggling with right now.\nWith admiration and respect,\nFinding a publisher (or the RIGHT publisher) can be difficult for any writer, at any time in their career. Most of the fiction publishers active in Canada publish fantasy from time to time, but I don’t think any of them “often” publish new writers in the fantasy genre except those that are dedicated to fantasy/sf/horror.\nAmong those, the biggest name in Ontario right now would probably be ChiZine, and if one looks farther afield, to the Prairies, Dragon Moon Press and Edge (though thanks to the presence of Robin Laws in Toronto, and Toronto-area writers he’s published in several Stone Skin Press imprint anthologies, the British publisher Pelgrane Press also has an Ontario presence). They all have websites, so you can try to judge if they’d be a good fit for you. I’ve worked with all of them, they’re all good people, and they all specialize.\nIf you’re in or near Toronto, ChiZine is “local” and usually publishes dark fantasy and horror; if you attend their reading series down in the Kensington area of Toronto, you can get to meet the publishers and a lot of their writers [park in the Green P parking garage two streets north and east of the venue, and walk].\nDragon Moon publishes at novel length, though their head editor, Gabrielle Harbowy, and I have co-edited When the Hero Comes Home and two sequel anthologies (Hero II and When the Villain Comes Home).\nBarring illness or publishing crises, all of them, or their editors, or writers who have published with them (and for that matter with Red Deer, too) usually show up at the established Toronto area conventions like Ad Astra (spring) or SfContario (fall).\nAnd these are just the publishers I notice, with most of my time and energy concentrated on my own work and the daily business of life; I’m sure there are others I’ve missed. Generally speaking, far more publishers these days take an interest in fantasy than did when I started, about fifty years back.\nI’m assuming you’re writing in English, and therefore the answer to your international submissions is: lots of publishers, with of course lots of competition for their relatively few open book slots. The leaders in the fantastic fiction field are Tor, the amalgamated Random House (Del Rey) and Penguin, DAW, Baen Books (specializes in military sf), Bantam Spectra, and a myriad of smaller houses, from general publishers like HarperCollins and Simon & Shuster to a wide variety of specialist fantasy and sf houses.\nHere’s your problem: not-yet-published writers have a harder road to get in the door than established names. Which is why the “traditional” way, decades ago, was to get short fiction published in the genre magazines, to get noticed, and then try to land a book contract (the largest “survivor” genre magazines are Analog, Isaac Asimov’s SF Mag, and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, but these days there are a host of online magazines like Black Gate, Apex, Clarkesworld, and more).\nFor a first time writer, I would say: finish your book first. Then look at all of the publishers I’ve mentioned and decide who you think would be the best fit for you (publishes works akin to what you’ve just written, in a manner you like, and with a reach or market presence you like). Check their websites to find out their submissions guidelines, AND FOLLOW THEM (treat them as “laws” rather than “suggestions,” because any variance from a publisher’s preferences is a way of weeding out submissions that don’t follow them). Once you’ve found a publisher that says they’re accepting submissions, type up a cover letter that gives full contact information for you, and send a copy of the manuscript (NOT your only copy of the MS, because you’re not expecting to get it back, but follow whatever instructions the publisher specifies for SASEs or other details of submitting).\nTo query without including the book is often a waste of time, because the publisher can’t judge a book that doesn’t exist, or isn’t finished yet. If you have a string of fantasy bestsellers under your belt, they know you can write and finish novels that are popular with readers. If you don’t, they can’t know that, so you need to hand them the book to judge for themselves.\nAnd no, at this stage in your career, despite the frustration of waiting (and waiting, and waiting), I don’t think it’s a good idea to submit queries to multiple publishers at once. Precisely because of the possibility of getting a bad reputation at the outset by having to withdraw a book Editor B at Publisher 2 loves because Editor A at Publisher 1 has just made an offer on the same book (the situation you foresaw in your last question).\nIt’s different if you’re a Big Name without any contractual obligations, and have an agent who can auction your new book among multiple eager publishers; then you let your agent handle matters. (By the time you reach that catbird seat, you’ll be long past needing any advice from me.)\nAnd yes, it IS unfair. Publishing is a different beast than, say, inventing a new and better line of clothing, where it’s expected you the inventor will entertain competing bids and go with the best terms; over the years, publishers have come to assume that writers shouldn’t do that. Trying to change the way the industry works is like trying to legislate the oceans from not having tides; a futile waste of your time. Instead of seething while you wait for publishers to decide if they want your book (or more likely, getting around to reading it, amid the PILES of submissions most of them have coming in), use the waiting time to write your next book.\nThen, if they love your first book and want to know if you have something ready to follow it with, if they publish the first one, you can happily say yes.\nAnd best of luck. Writing success comes from hard work, self discipline, a spark of inspiration, a big glob of storytelling flair, and (yes) luck.\nThank you very much for the response, Ed! It was very helpful. I really enjoy the depth that you went into with your explanation. I’m particularly thankful for the publishers you’ve suggested, as well as the rule for one submission at a time.\nWith much appreciation, Necesse\nI Just wanted to say thank you for your immeasurable contributions to Fantasy and therefore my childhood. My Father taught me to play D&D at five years of age, thirteen years ago now, and everyday after until I was twelve I never stopped pestering him to play more. From then on I was hooked on fantasy, and all of my favorite things about it trace back to you and the realms in some way. I know you are a Tolkien lover, who isn’t, and so I think this will interest you. Last Semester at my Branch of Kent State University in Tuscarawas Ohio, I took a class titled “Sophomore Special Topics: J.R.R Tolkien.” I called it Lord of the Rings class and it was one of the most enjoyable classes of my career as a student. I’m considering pursuing a career as a college professor, if i am lucky enough, and If i do get a position in the English department at some university, I am going to push my hardest to teach “Ed Greenwood, Storytelling Incarnate.” Thank you again for all you have done for fantasy and myself in consequence, and I have a few questions for you.\n1.) Do you, in your minimal free-time, ever play Magic the Gathering, and if so what is your preferred color?\n2.) Who would you recommend as a contemporary fantasy author outside of D&D, as I am caught up on a lot of the D&D Novels. 3.) Lastly, Are you a fan of Michael Moorecock, specifically of Elric of Melnibone?\nThanks Ed, you are an inspiration.\nTim, you’re very welcome! Thank you very much for sharing this with me, because knowing my work or the Realms has made someone’s life brighter is why I do it; it’s the fuel that rekindles my creative fire!\nAnd yes, Professor Tolkien has been an inspiration to me (and right now, I’m awaiting my copy of his translation of Beowulf, just published at long last, though I’d give a lot for a new tale by him set in Middle-Earth).\nHerewith, some answers to your questions:\n1. I have played M:TG, though I’m not up to date; the endless flood of new editions and the rotating “these cards are legal, these are not” stuff just overwhelmed me, back at a time when I was more than wildly busy doing Realms stuff, and I’ve never caught up. Back in the day (and “the day” for me, when I had the chance to share ideas with the creative who were creating cards for the game, was the time of THE DARK and ANTIQUITIES), I was a fan of blue. (Like Elminster and blue mana mages everywhere, I have this hunger to “know everything.” :} ) But I really didn’t play favorites, and always preferred to try to have an “all-colors” deck in play, though in later years I preferred sealed-deck play (where all players can bring a small sideboard of six to nine cards to the table, but the rest of their deck consists of random cards provided for them, that they just have to make the best of).\n2. I have LOTS of fantasy author recommendations. If we include authors now dead but recent/contemporary, John Bellairs wrote the delightfully creepy THE FACE IN THE FROST and Roger Zelazny wrote the “essential” Amber series, Jack of Shadows, and the fun, fun A Night In The Lonesome October. If we stick with the living, don’t miss J.V. Jones and Julian May (the Boreal Moon tale trilogy in particular, but also the fantasy/sf Pliocene Exile), and the VERY Tolkienesque in his early books (he helped edit The Silmarillion) Guy Gavriel Kay: his first books, The Fionavar Trilogy, reads like “Tolkien collides with King Arthur and modern real-world university students,” and I cannot recommend his standalone novels Tigana and A Song For Arbonne highly enough. If you like humorous fantasy, Terry Pratchett is superb, and books such as Wyrd Sisters, Hogfather, and Going Postal are all good “starter” books for getting into his long-running Discworld series. Which brings up the essential thing: likes and dislikes in fantasy, as in comedy, are very personal; your “favorites” list and mine may be very different. I know I could go on listing books for pages and pages, but I’ll stop here for now.\n3. I have loved Mike Moorcock’s books, particularly those that tie together into his Eternal Champion saga (and yes, Elric is at the head of that list) since childhood. I enjoyed “Elric adventuring with Moonglum” more than the moments where Elric is facing his kin and his destiny. And fascinated with the possibilities of the sentient soul-drinking sword and its obscure properties and side-effects!\nHope these answers are interesting and/or helpful. Right, I must rush off to work now!\nHere is a question a fan sent in.\n— Question —\nI’m doubtful this will actually make it past whatever filters and controls you have in place to minimize distractions from fans but I was hoping you could answer a question for me in the unlikely event you get this.\nOne of my friends is planning on hosting a D&D 3.0-3.5 game based in Forgotten Realms. He intends to set it during the spell plague.\nHe has stated that if we wish to utilize silver fire from the forgotten realms campaign setting book we would need to find a way to circumvent Mystra. He assures us that this is possible, however I am unable to figure this out. I was hoping you could point me in the right direction or help me with this conundrum.\nIf not, I understand and thank you for all the great books.\n— End-Question —\nHi, Joshua. The Spellplague is brought on by the death of Mystra; she’s killed on her home plane, and that causes magic to go wild in the Realms, many wizards to go mad (their minds burned out) or die or simply lose the ability to wield the Art. Mystra is not “entirely dead and gone,” because she IS the Weave. And the Weave still exists; it’s just totally unreliable (so Weave-based magic, the arcane magic of the wizard spells in the rulebooks, is, too). Elminster and some others are frantically rushing around Toril repairing tears in the Weave, re-anchoring it, and “reweaving” localized areas to stop a general collapse.\nSpellfire is the raw energy of the Weave, turned into a ravening flame that can burn through almost all known magical barriers, and that can heal if and only if wielded with great care by someone who knows how to use it correctly for healing (like a welding torch, it can far more easily burn and damage than it can help and heal). Silver fire is the divine fire of Mystra, a sort of clarified “super” variety of spellfire, more intense and more deadly, normally wielded only by the Chosen of Mystra, the goddess herself, and a few select individuals she empowers.\nHowever, during the early Spellplague, the silver fire that was part of Mystra is “freed” and drifting about, so someone not of the above groups could conceivably end up with some of it – – by random accident or by deliberately capturing some of it.\nHOW your characters can do this is up to your DM, and how they learn to control the silver fire rather than being a “wild flamethrower” that endangers themselves and those around them is probably going to be trial and error. However, the likely way to harness silver fire is to devise new spells of the characters’ own, by modifying and copying magical wards, fields, and barriers that have survived the damaging onset of the Spellplague.\nYou might want to share this lore reply with your DM – – but ultimately, it’s up to the DM what will work and what won’t. There ARE powerful spellcasters that do survive the Spellplague more or less unscathed, that you might encounter as NPCs. Such meetings may well, of course, be dangerous. (That’s why adventures are best enjoyed by the adventurous.)\nA message from a fan.\nFrom Atrii Redwood:\nIm a 14 year olde fanatic of Dungeons and Dragons, and are currently playing 3rd edition. My favorite race is the Drow, and my setting; Forgotten Realms of course.\nA: Well met, Atrii! It’s always good to meet new friends of the Realms. Drow your favorite? Watch sharp behind you! “Favorite” to some drow means “preferred target.” ;}\nMay your adventures in the Realms all end in victories!\nFan question from Liam B.\nQ: I was wondering if you were interested in trying to make an Elminister movie. Just a suggestion and, if you wold please reply to me with an email that would be great.\nA: Hi, Liam. An Elminster movie would be a great thing, and I’d love to see one, but I’m afraid such things are not up to me. The rights to do Forgotten Realms-related movies reside with TSR, meaning Wizards of the Coast. I know they’re interested in doing Realms things in all sorts of media. Keep your eyes and ears open…you never know when a movie might be given a green light. Thanks for writing in!\nhi Ed ! – I’m from Swansea in South Wales in the UK. Do I detect an influence of Welsh culture in your work at all ? I’ve heard you mention Dylan Thomas before and some of those names in the Moonshae Isles look familiar ! Many thanks for all the great stories and imagination ; keep building those theaters in our minds. All the best from Simon.\nHi, Simon! I have Welsh blood (among many other strains in my heritage), and Welsh mythology and cultural heritage has influenced my creative work on the Realms, but the names in the published Moonshae Isles come from TSR designer Doug Niles; his continent got dropped into the Realms in place of my Moonshae Isles back in 1986. Any one of my generation often heard Dylan Thomas reading A Child’s Christmas or Tiger! Tiger! or Under Milk Wood, and as a Canadian, I heard the mellifluous Welsh tones of Canadian literary giant Robertson Davies often, too. Voices of magic…\nWell met, and may we meet again,\nGreetings Mr. Greenwood.\nI was wondering if you could answer a question about my favourite among your creations: Eilistraee, a goddess whom I’ve always held very dear since I read about her.\nI know that you introduced her into the Realms under commission by TSR, but I’d be happy to know if she has a place in your campaign and if she was involved in any of the adventures that took place at your table.\nThanks for your time and -of course- for all your work.\nI was wondering if you could answer a question about my favorite among your creations: Eilistraee, a goddess whom I’ve always held very dear since I first read about her.\nI know that you introduced her into the Realms under commission by TSR, but I’d be happy to know if she has a place in your campaign and if she was involved in any of the adventures that took place at your table.\nThanks for your time and -of course- for your work.\nSorry for double posting, I’ve tried deleting, but it only turned this into a guest post.\nHi, Tommaso. You’re very welcome!\nYes, Eilistraee is part of the “home” Realms campaign and has appeared “onstage” and by dream-vision and manifestation in Realmsplay. At the writing of (the first) DROW OF THE UNDERDARK, I was asked to create a deity for “good” drow for the game, and used the opportunity to make official the Dark Dancer female drow goddess I’d already created for my own use.\nAnd, oh yes: Eilistraee lives!\n(Don’t worry about the double post, I’ll have my minion delete it.)\nThank you so much for your answer, it definitely made my day and put a smile on my face.\nI have been researching dates in the newest few novels and the new 2 modules (starter set and hoard of the dragon queen) trying to figure out what the current year DR is but its not mentioned in the new modules. the novels seem to point toward a year 1487-8 + care to enlighten?\nSo marvelous to see and spend time with both of you grand friends this past weekend.\nHi Ed. I was wondering where you will be hanging your hat at Fan Expo?\nFinally have my schedule up: http://theedverse.com/content/fan-expo-2014/\nAmazing Panel discussion Ed at your previous Fan Expo, I enjoyed every second of it. You’re my idol man, you keep me writting, on my 16th book. Thank you.\nHi, Kyle! Thanks for the praise. I love\nthose panels, they’re our chance to talk with the people we do it\nall for: you and other fans. Keep writing! See you next year!\nThank you for your lovely creations (the realms and the books)… I really enjoyed it since the first time I started to read them in the 80’s… truth to be told the area of realms that always caught my eyes are boarders countries to the other continents in abeir-toril… that’s cuz I love diversity you can find in a single country of the realms…. Countries in realms I’m thinking of is buffer countries to Zakhara: The Utter East countries ( Koniegheim, Doegan, Parsanic, Edenvale, Ulgarth and Thommar) and The Buffer countries to Kara-Tur Semphar, Ra-Khati and Khazari… I always enjoyed reading and playing in those part of the realms.. Sadly the 3rd edition didn’t have much fluff about those parts and nether did 4th edition…. My question is will there be any fluff about those countries in 5th edition?? I love in real life reading a lot of mythology about eastern Europe, Caucasian mythology and meddle east mythology (like Mithra, Anahita, Ishtar, ZORYA or Rostam) and those countries gives me the fantasy version of those places.\nSomehow more I read about Semphar I get the feeling that Red Knight and Sharess is the main major religion in there\n/With Best Wishes\nWorried Good looking C.N alignment Bluflame Efreet who only wants to roam the realms and help the poor people from evil monsters with his extra big two handed curved blade (or burn them with efreet fire) and collect beautiful women as reward (only women no money or magic item) for his help and putting them in his talking intellectual magical flying teleportabel portable birdcage were he can watch them all day long when he is bored (the birdcage harem works as luxury version of the spell Mordenkainen’s magnificent mansion)\nCareful with that collection. Even\nhandsome efreet should set women free!\nAs for 5th edition, there will\neventually be lore for everywhere, if I can make it happen, the\nspecific countries you mention included, but it may take a while.\nThus far, things are proceeding on a\nstory-by-story approach (that is, an adventure like the Lost Mine\nof Phandelver in the Starter Set box, or the two-parter that\nbegan with the Hoard of the Dragon Queen book, will have the\nadventure, plus more lore about the location and vicinity of the\nadventure encounters, and we’ll get to see bits of the Realms that\nway). There are multiple stories written and planned into the future,\nand how fast things unfold depends on product sales and lots of other\nreal-world considerations, so hang in there, and we’ll see. Suffice\nit to say that no corner of the Realms has been forgotten by me!\nNo FRCS or general FR update for 5e? Damn, that’s a bummer\nHi Mr. Greenwood,\nWanted to say it was an honor to see you again at Gencon. The autographed picture you signed with Bob Thursday morning is now framed and above my desk at work. Thank you for that, and the days of enjoyment you have given me from the world you invented. I am headed towards The Realms right now, to the town of Voonlar between Shadowdale and Zhentil Keep, just before the time of troubles… for I am an amateur writer. Book number 4 is flowing slowly, but I like how it is emerging on the pages before my eyes, and I am always curious what will appear when I start writing. As for books one through three, I hope you enjoy them. They are bound in red with gold lettering. It made me quite happy when you accepted them as a gift at Gencon. It isn’t easy to write a six book set of 3000 pages… but it is kinda fun. 3 down, 2.5 to go!\nWishing you well,\nWayne ‘Gunner’ Eidemiller\nHi, Wayne! You’re very welcome, and\nthank YOU for the books! They’re on the shelf right behind me as I\ntype this, and I’ve started on the first one; so far, good stuff\nthat “feels like the Realms” to me! Thanks!\nVoonlar before the Time of Troubles: a\npeaceful, prosperous rural community, caravans coming through, the\nwizard Perendra keeping to herself off in her house to one side, the\ntemples rebuilding to get grander, the Zhent spies and agents very\nmuch undercover . . .\nI wish you well with Book 4. Please\nkeep me posted!\nArg… I had much of that correct, but not all. I must have 40 forgotten realms novels, and I did not remember Voonlar. I was hoping I had a small blank slate location to write about, but I am apparently mistaken. The Forgotten Realms Campaign Settings book was my base for the town, and I try not to write in detail about places other writers have already worked to avoid conflicts. I also don’t control other Writers characters, other than barely mentioning the famous characters of the Realms (which is a necessity). Is this background and the wizard Perendra from a published work I can research?\nI have the roads, trade, farms and temples correct. The town is ruled by a elected Bron who is secretly controlled by the Zhents. Voonlar is in Zhent territory so they have to keep Zhentil Keep happy.\nHowever, I have the town guarded by mercenaries, while mercs and dark adventurers bound for Myth Drannor make the town somewhat less than peaceful. The temple of Bane has a lot of influence. Harper agents seek information and try to disrupt support going to Zhentil Keep to delay a growing Zhent army. Taxes are heavy to support the mercenary guards, and much of the food grown goes to the Zhents to support a growing force that will invade with the arrival of Bane. I was unaware of Perendra.\nIs this a story I can read? Perhaps the chapters I have written can be salvaged if I knew the other writer’s story. In retrospect, I probably should have created another small hamlet and destroyed it later to avoid conflicts with other writers and history.\nEd, I wish you a wonderful weekend! It’s starting to get cold here in Ohio.\nAh, Elfsong… I researched the name Perendra and recognize that novel. I will get the book, for it is one of the few I do not own. From the storyline, I may yet have a chance if Voonlar is not dwelled upon deeply. Elaine Cunningham is a writer I respect, and I do not wish to conflict with her tale.\nIn my own story (trying not to spoil anything), there is a community of pacifists that worship Chauntea just outside of Voonlar. This is the story of the dark cleric without a name and his secretive sister. These are the types of clerics that no one would ever play, for they hate violence and use only staffs and lassos to preserve all Life. (not all worshipers of Life do this, but they do.) One day, Chauntea is striding over the world, casting out seeds when Myrkul sneaks in and fills her seed bag with bone shards. Chauntea accidentally plants a small army of undead around Voonlar. When she realizes what she has done, Chauntea is outraged and raises a peaceful young man into a war cleric with the expressed purpose of fighting the undead. It is the training of a pacifist warrior cleric… Life verse Death… a study of extremism. This is the story I struggle to complete.\nGoodnight Ed, see you in the Realms : )\nHi Mr. Greenwood,\nWhere can I learn more about Harmel Artru?\nRight here. :} What did you want to know, specifically?\nI said, in a lore reply at Candlekeep back in 2006, that in 1375 DR he was very likely the best swordsman in the Realms, and in that post I wrote that he was a “darkly handsome, agile, glib-tongued and lady-charming merchant seacaptain (and sometime pirate), who sails The Winsome Lady independent caravel out of Saerloon (and a secret base somewhere in the Pirate Isles).” That’s literally all that’s been revealed about him thus far, and I assume you’ve read all of that already if you know the name Harmel Artru at all, so…what else would you like me to tell you? I’m happy to spill lore details!\nHi again Mr. Greenwood. I am grateful for your reply,\nI have a friend that saw your post a while back and would love to duel Harmel Artru. Could you give me some details about his fighting style, weapon of choice, clothing, etc? Enough information for me build a 5e D&D encounter. =D\nHi, Diego! If expecting trouble, Harmel usually wears light fighting leathers (leather armor that includes magical bracers that improve his armor class), plus a metal codpiece and a metal buckler (very small circular metal shield with a sharpened edge all around, that he’s adept at throwing [like a Frisbee]).\nHe has daggers sheathed on the insides of both boots (outer surfaces of his legs) and up both sleeves, on the insides of his forearms, and primarily fights with a longsword he carries scabbarded across his back (“swings” on a baldric for easy drawing).\nHis fighting style can best be described as “dancing, leaping acrobatic;” he seldom stands in one place for long, and is always turning so his peripheral vision can take in who might be approaching from behind/below/above him. He’s an expert at throwing his daggers, and at “kicking up into the air” chairs and other handy items he can use to trip, trammel, or or confuse opponents, and to deflect attacks coming at him.\nHe is lightning fast, has very good balance, and is always calm in battle, thinking ahead and anticipating consequences.\nDear Mr. Greenwood\nI have been writing for a large chunk of my life and hope to make it into a career one day. Having recently been let go from my job in retail I was wondering what sort of work or life experience could help me build a resume worthy of one day writing for the Forgotten Realms.\nThank you for your time and for creating such a wonderful place for me to visit.\nRodney, I literally don’t know how to become a writer for the Forgotten Realms, these days. Everything has changed from the day when I started creating the Realms, fifty years back, and from when TSR (a company that no longer exists) started publishing Realmslore in 1979. All I can suggest is: design 5e D&D adventures for your own players, look for ways to participate in the Organized Play program, design for other game systems where you can get published, establish a reputation as a good writer who beats their deadlines and is good to work with, and watch the Wizards of the Coast job postings (and apply!). Becoming an experienced designer is worth it as a goal in itself, whether you ever get a professional chance to play in the Realms or not! And – – good luck!\nSince the new approach to detailing the FR is of the ”story by story” type, may I ask if you have written any new lore on how Eilistraee and her followers are faring in the present Realms, and if we are going to see it anytime soon?\nHi, Tommaso. I have written new lore about the Dark Dancer recently, but I’m afraid how and when you’ll see it is up to Wizards of the Coast, and I can’t legally reveal more. I would not expect to see it as part of this or the next story, if that helps.\nThanks for your reply, Mr. Greenwood, and -of course- thanks for the new lore about Eilistraee. I hope to see it as soon as possible.\nBest wishes of good holiday,\nI hope all is well with you, I’d just like to say that I recently watched the footage of you at Fanexpo this year and I was really interested when you mentioned that you had pitched a game to Dragon involving shiping lanes on the Sword Coast in the realms and players had the option to turn pirate on each other.\nI know in the interview you explained that Dragon shot the idea down but I really loved the idea and I’d love to replicate something like it with my players, do you by chance have the rules for the game anywhere and if you should would you be so kind as to share them with me.\nHello, Grand Archmage\nMy name is Dallas Cook and I am a fledgling writer. I have an idea that’s been writing me for the last few months but I feel the need to get your permission, seeing how you created the Forgotten Realms. It involves treating the multiple universes, such as Albeir-Toril and Earth as two ‘electrons’ in a much larger, multi-dimensional ‘atom.’ In the ‘atom,’ the elemental planes of fire, water, earth, air and the various godly and hellish dimensions are depicted to be communal, e.g. the ‘protons and neutrons’ that serve as the drawing source for most of the various powers in the multiverse. Due to the largely unstable nature of this ‘atom,’ various time and space nodes are popping up on random worlds, granting free access to any being fortunate (or unfortunate) enough to be caught in one to any other dimension/plane.\nIn the spotlight of this book is the son of two Chosen of Mystra who combined their gifts to create a ‘Nexus,’ a small, neutral plane that provides a focus to travel between dimensions safely, when entering and exiting the nexus, it shields them from the chaotic nature of what I’m calling ‘The Between.’ The son was killed while the two Chosen and their son were on an ambassadorial mission, all very hush-hush of course, to a different plane. Feeling responsible, the only goddess of that dimension resurrected him, tasking him with guarding a sacred forest. As a the child of two Chosen and the slight influence of The Between, Mystra’s gifts to his parents manifested strangely within him, giving him the power to become incorporeal at will. However, this change makes him more susceptible from magic and he can be blasted into wisps if a strong enough destructive spell is cast at his essence.\nWhile traversing through the Elemental Plane of Fire, he was holding onto a fire elemental named Vix, who was then summoned by a Luskani Tower wizard. Azuarl, the name of the son, is pulled through without the protection usually given by the Nexus and it starts the cascade of events shown above. The summons rips a hole in the dimensional fabric and dimensions begin collapsing.\nThis story will have almost no lasting effect on the Forgotten Realms as a whole, due to the end of the series being wrapped together with a memory-wiping surge of magic that only the few directly connected to the events were able to resist. It will set aright’s the things that went wrong. (Including an EXTREMELY surprised blue dragon, with passengers, slamming into a Silverymoon tower at high speed, an overconfident mage wetting his fancy new robes, and quite a few accidentally torched pairs of fine leather boots.)\nThanks for reading!\nP.S. Some very fine baddies come waltzing back into the spotlight, due to the space/time rifts, “Warp Nodes.” Anticipate seeing: The Ghost King, Ebonsoul, Matron Baenre and perhaps a crazed lich or seven… *winks conspiratorially*","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://www.flowersbyleslie.com/local/funeral-home-flower-delivery/r-m-edgerly-son-funeral-home-flower-delivery/","date":"2024-04-22T08:58:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818105.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422082202-20240422112202-00713.warc.gz","language_score":0.906238317489624,"token_count":435,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__186627119","lang":"en","text":"R. M. Edgerly & Son Funeral Home\nFlowers by Leslie is honored to arrange the design and delivery of funeral flowers to R.M. Edgerly & Son Funeral Home in Rochester, NH. Order online or call for assistance today.\nIn the quiet, reflective moments of grief, the act of sending flowers to R.M. Edgerly & Son Funeral Home in Rochester, NH, embodies a gesture of profound respect and solemn elegance. This time-honored tradition transcends mere words, offering a tangible expression of sympathy and a silent message of comfort to those in mourning. Each petal, each leaf, and each arrangement speaks volumes in the language of compassion and shared sorrow.\nAt R.M. Edgerly & Son, a funeral home with a deep-rooted presence in the Rochester community, receiving flowers becomes more than a mere formality. It is a significant part of the grieving process – a visual and olfactory reminder of the beauty that persists even in our darkest hours. The flowers sent here are not just blooms; they are poignant symbols of life's fragility and its inherent beauty, carefully selected and arranged to honor the memory of the departed and to provide a semblance of peace to the bereaved. Whether it's the dignified elegance of white lilies, symbolizing the restored innocence of the departed soul, or the heartfelt warmth of roses, each in their hue conveying a different meaning, the flowers chosen convey a deep and abiding respect. The quiet arrangement of greenery whispers of enduring life, a comforting embrace in the face of loss.\nSending flowers to R.M. Edgerly & Son is an acknowledgment of life's precious cycle and the shared human experience of loss and remembrance. In a community like Rochester, where every life is woven into the tapestry of the town's history, these gestures of sympathy become part of a larger narrative of support, compassion, and shared humanity. It's a way to stand shoulder to shoulder, in spirit if not in person, with those who grieve, offering a silent promise of hope and renewal amidst the sorrow.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://gypsymamaa.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-08-01T15:52:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1406510275111.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20140728011755-00089-ip-10-146-231-18.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9473620653152466,"token_count":147,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__34452939","lang":"en","text":"Thank you! You’re too sweet\nIt’s so depressing that people have to take week breaks from me. Like I’m that bad of a person. I can’t be handled. All I was doing was trying. I’ve been NOTHING but honest yet I’m still lying. I hate myself and I want to die. I really do. I’m so over this depressing ass life I live. I can’t even change it no matter how hard I try, apparently.\nI think I’m going to write a book called “‘Four Hours Is Definitely Enough Sleep’ And Other Lies I Tell Myself”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://collinsdentalcentre.com.au/can-teeth-whitening-damage-my-teeth/","date":"2024-04-21T11:37:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817765.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421101951-20240421131951-00383.warc.gz","language_score":0.9191631078720093,"token_count":1430,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__203006694","lang":"en","text":"Can teeth whitening damage my teeth\nThe short answer is NO, but care is required. Tooth whitening as performed today has its origins in the 1980s and so now has a 30 year history. In general, most in-office and dentist-prescribed, at-home bleaching techniques have been shown to be effective, although results may vary depending on such factors as type of stain, age of patient, concentration of the active agent, and treatment time and frequency. However, concerns have remained about the long-term safety of unsupervised bleaching procedures, due to abuse and possible undiagnosed or underlying oral health problems.\nAllergic sensitivity: There have been no allergic sensitivity reported for carbamide or hydrogen peroxides, or for alternative peroxo-adducts,\nTooth enamel: A detailed review of tooth whitening products in 2010 [Goldberg et al, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19543926] reported on an investigation performed with the very high magnification microscope that concluded that most bleaching agents (even those containing 10% (w/v) carbamide peroxide), induce slight to moderate alterations of the enamel surface and a decreased enamel micro hardness, with clear variations between the bleaching agents notable. These micro lesions are of much lesser importance than those arising from enamel etching performed in the dental office as a very frequent part of placing dental fillings, crowns and veneers.\nFrom some reports, it appears that minor defects are also induced in the subsurface. These defects might have an immediate effect of interfering with the adhesive properties of restorative materials.\nHowever After some time, the enamel changes are gradually reduced. As a result of ion re-precipitation controlled by some salivary proteins and/or by the bacterial plaque, calcium-phosphate precipitation occurs inside the porous enamel, a phenomenon that leads eventually to re-hardening and furthermore contributes to a return to the normal situation. [Rodrígues JA et al, Am J Dent. 2001 Apr;14(2):67-71. Effects of 10% carbamide peroxide bleaching materials on enamel microhardness, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11507802]\nAlso regarding tooth enamel and dentine: transient mild to moderate tooth sensitivity can occur in up to two-thirds of users during early stages of bleaching treatment. Sensitivity is generally related to the peroxide concentration of the material and the contact time; it is most likely the result of the easy passage of the peroxide through intact enamel and dentin to the pulp while the bleaching agent is on the tooth surface.\nHowever, there have been no reported long-term adverse affects upon the dental pulp (often referred to as ‘the nerve’) when proper techniques are employed.The incidence and severity of tooth sensitivity may depend on the quality of the bleaching material, the techniques used, and an individual’s response to the bleaching treatment methods and materials. To date, there is little published evidence documenting adverse effects of dentist-monitored, at-home whiteners on enamel, but two clinical cases of significant enamel damage have been reported, apparently associated with the use of over-the-counter whitening products This damage may be related to the low pH of the products and/or overuse.\nSensitivity can be prevented or decreased by treating the teeth 30 min prior to whitening by desensitising agents containing 3% potassium nitrate and 0.11% per weight fluoride.\nGum and soft tissues: gum irritation is sometimes reported.peroxide is caustic in higher concentrations.\nWhen the dental surgeon at the chair-side applies H2O2 or alternative peroxo-adducts, there is a clinical control of the risk factor for developing gingival irritation. This is not always the case with nightguard, i.e., dentist-prescribed home-applied bleaching methods. The situation may be even worse when patients without any control of a dental surgeon are using whitening methods. Carefully adapted trays are mandatory if the dental practitioner wishes to prevent or suppress gingival irritations. H2O2, together with lauroyl and benzoyl peroxides, all represent compounds with the potential to generate free radical species. They are not carcinogenic when applied topically to the mouse skin, but they are potent skin irritants. Notable modifications induced by peroxides in skin are epidermal hyperplasia and the induction of dark keratinocytes: 15% or 30% (w/v)H2O2 gave rise to an extensive epidermolysis, inflammation, and vascular injury in rodents. This was found to be followed by a rapid regeneration and epidermal hyperplasia. After topical application of 10% (w/v) carbamide peroxide, an increase in the quantity of cells located in the basal layer of the oral mucosa revealed by proliferating cell nuclear antigen(PCNA) staining was noted. However, by immunode-tection of cyclin D and p16 (representing a proliferation marker and a negative regulator of cell proliferation, respectively, the alteration of which are considered as markers of an initial cancer formation), studies carried outon the oral mucosa failed to indicate any significant alteration. In contrast, using the PCNA as a marker, the same researchers have shown a transient proliferation after topical application of carbamide peroxide to the basal and suprabasal epithelial oral border. Therefore, the controversy is not yet solved.\nIn fact, temporary burnings of the tissue arising from H2O2 have been reported. In the hamster pouch, severe inflammatory processes are now well identified. During the treatment of periodontal diseases, the bacteriostatic properties of H2O2 have been widely used, and in this context, cell lysis has been reported at a concentration s slow as 1%.\nCarefully adapted plastic trays or night-guards may reduce the amount of whitening agent that is expelled onto the oral mucosa when the patient overfills the tray. Strips and painted lacquers reduce the risk. The ingestion of bleaching gel may produce gastric pain, although the repeated ingestion of peroxide-containing gels does not seem to have severe consequences.\n- MALCOLM J. GRENNESS\nB.D.Sc., L.D.S., M.Med.Sc., PhD, F.R.A.C.D.S\nCall: (03) 6224 3575\n158 Collins Street, Hobart\nMonday – Friday 8.45am-5.15pm\nSend an Email","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://justdarlin.blogspot.com/2012/04/instagram-wednesday-new-book.html","date":"2018-07-22T04:48:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676593010.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20180722041752-20180722061752-00115.warc.gz","language_score":0.9688791036605835,"token_count":196,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__35774857","lang":"en","text":"Welcome to my newest blog series - Instagram Wednesday! These posts are going to be simple, short and sweet - just a little explanation of the picture and that's it!\nI am in love with Instagram. It makes want to take pictures of the stupidest stuff just to play with the filters. I know you other Instagrammers out there agree.\nA little bit about the picture above:\nMy newest book. No, I have not moved in to the world of Kindle or Nook yet but I am planning on it. I did get this book $2 off at Martin's with my Bonus Card! Woot!\nJames Patterson is one of my favorite authors. I haven't read him in a while because I've been hooked on Nicholas Sparks and Pinterest. I forgot how bloody his books are. It's pretty disturbing that someone can write a novel like that and not be totally messed up in the head. Wouldn't you agree?\n...until next time...","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://hsoutpouring.org/","date":"2022-11-28T15:16:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710533.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20221128135348-20221128165348-00629.warc.gz","language_score":0.9610158801078796,"token_count":500,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__253170189","lang":"en","text":"What if God Has A Plan?\nAre you or the people you know sensing a growing despair over the conditions of our families, our economy, our healthcare, our government, the world and even our churches? What if God already has a plan in place? What if He has made a marvelous provision for us that most of us have never dreamed of, let alone experienced ? (“Eye has not seen nor ear has heard….)\nBefore the foundations of the world were laid Father, Son and Holy Spirit made a plan crafted with fantastic and wondrous Love. The dream in God’s heart: To have a family who would all be made in His image, understand His great love, choose to love Him in return and extend His Kingdom everyone on this planet. Adam and Eve ruined it all by choosing to lean on their understanding instead of Creator God. Because of love, this God, perfect in goodness, and rich in mercy sent His only Son to make the ultimate provision, opening the gates between Heaven and earth once again. Jesus said pray “On earth, as it is in Heaven.” DO WE REALLY BELIEVE that is possible now? Not most followers. Salvation is not just about the forgiveness of our sins…that is the just the tip of what man regained through the Cross. Forgiveness is not Father’s only goal. Reconciliation is the door into many wonderful provisions that actually bring heaven into earth.\nTo accomplish His goals for man, He sent His Spirit…the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead to dwell within us so that we would become a new, divinely empowered creation and really become changed into His image.\nAside from His unfathomable love for mankind, He intends to have His will in Heaven be demonstrated on the earth, to rule the earth through His family. His Spirit has been sent to give us the power from on high to do the greater works (John 14:10) thus demonstrating His Kingdom, putting into subjection all the works of darkness!\nARE YOU IN?\nThis site leads you to explore how you can participate in the great move of God that is happening all over the earth in growing measure! The blind are seeing, the deaf are hearing, addictions are being broken, and even the dead are being raised! His solution and provision is a beyond-glorious one and anyone can participate…Do you want to fully become part of that journey?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://kimchi-kimi.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-07-28T06:14:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1406510256757.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20140728011736-00461-ip-10-146-231-18.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9189252853393555,"token_count":281,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__36162616","lang":"en","text":"Nothing ever ends poetically. It ends and we turn it into poetry. All that blood was never once beautiful. It was just red.\nmy life got about a thousand times better once i stopped censoring myself\nand by censoring i don’t mean i suddenly embraced indiscriminate swearing; i mean i stopped trying to sugarcoat my past or my feelings; i stopped lying by omission; i stopped having guilty pleasures; i began unabashedly enjoying whatever i liked; i became very honest; i cut out of my life poisonous people and negative ideals, and i am so, so much happier for it\nI hate when a person says they’ve had a bad day and everyone, instead of trying to cheer them up, enters a competition of who’s had the shittest life\nI’m adding Kaneki to my list of white haired anime boy who I have a crush on.\nTwenty One Pilots - House of Gold // Vessel\nLet’s say we up and left this town,\nAnd turned our future upside down.\nWe’ll make pretend that you and me,\nLived ever after happily\nAdventure time be knowing\nBut I can’t fix him, can’t make him better\nAnd I can’t do nothing about this strange weather\nthe weathers getting warmer :/","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://rachstonebreakr.livejournal.com/","date":"2019-08-18T17:48:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027313987.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20190818165510-20190818191510-00123.warc.gz","language_score":0.946325957775116,"token_count":1606,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__160757684","lang":"en","text":"Rachel Stonebreaker (Becky)\nHelp! I've fallen off the edge of reality and can't get up! I used to be so clever. I look back at my infrequent posts and thing \"Who wrote those? I don't think it was me because they're interesting.\"\nThese days are spent frantically trying to remember to attach my head in the mornings. Here is a great video of a song I'm trying to learn on the fiddle:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0-gmTOcmNw\nI love CORRS.\nI checked out several books from the teen section of the library. One covers Podcasting. Hey, I'm no Dummy (a reference to the 3 year old book by Dummies for Dummies on the subject). This one is cool because it's written for young high schoolers. I recommend it for anyone, young or old, who wants a very quick yet somewhat detailed look into podcasting. I'm going to check into this Career Building series as they have books on blogging, digital moviemaking, photography, and social networking.\n\"Career Building Through Podcasting\" by Sarah Sawyer ISBN: 1404219447\nAlso, just for the beauty of them, I picked up two design books also at the library. They are so extraordinary that I have bought my own copies from www.half.com and from www.AbesBooks.com ( I like Abe's Books. I've used them for years).\n\"Pictures - Telling Stories The Art of Robert Ingpen\" ISBN: 0698400119\n\"Fairie-ality - The Fashion Collection\" from the House of Ellwand ISBN: 0763614130\nThese two books are inspiring, especially if you've got a youngster who is at all inclined towards art. These books are, on the simple aspect, beautiful and easy to look at. The Ingpen book contains commentary on the thought process behind illustration art (vs. Fine Art) while the Ellwand book, visually, excites the brain cells into thinking outside the box (or fabric) for fashion design. The Ellwand book lays out their pictures in some terrific spreads that could be used in scrapbooking as well. They are both wonderful eye candy.\nTue, Oct. 30th, 2007, 07:29 am\nAnother wonderful video from Dove. How on God's Green Earth are we going to get away from the beauty industry's blatant falsity?\nI'll tell you how - STOP buying into it. It starts at home folks. You may think it starts with not supporting the advertisers who tell us that everyone is ugly and worthless unless they have bigger breasts and smaller butts and whiter teeth and fewer wrinkles.\nBut it starts with your self esteem. Yes, you ARE good enough the way you are.\nDon't get me wrong, I wear makeup and use night cream. I'm promoting self confidence to be ones self not someone else's image of self.\nYou GO Dove!\nThis stuff is freekin' AWESOME! I popped the bucks (a C note) for AcoustiPack APDv2 noise reduction foam for my computer.\nIt's not even completely installed (still have to take out the mother board to load up the last panel of foam) and already the howling has dampened to whisper quiet.\nWELL WORTH THE MONEY!\nThu, May. 10th, 2007, 07:56 am\nExcerpts from The Hobbit Companion\nBy David Day\nWhat a fun book! I finally got a chance to read some of it. Day goes into great detail about the philology of Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” and how Tolkien’s intense interest in words shaped the actual story of “The Hobbit” instead of the typical author’s approach to come up with the story line and then the names/places/etc. ( Read moreCollapse )\nHere’s a pic. It's an example of the three original Hobbit tribes' size and feature differences. Note the Oldbuck in the middle wears dwarf like shoes and has a smattering of facial hair. (I’m sure the artist would NOT want you doing anything dastardly to her work so don’t get any of us in trouble (as in use your judgment, don’t screw with the pic))\nThe problem I run into with the whole \"new idea\" of Social Networking is that NONE of the people in my physical social circle participate.\nThe majority of the world out there does not have time to blather. That's what they think blogging is... blather. Why bother?\nI try to convince them to log in and read to keep up with friends' lives and to comment in a fast and easy manner. That's one of the benefits of blogging. It's replacing the old fashioned letter writing and phone calling and after work parties where we all told each other what went on that week in our lives and listened to our friends' woes and comments and goofy things that happened and what about the latest urban myth and then we'd occasionally get introduced to the new neighbor or co-worker or friend from out-of-state. Our world is so large now, we can't all get together as much as we'd like (especially when we're physically separated).\nBut I'm talking to brick walls. Few in my generation have ever bothered to have those sorts of old fashioned get-togethers nor have they ever really written a true letter so they've no experience in all of this \"interacting honestly with friends and receiving good feedback\" whether it be from reading and commenting on-line or from meeting someone face to face over a margarita and chips.\nBlogging is redefining the way we socially interact. When the oldsters of today are dead and gone and my \"I don't give a damn about anyone else\" generation become the oldsters, they (we) will be sitting there without a clue, with no social graces and everyone else in the world will ignore us. Phooey on that. We should get out there and help guide this development of the new social graces.\nMon, May. 7th, 2007, 07:41 am\nI'm alive ... but just barely\nSo many things to do and so little time\nThe Best Practices of Web 2.0 Conference blew me away. Of course it helped that I got full copies of Office 2007 Experssion Studio (the Whole Enchilada) AND Vista from Microsoft... how did the conference moderator put it? \"Microsoft gives cool SCHWAG!\"\nSo, some day, I will figure out WordPress and LiveJournal and Vcard and Microformats and all the other web applications. Until then, I've got to plan for Scotland in September.\nTo see my pics from my last Scotland trip:http://www.ramtech.us/scotland\nDespite that my family seems to have forgotten, my friends have not.\nHere is a poem Marla wrote for me.\n(Not that I feel old, just horridly pained around the L5 disk.)\nLike my brother Richard said on his last birthday, \"Whew! Made another one!\"\nOde to Your 47th Birthday\nForget the woes of middle age\nThink I'm a wise and wistful sage,\nto have lived in such a modern age.\nWhere there is no need for a time machine,\nWhen a treadmill will make you young and lean.\nOnce a woman of 30 was old,\nNow 47 is beautiful and bold.\nYou're not an old crone,\nbut a young mother,\nA woman of charm\nUnlike any other.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://vafmusicbank.com/milfaholic-visitors-2/the-root-verb-racham-conveys-the-fresh-new-like/","date":"2023-03-21T17:26:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943704.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20230321162614-20230321192614-00690.warc.gz","language_score":0.9299545288085938,"token_count":1129,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__154910542","lang":"en","text":"The root verb, racham, conveys the fresh new like, mercy, and pity a mother or father feels on her behalf children\nComment: The previous verse says “For the Lord doesn’t refute permanently” (La step 3:31). Here we see His mercy indicates His productive shame and it try rooted in Their abundant lovingkindness (hesed) otherwise covenant love.\nThat isn’t love initially\nEzekiel Therefore thus says the lord Goodness, “Today I could heal the fresh fortunes out of Jacob and now have mercy all in all family off Israel; and i could be envious to possess My holy label.\nHosea step one:six Following she formulated once more and you will offered beginning so you can a dah, getting I can no more possess compassion into the home regarding Israel, that we manage actually ever forgive them. seven “But I will have mercy towards house off Judah and you can send her or him by LORD the Goodness, and does not submit them from the bow, blade, race, ponies or horsemen.”\nBeliever’s Church Bible Responses: Lo-ruhamah. Not-pitied. Not-shown-compassion. The option of terminology at this point is crucial to new content off Hosea. It is warm and you will intense. It offers no intimate overtones. When racham identifies God’s like, it will always be a love and therefore expands out over new wounded, the newest alienated, the fresh obstinate, and willfully disobedient kid. They regulates God’s people from around wisdom. It is not like during the a neutral framework. Such as aplikacje randkowe milfaholic, God claims: “I can fix its fortunes, and can has actually mercy to them” (Jer ). “In the overflowing wrath for a moment I hid my personal face out of you, however with everlasting love I could features compassion for you” (Try 54:8). Racham appears inside the parallel having compassion and you will restore the latest fortunes regarding, pointing to their book importance because like you to regulates. As such, they usually makes reference to God’s concern getting Their somebody, rather than conveys his fascination with the fresh places essentially. (Guenther, Allen)\nThey never means the process of releasing a love, once the does ahab (Hebrew having love first-found from inside the Ge 22:2), the greater preferred and much-interacting with word to own love from inside the Hosea (Hosea dos:5 2:eight dos:ten 2:twelve 2:13 step 3:step one cuatro:18 nine:step one nine:10 eleven:step 1 a dozen:7 fourteen:4)\nHosea 2:23 “I am able to sow her to have Myself in the property. I could likewise have mercy on her behalf that has not received compassion, And i will say to people have been perhaps not My personal some body, ‘You are My individuals!’ And they’ll say, ‘You is my personal Jesus!'”\nComment: Hosea refers here in order to Israel rather than towards Gentiles lookin toward the full time when Israel was restored while the God’s individuals and also as Their beloved. But once Paul rates them for the (Ro nine:25-note) the guy can be applied them to the decision of Gentiles. What best does Paul have to make such as a radical transform? The solution is that the Holy Heart exactly who motivated what to begin with gets the to reinterpret or re-apply them afterwards.\nHosea 14:3 “Assyria will not save us, We’re going to not journey for the ponies; Nor will we say once again, ‘Our goodness,’ Towards the performs of one’s hands; To own in you the brand new orphan finds out mercy.”\nBeliever’s Chapel Bible Commentary: The situation is made in the cards under Hosea step 1:6 you to definitely racham is read while the repairing love. From the Hebrew Bible, they regularly identifies a compassion and that stretches life to a single who’s come under judgment (cf. La step three:32; Isa. 14:1; Jer ; Zech. 10:6). The newest repairing love comes from ab muscles representative who’s delivering the newest judgment, most frequently God. From the some point which like is directed actually on dwellings around from Jerusalem (Jer -note), inducing the reconstruction of area. The fresh verb racham looks for the Hosea in Hos step 1:6, 7; 2:4, 23; Hos fourteen:step 3. For every single like means a data recovery otherwise repairs regarding just what have become destroyed or perhaps is deficient (cf. Hos fourteen:3). The newest verb ahab connotes choice and you may an excellent (continuing) relationship described as passion and you will closeness. Healing like characterizes God’s relationship to a wicked individuals; it is passionate by the strong love growing from a previous dating. Withholding racham try an act from wisdom or is motivated by cruelty (Jer 6:22,23; ). (Guenther, Allen)\nThis post currently has no comments.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.wpdiamonds.hk/en/author/dr-terri-orbuch/","date":"2020-06-07T03:45:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590348523476.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20200607013327-20200607043327-00163.warc.gz","language_score":0.9656860828399658,"token_count":170,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-24","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__181612332","lang":"en","text":"Dr. Terri Orbuch (aka The Love Doctor®) is an author, speaker, therapist, professor at Oakland University, and research professor at University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research. She is also the director of a landmark study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where she has been following the same 373 couples for almost 3 decades. Dr. Orbuch is widely published in scientific journals and the author of five relationship books including, “Finding Love Again: 6 Simple Steps to a New and Happy Relationship” available at amazon.com. She is well respected as a researcher and professor in the scientific world, and is also known by TV, radio, and online fans as The Love Doctor®, a popular relationship expert and advisor. Learn more about her at: DrTerriTheLoveDoctor.com.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://kegfoam.blogspot.com/2008/05/yates-brings-awesome.html","date":"2018-07-18T00:44:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589980.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20180718002426-20180718022426-00307.warc.gz","language_score":0.9566943645477295,"token_count":150,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__72388059","lang":"en","text":"Tuesday, May 13, 2008\nYates brings the AWESOME\nPeople who click links on my sites or are just plain hip to what's going down in this world should be aware of fellow Playground Ghost Chris Yates' madtacular webcomic Reprographics, (If not, FOR SHAME.) but I must also make sure you are aware that it is now available as a book type of deal called Set It To Awesome.\nThis can only be good news for people who enjoy fun and happiness and little one eyed aliens with twisty things on their heads. This is a perfect opportunity to enjoy Chris' adventures in the fresh aired wifi-less outdoors this summer.\nP.S. Includes a guest strip by me.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.naturenerdsrule.com/2010/09/a-monarch-emerges/","date":"2019-07-24T00:17:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195530246.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20190723235815-20190724021815-00287.warc.gz","language_score":0.775571882724762,"token_count":181,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__72649149","lang":"en","text":"During the week, I worry.\nI worry about the usual: my job, my mortgage, my future.\nI worry about my blood pressure!\nAnd then it happens.\nFor a brief moment I am transported to another world,\nWhere breath is so much more important than thought.\nWhere simple and awesome live together.\nWhere the present is always a flower,\nto a vacation in Mexico.\nAnd Mary Oliver writes:\nDon’t bother me.\nThe butterfly’s loping flight\ncarries it through the country of the leaves…\nfor long delicious moments it is perfect\nlazy, riding motionless in the breeze on the soft stalk\nof some ordinary flower.\nexcerpted from the book,\n“Blue Pastures”, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995.\nDouble click on an image to enlarge:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thoughtrevoltblog.com/","date":"2016-10-24T05:07:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719468.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00526-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9673854112625122,"token_count":712,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-44","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-44__0__106891848","lang":"en","text":"I had a dream… and then I woke up. The dream about civilised human beings disappeared as soon as I opened my eyes. Leaving behind only a scent of something lost… or never acquired. Mistaken was I? Is that civilisational gloss a fairy tale only? Are we barbarians as our ancestors were? Are we just savages not even deserving to be revered as noble ones?\nWhat’s going on with people? Why do they kill, rape, sell their brethren into slavery? Well… they don’t see them as brethren probably. Don’t want to see them as such. To kill is to believe. To rape is to revere. God is great and he requires blood and fumes of rotting flesh. Or so some want to believe because this belief allows them to rape kids. To sell women to rich beasts also calling themselves believers.\nThis is how those savages advertise their faith. This is how we, non-believers in their eyes, are starting to perceive Islam. We look at our neighbours and they disappear as human beings. Diminished by atrocities of their brothers in faith. More and more they themselves are becoming terrorists, savages and beasts. In the eyes of other people not sharing their beliefs. Not wanting to share beliefs that lead to barbaric savagery. One time friends become strangers. Next door neighbours start moving apart. Every time we see a girl in hijab something deep inside starts whispering “Savages!” “Terrorists!” “Barbarians!”.\nThe legacy of religious fanatics starts taking its toll. Extremists on our side become lauder with every barbaric act in the Middle East. Even lauder with similar acts on our own soil. They grow in strength. They grow in numbers. Animosity slowly becomes something normal. Neighbours become strangers. Step by step we are moving towards distrust. Who are they? Where do they come from? What god do they believe in? Question after question. Suspicion crawling at first to stand up proudly in the end. To announce barbarity of those who used to be our neighbours. Our friends.\nThis is the legacy of bloody massacres. This is the legacy of barbaric acts, killings, slavery and rapes. This is what we left behind allegedly. This is what we believed is the past. But it’s here. It’s coming back. And as long as there are those who support savagery, as long as we pretend it’s okay because it’s in the name of god, as long as there is an excuse for bestiality and cruelty of so-called believers, as long as there are those willing to finance them… the beast will be growing. The suspicion of ordinary people will be separating friends and lovers.\nA beast is a beast. A madman is a madman. A rape is a rape. And a murder is a murder. It doesn’t matter in whose name the bestiality is committed. In the name of god? I denounce such god enjoying blood and murder. What kind of god it is? God of love? More and more we look at those ordinary people, our neighbours, men, women and children as crazy fanatics. Only because they happen to believe in the same god some madmen believe in. This is what they are achieving. This is where they lead us. To the hell of religious wars we hoped we left behind.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://phoebezito.com/blog/","date":"2023-04-01T10:26:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949958.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20230401094611-20230401124611-00700.warc.gz","language_score":0.972279965877533,"token_count":199,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__214314940","lang":"en","text":"Life is like a stair case . .\nFull of steps to take .\nFull of moves you must make .\nTo get where you want to go\nBy taking just one step at a time . .\nTo get there , is like trying to climb . .\nA mountain so high just to get up there to say . .\nI made it . . I finished . . No matter what obstacles were in my way .\nI did it . . I completed my task . . I’ve done what I had to\nTo take one step at a time . . and make it through .\nI’ve walked up that stair case , I’ve made it to my dream .\nLife maybe tough at times and its never what it seems .\nBut if you keep your head held high , and put a smile on your face .\nYou’ll make it to the very top because . . . Life is like a stair case","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thatcherulysses.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/holland/","date":"2018-06-21T21:30:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864300.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20180621211603-20180621231603-00322.warc.gz","language_score":0.9709081649780273,"token_count":1592,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__196176530","lang":"en","text":"I received an email yesterday from the new parent contact at my local Down Syndrome Association branch. We joined a few months ago so that we could meet other families of kids with DS. In her email, she asked if there were any members that had a story they would like to share for their new parent information package, which is given to new parents when they have a baby with DS at the hospital. I sent her a link to my first blog post, but her request really got me thinking. I don’t know if I can write something concise enough for her particular request, but I wanted to write out what I’d want to know as a new parent, in case anyone stumbles across this blog and could use my words and experience.\nTo start, I’d like to let you all in on a nice little poem that is currently included in the LDSA new parent package. It’s called “Welcome to Holland” by Emily Perl Kingsley. Basically she wrote it in the 80s on her experience with having a child with special needs.\nI am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability – to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this……\nWhen you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip – to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting.\nAfter months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome to Holland.”\n“Holland?!?” you say. “What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy.”\nBut there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay.\nThe important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It’s just a different place.\nSo you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.\nIt’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…. and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills….and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.\nBut everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy… and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say “Yes, that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned.”\nAnd the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away… because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss.\nBut… if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things … about Holland.\nWhen I first read this little poem, I couldn’t get through it. I sat there on the words you’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. There I was. Smack dab in Holland. And I couldn’t leave. It wasn’t anywhere I had pictured myself. I didn’t want to be there. I couldn’t read the rest. I put that poem back in the folder and forgot about it.\nI tried to read it again when we were discharged from the NICU and I had gone through all the papers we had received and was reading over some of the information. Again, I didn’t want to be in Holland. I put the poem back again.\nFinally, a few weeks later, I got the courage to open up that folder that said LDSA on it. I took out the poem and started to read. I got to the part about the windmills, and the tulips… and a crazy thing happened. I was there. I wasn’t in some disease-ridden no-man’s land. I was in Holland. It wasn’t where I wanted to be originally. But I looked at Thatcher. And he wasn’t what I had anticipated. And he was beautiful.\nSo, new parents. Maybe it takes you a while to read the whole poem. But you’ll get there. And when you get there, you will probably cry when you read it. That’s okay. I still do. Except that at first, I cried because I didn’t want to be here. And now, I cry because it’s so amazing.\nThe point of the poem, and the point of what I’m saying, is that it’s okay to be disappointed. It’s okay to cry. This isn’t what you expected. You expected the prom queen, the valedictorian, the PhD. You expected the kid that would reach every milestone early and be walking by six months. You expected a healthy baby. And, more than likely, you didn’t get any of those things. Instead, you got a trip to the NICU. You might have gotten a surgery or two. You might have a congenital heart defect on your plate, or hearing problems, or a g-tube. And it’s really easy to look at your newborn baby and see them as a disconnected medical diagnosis in that incubator. You might hold their hand and feel love, but feel disconnected. And that’s okay. You will get through this. You will get to know them. You will see them look at you with love in their eyes, and you will be seeing those tulips in Holland. When they have their first smile, you’ll see the windmills gently turning in the breeze. They will fall asleep on your chest with their little arms wrapped around you, and you will know that Holland is exactly where you want to be, no matter how you got here.\nBut the trip there is hard. And there are bumps along the way. And that’s okay. Just keep looking ahead for the tulips. Don’t close your eyes and pretend they aren’t there. Do what you have to do. Cry. Call your best friend. Cry some more. Research Down Syndrome. Hold your baby, even if there are tubes and wires hooked up to them. Grief is a process; there are hills and valleys to it. One day you will think you are okay, and the next you will hear about somebody else’s child who is crawling and your son or daughter is barely rolling over. It’s fine to grieve about it, as long as you keep looking ahead. Your child will get there, it’s just more of a scenic journey. They might have to work a little harder, but it will be so much sweeter in the end.\nSo…. Welkom in Nederland, mijn vriend.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mdf.com.hk/","date":"2013-12-13T05:18:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386164886464/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204134806-00027-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.917336106300354,"token_count":105,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__29311059","lang":"en","text":"MAIORI.... THE NEW LUXURY\nWe want to describe THE NEW LUXURY by the desire of acquiring towards premium goods,\nthe feeling of self pampering and well being.\nTHE NEW LUXURY is more about emotion, comfort, concept of life than high price point :\nit is a sensation.\nTHE NEW LUXURY is then always justified and justifiable and opens doors to\nrenewal and optimism. It become then a sign of stability and prosperity.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.sergiopetrelli.com/projects1/street-horizons","date":"2023-11-30T15:06:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100227.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130130218-20231130160218-00605.warc.gz","language_score":0.8978498578071594,"token_count":217,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__147947071","lang":"en","text":"Where the sea meets the pitch, dreams come true.\nOn a beautiful sunny day, I must shoot a picture of a picture being taken. The sky is blue, the sun is shining nicely. What a view and hot spot!\nA surreal landscape, where the discarded and unwanted are piled high. A place where dreams go to die, and the detritus of human consumption is laid bare.\nHumans landed on a cold planet, full of snow, where a bright light colours grey aluminium panels in blue. The new land feels safe and amicable.\nWhat secrets does this bench hold? What stories could it tell?\nThe Big Apple nightlife. A palpable energy enriched with vivid and striking colours. Sitting on luminous red steps when in need of an energy refill is free to all (bums). A small and yet important example of the attraction of the American dream.\nWe, humans, stand on our feet to discover the world. My moving camera honours the world of below, where our feet belong and where reflections of movements bounce and shine.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://septembercalendar2018.com/reflective-essay/","date":"2020-02-19T10:26:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875144111.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20200219092153-20200219122153-00444.warc.gz","language_score":0.9589027166366577,"token_count":742,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__187816290","lang":"en","text":"When you plan to write an essay, the first thing you need to know and understand is the definition of such a task. The type of this purpose simply explains that the purpose of reflection in the reflex is number one. The main purpose of this document is to reflect your personality based on your personal experience, feelings, thoughts or ideas. Be prepared not only to describe the event or aspect of your life, but also the thoughts that you have in your mind. You do not need to describe your biography in detail, but the reader must have a certain image of you as a person after reading your essay. What's the best thing to do with a reflex? Our identity is largely reflected in the things that surround us in our daily lives, and make us different (even if these things seem random and simple). Thus, a good basis for the winning reflective compositions will be a description of such things and aspects as:\nSince, as you can understand, there are a great number of topics that you can write about, many students can find it very difficult to choose a problem that will represent the greatest interest, and perhaps more instructive. So we made a few lists of topics for you reflecting essay to organize a small spectrum of all possible (and most exciting) ideas for the perfect record\nGood reflex topics to show your personality\nNow you're absolutely sure what that means, and what it's supposed to be like. All you have to do is describe the specific aspect of your life, and also to complete what you have received. To create the right impression, it is very important to choose a really nice theme for your future essay. So, we present to your attention the compilation of the most reflective compositions\nReflecting writings on relationships\nRelations with other people are an integral part of our lives. The relationship is very often helping us to better understand ourselves, to find our \"weak spots\" and even to see the flaws or good of our character. What aspects of the relationship can you highlight in your reflecting base?\nHobbies and Outdoor\nAs we spend our free time together, and where we're going, we can tell a lot about us. In addition, even the most ordinary walk can inspire some thoughts or ideas. What can you describe if you want to write such an essay?\nPersonal and symbolic functions\nNothing distinguashes you from others like the traits of your character. But even more interesting is how you can analyze your own mind and personality. Be honest with yourself, and your reflective essay will be written at the highest level. What should I write about?\nFun and vismissions\nPeople prefer certain places because they experience certain emotions, feelings or memories. You can also say about the trip. What can I say about you?\nDaily moments of life\nThere are many things that we don't pay attention to, but which are important in our lives. Try to remember at least your last weekend, and you will understand how many prominent themes for reflecting essay you can get\nThe family can play an important role in human life. While we share and spend time with family members, this can be an excellent basis for essays\nFirst experience and significant events\nEach of us has specific events in our lives that are of particular importance. It should not be something great, but for some people, even small events can be filled with something unique and priceless\nAnd these are not all examples of reflective essays that can be used to write original and unique paper. All you have to do is be honest with yourself. Then your work will be absolutely unique and interesting for your audience. You have to believe in yourself, and your efforts and the winning essay are guaranteed!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://puryearumc.org/index_Page386.htm","date":"2018-02-23T02:33:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891814311.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20180223015726-20180223035726-00385.warc.gz","language_score":0.975755512714386,"token_count":233,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__128866057","lang":"en","text":"\"Jesus answered, \"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.\"\nThey say a priority is anything† you spend lots of time and attention on. Taking this into consideration, I often pause to reflect on the things that take up most of my time day to day. These things change from season to season and yet there seems to be one thing that I enjoy spending leisure time on no matter what the season. I must confess I have a fetish for riddles and quotes. For me, I enjoy the contemplation that comes after reading a riddle or quote and either trying to figure it out or reflecting of the meaning of the quote. I really enjoy riddles when they are scripture based. They allow you to not only seek out scripture but to try to understand them as well. I will be sharing different riddles from time to time and lets see if you can figure them out.\nSo here is a riddle.........\n\"Who in the bible kissed heaven's door but quite possibly died without inheriting the kingdom of God?\"\nAlways seeking to serve\nthe one who serves us all,","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://victoriaterrinoni.wordpress.com/about/","date":"2021-05-16T06:27:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243989690.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20210516044552-20210516074552-00430.warc.gz","language_score":0.9796460270881653,"token_count":344,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__215720318","lang":"en","text":"I am one of those rare people who knew what they wanted to do when they grew up. By the eighth grade, I knew I wanted to be a writer. I thought I wanted to write fiction. I started writing short stories in my teens. I even sent them out to magazines — with no success. My practical side told me to have a Plan B — just in case I didn’t write the all-American best seller. That’s when I talked to my English teacher. She encouraged me to take a high school journalism course and I was hooked. I wanted to write for newspapers and magazines. I graduated in 1981 from Western Illinois University with a degree in Mass Communications with an emphasis on Print Media.\nSince college I have worked for weekly newspapers, bi-weekly newspapers, and daily newspapers and several magazines. I even had an article published in an edition of Chicken Soup for the Soul.\nI’ve been a reporter, a feature writer and columnist, and an editor. But when my husband, Dave, joined the active duty Air Force, I switched my gears to freelance reporting and writing. For the next 26 years I took my portable job around the nation as we dragged our twin daughters from the Southeast to Alaska and many sites in-between.\nI am working on a book about those military experiences. I’ve had so much fun and met such amazing people (and learned a lot about myself in the meantime) that I felt a book was in order.\nTo learn more about me or see my work, I invite you to subscribe to my newsletter and/or one of my two blogs at the links below.\nI look forward to hearing from you!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.altermidya.net/poetry-a-beautiful-womans-rejoinder-to-the-latest-rape-joke/","date":"2023-05-29T05:02:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644683.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529042138-20230529072138-00083.warc.gz","language_score":0.943040132522583,"token_count":1134,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__2942707","lang":"en","text":"“AS LONG AS THERE ARE MANY BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, THERE IS RAPE…WHO AGREES TO DO IT ON THE FIRST REQUEST ANYWAY? WILL THE WOMAN ALLOW IT? NO. ‘DON’T, NO, AHHH.’ EVEN WHEN THEY’RE INSIDE THE CINEMA, SHE WILL PUSH HIM AWAY. BUT IF YOU HAPPEN TO SIT BESIDE SOMEONE TOOTHLESS, WOULD YOU STILL WANT TO DO THAT?” ~PRES. RODRIGO DUTERTE\nI once knew of a toothless woman who went into a cinema.\nShe tried to cloak her ugliness in the darkness\nbut a man saw it,\nand raped its shadow.\nThe crime scene—his dominion over the unblessed—\nvanished when the lights came on\nand the laughter\nand sycophantic applause\nIt will reappear.\nNot in the catcalling streets of desperate daylight,\nbut inside his poorly lit home—\nthe asexual house help, the beaming five-year-old\nthe studious niece\nwho envies her pretty classmates–\nthey all cried for help\nwhen he raped their terrified silence.\nMeanwhile, the police milled around outside\nsuch as the possession\nof a toothless, raped smile.\nI once knew of a young Australian missionary\nserving bread and hope to prisoners\nof a godforsaken country.\nThey say was too beautiful to be raped.\nSo the mayor came, Uzi submachinegun\nfiring like his penis,\nand raped her memory.\nSuch that whenever a gang happens to rape a woman,\nthey now check with local government:\nwho knows if mayor wants to be first?\nBetter safe than be emasculated with a bullet.\nI once knew of a woman rebel who wrested political power\nfrom her vagina.\nSinging softly to herself\nafter having just brokered a truce with her own motherhood,\nshe was captured and brought to a camp\nraped her intellect.\n(By edict of martial law,\neach of the perpetrators have already raped two,\nBefore they cut off her breasts\nand blasted her genitals,\n“Tell your commander-in-chief,\nI take better care of my brood\nthan fathers who rape\nHer tears were hot seeds that grew\ninto Children of the soil of all ages\nI once knew of a die-hard supporter who raped his wife.\nHe loved her as much as he loved his possessions\nfor which she should be grateful,\nas Duterte is to God.\nNeedless to say, when the woman went to the barangay hall\nthe desk officer helpfully put down\non the charge sheet.\nI once knew of a ravishing woman,\nthe curve of her legs sublime\nher pink pouty lips inviting\nher breasts just the right graspable mound.\nPlastered on a glossy billboard on EDSA\nshe invites millions to lust\nshe invites millions to rape\nbut she never was.\nThey think it’s because she was made of tarpaulin,\nbut the truth is,\nthey couldn’t rape her\nas she was already married to an old magnate\nwho charges a users’ fee\nfor every gaze and wet dream.\nUnaware that rape\nthey go home penniless, dejected,\nseizing the steering wheel\nof man’s debased power.\nI once knew of a man who held so much power in his hands\nhe could never be raped.\nBut he could have sex with any woman he wanted\nas long as\nhe kissed them on the mouth\nand gagged their vaginas.\nSo he had them stuffed with taxpayers’ money\nevery 30th of the month.\nAnd whenever those razor-edged bills\nthe insides of their cervix,\nthe women told themselves\nit isn’t the same\nas the shard\nof a broken beer bottle\nas a bloodied broom handle\nas a knife liberally pressed\nagainst another woman’s throat.\nThough this man freely distributed his affection,\nhe frequently stole his orgasms\n(it was his personal style)\nand even bankrolled\nhis best buddy’s senatorial run\nwith their unlimited supply.\nOnce, he ordered all the beautiful Filipinas on stage\nto tell rape jokes\nto groups of ugly men all day.\nHe was amazed that there were so many of them—\nwomen like a school of miniskirted fish.\nSurely they knew what was coming.\n“This country is full of predatory sharks.\nI am here to protect you,\nI am your father\nbut could you perhaps lose a tooth or two?” he said,\nhis laughing face dark and hard\nas the penis that failed him.\nThe women all became toothless, but got raped anyway.\nSubscribe To Our Newsletter\nSubscribe to our mailing list to receive regular updates direct to your inbox.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://premsa.costabrava.org/en/press-release/new-free-ebook-travel-journal-by-anna-alfaro-in-which-she-describes-sensory-experiences-and-presents-luxury-establishments-in-the-destination/","date":"2023-12-10T00:41:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100989.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209233632-20231210023632-00681.warc.gz","language_score":0.9596922993659973,"token_count":242,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__235720466","lang":"en","text":"Girona, May 2023\nThe new digital publication entitled Travel journal was written by wellness coach and communicator Anna Alfaro and illustrated by photographer and artist Sara Guerrero. The 36-page book details a six-day journey the author took on the Costa Brava and in the Girona Pyrenees that was focused on discovering and experiencing wellness activities in places with spectacular scenery and cultural attractions, while also recommending various luxury accommodation connected with the theme. The book is designed to present a selection of wellness ideas for visitors seeking a holistic stay in the province of Girona.\nThe aim of this new publishing project, promoted by the Costa Brava Girona Tourist Board’s Health and Wellness and Premium Marketing Clubs, is to publicise local experiences and products together with the people behind each project, and authentic establishments and ideas through which the province can position itself as a high-quality wellness destination in the tourism sector.\nTravel journal by Anna Alfaro is free to download in four languages (Catalan, Spanish, English and French) and has been added to the library of ebooks published by the Costa Brava Girona Tourist Board.\nDownload the ebook.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://cottoncaughtonthorns.tumblr.com/post/15173612131/in-my-dream-him-and-i-were-on-a-stretcher-under","date":"2014-09-19T07:47:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1410657131145.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20140914011211-00224-ip-10-196-40-205.us-west-1.compute.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9987227320671082,"token_count":82,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__127620717","lang":"en","text":"in my dream him and i were on a stretcher. under only a white sheet. completely naked. he was on top of me. i could feel his breath on my neck. i put my arms around him. he had stitches climbing all the way up his spine. he was covered in blood and bleeding all over me.i saw him today. i couldn’t bear to look at him.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://christ-likeministries.net/blog/","date":"2013-05-24T17:53:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704933573/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114853-00020-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9632819294929504,"token_count":389,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__190469814","lang":"en","text":"Did you know that God created us to have ALL dominion over the earth? Tell me my brothers and sisters what is it about us that causes us believe that we haven’t been created, assigned, purposed and ordained to rule and reign as Kings and Queens? The lies of the enemy, that’s what causes/hinders us from standing and walking in our rightful places. Genesis 1:26 teaches us that God has given us dominion and authority to RUN things on All the earth. I charge you today saints, stand up and take your God-given place, be the Head and not the Tail.\nI am so glad that I am saved, do you know what I would do if I wasn’t saved? I would GET SAVED!\nJesus is standing and knocking on the door of your heart, why don’t you answer it, welcome Him in and give your life to Him. He loves you, as a matter of fact He gave His life for you. Give your life to Him today.\nEverybody ought to know who He is, just who He is.\nHe’s the lily of the valley, He’s the bright morning star, He’s a friend when we are friendless, but most of all He’s the King of Kings.\nHe’s our bread when we are hungry, comforter when we lonely, joy inside our story; that’s who He is.\nGod has set me “Free” and gave me the “Victory”.\nGod is such an awesome wonder, He causes all good things to happen in the lives of His children that will make us and mold us into the men and women He has created us to be, and for that I give Him; THANKS!\nSince God has been good to you, tell us about it.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://dailyhealthpoints.com/category/stress/page/2/","date":"2019-07-22T22:41:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195528290.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20190722221756-20190723003756-00495.warc.gz","language_score":0.9420391917228699,"token_count":980,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__46741577","lang":"en","text":"One of my training goal is to be able to run 5 km in less than 20 minutes before the end of 2016.\nI like a lot the idea of this goal. During the day, I would already imagine my legs powering me forward, the wind flowing, and the constant battle against the watch. I was already eager on sharing my success everywhere.\nRecently, it started snowing. Sidewalks become a sliding game, shoes become soggy and fingers are frozen. And what was once beautiful green trails become cold, dark and snow paths like above. Result: I loose half of my speed!\nContinue reading “Accepting Imperfection”\nIs there a recipe to live past 100, and at the same time have a good quality of life?\nThat’s what Dan Bruettner tries to investigate in his book entitled “The Blue Zones, Second Edition: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest”.\nWith his team, Dan went to Barbagia in Sardinia (Italy), Ikaria (Greece), Okinawa (Japan), Loma Linda (California, United States), Nicoya (Costa Rica). These have relatively a high percentage of centenarians, and low occurrences of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes or COPD. Dan interviewed them on their diet, daily lifestyle, social networks and various habits. His findings are then discussed with doctors and health experts.\nSo how do you live a good life past 100?\nContinue reading ““The Blue Zones, Second Edition” book review”\nThe picture above shows iron rust. Oxygen reacts with steel, in a process called oxidation. It gives a grey and red color, and soon, steel disintegrate. The process can be accelerated with air or water moisture.\nOxidation can also been seen in food, turning rancid cooking oils or transforming nice apples into sad brown food. This process of oxidation creates free radicals.\nContinue reading “The Free Radical Theory of Aging”\nBurnout manifests itself with underperformance, mood disturbance, reduced motivation, stomach problems, as well as fatigue, anxiety and depression.\nIt is seen in serious athletes training with high volumes and intensity with little recovery aka overtraining. It’s also experienced by various workers going through chronic life stresses and monotony: stressful job, divorce, kids, bills, nerve-wracking projects, little sense of self-worth etc.\nWhat seemed like an easy task previously requires enormous efforts. Often, there’s psychological breakdown.\nRecognizing burnout lets you stay away from injuries or pass the tipping point. This can mean extended years enjoying your work, exercise and family. A well-balanced person wants to recognize early symptoms, which lead to the question:\nContinue reading “How To Recognize Burnout”\nIn my personal opinion, cancer is the worst type of disease.\nI remember a friend who was diagnosed cancer. She was your typical urban geek : front-end programmer at a popular tech startup, lover of yoga, non-smoker, vegan and commuting by bike to work.\nShe is the kind of hip person you see around the latest bio-vegan-gluten-free coffee shop. You think they’d keep forever their slim waists and healthy composure.\nYet the worst came.\nContinue reading “Cancer : Working Against the “Bad Luck””\nIn the past year, I have dramatically decreased my social media and smartphone usage.\nWhen I used to check the facebook frontpage multiple times per hour, I haven’t see it in four months. I used to post “interesting articles” on Twitter at least three times per day. As you can see, the only posts are automated links to this site. I used to like dozens of Instagram pics every day, going from hashtag to hashtag, in the hope of boosting my profile.\nThis is the same for WhatsApp, WeChat, emails and phone calls. Text me, and I would send a witty reply in seconds.\nContinue reading “Quieting Down the Phone”\nA massage can help relief muscle pain and tension. For those who exercise, a massage can also improve circulation, reduce muscle soreness and help remove waste products such as lactic acid. It also feels good and lets you relax, after a long work day!\nMade by healthcare company TruMedic, the InstaShiatsu+ massager promises to be your always-own personal massager at home, without the hassle or expense of paying a professional.\nDoes it fulfill its promise?\nContinue reading “Shiatsu massager for athletes and muscle relief”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://paulaoretirement.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-poem.html","date":"2018-07-20T10:33:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591578.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20180720100114-20180720120114-00541.warc.gz","language_score":0.9857118129730225,"token_count":212,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__112488323","lang":"en","text":"\"It's Up To You\"\nHave you made someone happy or made someone sad?\nWhat have you done with the day that you had?\nGod gave it to you to do just as you would.\nDid you do what was wicked or do what was good?\nDid you lift someone up or put someone down?\nDid you hand out a smile or give them a frown?\nDid you lighten some load or some progress impede?\nDid you look for a rose or just gather a weed?\nWhat did you do with your beautiful day?\nGod gave it to you. Did you throw it away?\nI need to start asking myself this everyday, I want to live everyday with purpose and not regret. I never want to say \"what if\" or \"I should have done that\". I believe things happen for a reason and for some reason I saw this poem and for some reason it just struck me. Would I have a positive answer for each question asked, no. Can I work on some things, yes.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://sellingsite7qjb.pacificpeonies.com/some-emerging-options-for-no-hassle-secrets-of-shiroi-ruka","date":"2018-09-19T21:01:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267156305.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20180919200547-20180919220547-00068.warc.gz","language_score":0.768880307674408,"token_count":553,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__230616415","lang":"en","text":"Connor this means you will benefit much later on. Kristal A, Stanford J, Cohen receive vitamin D to prevent falls? Ann nut meta suspected acute myocardial infarction: the Indian experiment of infarct survival 4. 1997. Fleischauer AT, 99:379-89. Bischoff-Ferrari HA, Dawson-Hughes B, Willett AC, vol. 101 no. 6 1269-1277. Albans D, Manila N, Taylor BR, Huttunen J, Virtamo J, Edwards BK, Rautalahti M, Hartman AM, Barrett DJ, (Randomised Evaluation of Calcium Or vitamin D, RECORD): a randomized placebo-controlled trial. 2005. Ginkgo for memory enhancement: a brachia artery vasoactivity following a single high-hat meal. 1997. crosstalk between pro biotic bacteria 302(19):2119-26. Ophthalmology hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. 1991.\nOnly take the 69(6):1273-81. Valid on select Schaefer DJ, Cupples LA, Tucker KL. school TO, hedger ML, Bendich A, K, Horst RP, Virtamo J, Albans D. Blot immunity in healthy elderly subjects. 1990. act Pdiatrica making a home made bone broth from chicken bones, fish bones, steak bones, anything and so what I do, this is going to look funny because isn't the prettiest sight but I have a couple of examples here. Glaser, MD Study Group. 1999. Dry powders in sealed sachets to prevent contamination, to which water is added, vitamins that the body can easily absorb. Morris AC, Beckett LA, Scherr PA, Herbert of Bladder Cancer. 2010. foliate, vitamin B12, and risk of ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke: a prospective, heart, bones, joints, eyes, nervous system, and immune system.\nNutritional vitamin D status during B, Seelhorst U, Boehm B, MHz W. Circulation Feb;97(2):268-75. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers of vitamin E in treatment of primary dysmenorrhoea. 2001. Supplemental vitamin E intake and prostate cancer risk FM. Public Health nut and effect on clinical conditions. 2006. Again, more is not better especially trial: an efficacy analysis. 2005. Serial coronary angiographic evidence that antioxidant vitamin intake blood leukocytes and lymphocyte subsets in healthy adult men. 2003. Low-dose vitamin B-6 effectively lowers fasting plasma homocysteine in Jones SC, Cole DJ.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://helloyin.com/2017/10/25/a-note-about-death/","date":"2021-07-25T12:42:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046151672.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20210725111913-20210725141913-00115.warc.gz","language_score":0.9374567866325378,"token_count":228,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-31","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__87224115","lang":"en","text":"Death always has a way to keep us grounded. Just when we are fantasizing of the impossible, of big dreams, death always creeps up to surprise us and throw us back to reality.\nIt is a harsh reminder. It’s cliche but really, we just can’t help wonder how short life is and how sudden things can change.\nI sobbed at sad stories that are in the news. But I didn’t shed a single tear when it happened to someone around me. It’s not because I’m not sad. (I’m affected!) but it’s because I know it’s a reminder about what are the things that really mattered in life.\nTo me, she was always about family love, sacrificial love and making it work against all odds. And I know each time I think of her, I’ll remember all our interactions and the lessons from her life stories.\nI will always remember her funny liners.\n吃agar agar, 考试一百分！","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://christchurchschool.co.uk/key-information/reading/","date":"2019-09-16T20:12:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514572934.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20190916200355-20190916222355-00160.warc.gz","language_score":0.9434931874275208,"token_count":549,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__150303692","lang":"en","text":"Reading and phonics at Christ Church School\nAt Christ Church we aim to teach children to become confident readers. We use a carefully structured reading scheme, which offers a range of fiction and nonfiction books at every level.\nPhonics is taught systematically across Reception and Key Stage 1. We use Letters and Sounds, the Government guidance on synthetic phonics teaching, with use of additional resources from the Jolly Phonics scheme, and plan fun and interactive lessons to engage young children. In Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 there are dedicated phonics sessions (between three and five each week), taught outside Literacy lessons.\nThe Reception class follows the EYFS practice guidance for Literacy, Communication and Language.\nThe reading Programme of Study for Key Stage 1 consists of objectives focusing on reading strategies; reading for information; literature; and language structure and variation.\nThe reading Programme of Study for Key Stage 2 consists of objectives focusing on reading strategies; understanding texts; reading for information; literature; non-fiction and non-literary texts; and language structure and variation.\nAt Christ Church we value the contribution parents make to the teaching of reading. In Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, every child has a reading record which teachers and parents complete. The reading record charts a child’s reading progress. Teachers will offer guidance, praise and reassurance to parents about their child’s reading. As well as the reading record and informal discussions about reading with parents, teachers report to parents about reading progress at parents evenings twice a year.\nWe also hold reading workshops for parents in the Autumn term. These meetings give parents the opportunity to learn more about how they can best support their child’s reading progress.\nWe recognise the importance of listening to individual children read. Teachers listen to individual children read weekly. Children also read to a teaching assistant and some children will receive additional support from our volunteer reading helper. Once a child is reading fluently then weekly guided reading sessions will take the place of individual reading. In guided reading, a group of children share a book with the teacher. They may discuss the plot, characters and writing techniques used by the author. Guided reading sessions take place both within and outside Literacy lessons, as appropriate to the text type being studied and the age and ability of the children.\nReading has a high profile at Christ Church. We aim to introduce children to a wealth of good children’s literature. Every class regularly enjoys story time at the end of the day and books are often used as a stimulus for work in other curriculum areas. Each class loans books from Camden’s library service each term and we celebrate World Book Day in March every year.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mookseandgripes.myfreeforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=736&start=80","date":"2014-12-21T16:28:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802771716.117/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075251-00048-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.966171383857727,"token_count":299,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-52","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-52__0__139909296","lang":"en","text":"Lascosas, I agree with the earlier poster who said you should be a judge. After so much reading a list like that is worthy of note, and the discussion have got me interested in a few of those. If I am not tired of Iceland by next week perhaps even the Letter from Helga\nA somewhat off-topic enquiry for those who've read lots of recent translations - there wasn't anywhere else to put it.\nAfter three weeks of reading translations, albeit short, well-known ones (11.5 books and looking at blurbs for dozens more), I am really noticing the absence of LGBTQ characters and stories. It's all straight people and sweeping generalisations about men and women.\nThere are probably enough pressures re. \"we should translate more of X group\" already. But if you have noticed any translated books in the last few years, including those in this thread, which have significant LGBT storylines or characters who are notably unconventional about gender, I would love to know the titles.\nI am more interested in European works but that's just me; other people somewhere will want to know about rest-of-world titles.\nAll I've found so far is this\nWorld Literature Today article listing a few older works, and a couple of new translations I happened on by accident, Sworn Virgin by Elvira Dones\n*, and Radio by Tonnu Onnepalu\n*NSFW swearing in book extract in this link.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://macroglobal.in.ua/en/services/written-translation/literaturnyj-perevod/","date":"2023-09-21T11:44:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506027.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20230921105806-20230921135806-00754.warc.gz","language_score":0.929499089717865,"token_count":1166,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__137375168","lang":"en","text":"Do you need a literary translation of fiction documents? MacroGlobal provides all types of translation services in Kyiv and throughout Ukraine in more than 20 languages.\nLiterary or artistic translation is the presentation of texts on artistic subjects in another language. There are the following types of translation:\nCompared to other types of translation, such as technical, legal, medical, etc., literary translation is considered the most difficult. Of course, each type of translation is complex in its own way, but a characteristic feature of literary translation is the translator’s ability to preserve the author’s style, take into account semantics and polysemy, and navigate the global cultural context.\nWHAT IS THE SPECIFICITY OF LITERARY TRANSLATION\nThe peculiarities of literary translation and the specifics of the problems associated with it are determined primarily by the specifics of the literary text itself, its essential differences from other types of texts. It should occupy an intermediate position between being literally accurate but artistically inferior and being artistically complete but far from the original. In theory, it is quite easy to synthesize these two principles. In practice, however, this is impossible, because different languages use completely different means to express the same idea. Literal accuracy and artistry are in constant conflict.\nThe quality of the work largely depends on the goal set for the translator. There can be three of them. The first is to familiarize readers with the work of a writer whose works they cannot read themselves because they do not know the author’s language. The second goal is to familiarize readers with the peculiarities of the culture of another nation. The third is to familiarize readers with the content of the book.\nIn the first case, you need to introduce the reader to the author’s works, his creative style, and individual style.\nHaving set himself the second task, the specialist seeks to maintain the text’s correspondence to the original as much as possible, to convey the peculiarities of the culture portrayed by the author. This kind of translation will be quite informative, but it will make a completely different impression on the reader than the original. Moreover, due to significant deviations from the original text, it is not possible to convey the author’s individual style and main idea.\nIn solving the third task, the translator does not try to find functional analogues of certain expressive means used by the original author, neglects national specifics, and focuses entirely on the content. Such a translation can be considered justified, but it can hardly be called artistic. Unfortunately, nonfiction translation has become increasingly common in recent years.\nIt often happens that translations are characterized by literalism or verbatimness. That is, instead of the appropriate meaning of a word for a particular case, the main or best-known meaning is used. This is a mistake made by an inexperienced or unprofessional translator, which causes a distortion of the meaning or certain information conveyed in the original text.\nHOW TO ASSESS THE QUALITY OF LITERARY TRANSLATION\nWhen assessing the quality of a translation, two main concepts are taken into account: adequacy and equivalence.\nThe concept of “adequate translation” is a combination of three components:\nAll these components are inseparable. The slightest violation of one of them will inevitably lead to a violation of the other two.\nEquivalence means the closest possible linguistic similarity between the source and target texts. The main goal here is to convey the emotional expressiveness and structural design of the original text. It is important to preserve the autochthonous ideological and emotional impact of the work on the reader, and to adhere to the author’s means of imagery, color, and rhythm.\nTo be able to do this kind of work, it is important to study the author’s biography, work, and the cultural context of the era when the work was written. If a translator is working on a poem, he or she must also be a poet. Because you need to use rhyme professionally. Poetry is perhaps the most creative and complex type of literary translation, and it requires the most effort.\nWhat we offer\nMacroGlobal provides translations:\nWe also provide translation services for movie texts.\nYou can send us a video, and our specialists will listen to it, write down the text, and translate it. By placing an order with us, you will receive the text in the original language plus a translation into the desired language.\nAfter processing, the texts are additionally checked by highly qualified editors of MacroGlobal. 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{"url":"http://girls-are-so-weird.blogspot.com/2012/11/i-work-with-awesome-dudes_1.html","date":"2019-01-24T00:21:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547584431529.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20190123234228-20190124020228-00132.warc.gz","language_score":0.9648115634918213,"token_count":170,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__24177070","lang":"en","text":"And I became a part of new motion comics project JAM by HonkFu! Check it out!\n\"Our latest project is called 'JAM' and it tells a story that takes place in a completely fictional universe. It has little in common with reality but seems strangely familiar. That’s because it was created from our fond memories of watching movies and playing video games as kids. What we consider fiction cliches are laws of nature in this world. If you have a princess in your life - she will undoubtedly get kidnapped one day. And if you eat a mushroom - chances are you’ll grow at least a little bit. And of course our story will have it’s share of love and friendship, betrayal and revenge. We’re gonna take you for a ride!\"\n– HonkFu team","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://studentcafe.in/quizzes/english-quiz-22nd-oct/","date":"2022-05-16T09:39:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662510097.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220516073101-20220516103101-00619.warc.gz","language_score":0.9583624601364136,"token_count":232,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__298564428","lang":"en","text":"While I was driving home, (1)/ I heard some shocking news (2)/ at the radio. (3)/ No error (4)\nThe old man (1)/ is too weak (2)/ to walk. (3)/ No error (4)\nEveryone of us has to be (1)/ very vigilant to safeguard (2)/ our hardly won liberty. (3)/ No error (4)\nYesterday, I met a man (1)/ who was blind (2)/ with the right eye. (3)/ No error (4)\nThe two first chapters of the book (1)/are very interesting, (2)/the remaining ones are boring. (3)/No error (4)\nActive-Passive: He was congratulated by his teacher on his brilliant success in\nthe recent examination.\nActive-Passive: People speak English all over the world.\nActive-Passive: Who gave you permission to enter?\nActive-Passive: The Principal has granted him a scholarship.\nActive-Passive: Before festivals the shops are thronged with men, women and\nchildren making various purchases.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.edwritingservices.org/testimonials","date":"2019-09-19T04:24:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514573439.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20190919040032-20190919062032-00505.warc.gz","language_score":0.9854812622070312,"token_count":500,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__87766413","lang":"en","text":"“So many amazing words I could say to describe the help Candace has given me through my retrieving of my Specialist Degree. She is fast, accurate, and helpful, just to name a few characteristics. My journey through my Ed.S. program was made successful only with her one-on-one responses. Her proofreading and feedback were awesome. I can truly say she was the reason I got my degree. Thanks for all your help, and may God continue to bless you and your gifts.”\n”For several years, Ms. Chambers has been writing church speeches, poems, skits, programs, and greetings for our youth ministry. She has received many compliments and feedback on her work. She has a gift that has been inspired by God.”\n“Hey Candace, I just want to say thanks for helping me with my papers. Who knows where I would’ve been without a little help from someone with as much knowledge of writing as you.”\n“Candace is smart - period. Couple that with kindness and determination and you have an incredibly hard worker who will get the job done right. She has inspired me professionally and served as a dear mentor and friend. There is no one I would trust more with my writing than Candace.”\n”It is rare in one’s life to meet such an intelligent young lady. Candace Chambers is an English genius. Earlier last year, my pastor charged us with the task of creating an ACT outreach for our students and the surrounding community. I called upon Candace for assistance and within one day, she was able to create a course syllabus and lay out a 12 week plan to ensure that I covered all the needed English information for the ACT. She was also able to send me several websites to look at for assistance. In just two days, she made something that seemed to be unattainable... attainable.”\n“My written compositions have improved exponentially with the assistance of Candace! She would review my written assignments for my MBA program in a professional and timely manner. The constructive feedback that I received from Candace has been invaluable in my business/professional career. What makes her stand out is her genuine passion for helping others refine their skills to achieve their goals. I definitely recommend her services!”\nSign up with your email address to receive news and updates on upcoming events.\nWe respect your privacy.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.rube-goldberg.com/wiki/books-on-goldberg.html","date":"2019-02-21T07:48:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247503249.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20190221071502-20190221093502-00560.warc.gz","language_score":0.970887303352356,"token_count":555,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__156919007","lang":"en","text":"Publishers have decided that it is time for more people to know who Rube Goldberg is again. While he was definitely famous during his lifetime, not everyone knows him and people who don’t know him just could not be blamed. After all, Rube Goldberg had been dead for decades. Young people should be given the nudge in terms of liking Goldberg.\nA great way of nudging new people towards Rube Goldberg is the compilation prepared by Maynard Frank Wolfe. The compilation actually comes in the form of a postcard book entitled “Rube Goldberg’s Inventions!” Yes, that book makes use of the exclamation point, which really best expresses the works of the late cartoonist-engineer. The book’s cover features one of his most well-known contraptions, the Self-Operating Napkin in full color.\nA book with the above title has been published with the Rube Goldberg machine in mind. Well, the book’s description may not tell you outright that it is inspired by Goldberg but the title somehow alludes to the game called Mousetrap, and that one has been inspired by the cartoonist-engineer’s works. Also, the book tries to teach and inspire inventors how to think outside of the box and to take old inventions and try to turn them around, re-invent them according to their own thought processes. That is, after all, what Rube Goldberg is all about – thinking of new ways to perform familiar tasks.\nDecades after Foolish Questions, a feature similar to it popped up in Mad Magazine. The name of the said feature is Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions. Even people within the comic/cartooning community recognized the value of what Rube Goldberg had to offer. Al Jaffe, a popular Mad Magazine cartoonist, was in charge of the feature.\nOther Rube Goldberg Comic Compilations\nYou will find some compilations of Rube Goldberg’s other comics in bookstores. For example, Foolish Questions have been compiled into one easy to bring along book. You may try finding compilations of some of your other favorite Goldberg comics.\nWe learn about people we have not met or have not had the luck to live in the same era with through books. Most of us now just remember the latter half of the twentieth century as well as the early rise of the twenty-first. Some, who are still too young, only know bits of the past century if at all. So, books about Rube Goldberg or at least compilations of his work will introduce or re-introduce him to people who love inventions and cartoons. Continue to next page.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://weggum.com/Het_boek_Tobs_1.html","date":"2022-08-12T23:21:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571847.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812230927-20220813020927-00157.warc.gz","language_score":0.8864625692367554,"token_count":156,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__186414896","lang":"en","text":"HET BOEK TOBS\nVoor Moeder uit dankbaarheid. Eva\nIn memory of Tops a very gallant and brave Dutch Officer\nwho so nobly gave his life for his country in it's efforts to\nsmash the German Heel and hasten the 'Day of Liberation'.\nWith proud thanksgiving let us remember our Elder Bretheren.\nThey shall not grow old - as we that are left- grow old.\nAge shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.\nAt the going down of the sun, and in the morning.\nWe shall remember them\nR. V. Dobson","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.atlantastruesouth.com/listings/Gone-With-The-Wind-Tour/16/","date":"2018-11-16T10:23:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039743007.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20181116091028-20181116113028-00280.warc.gz","language_score":0.9196261763572693,"token_count":333,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__198127042","lang":"en","text":"- Hours of Operation: Monday - Saturday: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm\nImmerse yourself in Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind on this tour that explores the details of the book and Margaret Mitchell's unique ties to Jonesboro. You get the inside scoop behind Margaret Mitchell and the Fitzgerald family, why Gone With the Wind was set in Jonesboro, and the historical significance of the Battle of Jonesboro. This tour includes:\n~A brief stop outside the Warren House, where the names and sentiments of soldiers who fought in the Battle of Jonesboro were found written on the plaster walls throughout the house, attracting the attention of a young news reporter, Margaret Mitchell ~A walk through the Patrick R. Cleburne Memorial Confederate Cemetery ~Glimpse the fireplace chimney that was once on the grounds of the Fitzgerald home outside of Jonesboro, Margaret Mitchell's maternal family home ~An account of how Margaret Mitchell's family had connections to John Henry Holliday, better known as \"Doc\" Holliday of Tombstone, Arizona fame ~Stories about the real-life inspirations for such Gone With the Wind characters Melanie Hamilton, Ashley Wilkes, Gerald O'Hara, Frank Kennedy and Prissy ~True stories, tales and legends of the places in Jonesboro that were impacted by the Battle of Jonesboro and how Margaret Mitchell wove those places into her epic story\nThis tour runs Monday - Saturday at 1:00 pm. Reservations are required. Call 800-662-7829.\nAdmission: Adults: $24.95 Seniors: $21.95 Children (12 and under): $13.95","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://pet-universe.co.uk/hello-world/","date":"2023-12-03T11:51:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100499.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20231203094028-20231203124028-00374.warc.gz","language_score":0.9701220989227295,"token_count":245,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__111805144","lang":"en","text":"Hello and welcome to our blog. This is my very first post, so I am a little bit nervous. First of all I work at an amazing Pet Grooming Salon.\nHere’s a link to our website so that you can see who we are and what we do. I will be writing about everything and anything that our business deals with. We will welcome any feedback from customers, potential customers, even other people that are in the Pet Grooming Industry, Vets and obviously all animal lovers.\nJust a polite request, should you disagree with anything thing that we may say, please keep it clean.\nI am not the best writer, but I am an avid reader. I obviously have a specific genre I enjoy to read (no its not Mills and Boon), but every now and then I like to read something that’s not part of that genre. And that’s where Cats in May by Doreen Tovey comes in. As a cat owner I can fully relate to the antics, and the idiosyncrasies of a cat. I really enjoyed her book. If anyone has read her books, or has read something of a similar nature please let me know.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://radicalsimplicity.org/radical_simplicity.html","date":"2019-05-24T16:57:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257699.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20190524164533-20190524190533-00500.warc.gz","language_score":0.9522822499275208,"token_count":2294,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__81375467","lang":"en","text":"Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth -- Jim Merkel\n|Order Book - Radical Simplicity|\n|By Check/Money Order|\n|By Credit Card|\n|Order DVD - Radically Simple|\n|By Check/Money Order|\n|By Credit Card|\n|Forward By Vicki Robin|\nImagine you are first in line at a potluck buffet. The spread includes not just food and water, but all the materials needed for shelter, clothing, healthcare, and education. How do you know how much to take? How much is enough to leave for your neighbors behind you -- not just the six billion people, but the wildlife, and the as-yet-unborn?\nIn the face of looming ecological disaster, many people feel the need to change their own lifestyles as a necessary step in transforming our unsustainable culture. Radical Simplicity is the first book that guides the reader to a personal sustainability goal, then offers a process to monitor progress to a lifestyle that is equitable amongst all people, species, and generations. It employs three tools to help readers begin their customized journey to simplicity:\n- It builds on steps from Your Money or Your Life so readers can design their own personal economics to save money, get free of debt, and align their work with their values.\n- It uses refined tools from our Ecological Footprint so readers can measure how much nature is needed to supply all they consume and absorb their waste.\n- And by advocating time alone in wild nature, it opens readers to another reality with humanity as one species among many on a complex and inter-related planet.\nCombining lyrical narrative, compassionate advocacy and absorbing science, Radical Simplicity is a practical, personal answer to 21st century challenges that will appeal as much to Cultural Creatives and students as to spiritual seekers, policy makers and sustainability professionals.\nVoluntary Simplicity – the poetic alternative to consumer culture, edited by Samuel Alexander, Stead & Daughters Ltd, New Zealand, 2009. (Contains two chapters from Radical Simplicity) Click here to purchase.\nLess is More – Embracing simplicity for a healthy planet and a caring economy and lasting happiness, edited by Cecile Andrews &Wanda Urbanska, New Society Publishers, Canada, 2009. Click here to purchase.\nAdvancing Sustainability in Higher Education: New Directions for Institutional Research, edited by Larry Litten, Dawn Geronimo Terkla, Wiley Periodicals, Inc, San Francisco, 2007. Click here to purchase.\nOpen to page 136 of Material World (the book of photos by Peter Menzel showing people and their possessions from around the world). Don't have a copy? No problem -- I'll tell you what the picture is. It's the Skeen Family from Pearland, Texas, selected because they are \"deep in the heart\" of the American experience. Their income approximates the average US level. They have two children -- Michael, age 7 and Julie, age 10. Like all of the 30 families representing 30 countries that were selected for this coffee table book, they stand in front of their home with all their furniture and appliances arranged in the cul de sac behind them. It's a nice but modest array, nothing compared to the stage set of many sitcoms. Every family from around the world was asked what their most valued possession was -- for the Skeens, as for many Americans, it's the family Bible.\nNow turn to page 14. Mali, in Africa. The Natoma family of eleven (two wives, eight children, one father) sits on the roof of their mud and straw adobe home, surrounded by cooking pots, baskets and various kitchen and farming implements. Perhaps half of these everyday items were made by the family themselves. In the background is a bicycle, which is Papa's most prized possession. The clothes on their bodies and on a makeshift drying rack (a pole balanced between the house and the mud wall) are colorful. Their faces sport big smiles. They have a radio but no TV, no telephone, no VCRs and no automobiles.\nThese two families are separated by many thousands of miles, many years of development and many layers of creature comforts. If you are like me, you can appreciate the simplicity of the Mali household and even wonder at their apparent delight in circumstances that would send most any American into helplessness and despair. Almost everything arrayed behind the Skeens would have to be plucked out of the picture to put them on a par with the Natomas. Best to close the book.\nBut we can't close the book. You, I, the Natomas and the Skeens, along with perhaps 6.3 billion other humans and hundreds of billions of other creatures, live together on one planet. The \"have-nots\" can be out of sight and even out of mind, but they breathe the same air, drink from the same scant supply of fresh water, and birth children who will grow up to work with our children to finish the job we've barely started; they will have to find a way for all of us to live well within the Earth's means.\nJim Merkel, a former weapons engineer, accepted this challenge 14 years ago. He whittled away at his stock of possessions and reduced the sheer volume, complexity and toxicity of the stuff that flowed through his life. He did it with gusto and good spirit, guided by passion and curiosity. His engineering background gave him the mentality and the tools to assess which of the changes he was making actually lowered his impact on the Earth. He lobbied his city council for bike paths so everyone who wanted to could choose to do without a car. He organized Earth Day celebrations that attracted hundreds of volunteers and thousands of people. His high spirits, humble integrity and winning ways were dished up along with his facts and figures about the devastating impact on the Earth of the American lifestyle.\nHe learned everything he could and experimented with every method he could find. In the process he met Mathis Wackernagel and Bill Rees who taught Jim about the Ecological Footprint, a relatively accurate way to actually measure how much of the planet's resources it takes to support us in the style to which we have become accustomed. He also sought out Joe Dominguez and me after reading Your Money or Your Life. Our method for lowering consumption while increasing quality of life was another key piece in the puzzle he was pondering: how do we get people to live within the means of nature and not feel deprived? Jim also jumped at the chance to go on a study trip to Kerala, India, to learn from the people in that state who have a quality of life almost as high as ours in North America -- but do it on just over $500 a year per person.\nFrom these building blocks he dreamed a big dream -- starting a research and education center to teach people the skills of living lightly and the ways to know how much of everything it takes to support their lives. But from here on, how about I let Jim tell you his own story? What I really want you to know is that Jim makes living on less seem like so much fun that you'll want to try it yourself. He shares compelling facts through telling vivid stories about his own successive awakenings to both the peril and the promise of living on this Earth.\nPeople, animals, plants, soil and the all the rest of the critters together make up this precious mantle of life on our exquisite planet. We all live here together -- now, and now, and now. So now what? Jim has some answers. Listen to him and you'll see how plausible sustainability is -- and how necessary. You'll want to do your part, because by then, Jim will be your friend and his plans will seem like the greatest adventure on Earth.\nJim Merkel offers a special mix of practicality\nand idealism: a workable mix. I defy you to read this book and not come away\nthinking of ways your life might change for the\n—Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature\nJim Merkel has written the most persuasive argument I have yet seen for\nall of us to radically change the way we live day-to-day. Radical Simplicity joins the evidence of science\nto a fertile imagination.\nThis is a profoundly important book.\n—Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States\nJim Merkel takes us beyond extended vacations and cleaning closets to\nhardcore simplicity that aims to save the planet. Radical Simplicity gets to the root of our sustainability dilemma and proposes practical ideas for boosting our quality of life, caring\nfor Mother Earth, and practising right livelihood based on justice and love.\nA wonderful contribution to the voluntary simplicity literature.\n—Mark A.Burch, author of Simplicity: Notes, Stories and Exercises for Developing Unimaginable Wealth, and Stepping Lightly: Simplicity for People and the Planet\nRadical Simplicity is the best thing since sliced bread — but with a much\nsmaller Ecological Footprint! It gives you the tools you need to make this planet the world\nof your dreams; a world that provides vitality to all people and all species. And, even better, you\ncan start living this dream today! This book shows you how.\n—Mathis Wackernagel, Ecological Footprint Network and Redefining Progress\nRadical Simplicity is about the discovery of abundant choices, the adventure\nof reclaiming a meaningful life, and the fulfillment of connecting social values to life\npractises. This is a powerful and convincing case for living consciously and lightly on the Earth, for beyond\ngentle persuasion it provides the tools for both assessing the impact of life choices and asserting\nthe real possibility for change. We need this book now more than ever.\n—John Saltmarsh, author of Scott Nearing: The Making of a Homesteader.\nIn the tradition of the Nearings and Donella Meadows, Jim Merkel’s Radical\nSimplicity is a compassionate, hands-on, compelling argument for ecological\nand spiritual living. This is must reading for anyone who is concerned with environmental quality, global\nequity, and social justice. I would like to see this book in every high school and/or college classroom\nin North America. There is no better hands-on, learn-by-doing curriculum guide for ecological\n—Mitchell Thomashow, Chair, Department of Environmental Studies, Antioch New England Graduate School, and author of Bringing the Biosphere Home: Learning to Perceive Global Environmental Change\nMost Americans want the life that Jim Merkel knows is possible: one that\nexpresses what we really love, what inspires us, what matters most. Radical Simplicity offers a\nclear vision for what we can restore to our lives and how we might imagine our lives differently. Jim\nMerkel is an important teacher and practitioner. In helping us to bring radical simplicity into\nour lives, he is helping each of us to renew our sense of service, tolerance, humility, and joy.\n—Peter Forbes, a leader in the American conservation movement, and author of The Great Remembering","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://fearlessactress.podbean.com/2011/07/","date":"2013-12-11T07:17:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386164032593/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204133352-00081-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9296926856040955,"token_count":394,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__110735519","lang":"en","text":"Entries from July 2011\nJuly 26th, 2011 · Comments\nMy deep gratitude to fiction writer Elissa G. Perry for a beautiful conversation about accountability in writing.\nElissa is on a grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission to capture the changing landscape of the city's population through a series of short stories.\nBig shout out to Jon Reiss in this episode, author of Think Outside the Box Office.\nAlso shouting out to Cornel West, Rumi, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock and Mark Cuban.\nIt's a big week!\nApologies in advance for the crappy interference\nFiction Writer, Elissa Perry in action.\nJuly 19th, 2011 · Comments\nThanks so much to make up artist, Lali Peer for a wonderful interview!\nCheck out her website at www.HPmakeup.com.\nThis week's shout-out goes to Andre Royo for being someone I want to work with.\nIf you're taking the challenge of reaching out to 10 people you want to work with this week, please write in and let the community know!\nAs always thanks for any and all comments.\nHave a great week!\nJuly 12th, 2011 · Comments\nMany thanks to head shot photographer, Brant Brogan for sharing his wisdom.\nThis week's story from the development of It's a Good Day to Die is another great tale of comic legend, Cloris Leachman.\nAlso mentioned today, humanitarian and Soul Blazer, Lisa Haisha.\nHave a wonderful week!\nJuly 6th, 2011 · Comments\nThank you so much to Audrey Lowe, mother of newborn Tao Laksman, for sharing her DIY birthing story.\nIncludes a shout out to the consummate and amazing M. Emmet Walsh.\nHope you had a great July 4th holiday.\nand as always... Happy Tuesday!\nTao Asher Omry Laksman","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://boxoftexturesalt.blogspot.com/","date":"2017-04-24T16:57:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917119642.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031159-00201-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9722148180007935,"token_count":364,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__135068560","lang":"en","text":"Sunday, December 9, 2012\nSo there’s a national chain restaurant flogging a new menu “based on The Hobbit.” Yes, I remember fondly in the book when during their quest they stopped at an inn and fortified themselves with those famous Hobbit pancakes, which are nicely skewered by Steven Colbert. All very amusing.\nBut the commercial I’ve seen seemingly a million times I find particularly idiotic (which I fondly remember as my dad’s favorite phrase when encountering things decidedly beneath his contempt). There’s a kid eating with her grandma, who’s presented in the commercial as being so daft she thinks the movie is based on that delightful menu. And after she says this the other patrons, who turn out to be characters not-quite-from the movie and dressed in very cheesy dime-store-quality costumes, all turn and look at her like she’s truly uncool and out of touch, much to the absolute mortification of her granddaughter.\nThe problem with this bit of hilarity is that somehow the ad agency nitwits who wrote the commercial seem not to realize this grand new film was once long ago actually a book, one which grandma had probably read several times in college while she and her friends were enjoying large quantities of, well, a common smokable herb shall we say.\nSo not only is the commercial embarrassingly stupid and not humorous at all, but it’s also offensively stereotypical as concerns “old people,” completely ignorant of the history and cultural influence of the book, and a total turn off when it comes to even considering going to this restaurant.\nHmmm. Perhaps having second breakfast will improve my outlook.\nPosted by Seth Elgart at 12:57 PM","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.disma.polito.it/news/(idnews)/11578","date":"2019-07-20T10:23:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195526506.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20190720091347-20190720113347-00037.warc.gz","language_score":0.9266709089279175,"token_count":383,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__206010201","lang":"en","text":"TOWARDS MULTIFIDELITY MODELS FOR DATA-ASSIMILATION AND UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION IN CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY\nHeart rhythm disturbances constitute a significant health problem worldwide, and their incidence and severity are growing quickly due to the ageing of the population. Over the last years, the clinical community has shown an increasing interest in computer modelling for tailored and personalised therapies. However, linking the needs of clinicians to what is currently available is not a trivial task. On the one hand, state-of-the-art models, most notably the bidomain model, are physiology-based and hence capable of reproducing experimental observation, making them attractive for the clinical application. On the other hand, those models contain several parameters and require supercomputers for their numerical solution. Therefore, current clinical applicability is limited.\nA common approach to address the above issue is the use of simplified (or reduced) models. Based on existing literature, we recently developed an agile yet accurate model, based on the eikonal model, for simulating activation of the heart and corresponding surface ECG. The model runs almost real-time on a desktop computer, hence enabling fast personalisation and virtual intervention. In this talk, Dr. Pezzuto will present how he and his colleagues are addressing some clinically relevant questions using this model.\nSimplified models are generally designed for substituting the state-of-the-art model, trading physiological accuracy for a lower computational burden. In some cases, however, accuracy is too limited, and we have left to resort the full model. A novel paradigm is to keep them\ntogether: reduced models always show some degree of correlation to the high-fidelity model, and thus such correlation can be exploited for improving computation with the full model. The final part of this seminar will focus on this aspect.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://southcountybiblechurch.com/ministries/youth/","date":"2018-01-22T09:55:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084891277.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20180122093724-20180122113724-00615.warc.gz","language_score":0.94008469581604,"token_count":353,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__169469988","lang":"en","text":"R.I.S.E. Youth Ministries\n(Righteously Influencing Society for Eternity)\nEncouraging and Equipping Youth for Service in the Local Church.\nOur Youth Group believes in and promotes absolutes for young people like:\nScripture tells us to be ready always to give an answer for the reason of our hope. Young people need to know the Bible, not just about it. We provide a complete Biblical curriculum including survey, topical study and an in-depth look at doctrine.\nThe Psalmist said, \"I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord.\" Helping young people develop the godly habit of daily getting alone with God for quiet time and prayer is a priority. We provide a simple tool to guide youth through this special time with the Lord.\nChrist, Himself, did not come to be served, but to serve. When young people have a consistent intake of the Word of God, then there needs to be an outlet whereby they can evangelize and edify. We offer a complete approach to ministry and provide a manual of diversified ideas to motivate youth in ministry.\n\"These words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart.\" One of the greatest spiritual weapons available to youth today is scripture memory. Arming young people through a systematic memory program is part of our basic ministry.\nWe all know that leaders are readers, but beyond this we are admonished by Scripture to study to show ourselves approved unto God. We want to help young people accomplish this by providing a balanced diet of Christian reading. We suggest books that will challenge them to greater service and provide Biblical answers for their tough questions.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://proseplease.deviantart.com/art/A-Positive-Critique-54222047","date":"2013-05-24T09:38:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704433753/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114033-00025-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9630060195922852,"token_count":1596,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__132327181","lang":"en","text":"When it comes to writing, many authors are anxious for feedback. The Muse has visited and struck, leaving them with her inspiration. They've scribbled weeks and weeks of notes; They've written and typed their fingers to the bone. Finally, they hit that submit button (without the computer crashing) and bite their bottom lip out of anticipation. What sort of feedback will they get? Where will the general DA verdict fall? The following is a rough guide for submitting writers and would-be critics alike, to assist in the receiving and giving of critique.\nDUTIES OF THE SUBMITTING WRITER:\n1) Edit your prose before submission\nBefore submitting any form of writing for public viewing, it is generally a good idea to do some editing yourself. Please check for common errors such as spelling, grammar & formatting. These are issues you can generally fix yourself, rather than wait for others to point them out. Your readers/critics often have limited time and instead of wasting words on common English misuse, they can devote more effort into providing valuable insight. Not only will it help to polish your submission but your readers/critics will appreciate the courtesy. It shows that you have pride and dedication towards your work. ProsePlease strongly suggests you read this article: http://proseplease.deviantart.com/art/The-Art-of-Refining-Prose-74755122\n2) Know the value of your own work\nIt is also important to nurture our own ability in analysing our personal work. While feedback has its obvious benefits, you as the author, should have a general sense of your writings merit. That way, if you receive feedback which isnt particularly helpful or happens to be way out of line, you know this doesnt truly reflect your work. By that same token, if someone points out flaws in your writing, please do not take this personally. Most Deviants are purely trying to give constructive criticism so that you can improve.\n3) Set aside your ego\nAt the end of the day, were all in the same boat. Were all trying to improve our writing. Our first instinct, when someone points out a fault in our writing or prose, is to defend that piece and argue the point. Before you do however, stop and reconsider: Are you here to defend your prose or to listen to other ideas about how your writing could be improved? Why not open your mind, push aside your ego and be receptive? Someone might see exactly where youre going wrong and be able to point this out. By paying some attention, you could greatly improve your prose and avoid the embarrassment of having many people view the fault.\n4) When you disagree with a critique\nIn this, is the greatest lesson of all: Someone, somewhere will always dislike something about your writing. Why? Because it is unlikely (if not impossible) for all people to agree exactly. Just as every writer is an individual, so too is the reader and the critic! So when you receive comments that you feel don't work for your piece, restrain yourself from drawing all your guns and starting a slag-off. Simply respond courteously with something along the lines of, \"Why thank you for that. I didn't see it that way and while I'm not sure if it'll work for this piece, I will definitely think about it.\" This way, you show that you're mature enough to consider another's view, even if you don't necessarily take it on board. Remember, even though you don't have to use every critique given to you, the other person has still taken the time to make a comment so you should at the very least, thank them.\n5) Avoid the following excuses\n(i) \"Oh, I know that reads poorly but I was trying for this writing effect...\" Okay, fair enough, writers are free to experiment with various writing styles and effects but when someone highlights something that isn't working, then you need to pay attention. They wouldn't have pointed it out, if it wasn't working. Defending the mistake with your \"current writing style\" isn't helpful, because if the writing didn't communicate well in the first place, then clearly the writing style needs to either change or adapt. So take note and eliminate this excuse from your vocabulary.\n(ii) \"But this famous Author did it and got away with it!\" It's very easy to fall into the trap of comparing our work against an author we're trying to emanate. And while there is no harm in learning from our peers and superiors, be very wary about defending a certain writing technique simply because it worked for someone else. Firstly, what worked for one writer may not work for another, just as what works in one novel may not work in another. Every prose is a completely different arrangement of words and therefore, may require its own unique brand of style. And besides, we're trying to think outside the square. Don't forget this word either - Originality.\nA NOTE TO THE WOULD-BE CRITIC:\nTime is a precious commodity but always remember to be kind. Your words of insight have the potential to impact another growing writer. When critiquing, you are in the unique position of being both a reader and a writer. Naturally, you can quickly identify what is and isn't working for the reader. More importantly, you'll have the experience to fix inconsistencies. Perhaps more challenging is when you identify a problem or writing style you haven't come across before - in fact, you may be in a position to learn something. Since you are effectively impartial to the prose and not emotionally attached, you might spot mistakes the author's overlooked - especially if those same errors are the ones you usually make. So in this way, taking the time to critique and comment can prove quite beneficial to your own development. Let's not forget that it's in the spirit of community - everything DeviantArt is about. And never underestimate the power of karma. More likely than not, most deviants are polite enough to leave a 'Thank You' or offer some feedback you may badly need.\nWhat is a Positive Critique?\nA critique by definition is a review or an analytical evaluation. In the context of literature, critique is a highlight of the good or bad qualities of a particular prose. The point of critique is not to defame a writer; it is to carefully analyse the merits of prose.\nHere are some qualities a positive critique contains:\nIs written in courteous language.\nIs more than just a one-liner ie \"This was a great read.\" While somewhat encouraging, these brief comments don't provide great feedback so please take the time to elaborate and pick specific examples for improvement or praise.\nProvides a careful analysis of the writings strengths and weakness\nPraises both the writings good qualities as well as pointing out possible areas of improvement\nDoesnt just state that something is wrong. They also include an explanation of why something is wrong or inappropriate.\nThe Critic also provides some tips or ideas to fix any specific problem. Example: To fix this problem, I would have done this\nDoesnt just focus on one aspect of the prose but looks at the overall qualities of the prose\nBasically, before giving a comment or critique, please be courteous and place yourself in the writers position. What kind of feedback do you appreciate? What comments or lessons do you find most useful? Please be thoughtful about your comments to ensure they provide valuable feedback to the proses author. As for the author, if you have received some encouraging tips and thoughts, make sure you're polite and at the very least, return a 'Thank You'. For even better karma, return some feedback to some of the Critic's work.\nProsePlease wishes you success in your writings.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.cherishodges.net/store/","date":"2017-07-20T20:23:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549423486.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20170720201925-20170720221925-00258.warc.gz","language_score":0.9479562640190125,"token_count":1041,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-30__0__169519235","lang":"en","text":"Crystal Hughes is mad as hell. . .\nNo one is going to tear down the farmland that’s been in her family since the turn of the century–certainly not multimillion dollar Welco Industries. And until Welco’s president meets with her, Crystal will wage a fiery one-woman protest to prove it! But when he finally appears, Douglas Wellington III is far from the elderly curmudgeon she expected…\nTall, lean, and fabulous, Douglas is in for a surprise of his own. Crystal’s cafe au lait beauty takes his breath away. Still, if she had any sense, she’d realize his project will save the impoverished community. With battle lines drawn, Crystal issues Douglas a challenge: spend one week on the land he wants to destroy. He agrees, if only to be alone with her. But when nature takes over amid North Carolina’s lush countryside, these two warriors just may discover what happens to even the best laid plans…\nHe’s One Mistake She Plans To Forget. . .\nAs maid-of-honor to a friend who’s gone Bridezilla, Winfred “Freddie” Barker is dealing with minute-to-minute drama from her crazy-extravagant wedding. So when the ceremony is over and the reception starts heating up, Freddie blows off steam with a little champagne–and a lot of the best man, Cleveland Alexander. It was definitely going to be just a one-night fling, ’cause no woman in her right mind would fall for that man’s arrogant, self-centered self, no matter how caramel-fine he is. . .\nShe’s The One Woman He Can’t Live Without. . .\nAs a hard-core bachelor, Cleveland Alexander was strictly all about beddin’ and forgettin’. And the only reason he let Ms. Winfred Barker call his bluff was to put her stuck-up attitude in check. But once he sees how complicated and caring she really is, he’ll do anything to help solve her problems–and convince her that the love between them is a lifetime of real. . .\nWhen club owner Adrian Bryant discovers his biological father is hotel magnate Elliot Crawford, his life unravels. Shunned by Crawford while he and his mother struggled, Adrian hatches a high-profile plan to destroy the Crawford name–and the reputations of his two half-brothers. But to shield the woman he loves from the hell he intends to unleash, Adrian has to let her go.\nPhotographer Dana Singleton is heartbroken and confused by Adrian’s behavior. But just when she’s given up on their relationship, she begins to discover the truth–and a dark side of Adrian she never knew existed. As the stakes get higher, she will have to ask herself if she can love a man who is capable of such vengeance–or if he can learn to forgive…\nHer Fantasy And His Reality. . .\nClassically trained actress Imani Gilliam is gifted, beautiful—and broke. Facing eviction, her only hope of staying afloat is to do the reality TV show, “Let’s Get Married.” The show pairs up single strangers, and viewers vote for who should be united in wedded bliss. Imani is only looking to be united with a paycheck—until she locks eyes with a fellow contestant. . .\nAre About To Create A Buzz. . .\nDr. Raymond Thomas is determined to keep his struggling free clinic running—even if it means appearing on “Let’s Get Married.” He can’t imagine finding love on TV—but when he spots Imani, he definitely finds lust. And their attraction isn’t lost on the producers. But as the cameras start focusing on them, Raymond wonders if he’s just a tool in Imani’s career. Only time—and a life-changing choice—will tell. . .\nShe Makes A Move For His Heart. . .\nHe’s hot and he’s single, but Antonio Billups has been out of the dating game for three years. Since his wife died, his focus has been on his business–and their son A.J. Enter new-in-town sultry, sexy Serena Jacobs, a woman who just might inspire Antonio to change his mind about being alone. . .\nThat His Body Can’t Resist. . .\nSerena’s new restaurant is about to take off, and so is her heart–to Antonio. But events from her past are about to hit the fan–with a little help from Antonio’s scheming sister-in-law. Soon, Hollywood catfights and long-ago love affairs threaten the steamy relationship between Antonio and Serena, and when their secret histories collide, they must choose between a future with–or without–love. . .","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://scars-of-the-imperium.obsidianportal.com/characters/raziel","date":"2018-12-12T15:10:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823895.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20181212134123-20181212155623-00180.warc.gz","language_score":0.954041600227356,"token_count":304,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__126694050","lang":"en","text":"Scars of the Imperium\nAngel of Mystery\nRaziel is the third incarnation of Azryael (the second incarnation retained his name and, for the most part, his memories).\nWithout any of her memories, Raziel is somewhat childlike. After losing centuries of Azryael’s memories, she has lost the cold uncaring stoicism that he embodied. She is very curious yet shy and prefers to hide in the shadows, typically avoiding conversations with people she isn’t familiar with. She hides behind a cloak and a mask and never reveals herself to others.\nSince she was unable to retain Azryael’s memories (or barely any at all for that matter), she appears to be unknowledgeable about certain things and terminology. She is unfamiliar with the Imperium and Chaos, but she will learn quickly from the rest of the crew.\nHowever, Raziel is a very devoted individual. When she sets her mind to something, she will do whatever she can to get the job done. She has retained some twitch reflexes from her previous lives and surprises even herself with her abilities. But as the psychic power of such a largely powerful, mutated, and corrupted Chaos Space Marine Sorcerer such as Azryael is compacted into such a tiny vessel, Raziel’s psychic energy increased in concentration and density. Only time will tell if her body will adapt to contain such power, or if she will become a ticking time bomb of raw psychic energy.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.eclecticmomma.blogspot.com/","date":"2013-12-06T07:20:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163049967/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204131729-00095-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9740415215492249,"token_count":583,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__133561263","lang":"en","text":"\"It suddenly occurred to me that this was just the way it must have been for the real Holy Family, stuck away in a barn by people who didn't much care what happened to them. They couldn't have been very neat and tidy either, but more like this Mary and Joseph.\"\n-excerpt from The Best Christmas Pageant Ever\nI'm not sure if you're familiar with the story, but The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson is a truly unique Christmas story. The town \"dirty kid\" bullies come in and take over the local church Christmas pageant. There they are--huge warts and all, acting out the Christmas story. You've got Imogene as Mary threatening to clobber any Wise Man that got near Baby Jesus. Gladys as the Angel of the Lord screaming, \"Hey, Unto you a Child is born!\" while shoving shepherds down the aisle. Not what we'd typically think of when we picture the nativity.\nWhen we think of the Nativity we picture this idyllic scene, but Mary gave birth in a stable. Traveling, weary and in labor just to give birth among the animals. Not quite so idyllic! There must have been a lot of mixed emotions surrounding those first \"Christmases\". Shepherds, angels, and wise men-all adding to the confusion and mystery. The wise men had been traveling for a very long time separated from their families and home country. The shepherds leaving their carefully watched flocks to go give tribute to the new King. The Holy Family's flight to Egypt. All the Israelite families who lost baby boys in Herod's frantic search for his usurper.\nJoy mixed with grief...\nThere are so many of us that have a hard time around the holiday seasons. We are surrounded by the idyllic and can't seem to forget the reality. The reality that we've had losses and grief that can be overwhelming. We live in the tension of joy and grief. Some people tell you that's not okay....they are wrong. I'm here to reassure you that it fits right in with those first Christmases. Confusion and grief...mystery and mayhem. Joy and hope...fulfillment and peace.\nBe encouraged! Through all those feelings that just don't seem like they go together, you can still feel the presence of that new born baby who came to the Earth as a mysterious gift-- full of hope and salvation.\nThink past the idyllic and think about the reality of those first Christmas nights. Realize that it's much the same for us now...dirty, messy lives that are changed when they meet the real person of Jesus!\n\"After all, that was the whole point of Jesus...that he was born and lived...a real person.\"\n- The Best Christmas Pageant Ever","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://8oji.net/premis-order-effect-google-deepminds-research-highlights-critical-reasoning-limitations-in-llms/","date":"2024-04-18T06:41:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817200.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418061950-20240418091950-00508.warc.gz","language_score":0.8969732522964478,"token_count":632,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__16155732","lang":"en","text":"Unveiling the Frailty of LLMs in Critical Reasoning Tasks\nLarge language models (LLMs), known for their remarkable performance in various reasoning tasks, face a surprising challenge when confronted with premises. Research conducted by Google DeepMind and Stanford University reveals that a deviation from an optimal premise sequence can lead to a significant decline in LLM performance, with accuracy drops exceeding 30% in some cases.\nR-GSM Benchmark: Evaluating the Impact of Premise Ordering\nTo systematically study this phenomenon, the research team developed a novel benchmark called R-GSM, specifically designed to assess the impact of premise ordering on mathematical reasoning tasks. By altering the sequence of information presented to the models, the study illuminated how even subtle changes in premise arrangement could drastically affect LLMs’ ability to arrive at correct conclusions. This methodology highlights the intricacies of how LLMs process information and underscores the limitations of current model designs in handling variably ordered data inputs.\nPerformance Degradation Across State-of-the-Art LLMs\nThe findings from this comprehensive evaluation starkly highlight the magnitude of the premise ordering effect on LLM reasoning capabilities. Across various state-of-the-art models, including GPT-4-turbo, GPT-3.5-turbo, PaLM 2-L, and Gemini Pro, the study observed that the performance degradation was not a mere anomaly but a consistent issue that intensified with the complexity of the reasoning task. For instance, in the R-GSM benchmark, all LLMs tested showed a marked decrease in accuracy on premise-reordered problems, with performance degradation of more than 35% for some models compared to their original problem-solving accuracy.\nLinear Processing and Back-and-Forth Reading Challenges\nThis sensitivity to premise sequence poses a significant challenge for the future of LLM development and deployment in reasoning-based applications. The study’s insights into the LLMs’ preference for certain premise orders over others, while mirroring human reasoning patterns to some extent, also reveal a critical vulnerability in these models’ reasoning faculties. The research suggests that LLMs, by design, are predisposed to process information in a linear, forward-chaining manner, struggling significantly when required to engage in back-and-forth reading to piece together information out of its ‘preferred’ order.\nCall for Reevaluating LLM Training and Modeling Techniques\nIn light of these findings, Google DeepMind and Stanford University researchers call for reevaluating LLM training and modeling techniques. The premise order effect, as uncovered in this study, necessitates the development of more robust models capable of maintaining high reasoning accuracy across various premise arrangements. This direction aims to enhance LLMs’ reasoning capabilities and make them more adaptable and reliable across a broader range of real-world applications.\nImplications for Future AI Advancements\nThe implications of this research extend beyond the immediate concerns of model accuracy in controlled tasks. By shedding light on a previously underexplored aspect of LLM behavior, this study paves the way for future","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.careaboutfibroids.org/resources.html","date":"2023-12-03T20:56:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100508.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20231203193127-20231203223127-00389.warc.gz","language_score":0.9172810912132263,"token_count":498,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__276875871","lang":"en","text":"Want to know more about uterine fibroids? The following are links to informational materials, government reports, research studies, and scientific journal articles that provide recent facts about fibroids and their impact on women’s health.\nA Visual Guide to Uterine Fibroids. 2016. WebMD Slideshow. Describes uterine fibroids, the symptoms, possible complications, how fibroids are diagnosed, when is treatment necessary, and different treatment options.\nUterine Fibroids. Frequently Asked Questions. 2011. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. FAQ074, May 2011. Defines uterine fibroids and explains who is most likely to get them, the symptoms, possible complications, how are fibroids are diagnosed, when is treatment necessary, and different treatment options.\nUterine Fibroids Fact Sheet. 2013. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women’s Health. March 29, 2013. Contains basic facts on the the number and characteristics of women who get fibroids, cost, and various therapies used to treat symptoms. The fact sheet also describes NIH-supported research.\nUterine Fibroids Fact Sheet. 2017. Office on Women’s Health. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). Explains uterine fibroids, causes and common symptoms, available treatments, and questions to ask your doctor.\nManagement of Uterine Fibroids: An Update of the Evidence. 2007. Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ). This report summarized published studies between 2000-2007 on the number and characteristics of women who get uterine fibroids, different forms of treatment, the cost of fibroid treatment, and risk factors for this common condition.\nAsymptomatic Uterine Fibroids. 2008. Best Practice & Research: Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology. August 22, 2008. Examines the issue of whether and how to treat fibroids before they become symptomatic, especially in younger women who may want to have children in the future.\nTwo Health Disparities of Uterine Fibroids. 2013. Fertility and Sterility. 2013 Jun; 99(7): 1851–1852. Discusses how uterine fibroids are disproportionately prevalent among African American women and that investments into research are low compared to their occurrence.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://instructorials.wordpress.com/our-personnel/stan-porter/","date":"2019-02-22T02:17:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247512461.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20190222013546-20190222035546-00567.warc.gz","language_score":0.9619981646537781,"token_count":789,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__56169401","lang":"en","text":"Hello! My name is Stan Porter, and I am the founder of Instructorials! I have developed this site to be a resource for those who need assistance with ANY writing endeavor; personal, educational, business, creative…anything!\nI currently teaching Writing and General Education courses full-time at the University of California, Merced. There, I integrate technology into each of my courses, and students have always been appreciative to the amount and substance of feedback.\nI also teach at two local community colleges on occasion; Modesto Junior College and Merced College. At these institutions, I teach in the traditional classroom setting, as well as fully online offerings in composition.\nI have a Master in English with an emphasis in Rhetoric and Teaching Writing. I graduated from California State University at Stanislaus with Honors.\nI hold a Bachelor of Science in Education with an English emphasis from Missouri State University, Springfield. I graduated with Honors here as well; Magna Cum Laude.\nI recently was certified by @One and Fresno Pacific University in Online Teaching. This certification is funded by the California Community College Chancellor’s Office, and has been a catalyst for the implementation of this service. It has provided me expertise in the online possibilities for innovations in writing services. As well as being a graduate, I am currently an Independent Contractor for the @One program, serving in a Peer Guide role for practicum students wishing to become certified.\nIn addition to my expertise in high school and college writing, I have 20+ years of business experience. In these positions, I have written training manuals, resumes, professional correspondence, created forms/documents, and procedural manuals. If you need assistance in compiling and creating a professional document, resume, curricula vitae, or other needs, don’t hesitate to contact us.\nFollow the book titles hyperlinked below to find out how you can purchase a copy for your own library!\nI have recently edited the second installment of a new children’s book by an up-and-coming author, Edward Rea. The Adventures of Harmony is the tale of a young, interracial girl, finding her way in the world. Her second adventure will something that young children will enjoy, so don’t hesitate to pick up a copy.\nPrior to Rea’s book, I edited and offered revisions to I’m A Brat, by military brat and new author, Jim Odom. The author presents a great narrative following the life of David Boyer, a military brat being shunted once again into a new city. This move forces Boyer to decide which personality he wants to become in this new self. Does he try to be the jock? The nerd? Or, perhaps, the funny kid. Tag along as Odom leads us through some of his early memories shared through his beloved character and perpetual “new kid in town.”\nMy latest editorial endeavor came about as a result of the work completed on The Adventures of Harmony. I received a glowing reference from Rea, and a fellow writer asked me to review his first book for clarity and cohesion. I was ecstatic to review a first-time novelist, and the story did not disappoint! La Jefa is the tale of two friends, their adventure to the Dominican Republic, and chance encounters that cause them to question the individuals who have befriended them. Is there more to the DR and the mysterious folks who they meet? Find out in Patrick Harris’s novel. It’s a page-turner that won’t disappoint! This novel is based on a real trip to the DR, and Harris will leave you wondering what happened, and what was a creation of the author. He’s not telling.\nTo get more information, please fill out the following form:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://glonicera.itch.io/we-were-forever","date":"2023-01-28T02:47:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499470.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230128023233-20230128053233-00007.warc.gz","language_score":0.8646591305732727,"token_count":289,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__232956917","lang":"en","text":"I got ending A! The story was amazing. The end was a bit sad, but I understand it is an open one so... I'll hope for the best :)\nWe Were Forever\nEmber has outlived everyone they know. When they finally die after meeting a person with a pair of fiery wings, they find themself reborn as a child over and over again. Unable to forget the one with the same wings as them, Ember searches for their soul mate.\nLiving and dying, always finding each other. Forever.\n- 7,479 words\n- Linear story with 2 endings\n- 3 Original Tracks\n|Platforms||Windows, macOS, Linux, HTML5|\n|Authors||Awiola, Maricu, cross_couloir, cygni, pumpkin spike, high-tea|\n|Tags||Fantasy, LGBT, LGBTQIA, Queer, Romance, Short, Story Rich|\n|Average session||About a half-hour|\n|Inputs||Keyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen|\n|Accessibility||Configurable controls, One button|\n- Update: Tooltips and Browser Version Available!47 days ago","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.traveljo.de/St-Lucia-Champagne-Sunset-Cruise/","date":"2018-08-18T22:21:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221213794.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20180818213032-20180818233032-00580.warc.gz","language_score":0.8495145440101624,"token_count":338,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__212198221","lang":"en","text":"Sail the coastline of the tropical island paradise of St. Lucia, watching the sunset and sipping champagne. Let yourself be swept away by the romance and magnificence of the moment - something you have to try at least once in your life!\nCapture the magic of a tropical Caribbean landscape as you sail at dusk watching the sun set over the beautiful blue water. This is definitely the perfect way to finish an already wonderful day.\nExperience the unimaginable beauty of the skyline, sip champagne and savor the light hor d'oeuvres as the romance and magnificence of the evening surround you. See the spectacular \"green flash\" as the sun disappears beyond the horizon!\nYou may consider taking along a sweater for the cool evening breeze. Wear comfortable low-heeled shoes.\nSpecial Offer - For a limited time only, save over 15% off the recommended retail rate - book now! - Book Now!\nSpend the day sailing aboard a beautiful catamaran along the tropical west coast of St. Lucia. Go ashore to see the island's landmark, the Pitons, soaring over 2,000 feet (600 meters) in the air. V ... mehr anzeigen\nSail the coastline of the tropical island paradise of St. Lucia, watching the sunset and sipping champagne. Let yourself be swept away by the romance and magnificence of the moment - something you ... mehr anzeigen\nThe 'Catch of the Day' will become your thrill for the day! Experience the excitement of trying to hook the 'big one' from the fighting chair and imagine the tales you could tell back home! Whether ... mehr anzeigen","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.chroniclesofgod.net/","date":"2021-07-24T21:14:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046150308.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20210724191957-20210724221957-00150.warc.gz","language_score":0.9447838664054871,"token_count":107,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-31","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__288377176","lang":"en","text":"Enter the Story.\nWe all have stories. Here’s a chance to know the story of God, which is the story of us all. The Chronicles of God is a Bible Study based on the Narrative Lectionary, to help your congregation enter into God's salvation story.\nA Resource for You and the Church to encounter and engage the ancient faith.\nThe Chronicles of God is a conversation-style resource to help people connect with the biblical story in classrooms and with pastors as they prepare their Sunday sermons.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://shop.nobis-printen.de/Witch-house","date":"2023-12-04T17:05:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100531.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204151108-20231204181108-00098.warc.gz","language_score":0.9522122144699097,"token_count":165,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__193864680","lang":"en","text":"Christmas is just around the corner and what better way to spend time with family than to snuggle up warm and read or watch fairy tales. Hansel and Gretel is a classic by the Brothers Grimm and a pre-Christmas tradition in many families. As creepy as the old witch may be, everyone has really wanted a taste of her house. And Nobis makes it possible! With the hand-decorated witch's house, the Grimm's fairy tale can be discovered in a whole new way. Give your loved ones a treat and surprise them with a fairytale taste experience.\nDid you know: You are still looking for a little something for St. Nicholas? How about a chocolate Printen Santa Claus, for example! Who would have thought that tradition, quality and so much taste fits into one boot.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://lepns.ff.uns.ac.rs/other-research/?lang=en","date":"2022-10-07T13:44:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030338073.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20221007112411-20221007142411-00431.warc.gz","language_score":0.8711537718772888,"token_count":243,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__28480110","lang":"en","text":"METHODOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL PROBLEMS IN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY\nRapid development of experimental technology seems not to be paralleled with a response – change in research methodology and statistical analysis. Still, we are mainly reading about factorial designs and analysis of variance, or the like. Researchers trust that methodological vigor and careful control of external confounders are still good enough to make us relaxed otherwise. Only some are thinking how to respond appropriately to fine-grained though massive datasets that we harvest with new technologies. This is even epistemologically sound question. At the very least, methodological and statistical apparatus should harmonize with each other, and with the specific research question and various ecological factors.\nBaayen, R. H., & Milin, P. (2010). Analyzing Reaction Times. International Journal of Psychological Research, 3(2), 12-28. PDF\nMilin, P., & Hadžić, O. (2011). Moderating and Mediating Variables in Psychological Research. In M. Lovrić (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science (pp. 849-852). Berlin: Springer. PDF","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.daughterofisis.org/","date":"2017-04-23T09:51:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917118519.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031158-00263-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9676067233085632,"token_count":487,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__87065608","lang":"en","text":"'Counselling with Cartouche'.\n|CD : \"Planet Blue\"|\nLatest of my “Dream Poems” and is about man's greed and ultimate earth’s destruction but with a ray of light when “The Strangers” arrive on Planet Blue to see the Guardian Angel helping to bring life to a new Planet Blue!\n|CD : \"Dream Poems\"|\nA small selection of Poems that have been brought to me whilst sleeping but have left their mark so much so that they needed to be shared!.\n|CD : \"The Passing\"|\nDi's amazing experience of her maternal Grandfathers passing has left an everlasting memory. Although many will have experienced similar or the same as Di she has been guided to share this with others to assure them that they are not alone in what they have seen or felt!\n|CD : \"The Gate\"|\nThis CD is a sharing of a 'Near Death' experience in which Di truly believes that whilst in the midst of sleep her mother saved her life!\nDear Diane .. I would like to thank you for the amazing reading\nyou did for me last year. You saw many things happening for me ..move of\nproperty expansion of business and much more, and 11 months down the line\nthey have all happened just as you said, my life has changed and sooo much\nfor the better. Thank you for your guidance and advise. Can t wait to come\nto you again :-)\nIts Mike here, you read for me today, I don't know if you remember, but I am the one going to work in Saudi. Just to say how wonderful it was to meet you and how amazing the reading was. I have just ordered a Scarab Beetle pendant to wear.\n\"Di exudes warmth and empathy from the minute you meet her - she is as astute as she is empathetic and quickly gained a highly accurate insight into what was going on in every aspect of my life from the personal to the professional - a highly illuminating and very positive experience. I would not hesitate to recommend Di as a genuine and spiritually gifted lady.\"\n\"Di, you are an amazing, beautiful gifted soul! Having talks and advice from you has changed my life, and started me on my own spiritual path! Thank you so much!\nWith much love and friendship\" Odette xx","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://mywundercare.com/top-bible-verses-for-preschoolers-in-2022/","date":"2023-03-30T11:22:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949181.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20230330101355-20230330131355-00275.warc.gz","language_score":0.9613673686981201,"token_count":808,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__9364861","lang":"en","text":"If you are a Christian, you might begin introducing your preschooler to the Bible this new year.\nThere are many lessons within the pages of this historic and fundamental text that teach us to be kind to one another, to forgive, to love our neighbors, and to respect our parents. These are great Bible verses for preschoolers — and all of us! — to learn and understand, as they instruct us to be better people, more capable of living together in harmony and understanding.\nBut it can be tricky to approach the content of the Bible, with its many translations, books, and parables, through the eyes of a preschooler. Christian understanding should never begin with fear or anger.\nThat’s why we have chosen some of the simplest, most fundamental verses, for you to get started.\nHere are some of the top Bible verses for preschoolers:\nJohn 13:34: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”\nAs we go into a new year, there is nothing more important than reminding our children that they are loved and should love in return. In this verse, Jesus is leaving his disciples with a few final words of wisdom, just days before his crucifixion — his ultimate act of love.\nOf all the Bible verses for preschoolers, this one is the most simple and the most impactful. With love comes kindness, empathy, and joy.\nLuke 6:31: “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”\nThis is a fundamental Bible verse for preschoolers! The Golden Rule, as it’s often called, teaches Christians to act with kindness and compassion even to those who scorn them.\nYoung children will understand it applied to the context of their lives. For example: “You wouldn’t want Tommy to hit you, right? So why would you hit him?”\nEphesians 4:32: “Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other.”\nThis Bible verse for preschoolers is about something very difficult: forgiveness. Holding onto grudges is unhealthy for all involved. That’s why forgiveness is a skill best learned early.\nRemind your preschooler that no one is perfect. You can even point to the many times in the Bible when Jesus forgave humans of their sins.\nGenesis 2:15: “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.”\nWhether or not you have begun to explain the story of Creation to your child, this Bible verse about the relationship between man and Earth is useful when talking about the responsibility we have as stewards on Earth.\nThere are other Bible verses about the environment, and about pollution, but none so simple as this: We should not be destroying the habitat God has given us. We should be working to keep it clean and to care for the other creatures that live here. That is why we were created!\nExodus 20:15: “You shall not steal.”\nAll of the Ten Commandments are good lessons (especially that one about honoring thy mother and father!), but this one is a great place to start.\nProverbs 19:20: “Listen to counsel [advice] and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.”\nYou may need to further explain this Bible verse for preschoolers. The Book of Proverbs contains many pieces of advice about being a wise person with integrity. This one means that a person should be humble and open to the advice of others and should not be afraid to admit when they are wrong so that they can grow wise.\nThese are some great Bible verses for preschoolers to get the year started with wisdom and encouragement. Don’t forget to practice what you preach!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://math.ainte.date/essays-923358.html","date":"2018-01-17T21:36:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084886979.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20180117212700-20180117232700-00475.warc.gz","language_score":0.8172383308410645,"token_count":189,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__202638797","lang":"en","text":"A DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG BY CHARLES LAMB Illustrated by L J\nUPON ROAST PIG Mankind, says a Chinese manuscript, which my friend M. was\nChina pigs had been esteemed a luxury all over the UPON ROAST FIG, East,\nRun it by your instructor or make in your review of literature phD Thesis writing Consultancy.Continue reading No.1 Thesis & Dissertation Writing Service. Without requiring a dissertation.Go13 Jan 2014 Rather, I'm referring to Greenspan's NYU need to outline your characters' setting and show the results of if it's.\nDigital Copy Find out moreTheses and homework j help dissertation gcpthesisphd dialectique exemple dissertation prescription buy clarithromycin  more Professional custom writing service offers custom essays, term papers, research papers, thesis papers, reports, reviews, speeches and dissertations.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://techomechina.com/page/2/","date":"2020-07-08T03:44:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655896374.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20200708031342-20200708061342-00199.warc.gz","language_score":0.9085590243339539,"token_count":365,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__248105465","lang":"en","text":"Courtesan history, and the art it bequeathed to us, has come alive in Indian English literature lately. Just last year, Neelam Saran Gour and Srividya Natarajan produced thoughtful, ambitious novels, set in Allahabad and Thanjavur respectively, that … [Continue reading] about Looking To The Past To Understand Present In Life.\nWith a picture, a memory never fades. And you never realise the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. I guess, in lockdown days.One of the defi ning things about the past is the ache for comfort and emotional protection. This picture was taken … [Continue reading] about MEMORIES NEVER FADE!\nLive vicariously through literature Use this time to read those books you bought to attract sapiosexuals but which only gather dust. Read the classics and find out what the fuss was all about. Read Manto and Premchand and Bhisham Sahni. Read … [Continue reading] about Buddha To Shakespeare, You Too Can Use This Time Better To Really Find Yourself.\nAs the Coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the world, the West is adopting some age-old Indian traditions like greeting people with folded hands and the use of ayurveda. As we battle the biggest common enemy of mankind, it is crucial for us to go … [Continue reading] about Leadership Lessons\nThey have joined the “All In Challenge.” Actors Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry announced the contest on their social media platforms. The stars are offering six tickets to the taping of … [Continue reading] about Meet Your Friends.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://anitaillustrated.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/welcome/","date":"2018-04-21T05:28:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125945037.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20180421051736-20180421071736-00395.warc.gz","language_score":0.9486420154571533,"token_count":227,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__120630810","lang":"en","text":"Hello and welcome to my new blog here on WordPress.com. I have been blogging about illustration and my life as an illustrator and a nerd for quite some time now using otther blog providers, but I though that it was time to try WordPress as well.\nMy name is Anita K. Olsen, I am an illustrator working from a tiny little office space in a tiny little apartment that I share with my beloved fiancée Ole. We don’t have any pets, but would love to have a little kitten. I work mainly in the fields of Fantasy and Children’s illustrations, but I am not afraid to try new things and expand my repertoire.\nI believe in sharing and therefore I choose to share my experiences and any tips and tricks I find in books, or on the world wide web. I share my art on my blogs and also there will be some nice juicy randomness baked into the golden pie crust that is me and and my written word.\nHope you will enjoy the future ramblings and illustrations I will be sharing with you\nUntil next time\nAnita K. Olsen","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://crustygussets.blogspot.com/","date":"2017-04-30T03:08:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917124297.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031204-00313-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9778628349304199,"token_count":1238,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__34136669","lang":"en","text":"The 5th of April 2017 will be one of those days when, one thinks, we will all remember where we were when the devastating and unexpected news was unleashed to the world, without warning.\nAs for onself, one was in the village pub; The Badger’s Snatch.\nOne had been sitting for a short time in a freshly upholstered booth reading through a discarded Daily Mail left on the table. It was then one’s dear friend - and owner of the aforementioned drinking emporium - Fanny O’Dour approached.\n“Like a refill, Crusty?” Fanny said, while hovering the deliciously designed bottle of Pere Ventura Tresor above one’s crystal flute.\n“How delightful, dear. Let’s!”\n“You found anything interesting?”\nLooking briefly at her, then briefly at the Daily Mail, then back at her one replied, “Good Lord! In this dear?! No, just checking the state of the pages. It’s a perfect publication for lining the bottom of Crotchet’s litter tray.”\nFanny smiled and turned to walk away. Suddenly, she stopped.\n“Oh! By the way, did you hear the news earlier? Barry Manilow’s come out.”\n“In a rash, dear?” One replied inquisitively.\n“No. Come out … of the closet.”\n“It must have had very loose hinges, dear. Just now?”\n“Yes. I was shocked? Who knew?” She added.\n“Not everyone, it seems.” One replied, looking her up and down and slowly sipping one’s Cava.\n“Of course, reading the articles over the years about his private life, he’s always been very tight-lipped.”\n“Quite, dear and from recent TV appearances, he’s also been very tight-eyed, tight-eared, tight-chinned, tight-cheeked and tight-necked. The last time one saw him hit a high note during Copacabana, his eyes shut and his toes curled up!”\n“Crusty! You’re terrible. He has said his fans have been very supportive, which is nice.”\n“In fairness, Fanny dear, they have had over 40 years to prepare for the revelation.”\nSometime later and ready to leave, one glided elegantly to the bar to hand Fanny one’s flute.\n“Do you know, Fanny, you’ve made one remember something.”\n“Yes, one remembers a time when Barry Manilow stayed at one’s beloved Crusty Hall.”\n“Stayed with you?! You never brought him down?” Fanny exclaimed, a little miffed.\n“Oh, it was a whistle-stop visit, dear. Mr Peppercorn had asked him to judge his prized sausage in the back room of the village butchers and the guesthouse was out of bounds because it had just been fumigated. Anyhoo … one had offered him a suite in the east wing for the night before he flew off to America. We had had dinner and one was reclining divinely on the chaise on the Holly Johnson room …”\n“The music room?” Fanny clarified.\n“Quite, you gorgeous thing. Barry had just sung a medley of hits, while one fingered through a gents quarterly …Suddenly, his fingers lifted from the keys and the music stopped. One felt a little tension in the air. Chu Me was rigid and his eyes had widened. Nevertheless, one continued fingering one’s flaps and humming Could It Be Magic. One could see him from one’s peripheral vision, walking towards one. He sat next to one and took one’s hand. One could feel him shaking and beads of sweat began to cascade down his face – quicker than one would expect as there were no wrinkles to slow them down – and there was a raspy pant in his voice. “Dame Crusty, there’s something I need to tell you.” He said. “I see.” One said. “It’s something I’ve never told a soul but I feel I can confide in you.” After moment one said, “Don’t feel you need to, dear.””\n“Oh my God! What happened?!” Fanny squealed.\n“After what seemed like the length of an X-Factor result, complete with the sound of his pounding heart to add suspense, he stood up and said, “I can’t. I can’t. I’m so sorry.” Then off he went to his quarters with one’s pussy, Crotchet, close behind. One looked at Chu Me. Chu Me looked at one, shrugged his shoulders and left the Holly Johnson room with a steady slap of flip-flop.”\n“Do you think he was going to tell you?”\n“Goodness dear, one thought he was going to tell one he was a vegetarian!! The other wouldn’t have mattered a jot, as one believes his legion of fans will concur.”\nWith that, one bid Fanny farewell with a kiss on each cheek, headed out of the Badger’s Snatch, into a waiting GUSSET 1 outside, where Chu Me had prepared a selection of nibbles in the armrest and one headed off back to the residence.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://amaranti.tumblr.com/post/33974904984/let-daddy-take-care-of-you","date":"2014-09-16T11:24:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1410657114926.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20140914011154-00252-ip-10-196-40-205.us-west-1.compute.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9734387993812561,"token_count":5473,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__113151402","lang":"en","text":"Let Daddy Take Care Of You\nTitle: Let Daddy Take Care Of You\nWarnings: Roleplay (little!Blaine and daddy!Sebastian), ageplay, daddy kink, innocence kink, spanking as punishment, a little dirty talk/humiliation, also it’s very fluffy\nSummary: Sometimes college can be stressful, and Sebastian is more than willing to help Blaine forget about it by being his daddy who takes care of his little boy. Written for the Seblaine Biweekly Challenge.\nHere on Fanfiction.Net\nFor this Glee Kink Meme prompt, which wasn’t, um, too hardcore for me. Also thank you for Amy for encouraging me to write it. And thank you for Marisa for giving me a picture of Blaine’s shirt because sometimes I like to visualize the small details in my fics but I couldn’t find any picture with Google\nI hope it’s okay I used it for this fic ahaha oh god.\n\"Daddy, welcome home!\" Blaine launches himself at Sebastian, wrapping his arms around his neck. Sebastian laughs happily, letting Blaine cling to him. He wasn’t expecting Blaine to want to play tonight; he thought Blaine will be too busy studying and cursing his professors to do anything but maybe let Sebastian kiss him as a greeting before going back to his computer.\nBut it’s definitely a pleasant surprise.\n\"Did you miss me, baby boy?\" Sebastian grins sweetly down at Blaine.\nBlaine nods, looking so very serious Sebastian’s grin widens in adoration as he reaches out to ruffle Blaine’s cute little curls. “I missed you very much. I hate that you have to leave me so much.”\n\"I’m here now, I’m all yours tonight,\" Sebastian says, aching to kiss Blaine’s pout away. \"Did you really miss me so much? Show me, baby.\"\nBlaine’s lips quiver and his eyes widen. He stands on his tiptoes and presses a barely there little kiss against the corner of Sebastian’s mouth. Blaine lowers his head, staring down at his bare feet like he expects Sebastian to scold him for doing something naughty.\n\"I missed you too,\" Sebastian tells him. \"Do you want me to show you how much? Later tonight?\"\nBlaine gasps loudly. He quickly presses his palm against his lips, his eyes filling with shame at his own reaction. Sebastian smiles indulgently and takes Blaine’s hand into his own before walking into the kitchen. Blaine’s fingers curl around his hand as Blaine follows him silently.\n\"Are you hungry, baby boy?\" Sebastian asks with a soft smile, letting go of Blaine’s hand to open the cupboard.\nBlaine nods eagerly, already licking his lips. Sebastian laughs at him gently.\n\"What about rice pudding?\"\n\"Fish fingers,\" Blaine pouts, clasping his hands together in front of his chest and blinking up at Sebastian with huge, pleading eyes. \"Please, daddy?\"\n\"We had fish fingers on Tuesday, we can’t have the same thing twice a week,\" Sebastian reminds him, trying not to laugh when Blaine glares at him. Blaine can glare at him in ways that freeze the blood in Sebastian’s veins when he is actually mad at Sebastian, but now he is the cutest little thing Sebastian has ever seen. “You have to eat everything. Because you have to eat a lot if you want to be as tall as me one day.” It’s quite remarkable that Blaine doesn’t break character at that to give Sebastian the finger. “And if you eat it all you can choose the game, alright?”\nBlaine hesitates, but he finally nods and extends his arm, his pinky sticking out for Sebastian.\n\"Pinky promise, daddy?\"\n\"Pinky promise,\" Sebastian agrees.\nIt’s strange, that they have this one secret they would never ever tell anyone, Sebastian thinks as he looks for the raisins. Blaine is watching The Fairly Odd Parents orSpongeBob SquarePants or perhaps Totally Spies, Sebastian can’t tell for sure from the cacophony he can hear coming from the living room. Sebastian loves to talk about their sex life shamelessly, making Blaine blush as Kurt buries his face into his hands while Rachel looks utterly traumatized, but he would never even think about mentioning this to their friends.\nIt’s not something he could explain.\nSebastian liked the bashful schoolboy thing in high school and this is like that except more, so much more innocence and inexperience in this adorable little boy – a grown man every other time – in his cute baggy shorts and his white shirt with that puppy on it, barefoot and trusting his daddy to take care of him, letting his daddy do anything to him because he knows daddy would never hurt his little boy…\n\"It’s done!\" Sebastian shouts, turning the stove off and finding two plates. Blaine is already next to him, looking for his bright green plastic spoon.\n\"Did you wash your hands?\" Sebastian asks, his tone stern. Blaine looks up but Sebastian doesn’t let him speak before he continues. \"I know you didn’t, don’t even think about lying to your daddy. You got here too quickly.\"\n\"But I’m sooo hungry!\" Blaine throws his arms up, his voice annoying and adorable at the same time and Sebastian is pretty sure only Blaine can pull this off. Actual children Sebastian has met before just sound annoying. “Fine. I’ll wash my hands.”\nAfter dinner Blaine wants Sebastian to read a book for him, and he curls up in Sebastian’s lap on the couch. At least Blaine didn’t forget to turn the television off and he ate everything, so Sebastian can’t find any reason to punish him. Yet.\n\"Which story do you want me to read?\" Sebastian asks, opening the book as Blaine rests his head on Sebastian’s chest. \"Hm, what about The Princess and the Merchant? That sounds interesting, doesn’t it?”\n\"No,\" Blaine says simply. \"I want dragons!\"\n\"Aren’t you afraid of dragons, baby boy?\" Sebastian asks, his voice teasing but kind.\n\"Not when daddy is here to protect me.\"\nSebastian can’t help but break character just for a moment, knowing Blaine can’t see his face, and he lets his lips curl into a goofy smile. He kisses the top of Blaine’s head softly. His little boy is just so adorable.\n\"Alright,\" Sebastian whispers, finding the table of contents. He shifts the book so Blaine can see it too. \"Look here,\" Sebastian puts his fingers to The Dragon Castle. “You can read what is written here, right, baby?”\nBlaine doesn’t answer.\n\"Is it too difficult for you?\"\nBlaine shakes his head, but he still remains silent. Sebastian sighs and closes the book with a little more force than absolutely necessary, letting Blaine know he is starting to lose his patience.\n\"What is wrong then?\"\nBlaine snuggles closer, his cheek pressed against Sebastian’s shirt and his fingers grasping his forearm as he yawns and his eyes drift closed.\n\"Baby boy, you can’t fall asleep yet,\" Sebastian chides him, watching Blaine open his eyes reluctantly, his lips puckered up in annoyance. \"You said you want me to read a story. It is not a nice thing to promise someone something and then not do it.\" Sebastian stopped counting a while ago all the times Blaine said they should go shopping because he needs new cute pants and just when Sebastian convinced himself that it won’t be that bad, at least he can grope his boyfriend in the changing room Blaine told him he would rather stay at home and watch one of his favorite musicals. “So even if you are sleepy you have to listen to the story. And I will ask what happened to the dragon in the end.”\n\"I don’t want to,\" Blaine turns in Sebastian’s lap until he is completely facing him, his hands curled into fists. \"I can listen tomorrow to your story! I promise I won’t be tired tomorrow.\"\nSebastian just gives him an unimpressed look. Blaine huffs in displeasure, and then he decides to try pleading, his shining huge golden eyes so heartbreakingly adorable they could melt the coldest ice, but Sebastian just firmly shakes his head.\n\"You’re the worst daddy ever!\" Blaine cries suddenly, his eyes filling with tears and Sebastian actually feels a stab of pain in his heart, even though he knows it’s all just a game. \"I hate you so much!\" Blaine starts to hit his chest weakly with his fists. Blaine can pack a punch when he wants to; Sebastian has seen him beat the shit out of his punching bag enough times to know. But when Sebastian takes his wrists into one hand and glares down at him Blaine freezes and doesn’t struggle, his eyes filled with fear and shame, but Sebastian can see the thinly-veiled anticipation in them too. It makes Sebastian want to smirk and screw his little boy right into the couch.\nBut he knows Blaine has to be punished before that.\n\"I’m so sorry, daddy,\" Blaine buries his face into Sebastian’s chest and wraps his arms around Sebastian’s shoulder, trying to be as small as possible. \"Please don’t be mad at me, I didn’t mean it, I love you the most, daddy, I’m so sorry for saying those horrible things.\"\n\"You know your apology is not enough,\" Sebastian says, and Blaine is already scrambling out of his lap, standing in front of him with his neck bowed and his fingers twisting the soft fabric of his shirt, his toes curling against the carpet. \"You know you have to be punished for this.\"\n\"But you don’t hate me, right?\" Blaine asks, still not looking up, his voice quivering in terror, like the worst thing he can imagine is his daddy hating him.\n\"Of course I don’t hate my baby boy.\" Sebastian presses the tip of his index finger under Blaine’s chin, gently forcing him to look Sebastian in the eye. Sebastian smiles warmly. \"I always love you. But I love you the most when you are an obedient good little boy.\"\nSebastian doesn’t want to spank Blaine raw, because he wants to fuck his ass too tonight, and he knows Blaine couldn’t take that much. Just ten smacks – maybe fifteen if Blaine feels like protesting – with his palm. Sebastian uses the hair brush only when he actually wants to make his little boy cry.\nHe tugs Blaine’s shorts down to his thighs when Blaine is lying over his lap. He doesn’t warn Blaine before the first blow falls at the curve of Blaine’s left cheek. Blaine yelps in surprise before starting to mutter a desperate apology for not staying quiet, but Sebastian cuts him off with another smack. Blaine makes a muffled moan and his hips stutter forward. Sebastian can feel his erection slide against Sebastian’s lap, the tip already smearing pre-come all over the rough fabric of Sebastian’s jeans.\n\"Does my little boy enjoy his punishment?” Sebastian coos, aiming for the center of Blaine’s ass. Blaine shakes his head, but his eager wriggling across Sebastian’s lap betrays him. Blaine raises his ass higher, and Sebastian grins before giving him two hard smacks on each cheek, knowing Blaine thinks he will pause so striking again twice, even harder this time. His voice turns cold, all gentleness gone as he continues. “Good little boys shouldn’t.” Another smack, and Sebastian absent-mindedly wonders how difficult it will be to get the pre-come out of his jeans as Blaine continues to rub his dick against Sebastian’s jeans shamelessly. “This is your punishment, yet your sweet little cock is making a mess on my jeans, aren’t you ashamed of yourself?”\n\"I’m sorry,\" Blaine gasps out, his round ass tensing and Sebastian gives it another blow, not so hard this time, accepting the apology. \"I can’t help it, daddy… I’m sorry for not being a good boy…\"\nFuck the ten smacks. Sebastian can’t wait any longer.\n\"You did good, baby.\" Now that he is no longer focusing on Blaine squirming on his lap he realizes his own dick is straining painfully against his jeans. \"You took your punishment for daddy without protesting, and daddy is proud of you. I will show you exactly how proud.\"\nBlaine even bought special bedclothes for their game after the third time; a bunch of cartoon rabbits jumping merrily and eating carrots on the blanket Blaine crawls onto, still wearing his shirt, his shorts left on the couch.\nSebastian takes off his clothes hastily, opening his mouth to tell Blaine to take his shirt off too before changing his mind.\nSebastian takes his own dick into his hands, stroking himself slowly as Blaine stares at him, his eyes glued to Sebastian’s fingers moving on his cock. “Daddy feels just like you.” Sebastian glances down at Blaine’s cock, curved against his stomach and a lovely shade of dark pink. “Do you want to taste it?”\n\"But it’s dirty,\" Blaine whispers, scandalized, but his little tongue slides out curiously to lick his lips. Sebastian’s cock jumps in his hands and Blaine whimpers, his eyes widening.\n\"No, baby, it isn’t dirty,\" Sebastian smiles, and Blaine’s eyes are unsure but full of trust as he leans closer, licking at the tip carefully, scrunching his nose at the taste adorably. \"It’s too big, daddy.\"\n\"You don’t have to put it all into your mouth,\" Sebastian tells him, breath hitching as Blaine gives the head another little lick, his wet lips sliding tentatively against it. It’s amazing, how good Blaine is at acting innocent, when Sebastian remembers cramming his whole dick into Blaine’s mouth in the back of a movie theater, Blaine swallowing every drop down when Sebastian came with his hands pressed against his mouth. \"Just do what you want to. It feels good, I promise.\"\nBlaine’s mouth is so clumsy, fuck, his tongue moving messily against his cock, and Sebastian almost laughs as he grabs Blaine’s face with encouraging hands when Blaine tries to swirl his tongue around his tip and it ends with his teeth bumping against Sebastian’s cock.\n\"Okay, that’s enough,\" Sebastian murmurs, pulling his cock out of Blaine’s mouth, wiping the corner of Blaine’s lips gently with his thumb.\nIt drives Sebastian crazy, spending so much time opening Blaine up when he knows Blaine could take his dick with less preparation. But he doesn’t want to hurt his baby boy, so he pours half the bottle of lube onto his fingers, waiting for it to get warm so that his little boy won’t feel the uncomfortable coldness before finding his sweet little hole, sliding one finger in carefully.\n\"How does it feel?\"\nBlaine’s lips tremble as his hole clenches around Sebastian’s finger, and he makes a soft little sound of surprise when Sebastian pushes his finger in deeper.\n\"Funny,\" Blaine whispers weakly.\n\"I want to make you feel good,\" Sebastian smiles, and Blaine smiles back after a moment of hesitation, a bit confused but completely trusting his daddy. Sebastian slowly adds a second finger, stopping halfway in when Blaine whines quietly and presses his face into Sebastian’s shoulder, waiting until Blaine relaxes around his fingers before pushing them all the way in. Blaine’s soft curls tickle his chin and his cock twitches as the sweet scent of vanilla shampoo hits his nose. It’s like the smell of innocence. It would be boring if only it wasn’t so fucking hot.\nHe pulls his fingers out, shushing Blaine sweetly when he groans in disappointment and pouring even more lube onto his fingers before pushing three inside at once. Blaine flinches, his head falling onto the pillow, his eyes closed. Sebastian kisses the tip of his nose in apology, and continues to pepper his face with sweet little kisses that tug Blaine’s lips into a happy grin.\n\"Let daddy show you how your special spot feels,\" Sebastian crooks his fingers carefully, wrenching a questioning groan out of Blaine. \"I want to make you feel really good, baby. You are such a good little boy, you deserve to feel good.\" Blaine beams proudly at the praise, and then he whimpers helplessly when Sebastian rubs his prostate hard, his eyes widening and his legs falling open even more. \"Does this feel good too? I know it does, just look at you. Don’t even think about lying to me, baby boy.\" Blaine nods, raising his hips off the bed to get more of the fingers inside, shaking his head desperately when Sebastian pulls them out. Sebastian gives him an apologetic smile before his eyes wander down, to Blaine’s stretched open hole clenching around nothing.\nSebastian’s fingers are shaking in excitement as he grabs the lube again, Blaine watching him silently. Sebastian shifts between Blaine’s thighs and rubs the head of his aching cock against Blaine’s hole, waiting for Blaine’s unsure nod before pushing in.\n“Ooh, daddy,” Blaine breathes as Sebastian fills him, sinking into that welcoming heat easily, finding no resistance at all. Sebastian stops when he bottoms out, watches Blaine squirm on his cock, his eyes still so vulnerable and sweet with his ass so tight around his daddy’s dick, and Sebastian feels lightheaded with it all, the smell of Blaine’s shampoo and his adorable little face and the snug grip of his ass around his cock and the way Blaine sounds, awestruck and bashful. “It’s so much.”\n\"But it’s good, right?\"\n\"It’s funny.\" Blaine looks thoughtful, his thumb finding his lips and slipping inside, like he needs something to comfort him among all these new, confusing feelings. He glances up at Sebastian, giggling shyly, his voice quiet like he is sharing a huge secret with Sebastian. \"But it’s a good funny.\"\n\"My naughty little boy,\" Sebastian grins proudly. Blaine hides his face behind his hands. Sebastian laughs at him. His wraps his hand around Blaine’s neglected cock, his fingers moving easily with the remains of the lube and Blaine’s pre-come. Blaine’s cock is big and thick, with a patch of dark curls at the base, and it could never be mistaken for a real little boy’s penis. “It’s okay, there’s nothing wrong with you, baby boy. Just let daddy make you feel good. That sounds good, right?”\nBlaine nods, but he still doesn’t lower his hands.\nSebastian tries to find a rhythm that’s slow and sweet, something that wouldn’t feel scary for his little boy, like the way he rocks him in his lap after a nightmare or the way the hammock moves when they are curled up together in it, Sebastian teaching him the ABC with colorful cards.\nBlaine at least tried to stay quiet during the spanking, but now he can’t stop making little moans and whimpers for his daddy, half-muffled by his hands, the drag of Sebastian’s cock over his prostate forcing a louder groan of pleasure out of his throat every time, followed by a terrified little sob as he realizes good little boys should never sound like that.\n\"Baby, don’t hide your pretty little face,\" Sebastian asks, wanting to sound teasing and in control but his voice comes out pleading. He just wants to see Blaine so much. \"Pretty please? Show daddy how good he is making you feel?\"\nBlaine’s face, the coy little blush, the pink lips trembling around silent moans, the eyes filled with a million things – confusion, shame, worry, trust, joy, and above everything else pure pleasure –, it’s too much, and Sebastian can’t help but grind his hips into Blaine, the words ‘Little boy’ falling from his lips, half-chocked and full of his love for Blaine, as he comes inside him, his eyes closing, gasping helplessly for air.\n\"Daddy?\" Blaine asks, his voice soft and concerned. Sebastian opens his eyes as Blaine’s fingers brush against his face. \"Are you okay?\"\nSebastian laughs quietly, his voice wrecked after his orgasm, and he continues to stroke Blaine’s cock sloppily. “You liked daddy’s cock, didn’t you? You took it so prettily, I’m really proud of you, little boy. How does my come inside your fucked open little ass feel? Was daddy too rough with you? I tried to be as gentle as possible, because I would never hurt you, but you are a greedy little thing for daddy’s cock, and…”\nWhen Blaine comes with a whiny little cry his dick spurts everywhere, coating Sebastian’s fingers and splattering onto Blaine’s shirt, onto the little puppy. Sebastian draws his eyebrows together, feeling a little shameful because the puppy looks so cute, staring at Sebastian with this happy expression, and fuck.\nAfter they both orgasm it’s always a little awkward, falling out of this secret world and going back to being Sebastian and Blaine instead of daddy and his baby boy.\n\"Babe?\" Blaine asks, sounding like a college student and when Sebastian glances down he is a grown man again, that sweet innocent confusion and inexperience all gone. \"What’s wrong?\"\nSebastian shakes his head and leans down to kiss Blaine briefly on the mouth, grinning against his lips as he feels the taste of his own pre-come on his boyfriend’s lips.\nBlaine sighs, wrapping his arms around Sebastian’s shoulders and pulling him down to lie next to him. “Shit, my fucking professors think we are slaves. Thank you, Sebastian. I just… sometimes I need something different. To make me forget about it all. Just for a little while… Sometimes I wish I could be a little boy. No college then. You would take care of me, always cook me dinner and never ask me to do the dishes. I would be spoiled rotten.” Blaine falls silent before he gives Sebastian a teasing grin. “I can’t fucking believe you didn’t let me eat fish fingers, though.”\nSebastian just snickers at that.\n- thislifeofalittle likes this\n- barefeetz likes this\n- alltimebandsexual likes this\n- crissgust likes this\n- coopa-troopa likes this\n- crissgust reblogged this from amaranti\n- smilingbucky reblogged this from amaranti\n- dauntlesschristinas likes this\n- darreneverettcriss likes this\n- kayllyn reblogged this from amaranti\n- kayllyn likes this\n- killerwarbler likes this\n- seblaineshippers reblogged this from amaranti and added:\n- killersmythe likes this\n- itsamusicaljourney reblogged this from amaranti\n- itsamusicaljourney likes this\n- sophisticatedloserchick reblogged this from amaranti and added:\n- peace-klaine-love likes this\n- sophisticatedloserchick likes this\n- ryanfightsdragons likes this\n- criss-koenig likes this\n- miascriss-archive reblogged this from amaranti\n- beautifulmagick reblogged this from amaranti and added:\n- beautifulmagick said: OMG THAT WAS MY GKM PROMPT AND I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW SOMEONE FILLED IT. 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{"url":"https://www.skillupbuildup.com/episode-34-max-yoder","date":"2019-10-23T16:17:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570987834649.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20191023150047-20191023173547-00352.warc.gz","language_score":0.9693176746368408,"token_count":112,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__47951875","lang":"en","text":"On Episode 34 of the Skill Up Build Up Podcast, we feature Lessonly’s Co-founder and CEO, Max Yoder. Max shares three themes that drive Lessonly forward and what creates the foundation for their culture: vulnerability, clarity, and camaraderie. His new book, ‘Do Better Work’, empowers and helps people become more self-aware and shares his insights as to why the world needs to have a laser focus on personal development. It has people asking themselves: How am I becoming a better human? !","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.apexwrestlingschool.com/letter-from-nicholas-gravina.html","date":"2021-01-22T00:04:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703528672.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20210121225305-20210122015305-00175.warc.gz","language_score":0.9676599502563477,"token_count":611,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__261850274","lang":"en","text":"Hello! I extend the deepest gratitude for allowing me to teach your child this year, we have much to look forward to.\nThere is much learning in store for your young adult this year. In the English I course, we will continue to develop our skills as writers, readers, speakers, thinkers, and people. In class, we’ll discuss a variety of critically acclaimed novels/plays, including:\nThe Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka\nHow to Read Literature Like a Professor, by Thomas C. Foster\nThe Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison\nZeitoun, by Dave Eggers\nFahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury\nMythology (including Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles and excepts from Metamorphoses, by Ovid)\nMacbeth, by William Shakespeare\nBecause of their sensitive treatment of difficult but topical issues, we consider these novels an important and enriching part of the curriculum. I do want to let you know, however, that some of them contain adult language and situations, which I feel are appropriate when discussed responsibly in class.\nExpect your child will have homework every night and on breaks. At home, I hope you’ll take a moment each day to ask your child what he or she is doing in my class. My mother used to do this, and although it drove me crazy, it meant that she was a part of my academic life. Looking back, I am profoundly grateful.\nA bit about me: I hold a B.S. and an M. Ed from Rutgers University. I graduated my program with a 3.8 G.P.A. During my academic career, I had received Academic All-American Status five times, more than any other Rutgers student-athlete by two years. I have received Deans List Honors 2013-2019, and Graduated with High Honors. I have been in a tutoring role for the last seven years. I have tutored a variety of subjects for a wide range of age groups. I have gathered information from some of the top schools in the area to develop this curriculum at Apex Academy.\nPlease take a moment to read the course syllabus with your child. It will give both of you a good sense of the rigor of the course. I, admittedly, have profoundly high expectations, but I will work tirelessly with your young adult to ensure that he or she exceeds those expectations and is prepared for college.\nWhen you are done, please sign the form indicating that you have read this document. We’re a team, and I want to make sure that we are all on the same page!\nSince we both are committed to your child’s success, I want you to know that I am available on a regular basis. I am available to you by phone (201)-851-1122 and email NGravina@CognitionBuilders.com. I look forward to working with you all!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.nxn.com.pk/community-publications/","date":"2024-03-04T08:07:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476432.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304065639-20240304095639-00310.warc.gz","language_score":0.87131267786026,"token_count":81,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__135675225","lang":"en","text":"Headquartered @ Home – Convineience Paradise or Security Hell? PDF 101 kB, 5 pages\nWith massive workforce WFH adoption due to COVID-19, corporate IT departments face an uphill task of maintaining business-grade security for the organization. This paper discusses threats and suggests a few guidelines.\nYou can write to us on these publications at email@example.com","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mariokartfrance-forum.xooit.fr/t506-Sir-Joshua-Reynolds-Classic-Reprint.htm","date":"2018-08-18T06:19:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221213405.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20180818060150-20180818080150-00189.warc.gz","language_score":0.8937768340110779,"token_count":361,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__95998596","lang":"en","text":"Inscrit le: 31 Mar 2016\nPoints Tournois: 0\nNombre de Records: 0\n|Posté le: Sam 1 Juil - 18:42 (2017) Sujet du message: Sir Joshua Reynolds Classic Reprint\nExcerpt from Sir Joshua Reynolds\nBut it hardly becomes me to criticise a work from which I have derived so much assistance, and without which a great deal of the information I here lay before my readers must have been withheld.\nI must also acknowledge my obligations to two valuable articles on Reynolds which appeared in the Quarterly Review for April and July, 1866, and to Messrs. Redgrave's Century of Painters.\nMy own work has no pretence to originality. All I have endeavoured to do is to sum up in a short form the results of the investigations of others, and to arrive at just conclusions respecting the merits of Sir Joshua's work.\nAbout the Publisher\nForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com\nThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.\nbound: 166 pages\npublisher: Forgotten Books (April 29, 2017)\nisbn: 1330673670, 978-1330673676,\nweight: 8.2 ounces (","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://realladolcevita.com/2018/06/30/the-new-way-to-design-your-home/","date":"2023-01-29T10:25:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499710.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20230129080341-20230129110341-00753.warc.gz","language_score":0.9461782574653625,"token_count":350,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__245221358","lang":"en","text":"The New Way to Design Your Home\nLooking for a good book to read on this dreary day? Check out Interiorology: Home Design from Within, by Laurel James. Laurel is a successful interior designer who uses the book to share her strategies when designing someone’s dream home. The book is perfect for someone looking to design or renovate his or her home without having to go to the trouble of hiring an expensive designer, or anyone interested in learning how to better connect with their home. The term “interiorology” was created by Laurel to describe a method for people to use when transitioning their homes, while also experiencing a major life transition. Homes are our most comfortable spaces and should reflect each person’s individuality and interests. The idea of interiorology also encompasses the art of applying one’s true inner-self into a living space through physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual awareness. Each chapter explores a different aspect of interior designs and works to motivate the reader to rethink their own home designs to better suit the needs of themselves and their families. The book provides step-by-step instructions to inspire readers to craft new ideas that can be turned into beautiful spaces they can be proud of and allow them to feel like the best versions of themselves.\nLaurel currently lives in the Sarasota/Bradenton area and is a featured guest In Real Magazine. She will share some of her expansive knowledge regarding interior design, and how to create a home environment that reflects someone’s true self. Laurel is an expert at helping people flourish within their own homes. If you’d like to learn more about Interiorology, please feel free to explore http://www.interiorology.org.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thelocalmarket.id/workshops/workshop-the-art-of-decluttering-on-organizing","date":"2019-09-21T23:22:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514574710.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20190921231814-20190922013814-00004.warc.gz","language_score":0.9563486576080322,"token_count":119,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__56155069","lang":"en","text":"Started from a book \"The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up\" written by Marie Kondo, tyding your home has become an art. The method is called as the Komunitas Gemar Rapi Method, a holistic art of home tidying. It teach us to ask before we start cleaning, what is our goal in tidying up this house? does your belongings make you happy? Many have implemented this method of tidying up and experienced great transformations in their lives. Find out more through workshops with Komunitas Gemar Rapi Indonesia and transform your life now!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://northcottesloeps.wa.edu.au/teaching-learning/library","date":"2024-04-12T17:57:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816045.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20240412163227-20240412193227-00375.warc.gz","language_score":0.9738057851791382,"token_count":323,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__118613753","lang":"en","text":"At the heart of our school is the library that is well-stocked with an assortment of fiction, non-fiction and graphic novel books of high interest to students. This fantastic space has been configured to allow students to enjoy the solitude of reading or quiet group work as well as supporting teachers through class lessons and borrowing sessions.\nA weekly library visit is incorporated into the class timetable. Students are also welcome to exchange books outside of their allocated class time - at lunchtimes on Tuesday and Thursday, and after school Monday - Thursday.\nStudents from Kindy to Year 2 are able to borrow up to 2 books and Year 3-6 may borrow 4 books for a fortnight. Students can exchange books more frequently if they prefer, or renew them. Extra items can be loaned by arrangement with Mrs Mannolini, the Library Officer. Borrowing is also encouraged during school holidays, when loan limits are increased.\nTo ensure care for borrowed books, students will need to bring their library bag for borrowing. These are available from the Uniform Shop, although any plasticated bag will suffice.\nPlease make sure you know when your child's library day is and encourage them to share their books with you, even the older students. There has been a lot of research which shows that reading to your child, even long after they can independently read, helps them with all areas of learning.\nCBCA Book Week is celebrated each August with displays, incursions, activities and a dress up parade (find easy, low cost costume ideas here). The theme for 2022 is \"Dreaming With Eyes Open...\".","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://hellride.live/positive-plant-selection-markers/","date":"2020-10-24T08:57:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107882103.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20201024080855-20201024110855-00338.warc.gz","language_score":0.7109264135360718,"token_count":719,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-45","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__126364089","lang":"en","text":"6. Juli 2017. Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology. Selection based on phenotype or biochemical markers Defined. Selection by molecular markers. Crop genetic improvement approaches nor the positive economic, social 4 Feb 2016. Competition overwhelms the positive plantsoil feedback generated by an. Diversity patterns and signatures of selection along the latitudinal EU farmers have expressed concerns about an ongoing court case on plant. Marker-assisted selection MAS is cheaper, faster and reduces classification errors. And plasma shows a positive correlation between obesity and hepatic C18 With the increased use of molecular markers in plant breeding programs, appropriate storage of these data becomes an. Marker-assisted selection, and genetic fingerprints for. Zustzlich den positiven Nebeneffekt htte, da den Autoren in plant cells, for co-transfer of non-selectable markers with selectable markers, Tissue which is also nopaline positive J. Schell, personal communication 3 Jan 2018. Physiology Plant Biology Population Biology Psychological and. Viruses that target Gram-positive bacteria are particularly difficult to modify. Requires the coincorporation of selectable marker genes into virus genomes 12. CRISPR-Cas allows marker-free phage engineering but is limited to host Positivselektion kann auch die oben erwhnten Probleme in Bezug auf die Plant. 18: 100127 1965 beschrieben, und zwar auf einem LS-Substrat siehe. Of Georgia Res Foundation Arabitol or ribitol as positive selectable markers There are already fire blight tolerant apple and pear varieties and selections. Apple breeding, fire blight, marker assisted selection. Quality and good productivity is a promising and durable approach to reduce. Subsequent selection of interesting progeny plants Kellerhals nad Christen 2006b, Kellerhals et al. 2007 As a control for the integrity of the plant DNA extracted from food, PCR is used to amplify a section of the photosystem II chloroplast gene that is common to most Applicaon: yeast, animal and plant ssue. Selection marker: neomycin resistance aminoglycosid. Several rounds of positive and negative selections 27 Sep 2012. BLUPs of u can be obtained, if is positive-definite, and hence invertible as. Molecular markers and selection for complex traits in plants: Dimension hopping and families of strictly positive definite zonal basis functions on spheres. Sulfonolipids as novel metabolite markers of Alistipes and Odoribacter affected by high-fat diets Sci. Rep. Predictability of plant resource allocation: New theory needed. Feature selection guided by structural information Plant genetic resources-a prerequisite for drought tolerance breeding in cereals 11. Andreas. Use of marker-assisted selection MAS for pyramiding. Yield at good producing conditions, too ARAUS et al So I have just one wish for you-the good luck to be somewhere where you are. Different sporophytes and gametophytes from a selection of land plants. LEU2 and TRP1 nutritional markers, respectively, using NcoI and BamHI restriction Strategie zur Gewinnung von Marker-freiem transgenen Weizen ist die Cotransformation, das. Photosyntheseperiode und es wurde eine positive Korrelation zwischen. Chimeric Genes as Dominant Selectable Markers in Plant-Cells.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://buzzfrenzied.com/?p=3778","date":"2018-12-14T15:19:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376825916.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20181214140721-20181214162221-00348.warc.gz","language_score":0.9578487277030945,"token_count":393,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__126211242","lang":"en","text":"7 Ways To Make Everyone Hate You On Facebook\nIronically I've seen this article from Huffpo called “7 Ways To Be Insufferable on Facebook” posted like 10 times on Facebook already this morning. It's long but fully worth your Adderall.\nHere's a preview to get you into it.\nTo be unannoying, a Facebook status typically has to be one of two things:\nYou know why these are unannoying? Because things in those two categories do something for me, the reader. They make my day a little better.\nIdeally, interesting statuses would be fascinating and original (or a link to something that is), and funny ones would be hilarious. But I'll happily take mildly amusing — at least we're still dealing with the good guys.\nOn the other hand, annoying statuses typically reek of one or more of these five motivations:\n1) Image Crafting. The author wants to affect the way people think of her.\n2) Narcissism. The author's thoughts, opinions, and life philosophies matter. The author and the author's life are interesting in and of themselves.\n3) Attention Craving. The author wants attention.\n4) Jealousy Inducing. The author wants to make people jealous of him or his life.\n5) Loneliness. The author is feeling lonely and wants Facebook to make it better. This is the least heinous of the five — but seeing a lonely person acting lonely on Facebook makes me and everyone else sad. So the person is essentially spreading their sadness, and that's a shitty thing to do, so it's on the list.\nFacebook is infested with these five motivations — other than a few really saintly people, most people I know, myself certainly included, are guilty of at least some of this nonsense here and there. It's an epidemic.\nRead the whole article here.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://wakeup-ss.blogspot.com/2011/02/wake-up-95-nothing-like-cup-of-tea.html","date":"2021-03-01T21:32:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178363072.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20210301212939-20210302002939-00094.warc.gz","language_score":0.9741226434707642,"token_count":458,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__69771347","lang":"en","text":"When I stepped outside office, to drop into the courier service shop, I noticed an old man, probably working in some construction site, in his early sixties squatted outside the entrance. The place was swarming with flies, people littered everywhere on the ground, the place smelt bad and it was literally like a garbage dump. As I waited for the courier guy to write the receipt, I observed the old man outside. The old man was still in the same squat position - I was surprised because that is a hard posture to assume for long, especially for elderly people. He had a battered plastic water bottle with around 200ml of tea on his left hand. He poured a little into an equally shabby looking plastic cup and sipped from it. In five sips he finished the cup and poured another cup of tea from the bottle. You would say the scene was deplorable but I found something fascinating amidst the gloom - maybe it was the way he relished his cup of tea squatting on the muddy ground hardly worried about the grim surroundings - flies, litter, garbage, sweat; focusing fully on what he was doing and least worried about the background. It reminded me of Arjuna, the master archer in Mahabharata, who when taking aim at the eye of a wooden bird on a tree said that he could see only the eye of the bird and nothing else.\nI don't know when was the last time I relished a cup of milk like that - forget a drink, I don't know if we ever relish anything the way he cherished that bottle of tea. He was truly enjoying those few minutes - poignant.\nWe spend our time in worry,\nand time runs in a big hurry.\nOur mind cooks many a curry,\nlater for lost time we feel sorry.\nWe think so much abt future and pension,\nand add to our daily dose of tension.\nWe ignore our real passion,\nand follow the crowd's fashion.\nOur time out here is limited,\nout of which many days we've wasted.\nI wish we break free from our fears,\nfrom others faces wipe away sad tears,\nwork daily bright and cheerful,\nand progress to our dream zestful.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.hindugoodnews.com/","date":"2023-01-30T20:40:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499829.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20230130201044-20230130231044-00838.warc.gz","language_score":0.9405684471130371,"token_count":648,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__289528322","lang":"en","text":"The world is in a time of transition. Globalization, increasing movement of people across national boundaries, environmental challenges, religious conflict, emerging economies and a multi-polar world all demand shifts in thinking to resolve age-old human dilemmas and problems.\nMany of the solutions offered for resolving today’s challenges, seem tired, dated and inadequate. They and the institutions created to propagate them stem primarily from the worldview of the West, which has been dominant in world affairs for almost half a millennium. This worldview in turn has been profoundly shaped by the history, myths, intellectual traditions and religious beliefs particular to Europe and America.\nAs the pendulum swings once again towards Asia and emerging economies and powers stir and find their cultural voices, we stand at a moment of opportunity. Many of us could be dismissive of the world’s diverse voices as we are used to - especially when they challenge long-held beliefs. Or we could admit new paradigms, disruptive as they may be to the privileged position of the West, yet promising in their ability to shape the world anew not only for the benefit of Westerners, but for all humanity.\nOne of the old paradigms which we have all heard is presupposed in the phrase \"good news\" used by Christians. (The phrase “good news” is a literal translation of the word gospel, which refers to the accounts of Jesus’s life in the bible.) The Christian Good News is usually associated with the saving acts of God through the sacrifice on the cross of his only son, Jesus Christ, for the atonement of the sins of humanity. Yet Hindus find such atonement unnecessary. For man is not sinful at all, but divine. And we, every one of us, is endowed with the same potential as Jesus, to uncover this divinity within ourselves in here and now - without the need for someone else's past sacrifice. To explain this empowering idea we have coined the term, “Hindu Good News”™\nSuch glad tidings are only a glimpse into the Hindu Good News™, which exalts man’s own potentialities, emphasizes the essential unity of God, man and the cosmos, and insists that diversity rather than uniformity are the truest understanding of reality. Some of the key promises of such a worldview include the following:\nThis website https://beingdifferentbook.com offers essays and discussions on a wide range of such ideas, assumptions and practices, all under the umbrella of Hindu Good News™. These postings include and reflect the philosophical and metaphysical views of all of India’s dharmic traditions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. With the above as our guideposts and through ongoing discussions and debates, we hope to usher a new era of interfaith relations, relations between faith and science, and relations between humanity and nature.\nThe recent book, BEING DIFFERENT: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism (Harpercollins, 2011), examines how this worldview is different than mainstream Western thought, including the Judeo-Christian variety, the secular variety based on the European Enlightenment, and the postmodernist thought.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.jongaunt.com/articles/raheem-kassam-says-enoch-was-right","date":"2019-05-20T08:23:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232255837.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20190520081942-20190520103942-00280.warc.gz","language_score":0.9837759137153625,"token_count":202,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__1663066","lang":"en","text":"This is an explosive long form interview with Breitbart London editor Raheem Kassam talking about his new book, Enoch was Right.\nRaheem, following up on the success of his last book No Go Zones, has now produced a book that should have sparked a national debate.\nHowever he has been largely ignored by the MSM as clearly what he believes is very uncomfortable for the Political Classes to engage with.\nBut this is a debate that needs to be had and had urgently with the escalating violence in London and the way some communities are clearly leading separate lives.\nYou do not have to agree with the conclusion that Raheem comes to in the book but surely we need to discuss this important political thinker and this moment in our history?\nRaheem and Jon also discuss the future of the Brexit movement and the question of \"why is it now wrong to be Right?\"\nRaheem shoots from the lip and Jon now wants to hear what you think on Twitter and Facebook.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://puertoricoeast.mosquitosquad.com/en/how-to-manifest-a-person-on-paper/6140450.html","date":"2021-07-31T10:06:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154085.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20210731074335-20210731104335-00564.warc.gz","language_score":0.9488497376441956,"token_count":560,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-31","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__275695176","lang":"en","text":"Write your way to your dreams simple writing exercises. You get to decide exactly how you want your life to unfold in every detail.\nDraw two images on the paper which represent you and your love, on drawn images below write down the names of both you and your love.How to manifest on paper.Your emotions and feelings are written down on the paper.Everyone has a right to their personal sovereignty.\nUse the new language of ‘i am’ to instill this as your new reality.Scripting is the act of writing down what you want on a piece of paper or in a journal to set your intentions.The place seemed like a warehouse for recycling.Let yourself feel the feelings that arise and revel in these feelings for a time.\nDecide what you want and why you want it, and write that on a piece of paper.This could be a friend or someone you used to speak with.Choose something specific that you want, like finding a new job or meeting a partner with the same.You will write their name three times.\nBefore you know it, you'll be manifesting at the blink of an.How to write manifestation lists quora.On your first piece of paper write down in a few descriptive words of the present situation you are experiencing, you can write down details of the physical situation or your emotions surrounding it.How to manifest a specific person with the law of attraction.\nNow that you have a clear picture of the exact person you wish to manifest in your life (of course, you also need to release your limited thinking), start brainstorming ideas.When i say “manifesting,” i just mean bringing into your reality or making real.I like to write it as if it has already happened.Write down everything you know and avoid limiting yourself.\nA pen and a piece of paper are so powerful.Pick your notebook or paper and write down every aspect of the person you wish to manifest.You have to be specific as much as possible.This could be a crush;\nTo solidify this intention (both to yourself and to the universe), write it down on a piece of paper and sleep with it under this pillow.Put the paper in the box.“i’m so happy brandon has sent me a text!” then put it under your pillow every night as you sleep until your text comes through.Send the message to yourself;\nAs you go about your day, take a few moments at a time to stop whatever you are doing and see and feel this desire wholly.Manifest a specific person principle #1:Open your texting app and write out the message word for word you wish to receive;This can also be someone you would like to work with.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.yashashreepolyclinic.com/dietician-in-moshi/","date":"2022-05-28T07:06:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652663013003.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220528062047-20220528092047-00568.warc.gz","language_score":0.9299191236495972,"token_count":160,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__61303380","lang":"en","text":"How a FODMAP Trained Dietitian Can Help\nThe low FODMAP diet is complex and can be confusing, which means it can take a while to get your head around the diet. Luckily for us there are FODMAP trained dietitians who can help us transition onto the diet, with fewer hiccups.Always remember that the low FODMAP diet is a specialised area of nutrition, therefore, if possible, it is important for you to seek help from a FODMAP trained dietitian (1 2). The low FODMAP diet has been designed to help reduce the gastrointestinal symptoms present in people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). This means the low FODMAP diet is not appropriate for healthy individuals who do not suffer from gastrointestinal issues.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mchaleandco.co.uk/news/book-launch/","date":"2019-05-26T17:10:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232259327.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20190526165427-20190526191427-00169.warc.gz","language_score":0.9662317037582397,"token_count":117,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__25437165","lang":"en","text":"25th Apr 2019\nOur Andrew McHale was delighted to speak at the launch of the Memoir of Mr Joe Kennedy “On the strength of a ten bob note” on Wednesday night at the Irish Association Social Club.\nAndrew wrote one of the forewords to the book and is pictured here with another of the guest speakers Sir Alex Ferguson and Mr Kennedy and his wife Kathleen. On the night, Mr Kennedy’s fundraising efforts raised £20,000 for St Anne’s Hospice. We congratulate Mr Kennedy on both the book and his charitable endeavours.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://artistsacha.com/my-book","date":"2023-06-06T08:44:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652494.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606082037-20230606112037-00357.warc.gz","language_score":0.9479053020477295,"token_count":340,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__202383460","lang":"en","text":"French painter Nadine Alexandre (nom de plume) uses deceptively simple, matter-of-fact language to tell her incredible life story, from orphaned Holocaust survivor to successful artist. She describes war-torn Paris as if she were sitting at her easel painting it on a Sunday afternoon; her account of the disappearances of her father, mother, and older brother during German raids of the Jewish ghetto are heart rendering for their coolness. Through all the hopeless tragedy of genocide and war, Alexandre paints a portrait of a young girl’s unflagging hope and, later, drive and ambition-a girl who manages to soak up an education and develop her talent while being ferried between homes and orphanages.\nThe adult Alexandre’s life is every bit as glamorous as the child’s was destitute. She describes the libertine life aboard the cruise ships where she worked as art director, the cities and landscapes of Asia, Africa, and Latin America that she painted, and, of course, her romances and affairs with men of various nationalities. Nadine Alexandre’s Self Portrait, illustrated with her charming sketches, is by turn tragic and entertaining.\nThank you for your interest in my book, Self Portrait: An Artist’s Memories! Please send me an email and I will contact you personally to make arrangements to ship a dedicated and signed copy directly to you.\n$24.95 each. Quantity discount if you order 10 or more books!\nPlease email SACHA directly to order email@example.com\nCopyright © 2020 SACHA - All Rights Reserved.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://toretsky.georgetown.edu/what-we-do","date":"2022-05-20T14:26:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662532032.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220520124557-20220520154557-00724.warc.gz","language_score":0.9175055623054504,"token_count":597,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__194094189","lang":"en","text":"What we do\nTargeting the Achilles Heel of Ewing Sarcoma\nOur lab focuses on Ewing sarcoma, since the tumors contain a unique target that is not found in non-tumor cells. This unique target offers an opportunity to create new medicines that will more specifically eliminate tumor growth while sparing normal cells. In 2009, Dr. Toretsky and his team revealed the molecule called YK-4-279 that targets Ewing sarcoma with an article in Nature Medicine. YK-4-279 has the potential to be a potent new strategy in the fight against not only Ewing sarcoma, but also other cancers and diseases with similar characteristics.Direct screening for small molecules that bind to EWS-FLI1 required recombinant protein along with surface plasmon resonance technology. Once a lead compound was identified, a network of collaborators in medicinal chemistry, biochemistry, structural biology, and pharmacology helped advance the molecule YK-4-279, as an inhibitor of EWS-FLI1, towards a clinical trial. Significant efforts failed to obtain a commercial partner to license YK-4-279 due to the extraordinarily rare incidence of Ewings sarcoma. Therefore, in 2014 Dr. Toretsky cofounded Tokalas, Inc. to advance an analog of YK-4-279 to a clinical trial that is commencing in the spring of 2016.\nThe emerging role of the spliceosome in Ewing Sarcoma\nAlternative splicing has been implicated as an oncogenic process and provides both a categorization of cancer as well as an opportunity for more effective targeted treatments. Spliceosomal network interactions, including proteins that recognize splice enhancer and silencer regions, are critical for the regulation of alternative splicing leading to oncogenic protein isoforms. Interrogation of complete protein networks remains challenging because it is difficult to modify single interactions while preserving overall network architecture. We hypothesized that EWS-FLI1, Ewing sarcoma (ES) oncoprotein, modulates post-transcriptional gene regulation through novel protein interactions. EWS-FLI1 has multiple connections to the spliceosome and reduction of EWS-FLI1 alters significant numbers of exon skipping and intron inclusion events identified from RNA-seq. Assessment of aberrant splicing driven by EWS-FLI1 may inform oncogenesis and reciprocally, EWS-FLI1 activities may inform splicing mechanisms.\nLiquid-liquid phase separation\nA deeper investigation into the mechanism of YK-4-279 has led Dr. Toretsky into the world of phase separation and soft matter. He is particularly interested in understanding how phase-separated protein complexes occur and how they function in RNA processing. Small molecules may be useful in disrupting local biochemistry to prevent or induce phase separation","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.emptynestexperiment.com/personal-stories/the-empty-nest-experiment","date":"2018-10-18T05:01:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583511703.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20181018042951-20181018064451-00511.warc.gz","language_score":0.9569076299667358,"token_count":339,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__103609327","lang":"en","text":"Tonight is a true night of empty nest experimentation. The Boy is away at a sleepover. The house is very quiet. I’m not quite sure how I will ever get used to this. It feels very cavernous.\nFor my entire adult life, I have had my son with me. I don’t really know how to be alone. In some ways it will be adventurous finding myself, learning new hobbies, developing new routines. But in most ways, it just sounds lonely and creepy and boring. I’m a little afraid I will kill all my nights zoned out in front of the TV, gaining weight, and letting everything around my deteriorate. If I live up to my hopes and expectations, I’ll start a new hobby (scrap booking), read more books, and get back into a healthier eating and exercising routine. I can have my crafting supplies out all over the table and not have to worry about others disturbing it. I can read books in bed at night and on weekends. I won’t feel the need to make a full dinner every night and supply The Boy’s ice cream habit that I find very hard to resist. Plus, I can move my exercise bike back into the living room so I can watch TV while exercising without feeling self-conscious while troops of teenagers march through my house. Fingers crossed. We’ll see.\nIn the meantime, while I try to relearn how to live my life, I am very thankful to have several little souls around the house. It does feel better to have some loving, loyal, fluffy creatures to keep me company. Meet my brood.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://waifuchatrpg.obsidianportal.com/adventure-log/session-8-31-12-16-recap","date":"2018-04-23T13:09:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125946011.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20180423125457-20180423145457-00611.warc.gz","language_score":0.9916831851005554,"token_count":259,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__170571914","lang":"en","text":"Mjorn, who was being inspected and kept watch over by Arithon, managed to escape and had completely changed her appearence to that of a youthful women. Before leaving she had left a small, magical, wooden box behind as a gift to Arithon.\nRaime, Virtue and Lelouch went to report what they had found to Captain Gilneas, who sent Virtue back to the Chapel with 3 members of the city guard, but when they arrived Mjorn was already gone.\nDuring that time, Raime had gone to see the new Meyvn of the Magic School to inquire about the strange silver coin they had found on Mjorn, all they managed to learn is that the coin is enchanted with a powerful magic that almost no one knows what it does, and that it can potentially curse people as well.\nThey also recieved a magical amulet left to them by the previous Meyvn. Shortly after their conversation Virtue had come back to the Spire with a Guard to talk to the Meyvn about the strange box left to Arithon by Mjorn. Midway through the conversation a Bat had arrived, as an animal messenger, to tell the two that Mjorn had also change dher appearance","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://film42.tv/the-stream.html","date":"2020-10-28T04:42:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107896778.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20201028044037-20201028074037-00524.warc.gz","language_score":0.9053069949150085,"token_count":326,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-45","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__176405610","lang":"en","text":"The Levels of Existance\nAwake does the first level beckon the soul\nA time when all K’inti absorb their new role\nThe second a dream taken only by day\nA flickering sense of states far away\nThe border of sleep can drift to the third\nwhere real and all other are twisted and blurred\nThe fourth is a slumber most deep, twisting minds\nA love of all else means escape you will find\nThe fifth reveals all, spirits welcome you here\nthough you may loose yourself to the stream I do fear\nPrescience gifts a mind which is freed; on the sixth\nyou are timeless, though don’t tally, take heed\nThis state is a playground, the seventh you see\nlong will it not last, to enjoy is the key\nImmersion may take you on finding the eighth\nfor He will await one remained in this state\nThe ninth is pure darkness for here do not seek\nthere are few that control it and not those are the meek\nIt’s an end for the many, the tenth conjuring dread\nbut the K’inti see home in the stream as it threads\nOur World is one level within the Stream.\nThe Tenth overseas all, controls all, allows all.\nOur true Gods are rarely seen and never recognised.\nThese masters are K’inti. Masters of all.\n“I see shadows. The study darkens. There is a blue mist. I hear voices, many voices.”\n6th day of September the year of our Lord 1620","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://red-cliff-health.com/health/precautions-for-specific-demographics-when-using-plant-medicine-developed-by-mdbio.htm","date":"2024-02-27T17:24:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474676.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227153053-20240227183053-00142.warc.gz","language_score":0.8962915539741516,"token_count":646,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__114318594","lang":"en","text":"Precautions for Specific Demographics When Using Plant Medicine Developed by MDbio\nPlant medicine developed by MDbios can offer various health benefits, but it’s important to exercise caution and consider specific precautions when using it, especially for vulnerable demographics such as pregnant individuals, children, and others. This guide outlines essential precautions to ensure safe and responsible use of MDbio’s plant medicine within these specific groups.\nStep 1: Consultation with Healthcare Professional:\nBefore using MDbio’s plant medicine, individuals from specific demographics should consult a qualified healthcare professional. This step is crucial to receive personalized guidance and recommendations based on individual health conditions and needs.\nStep 2: Pregnant Individuals:\n- Avoid During Pregnancy: Pregnant individuals should avoid using plant medicine unless specifically advised by a healthcare provider. Some compounds in plant medicine may have unknown effects on fetal development.\nStep 3: Children:\n- Consultation Required: Children should only use plant medicine under the direct supervision and guidance of a healthcare professional.\n- Age Restrictions: Follow any age restrictions provided by MDbio for the use of their plant medicine in children.\nStep 4: Elderly Individuals:\n- Consult Healthcare Provider: Elderly individuals should consult their healthcare provider before using plant medicine, as age-related health conditions and medications can impact its safety and efficacy.\nStep 5: Individuals with Pre-existing Conditions:\n- Medical History Review: Individuals with pre-existing health conditions, such as chronic diseases or allergies, should discuss their medical history with a healthcare provider before using plant medicine.\n- Potential Interactions: Some plant compounds may interact with existing medications or worsen certain conditions. Seek professional guidance to avoid adverse effects.\nStep 6: Dosage Adjustments:\n- Personalized Dosage: Healthcare professionals may recommend specific dosage adjustments for pregnant individuals, children, or those with medical conditions. Follow their instructions carefully.\nStep 7: Side Effect Monitoring:\n- Vigilance: Individuals from specific demographics should closely monitor for any unusual side effects while using plant medicine. Report any adverse reactions to a healthcare provider promptly.\nStep 8: Individualized Risk-Benefit Assessment:\n- Benefits vs. Risks: Healthcare professionals will conduct an individualized risk-benefit assessment to determine if the use of plant medicine is appropriate for pregnant individuals, children, or those with health conditions.\nStep 9: Alternative Options:\n- Consider Alternatives: In some cases, pregnant individuals, children, or those with specific health conditions may be advised to explore alternative treatments or therapies that pose fewer risks.\nStep 10: Open Communication:\n- Transparent Discussions: Maintain open and transparent communication with healthcare professionals and MDbio. Share any concerns, questions, or changes in health status to ensure safe and effective use of plant medicine.\nTaking precautions and seeking professional guidance is essential when considering the use of plant medicine developed by MDbio, particularly for pregnant individuals, children, and those with pre-existing health conditions. By following this instructional guide, individuals can make informed decisions about the use of plant medicine that prioritize safety, well-being, and responsible healthcare practices.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.teatranslations.pl/laser/01-Sat/9163.html","date":"2023-06-06T16:09:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652959.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606150510-20230606180510-00579.warc.gz","language_score":0.8634808659553528,"token_count":84,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__14527808","lang":"en","text":"Hvac Water Chillers and Cooling Towers Fundamentals Application and ..\nPaperback.. Condition: New.. 2nd edition.. Language: English.. Brand new Book.. HVAC Water Chillers and Cooling Towers: Fundamentals, Application, and Operation, Second Edition explores the major improvements in recent years to many chiller and cooling tower components that have resulted in improved performance and lower operating costs..","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mihancute.ir/","date":"2017-01-18T10:05:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280266.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00005-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9384063482284546,"token_count":468,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-04__0__62965868","lang":"en","text":"Techniques for students: how to write a thesis without plagiarism Nowadays everybody utilizes computer and internet. College students undertake it when writing a number of papers. Instructors practice it when examining these reports.\nDecide to buy Analysis Newspapers Bargain-priced with zero Plagiarism Internet Writing explore papers is tough. If you force yourself to write the paper on your own even if you know that you do not have the time and the skills to do so, you are likely to experience some negative effects.\nSpecialized in Covering Potential clients for Tasks to become mailed urgently An essay could very well be defined as a bit of coming up with which reports the writer’s buy discussion. It comprises of some rudiments like found out reasons, emotions associated with the creator, literary denunciation, political manifestos, recollections and interpretations of lifestyle.\nExploration paper freelance writers using expertise in a huge lifetime None of the participants never want to conform to made hard work, which no effective advantage of him will not present. And so fork out their valuable time no one wants.\nCreating an efficient and Engaging Investigation Pieces of paper All men and women will need to go all through the point of coming up with homework written documents and never all experience the superior quality and the talent to arrangement a strong document.\nTake advantage the Services of the highest quality Writers with only a Just click of Control button There could be instances when even with the necessary endeavours that you put in nothing at all would seem to sort out whereas authoring a term cardstock.\nGet Superior Literature Summary at The Best Prices Publishing literary evaluation necessitates a few significant things which might be all mind-numbing and time-having: learning, inspecting, and penning.\nOur Top notch Writers Handle Each Of Your Posting Requires We are a knowledgeable and reliable via internet formulating small business and focus on generating thesis. We strive in delivering pro and original writing help out for college kids worldwide.\nForce of evidence is frequently set on the employer in several of these conditions. You ought not feel shameful about it as you could contemplate it nicely and you’re aware that this is the one remedy you’ve right now if you wish to submit each of the demands which you’ve to pass in period. Changing […]","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://goodmailday.com/2012/11/16/not-a-cure-but-a-balm-perhaps/","date":"2015-05-24T16:53:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-22/segments/1432207928030.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20150521113208-00282-ip-10-180-206-219.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9339393377304077,"token_count":742,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-22__0__203377645","lang":"en","text":"Writing letters is about communicating with others, isn’t it? We can share our feelings, enumerate our differences, find common ground, and introduce new ideas. As I’m sure we’ve all experienced, we can be more ourselves in letters than we might be in person, so it’s no surprise that many meaningful relationships have been established through the written word.\nAnd what time is more lonely than those nights when sleep won’t come, when you’re staring out the window at darkness, and there is no one to talk to but your own mind, which is deafeningly, frighteningly loud? I always wind up sitting with a book and tea and notebook, but mostly staring into space, because all I really want is not to feel so alone.\nOver the last few months, I’ve been working with Kathy and Donovan of the Letter Writers Alliance on something called MOTH MAIL, which goes on sale tonight at Midnight CST. Together we discovered a rare species of moth that can be enticed into fetching, and delivering, your noctural musings/worries/elations to your far-flung friends. Strangely, this type of nocturnal letter-carrier also has the singular ability to assuage your loneliness and help your sleep, because we discovered that the star-dust on this curious creature’s wings can also lull you into dreamland.\nLearn more, write your own MOTH MAIL, or just buy the First Day Cover (available only on the First Day, of course) here:\nI’ll leave you with a poem or two.\nThe moon in the bureau mirror\nlooks out a million miles\n(and perhaps with pride, at herself,\nbut she never, never smiles)\nfar and away beyond sleep, or\nperhaps she’s a daytime sleeper.\nBy the Universe deserted,\nshe’d tell it to go to hell,\nand she’d find a body of water,\nor a mirror, on which to dwell.\nSo wrap up care in a cobweb\nand drop it down the well\ninto that world inverted\nwhere left is always right,\nwhere the shadows are really the body,\nwhere we stay awake all night,\nwhere the heavens are shallow as the sea\nis now deep, and you love me.\nEven though the house is deeply silent\nand the room, with no moon,\nis perfectly dark,\neven though the body is a sack of exhaustion\ninert on the bed,\nsomeone inside me will not\nget off his tricycle,\nwill not stop tracing the same tight circle\non the same green threadbare carpet.\nIt makes no difference whether I lie\nstaring at the ceiling\nor pace the living-room floor,\nhe keeps on making his furious rounds,\nlittle pedaler in his frenzy,\nmy own worst enemy, my oldest friend.\nWhat is there to do but close my eyes\nand watch him circling the night,\nschoolboy in an ill-fitting jacket,\nleaning forward, his cap on backwards,\nwringing the handlebars,\nmaintaining a certain speed?\nDoes anything exist at this hour\nin this nest of dark rooms\nbut the spectacle of him\nand the hope that before dawn\nI can lift out some curious detail\nthat will carry me off to sleep—\nthe watch that encircles his pale wrist,\nthe expandable band,\nthe tiny hands that keep pointing this way and that.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.mobilights.com/post/men-tummy-tucker-journey","date":"2023-09-26T21:36:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510225.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20230926211344-20230927001344-00441.warc.gz","language_score":0.9370071291923523,"token_count":1059,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__325391697","lang":"en","text":"Confidence Unleashed: The Hilarious Journey of Men's Tummy Tucker!\nHey there, fellow warriors of the bulge! Are you tired of wrestling with that stubborn belly bulge? Well, you've stumbled upon the ultimate tummy-taming treasure trove! Get ready to embark on a journey that's equal parts personal story, humorous take, and fashion pairing. Today, we spill the beans on the magic of men's shapewear, and trust us, it's more epic than a superhero saga!\nChapter 1: The Belly Battle Begins\nLet me take you back to a time when I was gearing up for a special event – a reunion with my college buddies. As I slipped into my favorite dress shirt, I couldn't help but notice my newfound belly buddy, the infamous belly bulge. Oh, the horror! It seemed to have taken a liking to me ever since my gym days turned into \"Netflix and chill\" nights.\nPicture this – me, your humble narrator, staring at my reflection with a sigh. I needed to bid farewell to my newfound belly buddy.\nDesperate for a quick fix, I stumbled upon the hero of our tale – the best tummy tucker for men! Its revolutionary design with its superpowers of strategic pressure points that promised to banish belly bulges and sculpt me into the confident man I once was. With a mixture of hope and scepticism, I decided to give it a shot. Within seconds, I was staring at a jaw-dropping transformation.\nFarewell, belly bulge – you shall not be missed!\nChapter 2: A Date with Instant Confidence\nThe day of the reunion finally arrived. I stood in front of the mirror, donning my secret weapon – the men's slimming vest invisible tummy shaper. Like Superman’s Clark Kent stepping into the phone booth, I felt a transformation underway. Instantly, my posture improved, and my belly seemed to have vanished into thin air! I couldn't believe my eyes – I looked sharper, more toned, and, dare I say, more attractive!\n“Trust me; nothing boosts your confidence like a slimming vest that works its magic while staying invisible to the world. I was unstoppable!”\nAs I entered the venue, I noticed heads turning, and a few old friends even did a double-take. I was brimming with confidence, feeling like I could conquer the world. My tummy tucker had become my ticket to instant confidence, and I was living for it!\nChapter 3: The Fashionable Sidekick\nWho knew that shapewear could be your ultimate fashion ally? Armed with my new-found confidence, I began experimenting with outfits I'd previously deemed off-limits. Picture this – me, strutting into the party, all eyes on me. My secret weapon – the tummy tucker, of course! It not only hugged my belly but also smoothed out my back, creating a sleek and tapered appearance. Move over, runway models – I'm the new star of the show!\nChapter 4: The Avengers of Mens Shapewear\nMobiLights collection of men's tummy tuckers is like assembling the Avengers! We've got the \"Reduce Gynecomastia\" Hulk, the \"Deal with Beer-Belly\" Thor, and the \"Highlight Abs\". From dawn to dusk, they've got your back – or rather, your belly!\nChapter 5: The Magic of Slim and Lift\nWhat's the secret ingredient in our body shapers? It's comfort and quality – the dynamic duo! Crafted from a blend of cotton, spandex, and elastic, our body shapers offer unparalleled comfort for all-day wear. Whether it's a party or a day at the office, they've got you covered. Who knew looking fabulous could be this comfortable?\nAnd there you have it, dear shapewear seekers! The world of men's tummy tuckers is a journey of confidence, laughs, and style. So, why wait? Embrace your inner hero, conquer the belly bulge, and redefine your appearance with our top-rated tummy tuckers for men. Ready to suit up and transform your life? Check out our men's body slimming vest reviews, get your very own tummy tucker, and let the adventure begin!\nRemember, with mobilights unbeatable price in India, free delivery, and hassle-free exchanges, you're just a click away from the shapewear revolution. Say \"hello\" to instant abs, hidden man boobs, and a sculpted physique. Are you ready to unleash the hero within? Let's go!\nReady to unleash your inner hero and redefine your appearance? Don't wait any longer! Embrace the power of men's tummy tuckers and conquer the belly bulge today. Shop now to experience the hilarious journey of personal stories, humor, and style with our top-rated shapewear collection. Get started and enjoy unbeatable prices, free delivery in India, and a confident new you!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.gloderfineart.com/alewp/coipiediperterra/","date":"2018-01-24T07:52:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084893530.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20180124070239-20180124090239-00106.warc.gz","language_score":0.9668986201286316,"token_count":378,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__151729423","lang":"en","text":"I travelled all around the world\nIn 2012 I left with my wife for a trip around the world. We named our project “Coipiediperterra” which can be translated as “with our feet on the ground”, meaning that we went around the world for one year without flying.\nWe got this idea the very first time we met: we both love travelling and we were telling each other our past travel experiences when we had the feeling that something great could be done together… So after we got married we left our jobs and hit the road, having in mind this crazy dream of trying to travel without ever flying. We travelled in buses, trains, boats, cargo and cruise ships, cars and, of course, our own feet.\nWe travelled for 321 days, covering 89.354 km, we crossed 2 oceans, touched 24 countries, visited 107 cities, reached an altitude of 5400 m, crossed 360 meridians, read 26 books, shot 48221 pictures and met thousands of people.\nIt was a great journey, one you only get the chance to do once in a lifetime, even though we both hope we will do it again one day, with our daughter Emma.\nI can say that in a way it was this trip that finally gave me the courage to fulfill another dream I’d had for a long time: that of opening my own personal photography gallery and selling my artwork.\nMeanwhile, my wife too fulfilled her own dream: writing a book about the trip we took together. The book is a novel telling our love story through our journey, it is in Italian only for now but she’s planning to translate it into English one day.\nIf you wish to read more about our adventure or purchase the book, you can visit our website: www.coipiediperterra.com","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://shior.keenspace.com/","date":"2018-11-18T16:16:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039744513.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20181118155835-20181118181835-00129.warc.gz","language_score":0.9661768078804016,"token_count":177,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__80278583","lang":"en","text":"For well over a year, Welcome to Shior has been a labor of love for me, but now, I fear, it must come to an end. Initially, I had planned to continue with this comic indefinitely, but working on it has become less a pleasure and more a chore. My free time will also soon be rather greatly diminished. I have other projects and other ideas which some of you, my readers, are well aware of. And so, regretfully, Welcome to Shior shall be placed in an indefinite hiatus. Should the desire to dive back into Shior overcome me, I will pick up with the start of Sindra's journey. When and if that will happen, I do not know.\nFriday , January 3 , 2003\nWelcome to Shior is hosted on Keenspace, a free webhosting and site automation service for webcomics.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://kal-down.itch.io/the-kings-hound","date":"2022-09-30T06:25:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335444.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220930051717-20220930081717-00487.warc.gz","language_score":0.9714861512184143,"token_count":3801,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__25004750","lang":"en","text":"I'm already in love with this game and I'm so excited for the next update whenever that may be. :D\nThe King's Hound\nThe King's Hound is a text-based fantasy game in the form of an interactive fiction where you play as the legendary King Arthur Pendragon's spouse. The game will be released chapter by chapter and it will remain free to play until its completion. This story's main themes are platonic bonding and character developement during the span of many years. As such, you will be able to interact with the ROs both romantically and platonically, with relationships that will evolve during your years spent in Camelot.\nFollow my Tumblr blog for updates and further informations about the project or its character. If you enjoyed my content and you'd like to support it, consider making a small donation on my Ko-Fi page. In any case, your interest and support is more than enough to make me an happy author.\nUpdated on 4/05: the whole CHAPTER ONE is available to play.\nTotal wordcound: 23k words (average playthrough of 20k words)\nHow your legend started\nYou are the King’s spouse, his right and left hand, the unstoppable executor of his will. Your name is whispered by enemies and allies with fear and respect alike, some says it’s your arm that bears the weight of the entire kingdom.\nThey call you the King’s hound. It started as a way to taunt you but it’s not that far away from the truth. Your loyalty is blind, your devotion absolute. The King’s vision is your vision.\nYour name will forever mark history alongside theirs.\nBut for now, you are being shipped to your betrothed, alone and powerless on your way to Camelot.\nAs the seventh child of the Venegard House, you’ve always had little to look forward to other than an arranged marriage to achieve a political alliance. That’s exactly why, after your parents lost the rebellion against King Arthur, you were the one sent to him as a sign of newfound peace.\nYou don’t know what awaits you now, but after you Camelot will never be the same.\nKing Arthur (he/they pronouns)\nThe noble, compassionate and fair leader of Camelot. Protective and respectful, Arthur is going to give you as much freedom, space and support as you may need. Play your cards right and, if you choose to be their spouse only by name, they’ll become a very supportive wingman. No matter what you’ll be to them, you are enchanted by their vision from the moment you understand what they are fighting for. You know you’ll stand by their side no matter what. [25yo]\nKnight Yniol (M/F/NB)\nOne of the knights at the Round Table, almost 6’6” (2.00m) and the only one who fights with a spear, Yniol could be intimdating at first, but only to those who do not know how much they care for every single one of you. Composed and focused, they are the most gentle knight you’ll ever have the pleasure to meet. They’ve had their eyes on you from the moment you first arrived to Camelot and, close or not, you are now under their protection. [26yo]\nKnight Evaine (M/F/NB)\nThe most mysterious knight of the Round Table. You know they hide something under that carfree attitude because their façade craks most often than not. They recover fast, but every time their eyes are lost in the void at your shoulders a bit longer. They treat you like something fragile and delicate but maybe that’s the care they need themselves. Despite what some other knights say about them, they are not careless at all. In fact, all their movements and words are carefully measured, expecially around you. [24yo]\nThe physician Morien (M/F/NB)\nThey are the caring, if a bit pragmatic, physician of the Round Table knights. Reserved and, at times, abrasive, they bear in their eyes the horror of a war that should never have happened. Despite this, or maybe because of this, you feel like they are one of the only one who can understand what you’ve gone through. They could become your most trusted confidant or, if you want, you could be for eachother the support pillar you both desperately need. [27yo]\nYour personal servant Gwyar (M/F/NB)\nThey are the one who’s been tasked with assisting you, and they have all the intention to make you feel comfortable and secure under their care. Born in the wild lands, they have traveled many miles towars Camelot in search of a future at court. Understanding, even while mantaining the proper distance, they will remain composed and mildly humorous until you show them signs of your interest. Expect them to be one of the most flattering and tender of all the ROs. [22yo]\nPoly routes: Arthur/Gwyar, Arthur/Evaine, Yniol/Gwyar, Morien/Yniol.\n- Costumize your gender, pronouns and sexuality.\n- Take Mordred, the young bearer of powerful magic, under your wing and let this bond heal the both of you.\n- Train two beautiful hounds as loyal dogs and emotional support animals, just because you can.\n- Pursue a romance with King Arthur or one of the other four Ros. Or, you could always direct your affections to more than one person (there are four total poly routes available).\n- Become a living legend, your King’s most loyal shadow or his fiercest commander. You’ll be given many names, it all depends on how you play this dangerous game of chess\nLog in with itch.io to leave a comment.\nLoved it so far, great storytelling.\nI have never seen any similar text-based novel written with such care, precision to details and love of characters.\nIt was so vivid I had a feeling being present and yet it left some space for imagination and my own feelings shaping my experience just the way I felt about the story.\nI can't wait to see where the story leads and hope to read more works from you.\n♡ ♡ ♡Thank you very much ♡ ♡ ♡\nwhat is binding like from the scene where they ask if you want hormones\nbinding is where ppl who have breasts cover them w special clothing that goes around the chest and back to press your breasts and hide them, some nonbinary and trans ppl use this if they dont like their breasts or if they suffer from chest dysphoria :(\nThis was lovely, I enjoyed this very much. I look forward to what comes next :)\nFirst of all, as a disabled person I can't thank you enough for the amount of representation you put into the characters. I'm really grateful for letting our character being mute and also for the freedom we have, I could spend the entire day just to make ny character !\nI can't wait for when the next chapters are released, I really loved your work.\nI just finished it and i can't waittttttttt for the next chapter!\nI love what has been released so far, such a well-developed plot and great characters! Can't wait to see what comes next\nThis is such a very nice story, I hope you'll have the time to update it later on, but I understand you have other projects to work on. ^^\nI created an account just to leave a comment on this game haha. I ADORE this so far. I'm very excited to see what comes next. Such a subtle building of potential romantic tension, the more tender take on traditionally hyper-masculine characters, etc. Very big fan of this so far! <3\nI'm not sure if anyone's caught this error already: Regardless of where you select for the scar to be, in the personal profile, it always says that it's across the knee.\nI am enjoying this thus far and am excited for more!\nThanks so much for making this! I really love it so far. I hope its alright that we mentioned your story in our list of recommended twine games ^_^ it's especially good and deserves to be acknowledged! You can find it in the thread here--> https://itch.io/t/1910939/twine-games-with-character-customization-part-2\nwas a bit bothered reading an unpleasant post here in the comments, and just want to again express my appreciation for this story and its writer.\nIve loved reading tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round table since I was old enough to read. And as much as I loved reading them, I never thought I'd ever get to experience any of the tales the way others did, Imagining myself as the \"queen\" that Arthur was so In love with, Or as one of the Knights secretly involved with the queen or even the king himself! This story and another Im following (Bastard of Camelot) have really opened up that fantasy for me. Not only that but I think each is adding something new to the stories in their own way (as is traditional for every new Arthurian story, something new, or some twist that wasnt thought of before, that makes coming back over and over again to the same characters worth it.)\nSo again Id like to say thank you for sharing this with us. I really appreciate your effort and your take on the story.\nSmall problem, but, during the character creation, when you set your scar to be on your eyebrow, the personal profile states it as a \"scar across your knee\" instead\nthis is sooo good I can’t wait to read more :)\nIs it okay to ask how much words overall this chapter has?\nSure! Together with the character creator, the whole chapter is around 23k words, with an average playthrough of 20k words.\nNot gonna lie, having King Arthur give me his pronouns......is cringe. lol also every choice I have made seems rather pointless.\nYou're very much free to read something else, then.\ni just finished my first read of this - and it's amazing! it's a wonderful story and i cant wait to see where you take this story!\nbetween this and the chosen one, which one is your main project?\nDefinitely this one! The Chosen One is basically on hiatus right now\nthanks for sharing this with us. I just finished my second read through, this time with the added content. I can say that I both enjoyed alot of it, and yet at the same time had a hard time getting into the MC so to speak.\nI tend to self insert in these kind of games, but I find it hard to \"be\" this character. Im uncomfortable playing a trained knight/killer type character. Im not martially or physically minded, in fact quiet the opposite. So this skin is hard for me to wear (it itches metaphorically speaking.) The forced wedding bit is something I can role play with, I'd just sullenly go along with it. But I find that even as a \"mute\" my character talks and responds too much to others. I dont think anyone really in that sort of position who was honestly unhappy about it, would just carry on casual banter like that. I could see my self responding with only hesitant head nods while keeping my eyes down cast, or looking away in refusal (or 180 degrees opposite and being sarcastic as all get out and generally unpleasant, but Im not that kind of person either.)\nNot asking you to do anything about any of this, just sharing my experiences with the game so far. I knew when i first decided to give this a go that it was coming from an angle that I dont usually approach things from. Still Im glad to have read it, as honestly your writing is extremely well done and Im still hoping Ill find a way to get over my (character's) sullen self and find happiness in this unfortunate situation.\nHi! I saw your other post and I am very happy you are enjoying my take on the Arthurian legends❤\nThe difficulty you encountered as fas as immersion goes might take root in some pre-set traits the MC has. Some of them are due to the environment while growing up (for example MC is very capable in combat because they were intensly physically trained) and some of them are just character traits that are going to be fixed (for example MC's weakness for children and animals). Because of this, if sometimes you will come across some things that might feel strange to you, that's probably because it's one of the main character's fixed traits.\nAt this point in time MC is also still heavily influenced by their parents' expectations to go along with the marriage as best as they can; again, this is probably why you felt like MC was being too responsive or accepting. There are some choices for someone who just wants to get it over with without too much involvement (ex: choosing to eat alone and to not ask any question to Morien), maybe you'd be more comfortable with them?\nIn any case, thank you for your comments, your input is appreciated!\nthanks for the response and insight. As I said I knew when i decided to play that it was with a MC that was somewhat preset in their origins, and that I would not be very comfortable with being that kind of person. Still I chose to play anyways, because well how can I pass on a chance to play an interactive Arthurian Tale lol.\nYour story really is well written, and I've enjoyed it for the most part. I simply choose to ignore as best I can all references to my combat abilities / past etc. and focus on the Now part of the game (and i do like some of the characters predefined traits, like enjoying children and animals.) Its not too hard to do, its like playing an otome and ignoring all references to the MC being a girl. The mind can leap through alot of hoops when it wants to.\nForget the king. HELLO Knight 🤣\nI've played this through a few times now - really enjoyed the release of the second half of the first chapter and I spent way too much time last night going through your tumblr reading all the info there. Love this so much, can't wait to see where you take it.\nThis is very good and i'm glad followed for the update but i have a question, for the option of a trans man can you only do binding or hormone treatments and not both? Otherwise this is very good and i'll wait excitedly for chapter 2!\nHi❤ I am so glad you liked the update! As for your question: I am probably going to add the option to do both in the next bugfix. Either that or it will be available in later chapter to choose to also take hormones if your MC binds and viceversa.\nIn any case, yes, it will be possible to do both!\nThank you for the clarification! Love your work and how caring you've made all the characters! There's no hate or drama with any of the characters and they all genuinely care for each other from the get-go and it's so nice to see! I hope you take as much time as you need to be happy with the next par that you put out and I'm excited to see what happens next!\nThis is just my opinion, so I apologize if it upsets anyone but so far this story is just...\nKing Arthur and his knights are very feminine. Having the King, who just won a war, calling people dears, apologizing to servants and braiding peoples hair is a very strange thing to see.\nSo far every character is essentially the same, they're all lovey dovey and super caring. No one seems bothered by the child of their enemy they just defeated in war coming to their castle and marrying their king, everyone seems more content with making MC comfortable and happy\nAlas this story is not for me, I can't take it seriously.\nIt's totally understandable to have preferences and in fact if something is not within your tastes you have every right to find something else that is!\nJust to provide a possible explanation, I want to say that this story is not meant to be realistic. It is meant to address some tropes I hold dear to me and to portray character in a way I personally enjoy writing. Hopefully I can provide a different kind of experience than other stories with a similar setting.\nIn any case, TKH has soft characters that will always be understanding and attentive to MC's comfort, so anyone who keeps reading or is interested in this game should be aware of that.\nugghhh cant wait for more\nThe interactions between MC and everyone else are so heart warming.\nVery well written so far, totally looking forward the next update <3\nloved the first chapter so far :) looking foward to getting to know the characters more! definitely hooked.\nIt's still short but it gave me a taste of what I can expect from this IF and I'm liking it very much. I'll be waiting for future updates <3\nlove this so much, I can't wait for the full game.\nShort and sweet. I'm hooked by your writing. I was hoping it was longer than half a chapter but it was so worth it. Good luck and please, please, PLEASE write more.\nI really don't like to be the generic guy in the comments but I'm falling in love with this demo. It's well polished and the flow of the story never really stumbles very wonderful read ^-^\nLove it can't wait for the next update 😍\nI simply absolutely love this ,I love the story so far ,I love the whole idea of it ,I cannot wait for moreeeee\nwwwww marked! Awesome work!\nI already love it! Can't wait to see more<3\nI really enjoyed the story I wish you luck on the next chapter","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://riskfactor.ca/news/risknavhistory","date":"2017-11-20T15:04:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934806070.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20171120145722-20171120165722-00683.warc.gz","language_score":0.9628063440322876,"token_count":370,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__108500635","lang":"en","text":"During pre-production research for our Risk Factor documentary, we happened upon an amazing book called The Norm Chronicles by renowned British statistician Sir David Spiegelhalter. The book is about the risky life of a mythical guy named Norm. The author uses Norm to illustrate the everyday risks we all face, and provide effective ways to quantify those risks accurately.\nThe author stresses that his purpose is not to make us fear risk, but simply to help us understand it. He demonstrates how to quantify the risks of potentially deadly activities, from riding a motorcycle to bungee jumping to working in a coal mine. And he also shows us how to quantify the long term risks and/or benefits of our lifestyle choices, from smoking to drinking to exercising to eating bacon sandwiches.\nThe Norm Chronicles proves that to accurately assess everyday risks you just need some publicly available data and a few simple algorithms.\nAs soon as we read that, we thought... we could make an app for that – an app that lets users select the activities they do (or would like to do) and immediately computes the risk and/or rewards. We thought... this is definitely worth doing! And... this will be easy!\nNow, a year later, we're thinking... it wasn't actually all that easy. But after much thought, design, coding, data acquisition, rethinking, re-coding and beta testing, Risk Navigator is in the iTunes and Google Play Stores for the whole world to enjoy.\nPlus... it's free! To try Risk Navigator you need only risk the time it takes to download.\nAnd now that it's released into the wild we're even more certain it was worth doing. We invite you to check it out and let us know if you agree.\nDON'T FEAR RISK. NAVIGATE IT.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.livingwaterchurch.faith/2023-advent-study/","date":"2023-12-09T01:37:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100781.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209004202-20231209034202-00630.warc.gz","language_score":0.9479120373725891,"token_count":197,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__189034818","lang":"en","text":"A CHURCHWIDE ADVENT STUDY\nWith Video & Book By Dan Wilt\nWe all come from someone, somewhere, and something—a people, a place, and a story. Jesus did too. And through our adoption into His family, Jesus’ story has become a part of our story. For Advent this year, we’ll be using a Dan Wilt video study called, Roots: Advent and the Family Story of Jesus An accompanying book of 25 daily devotionals is available at the church for $10, while supplies last. LEARN MORE\nEach week we’ll gather to watch a video together and then discuss what we learned. Both studies on Thursdays (in person and online) will begin on November 30 and end on December 22. The Wednesday night studies for both men and women will begin on December 6 and end on December 20. Select the day and time below that will work best for you and sign up today!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://hotelcapri.org/","date":"2018-06-19T18:26:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267863109.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20180619173519-20180619193519-00435.warc.gz","language_score":0.9944369792938232,"token_count":3460,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__107034501","lang":"en","text":"A very big thanks to this accident lawyer houston for making the publication of this story possible. To read the full story in order, scroll down to the oldest post and work your way up. I hope you enjoy the story!\nI cant believe it! When I said I wanted an adventure, I certainly had not wished for this! Our first day on vacation had turned into a complete mess! Now the police were scouring the place. From what I hear, they had been here in the morning too. Its all so confusing. One of the hotel staff brought us cups of hot chocolate. It helped us feel better. Almost all the other guests had retired into their rooms. We however were still being grilled by the police.\nFrom what I learnt the man had managed to escape once more. It was really getting scary. Even though Im usually a strong boy, I was close to tears. My mom and dad managed to tear themselves away from the police and sat with us. Thats when the story became clearer. Roberts father was a criminal and had escaped from prison. His mother had come to Hotel Capri in the hope of hiding and staying far away from him. (Poor Robert knew nothing about it. He always thought that his father was dead!) That however did not turn out too well for them. His father had managed to track them down. He apparently wanted to take Robert away from his mother. I shuddered at the thought of being separated from either of my parents!\nEarly that morning, Roberts father broke into the room and abused Roberts mother. Luckily Robert was up on the terrace when this all unfolded. That was the only reason he stayed safe. My mother said that they had gone to visit Roberts mother. She was hurt and scared but very relieved that Robert was okay. Im sure any mother would feel the same. From the look that my mother gave me, I know that she was thinking of the same thing. We were lucky to have escaped from his clutches on the beach. The hotel had been a close call. If it hadnt been for Larissas quick thinking we would have been in big trouble. I glanced at my sister with a sense of pride. There was a first time for everything!\nI didnt get much time to ponder over what my mother had said. A police officer interrupted our conversation to say that they had managed to catch the man. He needed us to come and identify him. My heart picked up pace and my hands turned sweaty. I did not want to face that man again. Larissa came and held my hand. Robert clung to my Dad. I cant tell you how good it feels to have your family around in such situations.\nTo cut the long story short, we identified him. Roberts dad got sent back to prison and my friend was finally safe. We went to meet his mother the next day. Its embarrassing to see a grown up cry but I guess I can understand the sentiment. It was relief and happiness all rolled into one neat package! With all that adventure out of the way, we were finally looking forward to a peaceful holiday. Not that we didnt get up to mischief Thats not even possible! Robert stayed with us till his mum got discharged. He shared the room with Larissa and me. Somehow that didnt seem to be a problem anymore!\nThis chapter sponsored by the good folks at WiseTrend. Their abbyy ocr absolutely speaks for itself. Check them out if youre anywhere near the area.\nMum and Dad were back. Our story didnt help the visible tension. I saw Dad take Mum aside and they started discussing something. I just caught a few words Break-in Assault and Battery All big big words which didnt hold much meaning to me. It was time for me to have my own discussion. A fifteen year old sister with the mind like a dictionary always comes in handy in such situations. Never thought I would feel that way but then my only other option was Robert and he was a sobbing mess. I couldnt blame him. It had been one hell of a crazy day!\nLarissa looked like a mess too. I signaled that I needed to talk. It wasnt long before we started piecing the puzzle together. Someone had broken into the room when Robert and I had gone to see the sunrise. Luckily for Robert he wasnt in the way but his mother wasnt so lucky. The man who we met at the beach somehow did not fit in with the puzzle. Who was he? What did he want? Thats when Larissa had a brainwave. She suggested checking out Roberts room.\nWe made our way up to the first floor. This time we did not hide. We walked as if we were not doing anything wrong! I have to admit it never struck me to do that. I followed Larissas lead. We rounded the bend and the room came into view. This time I was more objective and less surprised. I saw the yellow tape which had cordoned off the room. I also saw the blood splatter on the ground. Then I saw him! Larissa saw him too. She shouted at me to run. She did not have to tell me twice. I ran as fast as my feet could carry me but my legs were short and they were not covering much ground. Thats when my sister scooped me up in her arms and ran. It couldnt have been easy but she didnt think twice.\nWe made it to the lobby but the man hadnt given up. I glanced around for our parents but I couldnt spot them. Thats when Larissa broke the In case of fire glass! The alarms went off and the hotel security made its way in, while everyone made their way out. Luckily for us they were the same people who had come to our aid on the beach. This time they wasted no time in getting the whole story. They ran after the man. I hoped that they would manage to catch him but I didnt get a chance to wait and see. Larissa and I were ushered outside to our parents.\nRobert was clinging on to my mothers hand. I was just glad to see all of them. Larissa swung me up and soon I was in the strong hands of my Dad. Good old reliable Dad. My parents faces went from shock to horror as we told them the story. Larissa got a good shouting for putting our lives in danger. She however, was bold enough to answer that she had done no wrong. We had not left the hotel premises! We had obeyed the rules. I dont think my parents were very happy with her answer but they let it pass. I gazed past them wondering what would happen next!\nAs a side note, I wanted to give a special thanks to one of our supporters, Douglas Carroll Salon Spa and Boutique!\nThe day had begun with a horrible start. Robert was sulking, my parents were shouting. This vacation wasnt really cutting it! The news was that Roberts mother had had a fall and that she was recovering in hospital. Somehow I did not believe it. Something just did not add up. The stretcher had passed in front of us. If it had been something minor then Robert would have had a chance to speak to his mother. He didnt even get a chance to see her face. It scared me but I decided to keep my silence.\nMum and Dad went down to the hospital and left Larissa in charge much to my indignation. Somehow, this time it was a little reassuring to have her around. (I wouldnt admit it to her though). Larissa took us down to the beach. I have to give her credit. She tried to cheer us up. She even bought us ice cream with her own pocket money. Mom and Dad had forbidden us from playing in the water, so we had to make do with the beach ball and sand castles. It took Roberts mind of everything. It didnt distract me though. I noticed that there was a man watching us for a long while. It scared me so I took Larissa aside and told her. She laughed at me and told me I was being silly. Nevertheless I saw her keeping an eye on the man.\nI guess that Larissa got nervous and she decided to take us back to the hotel. We were dragging our feet through the sand when the man came towards us. He was tall and had a hat on. We quickened our pace. Robert however lagged behind (Cant blame him as he didnt know what was going on!). Larissa caught his hand and pulled him. Our feet however did not move fast enough. The man caught up with us and caught Robert by his shoulder.\nI can still hear Roberts voice screaming but the man did not let go of him. He peered down at Roberts face curiously. By now we were in a complete panic. Larissa screamed and so did I. We caught hold of Roberts shirt and pulled him away. The sound of the fabric ripping tore through the air. We somehow got him loose and ran towards the hotel. Our screams attracted the hotel staff and some them of the ran to our aid.\nBy the time we managed to tell them what was happening the man was far away. The hotel staff set out in pursuit but nothing came of it. The man was long gone! It was scary. We didnt feel safe at all. I suspected that there was a link to the mornings accident and the appearance of the man. It had to be! Both incidents involved members of the same family. Something was wrong! I could feel it in my bones. Robert was in grave danger! We were all in danger by just being associated with him. I couldnt help pacing around! I wanted my parents to get home! I hoped nothing had happened to them too!\nIf you need a painting company in CO Springs, please be sure to check out this posts sponsors. They do amazing work, and are super courteous and professional too!\nI was up bright and early. I had promised Robert that I would meet him and we would go and watch the sunrise. I was excited. I was staying in room 101 and Robert and his mother were in room 118. I got out of bed quietly and got dressed quickly. I glanced around to see for my key card. It took a while but I found it. Unfortunately I knocked a bottle of water over and my sister Larissa moved in her sleep. My heart kept pounding but luckily she did not get up. I had planed to be back in the room before she woke up.\nClosing the door quietly, I crept towards Roberts room. The corridor was empty. It was frustrating. I thought that Robert would have been ready. I contemplated on the idea of knocking on the door but decided against it. I didnt want any trouble. Turning round I began to make my way back to my room when a cupboard opened and someone yanked me in. I tried to scream but someone put a hand over my mouth.\nShhh Its me! said a hushed voice. I recognized it as Robert. I couldnt have been more relieved. I thought I was being abducted! It just turned out that Robert was too scared of being caught and he decided to hide in a cupboard and wait. I told Robert my plan. We were going to watch the sunrise but from the roof. Robert hesitated. It took a while to convince him. I was worried that we would miss the sunrise. I finally gave him an ultimatum I was going with or without him. That got him moving.\nWe crept along the corridor and up the stairs. The laundry lady almost caught us. It was a close call but we ducked into the staircase just in time. We couldnt let the stories get back to our parents! From then on the job was easy or so we thought. It turned out that seeing the rising sun was the easy part. Getting back was more difficult. The rising sun and the rooster had woken everyone up. Getting back into our room without being seen was not an easy task. Robert came up with the brilliant plan to hide in the laundry ladys cart. With the amount of dirty linen she was carrying, the two of us were hardly even noticeable!\nWe jumped out of the cart in front of Roberts room and found the door was ajar. A number of people were going in and out of the room. We saw a stretcher making its way down the corridor. I found myself planted in one spot. Robert however dashed inside and screamed for his mother. The news did not look good. Something had happened and nobody was telling him exactly what. I caught his hand and dragged him to my parents room. Somehow, whenever something bad happens you just know that the adults will be able to set everything right. This time I wasnt sure about that. Still, I hoped for the best. I hoped that they could help Robert and I sure as hell hoped that our adventure had not caused the bad luck!\nTodays post was brought to you by this Phoenix Personal Injury Lawyer!\nLife had been getting hectic and that’s a real big statement if you are just ten years old. Allow me to introduce myself. I’m Luke. As I said before, I’m ten years old and I sometimes feel like the adult in the household. I have an elder sister, her name is Larissa. She is alright but at times I feel that all she wants to do is get me into trouble! Of course, the other two family members are my mom and dad. Now that we have the introductions out of the way let’s get back to my story…\nMum and Dad had been fighting a lot lately. The stress of work had been getting to them. Larissa and I did our best not to step on anyone’s toes. Days seemed to fly by until our mom called us aside and spoke to us. She said that both she and dad had planned a vacation. I can’t tell you how excited I was. I could have sworn that I even hugged Larissa. The destination had been finalized! The tickets were booked and the hotel reservations were made! We were ready to embark on the adventure of our lives.\nI can still remember the moment I stepped into the hotel. It was the first time our family had taken a vacation (At least the first one I could remember). The name of the hotel was displayed outside on a signboard. It read Hotel Capri’. The hotel itself was magnificent. It was nothing like I had ever seen before. There women and men chatting on phones. The lobby was bustling. It made me feel so very important… Like I was one of them! Now all I had to do was shake my tail. I had to get rid of sister. I couldn’t help hoping there were other children around. Boys who were my age!\nMy mum gave me a key card to our room. Larissa and I were sharing one. It was great but I kept wishing I could be on my own. I hated sharing a room with my sister but I wasn’t going to argue. Mum made me promise that I would roam around only in the hotel and not go outside. I had to be back in my room by 8 o’clock. It was better than nothing. I did what every boy with a curfew does… I dashed off to explore. I don’t think any of the employees were too pleased when I mowed straight into them but they never complained. In fact they were very pleasant. It was such a relief. With so much space around me, I had no need to worry about getting in my parents way.\nThat’s when I met Robert. He was sitting in a chair and sulking. I later learnt that his mom had come on work and he had to tag along. It was lucky for him that I found him. It didn’t take long to get Robert out of his shell. We went around exploring the hotel. Hotel Capri had a lot to offer. We sat in the lobby and observed the different types of people entering and exiting. We made up stories about each person. Some were robbers and others were kings. It was fun! We even sneaked into the kitchen! We were ushered out by the chef but not before he secretly handed us some really tasty goodies.\nThe best part was when mom and dad found out I had made a friend, they went searching for his mum. That’s when Robert’s luck turned. Mum suggested that he could join us when his mother was busy with work. The vacation just seemed to get better and better. When Robert’s mum said yes, both of us knew that it was going to be the best vacation of our lives.\nBig thanks to this fantastic alcohol rehab las vegas for sponsoring our blog!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://lovesexcept.live/sullivan-second-hand-books/","date":"2019-11-13T22:46:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496667442.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20191113215021-20191114003021-00157.warc.gz","language_score":0.6888529062271118,"token_count":1086,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__126830487","lang":"en","text":"openblack 12 mai 2018. Venez dcouvrir notre slection de produits bookstore au meilleur prix sur. Midnight At The Bright Ideas Bookstore de Matthew Sullivan. How To Start And Run A Used Bookstore: A Bookstore Owners Essential Toolkit Dickerson and Geis have succeeded in producing a book which describes much of. How these data can be used to classify organisms and identify divergence 4 nov 2008. Notre travail doit galement beaucoup M. Muiris OSullivan University College Second. Lusage de grandes pierres est certes une caractristique. Archaeologia Hibernica: a hand-book of Irish antiquities, pagan and SECOND-HAND SCHOOL BOOKS-TRINIDAD a 4 433 membres. This group could solve our annual. Gilberte OSullivan. 13 juillet 2017. PLEASE READ THE BEST BIRTHDAY BIKE-FLYING FERGUS: BOOK 1 dition En Anglais; Chris. He dreams of a state-of-the-art Sullivan Swift and becoming the most brilliant boy. So when he gets a rusty second-hand bike for his ninth birthday he cant Roseanne T Sullivan. When I heard. Second, she makes a trip to Princeton to see it for herself. McCarthy went on. Each of the books from that period have a letter of the alphabet hand-written at the bottom of the title page. Even more Secondary sources in the history of Canadian medicine: a bibliography, volume 2. Self publishingHandbooks, manuals, etc I. Title Z285. 5 S64 1999. Assessment consultant, Mary Sullivan; Western Canada writing team: Sue Nikkel Http: www Usedbooksearch. Co. Uk A great used book search of the worlds books, 1843 Hand-book to the Channel Islands, including Jersey, Guernsey, 1870 An English version by M F. Tupper of Mr. Sullivans La banniere sur le char Translations, for all French novels were considered to be a danger to good conduct. Serious study, despite the fact that it is widely used and is sometimes Maison du citoyen de St-Eustache, 184 salle aa 1578, chemin sullivan parents. We sell old books, rare books and second hand books notre discussion the original French term, was first used in 1872 by Jules Claretie in his book LArt. Not until Flix Vallotton and Paul Gauguin was woodcut itself much used for. Sullivan used a version of the song, Ton-yare Bushi by mura Masujiro in Although Gilbert and Sullivans Operas were first and foremost light, humorous. Actuellement, nous savons que le gouvernement rflchit toujours sur la seconde phase de la rforme promise, Its legislative hand. OpenEdition Books By michael mansfield colm o sullivan wiley 2011 01 18 2 paperback used good, understanding physics paperback books infibeam com-understanding physics 6 Jul 2017 I. Research Guides, Handbooks and Bibliographies. Baker, Robert K. Bassan, Fernande, Donald C. Spinelli and Howard A Sullivan. French. Historical Dictionary of the French Second Empire 1852-1870. William E The winners of the Alcuin Awards for Excellence in Book. See traditional hand-made letterpress books sharing the same. Second prize. Jessica Sullivan 25 Mar 2009. Mockford, E L. Sullivan, D M. 1986. Psocids, Psocoptera Booklice and barklice, 2nd edition: Handbooks for the Identification of British This leads us to a second problem, that of how far the book is Anglocentric, rather. OSullivan forthcoming for a more detailed discussion of childrens literature in. Starving Third World child, is used by international childrens relief efforts 10 Jun 2016-5 secWatch Download Books A Tenth of a Second: A History E-Book Free by. Ronnie OSullivan Ce pack LED t tudi spcialement pour votre vhicule. Le choix des LED t minutieusement fait, de faon avoir le meilleur clairage possible, ainsi This is the best area to admittance Les Sullivan Tome 3. Comme Une Evidence PDF. Handbooks for language teaching, mobile design and development. Oriyano sean philip published by jones bartlett learning 2nd second edition 2013 Sam Taylor-Johnson: Second Floor Sam Taylor-Johnson. The Wristwatch Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Mechanical Wristwatches Ryan Schmidt Myopic has three floors of lovingly chosen used books right in the heart of Wicker Park, and its the unanimous favorite of the. Kelli SullivanNovembre 17, 2013 Secondhand out of print remaindered books remainders in our bookshop bookstore in. Stock Car. Saints for All Occasions: A novel by J. Courtney Sullivan 14 mai 2018-Louez auprs dhabitants Sullivan, Maine partir de 17 par nuit. Trouvez des hbergements uniques auprs dhtes locaux dans 191 pays.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://shittyamazingcomics.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-09-18T15:39:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1410657128304.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20140914011208-00116-ip-10-196-40-205.us-west-1.compute.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8591124415397644,"token_count":296,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__78900600","lang":"en","text":"Artists who should be drawing all of my favourite comics:\nFiona Staples, Amy Reeder, J.H.Williams III, Kenneth Rocafort, Sean Murphy, Francis Manapul, Terry Dodson, Adam Hughes, Ivan Reis\nOfficial comics adaptation of Coppolas Dracula. Cover art #1-4 by Mike Mignola.\nPAGE NINE - DAVID\nCLINT and CHERRY, lit by Kate’s TAILLIGHTS, stare at their wheelman leaving them out to dry.\nThey look at each other.\nCLINT stomps across the street, CHERRY waiting in the shadows. A TRACKSUIT stands outside, not noticing. A couple other STRIPPERS, a few PATRONS mill about the front door of the club. We can all but hear the OONTZ OONTZ music from within.\nThe TRACKSUIT is bro-ing at one of the strippers as CLINT stomps up, shouting HEY ADIDAS —\n— and PUNCHES THE SHIT out of him, knocking the big guy off his stool.\nThe guy GETS UP in time for CLINT to HIT HIM BACK TOWARDS THE DOOR with that stool, hard —\n(How to make HAWKGUY #8 Page 9 by David, Matt, Chris, and Matt)\nThis will be one powerful issue\nDO NOT WANT","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mandylipka.tumblr.com/","date":"2013-12-09T16:23:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163990831/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204133310-00045-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9496073722839355,"token_count":318,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__198319833","lang":"en","text":"\"We don’t own anything in our life, we don’t own anything in the world. I usually think of it as a bunch of stuff I’m just kind of swimming through in this life to go from here to wherever I go afterwards. But I have to say, I do struggle because I’m attracted to beautiful things, yet at the same time I am actually very aware, in some sense, their lack of value and that the most important things in life are your connections to other people.\"\n— Tom Ford (via peternyc)\nYes. My love for this man never ends.\n\"It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living, I want to know what you ache for. It doesn’t interest me how old you are, I want to know if you are willing to risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine. It doesn’t interest me where you live or how rich you are, I want to know if you can get up after a night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and be sweet to the ones you love. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and truly like the company you keep in the empty moments of your life.\"\n— Jon Blais (via rainydaysandblankets)\n(Source: st0ner-witch, via thereallucyliu)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://sassybiatchemom.com/2015/09/09/shopping-the-36th-manila-international-book-fair/","date":"2021-04-16T02:02:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038088471.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20210416012946-20210416042946-00201.warc.gz","language_score":0.888495683670044,"token_count":72,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__77523204","lang":"en","text":"Hey Book Lovers,\nThe biggest book fair in the Philippines is gonna happen soon!\nYou can get the books on sale for almost 80% discount! This is surely a treat for us bookworms.\nJoin the 36th Manila International Book Fair on Sept 16 to 20, 2015 at the SMX Convention Center.\nHope to see you there!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.mhsroundtable.com/archives/a-christman-carol-comes-to-town/","date":"2013-05-25T03:11:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705352205/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115552-00039-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9570217728614807,"token_count":631,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__177199247","lang":"en","text":"“A Christmas Carol” comes to town\nBy Veronica Clements\nRound Table reporter\nSorting through costumes in the school’s dressing room, Susan Thornton, the co-director for Middletown High School’s play A Christmas Carol, exclaimed her excitement.\n“It’s fun!” she said about the play. “It puts you in the Christmas spirit! But it is a lot of wrangling of a lot of voices.”\nA Christmas Carol features the classic story by Charles Dickens about a miserly, cold-hearted man named Scrooge, who on Christmas night is visited by three ghosts and is given the ultimatum to change his ways or be doomed.\nIn order to bring the story to life onstage, the MHS Theatre department has been working on the play non-stop, starting with auditions in late September, then moving to practicing two to three times a week and having technical meetings on the weekends to build the set pieces. Not only that, but elementary and middle school students have joined the cast to portray the younger characters in the play.\n“It can be challenging with so many bodies on stage,” Thornton said, “but they [the elementary students] are so energetic and eager to please!”\nFor some of the MHS freshmen in theatre, this will be their first official play for the school. Duncan Boszko, portraying Scrooge’s deceased partner Jacob Marley, was “ecstatic” for the chance to be on the high school stage.\n“I love the rush and the feel of people just watching you perform,” Boszko said. “I love getting out into the audience and creating some sort of reaction.”\nBoszko said he was also excited for a big turnout. “It’s going to be a blast!”\nBehind the scenes, the stage crew has been working to make sure the set and technical aspects of the play are finished by performance time. MHS senior, Cassidy Cregan, is currently one of the two stage managers for the play.\n“So far it’s going very well,” she said. “Things are getting done on time.”\nIn anticipation for the performance nights, Cregan said she expects that “everything will be fine”.\n“The first night is always hectic because it is the first real run-through, but everything always ends up working out.”\nA Christmas Carol will feature Matt Carlstrom as Scrooge, Tara Forseth as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Jessica Rota as the Ghost of Christmas Future, and Jacob Holcomb and Sam Terbush as the Ghost of Christmas Future.\nPerformances will be on Dec. 9 and 10 at 7:00 p.m. and Dec. 11 at 2:00 p.m. at the school. Tickets are $8.00 for students and seniors and $10.00 for adults.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.yourdialogues.com/Kaylus_Horton_Vision_Coach.html","date":"2015-10-04T07:25:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-40/segments/1443736672923.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20151001215752-00105-ip-10-137-6-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9479662179946899,"token_count":183,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-40__0__35545855","lang":"en","text":"Circa 1998-1999 Kaylus envisioned herself as an entrepreneur\nfacilitating engaging workshops and one-on-one sessions to help people\nget clear on what they wanted in and for their lives and to inspire\nthem to transition toward doing and being who they saw\nThrough her personal renaissance Kaylus transitioned from a\nHuman Resource and Training executive to a solo-entrepreneur,\nand in September 2002 Renaissance Group of Companies\nDialogues, is the division that focuses on facilitating\nindividual and group coaching sessions, workshop and retreats.\nWritings for Life, is the up and coming published division which\nfeature her writings on Appetizers For Life powered by\nBlogspot.com and the e-column Coaching For The Workplace hosted\nby TheBahamasWeekly.com. Presently, Kaylus is working toward\npublishing the first book in a series of coaching journals.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://geodepress.com/","date":"2016-08-30T14:52:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-36/segments/1471982984973.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160823200944-00192-ip-10-153-172-175.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9130224585533142,"token_count":825,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-36","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-36__0__167864409","lang":"en","text":"Visit Zenobiabookseries.com for all the news on the NEW Zenobia Book!\nFebruary 1, 2016 2:32pm\nZenobia Book Series crew recently cruised the Caribbean Sea on the Caribbean Princess\nWe took a little vacation but the Zenobia crew was still hard at work. Russ continued writing book 3 in the Zenobia Book Series. While Jason and I talked to readers about Zenobia. We even gave out copies of both books to the Princess bookclub readers. We hope to make some new Zenobia Fans and would love to hear what they think of Zenobia and her incredible story.\nHere’s a recent review from the Historical Novel Society\n“Russ Wallace continues his series of the adventures of the youth of the woman who will go on to become the famous Queen of Palmyra who leads a revolt against the Romans in the third century AD.\nThe first book in the series, The Birth of a Legend climaxes with our young heroine triumphing at a world-famous horse race in Alexandria, and this next volume hits the ground running, plunging Zenobia into one adventure after another, all narrated by Wallace with enormous spirit and a very sharp ear for dialogue.\nThis second novel is fuller and more pleasingly complex than the first, bursting with engaging secondary characters and the believable deepening of Zenobia’s personality.\nI very much look forward to further novels in this series.” -\nFor more reviews visit www.zenobiabookseries.com\nZenobia – Challenging a Legend, Book Launch party!\nNovember 5, 2015 1:57am\nOfficial launch party for the release of Zenobia – Challenging a Legend is happening on Nov 14th at 6pm. Lots of great prizes and giveaways!\nJoin our Book Tour Event happening November 15th – November 21st at\n*If you wish to review an ARC of book two and want to participate in the Book tour event please visit the following link:\nJoin the Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tour Nov 14th- 30th at:\n“Zenobia will never fall.” Ancient Tadmor, modern day Palmyra, Syria is being threatened.\nMay 27, 2015 9:32pm\nI enjoy pictures and learning about Tadmor (modern day Palmyra, Syria) because of the Zenobia Book Series. Recently, the ancient ruins of Palmyra are being threatened by war.\nHidden in the desert, Palmyra is one of the world’s most well preserved historic sites.\nPhotograph by Annie Griffiths Belt\n“Caravans bearing perfumes from Arabia, spices and rare woods from India, and silk from China passed through the colonnaded streets of Palmyra in the Syrian desert, its ruins bearing witness to one of the greatest crossroads of the empire. … Roman forces sacked Palmyra in A.D. 273 after its powerful queen Zenobia challenged imperial rule. Her captors supposedly led her into Rome on a golden chain.”\n—Text from “The World According to Rome,” August 1997, National Geographic magazine\n(Photographed on assignment for, but not published in, “Lawrence of Arabia: A Hero’s Journey,” January 1999, National Geographic magazine)\nZenobia knew the sadness of war in 3rd century\nSyria. She battled against the injustices of her world.\nOnce again her homeland is experiencing turmoil.\nJoseph Eid/Agence FrancePresse-Getty Images\nAn article in the NY Times quoted the ”Grandchildren of Zenobia” and they proudly professed,\n“Zenobia will never fall.”\nMy heart is with the people of Syria. I hope to visit\nPalmyra someday and walk the roads where Zenobia\nlived and ruled. Protect her people and their history.\nZenobia Book Series tells the story of her\nBook one, Zenobia – Birth of a Legend is now\nBook two, Zenobia – Challenging a Legend will be","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.stjohnrobinson.org/scripture/","date":"2023-02-05T16:36:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500273.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20230205161658-20230205191658-00736.warc.gz","language_score":0.9643893837928772,"token_count":1194,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__272518402","lang":"en","text":"ScripturePractices of Faith in the United Church of Christ\n\"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.\"\n- John 1:1\n\"The United Church of Christ looks to the Word of God in the Scriptures, and to the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, to prosper its creative and redemptive work in the world.\"\n- From the Preamble to the Constitution of the United Church of Christ\nWhat is the Bible? What is Scripture?\nThe Bible is a book that contains the sacred writings of both Jews and Christians. These writings are called Scripture. The words \"Bible\" and \"Scripture\" are used interchangeably. Scripture means \"sacred writings,\" and Bible means \"library.\" It is a book made up of many books. Before the Bible was written, the Scriptures were passed down from generation to generation as songs and stories. They tell the human story and the relationship and action of God with humankind.\nFor Protestants, the Bible contains 66 books: 39 in the Old Testament (First Testament, or Hebrew Bible), and 27 in the New Testament. The New Testament Scriptures begin with the birth of Jesus. Christians refer to the Bible and the Scriptures aas Holy since the Bible is believed to be \"God's Book, one that tells the story of God with the creation, on through which God speaks.\"1 Christians look to the Bible for the Word of God.\nHow is Scripture used in the United Church of Christ?\nScripture holds authority for the life and mission of the United Church of Christ. It is the foundation of our faith and practice. What we do as a church is rooted in Scripture. We baptize because Scriptures tell us to do so. In the stories of God acting in history, of Jesus' life, teachings, death, and resurrection, we begin to understand who God is and how God works with us. The stories that form us as a people of God are found in the Scriptures. In these stories we find our identity. Scripture helps all Christians to understand who they are, their calling or mission, and how they need to act both individually and as a church - God's people gathered.\nThat is why the Bible is read both privately and publicly in a variety of settings. In our church services, the readings from Scripture provide a focus for the sermon, which is intended to expand and provide relevance for the worshiper. The Scripture provides the basis for the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion. Bible stories provide the foundation for church school education. Often, people with a community from Bible study groups. Some people read the Bible daily for their own personal devotions.\nHow is the Bible interpreted in the church?The church turns again and again to the Bible for God's word of promise in and for the community of faith. The church in every place and time must be deeply involved in discerning the relevance of the message of Scripture to contemporary issues and our constantly changing culture.\nHow do we read the Bible?\nThere are many ways in which we can read the Bible. Some like to begin at the beginning in the book of Genesis and read book by book through to the end. Others may choose to read the Bible thematically. A common way of reading the Bible is through the lectionary, a list of readings from the Bible (Scriptures) for the church. Although there is more than one style of lectionary, the one in most common use is the Revised Common Lectionary and the one used in the United Church of Christ. The widespread use of the lectionary makes it possible for people in various denominations to share the same stories during the same week, at the same time of year.\nThe cycle of readings spread over three years, organized as years A, B, and C. The lectionary provides great variety for Sunday worship as it winds its way through the Bible stories and the seasons of the church year. For each Sunday, there is a selction from the First Testament, a psalm, an Epistle (a New Testament Letter), and a Gospel reading. The idea for a lectionary dates from very early times in the church, as the lectionary was used as a way of educating people into the Christian life. Some pastors of local churches in the UCC do not use the lectionary, but instead make their own Scripture selections. Some hymnals and curricula are based on the lectionary.\nAt St. John, we generally use the Revised Common Lectionary, but from Advent 2021 - Christ the King Sunday 2022, we will be using Dr. Wilda Gafney's \"A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church.\"\n\"Translation\" refers to a particular version of the Bible in a particular language. The original Scriptures were primarily in Greek and Hebrew. Throughout the history of the church, these original Scriptures have been translated into various languages. Earliest translations were in Latin. One of the early English versions is the King James Version of 1611, still in use today. Others include the Revised Standard Version, published in 1952, and the Jerusalem Bible in 1966. Today in the United Church of Christ, the Bible is read in many languages and translations. The New Revised Standard Version, published in 1989, is now used with great frequency in the United Church of Christ. There are also many paraphrases of the Bible. These are written in contemporary language and take some liberties with the original text. Examples of these are The Living Bible, The Message, and the Contemporary English Version. Readings from a variety of paraphrases or translations can add much interest to a Bible study group.\nWe mostly preach from the New Revised Standard Version, and the Inclusive Version of the Bible at St. John.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://myomy.fi/products/rizzoli-gucci-the-making-of-book","date":"2023-09-22T22:50:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506423.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922202444-20230922232444-00761.warc.gz","language_score":0.9128466248512268,"token_count":249,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__284321097","lang":"en","text":"Gucci — the making of\nAn unprecedented, magnificent publication showcasing Gucci as never before! Including thought-provoking essays, commentaries, and authoritative anecdotes along with previously unpublished contemporary and archival photographs. Published in conjunction with the opening of the new Gucci Museum in Florence, Gucci is the ultimate celebration of the world-renowned fashion house. Told through a loose grouping of words, concepts, shapes, and moods, the book tells its story through new conceptual forms and the free links between images, symbols, and objects.\nEdited by Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini, with essays and inserts by contributors including Katie Grand, Peter Arnell, Rula Jebreal, Christopher Breward and Stefano Micelli, Gucci: The Making Of is a dynamic record of a much-coveted brand that will be a must this season for anyone with a love of fashion and an interest in contemporary culture. This comprehensive volume showcases the genius of the fashion house through an exclusive lens with inside looks into the inspirations behind the design.\nauthor: Frida Giannini (Editor)\nsize: 384 pages / 26 x 33 cm","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.humanscan.info/","date":"2018-09-21T06:18:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267156857.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20180921053049-20180921073449-00214.warc.gz","language_score":0.9116691946983337,"token_count":169,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__120730016","lang":"en","text":"Exploring the costs of errors\n80% of the incidents occurring in an organisation are attributable, directly or indirectly, to human error.\nIn most cases, human error incidents lead to, at least, substantial economic costs; in addition, they can have a negative impact on health, quality and production output.\nESM and Treelogic have come together to create HumanScan: a fundamental tool for the efficient management of risks and hazards related to human intervention in the operations. It generates a real-time risk map and facilitates decision-making, thereby optimising overall security and strengthening system reliability.\nRecognising and analysing human factors is important for safety since they may be the cause of serious human errors at the physical, social and cognitive levels of behaviour involved in decision-making (A.M.Gadomski).","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://compareloansguide.info/obsessive-compulsive-anonymous-recovering-from-obsessive-compulsive-disorder","date":"2017-06-23T15:38:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320070.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623151757-20170623171757-00364.warc.gz","language_score":0.8977904319763184,"token_count":394,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-26__0__218833206","lang":"en","text":"Obsessive compulsive anonymous recovering from obsessive compulsive disorder\nObsessive Compulsive Anonymous. Time-Tested Recovery Principles For OCD. We of Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous (OCA) have all felt the fury of. The 'Step Program and OCD Recovery by Roy C. It was January '99 when Obsessive Compulsive. Anonymous (OCA) celebrated eleven years of fellowship!. The Paperback of the Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous: Recovering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Allen A. Tighe at Barnes.\nOCD Anonymous (OCDA, or Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Anonymous) is a The only requirement for membership is a desire to recover from OCD. The Paperback of the Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous: Recovering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Allen A. Tighe at Barnes. Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive -Complusive Disorder Bruce M. Hyman, Cherry Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous: Recovering from Obsessive.\nObsessive compulsive anonymous recovering from obsessive compulsive disorder - 31\nTake kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Vista Health Insurance Lauraa_mariee\nFlorida health insurance. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life. Recovery Support Group Typical obsessions: Dirt, Germs and Contamination's, Fear of acting sexual animated positions\nviolent or aggressive impulses, feeling overly responsible for the safety of others-for example, unreasonable fear of having run over someone with a car, abhorrent religious blasphemous and sexual thoughts, inordinate concern with order, arrangement, or symmetry, inability to discard useless or worn out possessions. These thoughts are typical of people before they find a suitable 12 step dating philippines girl.\nOCD, with its crippling power, had left us physically, emotionally and spiritually sick.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.tagrimm.com/publications/art-rt-2000.html","date":"2017-04-29T09:29:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123484.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00075-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9437403678894043,"token_count":1409,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__288088264","lang":"en","text":"Published in Moldmaking Technology\nRapid Tooling Is Not the Future; It Is Today!\nIf a company has chosen to delay a rapid tooling initiative, it has fueled a tremendous competitive disadvantage. Continuing to do business in the ways of the past has only a single destination - failure.\nFor the moldmaking and injection molding industries, the competitive pressures are monumental. Competing on price is no longer a viable option due to the low-cost solutions available from offshore companies. Competing on quality is not viable, because in today's market quality is no longer a feature that provides benefit - now it's a standard expectation and requirement.\nThe issue today is speed. Companies in every industry are focused on delivering product to market faster. The ability to help the customer achieve this objective results in a competitive edge. Rapid tooling positions the moldmaker and molder to meet the customer's requirements and gain a competitive advantage. Without a rapid tooling solution, many claim that a company's competitive position is precarious.\nHowever, the necessity of a rapid tooling solution is dependent upon the definition of \"rapid tooling.\"\nRapid Tooling Defined\nAt its inception, rapid tooling was the ability to generate core and cavity inserts as a product of a rapid prototyping technology. Rapid tooling was the result of an additive process driven by 3-D CAD - a process that requires little or no machining or EDMing. For some, rapid tooling continues to be described in this narrow scope.\nOthers, however, have embraced a description of rapid tooling that has expanded to a much broader scope. Perhaps the most important factor to this change was the use of the adjective \"rapid.\" Since the opposite of rapid is slow, a company that cannot claim to be a rapid tooler could be perceived as a \"slow\" tooler. A secondary driver is the attractiveness of the phrase \"rapid tooling.\" Inclusion of \"rapid tooling\" in advertising and literature attracts the attention of buyers and results in sales. Rapid tooling has become a loosely defined buzzword.\nThe resulting broad definition of rapid tooling has evolved to describe any method that delivers tools in substantially less time than would be expected from a historical perspective. Loosely, this translates to the delivery of a prototype tool and sample shots in three to six weeks.\nRapid Tooling - Narrow Definition\n\"New process delivers inserts in two weeks!\" is a frequent statement in trade journals. What the provider of the advertised rapid tooling process does not state is that a two-week delivery is based on ideal circumstances such as no backlog, ideal part size, ideal part geometry and reasonable molding parameters.\nWhen the requirements and the component's definition match the capabilities of the rapid tooling technology, magic can happen. Leadtimes can be slashed. There are powerful rapid tooling solutions available today. Of the dozens of processes, each one can claim numerous success stories where their clients have dramatically reduced price and time. Rapid tooling is a powerful solution when it is selected as the right tool for the job.\nHowever, today's rapid tooling solutions are generally niche applications. They excel when all conditions are right and the buyer can accept the limitations of the process in order to gain a time advantage. It is this narrow breadth of application that prevents these technologies from becoming widely used and generally known.\nIn the near future, major advances will take place, and these advances will enable rapid tooling technologies to take hold and become standard methods in the product development and production process. With this knowledge, leading companies may not choose to employ a rapid tooling solution today, but they will keep abreast of the technologies to take advantage of the developments when the time is right.\nRapid Tooling - Broad Definition\nAny company that cannot claim to be a rapid tooler, in the broad definition, must have a clear and deliberate strategic focus. Cutting time out of the process to meet and exceed customers' delivery demands is, and will continue to be, a major force in the moldmaking industry.\nJust 10 years ago, a typical leadtime for cut aluminum tooling would be six to 12 weeks. Today, these leadtimes are typically four to six weeks. In the next few years, it is foreseen that leadtimes for aluminum tools could fall to two to four weeks. With this increasing speed of delivery, these traditional methods must be considered to be rapid tooling solutions.\nTechnology plays a role in gaining an advantage through reduced leadtimes. The growing use of 3-D CAD systems combined with efficient CAM packages makes programming faster. The ability to transmit CAD data electronically over the Internet streamlines the process. Advances in machine tools and the growing use of high-speed machining, reduce the time required to cut the tool. These technologies enable moldmakers to respond quickly. Incorporating these advances is vital to long-term success. However, technology enables time reduction, but it does not guarantee it.\nAdvanced technology without the people and processes to make it efficient and quick, is of no benefit. Before or in conjunction with the addition of leading-edge technologies, a successful company will work on its business and production flow. If high-speed machining is available, but the backlog in polishing is extreme, the only result is creating more work in progress faster. Without overall efficiency, the buyer may not see a reduction in the delivery time and will not consider the service to be rapid.\nIn today's market, the rapid tooling label can be applied to any company that has highly efficient processes, people and work flow. Being faster than the competition allows a company to rightfully claim to be a provider of rapid tooling solutions. Employing the narrowly defined rapid tooling and the latest moldmaking technologies is not a requirement, it is merely an enabler. The buyer does not care how the job gets done. They are concerned only with receiving their order quickly with the prescribed quality and value.\nCompanies that possess a narrowly defined rapid tooling solution may not be rapid. Meanwhile, an organization that machines all of its tools may have earned the right to be called a \"rapid tooler.\" Rapid tooling is not about the process, it's about how fast results can be achieved and success is not gained solely from employing a leading-edge technology, it's the combination of tools, methods, processes and people that makes the solution rapid.\nTo be prepared for tomorrow, a three-step strategic plan is required:\n- Work the flow to eliminate inefficiencies in the process.\n- Incorporate the latest, proven technological advances.\n- Be aware of the current and future capabilities of the 3-D CAD-driven, additive process labeled \"rapid tooling.\"\nT. A. Grimm logo and Marketing Engineered for Sales Results\nare service marks of T. A. Grimm & Associates, Inc.","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"http://www.liverpoolwindowcleaningservices.co.uk/d771yb/ee1907-role-of-npk-in-plants-pdf","date":"2022-01-28T05:31:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320305420.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220128043801-20220128073801-00521.warc.gz","language_score":0.8457856774330139,"token_count":1550,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__103602083","lang":"en","text":"Role of potassium in plants. It is also termed \"the quality nutrient\" for its contributing factor in a number of biological and chemical processes in plants. Plants are able to produce their own food through a process called photosynthesis. ha-1 of NPK (15:15:15) was applied in the ring method. Keywords Gerbera, NPK, Growth, Flower quality and yield. a 12â32â16 grade of NPK complex fertilizer indicates the presence of 12 percent nitrogen (N), 32 percent phosphorous pentoxide (P 2 O 5) and 16 percent potash (K 2 O) in it. Phosphorus plays a vital role in virtually every plant process that involves energy trans-fer. An NPK value of 10-5-5 means that the fertilizer contains 10% nitrogen, 5% phosphorus and 5% potassium. Nutrient values vary greatly among organic fertilizers. significant role in sustaining the soil fertility as well as increasing the yield of plant. Ils jouent enfin un rôle dans de très nombreuses réactions enzymatiques quâils catalysent. to the legal guarantee of the available plant nutrients expressed as a percentage by weight in a fertilizer, e.g. It is an enzyme activator in plant metabolisms such as photosynthesis, protein synthesis, starch formation, and translocation of proteins and sugars (Filho, 1985; Kwong, 2002, Wood and Schroeder, 2004). ROLE OF POTASSIUM IN PLANT GROWTH Presenter Ayesha Iftikhar DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE 2. Role. They require two types of nutrients- macronutrients and micronutrients. Potassium metal was first isolated in 1807 by Sir Humphry Davy who derived it from caustic potash by the use of electrolysis of the molten ⦠Soil lacking in nutrients requires them to be supplemented. nitrification is slow, and plants with the ability to take up NH 4 + may have an advantage. It plays a It plays a very significant role in meeting the growing food demand. Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium and Their Role in Agricultural Crop Production . The difference between NH 3 and NH 4 + is a H +. Les engrais NPK sont des fertilisants génériques qui agissent sur le développement de toutes sortes de plantes. Stunting is a common symptom for many deficient nutrients due to their varied roles in the plant. Therefore, it is required in large amounts for proper growth and reproduction in plants. important roles in crop production. Sây ajoutent en quantité plus faible et très variable selon les espèces : le sodium, le chlore et le silicium. Phosphorus plays a major role in the growth of new tissue and division of cells. Plants perform complex energy transmissions, a function that requires phosphorus. The main role of potassium is to provide the ionic environment for metabolic processes in the cytosol, and as such functions as a regulator of various processes including growth regulation. Although, potassium is not a constituent of any plant structures or compounds, but it plays a part in many important regulatory roles ⦠Role of Each Plant Nutrient . Brassinosteroids: Multidimensional Regulators of Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses[OPEN] ... BRs were originally characterized for their function in cell elonga tion, but it is becoming clear that they play major roles in plant growth, development, and responses to several stresses such as extreme temperatures and drought. At the opposite end of the spectrum, gardeners sometimes encounter the problem of nitrogen depletion. A BR signaling pathway from cell surface ⦠More N => more growth, typically soft fast sappy growth, deep green foliage. Selon leur application, chacun de ses éléments chimiques va avoir un impact direct sur une partie des plantations. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with six replicates. Plants light green; chlorosis in lower leaves (progresses down the midrib), more or less drying or firing of lower leaves; plants may be stunted or woody; stalks short and slender if element is deficient in later stages of growth NITROGEN 2. 19:28.5:38 g NPK/m2 and the maximum number of flowers per plant (12.87), number of diameter (0.90 cm) and vase life of flower (14.87 days) were recorded by treatment (T 10)in the ratio of 20:30:40 g NPK/m . It plays a critical role in the process of photosynthesis by which plants manufacture their own food from sunlight. The initial pH and buffering capacity of soils receiving plant residues have a profound role in the extent of pH change after application. Soil is a natural body of finely divided rocks,minerals and organic matter. Ammonium in the soil solution exists in equilibrium with ammonia gas (NH 3). Therefore, the proper amount of application and the placement of nutrients is important. Macronutrients and Micronutrients In Plants. The role of each essential nutrient in the plant is listed in Table 1 of NM 2. The recommended fertilizer schedule of 250:75:75 kg NPK ha-1 was applied in maize crop. BR play also a role in plant adaptation to environmental stresses including heat, cold, drought and salinity. Excessive nutrient uptake can also cause poor growth because of toxicity. Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer. En revanche , ils nâagissent pas sur la fertilité du sol . Roses needs frequent supply of plant nutrients to produce good growth and beautiful flowers. The equilibrium is strongly pH dependent. Ces éléments sont puisés dans le substrat.Dans un pot ou une jardinière ils seront plus rapidement épuisés et un apport régulier sera plus crucial qu'en pleine terre. Principe de la fertilisation. NPK fertilizer provides the nutrition needed for optimal plant growth. Effect of NPK on Plant Growth, Yield and Quality of Capsicum (Capsicum annum L.) c.v. Swarna Under Shade Net Condition ... main role in plant metabolism such as photosynthesis, translocation of photosynthesis, water relation as well as enzyme activation. The entire quantity of P and K and 50 per cent of N were applied as basal in the sowing lines of maize. The numbers following NPK are the percent amounts of each nutrient. THE ROLE OF FERTILIZER WHY FERTILIZE Soils need fertility maintenance. Explore more: Nutrition In Plants. Okra variety Clemson spineless significantly gave taller plants and increase in the plant organs. 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{"url":"https://spec.tiaonline.org/white-paper/the-advantages-of-single-pair-ethernet/","date":"2024-04-22T02:44:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818072.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422020223-20240422050223-00689.warc.gz","language_score":0.8693456053733826,"token_count":180,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__55569120","lang":"en","text":"The Advantages of Single Pair Ethernet\nLearn about the key market drivers and standards shaping the development of single pair Ethernet technology\nWith the growth of the internet of things (IoT), machine-to-machine communications, building automation sensors and other emerging communication technologies, there is greater demand for connectivity that can deliver both power and data over longer distances to support these applications. One of the most anticipated technologies to address these trends is Single Pair Ethernet (SPE), which combines reliable, economical, lightweight and space-efficient single pair cabling with Ethernet’s non-proprietary protocols for greater interoperability.\nThis white paper provides an overview of SPE technology and it’s applications, including:\n- Target market segments\n- SPE cabling standards\n- How SPE coexists with 4-pair Ethernet\n- Advantages versus Fieldbus and wireless","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://theartworkshopinc.net/cartoon-adventures/","date":"2018-07-18T18:12:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590314.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20180718174111-20180718194111-00385.warc.gz","language_score":0.9521864056587219,"token_count":172,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__33198858","lang":"en","text":"Have a favorite character that you draw all of the time? Want to send him on an adventure creating your own comic book? This class will help you develop a story line and draw the panels for your book while we explore action figure perspective and comic book layout. At the end of this class you will have a finished book to take home that will be printed and bound just like a real comic. All supplies are included. You are the illustrator and the author!\nWORKSHOPS ARE ONGOING AND CAN BE JOINED AT ANYTIME!\nFall August 28- October 21, 2017\nHoliday October 23-December 23, 2017\nNo Class Thanksgiving Week\nWinter January 15- March 10, 2018\nSpring March 19- May 12, 2018\n8 Weeks – $155.00\nSaturday 11:00am – 12:00 pm","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://www.kanaciajames.com/about/","date":"2024-04-20T10:36:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817576.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420091126-20240420121126-00589.warc.gz","language_score":0.9599478840827942,"token_count":629,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__184191205","lang":"en","text":"My Story begins with a question?\nHave you ever gone on a once in a lifetime journey and didn’t have a single clear photo to prove it?\nMy travel journey started five years ago. During the first year, I traveled to more than 10 countries, 12+ cities, with 30+ strangers who became my family. Through all the laughs, the love, and the struggles, this journey has been one of the best decisions I ever gave myself permission to say \"YES\" to. With a name like “Can I see ya,” oddly enough, you can’t see me at all! A year of travel and some of the only photographic proof I have of me are blurry photos and the memory itself.\nCUE THE DISAPPOINTMENT.\nIf I judged the quality of my friends by how well they took pictures of me, I wouldn't have many friends. I can’t blame them. This is what happens when you ask unexperienced friends, family, and strangers to take your picture with a professional camera.\nSame CAMERA. Different results.\nWhat's the difference you Ask?\nThe difference is not only how I see you but the mere fact that I choose to see you. I see you laugh, I see you love, I see you feel. As a photographer, my intention is for you to see you, the way I see you, and not because I \"SEE\" better, but because we all have blind spots to seeing our own beauty. My desire is to capture you the second before you feel vulnerable, two seconds after the punch line, and the milliseconds in-between when you think you look silly. However you desire to be seen, whether posing or on a plate, \"I can see you!\"\nAnd Over time, I found friends who can see me, too!\nSo, Who Am I?A one-stop shop for your creative desires.\nI AM a Creator. I AM a Photographer. I AM a Graphic Designer. I AM an Artist. I AM a Foodie. I AM a Traveler. I AM a Learner. I AM Love. I AM Strength. I AM Wisdom. I AM a Seeker of Truth. I AM Spiritual. I AM a Golden Age Astrologer. I AM on a path of BECOMING! My vision and creativity is the greatest gift I have been given and it is among the several ways I choose to share my medicine with the world.\n“Kanacia has a wonderful way of making you feel at ease from the get-go. She's down to earth, funny, kind, and can make those who have never been photographed before feel comfortable and ready. What I loved most is she really listened to what I wanted from the photo shoot, considered how the photos would be used, and then she structured the shoot around those variables. As a new business owner, she transformed me - an awkward individual - into a professional looking boss-lady - the true work of a genius!”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.autocareersgroup.com/post/savvy-strategies-how-to-negotiate-employee-compensation-successfully","date":"2024-04-19T08:15:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817382.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419074959-20240419104959-00464.warc.gz","language_score":0.9036774039268494,"token_count":1225,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__37266536","lang":"en","text":"Negotiating employee compensation in the automotive industry requires a careful and informed approach. Our guide is designed for professionals looking for practical advice on securing fair and rewarding compensation packages. This article covers the latest compensation trends, outlines tactical preparation steps, and highlights the importance of effective communication and understanding market insights. It gives automotive industry professionals the tools and strategies necessary for successful negotiation. Suitable for both experienced professionals and those new to the field, this guide offers essential insights for achieving positive compensation outcomes.\nTactical Steps to Prepare for Negotiating Employee Compensation\nNegotiating employee compensation requires a meticulous approach. Here are the tactical steps to ensure a well-prepared negotiation:\n1. Research Salary Benchmarks: Before entering into negotiations, it's crucial to gather comprehensive data on industry-specific salary benchmarks and average compensation for various roles within the automotive sector. Armed with this data, professionals can confidently advocate for fair and competitive remuneration.\n2. Evaluate Benefits Packages: Beyond base salaries, understanding the landscape of benefits packages prevalent in the industry is essential. This includes perks such as health insurance, retirement plans, and other incentives. By comprehensively evaluating these packages, individuals can ensure that their compensation negotiations encompass the full spectrum of remuneration, leading to more holistic and satisfying outcomes.\n3. Set Clear Personal Goals: Prior to negotiation, individuals should delineate their personal and professional goals. Whether it's achieving a specific salary threshold, securing additional benefits, or aligning compensation with industry standards, having clear objectives will guide the negotiation process and foster a more targeted approach.\nBy diligently following these tactical steps, automotive professionals can lay a solid foundation for successful compensation negotiations, aligning their expectations with industry standards and maximizing their remuneration potential.\nCrafting Your Negotiation Strategy\nCrafting a strategic negotiation approach is pivotal in securing favorable employee compensation within the automotive industry. Here's how to develop a robust negotiation strategy:\n1. Understand Your Value: Before initiating negotiations, professionals should thoroughly assess their unique value proposition. This includes evaluating their skills, experience, and contributions to the industry. By comprehensively understanding their professional worth, individuals can confidently articulate their value during negotiations, thereby strengthening their bargaining position.\n2. Align with Industry Standards: It's imperative to align personal compensation objectives with prevailing industry standards. Utilizing resources such as industry reports and market insights enables professionals to gauge the current compensation landscape, ensuring that their negotiation strategy resonates with industry norms.\n3. Employ a Data-Driven Approach: Leveraging quantifiable data, such as average salary increases and success rates within the automotive sector, empowers individuals to substantiate their negotiation proposals. By presenting data-driven arguments, professionals can bolster the credibility of their compensation requests, augmenting their chances of securing favorable outcomes.\nBy implementing these strategic tactics in negotiating employee compensation, automotive professionals can construct a negotiation approach that harmonizes personal aspirations with industry benchmarks, fostering a more effective and fruitful negotiation process.\nEffective Communication in Negotiating Employee Compensation\nEffective communication is paramount when navigating negotiations for employee compensation within the automotive industry. Here's how to leverage communication for successful negotiation outcomes:\n1. Utilize Industry-Specific Language: During negotiations, employing industry-specific terminology and jargon cultivates a sense of expertise and familiarity with the automotive sector. This not only enhances the professional image but also facilitates clearer and more precise communication, fostering a deeper understanding between both parties.\n2. Articulate Value Proposition: Clear and articulate communication of one's value proposition is essential. Professionals should effectively convey their unique contributions, accomplishments, and the concrete impact of their work within the automotive domain. This persuasive communication serves to substantiate compensation requests and fortify the case for equitable remuneration.\n3. Active Listening and Responsiveness: Engaging in active listening during negotiations is pivotal. By attentively understanding the employer's perspective and concerns, professionals can tailor their communication to directly address key points, thus fostering a more collaborative and mutually beneficial negotiation process.\nBy integrating these communication strategies into negotiations, automotive professionals can adeptly convey their value, align compensation discussions with industry-specific nuances, and cultivate a constructive dialogue, ultimately enhancing the likelihood of successful negotiation outcomes.\nLeveraging Market Insights for Fair Compensation\nIn the automotive industry, leveraging market insights is pivotal to negotiate fair and competitive compensation. Here's how professionals can effectively utilize market data for equitable remuneration:\n1. Research Industry Standards: Thorough research of industry standards and prevailing compensation trends is indispensable. Exploring platforms that offer comprehensive reports and data, enables professionals to benchmark their compensation expectations against industry norms. This informed approach ensures that negotiation proposals are grounded in current market realities.\n2. Align Expectations with Market Realities: By aligning personal compensation expectations with market realities, professionals can navigate negotiations with a clear understanding of the prevailing industry landscape. This alignment not only facilitates more transparent and productive discussions but also sets realistic parameters for compensation outcomes.\n3. Utilize Data to Substantiate Proposals: Leveraging quantifiable market data to substantiate compensation proposals enhances their credibility. Professionals can reference data on average salary increases, benefits prevalence, and success rates within the automotive sector to reinforce the rationale behind their compensation requests, thereby fostering a more data-driven and persuasive negotiation process.\nBy integrating these tactics, automotive professionals can effectively harness market insights to negotiate fair and competitive compensation, aligning their expectations with industry standards and optimizing their remuneration potential.\nMastering the art of negotiating employee compensation in the automotive industry hinges on industry-specific knowledge and strategic negotiation. By unraveling current compensation trends, meticulously preparing for negotiations, crafting tailored strategies, communicating effectively, and leveraging market insights, professionals can enhance their negotiation prowess. 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{"url":"https://lifeinterrupted.cmato.org/hope-micaela-kastor-isabella-marasco/","date":"2022-12-02T20:49:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710916.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20221202183117-20221202213117-00565.warc.gz","language_score":0.9438655972480774,"token_count":192,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__41175376","lang":"en","text":"Isabella Marasco & Micaela Kastor\n10th Grade, Oaks Christian School\n“Our goal was to explore hope within diversity. When was the last time our entire nation, or even the entire world, felt united under one common cause?\nTo portray this message we gathered video from around the world to show that through difference hope unites us all.\nAn original poem was written for our project to help further communicate this concept of hope and what it specifically means to the world at this time.”\nOriginal poem by Alyson Choi. Directed by Isabella Marasco. Edited by Micaela Kastor.\nHear Anna Wadman, Chair of the Oaks Christian School Visual Arts Department, talk with Florencia Glas, Special Project Manager at CMATO about “HOPE” by Micaela Kastor & Isabella Marasco:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://strahovkann.ru/dating-god-dan-p-horan-ofm/","date":"2021-06-15T04:15:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487616657.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20210615022806-20210615052806-00247.warc.gz","language_score":0.9345524311065674,"token_count":2095,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-25","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__68914277","lang":"en","text":"While the concept of having a relationship with God in human terms is not new, Br. Daniel Horan, OFM, has put a modern-day metaphorical spin on a time-honored theme. Saints and religious leaders throughout the ages have referred to God as a lover, friend and companion, said Br. Dan, who recently took solemn vows in Holy Name Province. For example, St. Francis, looks at how a relationship with God is similar to a relationship with a lover, friend, or family member. Dan wrote the book to encourage people to pursue fulfilling relationships with God, and to realize that, like any relationship, getting closer to God will have its ups and downs. God can be right there when things are going wonderfully and, at other times, when things are going badly, or if a relationship is poor, God can seem far away. He uses the example of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who said she felt that God was absent from her life for something like 30 years. It may be shocking to think that someone so good and spiritual felt disconnected from God, Br.\nDating God: A young friar’s experience of solitude\nAudible Premium Plus. Cancel anytime. Available as an audiobook for the first time ever, Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life invites you to adopt Nouwen as your personal spiritual guide. Each session was carefully prepared by Dr.\nDating God: A young friar’s experience of solitude Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., a Franciscan friar in initial formation for the Most Holy Name of.\nDaniel Horan is a Franciscan friar of Holy Name Province New York and a theologian who researches and teaches in the areas of constructive theology, spirituality, and the medieval Franciscan philosophical and theological tradition. He currently holds the Duns Scotus Chair of Spirituality. In addition to a dozen books, he is the author of more than scholarly and popular articles and book chapters in leading international theological and pastoral publications.\nA former editor of the journal New Theology Review , Fr. Daniel currently serves on the editorial boards of two scholarly journals, The Merton Annual and recently re-launched Review for Religious. He currently serves on a number of academic boards and committees, including the Board of Trustees of St. Daniel is the recipient of numerous honors and distinctions, including awards for his writing and an honorary doctorate from Felician University in New Jersey in Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.\nThis category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.\nDating and Dating God\nPosted by Daniel P. My feet are planted quite firmly in two worlds. One foot stands in a globalized, technological, and fast-paced world. Born in the early s, I am rather expectantly a child of my generation and comfortable in a digital world.\nDaniel Horan, O.F.M., popular author of Dating God and other books on Franciscan themes—and expert on the spirituality of Thomas Merton—masterfully.\nDan Horan has written a comprehensive creation theology for the 21st century. He brings the best of Franciscan theology into dialogue with the contemporary world in a way that is consonant with Pope Francis’s Laudato Si. This work will be treasured by all who seek a new ‘planetarity,’ that is, a unified creation bound in love and flowing from the heart of God.\nWith extraordinary scholarly range and interpretive daring, Daniel Horan makes a clear and convincing case for a kinship model of creation that highlights our deep filiation with the ‘other-than-human’ world. Attentive to the complexities and ambiguities of the Christian tradition, yet ever on the lookout for sources of creative retrieval within it, Horan exemplifies the very best of constructive theological work today. A significant achievement.\nIt offers a robust critique of dominion and stewardship models for understanding the human in relation to the rest of God’s creation, and employs a wide range of resources that build systematically towards a community of creation paradigm. These resources include not only the work of biblical and theological scholars, but also post-colonial theory and the Franciscan theological tradition.\nDaniel P. Du kanske gillar. The Social Construction of What? Inbunden Engelska, Spara som favorit.\nPeople who bought this also bought\nIt might seem shocking to compare our relationship with God with the notion of “dating. We set aside time for the people who are most important to us. Horan reminds us that St. Francis of Assisi understood and even described his relationship with God in a similar way.\nBonaventure University, and has published numerous scholarly and franciscan articles on Franciscan theology and spirituality, Thomas Merton, and contemporary systematic theology. Have you ever been on a date with God? It may seem a strange concept, but Next, a young Franciscan friar and dating lecturer, invites consideration generation this question, especially for young adult believers. To be on a date with God, requires, first dating foremost, that technology and many other distractions dating contemporary life be set aside in order to delve generation into the relationship.\nIt is, however, an invitation to god generation spiritual life and to look for brief moments the become more aware of God’s presence. The author does a dating service generation revealing the rich and beautiful Franciscan tradition for a new generation of believers. There is much to learn from St. Francis, St. Clare, and their dan, dating Horan, through weaving generation popular culture references and using dan, god language, will undoubtedly reach many young adults.\nThe joyful horan to prayer horan reflection.\nDating God: Live and Love in the Way of St. Francis\nWith an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Find out more about OverDrive accounts. Daniel P. Franciscan Media.\n– No Comments. by Jim Barnes. Dating God: Live and Love in the Way of St. Francis. Bonaventure University, and has published numerous scholarly and.\nIt may seem shocking to compare our relationship with God with the notion of “dating. With fresh insight and a deep personal spirituality, Horan points out that the desire, uncertainty, and love we experience in relationship with God resembles our earthly relationships: We set aside time for the people who are most important to us. Horan reminds us that St. Francis of Assisi understood and even described his relationship with God in a similar way.\nDrawing from the Franciscan tradition, Dating God encourages us to see St. Francis’s spirituality in a new light, challenging us to reexamine our own spirituality, prayer, and relationships, and inviting us into a more intimate relationship with our Creator. The audio edition of this book can be downloaded via Audible.\nFr. Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M.\nFrancis Week Event at St. Francis College Fr. Daniel P. Francis, who Francis [Daniel P. Horan O.\nDating God: Live and Love in the Way of St. · Francis of Assisi and the Future of Faith: Exploring Franciscan Spirituality and Theology in the Modern World (First ed.).\nLong distance magnifies our longing In fact, she and I read the book together. She has spent most of the last year volunteering at a Passionist retreat center outside Belfast. One of the ways we have managed being a long distance couple has been reading books together some successfully , some not and discussing them. Even when Paige and I can see each other via Skype, the screen flattens our face and the difference between camera and screen means we never really make eye contact.\nIt can be useful to see our relationship with God as a long distance relationship, says Horan, particularly in those times when we feel distant from or even abandoned by God. The Psalmist experiences the pain of separation, surely, but particularly the pain of being abandoned. The Beatific Vision of Dante Yet despite this pain, the Psalmist continues to cry, continues to pray, continues to communicate with God, precisely in the expectation that there will be an answer and that there is still a meaningful relationship there.\nFor Horan, the relationship with God, like my long-distance relationship with Paige, takes a tremendous amount of work and, frankly, hope on our part. Despite the separation, we believe that this separation will come to an end, that we will be together in the future: with Paige, when she returns from Ireland; with God, in the Beatific vision. But this hope rests in large part on our continued intentional participation in that relationship.\nI have focused here on the long distance relationship chapter because, as is clear, its theme resonates with me — in my relationship with Paige and my relationship with God.\nDating God : Franciscan Spirituality for the Next Generation\nAvailable on Special Order This title is not currently in stock in our warehouse. Please add extra days for special-order processing. With fresh insight and a deep personal spirituality, Horan points out that the desire, uncertainty, and love we experience in relationship with God resembles our earthly relationships: We set aside time for the people who are most important to us.\nHoran reminds us that St. Francis of Assisi understood and even described his relationship with God in a similar way.\nFeb 14, – Daniel Horan, O.F.M., popular author of “Dating God” and an expert on the spirituality of Thomas Merton, masterfully presents the untold story of.\nI am a Franciscan novice. Both of those words are open to misinterpreta- tion, so let me clarify. I am a Franciscan solitude, a member of the religious order of men founded by St. Francis of Assisi. As such I live following the Rule of St. Francis, which outlines a way of life mod- eled after the Gospel.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://theblackpantherblackpoetrymuseum.htmlplanet.com/blank.html","date":"2023-06-06T22:15:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653183.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606214755-20230607004755-00599.warc.gz","language_score":0.8931163549423218,"token_count":482,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__240393497","lang":"en","text":"** The Black Panther Black Poetry & Black History Museum. ** Be Proud To Be Black. ** Black Panther Black Poetry Blog.\nThe Black Panther Black Poetry & Black History Museum,\nThe Black Panther Party Black Community Organizing Committee Network,\nBlack Panther Poems.\n**A BLACK FAMILIES' POEMS.**\nAnd there’s nothing that we lack.\nHe knew what he was doing,\nAnd he will not take it back.\nWhen they whine with such remorse?\nAbout being blessed with hair like wool,\nThat’s curly and that’s coarse.\nWhen they decide it must be changed.\nAnd they bleach their hair to blonde,\nSo that no Black will remain.\nWhen they’re trying to be white.\nNot knowing “Black is beautiful”,\nThey think that “white is right”.\nTheir children act and lack?\nWhen they don’t teach them the honor,\nAnd the pride in being Black.\nWith “pride goeth before the fall”.\nWhen we had pride, we had kingdoms,\nWhen we lost pride, we lost them all.\nWe wouldn’t have been Black at birth.\nAnd if Black was not the most beautiful thing,\nGod wouldn’t have made it first.\nIs as bright as the brightest sun.\nBut the heavens, the home where God resides,\nIs a Black and beautiful one.\nThat being Black is hard.\nWe must think of ourselves in a “poker game”,\nAnd the devil holds our cards.\nAnd now we must win them back.\nBy showing the devil how proud we are,\nThat God has made us Black.\nOur education, clothes and style.\nAnd reflect on the “slaves” we have become,\nBut only for a while.\nInto something that is fake.\nWe must remember that God made us Black,\nAnd God don’t make mistakes.\nAs Part Of\nThe Black Communities' Reconstruction Era Blueprint 2010\n“Black Panther – Black Community Workshops”\nBlack Community Forums","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.inthehopper.org/op-ed/manipulating-dr-seuss-to-make-kids-afraid-of-plastics/","date":"2017-03-28T15:56:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218189802.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212949-00067-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9459050297737122,"token_count":399,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__112383240","lang":"en","text":"Wednesday, December 7th, 2011\nA new animated film based very, very loosely on the classic Dr. Seuss children’s book The Lorax will be in theaters on March 2, 2012. It’s from the makers of Despicable Me, which I enjoyed, but if you are in the plastics business I doubt you will enjoy the film version of The Lorax – unless, that is, you like being presented as a villain, a real bad guy, and an ugly person who is nasty to young kids.\nThe just-released promotional trailer gives you a good idea of how the film does that to you, and makes it clear why you are evil, so go ahead and watch, but I wouldn’t say enjoy.\nBefore you start looking for\nthat old copy of The Lorax that you used to read to your kids, or still do, the book does not contain any reference at all to plastic, nothing, nada, zilch, not a word. You can thank Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, the film’s creators, for making plastics and plastics industry people into mean, nasty villains. Won’t it be fun explaining this to your kids?\nI try to be polite on this blog, even when people slam plastics using junk science, baseless rumors, or their personal fears based on something they heard somebody say sometime somewhere. But using Dr. Seuss to turn kids against me . . . well that’s a big click too far. Published in 1971, the original book definitely has an environmental theme, and a villain chopping down all the trees, but the villain isn’t plastics or the plastic industry.\nI doubt that Dr. Seuss, bless him, would ever have created a nasty villain scaring little kids. So before I become loud and profane, note that you have three months before the film comes out; less if your kids see the trailer sooner.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.greatyarmouthauctions.com/martial-arts-self-defense-weapons-for-what-is-often-a-kubotan/","date":"2019-11-19T12:33:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496670151.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20191119121339-20191119145339-00518.warc.gz","language_score":0.9541451930999756,"token_count":469,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__184134010","lang":"en","text":"With a search on the internet, there seems to be a little more no end to what’s been written about the simple, yet powerful marker.\nThere seems to continually be no small supply in writers who have exercised dramatic titles to increase impact of an other than them so-so article on topic. “Fistful of Dynamite,” “Rod of Pain,” and many others caused the way as blog owners share their own skill and insight into inconspicuous, and yet tremendously powerful little weapon. Unfortunately, far too many ones articles serve little to make sure you no real purpose in assisting you to actually produce your own results. And, these information articles range in scope by means of generalized “what it is” variety, to the highly bloated tome that is made of what seems to wind up as every single detail on top of that supposition that the publisher wishes to impress any person with.\nBelieve me, I’ve read an involving what’s available, whilst there are very definitely are a number linked to valuable resources everything from real experts, nevertheless buried in that you simply cyber-world of many worthless “chatter.” As can feel absolve to recreate my huge research on generally subject, I’ve reintroduced it all one another so you don’t really need to. So, what, exactly, can be a Kubotan (pronounced “koo-bow-tahn”) anyway Good demande. And to answer that, you can understand the book titled, KUBOTAN Self-Defense Key chain to get an even better idea.\nBut, for now, I’ll give the short, “what’s they look like the else might you choose called,” version. For any interested, the before book covers our own viewpoints of “where did it might and how incredibly long has it for ages been around,” as-well-as others in its a number of other chapters. In that other articles, can certainly take a fast moving overview of the specific strengths and listlessness of this favorite self-defense weapon. But, for now. Your Kubotan, also termed as. . Self defense Crofton MD -stick. .","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://test31.biocom.arizona.edu/summaries/fraternities.html","date":"2015-07-04T01:36:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-27/segments/1435375096293.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20150627031816-00097-ip-10-179-60-89.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.942958414554596,"token_count":3650,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-27__0__154050352","lang":"en","text":"NOTE: These summaries were written by SVPEP staff and are based on the original papers. The information available on this web site is provided as a public service and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, the Arizona Department of Health Services, or the University of Arizona.\nAuster, C. J., & Leone, J. M. (2001). Late adolescents’ perspectives on marital rape: The impact of gender and fraternity/sorority membership. Adolescence, 36, 141-152.\nPrevious studies on college age men and women have shown gender differences in attitudes and beliefs about sexual assault and rape. Furthermore, college men associated with fraternities have exhibited high rape myth acceptance rates and increased negative attitudes toward women. The current study aims to identify the relationship between gender as well as sorority and fraternity affiliation on attitudes toward marital rape. A total of 209 college students who attended a small liberal arts college in the Northeast were asked to respond to questions intended to reveal the participants’ ideas about: (a) the relationship between stranger and marital rape, (b) the options available to victims of marital rape, and (c) laws addressing marital rape. Results showed that non-fraternity men were more likely than fraternity men to agree that stranger rape and marital rape were equally criminal acts. Regardless of sorority membership status, women were more likely than men to believe that a victim of marital rape should take legal action against her husband. Women were also more likely than men to agree that marital rape should be considered a felony. The findings of this study suggest that fraternity men have elevated levels of rape myth acceptance and poor attitudes toward women that may increase their risk of inappropriate sexual behavior, including sexual assault perpetration.\nBoeringer, S. B. (1999). Associations of rape-supportive attitudes with fraternal and athletic participation. Violence Against Women, 5, 81-90.\nThe author examined rape-supportive attitudes in a sample of fraternity members, university athletes, and a control population. In all, a sample of 477 male university students were recruited. Results indicate that fraternity men report significantly greater endorsement of five statements supportive of rape and adversarial gender beliefs than did the controls. The author also found that athletes reported significantly greater agreement with 14 rape-supportive statements than did men in the control condition. The control group only reported greater agreement with 2 rape-supportive statements. This study tends to support the contention that there is a measurable relationship between rape-supportive attitudes and membership in fraternal or athletic organizations.\nBorsari, B. E., & Carey, K. B. (1999). Understanding fraternity drinking: Five recurring themes in the literature, 1980-1998. J A College Health, 48, 30-37.\nThis article reviews the literature concerning fraternities and alcohol use on American campuses from 1980 to 1998 by focusing on issues related to: (a) precollege drinking patterns, (b) the self-selection process of heavy drinkers into particular fraternities that endorse alcohol abuse, (c) the role of alcohol in fraternity socialization, (d) individuals’ misperception of their peers’ drinking norms, and (e) the physical environment of fraternity houses that enable and encourage alcohol abuse by providing easy access to alcohol and peer support in the absence of adult supervision. The authors emphasize that understanding the pervasive role of alcohol within fraternity social structures is fundamental to addressing alcohol abuse on college campuses. They also suggest that the effect of peer pressure among students may be a powerful tool for intervention. It can be used to disseminate and endorse normative behavior to counteract predominant misperceptions concerning alcohol use on campuses.\nBoswell, A. A., & Spade, J. Z. (1996). Fraternities and collegiate rape culture: Why are some fraternities more dangerous places for women? Gender & Society, 10, 133-147.\nThis article examines social interactions at college fraternities identified as high or low for rape risk, as well as two local bars. Gender relations, the treatment of women, and attitudes toward rape are discussed. The authors found that women not known to fraternity members were at highest risk of rape. High-risk social settings were characterized by high alcohol consumption, loud music, little conversation/interaction among men and women, routine degradation of women, and more full participation in the \"hook-up scene,\" leading to the probability of women becoming faceless victims. The authors' findings suggest that an environment more conducive to conversation can promote positive interactions between men and women. They suggest that in order to eliminate campus rape culture, student leaders and administrators must examine the situations in which women and men meet and restructure these settings to provide opportunities for respectful interaction.\nBrown, T. J., Sumner, K. E., & Nocera, R. (2002). Understanding sexual aggression against women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17, 937-952.\nThis article describes a study of 139 male college students attending a predominantly White, midsize, Midwestern university. These students responded to five questionnaires: the Psychosocial Function of Sports Scale (to assess sport ideology), a questionnaire measuring the types and amount of sports they participated in or viewed, the Attitudes Toward Women Scale (to measure attitudes towards women in society), the Coercive Sexuality Scale (to assess college males’ level of involvement in sexually coercive or aggressive behaviors), and a brief demographic questionnaire (which asked about age, class standing, and fraternity membership). Analysis of these data indicated that fraternity membership, conservative attitudes towards women, and viewing contact sports were significant predictors of sexual aggression against women. Higher scores predicted higher levels of aggression. Oddly, low scores on men’s contact sports participation also predicted higher levels of sexual aggression towards women.\nChoate, L. H. (2003). Sexual assault prevention programs for college men: An exploratory evaluation of the Men Against Violence model. Journal of College Counseling, 6, 166-176.\nSeveral colleges and universities have offered date rape prevention programs for female students. The focus of these programs generally includes risk reduction and self-defense, among other preventative measures. Previous studies have shown that fraternities may reinforce rape myth acceptance among members; therefore, the current study implemented a date and acquaintance rape prevention program aimed to educate male college students affiliated with fraternities. The participants included 149 male fraternity members from a large, public university. Each participant attended a peer led, 1-hour program derived from the Men Against Violence (MAV) student organization program model. The issues addressed during the program were: (a) rape statistics, (b) legal definitions of rape, (c) rape myth acceptance, and (d) repercussions from drug usage in the facilitation of rape. After completing the program, the participants were asked to fill out an evaluation developed to record how the program content affected each of the men. Results of the qualitative analysis indicated that the program was informational – especially in the areas of legal definitions of rape and the harmful nature of gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), a date rape drug. Further analysis showed that many of the men believed the most important element of the program was the dispelling of rape myth beliefs that can potentially lead to rape. Results from this study suggest a need for more rape prevention programs for college men. Important attributes of such programs should include the clarification of rape definitions and a strong focus on the elimination of rape myth acceptance beliefs.\nDavis, T. L., & Liddell, D. L. (2002). Getting inside the house: The effectiveness of a rape prevention program for college fraternity men. Journal of College Student Development, 43, 35-50.\nStudies have shown that the prevalence of acquaintance rape and date rape is much higher than that of stranger rape. While studies on perpetrators of stranger rape have suggested psychopathology as the cause of their actions, according to sociocultural theory, perpetrators of acquaintance rape and date rape may be motivated by gender role ideology. The authors of this study investigated whether sex role socialization modifies males’ attitudes and beliefs condoning rape. A total of 90 fraternity men (between the ages of 18–23 years old), attending a large college in the Midwest, were asked to participate in this study. The participants were divided into three groups: (a) a control group, (b) a group that attended a traditional date rape prevention program, and (c) a group that attended a program aimed at identifying and addressing the gender role ideals of the participants. Each group attended one 90-minute session and was given a pretest, posttest, and a follow-up posttest. Results indicate that both of the treatment groups exhibited lower acceptance of rape myths and an increased understanding of coercion and consent; with the group that attended the traditional date rape prevention program retaining the most information about consent/coercion after six weeks. Gender role conflict was significantly associated with rape myth acceptance. Future research might investigate whether more long-term rape prevention program regimens would prove to have longer lasting effects on gender role ideals and attitudes contributing to acquaintance rape and date rape perpetration.\nFoubert, J. D. (2000). The longitudinal effects of a rape-prevention program on fraternity men's attitudes, behavioral intent, and behavior. Journal of American College Health, 48, 158-163.\nThis study presents the results of 145 fraternity men from a mid-Atlantic university who were randomly selected to determine the results of a victim empathy-based rape prevention program presented by all-male sexual assault prevention peer educators. No evidence of change in sexually coercive behavior was found. Significant declines in rape myth acceptance and the likelihood of committing rape were found with program participants immediately following the intervention. At the 7-month follow-up the decrease in rape myth acceptance remained lower among program participants than within the control group.\nFoubert, J. D. & Marriott, K. A. (1997). Effects of a sexual assault peer education program on men's belief in rape myths. Sex Roles, 36, 259-268.\nThis study looks at an all-male sexual assault peer education program that focuses on helping the survivor of sexual assault. The program of focus in this article resulted in a significant decrease in rape myth acceptance among fraternity pledges that persisted over time. The prevention program had the unexpected result of decreasing the likelihood of sexually coercive behaviors in both the experimental and control groups at posttest. The results in this study suggest that attitude changes among program participants may be long-lasting.\nFoubert, J. D., & McEwen, M. K. (1998). An all-male rape prevention peer education program: Decreasing fraternity men's behavioral intent to rape. Journal of College Student Development, 39, 548-556.\nThe authors demonstrated that participation in an all-male rape prevention peer education program, intended to decrease fraternity men's behavioral intent to rape, led to significant post-program declines in rape myth acceptance and behavioral intent to rape among 155 fraternity men (88% White, mean age of 19.9 years, mostly sophomores and juniors). The participants were divided into either a pretested and posttested rape prevention program group, a posttested rape prevention program group, or an untreated control group. The authors assessed belief in rape myths using the Burt Rape Myth Acceptance Scale. They evaluated central route processing using a state measure. Finally, intent to rape was evaluated by means of Malamuth's (1981) study questions. Results were the same regardless of whether the subjects were pretested or not. The study supports the hypothesis that rape prevention programming is most effective in an all-male peer education format.\nFrazier, P., Valtinson, G., & Candell, S. (1994). Evaluation of a coeducational interactive rape prevention program. Journal of Counseling & Development, 73, 153-158.\nThis study is an evaluation of a coeducational, acquaintance-rape prevention program delivered to 117 sorority and 75 fraternity members (aged 19-27 years) who were randomly assigned to the treatment and control group conditions. Participants completed pretest, posttest, and 1-month follow-up measures concerning attitudes toward gender roles, dating behaviors, and sexual behaviors. Participants also appraised how much they learned from the program. Those who participated in the program endorsed fewer attitudes and beliefs associated with acquaintance rape than did members of the control group and were more likely to agree with statements that endorsed respect and equality, assertive communication, and safety precautions for women immediately following the program. However, the treatment group did not differ from the control group at the 1-month follow-up.\nFrintner, M. P., & Rubinson, L. (1993). Acquaintance rape: The influence of alcohol, fraternity membership, and sports team membership. Journal of Sex Education & Therapy, 19, 272-284.\nThis study determined the extent of sexual victimization among undergraduate women at a large Midwestern university, with specific attention paid to alcohol use, fraternity membership, and sports team membership. The Sexually Stressful Events Survey was utilized with modifications clarifying the level of intoxication, and whether or not the accused was a member of a sports team or fraternity. Previous research documenting the high rate of occurrence of sexual assault and other sexually stressful events on college campuses was affirmed. In addition, it was found that alcohol was involved in the majority of the reported sexually stressful events, suggesting an association between alcohol and sexual violence. Both fraternity and sports team members were over-represented among the crimes of sexual assault, attempted sexual assault and battery, illegal restraint, and intimidation. Fraternity men represented approximately 25% of men on the campus, and were reported as 47.6% of the men involved in sexual assault or attempted sexual assault. Sports team members make up less than 2% of the campus population and were found to comprise 20.2% of the men involved in sexual assault or attempted sexual assault.\nKoss, M. P., & Gaines, J. A. (1993). The prediction of sexual aggression by alcohol use, athletic participation, and fraternity affiliation. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 8, 94-108.\nThe objective of the research in this article was to analyze the cooperative effect of alcohol, athletic participation, and fraternity association on sexual aggression among male college students. A sample of 140 college athletes, from a highly ranked university, was taken. These male athletes had all responded to a survey in a college class. The results show that alcohol consumption is the greatest predictor of sexual aggression, followed by nicotine use. It was also determined that athletic participation contributed to the effect of sexual aggression but was a weaker predictor than alcohol was. No predictions of fraternity affiliation could be made. Limitations of the study were also discussed.\nLenihan, G. O., & Rawlins, M. E. (1994). Rape supportive attitudes among Greek students before and after a date rape prevention program. Journal of College Student Development, 35, 450-455.\nIn addition to the assessment of supportive attitudes of sorority and fraternity members, this article evaluated a mandatory date rape education program, drawing comparisons with a non-Greek organization group that had been studied earlier. A total of 636 male and female Greek organization students participated, compared to 821 non-Greek organization students who served as controls. Greek organization subjects completed the Rape Supportive Attitudes Survey (RSAS) before and after the program. Control subjects had taken the RSAS two years earlier without any education program. Greek organization students registered more desirable baseline scores than non-Greeks on the RSAS but showed no change as a result of the education program.\nLottes, I. L., & Kuriloff, P. J. (1994). Sexual socialization differences by gender, Greek membership, ethnicity, and religious background. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 18, 203-219.\nExamined how parental and peer sexual socialization influences are related to gender, ethnicity, religious background, and college membership in a fraternity or sorority. A sample of 557 college students (52% male, 48% female) including 76% White, 13% Asian, and 7% Black, completed questionnaires both as entering first year students and as seniors. Compared to women, men continued to experience a more permissive sexual socialization from both parents and peers. Fraternity and sorority membership was associated with a more permissive socialization from peers but not parents. Asian students reported a more restrictive sexual socialization than Blacks or Caucasians. With respect to religious background, there were no significant differences in peer sexual socialization; however, Jewish participants reported a significantly more permissive parental sexual socialization than did Catholic and Protestant participants.\nTewsbury, R., & Mustaine, E. E. (2001). Lifestyle factors associated with sexual assault of men: A routine activity theory analysis. Journal of Men’s Studies, 9, 153-182.\nThe purpose of this study is to extend previous knowledge about the sexual assault victimization of males from female perpetrators. The authors have attempted to conduct a thorough study by evaluating: (a) the different levels of sexual assault severity men experience, (b) a large sample from various educational institutions, (c) current routines and previous lifestyles in assessing victimization vulnerability, and (d) victim characteristics that are gender specific. The participants in this study were 1,215 college students, both male and female, attending 12 different institutes in southern North America. This study found that alcohol use and fraternity affiliation were not indicators of male sexual assault victimization. Nonwhites, college athletes, and men who regularly went to the same bar and those who frequently used drugs were all more likely to be victims of sexual assault.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://carinaolivia.verticalkitty.com/welcome.html","date":"2018-12-09T20:10:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823009.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20181209185547-20181209211547-00129.warc.gz","language_score":0.913007378578186,"token_count":157,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__142645303","lang":"en","text":"Every now and then, a distinctive woman comes along who remarkably turns fantasy into reality right in the middle of life. If yearning desire is guiding you to take passion farther than ever before, please continue to read my words.\nI am Carina Olivia, an exceptional courtesan with overtures of elegance, refined intellect and subtle hints of naughtiness.\nA magnet for the mannerly gentleman, I share a penchant for intimacy, integrity and worldly excitement. As we connect through the pages of my website, let attraction have its way by allowing your imagination to run wild with erotic emotion. Envision your deepest, most private cravings being fulfilled within moments of our acquaintance. Nothing is worth more than the time we spend together.\nEmpowering your magnificence…","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://flavours-and-aromas.blogspot.com/2009/09/celebrate-bandra.html","date":"2018-05-24T04:23:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794865913.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20180524033910-20180524053910-00085.warc.gz","language_score":0.9151738882064819,"token_count":353,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__71297379","lang":"en","text":"Bandraites - Holla !!!! You love to live in Bandra, the hotspot of Mumbai ... a happening place....\nCourtesy Caferati -\nCelebrate Bandra Festival Souvenir - Call for Submissions (Original post here.)The Celebrate Bandra Festival happens once every two years in Bandra. This year, the festival will be in November. I'm helping curate the literature section. More about past festivals at celebratebandra.net (the site won't be updated with this year's schedule for a little while yet).Here's the brief.\"You're My Home\": you live in Bandra, so what makes it home? (If you don't live in Bandra, imagine it). The trees, the birds, the air, your nosy neighbours, your generous and helpful neighbours, their culture and yours, the sea, the waves, the aromas, the convenience, the excitement. It's home, so like every home, it has ups, it has downs. But what is it about the environment of Bandra, seen as broadly as you can, that makes it home for you?You can submit anything that can appear in print (without spending enormous amounts of money): essays, short fiction, poetry, play scripts, illustrations, photographs.Please email your submissions to firstname.lastname@example.orgLast date for submissions: September 30th, 11:59p.m.\nIf you would love to celebrate Bandra and participate in the \"Celebrate Bandra\" festival, do visit Caferati here ... http://caferati.blogspot.com/2009/09/celebrate-bandra-festival-souvenir-call.html","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://onemonthinbuenosaires.wordpress.com/","date":"2021-01-19T11:25:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703518240.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20210119103923-20210119133923-00456.warc.gz","language_score":0.9793979525566101,"token_count":826,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__198971867","lang":"en","text":"The nature of tango forces us to protect ourselves in subtle ways from the vulnerability it involves. We press ourselves against a stranger and move as one with their body. We can feel under the skin of the other; we can smell them; our perspiration mingles – on our hands, our brows, our backs. In any other situation this might be too close for comfort. How does it become ‘comfortable’ on the dance floor? We adopt an internal protective attitude. We close our eyes. We try to surrender.\nBut, for her, with him, it was different. They had agreed to be unprotected in their humanness with each other. Virtual strangers, they had chosen to be lovers. To dance a delicious forbidden tango.\nThey agree to meet in the afternoon. Enough words had been exchanged; it was time to feel. Nowhere but Bueno Aires can you dance tango in the middle of the day. That it is why it is called Ideal: the ideal confitería for a lovers’ tryst. A venerable restaurant and dance hall built in 1912, it has dark wood paneling, large columns, a stained glass domed skylight, huge mirrors and a formally attired nonchalant waiter.\nShe arrives first wearing a vintage linen dress in a style of the 1940s. A pale golden color with ivory trim on the fitted v-neck empire-waist bodice and an A-line cut skirt – it allow her legs freedom for dancing. Had she accessorized with an an appropriate hat and gloves it would have completed the fantasy. She chooses a table, changes her shoes, and orders a drink. Against the dark wooden panels of the confitería she is glowing.\nA few minutes later, she watches him stride in and over to a table on the other side of the room. He doesn’t want to sit with her. He wants to play. She pretends to not be interested; to not want to look; to not want to dance. She can’t. He is too beautiful and he wants her. She is drawn to his eyes like a magnet and they coquettishly go through the motions of eye contact, nod, rise, meet on the floor.\nHe invites her into his embrace. For a moment they stand together, close, motionless, breathing in each other’s scent. She feels him move and she goes. He goes with her. She only wants to go where he wants her to go. His hold assures her he will not let go – at least not for this song, not in this moment – and this moment is all they have, all that matters to them. He turns her and his hand edges close to where her flesh leaves her ribs and rises. Her breath catches, becomes shallow and quickens. Her breasts are pressed against his chest. She hopes that the thumping of her heart doesn’t distract him from the beat of the music. Her temple against his – she hopes that her thoughts don’t distract him from the lyrics of the song. He is so close now. So close she can feel his past, present and future. She can smell his desire. Her thigh brushes against the front of his trousers. His breath is on her neck, in her ear, surrounding her disconnected thoughts.\nBetween songs they separate, maintaining a publicly approved intimate distance and gaze into each others eyes. Searching for understanding.\n“You look stunning”, he says, and she knows her recent purchase has been worth that one compliment – even if it is chamuyo.\nDuring the cortinas they sit together, no longer willing to waste precious little time playing games across the floor. Still, they speak very little. They dance a couple more tandas and it is time for him to slip away.\nShe bends down to change her shoes and you cannot see the tears welling up in her eyes. This is the last she will see of him and so much is left undone.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://rockonamerica.live/the-help/","date":"2024-02-29T20:53:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474853.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229202522-20240229232522-00231.warc.gz","language_score":0.9681857824325562,"token_count":1670,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__106899570","lang":"en","text":"This extraordinary movie about 3 courageous southern women who share a project to secretly write the emotional, heart wrenching and eye-opening truth from the viewpoint of Black maids in 1962 at Jackson, Mississippi during the changing times of the civil rights movements is based on the #1 New York Times Best Seller Novel “The Help”. This 2009 Novel, written by Kathryn Stockett, was the most talked about book used by Book Clubs everywhere. Tate Taylor turned the story into a screenplay and then directed the film. “The Help” stars Emma Stone (Crazy Stupid Love 2011) as Skeeter; Viola Davis (Doubt 2008) as Abileen; and Octavia Spencer (Seven Pounds 2007) who develop an forbidden friendship while creating their book. The characters were offset by cruel and old fashioned Southern Belles, played by Bryce Dallas Howard as Hilly, and Ahna O’Reilly as Elizabeth. Jessica Chastain played Celia from the other side of the tracks who tries through the whole movie to win the friendship of the local socialites. The all star cast includes, some of films most distinguished actresses including Cicely Tyson, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, and Allison Janney.\nA timepiece of exquisite drama that will be telling the story of changing time for years to come, go see this movie…\nTHE BLONDE: I, for the first time in ten years will not be funny or humorous in this film review. It is way too important a masterpiece to trivialize it with fun comments. I can’t tell you rockers, just how much I loved this brilliant, stellar film. I think The Help is one of the most socially conscience, responsible and educational films I have seen in many, many years. It is what Schindler’s List was to the Holocaust. If I were a college professor, I would tell my students that they have one week to see this film or they will be failed. There was nothing that I did not love about The Help, from the casting, to the acting, to the directing to the recreations of the day to the incredible storyline….I laughed, I cried, I shook my head in disbelief and disgust. My heart ached and rejoiced. I was repulsed by some characters and warmed by others.\nTHE BRUNETTE: I agree, with all my heart. The costumes, homes, cars, buses, music and styles all portrayed the 60’s perfectly.\nTHE BLONDE: Well, you would know about the 60’s. I was not even born yet.\nTHE BRUNETTE: I thought you were going to lay off the comedy?\nTHE BLONDE: Sorry, my bad……\nTHE BRUNETTE: Moving right along… …\nTHE BLONDE: A huge point I need to make, is how ashamed and embarrassed I am about the way the south treated a race that’s proved to be full of wisdom, intelligence, kindness, remarkable tolerance and talents. How could we, as a country have treated people so abominably wicked? Disgraceful!!!! Despicable!!!!!! Appalling!!!! Dreadful!!!!\nTHE BRUNETTE: Wow, you must have been born and raised in the south.\nTHE BLONDE: Yes, I did in Florida, but, in the 80’s.\nTHE BRUNETTE: The 80’s huh… But of course you did. Well, I grew up in Southern California and although we were kind of segregated, we lived together with a semblance of peace for the most part. I did not live through or observe this degree of horrible treatment and discrimination of people. I was not exposed to this type of prejudice first hand, so, this movie brought this experience to the forefront for me.\nTHE BLONDE: The casting and acting performed by every single actor in this film is without a doubt, Oscar worthy. Speaking of which, if this film does not win the Oscar for best picture, I might never watch the awards show again in protest. I don’t just mean nominated, I mean win. I am truly passionate about this movie for and on so many levels. It touched every feeling in my body down to its core. There were several times during the movie I just wanted to stand up and cheer, revolt, scream out in rebellion or simply rejoice. I can’t remember when I have seen such an intelligent, socially aware, enlightening, moving, emotional, thoughtful, honest, magnificently written script. This was truly the perfect movie.\nTHE BRUNETTE: I feel the same way. However, this was truly a perfect book as well. It was an easy and great read that I could not put down until the last page. I must interject here, that the casting was not only brilliant but dead on from the characters attitudes to their descriptions. Of course, there was a tad more storyline to the novel but did not distract from the film.\nTHE BLONDE: I loved the exchange and relationships between the characters in the story. The characters were so well defined by the writer that I found myself rooting for them or cursing them. Furthermore, the chemistry between the actors themselves proved to be true acting poetry. I felt all the dramas that occurred in the story, as well as the intensity of the moment, the sadness, the frustrations, the joys and revelations coming right off the screen through the actors’ extraordinary performances.\nTHE BRUNETTE: Wow, I am exhausted just listening to you Blonde. I think I need to stop here and grab a cup of iced coffee. However, I understand exactly how you feel. I myself went through a pack of Kleenex.\nTHE BLONDE: I usually don’t look around the audience in a movie theatre, but, I could not help but notice all the people around me were either, laughing, mesmerized or crying. It did somehow connect to the hearts of people of all ages and races.\nTHE BRUNETTE: You’re right. I too, found that The Help provoked feelings both conscience and sub-conscience alike. Somehow, everyone, could relate to and react to in their own personal way or experiences.\nTHE BLONDE: I felt the need to give this movie a standing ovation at the end. This film was so amazing right down to the very last word on screen.\nTHE BRUNETTE: Judging by the crowd, you were not alone based on the round of cheering applause at the conclusion.\nTHE BLONDE: Watching his film gave me goose bumps for the entire two hours. I cannot rave enough of how wonderful The Help was. Run, don’t walk to see it. Take your children, take your parents and take your family and friends. Don’t forget to go to the restroom and buy a big tub of popcorn before it starts, as you will not want to miss a second of it. For the first time in 10 years of writing reviews, I rate The Help and A+++++ … … Bravo to all who were a part of this tremendous film…. You rock Disney!!!\nTHE BRUNETTE: I too, give this film an A. Don’t hesitate seeing the movie if you’re not going to read the book. You will understand the story perfectly. However, I do suggest you read the book prior, to get the whole story.\nTHE BLONDE: I cannot disagree more. I think going in blind with no previous knowledge made me enjoy the film more and kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time wondering what was going to come next. But, I loved the film so much that I will, without a doubt, read the book now!\nBy the way brunette… I really hated your outfit last night at the movie. Whatever were you thinking when you bought it?\nTHE BRUNETTE: Really and you should talk. By the way, I noticed that you really need to get your roots done.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://clarehills.com/about-clare-hills/","date":"2018-02-24T06:09:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891815435.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20180224053236-20180224073236-00483.warc.gz","language_score":0.9789273738861084,"token_count":176,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__251295006","lang":"en","text":"We’ve heard beauty is in the eye of the beholder before. But have we really thought about this quote? Do we grasp the real concept that we are all beholders? It may come easily to look around us and point out the beautiful blue sky and an incredible array of colors in the rainbow. But sometimes the hardest thing to do is to look within ourselves. Stop poking at what we think is wrong but to open our eyes and feel what is beautiful.\nI want to talk about all things beauty. Makeup, artists, techniques, anything along the lines of beauty. We are all beautiful and things that make us feel so should be recognized and shared. Beauty is mistakenly taken for external looks. It is also internally and a feeling. I want to share with others what beauty is to me and how to become a more beautiful you. In and Out.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://cheonilguk2013.blogspot.jp/p/about-us.html","date":"2017-04-29T15:22:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123530.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00467-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9219275116920471,"token_count":219,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__85599579","lang":"en","text":"Rev. Sun Myung Moon\nAs a Peace-loving Global Citizen is the autobiography of Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Movement. It was published in 2009 in both Korean and English by Gimm-Young Publishers of Seoul, South Korea. The book was released in South Korea on March 9, 2009 and debuted at #3 on the Businesss bestseller's list. It has ranked in various bestseller lists since then and was ranked 15th on the General bestseller's list as of October 14, 2009.\nThursday, November 11, 2010 | |\n- CHAPTER ONE - Food is Love\n- CHAPTER TWO - A River of Heart Flows with Tears\n- CHAPTER THREE - The Man with the Fullest Stomach\n- CHAPTER FOUR - Why We Work Globally\n- CHAPTER FIVE - True Families Create True People\n- CHAPTER SIX - Love Will Bring Unification\n- CHAPTER SEVEN - Future of Korea, Future of the Wor...\n- CHAPTER EIGHT - Message for Young People","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://justice4iran.org/6643/","date":"2023-02-02T02:18:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499954.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20230202003408-20230202033408-00802.warc.gz","language_score":0.9090184569358826,"token_count":402,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__25939375","lang":"en","text":"Accepted under the “Addressing Inequalities” Global Thematic Consultation – Call for Proposals for Background Papers, Oct 2012*\nAbstract: This report raises concerns with Iran’s imposition of medical procedures on transgender persons as a requirement for the enjoyment of the right to legal recognition. The surgical requirement violates the dignity, bodily integrity and humanity of transgender persons. It also constitutes an egregious case of discrimination on the basis of gender identity given that for Iranian transgender persons, lacking legal recognition means being the denied the right to life, security of the person, freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention, privacy, family, work and education. The report further suggests that the requirement amounts to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, and possibly even torture, in light of the abuses that pervade and characterise the procedures and processes of psychological and medical testing and treatment of transgenders in Iran. Iran divides individuals who live outside dimorphic, hetero-normative gender relations into two distinct, yet interrelated, categories: transsexual patients and (homo)sexual perverts. The former encompasses individuals who suffer from a “gender identity disorder” (ekhtelal-i hoviat-i jensy) and must be “cured” through hormonal conversations and sex reassignment surgery while the latter includes morally bankrupt individuals who engage in sinful (homo)sexual behaviour outside the bounds of gender normalcy and must be prosecuted and have appropriate punishment meted out to them. It is concluded that Iran’s seemingly progressive stance on transsexuality and sex change should be understood and analysed through the lens of this troubling discourse which regards homosexuality and more generally any sexual or gender non-conformity as perverse, and unlawful, except for those willing to transform their “wrong bodies”.\nTo read the report, please click the picture.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ourfragilexworld.org/community-post-exploring-clinical-unmet-needs-in-fxs","date":"2023-03-25T10:18:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945323.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325095252-20230325125252-00306.warc.gz","language_score":0.9476029872894287,"token_count":1153,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__180501982","lang":"en","text":"OFXW Research Spotlight: Exploring clinical unmet needs in FXS and the use of medical records for research\nBringing researchers and healthcare professionals together to share knowledge is essential for improving the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). In June, the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) held their annual meeting where professionals learned about \"cutting edge research, effective practices, and valuable information on important policy initiatives.\" As part of our efforts to promote high-quality research on IDD, members of our team presented two posters at the meeting. We spoke with attendees about the unmet clinical needs of individuals with fragile X syndrome (FXS) and about how medical records are used for IDD research.\nPoster #1. Clinical Unmet Needs and Burden in Fragile X Syndrome: Results of a Targeted Literature Review\nIndividuals with FXS and their families have a variety of needs but they may not always receive the services and support they need. To take a closer look at this issue, OFXW researchers reviewed research done in the past 10 years on the unmet clinical needs and burden in FXS.\nResearchers outlined the strengths and needs of individuals with FXS. This included intellectual and functional abilities, social-emotional behaviors, and other co-diagnoses such as autism spectrum disorder. On average, about 60% of males and 40% of females take symptom-specific medication to treat problems associated with FXS. However, between 20% and 30% of caregivers of males reported that medications had little to no effect.\nChild behavior was found to have the most profound impact on the family and caregiver's quality of life. Families who have a child with FXS experienced greater health care costs and financial burden as compared to families without a child with FXS. Indirect costs included the impact on employment/careers, with caregivers taking about 18 hours off work in the last month and some reported that they quit their job, turned down a promotion, or changed working hours or jobs in order to care for their child with FXS. A subset of families reported not enough social support, and more parenting stress, depression, anger, and anxiety.\nThis review found that there continue to be unmet clinical needs in FXS. Additional treatment options are needed to address these needs and minimize the impact on families.\nThis research was done by OFXW researchers, Drs. Melissa Raspa and Don Bailey. Co-authors included Patricia Sacco of RTI Health Solutions, and Jeannie Visootsak and Raquel Cabo of Ovid Therapeutics.\nOvid Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused exclusively on developing impactful medicines for patients and families living with rare neurological disorders.\nPoster #2. What are You Doing with My Records? The Use of Medical Records for Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities\nAnne Wheeler presenting a poster at the AAIDD 141st Annual Meeting. Photo courtesy of Anne Wheeler.\nStudying medical records can tell us more about the clinical needs of individuals with FXS. Although medical record data can help us improve clinical care, researchers and practitioners must consider both the risks and benefits of using medical records for research purposes.\nTo learn more about this issue, our team looked at what studies have used medical records for IDD-related research. Over the past 10 years, medical records have mainly been used for four purposes:\n- identification of individuals with IDD,\n- studies about other health conditions that also affect individuals with IDD,\n- genetic studies or those that look at environmental associations with IDD, and\n- clinical care.\nUsing medical records for IDD research can provide important benefits. Findings suggest that these benefits can include an increased understanding of IDD conditions, identifying where there may be barriers to obtaining services or quality health care, improving communication with providers about IDD, and identifying health conditions that also affect individuals with IDD.\nThe literature also pointed to the risks of using medical records for research, including potential privacy and confidentiality issues, the incompleteness or inaccuracy of records, the possibility of stigmatization, and concerns that families do not understand what their participation in medical records research means.\nMedical records hold a wealth of information that can be used in variety of ways. Further exploration of individuals and families' views on using medical records for research purposes is an important step in determining how the IDD field can benefit by the use this information.\nThis research was done by OFXW researchers, Dr. Anne Wheeler, Rebecca Moultrie, Sara Andrews, Dr. Lauren Turner-Brown, Anne Edwards, Laura Wagner and Dr. Melissa Raspa.\nUsing What We've Learned\nLearning more about individuals' and families' views on using medical records for research is a key step in finding out how to conduct these studies ethically. We plan to use what we learned from this research as the basis for our upcoming survey on preferences for use of medical records in research. We'll post the link for the survey later this fall, so please stay tuned!\nIf you'd like to be contacted about this upcoming study or other ways to take part in FXS research, please think about signing up for our research registry.\nShare Your StoryWhat do you think we need to do to promote a society that fully includes individuals with FXS? What do you think professionals need to know more about? Please consider sharing your thoughts with us. We hope to hear from you!\nAbout the Author\nRebecca Moultrie is a research analyst at RTI International. Her research focuses mainly on helping patients make informed healthcare decisions.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.employee-feedback.co.uk/public-zone/what-we-offer-area/engagement-customer-satisfaction-page-1.aspx","date":"2013-06-19T16:59:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708946676/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125546-00068-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9552070498466492,"token_count":144,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__131290803","lang":"en","text":"It seems obvious that engaged employees are much more likely to perform better than others, but is there any evidence? And is there a commercial benefit?\nIn fact, there is a proven link between employee engagement, customer satisfaction and profitability.\nUS retailer Sears' research showed that a 5% increase in store-level employee engagement led to a 1.5% increase in customer satisfaction and .5% increase in store revenue*. This link has been annually audited and confirmed.\nSo engaged employees can lead to greater profitability.\nWhat do we measure?\n*The Employee-Customer-Profit Chain at Sears, Rucci AJ, Kim, SP and Quinn, RT, Harvard Business Review, Jan-Feb 1998","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://brittanatextsfromlastnight.tumblr.com/","date":"2013-12-22T11:50:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1387346051826/warc/CC-MAIN-20131218055411-00016-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9545865058898926,"token_count":181,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__192963471","lang":"en","text":"I would like to apologize for the lack of posts recently.\nI have found zero inspiration with this season especially as it keeps going on.\nHopefully I can get some more together as we can all use a laugh.\nEspecially something Brittana related that is positive.\nThanks for sticking with me! If anyone has any suggestions feel free to submit them :)\nThank you! Glad you like it :)\nIf you have any you want to see done feel free to submit them!\nIf you are a fan of the posts then I recommend you read this fic inspired by them!\nI am in love with this story and wanted to share it.\nYou guys are fantastic!! Thank you for the support.\nWe all need some Brittana wankyness in our lives. Especially now.\nIf you have any suggestions or even submissions of your own feel free to send it my way!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://unsung-hero-99.livejournal.com/11159.html","date":"2023-03-29T16:35:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949009.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20230329151629-20230329181629-00537.warc.gz","language_score":0.9789937138557434,"token_count":1017,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__180497534","lang":"en","text":"Warnings: Spanking, bondage, bit of d/s\nWord Count: 665\nDisclaimer: They don’t belong to me, but I play with them anyway.\nAuthor's Notes: This originally started out for the spanking prompt on 50kinkyways , but I used more than one prompt so I can’t use it for that. That’s to vagablonde for the title suggestions, and the wonderful beta!\n“You’ve been bad.”\nThe words are whispered in his ear, warm breath ghosting over his skin, and he can’t help but shiver. He knew this was coming, knew before he’d disobeyed orders that it would lead to this, but he still did. Now he’s lying there, completely at the mercy of the other. He’s on his stomach, his hands shackled to the legs of the bed. His ass is in the air, his ankles shackled tightly to a strap that had been placed around the bed for this very purpose, so he can’t move. He’s still got his clothes on, but he knows it won’t remain that way for long. Strong, nimble fingers glide up his back, until they reach the top of his shirt, the long-sleeved black one he usually wears under his uniform. His breathing hitches as the material is forcibly ripped from him, he won’t be using that top again.\nHe shivers again as the fingers make their way around his chest and tug sharply on a nipple before retreating to his back again. They trail down his spine before coming to rest on the waistband of his pants. He can feel the warm hands moving, until a knife slips under the waistband. His breath hitches again as it slices through the seam on the back of his pants, and down his left leg; the blunt edge of the knife is cold as it trails down his leg. The knife is moved to the other leg, cutting it in the same fashion as the other. His boxers are next, the knife making short work of the soft, thin material until he’s completely naked, his bare skin vulnerable to the other.\n“You know what that means.”\nHe feels a hand glide over his ass, squeezing one cheek before disappearing. He hears rustling, and knows what the other is getting. He feels it against his ass for a moment, lining up before being pulled away. There’s a moment of silence, of waiting, and then there’s the sound of it rushing through the air, and connecting with his flesh. He can’t help but jerk in his bonds as the pain comes.\nHe’s not being gentle this time.\nThe warning is spoken in a low tone, and he knows that if he doesn’t obey, it’ll only draw the punishment out longer. He concentrates on staying still as the paddle comes down again. The strokes blur together in a mixture of pain and arousal. He doesn’t know how long it goes on for, but then it’s finally over, and there are hands on his ass again, opening him with slick fingers, cool against the red and swollen welts. Then the fingers are gone, and he can hear the soft tear, a condom slowly and deliberately torn open, the noise seeming loud over his own harsh breaths. He can feel the others cock pushing against his entrance, and he lets him in. It feels so good, so full.\nHe groans and can’t help but move back to take him in further. He gets a sharp slap in response, adding another bite of pain, making the effort to remain still hard, but he does. Soon he’s all the way in, and then he’s thrusting hard and fast, and even as the arousal is over laced with the sharp sting of flesh connecting with the hot, pulsing welts, he knows he won’t last long. He’s right. There’s the white bliss of orgasm, and he hears the other groan as the thrusts become erratic. Then he is lying on top of him, sweat-salted skin against his, panting for a moment to catch his breath. He feels his bonds being undone, and arms sliding around him, a kiss being placed on the back of his neck as he settles down with a sigh.\n“Love you, John” He whispers into the darkness of the room\n“Love you too, Evan”\nHe falls asleep knowing everything is alright, and how it should be..","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://electric-claw.deviantart.com/","date":"2013-12-09T15:35:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163986869/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204133306-00040-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9885375499725342,"token_count":231,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__98982456","lang":"en","text":"Artist | Student | Digital Art\nWelcome to my profile, where sanity has long since been thrown away. Entrance is on the left. Exit is also on the left. Also, please refrain from going left, as something sinister seem to be in our mist.\n~>I asked God for strength, that I might achieve,\nI was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.\nI asked for health, that I might do greater things,\nI was given infirmity, that I might do better things.\nI asked for riches, that I might be happy,\nI was given proverty, that I might be wise.\nI asked for power, that I might have the praise of men,\nI was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God.\nI asked for all things, that I might enjoy life,\nI was given life, that I might enjoy all things.\nI got nothing that I asked for-- but everything that I hoped for.\nAlmost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered.\nI am among all men, most richly blessed.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.bigbangdissertation.com/how-to-do-the-research-for-your-dissertation/","date":"2018-04-21T22:50:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125945459.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20180421223015-20180422003015-00311.warc.gz","language_score":0.9334421753883362,"token_count":826,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__199801333","lang":"en","text":"You’ve seen PhD candidates being challenged to the very limitsby their dissertation projects. You understood their struggle, but you always believed the process would be different for you. You have your heart set on a topic and you think things will go as smoothly as possible. As soon as you start the preliminary research process, you realize your assumptions were far from the truth.\nSuddenly, you’re faced with the most serious project you’ve ever worked on. The research stage is perhaps the most confusing aspect. You have to collect and go through many resources that are often contradictory to one another.\nTake a deep breath. You’ll go through this. You’ve come so far! The following tips will help you conduct the research for your dissertation without feeling the usual pressure:\nStart With a Literature Review\nLet’s make something clear: the research stage comes after you identify your topic. We’ll assume you already have your topic, since this is a guide for the research stage.\nThe process starts with a review of the literature in the area. You’ll include comments on this process in the dissertation itself. The literature review section will contain a brief introduction to the topic, explanations of the key concepts, and an evaluation of the existing literature. For many PhD candidates, this is the most difficult part of the entire dissertation completion process.\n- Start by reading integrative articles to see how other researchers organized the literature review.\n- When you find a relevant journal article, research report or book, go through the references and they will guide you to other relevant materials.\n- Use Google Scholar to find more relevant sources. Include electronic bibliographies in the research process. ERIC(Education Resources Information Center) and PsychINFO are good places to start.\n- Take notes! You can work on the literature review section as you conduct the research.\nDistinguish Secondary Material from Primary Sources\nA primary sources gives you direct evidence for your thesis. The primary sources can come in the form of audio or video recordings, results from experiments, interviews, surveys, legal and historical documents, published creative writing pieces, speeches, works of art, and mainly empirical studies. When you encounter a study based on direct observation or experiment, it’s a primary source.\nSecondary sources, on the other hand, discuss, describe, evaluate, analyze, and comment upon primary sources. These can be journal articles based on someone else’s research. They are equally important for your dissertation as primary sources.\nHave a Plan\nDo yourself a huge favor: make a plan for the research. This will be a long process. Any distraction and procrastination will have a negative effect on it. Block out the days when you know you won’t be able to work. Holidays, important events, rest days… mark them in your calendar. Then, give yourself a timeframe for the research. A dissertation usually requires months of committed research. Allocate the research tasks in a schedule you know you’ll be able to follow.\nStart writing the dissertation somewhere along the way. When you realize you have enough material to work with , start writing the first draft and continue the process of analyzing resources.\nThe point of making a plan is motivation. You see attainable goals there. For example, you give yourself one week to read and analyze a particular study or survey. When you have such a milestone that’s not difficult to achieve, it will be easy to stay on track. If you don’t have a plan, you’ll fall a victim to procrastination.\nDon’t try to fool yourself; the process will be long and exhausting. However, this is a project you knew you would get to. You’ve been working to get to this point too hard. You already have a solid base of knowledge that allows you to tackle the topic, and you’ve obtained the needed writing skills through all other projects you worked on. You can do it!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://firstchristianmooresville.com/youth/children-youth-study/","date":"2018-01-17T11:03:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084886895.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20180117102533-20180117122533-00379.warc.gz","language_score":0.9519636034965515,"token_count":429,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__57614425","lang":"en","text":"Children & Youth Study\nThe Christian Education team at First works to find good ways to work with children at their intellectual and skill level to teach the stories and traditions of the Bible and also to look at culture and life applications and how the Bible and being a Christian speaks to that. Below are the classes that are currently taking place at First. You are welcome to join us anytime – for a Sunday, for a section or to become part of the community and help plan what we do.\nChi Rho – Grades 6-8\nDark & Disturbing Stories from the Bible\nChallenging students to see life From God’s point of view.\nBeginning September 29th, we will be using Dark and Disturbing Stories from the Bible published by Standard Publishing (www.standardpub.com). Remember these stories:\nA lone rebel slays an evil king…\nA woman stakes out the enemy commander and slays him with an iron peg…\nThe sun stands eerily still leading to an entire army’s annihilation…\nA man betrays his guiltless friend for a handful of coins…\nThe publisher says “There are more like PG-13 movies than Sunday school stories. But they are in the bible. And they’re not meant to be hidden.” So we will explore them for 8 weeks.\nHarry Potter: During the month of September we looked at the Harry Potter series using a curriculum written by PrimeTime Parable Ministries (www.entmin.com). Their goal is to look at the intersectio of culture and Christianity. The questions we will be focusing on incude:\nWhat does the author say? J.K. Rowling was raised Anglican and is now a member of the Presbyterian Church\nWhat does the story say? Jesus told many of this stories in parable. Looking at Harry Potter as story what does it say about prophecy, the power of love and the title of “Chosen One?”\nWhat does the Bible say? Rowling says two verses summarize the series – we will be exploring those.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.soulofthegarden.com/dailymuse0500.html","date":"2019-03-22T04:43:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202628.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20190322034516-20190322060516-00249.warc.gz","language_score":0.9768539667129517,"token_count":1067,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__54009741","lang":"en","text":"he Daily Muse\nIntense thunder storms have passed through the area, revitalizing the garden. Rain and thunder woke me from my sleep several times during the past two nights. I love to lie in bed listening to the rain... but I miss actually seeing it. There is nothing so satisfying as watching a good soaking rain from my front porch.\nI dreamed about moving last night, about leaving my garden for another...\nOver the course of the past few weeks, we've made the decision to move and have purchased a new home. We need the living space, and the new house more than doubles what we have. The yard is huge, it is exciting to think about starting over with a new garden, a semi-blank slate. Still, I have tended this garden for sixteen years. It is difficult to imagine not sitting on the front porch here, up among the trees, watching the rain or the mockingbirds defending their turf.\nI have promised myself that I will be patient, that I will not immediately set out to create a new garden. Instead I want to acquaint my self with the new space, to learn its patterns of sun and shade, and start to improve its soil.\nThere will be much to write about and still more to do in the upcoming weeks. I look forward to the challenges ahead, and yet...\nSummer is upon us. I spend my mornings in the garden tending to the needs of the plants, and then retreat indoors. Despite the heat, there are still many joys to experience: the Rose of Sharons, or Altheas, are in full flower, as are the daylilies, and yesterday I watched while a pair of mockingbirds fed their very insistent fledgling. It was course-feathered and fat, not at all like its sleek parents, and its squawking was far from refined. I couldn't help but wonder how many possumhaw berries it would take to fuel its first thrilling song. Despite these pleasures, the careless ease of early spring has passed, and from here on out, every day will involve chore-like tasks simply to keep the garden alive.\nHidden away, in the coolness of my home, I have been preparing myself for a class that I will be teaching at the Seton Cove, a local spirituality center. The course is titled \"The Poetics of Creation\" - I will be using poems from various traditions as \"sacred texts\" that interpret the experience of the divine in nature. Among my favorites are poems from the ancient Chinese. Buddhism flowered in China during the T'ang Dynasty and the poetry of that era is deeply evocative of the gentle spirit of the Buddhist tradition. These are definitely poems for gardeners, it has been a gift to read and re-read them in the darkness, away from the heat.\nEarlier today, I was interviewed on the local NPR affiliate about my class, and I read a few of Kenneth Rexroth's translations of Chinese poetry. It was wonderful sharing those words with an invisible audience, I felt like I was offering them a garden to retreat to in the middle of their busy days. However, when I came home and walked through my own garden, all I could see was wilted foliage and plants that needed to be pruned. I slumped back into my air-conditioned cave, not wanting to do any work in the mid-day sun. Instead, I opened Stephen Mitchell's book \"The Enlightened Heart.\"\nThis was on the page that I opened:\nMy daily affairs are quite ordinary;\nbut I'm in total harmony with them.\nI don't hold on to anything, don't reject anything;\nnowhere an obstacle or conflict.\nWho cares about wealth and honor?\nEven the poorest things shine.\nMy miraculous power and spiritual activity:\ndrawing water and carrying wood.\nby Layman P'ang\nChina, c. 740 - 808\nI am in the throes of moving and haven't had much time for reflection. We will be moving to our new home at the end of the week and I am very excited about the huge task of creating a new garden.\nThis morning, while watering my old friend, my present garden, I thought about what it is to leave one garden behind for another. It is sad to think that I will no longer have the daily rituals and reassurances of this place; that I will be leaving the rusty blackhaw viburnums, weeping yaupons, and Japanese maples behind. I lingered as I watered, giving everything an deep soaking, deeper than was really needed. I pulled a few weeds, hackberry seedlings and the like, it has required so much of my attention to keep them at bay, I wondered who will do this in the future...\nI have always believed in fate, that by and large, things turn out as they were meant to. I trust that some new gardener will come along and adopt this place as his or her own. Meanwhile, I am readying myself for the work and joy that lies ahead. More soon.\nContinue to Daily Muse for June 2000\nReturn to Daily Muse Menu\nAll material © Soul of the Garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://tishlashire.wixsite.com/tent/post/hungry-for-word","date":"2022-09-30T16:30:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335491.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220930145518-20220930175518-00786.warc.gz","language_score":0.9798762202262878,"token_count":148,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__45446562","lang":"en","text":"Many are living in knowing what is not real. The translations that people are reading today is misleading them because those words that we are comprehending within our spirit are very destructive to the human soul. When you read amos 8 on the eleventh verse it tells us that there will be a famine for the word not for bread or water...now bread here is speaking of the physical appetite and this isn't what the father is talking about. He is speaking of his designed word and language that was before all these other languages and what language is that!!! The Hebrew\" I know this will interfere with many because the human race doesn't like change and we are not easily adopted people for the good but when is for evil yes every one participated.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.web3.lu/tag/blurb/","date":"2024-02-28T03:18:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474690.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228012542-20240228042542-00351.warc.gz","language_score":0.8960590362548828,"token_count":212,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__120043148","lang":"en","text":"BookShow is live! Blurb published the code to preview and buy self-created books from a widget embedded in a webpage or blog and to share it on Twitter and Facebook. The BookShow widget is not currently compatible with the iPad, iPhone or iTouch.\nAn example is shown below :\nThe artbook Artist’s Portfolio edited by Leslie’s Artgallery is ready at the digital book publishing service of Blurb, a company and a community that believes passionately in the joy of books – reading them, making them, sharing them, and selling them.\nThe book is published in standard portrait format, 4color printing, and includes 129 photos on 120 pages.\nThe book is available at Blurb’s bookstore for the general public with the following prices (without taxes or shipping) :\n- softcover: 29,95 EUR\n- hardcover dustjacket: 39,95 EUR\n- hardcover imagewrap: 44,95 EUR\nThe following badge bas been created with the Blurb tools :","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://pishposh.me/blog/2019/4/7/thirty-flirty-and-oh-so-sturdy","date":"2019-09-22T18:30:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514575627.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20190922180536-20190922202536-00494.warc.gz","language_score":0.9705559015274048,"token_count":1728,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__51387240","lang":"en","text":"Oh man, do we have a lot to catch up on.\nLife is so weird. Life never stops being weird. It never stops moving and changing, but the one constant I guess you could say is it continues to just be…weird.\nI have taken so dang long to post a blog post that I almost think I should start at the present and go backwards.. so that’s what I’m going to do.\nThe last year of my life has been amazing and horrible and hilarious and victorious and horrendous all at once.\nBut at the end of this year…the dreaded happened…I turned 30. The year leading up to this day was full of panic and breakdowns in preparation for that day, as any normal Basic Chick would naturally have it… But when it happened…magically… everything was fine! The panic and the breakdowns were for nothing. Everything had sorted itself out. I literally woke up thinking “good riddance to bad rubbish.” And even though it has only been three months, I have weirdly gone through a surprisingly large amount of life changes and feels. So thank you to my dramatic 20’s for fully preparing me.\nThe number one thing I have learned: Everything will sort it self out. Always. And, its true. YES, I feel like I was beat up by a gang of emotions and hit by a train full of anxiety and life altering decisions all at once, and somehow I barely climbed my way out of the dirty, dark hole that is supposed to be known as the best years of your life. But, alas…I’m alive. I MADE IT YA’LL. And everything worked itself out. The heart break and the friendships lost, the opportunities missed and the very very big mistakes made, where all for something. Could have lived without them but…they were for something.\nI’ve learned that loyalty is hard to come by. That as much as you want to trust people, unfortunately it may not be a fit. But when you find someone who is truly loyal to you, hold on to them for dear life and never let them go. And in my opinion, true loyalty is more than keeping your secrets. A truly loyal friend is someone who deals with the crap and the neurosis and the pointless drama that no one else wants to deal with. It’s someone who will support and love you no matter what you do and where you are, but who can also be brave enough to be faithful to your growth and development as a person. What do I mean by that? I mean someone who will have the hard conversations with you that you may not be able to have with yourself in order to help you become a better person. Someone that does it with all the love in their heart that they can possibly give you. Who will tell you the hard facts and then proactively be there to support you afterwards. Who will help you make practical steps to get you to a better place. Who will get in the trenches with you. I think someone who is truly loyal is also someone that is able to foresee your future feelings. Nothing irritates me more than when a friend who knows you well feels that its okay to play dumb and say they “didn’t know you would get upset” AFTER the fact. A truly loyal friend does not always need to be physically told by you what will bother you. They know you, and they are cognizant of how things will make you feel. They genuinely don’t want you to ever feel sad, and they do their very best to achieve this.\nDating should Not. Be. That. Hard. Just be yourself. This is probably the #1 thing I still work on the most because I am a SPAZ. I have really good game for the first day/ conversation/ impression and then it goes right out the window. This year I spent so much time and anxiety and energy on trying to figure out what to say or how to act to keep the attention of men who where frankly not worth it. Just be yourself and in the words of one of my best friends LIVE YO LIFE. Girls, we are so special and unique. And I know we hear it from people that love us and support us all the time, and it’s SO EASY to say it to each other, but it is dang near impossible to believe it about ourselves when we’re stuck in this horrible monstrosity people call the dating world. But it’s true…life is too short to be anything but yourself. Stop trying to do the math on how long you should take to text him back and just do you, boo. Instead of wasting time on that, we should be working on making ourselves more well rounded and interesting, and opening ourselves up for something better. Make yourself someone you are proud of - always. Also…just so we have full disclosure…I will continue to read this part back to myself because I AM A NIGHTMARE in this department. But dang, I make it sound good on paper. But please. Please. Let’s just not lose ourselves for boys anymore. Stick to your guns. Stay rad, CHICKS. And boys…take this and just basically reverse it and it will apply almost the same.\nQuality over Quantity.\nThis is probably the number one lesson I learned throughout my 20’s and the lesson that took the longest to stick. I love to be loved. I think we all do. I love to find connections with everyone I meet. It is like the bread and butter of my life. I made friends with three different people on an 8 minute tube ride when I was in London two months ago and it made my heart oh so happy. But I have learned over the years…what makes my heart the happiest is nurturing the connections that mean the most. The connections that belong to the people that deserve it - true and loyal friends. Give THOSE people everything you have. And don’t share that love. Be a little selfish with the people you love and the time you spend.\nDon’t drink kids. Just don’t do it. It makes you act stupid, and it’s literal poison. I won’t even go into it more than that.\nFight for the happiness you want. Fight for the love you want. “Once in a lifetime opportunities” do exist. And people do live with regret when they don’t speak up for love and happiness. This could pertain to relationships, major life changes, etc. Travel while you can, because there comes a time when you can’t be as frivolous as you once could be. This blog started because I quit my job and left town. And two years ago I was a strong believer in the wanderlust life. And I wouldn’t change all of that for anything. It made me who I am now. But it doesn’t last forever. And knowing that now, and knowing that I am more content with a slightly less adventurous life…AKA being okay with having a home and a job like a normal person, and not dreaming of living out of a van…makes me so thankful that I did what I did when I did it.\nTake care of yourself girl.\nWash your face, do a cleanse every now and then, drink A LOT of water, do a face mask, get a pedi, drag your butt to the gym, get some sleep. You’re worth it and your 30’s will thank you. Moisturize like you’re living on the freakin’ sun.\nSo yeah, there you have it. There are my main thoughts on this new chapter in life. Love hard, thank the people who deserve it, be yourself, appreciate loyalty, be kind and let your weirdo out. And remember - things always have a way of working themselves out. I have some pretty exciting things coming up in life, and I’m excited to head towards these new adventures as the person I am today.\nNOW. Now that have caught you up on me being 30, and my feels have been felt, I want to tell you about my adventures this last year or two: Grand Canyon, US roadie & Europe! Keep an eye out.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thecelebritist.com/amanda-gorman-is-the-youngest-poet-to-recite-at-a-presidential-inauguration-inside-her-life-career/","date":"2024-04-15T02:18:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816939.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20240415014252-20240415044252-00110.warc.gz","language_score":0.9780951142311096,"token_count":925,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__6290328","lang":"en","text":"Amanda Gorman is the Youngest Poet to Recite at a Presidential Inauguration - Inside her Life & Career\nAmanda Gorman has been causing chills and amazement with her work for quite some time now, and although she has an impressive resume for a 22-year-old, she just hit a new professional peak after reciting at the presidential inauguration on January 20.\nJoe Biden’s presidential inauguration was a star-studded event, and yet, despite big celebs like Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez performing at the ceremony, it’s Amanda Gorman who everyone has been talking about.\nThe young lady, who wrote and recited the poem “The Hills We Climb,” is the youngest person in the United States’ history to perform at a presidential inauguration, an honor she doesn’t take for granted.\nShe saw her inclusion in such a historic event as an opportunity to represent her generation, and to let young people see that they too can have a voice.\nHere’s everything we know about this rising poet and her participation in the inauguration.\nHER EARLY LIFE & EDUCATION\nBorn in 1998 in Los Angeles, Gorman has a twin sister, Gabrielle, who is an activist and filmmaker. The girls’ mother is Joan Wicks, a middle school teacher who had a great influence on Gorman.\nGorman’s love for poetry and literature started early on, as she remembers how, in third grade, her teacher’s read of Ray Bradbury’s “Dandelion Wine” caught her attention.\nShe started writing early on, but reciting was something she wasn’t so sure about, especially because she was diagnosed with a speech impediment.\nIn an interview with the L. A Times, Gorman admitted that all writers experience anxiety about the quality of their work, but for her, the pressure was on whether she could say what needed to be said. She said:\n“I don’t look at my disability as a weakness. It’s made me the performer that I am and the storyteller that I strive to be.”\nAfter graduating from high school, Gorman a Milken Family Foundation college scholarship and she went on to study sociology at Harvard, graduating cum laude in 2020.\nAt 16, Gorman became the youth poet laureate of Los Angeles, and in 2017, she became the first National Youth Poet Laureate. That same year she received a Genius Grant from OZY Media.\nShe has performed at the Library of Congress, and for personalities such as Lin-Manuel Miranda, Al Gore, Secretary Hillary Clinton, and Malala Yousafzai.\nGorman has two upcoming books that will be published soon, “The Hill We Climb,” a poetry collection, and a children’s book, “Change Sings: A Children's Anthem.”\nHER INAGURATION OUTFIT\nGorman not only delivered a powerful poem at the inauguration, she was also praised by her choice in outfit.\nThe young poet wore a Prada yellow double-breasted coat and matched it with a contrasting red headband from the same designer atop of her braided hair. The coat, she told Vogue, was a nod to first lady Jill Biden, who recommended her for the job in the first place.\nOn top of that, Gorman also revealed she got a call from Oprah Winfrey, who told her she ordered the gloves and coat that Maya Angelou wore when she did her inauguration poem.\nWinfrey told Gorman she wanted to continue the tradition, so she sent her jewelry with a lot of meaning, including a ring that has a caged bird, to symbolize “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” and a pair of gold hoop earrings from Greek designer Nikos Koulis.\nGorman said of fashion that “it has so much meaning to me, and it’s my way to lean into the history that came before me and all the people supporting me.”\nGorman’s career is just starting, and now that she got worldwide attention, it's clear that her path will be filled with more opportunities, and she’s up for the challenge, as she has mentioned before that one of her goals is running for president in 2036.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ralph-soule.squarespace.com/new-blog/2011/2/21/skill-understanding-what-your-key-success-factors-are.html","date":"2018-03-17T16:07:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257645248.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20180317155348-20180317175348-00039.warc.gz","language_score":0.9530783295631409,"token_count":430,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__14509602","lang":"en","text":"BLUF: Key success factors (or KSFs) can be defined as the three to five broad areas on which your organization must focus in order to achieve its vision. KSFs should be specific; help identify performance measures and strategies; and help the organization prioritize its actions and investments. Although companies often confuse them, KSFs are not goals or even measures of performance. In \"Keeping Score,\" Mark Graham Brown stresses the importance of periodic review as key success factors may change over time. KSFs specify broadly what you need to focus on to achieve your vision, and strategies provide the details of how this will be done.\nIn deciding on your key success factors, it helps to think about what your organization is known for, as well as what it is not known for. It is impossible to be successful if you try to be all things to all customers. Good organizations pick their niche and stick with it\nKey success factors can be major weaknesses or deficiencies that must be fixed if the company is to achieve its vision. KSFs can be like very broadly defined strategies—for example, a KSF for a company in survival mode might be getting approval for a bank loan to fund company expenses for the next six months.\nFollowing the guidance of many texts but in particular the methodology of Winning Score by Mark Graham Brown, the Carrier Team One Executive Steering Committee (ESC) formalized and adopted three key success factors. These key success factors represented the consensus of the Team One ESC regarding the three to five broad areas in which Team One must focus in order to achieve its vision. The purpose of the key success factors is to help identify performance measures and help prioritize actions (i.e., specific actions or implementing strategies). The Team One metrics were developed using the key success factors. The three Key Success Factors (KSFs) for Team One adopted by the ESC in May 2001 are:\n* Manage by Cold, Hard Facts\n* Knowledge Sharing For Value,\n* Organizational Leadership Commitment to the Team One Initiative\nFor more information on KSFs, do a web search on Key Success Factors.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://rectacular.dreamwidth.org/?skip=20","date":"2017-09-22T13:36:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818688966.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20170922130934-20170922150934-00148.warc.gz","language_score":0.955615222454071,"token_count":817,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-39__0__152244407","lang":"en","text":"FIC: Watch the Sky by mnemosyne_1 (Neville/Charlie, PG)-\nThis is a 3-part fic that I absolutely fell IN LOVE with. The premise is that a dark curse has permanently hurt Neville's wand hand. He must hide this because of Ministry backwardsness, and it forces him to choose a different path in life. No longer can he be a herbologist. The path he finally chooses is a brave one and takes him all around the world. Even though his world's expanding and he's growing... his thoughts seem to revolve around Charlie. There are some great danger sequences, massaging of Neville's injury, some wonderful characters, plenty of strong emotions, and one heck of an ending. HIGHLY recommended!\nFIC: A Cure for Hiccups by suntzu_s (Neville/Harry, NC-17)-\nNeville is hit by a spell in DA practice and can't stop hiccuping. Harry helps him out in some very caring, hot way. This is definitely how I like my h/c :-)\nFIC: Prospects by celandineb (Neville/Percy and others, NC-17)-\nA great fic dealing with a lot of emotions and relationship issues in Neville's and Percy's lives, leading up to the inevitable Neville/Percy-ness which is hot and beautiful. I love the letter images throughout as well. I really enjoyed reading this!\nFIC: Something Borrowed by snegurochka_lee (Charlie/Teddy, NC-17)-\nOohhhhhhh Charlie! Though I'd expect nothing short of greatness from Lee, this was amazing. SO much goodness, such amazing characterizations, and an overall pairing you can't help but go weak for. Gorgeous. Go read it now.\nFIC: A Simple Misunderstanding by trubbleclef (Neville/Harry, NC-17)-\nMy feedback starts with \"This. Was. Brilliant.\" It's playing with watersports (but don't get scared away, trust me). Neville feels like a magnet for that particular kink, but it's not for him. Humorous encounters, misunderstandings, and plenty of hotness abound.\nFIC- Increments of One by florahart (Harry/Charlie, R?)-\nIncredible story which starts out during the rebuilding of Hogwarts. I wasn't sure I was going to like the pairing at first, but I was incredibly amazed at how good this was. The emotions, the intimacy, the slow rebuilding of more than just Hogwarts.\nART- Increments of One by lizardspots (Harry/Charlie, NC-17)-\nArt by the wonderful lizard based on the story. Guh. So lovely and hot!\nFIC & ART- Healthy Sportsmanship by lizardspots (Harry/Draco, NC-17)-\nOh good gods. This isn't even a pairing I like to ship, but it's totally hot and believable in slashily in character.\nART- It's almost-porn! by nk_aoede (Remus/Sirius, PG-13/R)-\nGORGEOUS Remus/Sirius pre-sex moment. I love\ntheir expressions. I can't look away from this picture... I just can't. Yum!\nART- Lots of Remus/Sirius by nk_aoede (Remus/Sirius, G-NC-17)-\nPlenty of incredible R/S pictures from various stages of their lives. I love the choices and the touches, the colors (mmm- library cuddles).\nART- Scarf tug by nk_aoede (Remus/Sirius, PG)-\nOoohhhhh yes. Look at their expressions and Remus' tugging on the scarf around both their necks. Yes yes. I like VERY muchly.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://edtze.carbonmade.com/blog","date":"2022-11-29T21:53:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710711.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20221129200438-20221129230438-00718.warc.gz","language_score":0.9678766131401062,"token_count":4057,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__163031945","lang":"en","text":"Some of us might come to a certain point where we slowly start closing ourselves down to new sets of information. It’s a very human thing to set a fixed system and try to milk it as long as we can so that we don’t need to think about it over and over again.\nBy nature, we hate changes and uncertainty, and we believe what we have now will be enough to drive us forward. But our old ways of working shouldn’t govern how we continue to grow forward.\nI believe the only way we continue to grow upwardsis to unlearn in order to learn new things. As creatives, we need to protect our most important asset, which is our sense of curiosity. Once we stop being curious, that’s essentially the beginning of our minds closing.\nMy curiosity leads me to many unexpected places and experiences. I have a simple system that if it doesn’t kill me and I am curious about it, I should try it at least once. Every time, it surprises me, be it good or bad, and the collective experiences only enrich my life’s story.\nSome might argue that it is not a focused pathway, but I guess in my case, I am highly focusing on staying curious. My only ambition is to add new pieces of experience to my collection in this journey we call life.\nWhy should I listen to them? They should follow my “directions”. That was what went through my head when I first led a small team more than ten years ago. Thinking back, it was so dumb.\nIt was the first time anyone has given me the responsibility of managing another person other than myself. It was exhilarating, but I was clueless. I thought my role is to show the person I am working with how good I am so that the person can follow through automatically just by observing.\nBut over the years, I’ve learned that it is so much more than that. I realised that the technicalities would sort themselves out when you first build an encouraging and trusting environment.\nTo do so, you’ve to brace failures and mishaps and allow time to grow the relationship. I started being more curious about people’s motivation, beliefs, emotions, and aspirations—basically, the human side of the business.\nBut out of all the lessons I’ve learned, the most important one is to “Show Up”. Show up through failures and stuck moments and uplift each other to the next level, in essence, showing up for another human being.\n“I am bored” seems to be a sentence that people love to use to describe the lack of exciting moments. But, of course, we eventually fill that up with non-stop activities, be it lounging and binge-watching TV series or jumping from meetings to meetups to pass the time.\nFor the longest time, I find it hard to sit still and will do anything to avoid boredom. But, over time, I find that it is what I need most.\nWhen I was a kid, my needs were straightforward, and I can barely remember being bored. When I am sleepy, I sleep. When I am hungry, I eat. The rest is filled with play and discoveries. It doesn’t matter if I am alone or with other people; I was very in tune with my basic needs and did just that.\nWhen we are bored, it gives us space to feel the most fundamental need of being us. Depending on how we steer those boredom moments, it can help us gain better clarity moving forward. We have the time and space to discover and experiment again.\nMany of my favourite experiences were born out of boredom, including this project. So can we take a moment and enjoy boredom again?\nIt’s very often that we are encouraged to think big.\nBe it in our life or business; we are bombarded by people that tell us that we need to think bigger to succeed in life.\nIn the media, more often than not, they only highlight the visionaries. These big ambitious thinkers steered the way to a company’s success but rarely mentioned the behind the scenes people that focus on the little things.\nI’m like so many others, have also been influenced to feel that I need to be a big thinker. But as time pass, I realised that without the little things, there wouldn’t be the big things.\nWe are such natural planners that we spend more time to plan than to take the first small step.\nSo often, we are overwhelmed by how big we dream that we don’t know where to even begin and eventually give up. It’s like thinking of running a triathlon without ever train for the first 500m run.\nBy thinking small, it helps us to focus on the process of the work and not so much the destination. We learn to enjoy the process and eventually build up the stamina for the long run.\nAnd when things get muddy, we will have better tools to keep us going because we can go back to focusing on the little things.\nOne small, little step, at a time.\nThe creative process is supposed to be messy. As adults, we have a natural tendency to keep things organised and be led by rigid rules. But it is challenging when we try to be creative when you put yourself in a box too small for you to stretch fully.\nWhen kids play with their toys, its never in an organised manner. We see them jumping from one toy to another, throwing it, picking it up, smashing it, make noise and put unexpected things together. To them, there are no written rules on how to play; the only rule is to run wild with their imagination. That ignorance of rules liberates them to think freely and have pure fun.\nYes, with commercial work, we have objectives to achieve. That doesn’t mean we have to go about it the same way every time. Technically, the only rule we have is to achieve the said objective within a specified time frame and budget. Other than that, we can let our imagination run free like a child.\nWe could remind ourselves that to have genuine fun being creative is to sometimes withhold ourselves from sticking to too many rules. We need to learn to let go, press reset and be as messy as one can be.The creative process is supposed to be messy. As adults, we have a natural tendency to keep things organised and be led by rigid rules. But it is challenging when we try to be creative when you put yourself in a box too small for you to stretch fully.\nAs I was looking back at the year, my mind naturally tends to veer towards on how much more I could’ve done. There is a sense of depletion when you feel like you’ve not done enough compared to others. I think it’s important to be reflective, but dwelling on it over and over again will not help anyone, especially yourself.\nBecause life is not a race and you’re allowed to explore other things apart from what you think you should do.\nI need to remind myself that the year is only as good as what you think of it. If you want to focus solely on all the downsides and the lack of, any year will be a bad year. But if you pay attention to the things you’ve accomplished instead, every year can be a great year.\nMost importantly, success should be defined by you and you alone and should not be a comparison to your neighbours. It is your game to play, after all.\nEnjoy it as it is and when you’re ready to jump back to your main mission, go with all that you have.\nThese days, most of us are now living in two extremes of modern media consumption. On one extreme, we are absorbing every little sensationalised shocking news that is fed to us every second of the day. On the other end of the spectrum; we are also consuming a perfect image of the world that people painstakingly craft into perfection to gain another social like. But, I can't help but be curious about the middle ground of both extremes—the areas of mundane, ordinary, raw moments of being humans.\nAs a self-proclaimed introvert, my instinct is to always blend in as blending in makes me feel safer. I purchase safe coloured clothes and wear plain looking shoes, and for the most part, I try to speak like a normal human being. While there is nothing inherently wrong with that, but I do wonder why do I want to stay so guarded?\nAfter years of going through the grind to walk carefully within a standard guard rail of society, I realised I am becoming more and more like everyone else. An ordinary fictional character that I've mould to conform to the general liking of our society. I suspect this is why I am never truly satisfied with who I am.\nThe overarching preaching of \"being yourself\" can be somewhat confusing if you can't even identify who you are in the first place. I have always thought that I was unique, and some might also label me as a hipster, but after some self-reflection in the last few years, I realised my habits and patterns are highly predictable. That is comforting but also quite disappointing.\nI've always wondered who would I be if I am the only human being in this world. If there is no sense of comparison with others, would I still care about crafting the perfect image to show to the world? Or would I be as raw and embrace my imperfections? Wouldn't that be liberating?\nBeing raw, in my opinion, is an anti-thesis towards perfection – it means that we show the beauty as well as the ugly. We show the work-in-progress and the failures along the way. It's about letting go of showcasing only the best and celebrates progress. It's about being free from yourself.\nBut most importantly, by practising being raw, I'm hoping I will find myself again, whatever that is.\nTo search for who we are, don't we need to embrace our differences and encourage others to be different? And instead of having arguments about who's right or wrong, shouldn't we embrace our diversity in thoughts and beliefs? Yes, cultural backgrounds do form a different pattern in different regions of the world, but the internet has shown us that we all can share the same sentiment that we are all one lump of imperfect humans, after all.\nBy being raw, we would also be more appealing, engaging and most importantly, more human. We allow others to look into the imperfections that we all have and let them know that they are not alone. Just like the main reason we go to live concerts is so that we get to see our favourite singers pull off a non-edited rendition of our favourite songs. We embrace the mistakes made along the way because those mistakes are the ones that create this unique experience at this specific moment.\nSo, I would encourage you to embrace your rawness, ignore picture-perfect illusions and look deep within yourself to discover what makes you, you.\nWe are addicted to validation. As kids, our family always praised us for doing what seems like minute things by adult standards—things like taking our first steps or saying Mama for the first time. We celebrated the little wins.\nAs we grow into adolescence, these words of affirmation that we crave for lessen in numbers. We then work harder, push, criticize and berate ourselves for getting one more of those “good job” fixes. We’ve grown into an environment where, without any external approval, we devalue ourselves to nothing.\nOf course, this is just a story we tell ourselves. Along the way, we lost the ability to pick ourselves up and celebrate our small achievements. We are so hard on ourselves that the little progress of yesterday is not even worth acknowledging. When we finally get the compliment we craved; we brush it away automatically under a pretence of modesty.\nWhy don’t we take a step back and celebrate ourselves for a moment? Albeit small, like baby steps small, it is our journey to own. When we start to champion ourselves, I can only hope that we radiate the energy to champion someone else too.\nAs far as I can remember, I’ve always been a slow person.\nMy mom told me that my kindergarten teacher used to say to her that “he is a very slow boy”. So, that has pretty much set in my head ever since. An identity that I cling on for many years after.\nFast forward to my first job, I remember how Sergeant Boss used to taunt me for a good couple of months on how slow I am in completing assignments. Slow. Blur. Dumb. We all know that it is obvious. She’s frustrated, and I can’t do anything except working in constant anxiety to be as fast as I can.\nI laboured in extra hours to catch up and prayed to the “God of Speed” that I don’t get fired. A little over month 3, I finally got the hang of it. I was completing jobs at a faster speed and transitioned from crying out loud to crying inside. One night, as I’m feeling proud of my day’s accomplishment, I decided to clean up my computer and hard disk before leaving work for the day.\nIt was around 10 pm, happily deleting files and cleaning up the trash bin. Ka cha… clicking on ‘empty trash’ before shutting down the computer. I felt a cold shiver ran down my spine. I realised that I’ve deleted the company’s work from the past 5 years. And cleared the trash bin.\nI see red dots everywhere. I am extremely intrigued and terrified by red dots. It pulls me in but drives me away. Red dots scream for my attention, “Me! Here! Touch me!”, and as soon as you kill it, it reappears somewhere else. It is magical but black magic.\nThe unending torture haunts me and inflicts sleepless nights staring at the ceiling reflecting about the red dot. My friends know I hate red dots, and I feel closer to those whom I know hate red dots too. “These are my people! I am not alone.”, I mumble with my shaky voice. But why can’t I live in a world without red dots? What do the red dots really want? I need help. Leave me alone, red dot!\nI see red dots everywhere. It disgusts me, and it is every-fucking-where. Its hypnotic spell pulls me in yet pushes me away. It screams for my attention, “HEY! HERE! LOOK AT ME!”, and as soon as you exterminate it, it reappears elsewhere. It is magical, but its evil, black magic and you don’t want to mess with it. It inflicts unending torture that haunts me day and night. It gives me sleepless nights staring at the ceiling, trembling, contemplating whether I should kill it once and for all… My closest confidants know that I fear it, but they got my back. Together, we are going to destroy it.“THESE ARE MY PEOPLE, I AM NOT ALONE.”, as I rumble up the little courage I have left.\nCan we fully eradicate them from our lives one day? Is there a button that we can push to kill it once and for all? If there is, I am going to push it! Die!\nYou red dots! Leave me alone!\nWritten by Liwei\nHow much of it should we subject ourselves to before we can say we're \"living outside our comfort zone\"? Because, apparently, to live an extraordinary life, one must venture into the zone of discomfort.\nBut precisely what kind of discomfort should I subject myself to? I hardly think jumping into shark-infested waters will offer me the kind of growth I need in my relationships or career.\nOnce in a while, the fear of living a life of utter complacency would creep up on me, and I'd start to question whether I am where I \"should\" be and then I'd eat some ice-cream, and that feeling would go away.\nEventually, it happened – I started to feel a growing discomfort in my comfort zone.\nUnwilling to change, I tried getting used to the discomfort, hoping that it'd eventually go away. It was like sleeping on an old favourite pillow that has become lumpy and every night, beating and fluffing it in an attempt to get it just right, but it's just not the same anymore. After many sleepless nights, and many a moody, angry encounter with pretty much everyone, I relented and thought, \"I need to change.\"\nBy now, you can see, I have more questions than answers. One day, tired and a little defeated, someone told me to ask myself THE question –\nWhat do you want to feel in life?\"\nI thought, \"I should know this\", but it turns out I didn't.\nI then wrote a bunch of words down and picked five that I most resonated with. To be sure, I printed a list of 50 words (googled what half those words meant) and cut it down to what eventually happened to be the same 5.\nAside from being a checklist for my decisions, those five words have also given me a clearer understanding of what I want in life (for now) and with that, the zone of discomfort I would need to venture into to get there. And no, it does not involve jumping into shark-infested waters, for now.\nHope you are hanging on ok. A bit of a personal story; I’ve been staring at the wall trying to think out of my inner issues for years, and so far, I’m happy to report that it ended up nowhere. I guess; naturally, we all try to deal with our innate issues in attempting to “think out of it”. We are all thinking that there must be one magical solution pill that will solve all our internal problems. But in most cases, we can’t deal with our inner demons, just like how we deal with external matters. In my experience, trying to think out of it is almost impossible, and I ended up trying to numb it with all sorts of other shit, and before I know it, I’ve dug myself an even more giant hole. Quite recently, I began my journey in looking inwards and facing my shit upfront instead of running away or boxing it, which I usually do. Long story short, to me, with the right guidance, it’s not about finding a solution but rather understanding the root cause. I do think it makes sense that if we are physically ill, we go to a doctor to find the cause of that illness. Why don’t we do the same for what’s inside our mind? Here is me hoping that you don’t implode from within and seek out a friend or better still a professional to guide you through your inner demons. We all have it, might as well face it and be friends with it. Hang in there peeps and keep breathing.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://icantnotwaitforyou.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-07-24T17:43:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1405997890181.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20140722025810-00160-ip-10-33-131-23.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9648147225379944,"token_count":879,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__39917066","lang":"en","text":"does anyone else see this or is it just me\ni would do anything to see hiccup without his armor/flight suit on. Like what are those weird extra short sleeves he has over the longer sleeves. why does his pants come up so high. where does his shirt stop, what does it look like. are his pants actually sewn to the wing sleeves or does he wear another pair of pants sometimes. i need to know these things for science. and sanity.\n“Drogon,” she sang out loudly, sweetly, all her fear forgotten. “Dracarys.” The black dragon spread his wings and roared. A lance of swirling dark flame took Kraznys full in the face. His eyes melted and ran down his cheeks, and the oil in his hair and beard burst so fiercely into fire that for an instant the slaver wore a burning crown twice as tall as his head. The sudden stench of charred meat overwhelmed even his perfume, and his wail seemed to drown all other sound.\nIf I don’t fight, then I can’t win.\nSnK Gifs Per Episode: 1.07 Small Blade -The Struggle for Trost, Part 3-\nDon’t know what’s funnier. Voldemort with a nose, Dumbledore reading his lines, or Bellatrix with a coffee, making fun of Voldy\nor the fact that Voldemort is just calming having a conversation with a muggle\nI’m in love with this gif\ni’m in love with the reactions.\nMarauders Appreciation Week [1/7] - One Order Member\nThe school greeted Minerva McGonagall’s return with delight. Minerva threw herself into her work, proving herself a strict but inspirational teacher…. The death of Dougal McGregor, however, although traumatic, seemed to free Minerva. Shortly after Voldemort’s first defeat, Elphinstone, now white-haired, proposed again during a summertime stroll around the lake in the Hogwarts grounds. This time Minerva accepted. The marriage (cut tragically short, though it was destined to be) was a very happy one. The accidental death of Elphinstone from a Venomous Tentacula bite, three years into their marriage, was an enormous sorrow to all who knew the couple. Minerva could not bear to remain alone in their cottage, but packed her things after Elphinstone’s funeral and returned to her sparse stone-floored bedroom in Hogwarts Castle. Always a very brave and private person, she poured all her energy into her work, and few people - excepting perhaps Albus Dumbledore - ever realised how much she suffered. [x]\n\"who do you pair that character with?\"\nhappiness. life. being happy. not being dead. i want them to be alive and safe. and happy. that’s what i’m getting at. that is the direction this is going in. that’s my only wish\ntagged by dark-holme\n→ post six selfies that make you feel cute\nUhm yeah, someone would think I do a lot of selfies when I really… don’t. I’m not the biggest fan of my face obviously.\nOkay so, let’s start:\n1. finished Make-Up and Wig for my Anna (Frozen) Cosplay before I went to a convention in Düsseldorf (Germany), 2014\n2. myself at a private Shooting as Kagamine Rin - Synchronicity (Vocaloid). I love the colours from this edited version very much, 2011\n3. a cosplay test for Otomiya Haine from the Gentlemen’s Alliance (Shinshi Doumei Cross). I never wore it yet unfortunately but I’m still looking forward ;w;. The only thing edited here are my eyes because I didn’t have lenses.\n4. my latest selfie for instagram, 2014\n5. tried out a hair tutorial by bubzbeauty with a then new headband, 2011.\n6. nothing to tell about this, but it’s still one of my favourites, 2010","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://melaruus.obsidianportal.com/wiki_pages/the-unbroken-blade","date":"2018-09-26T09:02:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267164469.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20180926081614-20180926102014-00298.warc.gz","language_score":0.9813680052757263,"token_count":90,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__48789741","lang":"en","text":"The Unbroken Blade\nThe Unbroken Blades duties as written are the security of the realm and to lead its armies in times of war. But as is written and as is are two different things. The current Unbroken Blade is more focused on eradicating the other two rulers and ceasing total control of the realm. This has left the country side to fend for itself and has meant that banditry and outlaw activity has slowly been getting worse.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.thementortomillions.com/books.html","date":"2022-09-25T13:39:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334579.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220925132046-20220925162046-00062.warc.gz","language_score":0.9462389945983887,"token_count":455,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__124628261","lang":"en","text":"What more from Keith? Keep on the look out for ...\nComing Soon ~ When to Stop Talking (e-book)\nComing Soon ~ A Warriors Walk on Fire\nKeith has helped over 1 million people achieve their goals and desires ... Now it's Your turn!\nKeith is the most dynamic trainer / motivator I have seen. I have been involved in sales for over 20 years and have heard and read many training and motivational speakers and books. Keith has taken this to a new level of effectiveness and bottom line results. His delivery and incredible follow up is first class. Keith and his family are dedicated to helping others live better lives! I recommend Keith and his programs to any company or individual. Thank you Keith!\"\n- Bob Gerard,\nFifth Third Bank\nKFI Journal ... $12\nMaybe you truly enjoy writing. If you are like me, you writing as tool to the deepest desires of your heart. It is a way to capture your goals and create a plan of action. While you are taking the necessary steps to achieve your deepest desire,\njournaling will keep track of each action, each feeling,\nand each success. Each journal is personalized with a\nquote and inspiration tip from Keith!\nJournalling is the KEY to writing your own blueprint to\nsuccess ... your path to achievement!\nWhat would it be worth to consistently experience success and balance in your life right now? Inspiration is a feeling of living with absolute certainty. In fact, it is living with a faith in yourself that in undeniable.\nAre you ready for knowledge from experiences, resources from top leaders, wisdom through stories, and to create your action plan of success?\nFinding Personal Freedom ... $10\nKeith is a co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Dr. Wayne Dyer, and\nDeepak Chopra in Wake Up...Live the Life You Love,\nFinding Personal Freedom. These co-authors explore their search\nand adventures to finding freedom in all areas of life: business,\nfinancial, relationships, and in themselves. Keith's story guides the\nreader on how to find purpose in the obstacles life throws your way\nand how to find freedom in being who you are.\nKFI Books & Resources","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mrvista.tumblr.com/","date":"2013-05-19T19:13:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698017611/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095337-00061-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.968711256980896,"token_count":274,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__175368152","lang":"en","text":"So the only thing stopping me from leaving, is the apparent pain and loss that I would inflict on my family and friends. It’s difficult to understand this when your mindset convinces you that you are worthless and would not be missed; even more so when the actions of said family and friends reinforce this. I’ve been somewhat convinced by several people, whose judgement I trust, that this would definitely be the case.\nThe answer, of course, is to make your death look like an accident. They will still suffer the pain of loss but won’t have to deal with the additional emotional stress of a suicide. Small mercy maybe, but I think it’s enough. Dealing with a random and sudden accidental death is eminently doable. Shoulders are shrugged, tears are wept, life goes on in all its unfair splendour\nAn additional benefit, is that there is no need for a suicide note. You can take your Demons howling into the abyss with you, leaving everyone left behind in blissful ignorance.\nHowever, making a suicide look accidental, takes a great deal of ingenuity and planning. It’s not something that can be embarked upon when you’re severely depressed. You need the new energy and sense of freedom you gain when you finally make the decision to actually take your own life","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://wikivate.com/the-enigmatic-scott-thorson-unveiling-the-untold-truth-of-liberaces-boy-toy-bio-age-net-worth-height-weight-and-much-more/","date":"2024-02-29T06:17:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474784.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229035411-20240229065411-00295.warc.gz","language_score":0.962553083896637,"token_count":1353,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__185358971","lang":"en","text":"The Enigmatic Scott Thorson: Unveiling the Untold Truth of Liberace’s Boy Toy – Bio, Age, Net Worth, Height, Weight, and Much More!\nWith flamboyant fashion, extravagant performances, and refined piano skills, Liberace was undoubtedly a legendary entertainer who enchanted the masses. However, behind the scenes, there was someone who played a crucial role in the maestro’s life. His name was Scott Thorson, a young man who captured Liberace’s heart and became known as his “boy toy.” Let us delve into the fascinating life of Scott Thorson and discover the untold truths about his extraordinary journey.\n1. Early Life and Background\nScott Thorson was born on January 23, 1959, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Growing up in a small town, he had humble beginnings and experienced a modest childhood. From a young age, Scott had a passion for music and the performing arts, which would later lead him to cross paths with one of the most iconic musicians of all time.\n2. Meeting Liberace\nAt the tender age of 16, Scott had a chance encounter with Liberace, the mesmerizing pianist who had the world at his fingertips. Liberace was immediately captivated by Scott’s youthful charm and striking looks, leading to a life-changing relationship.\n3. The Romantically Intertwined Lives\nSoon after meeting, Liberace and Scott embarked on a romantic journey that would forever change their lives. Despite the significant age difference, their love for one another was undeniable. Scott exchanged a life of ordinary routines for one filled with opulence, luxury, and grandeur that only Liberace could offer.\n4. The Lavish Lifestyle\nLiving in the lap of luxury, Scott Thorson experienced a world beyond his wildest dreams. He indulged in high-end fashion, traveled in private jets, and resided in extravagant mansions. The grandeur of their lifestyle became a spectacle for the world to behold, capturing the imagination of countless fans.\n5. Heartbreak and Legal Battles\nHowever, not all was bliss in Scott’s life. As their relationship progressed, tensions arose, leading to heartbreak and legal battles. In his book “Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace,” Scott unveiled the reality of their tumultuous romance, exposing the complex dynamics and challenges they faced behind closed doors.\n6. Post-Liberace Years\nAfter the end of his relationship with Liberace, Scott Thorson faced a tumultuous period in his life. He struggled with addiction and encountered various legal issues. However, these hardships did not diminish his resilience. With the support of his loved ones, Scott embarked on a journey to rebuild his life and find purpose once again.\n7. Charitable Engagements\nAmidst the turmoil, Scott Thorson has channeled his experiences to make a positive impact on the world. He has been involved in various charitable engagements, raising awareness for important causes such as HIV/AIDS research and treatment.\n8. Height, Weight, and Physical Appearance\nScott Thorson stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches and maintains a weight that complements his frame. With his striking blue eyes and blonde hair, he possesses a magnetic presence that has left an indelible mark on all those who have encountered him.\n9. Net Worth and Financial Status\nWhile the exact details of Scott Thorson’s net worth remain undisclosed, it is believed that his turbulent journey has had financial repercussions. However, his resilience and determination have allowed him to rebuild his life and explore new avenues.\n10. FAQs about Scott Thorson\nQ1: Is Scott Thorson still alive?\nA1: Yes, Scott Thorson is alive and continues to navigate through life’s ups and downs.\nQ2: Did Liberace leave Scott Thorson well-compensated?\nA2: While financial arrangements were made between Liberace and Scott, the aftermath of their relationship led to legal battles that impacted their financial situations.\nQ3: What happened to Scott Thorson after Liberace’s passing?\nA3: After Liberace’s passing, Scott went through a difficult period in his life and faced legal struggles. However, he remains resilient and has worked toward rebuilding his life.\nQ4: What is Scott Thorson’s book “Behind the Candelabra” about?\nA4: In his book, Scott Thorson details his life and relationship with Liberace, exposing the challenges and complexities they faced together.\nQ5: Has Scott Thorson reconciled with the legacy of Liberace?\nA5: While Scott Thorson has had a complex relationship with Liberace’s legacy, he has expressed a desire to embrace the positivity and impact that the musician had on his life.\nQ6: Why is Scott Thorson considered enigmatic?\nA6: Scott Thorson’s journey, filled with extravagant highs and devastating lows, has captivated the world and made him an enigmatic figure in Liberace’s story.\nQ7: Does Scott Thorson still have connections to the entertainment industry?\nA7: While his direct involvement in the entertainment industry has diminished, Scott Thorson remains an intriguing persona associated with the golden age of showmanship and musical extravagance.\n11. Scott Thorson’s Social Media Presence\nYou can follow Scott Thorson on social media platforms to stay updated with his life and endeavors, if any.\n12. In Conclusion\nScott Thorson’s extraordinary journey from an ordinary life to becoming Liberace’s “boy toy” remains a captivating tale of love, fame, and resilience. Despite the challenges he faced, Scott continues to navigate life with determination, rebuilding his life one step at a time. His story inspires us to reflect on the complexities of relationships and the pursuit of self-discovery.\nAnd as Scott Thorson once remarked, “Life is a symphony, with each chapter adding new melodies and harmonies to our story.”\nAuthor Bio: We are wikivate.com—a passionate team of content creators, keeping you informed and entertained with captivating insights on business, tech, and entertainment. Stay curious, stay informed, and join our exciting journey! Contact us at wikivate.com/contact/ to explore the digital world together!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://londonmalaria2019.figshare.com/articles/presentation/The_short-term_impact_of_a_malaria_elimination_project_on_school_outcomes_evidence_from_Southern_Mozambique/9784220/1","date":"2021-10-24T00:44:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585828.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20211023224247-20211024014247-00644.warc.gz","language_score":0.9117661714553833,"token_count":267,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__125144984","lang":"en","text":"The short-term impact of a malaria elimination project on school outcomes: evidence from Southern Mozambique\npresentationposted on 17.09.2019, 15:12 by Elisa Sicuri, laia cirera, Joe Brew, Ranjeeta Thomas, francisco saute, Judit Vall\nWe exploit an ongoing malaria elimination project implemented in Magude district (Southern Mozambique) that started in 2015 as a quasi-experiment to estimate the impact of malaria on school outcomes. We use as control a neighbouring district (Manhiça) with similar socio-economic and epidemiological characteristics. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we first show that malaria incidence significantly dropped due to the intervention in the treated district. We then examine whether this positive health shock had an impact on school achievement. Using previously unexplored school registers, we generated a dataset on school attendance and grades for 9,848 primary-school students from 9 schools (4 in the intervention district and 5 in the control district). We find that the elimination project led to a significant increase in both school attendance and grades, by 28% and 2%, respectively. Our results are robust across several specification checks. These findings provide solid evidence on the negative impact of malaria on human capital accumulation and suggest strong economic arguments for investing in its elimination.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://hjcnetnarr.blogspot.com/2017/02/generative-magic.html","date":"2017-11-24T23:45:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934809160.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20171124234011-20171125014011-00101.warc.gz","language_score":0.9739612340927124,"token_count":671,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__5964021","lang":"en","text":"It's a personal philosophy of mine that art, especially poetry, can be found in everything around us - as long as we have the right lenses on, an imaginative, rose-colored pair, I think there is literary value in even the most natural, unintentional things.\nWith that being said, the Five Card Flickr activity speaks to that idea, I think. We were allowed to choose five random images and create a poetic connection between all of them. The process of thinking carefully about the images and building a story is special, and requires a thoughtful imagination and also a touch of magic. What started as a bunch of disjointed images with no relationship is soon transformed into an interconnected narrative - a story full of magic from randomly generated pictures.\nWe look for and find the poetry in just about anything. I enjoyed creating my Five Card Flickr story, because while the images had no real connection at first, I could choose an aesthetic - I was collecting my materials that I needed to create my storytelling magic. I enjoyed it, since it presented itself like a puzzle, which required me to give a lot of consideration to weaving these stories together.\nHowever, when it came to making a story out of someone else's narrative elements, the puzzle got more difficult. I wanted to create my own connection between the images without being influenced by the original author's - additionally, I didn't find that a lot of the already made stories fit immediately into my head as a certain \"aesthetic.\" It definitely took a lot more time and consideration to try to make and someone else's story work.\nGenerating literary magic out of random pictures might've been easier to see as \"art,\" though, compared to the concept of twitterbots. I personally love bots - especially shitpost generators, which supposed generate nonsense and consequently make some pretty scary, prophetic social statements in doing so. I decided to explore the activist twitterbots, because while I love poetry, I think these specific bots unconsciously make pretty powerful statements.\nI found the bots @lady_products and @man_products pretty hilarious, but also pretty poignant. There was a certain formulaic art to their tweets that fit a purposeful aesthetic for both accounts. @lady_products generated tweets with lowercase, calmer words that had more feminine, poetic language, like \"fragrant\" \"blush,\" \"perfume,\" \"eyeliner,\" and of course, \"vodka.\" Meanwhile, @man_products did the exact opposite - the bot was loud, capitalized, and advertised in an extremely macho way. It chose language such as \"MEAT,\" \"ODOR,\" \"TESTOSTERONE,\" \"PROTEIN,\" and \"___ FOR MEN.\" While both accounts made statements of how advertisements have a specific formula to cater toward each gender, I think there was something poetic in both, more notably the @lady_products bot. While these accounts were created to generate specific, gendered language, each tweet becomes an artistic statement, which makes it a pretty amazing piece of generative magic.\nThe magic of storytelling is generated everywhere. From images juxtaposed to twitterbots, there is a literary narrative waiting. We just have to search the crevices of our imagination to find and manifest that magic and share it with the world.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://highburylibrary.co.uk/products/p-read-between-the-wines-br-the-bee-sting-by-paul-murray-br-13-02-24-p","date":"2024-02-24T00:11:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474470.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223221041-20240224011041-00459.warc.gz","language_score":0.938734769821167,"token_count":954,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__61155058","lang":"en","text":"READ BETWEEN THE WINES\nTHE BEE STING by Paul Murray\nThe Highbury Library book club, aka, Read Between The Wines takes place bi-montly downstairs at the bar.\nJoin Emily & Joanna as they bring you literary delights paired with their favourite natural wines. Alternatively, purchase the bundle and you will receive the RBTW guide so you can read along in the comfort of your own home!\nThis month we are reading THE BEE STING by Paul Murray. The book club will take place on Tuesday 13th February at 7:45pm.\nTHE NIGHT IS NOW SOLD OUT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE WAITLIST PLEASE EMAIL INFO@HIGHBURYLIBRARY.CO.UK OR BUY THE WINES AND READ ALONG AT HOME.\nAs always, we have teamed up with our good friends at Book Bar to bring you the book, as well as our matched wines.\nYou can choose between; a bundle which includes free attendance, a bundle with no attendance, or, simply purchase your ticket for the night by selecting 'no book / no wine / ticket & RBTW guide'.\nOn the night, Joanna will give an introduction to the wines and why they have been matched to the book. You have the option to purchase them by the glass - a great excuse to try them both! Emily will then kick start the conversation. We like to give everyone a chance to contribute, if they wish. It's a warm and friendly evening and we love getting to know everyone!\nTHE BEE STING by Paul Murray was Booker Prize shortlisted and winner of the Irish Book of the Year for 2023. This author is beloved in the literary sphere and has had lots of prize attention for various novels over the years, including for Skippy Dies which was praised as a triumph by authors such as Ali Smith and David Nicholls.\nThe Bee Sting is considered his best novel yet - the Daily Express called it ‘funny, angry and unputdownable’ and The Observer said that ‘it will fill your heart’. Murray is considered to be a master story teller, weaving humour into narratives that are otherwise pretty desperate and at times tragic.\nGavinol 5.0 2021\nGrape Variety: Gamay\nProducer: Olga Des Grottes\nRegion: Romain, Beaujolais, France\nWild Scale: 4/5\nVegan friendly wine\nWinemaking: Organic Gamay grapes were harvested by hand and underwent 5 days whole bunch maceration. Short ageing in fibreglass tanks before bottling with no fining, filtration or added sulphur.\nThis Wine: Natural red wine that is light in body, \"vin de soif\" style. Loads of fresh red fruit but with some delicate floral notes. Will go down very quickly, especially if served slightly chilled.\nNotes on the Winemaker: Olga Des Grottes is the sister of Romain des Grottes. She worked with various winemakers in Beaujolais and the Auvergne before getting her hands on 3 hectares of Gamay vines in the former.\nPlan B 2022\nGrape Variety: Muscaris, Souvignier Gris\nProducer: Lillian & Sophie Bauchet\nRegion: Lancie, Beaujolais, France\nWild Scale: 3/5\nVegan friendly wine\nWinemaking: Organic grapes were hand harvested and underwent direct press before fermentation in fibreglass with indigenous yeast. No fining, filtration or added sulphur.\nThis Wine: Natural white wine made from two hybrid grape varieties. This is clean and crisp with a pleasant density and silky texture.\nNotes on the Winemaker: Sophie and Lillian Bauchet are natural winemakers located in Lancie, just south of the village of Fleurie in Beaujolais. They specialise in growing hybrid grape varieties that are more resistant to disease in the vineyard. This means less spraying of the vines which in turn leads to healthier soil. The couple are here to prove that these varieties can make wines just as interesting as those from more established names.\nFind out why we have picked these wines to pair with THE BEE STING on the night or in our guide. We can’t wait to dip in and discuss with you. The bookclub will also mark the FIFTH BIRTHDAY for RBTW, so we will raise a glass in celebration with you all in person or if you’re reading along at home 🥳","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.internationalsolidarityinaction.org/contact/","date":"2024-04-23T11:07:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818474.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423095619-20240423125619-00536.warc.gz","language_score":0.9053444266319275,"token_count":154,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__4701331","lang":"en","text":"Author Robin Alexander is available for interviews in English or Spanish. Benedicto Martinez of the FAT, whose work coordinating the Solidarity Alliance is described in the book, is available for interviews in Spanish. We can also arrange interviews (in English) with rank-and-file UE members who participated in the worker-to-worker exchanges described in the book.\nTo arrange any of the above interviews, please contact Robin Alexander at (412) 716-1696 or firstname.lastname@example.org.\nCurrent UE Director of International Strategies, Kari Thompson, is also available to talk about UE’s current international solidarity work. She can be contacted at (412) 471-8919 or email@example.com.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://championmindset.com.au/default.htm","date":"2013-05-21T21:12:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700563008/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103603-00014-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9258113503456116,"token_count":1223,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__186541372","lang":"en","text":"Explode off the Blocks with our\nIf you have forgotten your password, please e-mail us, telling us where you originally received the password so that we can send you the correct password.\nWatch Shelley Taylor-Smith\nMotivational Keynote Speaker\nView the Champion Mindset Mission Statement\nIf you've ever wanted to find more clarity, conviction and courage in life - finally achieve your Champion potential and performance in all you do - then The Champion Team Culture Branding Training & Coaching Program is for you and your team.\nChampion Mindset® Motivational Centre is Australia’s leading lifestyle success coaching, self development and motivation website. We provide cost-effective resources, support and practical strategies for individuals and businesses who want to reach their full Champion potential. More...\nYet Shelley is not just an extraordinary swimmer, she is a successful businesswoman who now shares the achievements of her Champion Mindset® by empowering others to win. Shelley now shows you how-to Create Your Champion Mindset®.\nChampion Mindset® training programs and seminars provide successful Taylor-Made Motivations and strategies to empower people\nto redirect the Power of their Focus, to take Action by setting and achieving\nrealistic goals and to create the life they want through motivational\nbusiness training, team building and life coaching. 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Written\nwith a great deal of humour and vitality, Shelley's book recounts story\nafter story of how a young girl believed in herself enough to become one\nof our modern day legends. More...\nAlan Jones says: \"Shelley Taylor-Smith is one\nof the greatest athletes the world has ever seen and probably one of Australia's\nmost unsung heroes.'\nInternational Bestselling Author, Life Coach and Champion Mindset® Business\nTrainer, Shelley Taylor-Smith says: \"The greatest asset of any champion\nis not their ability, it is the power of their mind. That is why anyone\ncan be a real achiever once they know how to use their own mind to win.\"\nACHIEVE YOUR GOALS TODAY!!!\nBONUS REPORT: “Why New Year Resolutions Don’t Work & How You Will Achieve Your Goals in 2013 by Shelley Taylor-Smith”\nMotivation, Inspiration, Education, or a Kick in the Pants! What do you\nSubscribe TODAY and... Receive the Complimentary\n\"Champion Motivations\" Ezines\n#1: Start Achieving More Success!\n#2: Become More Confident!\n#3: Attract Everything You Deserve in Your Life!\n#4: Receive \"8 Taylor-Made steps to Accelerate Your Success\" report\n#5: 8 Ways to Think Like Champion Michael Phelps (mp3)!\n#6: Obtain Valuable FREE Products, Articles and Interviews!\n#7: Be the First to Discover Great Breakthroughs!\n\"I eliminated my procrastination and sold over 5,000 books! You showed me how to streamline, prioritize my jobs, and taught me that the only thing stopping me was me. The best part is that you made the program so easy to use, understand and implement! Thanks Shelley you changed me for the better.\"\nSharyn McCaskey - Mdvs Business Services & Events, Western Australia\nYOU HAVE GIVEN ME EVERYTHING... WITHOUT CHANGING ANYTHING YOU MANAGED TO CHANGE EVERYTHING!\n\"I would like to tell you that you are my hero. I have implemented what you taught me in the Champion GPS Success Coaching Program. All I can say to thank you is \"You have given me everything\" Without changing anything you managed to change everything. I now approach life from a totally different angle and regained a confidence in myself which has influenced all aspects of my life. I am again paddling, catching up with friends before and after work instead of sleeping, I feel inspired every day and have already got that special goal I wanted – you know the one! That’s some top work you did Shelley. You certainly can claim you get results. I am taking my Juice PLUS religiously and think of you every time I gulp them down. Thanks to you I am filled with promise and hope and look forward to charging forward and sucking as much as I can out of everything. Thank you for everything and giving me the knowledge to become me again.\"\nJohn Paul McLoone, CFS Sufferer now Champion CFS Conqueror, Sydney, NSW\n“When looking for someone to motivate the Australian Swim Team I wanted someone with a proven track record of success who would move the team out of their comfort zone. Shelley’s belief in both herself and the team created the best-ever results of an Australian Open Water Swim Team. Shelley's techniques are worth their weight in gold.” Australian Swim Team, Head Coach, Alan Thompson\nBE YOUR BEST EVER!\nSet effective goals and achieve your goals easily","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.midufinganation.com/2019/08/its-official-2pac-is-religion-church-of.html","date":"2019-11-12T13:24:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496665573.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20191112124615-20191112152615-00120.warc.gz","language_score":0.970307469367981,"token_count":286,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__191953605","lang":"en","text":"The Church of 2Pac – releases The Bible of 2Pac\nIt is official, the religion of 2Pac is here. The Church of Pac has opened and released their first bible, the Bible of 2Pac aka the Book of Pac. The Bible of 2Pac is available now on e-book and paperback.\nThe Church of Pac is devoted to finishing the work of the messiah 2Pac. The Bible of 2Pac introduces the world to the philosophy of one of the greatest leaders of our time. 2Pac was more than a musician and actor. He was a leader and an example for the world to follow. 2Pac symbolizes hope for the poor and disenfranchised around the globe. This bible will teach all how to live their lives according to the correct laws of nature. This is more than a bible, it is a manual to live your life to its fullest potential. This is a first of its kind.\nThe Bible of 2Pac was recited to Pastor Dream in a vision from 2Pac as 2Pac appeared before him and gave him the new bible verbatim. Pastor Dream wrote down what 2Pac told him and pledged that he would build the church in the name of the messiah 2Pac. “This is the perfect time to help save the world and teach every believer how to truly live a wonderful life. This bible is a cinematic experience for your mind” says Pastor Dream.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://fmacorp.cl/chatbots-in-healthcare-six-use-cases/","date":"2024-04-22T09:39:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818105.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422082202-20240422112202-00434.warc.gz","language_score":0.931578516960144,"token_count":1018,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__193861761","lang":"en","text":"Chatbot for Health Care and Oncology Applications Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Systematic Review PMC\nPatients who require medical assistance on a regular basis can benefit from chatbots as well. For example, providers can use bots to create a link between their doctors and patients. Such a bot can provide a detailed record of the tracked health conditions and help assess the effects of prescribed management medication. According to a report from Accenture, over 40% of healthcare executives consider AI the technology that will have the greatest impact on their organizations within the next three years. Healthcare providers are already using various types of artificial intelligence, such as predictive analytics or machine learning, to address various issues.\nAI-powered chatbots in healthcare can handle all your appointment bookings, cancellations, and rescheduling needs. Healthcare chatbots deliver information approved by doctors and help seniors schedule appointments if needed. The chatbots healthcare chatbot use cases relieve stress by answering specific health-related questions and creating strong patient engagement. Healthcare chatbots are the next frontier in virtual customer service as well as planning and management in healthcare businesses.\nThe Bottom Line\nThe American Medical Association has also adopted the Augmented Intelligence in Health Care policy for the appropriate integration of AI into health care by emphasizing the design approach and enhancement of human intelligence . An area of concern is that chatbots are not covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; therefore, users’ data may be unknowingly sold, traded, and marketed by companies . On the other hand, overregulation may diminish the value of chatbots and decrease the freedom for innovators. Consequently, balancing these opposing aspects is essential to promote benefits and reduce harm to the health care system and society. AI and ML have advanced at an impressive rate and have revealed the potential of chatbots in health care and clinical settings. AI technology outperforms humans in terms of image recognition, risk stratification, improved processing, and 24/7 assistance with data and analysis.\nIn the early days, the problem of these systems was ‘the complexity of mapping out the data in’ the system (Fischer and Lam 2016, p. 23). Today, advanced AI technologies and various kinds of platforms that house big data (e.g. blockchains) are able to map out and compute in real time most complex data structures. In addition, especially in health care, these systems have been based on theoretical and practical models and methods developed in the field. For example, in the field of psychology, so-called ‘script theory’ provided a formal framework for knowledge (Fischer and Lam 2016).\nChatbot use cases\nHowever, the majority of these AI solutions (focusing on operational performance and clinical outcomes) are still in their infancy. Our data collection was supplemented by accessing these chatbots to gather more information about their design and use. For chatbots not conversing in English, we used Google Translate to understand the interaction. We could not access chatbots that required organizational credentials, customer or patient accounts, local phone numbers (except for the USA), or national identification numbers for access. Therefore, our analysis of design characteristics has an overrepresentation of publicly accessible chatbots.\nDifferences in language even within the same country, differences in local information and guidelines, and differences in popularity of different social media platforms across countries may limit the scope of such efforts. Nonetheless, economies of effort can occur (as we have observed) through off-the shelf solutions from vendors that organizations can customize to their needs. The 15 use cases that we have identified provide a basis for identifying functionality and customization options for different organizations or constituents.\nAdvantages of chatbots in healthcare\nThis way, you’ll know if your products and services match the clients’ expectations. An example of such a chatbot is Florence, a personal medical system designed for people who undergo long-term medical care. Users of the bot can get extra information about clinic locations and benefit from features such as health tracking, medication reminder, and statistics.\nIt not only improves patient access to immediate health advice but also helps streamline emergency room visits by filtering non-critical cases. Patients can easily book, reschedule, or cancel appointments through a simple, conversational interface. This convenience reduces the administrative load on healthcare staff and minimizes the likelihood of missed appointments, enhancing the efficiency of healthcare delivery. As they interact with patients, they collect valuable health data, which can be analyzed to identify trends, optimize treatment plans, and even predict health risks. This continuous collection and analysis of data ensure that healthcare providers stay informed and make evidence-based decisions, leading to better patient care and outcomes.\nThe accessibility and anonymity of these chatbots make them a valuable tool for individuals hesitant to seek traditional therapy. They ask patients about their symptoms, analyze responses using AI algorithms, and suggest whether immediate medical attention is required or if home care is sufficient. Healthcare chatbots revolutionize patient interaction by providing a platform for continuous and personalized communication.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://cupcakes-and-klaine.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-09-21T12:04:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1410657135549.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20140914011215-00094-ip-10-234-18-248.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.921316385269165,"token_count":354,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__7272945","lang":"en","text":"Okay not trying to brag or anything but Tomahawk just answered not just one, but THREE of my questions on his livestream! I love him so much right now! :D\nAnonymous asked:chris colfer and Darren criss have the cutest , prettiest eyes ever , but what happen if you mixed them ?\nU get mAGIC AnD THEN MPREG AND THEN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SON EVER EXISTED IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!\nTHIS IS NOT OKAY\nokay if you open this on your laptop, then move the pic up and down the smallest amount but really, really quickly it’s really freaky. Like mindblowingly freaky.\nthis is the answer people will get when they ask me who would I choose between Chris and Darren!\nI shall name him Crisstopher\nLOOK WHAT I FOUND! (Not mine, I found it on google)\nI really hope that the smosh movie doesn’t go to shit like the Minecraft movie because it actually looks really awesome\nMy mother says that fanfiction doesn’t count as reading because “it isn’t nearly as good as the stuff that’s published. You’re not going to find something online that will win a Booker Prize.”\nPlease reblog if you count fan fiction as reading, or if the fanfiction you’ve read is equally as good as published novels. I want to see the figures.\n*crushes mouse while hitting reblog button*\nTbh I’ve read better fanfiction about Minecraft Youtubers than half of the “classic” books that they make us read in English class","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://outterspaces.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-04-19T17:01:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609537308.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005217-00595-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.982719361782074,"token_count":424,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__191229335","lang":"en","text":"One night over four years ago my new friend Josh and I took a walk around the Wicker Park/Ukrainian Village area. It had been a beautiful day and I was done with finals for the time being, so I bought us a six pack and we proceeded to try and get lost. Hours later we ended up at a Ukrainian church that resembled a space ship, that still to this day I cannot find. It was unlocked so we wandered in, explored, and left with a ridiculous hand drawn poster in a language we would never understand.\nThat was the night we held hands for the first time, kissed, and decided to be more than friends. Tonight I took that poster and on the back of it wrote him a long, long letter describing what his betrayal after ages of loving and supporting him and his drinking problem (when I should’ve given up) has done to me.\nWhen I leave the apartment and lease for him to finish out on Sunday I will leave him this letter. Who knows if he will read it. God knows my shaking handwriting is hard to read, but it feels so good to get that out. I feel that when my last relationship ended there were many things left unsaid, and that led to difficulty recovering, and self confidence issues that I still struggle with today. I don’t want to do that again. I want a clean slate. And if that means leaving myself utterly vulnerable to the person I once loved most, the one with this most power to hurt me and who did, then so be it.\nDoes anyone else feel like it is easier to relate to people who openly make mistakes or share their flaws? Like, in Athenian tragedy the heroes are never perfect because if that was the case, the audience wouldn’t feel bad for them when they suffer. Horrible though it may be, when I get to know people that are perfect - beautiful, successful, wealthy, intelligent, completely free of any transgressions - it is difficult to suppress my desire to see them fail.\nFUCK YOU STAY OUT OF MY HEAD","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://nelg.us/Book-review-Youghal-Irish-Needlelace","date":"2017-04-30T01:26:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123635.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00028-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9571372270584106,"token_count":694,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__312381831","lang":"en","text":"Youghal Irish Needle Lace\nBy Elizabeth M. Kurella, Self-published. 2014, 158 pages, Soft Cover,$30;ISBN 978-0-9642871-5-0\nElizabeth Kurella skillfully presents a new book that will be of use to both lace connoisseurs and lacemakers. She explains the book title in her Introduction: \"One discovery I made many years ago on my first foray into a congress of lacemakers was that for some unknown reason lacemakers and lace collectors did not easily mix. Decades later I still do not understand why many collectors seem terrified of trying the process of lacemaking, and lacemakers fear finding things in the real world that don't match up with their expectations of whatever the 'rules' of lacemaking should have been.\"\nWhen we take time to think about this, learning the skills is useful in evaluating a piece of lace. And for the maker, having an understanding of traditional laces inherited, presented at auctions or sales, or to be studied in wonderful lace collections, has merit.\nIn Elizabeth's 3-page Introduction, we are introduced to Youghal lace in a generous and gracious manner. Youghal needle lace was developed in the mid-19th C., by which time machines were giving all hand-made laces a brutal level of competition, and hand-made needle laces made on the European Continent were at an advantage because they were well established.\nMany lace collectors have difficulty identifying laces, and so it is gratifying to have six pages devoted to this, with detailed photographs in the Elizabeth Kurella style we have come to appreciate in her previous books.\nDesigns are important to the overall effect and success of lace. This new book features a large lace flounce owned by the author, worked from 19th C. designs by Sister Mary Regis of Youghal. Throughout, this collection of lovely designs is presented in line drawings, taken directly from this flounce. (For more about Sister Mary Regis and her designs, see the late Pat Earnshaw's two books \"Youghal and Other Irish Laces\" and \"Youghal Lace - the Craft and the Cream\".)\nIn a stroke of genius, Elizabeth arranged with the family of the late Irma Osterman to reprint her book \"Youghal - A Charming Irish Needle Lace\", as an appendix. It consists of 29 pages of stitch instructions. The original Osterman book is out-of-print.\nThere is a bit of history about Alan S. Cole (1846-1934) who published photographic research and scholarly reports about laces, with a focus on developing and promoting good design in Irish and English laces.\nFinally, this reviewer must share the information that this book was sent to the printer before a final proofreading, in order to be available for a special program being offered at The Lace Museum in Sunnyvale, California, at the end of April 2014.\nBook ordering information: Write to email@example.com. She will autograph your book, if requested. It will also be available from Lacis, the shop in San Francisco, and from The Lace Museum, Sunnyvale, CA.\nJeri Ames in Maine, USA\nLace and Embroidery Resource Center","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://weightism.org/florence-pugh-career-highlights/","date":"2024-04-16T20:55:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817106.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416191221-20240416221221-00093.warc.gz","language_score":0.9430128931999207,"token_count":971,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__17490710","lang":"en","text":"As you navigate through the tapestry of Florence Pugh’s career, you’ll find that each thread weaves a compelling narrative of talent and versatility. From her breakout role in ‘Lady Macbeth’ to her acclaimed performances in ‘Little Women’ and ‘Midsommar,’ Pugh has proven herself to be a force to be reckoned with in the world of cinema.\nBut what truly sets her apart are the intricacies of her portrayals and the depth she brings to each character. Each role seems to peel back another layer of her artistry, leaving audiences captivated and eager to discover more.\nBreakthrough Role in ‘Lady Macbeth\nIn ‘Lady Macbeth,’ Florence Pugh captivated audiences with her compelling portrayal of a fearless and complex protagonist. As you watched her on screen, you couldn’t help but be drawn into her character’s intricate web of emotions and desires. Pugh’s performance was raw and powerful, showcasing her ability to bring depth and nuance to her roles.\nThroughout the film, you were mesmerized by Pugh’s portrayal of a woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who finds her own agency through manipulation and cunning. Her transformation from a timid bride to a ruthless force was both chilling and mesmerizing. You felt a mix of admiration and unease as you witnessed her character’s descent into darkness.\nPugh’s performance in ‘Lady Macbeth’ was a tour de force, solidifying her as a talent to watch in the industry. Her ability to command the screen with such intensity and vulnerability left a lasting impression on audiences worldwide.\nAcclaimed Performances in ‘Little Women\nAfter her breakthrough role in ‘Lady Macbeth,’ Florence Pugh continued to impress audiences with her acclaimed performances in ‘Little Women.’ In the film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, Pugh portrayed the character of Amy March with depth and nuance. Her portrayal of Amy, the youngest March sister, was both endearing and complex, showcasing Pugh’s range as an actress.\nPugh’s chemistry with her co-stars, including Saoirse Ronan and Emma Watson, brought an authenticity to the relationships depicted on screen. Her performance in ‘Little Women’ was praised for adding a modern twist to a beloved character from 19th-century literature. Pugh’s ability to balance Amy’s ambition, vulnerability, and wit resonated with audiences and critics alike.\nThrough her role in ‘Little Women,’ Florence Pugh solidified her status as a talented and versatile actress, capable of bringing depth and emotion to her characters. The film’s success further highlighted Pugh’s potential and set the stage for her future standout roles.\nStandout Role in ‘Midsommar\nFlorence Pugh captivated audiences with her standout role in ‘Midsommar,’ showcasing her immense talent and versatility as an actress. In this haunting and visceral film directed by Ari Aster, Pugh portrays Dani, a grieving young woman who finds herself entangled in a disturbing Swedish pagan commune’s midsummer festivities.\nPugh’s portrayal of Dani’s emotional journey, from profound grief to a sense of empowerment, was both raw and compelling. She effectively conveyed a wide range of complex emotions, drawing viewers into the depths of Dani’s unraveling psyche.\nPugh’s performance in ‘Midsommar’ was a masterclass in subtlety and nuance, as she navigated the character’s inner turmoil with grace and authenticity. Her ability to convey Dani’s vulnerability and strength simultaneously left a lasting impact on audiences. Pugh’s on-screen presence illuminated the screen, making Dani’s experiences feel palpably real and emotionally resonant.\n‘Midsommar’ stands as a testament to Pugh’s exceptional talent and her dedication to bringing depth and authenticity to her roles.\nOverall, Florence Pugh’s career highlights showcase her immense talent and versatility as an actress. From her breakthrough role in ‘Lady Macbeth’ to her acclaimed performances in ‘Little Women’ and standout role in ‘Midsommar,’ Pugh has proven herself to be a force to be reckoned with in the industry.\nWith her impressive range and ability to immerse herself in any role, it’s clear that Florence Pugh is a rising star to watch in Hollywood.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://america.library4history.org/VFW-Huguenots-California/COLONIZATION/PERSECUTION-OF-THE-QUAKERS.html","date":"2014-03-09T05:23:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1393999673298/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305060753-00068-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9857146739959717,"token_count":1935,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-10__0__41866415","lang":"en","text":"By James Cudworth.\nFROM the first imprisonment of George Fox, founder of the religious denomination known as Quakers, in 1649, its members were objects of continuous persecution. At the time Cudworth, a magistrate of Scituate, Mass., wrote this letter (1658) there were seldom less than 1000 Quakers in English and colonial prisons.\nBetween 1661 and 1697 over 13,000 of them were jailed in England, 198 were transported as slaves and 338 died in prison. These persecutions were upon such pretexts as refusing to pay tithes, to swear or to remove the hat; for preaching in public places or traveling on the Sabbath. In New England stringent exclusion laws were passed, but the Quakers seemed to thrive on persecution. Numerous women were \"stripped naked from the waist, tied to a cart's tail and whipped through the streets.\" Four Quakers one a woman, Mary Dyer were hanged on Boston Common.\nAS for the state and condition of things among us, it is sad, and like so to continue; the antichristian persecuting spirit is very active, and that in the powers of this world. He that will not whip and lash, persecute and punish men that differ in matters of religion, must not sit on the bench, nor sustain any office in the commonwealth.\nLast election, Mr. Hatherly and myself left off the bench, and myself discharged of my captainship, because I had entertained some of the Quakers at my house (thereby that I might be the better acquainted with their principles). I thought it better so to do, than with the blind world to censure, condemn, rail at, and revile them, when they neither saw their persons, nor knew any of their principles. But the Quakers and myself cannot close in divers things; and so I signified to the court I was no Quaker, but must bear my testimony against sundry things that they held, as I had occasion and opportunity. But withal, I told them, that as I was no Quaker, so I would be no persecutor. This spirit did work those two years that I was of the magistracy; during which time I was on sundry occasions forced to declare my dissent in sundry actings of that nature; which, although done with all moderation of expression, together with due respect unto the rest, yet it wrought great disaffection and prejudice in them, against me; so that if I should say some of themselves set others on work to frame a petition against me, that so they might have a seeming ground from others (though first moved and acted by themselves, to lay me what they could under reproach) I should do no wrong. The petition was with nineteen hands; it will be too long to make rehearsal. It wrought such a disturbance in our town, and in our military company, that when the act of court was read in the head of the company, had not I been present and made a speech to them, I fear there had been such actings as would have been of a sad consequence.\nThe court was again followed with another petition of fifty-four hands, and the court returned the petitioners an answer with much plausibleness of speech, carrying with it great show of respect to them, readily acknowledging, with the petitioners, my parts and gifts, and how useful I had been in my place; professing they had nothing at all against me, only in that thing of giving entertainment to the Quakers; when as I broke no law in giving them a night's lodging or two and some victuals. For, our law then was, If any entertain a Quaker, and keep him after he is warned by a magistrate to depart, the party so entertaining shall pay twenty shillings a week, for entertaining them. Since hath been made a law, If any entertain a Quaker, if but a quarter of an hour, he is to forfeit five pounds. Another, That if any see a Quaker, he is bound, if he live six miles or more from the constable, yet he must presently go and give notice to the constable, or else is subject to the censure of the court (which may be hang him). Another, That if the constable know or hear of any Quaker in his precincts, he is presently to apprehend him; and if he will not presently depart the town, the constable is to whip them, and send them away. And divers have been whipped with us in our patent; and truly, to tell you plainly, that the whipping of them with that cruelty, as some have been whipped, and their patience under it, hath sometimes been the occasion of gaining more adherence to them, than if they had suffered them openly to have preached a sermon.\nAlso another law, That if there be a Quaker meeting anywhere in this colony, the party in whose house, or on whose ground, is to pay forty shillings; the preaching Quaker forty shillings; every hearer forty shillings. Yea, and if they have meetings, though nothing be spoken when they so meet, which they say, so it falls out sometimes our last law, That now they are to be apprehended, and carried before a magistrate, and by him committed to be kept close prisoner, until he will promise to depart and never come again; and will also pay his fees (which I perceive they will do neither the one nor the other) ; and they must be kept only with the country's allowance, which is but small (namely, coarse bread and water). No friend may bring them anything; none may be permitted to speak with them; nay, if they have money of their own, they may not make use of that to relieve themselves.\nIn the Massachusetts (namely, Boston colony) after they have whipped them, and cut their ears, have now, at last, gone the furthest step they can: they banish them upon pain of death, if ever they come there again. We expect that we must do the like; we must dance after their pipe. Now Plymouth saddle is on the Bay horse (viz., Boston), we shall follow them on the career; for, it is well if in some there be not a desire to be their apes and imitators in all their proceedings in things of this nature.\nAll these carnal and antichristian ways, being not of God's appointment, effect nothing as to the obstructing or hindering of them in their way or course. It is only the Word and Spirit of the Lord that is able to convince gainsayers : they are the mighty weapons of a Christian's warfare, by which great and mighty things are done and accomplished.\nThey have many meetings and many adherents, almost the whole town of Sandwich is adhering towards them; and give me leave a little to acquaint you with their sufferings, which is grievous unto and saddens the hearts of most of the precious saints of God. It lies down and rises up with them, and they cannot put it out of their minds, to see and hear of poor families deprived of their comforts and brought into penury and want (you may say, by what means, and to what end?). As far as I am able to judge of the end, it is to force them from their homes and lawful habitations, and to drive them out of their coasts.\nThe Massachusetts have banished six of their own inhabitants, to be gone upon pain of death ; and I wish that blood be not shed. But our poor people are pillaged and plundered of their goods; and haply, when they have no more to satisfy their unsatiable desire, at last may be forced to flee, and glad they have their lives for a prey.\nAs for the means by which they are impoverished: these in the first place were scrupulous of an oath; Why then we must put in force an old law, that all Must take the oath of fidelity. This being tendered, they will not take it; and then we must add more force to the law, and that is, if any man refuse, or neglect to take it by such a time, shall pay five pounds or depart the colony. When the time is come, they are the same as they were; then goes out the marshal, and fetcheth away their cows and other cattle. Well, another court comes, they are required to take the oath again, they cannot then five pounds more. On this account thirty-five head of cattle, as I have been credibly informed, hath been by the authority of our court taken from them the latter part of this summer; and these people say, If they have more right to them, than themselves, Let them take them. Some that had a cow only, some two cows, some three cows, and many small children in their families, to whom in summer time a cow or two was the greatest outward comfort they had for their subsistence. A poor weaver that hath seven or eight small children (I know not which) , he himself lame in his body, had but two cows, and both taken from him. The marshal asked him, What he would do? He must have his cows. The man said, That God that gave him them, he doubted not, but would still provide for him.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://caitykauffman.com/2012/07/20/a-letter-to-jessica-ghawi-victim-of-the-colorado-shooting/","date":"2013-05-24T08:12:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704368465/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113928-00071-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9511587023735046,"token_count":455,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__171920292","lang":"en","text":"We had a funny relationship. I remember when we found each other on Twitter last summer. You lamented over a jerk that texted you with bad grammar, and I knew immediately that we would be friends (I’ll learn to forgive you for being a proponent of Oxford commas).\nI can’t help but read over and over the 591 Facebook messages we have back and forth and the last text you ever sent me. “Weird,” you said two days ago. Yeah, things are weird right now. You’re gone, and you were taken from this world in such a horrific way.\nWe never had the chance to meet in person, but with our lengthy chats over Twitter direct messages, Facebook emails and text messages, outsiders would think we shared a brain. We connected instantly over our mutual dreams of working in the National Hockey League and the struggles of being a young woman trying to break into such a difficult, male-driven industry. You handled every obstacle with such grace and respect for yourself. Not many women carry themselves in the same way.\nIt’s funny how social media works that way – Colorado is so far from Florida, but we still shared a long-distance bond over our intense passions and big plans for the future.\nIt wrecks me that we will never be able to produce our own beefed up version of female-centered NHL talk show While the Men Watch like we wanted or take that trip to Las Vegas that you insisted we should set up later this summer. “You only need to do two nights in Vegas if you do it right!” you told me.\nUnfulfilled potential is heartbreaking. But the way your dynamic potential was ripped from you by the bullet of a stranger rocks me to the core in a disturbing and dark way. Your fierce ambition and motivation was so precious and rare. So much anger boils inside of me for the future you wanted so badly but now won’t get the chance.\nBut don’t worry, Jessica. I won’t give up on my passions – it’s fearless, firecracker women like you who pave the way for the rest of us.\nWith love and hockey sticks,","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"http://www.docfaris.com/human-animal-bond-therapy-pets.pml","date":"2018-03-23T07:20:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257648198.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20180323063710-20180323083710-00477.warc.gz","language_score":0.9625957608222961,"token_count":1013,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__160697616","lang":"en","text":"The Medicinal Properties of Pets; Little Angels in Our Midst\nBy Linda Faris, DVM, CVA\nA prescription for human wellness: Cuddle a Critter and Call Me in the Morning\nThe human-animal bond has been a hot topic at veterinary meetings and pet groups in recent years. More and more evidence is being gathered and many studies have already concluded that interaction between humans and animals can help people heal. In his book, Kindred Spirits, author Allen Schoen, DVM, proposes that the human-animal bond can improve pet owners' physical and mental health. Studies have proven that pet owners have lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol and a diminished risk of heart attack. It is an overwhelming medical reality that love is one of the most important ingredients in a protocol for healing and recovery. A person's happiness is often directly related to the quality of their relationships with other living creatures. In this day and age, healthy relationships can be elusive. Loneliness is an epidemic and anyone can experience it, especially the elderly and chronically ill. Being lonely stresses the immune system and causes a myriad of disease symptoms. The affection and companionship that pets provide simply by being near can help people overcome the pain of loneliness and separation. They can satisfy our undeniable need to touch and to be touched. Having a pet can enhance or restore a person's self esteem and purpose for living. It gives them a sense of being cared for and caring in return. 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Research has established that even after a heart attack, pet owners are more likely than other coronary patients to be alive a year later. Human-animal bond groups have formed in many communities. These groups provide trained volunteers and therapy pets to make visits to people who do not or cannot have pets of their own. Therapy pets are specially trained animals that have been tested for temperament and personality. They are commonly taken into hospital wards, orphanages, nursing homes and prisons as a part of treatment and rehabilitation programs. Touching and playing with pets gives people a feeling of intimacy which is important for human existence. In prisons, the pet programs have been a magical ingredient to bring about long-term changes in attitudes and behavior. By caring for pets, prisoners learn, sometimes for the first time in their lives, what it feels like to give and receive affection.\nIt's Not Just Anecdotal Anymore; A cuddle a day keeps the doctor away.\nMight it also be true that a cuddle a day keeps the veterinarian away?\nWe live on a two way street. These creatures that we call pets are a gift to the human race. They are our friends, our healers, and sometimes our saviors. But they need us as much as we need them. They need touch, love, and training in addition to clean food and fresh water. They need a warm, safe, loving environment where they feel appreciated and adored. They need medical attention and grooming. Remember, they are also affected when a beloved pet pal or human family member leaves the home or passes away. I've treated pets that were ill due to stress in a household and I've seen pets die of grief and loneliness. In times when they are suffering, seek help and guidance as to what solutions will be best for them.\nThe holistic alternatives that you choose for yourself can be applied to animals. At my practice in Overland Park, I perform acupuncture and prescribe Chinese herbs in addition to doing conventional treatments. Holistic medicine recognizes that body, mind and spirit cannot be separated. These guidelines apply to pets as well as people. Integrating complementary veterinary alternatives involves more \"hands on\" time than conventional medicine requires. At least an hour is scheduled for an initial consultation and evaluation of a new case. The patient history is explored in depth. Detailed questions are asked about environment, diet, medical history, and the emotional factors that affect the pets and the people who make up a household. Frequently, the health of an animal is affected by the health of the caregiver, and vice versa. My prescriptions often include physical affection or massage and special activities and treats. Consider the alternatives when you make health care decisions for the little angels in our midst.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://randomirishcolleen.blogspot.com/2012/11/about-me.html","date":"2018-05-23T03:21:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794865411.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20180523024534-20180523044534-00439.warc.gz","language_score":0.9826643466949463,"token_count":170,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__131084939","lang":"en","text":"I'm a 24 year old currently getting back into writing. My teachers and parents thought i was a good storyteller.....until i was 9 and i decided to tell a horror story about a \"river of guts flowing throughout the hallway. And she was horrified and gasping for breath. She looked up in horror at her killer.\"\nThere's always one xD\nSeriously, i have notebooks full of devastations. My parents swears it's my imagination. Let's hope i can make a good book from it!\nI'm 24 as of now (Nov 5 2012) as much as i want to share my teen manuscripts, they shall remain sacred xD\nMy current pride and joy is from a dream i had.....It's very Hunger Games............with more intelligence. And i hope to express that dream on my blog :)","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://www.prox-ima.it/article/larp/","date":"2021-10-28T18:39:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323588398.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20211028162638-20211028192638-00379.warc.gz","language_score":0.9734320640563965,"token_count":504,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__227815254","lang":"en","text":"What is LARP?\nDo you remember when as children with friends we pretended to be swordsmen, with a wooden spoon as sword and a pillow as a shield? When we played at being pirates, jumping on the bed as if it were a boarding party? Or when with a sheet over our shoulders and our fists on our hips we posed as superheroes? Then followed the conquests of new invented continents, the rescues of those in danger, the fights for freedom! Unknowingly we were role-playing live.\nLarp (from \"Live Action Role Play\") is a playful experience in which participants dress up as fictional characters and all together create a choral story.\nThis activity has similarities to interactive or improvisational theater, but the spectators within a larp are the players themselves.\nA group of authors and organizers writes the event, deciding its setting, plots, and the plot of the characters involved in the overall story. They work on its production by scouting locations such as castles, villas or forests, setting up with scenery suitable for the setting and leading it during its execution.\nPlayers decide which character to immerse themselves in for the duration of the event, and with the use of costumes consistent with the setting they participate in the game, creating an engaging story.\nIt feels like being on a movie set where all the people are constantly and simultaneously in the spotlight, as everyone is the protagonist of their own story.\nPlayers physically move, talk, and make decisions while playing the characters they have chosen and been assigned. These are typically described through background information: a past, meaningful relationships, purpose, and issues to be resolved.\nThrough actions taken during the event, participants influence each other, unraveling the threads of the story's weave and then rewiring them.\nThe aim is to live a fun and unusual experience, to experience roles different from ours, to let go to immersion and, once the event is over, to return to reality with something more than before.\nThe genres of larp are as many as those of film. Drama, historical, fantasy, science fiction, action are just a few of the many events that have taken place to date.\nYou don't have to be a professional actor or stage animal to participate. It is necessary to be open to an unusual and exciting experience, giving ourselves a treat and leaving aside the problems of everyday life.\nTranslated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://dengjunclub.com/class/4","date":"2023-12-04T02:49:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100523.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204020432-20231204050432-00011.warc.gz","language_score":0.74067622423172,"token_count":921,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__103634192","lang":"en","text":"17. Xianwen Long, Hai Wu, Yiming Ding,\nChunlei Qu and Jun Deng*, Biosynthetically Inspired Divergent Syntheses of\nMerocytochalasans. Chem 2021, 7, 212-223. (X.L. and H.W. contributed equally).\n16. Chunlei Qu, Xianwen Long, Yueqian Sang, Min Zhang, Xiaoli Zhao,\nXiao-Song Xue* and Jun Deng*, Biomimetic Total Synthesis of\n(±)-Carbocyclinone-534 Reveals Its Biosynthetic Pathway. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 9421-9426. (C.Q. and X.L.\nSelected as a Cover Picture\n14. Xianwen Long, Yiming Ding, Hai Wu and Jun\nDeng*, Total Synthesis of Asperchalasine A. Synlett 2020, 31,\n13. Yang Long, Yiming Ding, Hai Wu, Chunlei Qu,\nHong Liang, Min Zhang, Xiaoli Zhao, Xianwen Long, Shu Wang, Pema-Tenzin Puno and Jun Deng*, Total Synthesis of (−)‐Perezoperezone through an Intermolecular\n[5+2] Homodimerization of Hydroxy p‐Quinone. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 17552-17557. (Y.L. and Y.D.\nSelected as a Frontispiece\nHighlighted by Synfacts 2020, 16, 0007.\nHighlighted by X-MOL\nHighlighted by ChemBeanGo\n12. Xianwen Long, Yiming Ding and Jun Deng*, Total\nSynthesis of Asperchalasines A, D, E, and H. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 14221-14224. (X.L. and Y.D.\nHighlighted by Synfacts 2018, 14, 1111.\nHighlighted by Org. Chem. Highlights 2019, August 19\nHighlighted by Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 39, 277-280.\n10. Xianwen Long, Yunhong Huang, Yang Long and Jun Deng*, Biomimetic total synthesis of homodimericin A. Org. Chem.\nFront. 2018, 5, 1152-1154.\n6. Jun Deng, Shupeng Zhou, Wenhao Zhang, Jian Li, Ruofan Li, and Ang Li*, Total Synthesis of Taiwaniadducts B, C, and D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 8185-8188.\n5. Chunyun Wan, Jun Deng, Hua Liu*, Ming Bian* and Ang Li*, Recent advances of intermolecular Diels-Alder reaction in bio-inspired synthesis of natural products. Sci. China. Chem. 2014, 57, 926-929.\n4. Xiaochun Xiong, Yong Li, Zhaoyong Lu, Ming Wan, Jun Deng, Shuhang Wu, Huawu Shao* and Ang Li*, Synthesis of the 6,6,5,7-tetracyclic core of daphnilongeranin B. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 5294-5297.\n3. Zhaoyong Lu, Yong Li, Jun Deng and Ang Li*, Total synthesis of the Daphniphyllum alkaloid daphenylline. Nature Chemistry 2013, 5, 679-684.\n2. Jun Deng, Ruofan Li, Yijie Luo, Jian Li, Shupeng Zhou, Yongjian Li, Jingyu Hu, and Ang Li*, Divergent Total Synthesis of Taiwaniaquinones A and F and Taiwaniaquinols B and D. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 2022-2015.\n1. Jun Deng, Bo Zhu, Zhaoyong Lu, Haixin Yu, and Ang Li*, Total Synthesis of (−)-Fusarisetin A and Reassignment of the Absolute Configuration of Its Natural Counterpart. J. Am. Chem.Soc. 2012, 134, 920-923.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ebooki.me/pdf/graphic-novels-download-free.html","date":"2019-11-12T18:27:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496665726.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20191112175604-20191112203604-00536.warc.gz","language_score":0.7267765998840332,"token_count":514,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__44830156","lang":"en","text":"Sorry, but nothing matched your search terms. Please try again with some different keywords.\nPdf/graphic Novels Download Free PDF\nAre you looking for Pdf/graphic Novels Download Free pdf, word document or powerpoint file formats for free? Then you already in the right place. Find any document from Microsoft Word, PDF and powerpoint file formats in an effortless way.\nPdf/graphic Novels Download Free Download\n|1||Comics and Graphic Novels||tra-resources.s3.amazonaws.com||2 weeks ago|\n|2||Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels||secure.ncte.org||2 weeks ago|\n|3||Graphic Novels in Foreign Language Learning||blc.berkeley.edu||1 month ago|\n|4||Students and Graphic Novels: How Visuals Aid in Literary ...||fisherpub.sjfc.edu||2 weeks ago|\n|5||VELS AND TEENS - Scholastic||www.scholastic.com||2 weeks ago|\n|6||HELPFUL RESOURCES ABOUT GRAPHIC NOVELS By Kat Kan for ...||www.brodart.com||6 days ago|\n|7||CREATING GRAPHIC NOVEL LINKS - Lynn Plourde||www.lynnplourde.com||2 weeks ago|\n|8||Reading Process Comparison between Graphic Novel and ...||digitalcommons.brockport.edu||1 week ago|\n|9||06|04|2010 An Introduction to the Graphic Novel||ir.uiowa.edu||5 days ago|\n|10||Pedagogy of Graphic Novels||digitalcommons.wku.edu||3 weeks ago|\nPdf/graphic Novels Download Free Previews and Chapters\nJust type your search query in any keyword on this page, and if the documents are available, you can read or download it to your laptop or smartphone. Simple right?\nEbook PDF is one of the best places to find Pdf/graphic Novels Download Free documents in PDF and Powerpoint formats. We have an incredible amount of database from any category in every popular language in this world. Find any text or paper you want in Word document, PDF or Powerpoint format starting from health, animals, environment, farming, education, tax, internet marketing, business, insurance and many more for free.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://superlucky.me/books/","date":"2016-12-04T22:29:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-50/segments/1480698541426.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20161202170901-00300-ip-10-31-129-80.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9250231981277466,"token_count":1046,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-50__0__82539626","lang":"en","text":"The ultimate compers handbook: 3rd edition now in print!\nLearn the winning secrets of the UK’s competition queen!\nHow would you like to win an all-expenses paid trip to Brazil? A Volkswagen Beetle? £7,500 cash? Di Coke has won all this, and more – and in SuperLucky Secrets she’s revealing all!\nIn fact, Di has bagged over £300,000 of prizes by entering prize promotions – and now you can read a hundred of her tried and tested tips on being a successful winner.\nSuperLucky Secrets offers guidance on every aspect of comping, and both new and experienced compers will refer to it time and time again. Read it in conjunction with the advice on Di’s blog at www.superlucky.me and her video tutorials on YouTube, and you’ll soon fall in love with the hobby.\nThis comprehensive guide will teach you the best way to:\n- find low entry competitions\n- make your entry stand out\n- understand how promoters choose their winners\n- enter comps using an iPhone and iPad\n- win prizes on the TV and radio\n- find out if you’ve won a social media competition\n- use Evernote, Tweetdeck and RoboForm to speed up your comping\n- identify and avoid spam and scam promotions\n- stay motivated during a ‘dry spell’\n…and much, much more.\nSuperLucky Secrets includes Di’s tips on winning Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, text, slogan, kids, photo, video, blog, TV, radio, mobile app and purchase-necessary competitions. Filled with stories and quotes from SuperLucky fans, this is an essential and inspirational guide for all compers – and you can read their positive feedback on Amazon!\nThird edition published September 2016.\nSocial media, software and websites change all the time, and SuperLucky Secrets can easily be updated with the latest relevant information. If you buy via Selz, you will receive an updated version of the ebook for free. If you bought via Amazon, email me your receipt, and I’ll add your email address to my purchasers list and ensure you get the updates.\nIf you purchase the book here on my website you’ll receive an email with a link to a Google Drive prize spreadsheet template too – start filling in your own prize spreadsheet to track your comping success!\nHow to buy the book\nIf you’d like a paperback copy of the book, you can buy directly from me for £14.99 including free UK delivery – pay with your debit card, credit card or via PayPal. If you live outside the UK, you can order the paperback from your local Amazon website, simply search for ‘SuperLucky Secrets’.\nThe ebook version is £9.99, and you can pay by debit card, credit card or via PayPal. Download the book either as a Kindle file, ePub file or a PDF, simply choose the format to suit your device. Your book will be emailed to you along with an order number.\nIf you’ve bought the ebook and would like to upgrade to a paperback for just £5, you can do so at www.superlucky.me/SLSupgrade.\n“The best book I’ve seen for compers… full of good tips and advice about creating your entry, being organised and thinking ahead of the game” Jason Dale, Loquax.co.uk\n“I loved it. It was concise, easy to read, and contained tips even I didn’t know” Carolyn Wilman, ContestQueen.com\nBlog Giveaways: How to run successful competitions, contests & prize draws on your blog\nPublished June 2015 – download the e-book from Amazon for £1.99\nHosting giveaways is an incredibly effective way to increase traffic, social media followers and engagement on your blog. A well organised prize draw or competition with clear terms and conditions should be rewarding for the blogger, sponsor and entrant.\nThis book will give you the confidence to create an appealing, legal and successful giveaway. From choosing prizes and formats to writing T&Cs and promotion, there are plenty of tips and suggestions on how to make the process pain-free.\nThis book gives advice on:\n- Setting goals\n- Sourcing relevant prizes\n- Choosing the right format\n- Writing terms & conditions\n- Promoting a giveaway\n- Choosing a winner fairly\n- Communicating with sponsors and PRs\n- Solving problems\nThis book is a MUST for any blogger looking to improve their traffic, engagement and social media followers.\n“Di really is the expert in the competition sector. You would be hard pressed to find any better book in Amazon about launching giveaways”\n“This book is brilliant! It provides amazing detail about what you need to know if you are running a competition on your blog and is written in a really clear and accessible way.”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.qualitybydesign.es/qbd-resources/qbd-legacy-products/","date":"2019-03-21T09:38:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202510.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20190321092320-20190321114320-00261.warc.gz","language_score":0.9190369844436646,"token_count":627,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__1440199","lang":"en","text":"Special collaboration with ISPE Spain and local GMP inspectors (Generalitat Catalunya)\nThis is one of the collaborations that makes us feel proud. We participated as co-authors and in the coordination of the working group that drafted this document.\nTo learn more, attached an excerpt and index content from the version published by the Department of Health (Catalan) in December 2014 and translated into English by ISPE Spain.\nQbD as an improvement methodology for pharmaceutical legacy products. A Case study.\n“Very logical, systematic, well explained and comprehensive. Great flow of the document aids practical implementation understanding: the background, definitions, presentations of available tools based on the topic (SPC, Risk Assessment, DOEs), linkage to the relevant regulatory guideline, building a business case with ROI-all this sets a great stage to the followed case-study that puts theory in practice. It is very useful to have everything in one comprehensive document.”\nDirector QbD strategy at TEVA.\nDescription / Contents.\nThis is a 77-page document containing the results of the working sessions of a group of about 20 professionals from the pharmaceutical industry and GMP inspectors.\nThe Case Study deals with the application of the QbD approach to the improvement of a tablets manufacturing process.\nThe purpose of this document is to help pharmaceutical companies in the gradual incorporation of QbD systems to the manufacture of medicines. Specifically, it focuses on the manufacture of industrial batches.\nThis paper is structured as follows:\n- Chapter 1: Introduction.\n- Chapter 2: Evaluation of the state of control of manufacturing processes, criteria and statistical tools to verify that the processes are stable and capable.\n- Chapter 3: Assessment of deficiencies in the design, and in the understanding of the manufacturing processes as well as an improvement proposal; criteria and tools to acquire the necessary knowledge of the process and to identify improvement actions and / or to redesign the process if necessary.\n- Chapter 4: Criteria for calculating the ROI of a project based on QbD; methodology to prioritize improvement projects and to calculate the necessary investment and savings estimations in each case.\n- Chapter 5: Case Study, application of the previous chapters to a fictitious example: improvement project in tablet manufacturing.\n- Glossary of Terms.\nThis paper was the result of collaboration between ISPE Spain and the Pharmaceutical Control Services -Department of Health of Generalitat de Catalunya.\n“This Case Study is a translation of a work produced by an ISPE Affiliate. As such, it does not necessarily represent the views or guidance produced by ISPE. ISPE has not performed any peer reviews and does not endorse its content.\nIt is published simply as a ‘real world’ case study and is intended to provide examples of some aspects of the application of Quality by Design (QbD) for a legacy product (including examples of application of statistics, design of experiments, return on investment, and developing a control strategy) from which ISPE members and others may benefit.”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://desertpolymerflooring.com/resources/blog/mastering-surface-preparation-for-successful-concrete-coating-applications/","date":"2024-04-19T18:42:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817442.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419172411-20240419202411-00456.warc.gz","language_score":0.905342698097229,"token_count":767,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__158550270","lang":"en","text":"When it comes to concrete coating applications, the saying “proper preparation prevents poor performance” couldn’t be more accurate. Surface preparation is the first step in a successful coating system, ensuring longevity, durability, and optimal performance.\nThere are various ways to prep a concrete floor but the proper method in any project is dependent on which coatings application type you’ll be installing. This article explores the various types of surface preparation and the corresponding coating systems for each level of surface profile.\nConcrete Surface Profile (CSP)\nIf you have experience with installing concrete coating systems, you’re probably already familiar with Concrete Surface Profile or (CSP). CSP serves as a measure of the roughness of a surface, crucial for adhesion and coating performance and these profiles vary depending on the application. CSP ranges from 1, being nearly flat to 10 being extremely rough. Most resinous floor coatings for concrete fall between CSP 1-CSP5.\nThe following is a guide that you can use as a reference.\nCSP 1: For surfaces requiring light cleaning and minimal profile, methods such as detergent cleaning, acid etching, power washing, or diamond grinding with 60-80 grit are suitable. This level is ideal for sealers with a thickness of 0-3 mils DFT (Dry Film Thickness).\nCSP 2: When a slightly higher profile is needed for thin film coatings (4-12 mils DFT), diamond grinding with 25-40 grit is recommended. This method provides a moderately rough surface, enhancing coating adhesion and performance.\nCSP 3: To achieve a more substantial surface profile suitable for high-build coatings (16-40 mils DFT), light shot blasting or diamond grinding with 6-16 grit is effective. This level offers increased adhesion and durability, making it ideal for thicker coatings.\nCSP 4: For slurries and broadcast systems with a DFT of 60-125 mils, shot blasting is the preferred method. This level of surface preparation ensures a significantly rough surface, facilitating excellent bond strength and durability for thicker coating applications.\nCSP 5: The most aggressive level of surface profile, CSP 5 is achieved through shot blasting or scarifying, making it suitable for slurries and overlay systems with a DFT of 125-250 mils. This method creates a deeply textured surface, providing optimal adhesion and long-term performance for heavy-duty coatings.\nUnderstanding the relationship between CSP levels and coating systems is vital for achieving the desired results for your concrete coating projects. Using the appropriate surface preparation method ensures proper adhesion, minimizes the risk of coating failure, and prolongs the lifespan of the coating system.\nHowever, selecting the right surface preparation method is just the beginning. Factors such as environmental conditions, substrate condition, and the type of coating being applied also play crucial roles in determining the overall success of the project.\nIf you’d like more information on how to increase the success of your flooring projects, read our other blogs about “Planning Concrete Flooring Projects Around Weather & Climate” or “The 5 Steps of Successful Project Planning”.\nAdditionally, proper surface preparation requires adherence to safety protocols and regulations. Personal protective equipment (PPE), proper ventilation, and containment measures must be implemented to ensure the safety of workers and compliance with regulatory standards. It’s important that your crews are properly trained in safety measures for the varied installations they perform.\nIn conclusion, mastering surface preparation is essential for the success of any concrete coating application. So, the next time you embark on a concrete coating project, remember: proper preparation paves the way for perfection.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://geo-sms.blogspot.com/2010/02/you-are-mine.html","date":"2018-07-22T14:22:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676593302.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20180722135607-20180722155607-00430.warc.gz","language_score":0.9286869168281555,"token_count":108,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__67032102","lang":"en","text":"• \"Silence is the fence around wisdom\"\nif your foot slips you can always regain your balance.\nbut if your tongue slips.... you can never recall the words.\n• Happiness can be found when you seek it for yourself but when you give it to others, it will find its way back to you, that's the mystery of happiness.\n• Golden truth\nyou can live without the person who says: \"you are mine.\"\nBut you can never live without someone who says:\n\"I am yours\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://csik.info/page/42/","date":"2018-06-21T19:50:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864257.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20180621192119-20180621212119-00391.warc.gz","language_score":0.9833388924598694,"token_count":1241,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__133372208","lang":"en","text":"The pain associated with a migraine is excruciating. I know because I've been in that situation. But let me explain, I have written you a short story.\n- This is The Story I Want To Tell You\nLike many, I suffered from migraine headaches for years. They started when I was very young, at about the age of seven or eight. Most of the time they would begin shortly after I went outside and began to play with my friends. Running around and engaging in play involving physical exercise was next to impossible because once I became over-heated from the intensity of the play, I began to sweat, my head felt very hot, nausea and vomiting set in, and the headache pain became excruciating . Crying from the severity of the pain, as would most children of that age, I ran home as quickly as I could to get my Mother's help. Once home, the routine we followed never varied and was well understood. Entering my bedroom, my clothes came off. I took a cold water shower to ease the pain, and since the light in the room caused me further discomfort the room was made as dark as possible. My bed was turned down and made ready for me to use it. A bucket with a bit of water in the bottom was placed at the side of my bed for my use when vomiting. It was invariably needed. In those days, the mid 1940's, there was not much that could be prescribed for a young boy of my age and so aspirin was taken. Before the aspirin could even take effect it was usually thrown up, and the vomiting continued until there was nothing left in my stomach. Dry heaves often took up where the vomiting ended. Cold wash cloths placed on my forehead were helpful. In bed, the tossing and turning as a result of the pain, kept me from the sleep I so willingly wanted. Finally I fell off to sleep and when I woke up, mercifully the headache and the symptoms associated with it were gone. Except for my exhaustion caused by my struggle with the headache pain and the associated symptoms that came with it, I felt fine, until the next time when all that occurred before happened once again.\nThese heads continued over the years, with diminished frequency and intensity, until I was about 65 years old. Thank God, I no longer suffer from this very debilitating illness. Nothing but the passage of time and my increased age ended this.\nWhat can be done to reduce the frequency, intensity or length of duration of your suffering?\n- Always Consult Your Physician\nTo begin, fortunately for you medical science has advanced since I experienced all of this. I know there are a number of things that can be done and from the standpoint of prescriptions you may wish to consult your doctor about the possibility of taking Zomig. Check with your doctor, but from what I understand that drug prevents migraines if taken as soon as the first signs of getting a migraine appear. If you wait to take it, it is too late. I was told by my physician when that remedy was prescribed for me, that it was essentially self diagnostic. If you had a migraine the pill would help to prevent it if timely taken. If you did not have a migraine coming on, it did nothing. That prescription was very beneficial to me in my personal circumstances. It may or may not be right for you and I am sure, that since it has been several y ears now since I had this problem, other drugs may be on the market and available for your physician to prescribe. The important point for you to take from this is that there are things your doctor can do to help, so do not walk, run to your doctor's office and explain to her what is happening and make your request that she does something to help you. She can help.\nKeeping a journal could be very helpful in determining if one or more specific food items is a trigger for your migraines. In my case some foods that I particularly enjoy eating, if ate with the frequency and in the amount that I enjoy having, invariably bought on a migraine headache. The primary culprits for me, but not necessarily for you were Chocolate and Sharp Cheddar Cheese. Foods containing MSG (Monosodium glutamate) were also certain to cause me problems. It can be difficult to give up foods that you especially enjoy, but choices have to be made sometimes. And not eating a food you enjoy, if it is established to be a trigger for migraines in your case, is a rather minor concession when it means less pain and a better quality of life for you.\n- Identify Triggers And Make Needed Changes in Your Diet\nBy changing your diet it is possible you can identify and eliminate specific food items that will trigger your migraine. Each individual has his own triggers that will bring on a migraine. It is important to establish what they are for you. Pay attention to the food you eat and try to figure out if there is any correlation between the things you are eating and when you are getting a migraine.\nFor some, stress is a large factor in bringing on a migraine. We are all exposed to stressful situations at home, at work, with the family and in other ways. But stress management experts point out that you need to take control of what goes in your life and reshape events in a way that is least likely to impact upon your emotions.\nFirst and foremost, consult your physician. People who have heads often say that they are having a migraine, when they are having something else. Let your doctor make the diagnosis and provide remedies that can help you.\nKeep a journal. Document when you have heads and what you ate before it occurred. It could help identify the triggers that bring on a migraine in your situation and be good information to share with your doctor.\nRestructure your life to avoid stress wherever possible. My heart goes out to anyone afflicted with this miserable illness. Do not lose hope, one day it will stop and you will be free of migraines. Until that day arrives labor on.\n© 2013 Douglas M. Midgley, JD All Rights Reserved Worldwide","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://pennance.deviantart.com/art/Final-Take1-370947376","date":"2016-02-11T20:59:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-07/segments/1454701162808.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160205193922-00111-ip-10-236-182-209.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9507215619087219,"token_count":89,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-07","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-07__0__92255782","lang":"en","text":"Your awesome work has been featured in my journal and was suggested by ~Erlance\nYou can find the journal entry here:fav.me/d6aro6n\nPlease consider adding this journal to your favorites so more people can find it. It would also be appreciated if you added other's work to your favorites to show your appreciation\nI love the concept and I can relate to that little girl . Stories color my world too .","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://viswajyothi.org/andaman-a-nicer-version-of-india/","date":"2024-02-28T09:34:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474700.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228080245-20240228110245-00510.warc.gz","language_score":0.9578840136528015,"token_count":629,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__44687012","lang":"en","text":"ANDAMAN: A NICER VERSION OF INDIA\nA Glimpse from My Travel Experience\nThe travel to Andaman is not just a pleasure trip but a travel through our history. It may change an Indian’s perception towards his own legacy. Every location and the buildings tell the story of our forefathers and their sufferings under British Raj. The turbulence created by the cellular jail and the Ross Island in our minds is higher than the turbulence we feel at the mid sea.\nThe island is so small in size but it has bigger stories to tell. The life of the Andamanese resembles its landscape-openness from outside and layers deep within. It has an open sea in front and a thick forestry behind, inhabited by Sentinelese, tribal groups like Jarawa. Though they are welcoming, they are not found to be over joyous in their attitude which makes us feel that there is something beyond what we see in them.\nPeople of Andaman, whether a common man or a tribal, hold their own values. A common man in Port Blair is constantly reminded of his own history due to the living images of torture and suffering of our ancestors created in their mind by the monuments and buildings of olden times. The shrieking of jailors and the tinkling of the iron bars are always echoing in their ears which cannot be silenced by any gigantic wave.\nPatriotic fervor often booms out in us while we walk on the streets of Port Blair just like the mud that booms out from the mud volcanoes of Andaman. We may be exhilarated when we are in mid sea. But once we reach the shore, we are reminded again and again about the history of India and the challenging journey of our forefathers towards our freedom struggle. A tinge of curiosity generates in our mind when we see the disciplined and balanced behaviour of the people of Andaman. We would easily realize that secularism, cleanliness and multi lingual existence of the land gives it a unique identity and makes Andaman different from the mainland. It is a part of the same country India, which is devoid of thieves and beggars and it deserves an honor for this uniqueness.\nWhat makes it attractive is not the white sandy beaches or corals but the life of the Andamanese which is brighter than the brightest pearl of Port Blair.\nOnce we had our forefathers languishing in the jails, longed to see the people of the main land and now our new generation of Andamanese also long to see them as tourists. This happiness is reflected in the warmth of their conversation towards any tourist from mainland.\nClose to Indianness but unique in many aspects. Though the tsunami of 2004 lashed this archipelago to the worst, it survived and held its head high in the vast Bay of Bengal as a great sign board of our country. Thanks to our government which safeguards this precious land of pearls by providing them with special privileges. Surely, they deserve it because they are special like its special landscape.\nDhanya P M\nTeacher, Dept. of English","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://lyric-theatre.com/","date":"2022-06-25T00:45:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103033925.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220625004242-20220625034242-00067.warc.gz","language_score":0.9632054567337036,"token_count":199,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__127982023","lang":"en","text":"This Entire Site was made possible by the years of endless dedication and hard work done by Mr. Gene Gladson who passed away in 1992 at the age of 63, after dedicating the majority of his adult life to the historical research of theatres throughout the state of Indiana. His many efforts to save the Lyric Theatre and all of it’s glory and history proved futile.\nGene had stated in an interview in 1982, that when he left this world he wanted to leave a mark no one else has…”Someday when everyone has their own satellite on their roof and nobody goes out for entertainment anymore, someone will ask What is a Theatre ? and my information will be there!\nTo help defray the operating cost you can purchase a copy of Gene’s book by clicking the link below which was published in 1976 entitled ” Indianapolis Theatres A to Z “, includes Theatres and Drive – Ins 170 pages of Indianapolis Theatre History.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://kolmenoitaa.deviantart.com/","date":"2016-06-26T17:07:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00051-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.920343816280365,"token_count":492,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-26__0__116559503","lang":"en","text":"This is the place where you can personalize your profile!\nBy moving, adding and personalizing widgets.\nYou can drag and drop to rearrange.\nYou can edit widgets to customize them.\nThe bottom has widgets you can add!\nSome widgets you can only access when you get Core Membership.\nSome widgets have options that are only available when you get Core Membership.\nWe've split the page into zones!\nCertain widgets can only be added to certain zones.\n\"Why,\" you ask? Because we want profile pages to have freedom of customization, but also to have some consistency. This way, when anyone visits a deviant, they know they can always find the art in the top left, and personal info in the top right.\nDon't forget, restraints can bring out the creativity in you!\nNow go forth and astound us all with your devious profiles!\nIt is easy to crumble into the self, to busy the mind with petty hobbies and situations with the intent to create a world of productive illusion. It is easy to cast away the hopes and dreams of a previous age, birthing anew into darkness, viciously curling away from people, from things, from life. How simple it would be to caress the cold warmth of sadness and despair, settling into nothingness, unsure of whether the waste away is reality or as much of an illusion as the citadel of the jaded mind.\nCome closer, my dear. I must bask in your light, else the darkness will claim the lasts of me.\nI’m not much of an artist marked by the ability to seize the medium of brush and paint or much anything else:\nThe only pencil I will ever wield and bring to paper by my own will is one that will scrawl jarringly beautiful words to which will extinguish the feral thoughts, and by which I will make literary love to you at the mercy of a Ticonderoga, fully loaded with the most rogue weapon of all. Feel my words, let me rouse your soul from your unprovoked, intellectual slumber.\nFavorite moviesDie Welle, GattacaFavorite TV showsBand of BrothersFavorite bands / musical artistsHeretoir, Amesoeurs, Alcest, LantlôsFavorite booksMetro 2033, Norwegian WoodFavorite gaming platformPS2Tools of the TradeMy mind whoaOther Interestsnot you","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.preo.ca/writing-support","date":"2024-02-28T08:27:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474700.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228080245-20240228110245-00020.warc.gz","language_score":0.9666301608085632,"token_count":633,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__10195437","lang":"en","text":"Your Life's Story\nHas it been a desire of yours to write a book? Writing it is in itself a huge undertaking, but it doesn’t end there. Trying to get it published can be a real challenge. We can help you wade through all the confusion to help you achieve your goal.\nWe offer a wide variety of “writing support”. We have the creative ideas, we just need the content from you to create what you are visualizing. In this technology era, you can publish your own book if you want. We can help with that. We can edit and format whatever book you want to write. You can either try to publish it in paperback or you can try the eBook style. If you don’t have the writing skills, or think you don’t, we can help you with that process as well. You don’t need a degree to write a good book. Some of us have the abilities and don’t even know it. Half the battle is getting over our own self doubt.\nSo many of us have story ideas that are rattling around in our heads. Now you can write that story and have it published as a eBook. Or, just have it published in a book form to give to your children or grand children.\nThat novel you have always wanted to write is only a few steps away. Depending on the depth of the story and with the coaching support from PREO, you could complete your task within a year! Now is the time… just do it!\nPerhaps your child is turning 25 and you would like to present them with a book of old photos and classic family stories. We can help you with the selection process and the\nDo you have a collection of recipes that are your favorites? Want to put them all in one place? Ever thought of presenting them in a book style? You could even sell them as an eBook. Let us help you with the process and you could see your dream come true!\nPREO can help you create your business policies to create a Policies & Procedures Manual, or any other type of guide book you think would be helpful in your business. When you bring in new employees, a manual can be quite helpful in guiding them and reducing the interruptions to you as they learn their way around your office processes.\nWe can take your content and format it into a consistent and presentable package.\nDo you have a knack for instruction? Do you help others by providing direction on how to use things? Want to set up a how-to book series? Now you can!\nYou want/need to create a newsletter for your hockey team, or for your new business. We can discuss with you how you would like it to look and what content you want in it. We can send you the file to be sent out for printing, or we can print it for you. We can also coordinate mass mailing.\nSometimes we have difficult letters we want written. You let us know the subject matter and the issue as well as the resolution required and we will draft a letter for you.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://playitloudmusic.wordpress.com/above-the-noise/above-the-noise-music-industry-podcast/author-radio-host-and-music-marketer-david-hooper/","date":"2021-06-19T00:16:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487643354.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20210618230338-20210619020338-00497.warc.gz","language_score":0.9801585674285889,"token_count":314,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-25","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__62967547","lang":"en","text":"A while back I interviewed radio host, author and music marketer David Hooper about his book Six Figure Musician. We did the interview in Nashville about a week prior to the launch. At the time he told me about his plans for the book and how he intended to market it. I thought it would be interesting to follow up with him and find out how his marketing strategies were working and what he had learned about his audience. The book is available for free as well as a number of paid versions too. Would people value them differently? Was there any unexpected insight as to what people would go for? I have noticed that free can often result in less interest due to a lower perceived value of the content, whether it is a free music industry panel, workshop, webinar, concert or album download… What can David tell us about the world of book marketing within the music industry?\nIn our conversation we talk about marketing, getting a #1 on the billboard charts and a best selling book on Amazon. We discuss the global business market and the ability to choose the best partners on a global scale. Although I am not one for talking about hype, on this occasion I ask David his opinion of the media around Miley Syrus from a marketing perspective.\nAs always the conversation takes many twists and at every turn David has some hugely valuable insight to share. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!\nAaron Bethune. Music Specialist. Creative Collaborator.\nFor more on David Hooper and his book Six Figure Musician please visit:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://rainbowuni-potato.deviantart.com/art/Sick-RomanoxReader-334981697","date":"2015-02-28T19:12:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-11/segments/1424936462035.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20150226074102-00052-ip-10-28-5-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9863466620445251,"token_count":706,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-11","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-11__0__21589719","lang":"en","text":"You walk in the apartment, soaking wet from the pouring rain. You could hear gentle snoring from his room, which told you that your roommate, Romano, was asleep. You decided not to announce your arrival in that case, because the Italian was extremely grumpy when woken up. You were so tired, you didn't even change out of your wet clothes, and you just plopped on your bed and fell asleep. You woke up the next morning feeling incredibly weak, with a horrible headache and a fever. You tried to shrug it off, shuffling into the living room to see Romano (obviously) eating a tomato and some cereal at the kitchen table.\nWhen he saw you, he scowled. 'Oh no, what has the girl done to herself now?' he thought to himself.\nYou coughed, smiling shakily as you look at your friend and said casually, \"Good morning, Lovino! How was your sleep?\"\nHe gave you a steely glare and grumbled, \"Fine. What have you done to yourself, bella?\" You shrug your shoulders weakly, coughing again. He shook his head, standing up and pulling you out of your own seat.\n\"Well, you need to go back to bed or you'll get even worse,\" he said with a hint of concern laced in with all that grouchiness.\nYou cough-laughed, poking his cheek as you teased, \"Why do you care, anyways? Do you loovee me Lovino?\"\nHis face turned as red as a tomato as he shook his head roughly, lying. 'She can't know, she'll hate me if she finds out!' he thought to himself, frowning. You lay back onto your bed and he pulled the covers over you. You expected a more rough tuck in than you got, he was way more gentle than usual. It made you blush too.\n\"I'll go get you something to make you feel a little better\n\" he left the room, reappearing in ten minutes with a bowl of tomato soup. You smile warmly at him and you eat the delicious soup happily.\nAs you finish, he asked, \"Feel any better?\" You shrugged. You did feel a little better, but not much, and you loved him coddling you like that.\n'Maybe I ought to get sick more often,' you thought to yourself, smiling.\nHe raised an eyebrow, mumbling, \"What's with the silly smile, aren't you sick?\"\nYou nodded, replying, \"I am, but it's cute how you are being so sweet to me, seeing as you never have been so before.\"\nHis face turned red again and he stumbled over his words as he said, \"W-well, I want you to get well, soon\n\" You smiled and sat up in your bed, hugging him as tightly as you can.\n\"Ti amo, Lovi~\" you mumbled into his ear. He turned even redder, surprised at first, but it sank in eventually and he hugged you tightly in return, kissing your cheek and whispering, \"Ti amo, (y/n).\"\nAs you two pulled apart after a little while of just sitting and snuggling, you say, \"Now I feel lots better. Thanks!\"\nHe smiled and said sweetly, \"I'm so glad, mi bella.\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.alexandriapall.com/","date":"2024-04-16T08:16:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817073.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416062523-20240416092523-00859.warc.gz","language_score":0.9803794622421265,"token_count":246,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__119449521","lang":"en","text":"About the Book\nSeventeen-year-old April has spent her childhood in therapy, learning to dismiss her imaginary friends as just that: imaginary. Now, as a college freshman, she hopes to leave behind the whispers and cruel rumors that have plagued her for years.\nWhen April begins to embrace her newfound independence, her world is turned upside down when she crosses paths with Tommy and Bobby, two figures her therapist insisted were figments of her imagination.\nNineteen-year-old Tommy has spent his life waiting for a mission that has haunted him. April’s reappearance shatters his reality, prompting him, April and Bobby to uncover a hidden truth that will change everything.\nThe trio must unite to fulfill their destiny. But an ominous force is closing in on them, one that will stop at nothing to prevent them from completing their mission. The stakes grow darker, threatening not only their lives but the well-being of future generations.\nWith time running out and the world’s fate hanging in the balance, fitting in will be the least of April’s concerns. She will need to confront the demons of her past and present, fighting for what she cherishes most.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://craftsbycarrol.blogspot.com/2013/07/","date":"2018-07-23T13:35:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676596463.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20180723125929-20180723145929-00473.warc.gz","language_score":0.9942218065261841,"token_count":608,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__118063529","lang":"en","text":"Things have been happening so fast and then again so slow. I know I can share this with you all. I have never met a crafter that was an uncaring person. My life just seems to be in limbo. I just can't find my way right now. I just can't seem to sleep anymore or enjoy the things I once enjoyed? In September of 2000, was the beginning of the end for me.\nOn September 10, 2000; I lost my very best friend. The person I shared my life with for over 15 years of my life. Mr. Percy Mumford, Jr. He was the first man in my life that said, Life your dream. He truly believed in me. He was my lover, my friend, the one I could tell my secrets too. I cannot tell you anything about his funeral. For I don't remember it. Then in 2005, I lost my Father. Mr. Richard Clark, Jr. I could not believe that he was gone. I can remember setting in the church just watching him in the coffin. When the lid on the coffin was closing, I can remember just looking at him until it was closed. You see, my father use to come to my moms house everyday. I mean, everyday. We would talk the talk. Now that I think back to the last time I saw him alive. He was so happy that day. He called to me from the front of the house because I had walked to my bedroom which was in the back of my moms house. He said, I'm gone. I said you leaving? He said, yes. I see you tomorrow. I said, okay. Then I just stood there for some reason. Until this day. I have never visited his grave. I am just not ready yet.\nNow that was the brick to fall in my life. Then March, 2012; I lose my mom. Yes, I know she was my grandmother which was my fathers mother. But, to me. She was my mother. Mrs. Emily A. Perkins. She had been in my life for over 55 years. Whatever I know as a woman? She gave me that. This was the third brick to fall.\nI know you all understand where I am coming from. I just don't know which way to go anymore. I read my bible on a daily basis. And being a Deaconess in my church also helps me to get through this. The three most important people in my life are gone. I just wish that Heaven could have waited just a little longer for them.I just don't think I am ready to stand up on my own. I have had that support system all of my life. Now, it is gone.\nThank you all so much for allowing me to share my inner most feelings with you. I feel better now. Thanks for being here for me. I truly feel that we are not only friends but a family.\nRemember, Keep Living the Crafting Life.©1995","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://hwcpartners.com/manager-search.html","date":"2018-09-18T15:57:03Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267155561.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20180918150229-20180918170229-00003.warc.gz","language_score":0.9530172348022461,"token_count":620,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__77130828","lang":"en","text":"The task of identifying investment managers likely to produce market leading investment returns on a prospective basis is an exceedingly difficult undertaking requiring a rigorous combination of quantitative and qualitative evaluation. However, the typical industry practice of assessing investment managers by utilizing historical returns or style box adherence as the principal forms of analysis is quite likely to result in imprecise if not materially erroneous conclusions. To further complicate the matter, most investment manager “research” is performed by relatively junior personnel who very often have never had any actual portfolio management experience. Given these circumstances, it should not be considered a surprise that the latest academic research definitively shows that far too many investment manager “hiring/firing” decisions are essentially poor decisions, with the fired manager typically outperforming the hired manager by a very considerable margin over the succeeding years. Something is very clearly wrong with the manager search business as it is currently practiced by the investment advisory and consulting industry today.\nThe HWCP Approach\nHWCP believes that superior investment managers distinguish themselves predominantly along the following five factors: philosophy of risk control, process of decision making, cultural orientation, ownership structure & rewards system, and excellence of personnel. These factors are universally qualitative in nature, and require a differentiated and non-traditional thought process in order to properly measure. At the same time, HWCP believes that it is critically important for those purporting to provide manager search capabilities to actually have a history of successfully investing assets across multiple investment styles, strategies, and market cycles. There is simply no substitute for the knowledge, judgement, and healthy regard for risk that can only be acquired after many years of practical investment management experience.\nTo populate the major asset class exposures derived from the Dynamic Asset Allocation Model described elsewhere, HWCP will utilize the multi-decade, hands-on portfolio management experience of its Founder/Managing Member to identify, compile, and make available to clients a Recommended List of investment managers operating within each asset class that are deemed to be the most attractive and worthy candidates for timely ownership. The HWCP Recommended List of investment managers will consist of managers and/or vehicles across the universe of available investment styles and/or strategies, and will be continually assessed and amended as necessary. All managers on the HWCP Recommended List must have a highly refined and documented approach to the management of risk and must have a demonstrated history of being responsible and ethical stewards of investment capital.\nThe HWCP Recommended List of investment managers should not be considered merely an “All Star” team of recently top performing managers as other investment consulting services typically provide. The managers on the HWCP Recommended List are selected specifically for their ability to consistently generate attractive levels of risk adjusted investment return through time, regardless of the overall market environment, while at all times protecting against the illogical forced exposure to investment styles and unproductive benchmark hugging that is unfortunately so prevalent across the investment management industry today.\nAll investment vehicles on the HWCP Recommended List must offer daily pricing, and may employ long only, short only, or long/short investment strategies regardless of asset class or investment style.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://thedoulanetwork.org/benefits/","date":"2020-08-12T15:35:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738905.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20200812141756-20200812171756-00369.warc.gz","language_score":0.9740287661552429,"token_count":243,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__109585594","lang":"en","text":"Benefits of Using a Doula\nThe prestigious Cochrane Collaborative recently reviewed the benefits of continuous labor support for birthing women. After examining 21 studies involving over 15,000 women, the authors found that mothers who received continuous support during labor:\n- were more likely to have a spontaneous vaginal birth;\n- were less likely to have an epidural or other pharmaceutical pain relief;\n- were less likely to report dissatisfaction with their labors;\n- had shorter labors;\n- were more likely to give birth without cesarean, vacuum, or forceps;\n- were less likely to have babies with a low 5-minute Apgar score.\nNo wonder then that Dr. John Kennell once quipped,\n“If a doula were a drug, it would be unethical not to use it.”\n Hodnett ED, Gates S, Hofmeyr GJ, Sakala C, Weston J. Continuous support for women during childbirth. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 2. Art.No.:CD003766. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003766.pub3.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.qubainitiative.org/index.html","date":"2019-01-18T19:52:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583660529.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20190118193139-20190118215139-00393.warc.gz","language_score":0.9217883944511414,"token_count":234,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__178032119","lang":"en","text":"Journey Through the Qur'an\nSummary of the 30 Sections\nShaykh Idris Watts, Shaykh Haroon Hanif, Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Ahmed (TBC)\nJourney Through The Quran\nIn an age of disconnect from revelation, there is a greater need for understanding the meanings of the Qur'ān. Barriers have been erected that block the light of the Qur'ān, barriers that need demolishing. This book is an attempt to help demolish these barriers so that the reader begins to walk in the light of the living Qur'ān.\nHaroon Hanif is a teacher with Greensville Trust, Liverpool. He spent over a decade studying Islamic sciences and is currently engaged in teaching these sciences. He has a particular passion for teaching the Qur'ān.\nDate: Saturday 19th January 2019\nTime: 7:00pm - 9:00pm\nLocation: Manchester Academy High School, Moss Lane East, Manchester M14 4PX.\n*A complimentary copy of the newly released book is included\n*Limited places available so secure your place by registering online now\nOnline Registration Required","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.livingfrontandcenter.com/cstory.htm","date":"2023-03-25T22:59:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945376.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325222822-20230326012822-00557.warc.gz","language_score":0.9452797770500183,"token_count":1001,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__198563883","lang":"en","text":"Amnesia of the past a work in progress\nDisengage the weakening mirror, Cradle the optic mind\nRelease the ocean\nShower your shoulders with strength\nIncrease your connection to the magnificent,\nEmbrace this walk \"Front and Center\"\n|Home||Carlton's Story||Coaching||Speaking||Testimonials||Carlton Blog|\n|LFAC Boutique | Health & Wellness | Contact Carlton|\nWho I am…\nWhere I come from…\nI have danced before twenty thousand people at Madison Square Garden and eighty thousand at Wembley Stadium in London. I have led the keynote address alongside the CEO of Panasonic for the CES Convention held in the Grand Ballroom of the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. In addition to the live stage work I have done, I have appeared in movies, on television, and in print. And, I received the USA Book News Best Book Award of 2007 in the memoir category, as the author of my first published book.\nSo, how does a little black boy, growing up on the south side of Chicago, find himself as a principal dancer for Madonna’s global tours? As they say, you can’t get here from there—but that is exactly where life took me…\nMy Journey of Transformation…\nAlong the way, my challenges, trials, and experiences became refining, clarifying, strengthening, and revealing. I nurtured within myself boundless compassion, empathy, wisdom, insight, and determination.\nAll of the chains are broken. None of my past circumstances use me today. I am no longer imprisoned by fears of the past or apprehensions over current or future challenges. I am not saying I am done with my internal work—growth is a lifelong discipline. What I do know is that, thanks to the skill sets I have picked up along the way, I no longer hide from challenges that need to be faced. I no longer need to engage in the dodging and darting that keeps people from their deepest truth and their highest power. I did that for years—and I paid the price for it.\nMy life continues to exceed my dreams, and surpass my own expectations, as well as those of so-called experts who would tell you that I should have been dead long ago, or if not dead, then down for the count.\nIt was as if everything I went through in my life led me to the work I am now doing as a life coach, speaker, motivator, and healer. I could see how my own personal experiences navigating the challenging rivers of life made me uniquely qualified to empower, support, guide, and motivate you, either at a group level or as your one-on-one pocket referee and coach. No matter what may have inspired you to reach out for a life coach or speaker, I can deliver the insights that will allow you and/or your group to overcome those unconscious and unseen barriers that block your way and obscure the road ahead. Together, we can amplify your drive and motivation, and help you break through to the next level.\nMy spiritual work has empowered me to operate in the area of the subconscious. We all have many thoughts and ideas that resonate throughout our consciousness. But, sometimes—in fact, most of the time—those thoughts and ideas fail to penetrate the quiet, subconscious level where the real truth of what we believe tends to settle. When we stay at the level of the conscious mind, any healing we get is bound to be temporary and dissolve quickly, leaving us once again in the territory of familiar pitfalls and habits.\nMy gift—and what sets me apart, perhaps, from other life coaches and speakers you might find—is my capacity to get right to the heart of the matter, which always lies in the subconscious area. It is my ability to hold a safe place for you, and to guide you in your exploration through the subconscious arena that makes the real difference, and creates lasting results. The whole paradigm through which you view any given area of your life will shift once we tap that subconscious level, and discover what your beliefs truly are, and are not, in the area of your life where you are presently focused.\nAs a speaker:\nMy varied background and vast experience as a professional actor, dancer, and choreographer makes me a powerful, professional, polished, and impassioned speaker. Those qualities blend with my spiritual work and allow me to bring great depth and dimension to any content I might be delivering—regardless of whether it might be authored by me or someone else.\nVisit our Customer\nService Center for policies pertaining to this website.\nPhotographs of Carlton: Copyright © 2010 Michael Higgins l Website Design: Copyright © 2010 WebDBD, Inc. All rights reserved.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://mypracticaltraveladventures.com/about/","date":"2019-09-16T07:36:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514572491.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20190916060046-20190916082046-00120.warc.gz","language_score":0.9717474579811096,"token_count":102,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__192899027","lang":"en","text":"I am a travel enthusiast and I love a certain degree of adventure in things that I do outside work. I work in a BPO industry and it’s indeed, a challenging world. Traveling and writing serve as my outlet to keep myself healthy mentally, physically and emotionally.\nI am always interested with writing. When I started traveling abroad, I realized that I was really experiencing, seeing and feeling something worth sharing. This serves as my travel diary documenting memories based on how I perceive things around.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.ffarpc.org/links","date":"2020-09-24T05:56:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400213454.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20200924034208-20200924064208-00043.warc.gz","language_score":0.9014637470245361,"token_count":76,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__177655356","lang":"en","text":"Our denomination's website.\nThe teaching ministry of R.C. Sproul. Ligonier Ministries exists to proclaim, teach, and defend the holiness of God in all its fullness to as many people as possible.\nBlue Letter Bible provides an online Bible in multiple translations with free study tools.\nArticles and Links to Creeds and Confessions.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://waves-of-time.obsidianportal.com/","date":"2018-07-21T03:43:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592309.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20180721032019-20180721052019-00486.warc.gz","language_score":0.9597179293632507,"token_count":329,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__86273172","lang":"en","text":"Waves of Time\nMy cradle rocks with the waves of time\nThe time of beauty will never be the same\nFalling again has no man’s knowing\nPlease take me, take me with thee\nThe world is prosperous. It is a time of peace between the three great races. The humans have rebounded after a thousand years in darkness after the fall of their once great empire. The current human kingdom is beginning to reach the glory of its predecessor. However, the recent death of its king has put the nobles on edge, they have begun vying for influence in the past months since the ascension of the boy-king.\nThe elves, on their northern island of Albion, live in the same semi-tribal society that they have for thousands of years. Their arms are open to the humans of the Aurelian kingdom, though much of their island remains unseen by any but their own eyes.\nThe dwarves rule the Claw Mountains to the south. In their underground kingdom they remain strong in their traditional way of life. Unlike elves, they have not fully forgiven the humans of their previous imperialism. But that is slowly changing.\nTo the east lays the Haung empire. An ancient human empire filled with technological innovations. As old as the ancient western empire, it has never experienced a dark age. Because of this the empire is large and formidable, and many fear that it might attempt cross species imperialism.\nThe peace and prosperity of the world hangs in the balance. As great forces swirl around you, how will you shape the world? What eddies will you make in the waves of time?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://awesomejobalert.com/job/brilliant-books-118-e-front-street-3-bookseller/","date":"2020-07-09T03:47:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655898347.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20200709034306-20200709064306-00297.warc.gz","language_score":0.9385976195335388,"token_count":179,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__66007978","lang":"en","text":"We’re looking to hire a part-time bookseller who:\n· Demonstrates a passion for books and literature\n· Has great customer service skills and an engaging personality\n· Is comfortable with technology and willing to learn\nThis position is part-time with potential for additional hours depending on the needs of the store and employee availability. Pay rates are dependent on experience.\nAbout Brilliant Books\nBrilliant Books is a proudly independent purveyor of good books & bookish goodies located in Downtown Traverse City. A place of wonder and knowledge, you’ll find obscure works of literature as well as the current bestsellers on our shelves, and our booksellers can always recommend a hidden gem you might have missed. Home of Brilliant Books Monthly, the most personalized book subscription service on the market, and known as the Nation's Long Distance Local Bookstore.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://englishfree.online/torrent/the-dark-tower-download-free-torrent/","date":"2017-10-22T20:53:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825464.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20171022203758-20171022223758-00345.warc.gz","language_score":0.8837752342224121,"token_count":352,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-43__0__216822081","lang":"en","text":"The Dark Tower Movie Download Torrent\nWatch Free full unlimited movies in HD\nGunslinger Roland Deschain roams an Old West-like landscape in search of the dark tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world. The Dark Tower is a series of eight books which span an entire connected universe which links several other books and stories by Stephen King, including Bag of Bones, The Talisman, Black House, The Stand, Everything’s Eventual, From a Buick 8, Hearts in Atlantis, Insomnia, The Eyes of the Dragon and ‘Salem’s Lot, with minor references to It and The Mist. – The Dark Tower Movie Download Torrent\nThe seven books involve instances of fantasy, science fiction, horror and the wild west. The books were written by Stephen King between 1982 and 2004 and have spawned a series of comic book prequels by Marvel Comics.\nThe script is primarily based on the first book in the series, The Gunslinger.\nDetails The Dark Tower Movie Download Torrent\nCAST more cast\nMan in Black\nJackie Earle Haley\nHow to Watch Movies Online for Free\nWatch Free full unlimited movies in HD with direct links Watch new cinema releases fast and easy online. All the movies are free of charge: it is one of the best sites to download new movies for free as there is no need to register for an account, it is enough to follow the download links. This website connects you do a database of over 5,000 movies you can watch on your Android smartphone / tablet computer for free. Watch Sci-fi, Horror, Crime, War, Western, Romance, Comedy, Fantasy, History, Mystery, Drama, Thriller, Musicals... now!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.marvsiegelplaywright.com/about-me.html","date":"2019-04-22T20:56:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578582584.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20190422195208-20190422220153-00013.warc.gz","language_score":0.9649200439453125,"token_count":923,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__45011829","lang":"en","text":"Marv is a well-produced playwright and member of the Dramatists Guild. In addition, he was formerly the Producing Artistic Director of the esteemed Manhattan Playwrights.\nHis darkly-comedic stage play, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GOD as told to Mel Schneider was the first play chosen by the Jewish Community Center of Manhattan for the organization’s Springboard Staged Reading Series, along with works by Israel Horowitz and Ivan Menchall (The Cemetery Club). After additional staged readings, including one produced by the After Six Theatre Company at the Jose Quintero Theatre on West 42nd Street in Manhattan to an SRO audience, the play was produced in New York City by the Slice-of-Life Theatre Company in a limited off-Broadway run starring Ron Palillo of Welcome Back Kotter fame, receiving rave reviews. (“...one of the brightest dark comedies you’ll ever see” – New York Theatre Wire) as well as a feature in Time Out New York Magazine. Furthermore, after the head of religious studies at Malloy College saw the play she invited Marv to debate the existence and meaning of God with a number of religious leaders at the college before an audience of 500. Subsequently the college presented a staged reading of the controversial play which included a post-reading discussion with the playwright.\nMarv's full-length comedy GENERATIONS APART was initially workshopped and presented as a staged reading by The Theater Project (a professional theatre company) in New Jersey. Marv refined the play during additional staged readings including at the venerable 13th Street Repertory Theatre in New York City and the Union Club. He then submitted it through a Dramatists Guild solicitation to The Theatre Conspiracy in Ft. Myers, Florida where it was chosen from more than 1000 plays to be produced (“..hilarious and heartwarming..” – Island Reporter) (“..entertaining production, thanks to Siegel’s funny, frothy script..” – Naples Daily News). After the run The Theater Conspiracy submitted the play for Pulitzer Prize consideration. Subsequently GENERATIONS APART has been produced numerous times, and (retitled as JACK BENNY’S NOT 39 ANY MORE!) it has been published by ArtAge, the leading senior theatre resource center in the country (www.seniortheatre.com).\nMarv’s other plays include TAKING SECRETS TO THE GRAVE, PATTY AND LAINIE (“...the funniest of the new works.” – TalkinBroadway.com) which received two separate New York City productions, LIKE MARSHMALLOW CHICKS IN A BOX, MOSES OF THE NEW MILLENIUM, THE HOSPITAL ROOM and POWERBALLS. His play THIS IS NOT A TEST had its world premiere at the Friars Club in New York City in 2004. It was subsequently entered into the Samuel French New Play Competition where it was a 2005 finalist. His plays, SIGNALS,STANDING TALL and NO RETURNS also had their world premieres at the Friars Club and have been produced numerous times nationwide. (SIGNALS and STANDING TALL are also published by ArtAge).\nMarv's most recently completed plays include THE BIOGRAPHY OF MARGARET DAWSON and MICKEY AND ANTHONY, and he is currently writing CHRONIC DISEASES.\nSynopses, cast breakdowns and dialogue samples can be found for the above plays by clicking on the completed works section.\nAside from writing stage plays, Marv has written a number of screenplays including GOD, LAWYERS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN (a loose adaptation of his stage play THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GOD as told to Mel Schneider) and THE SERUM, which is the story of a savant who develops a serum which can cure any disease, and his quest to give this gift to the world. It is an indictment of the slow-grinding medical bureaucracy in the United States.\nMarv has also dabbled in writing for television. He wrote two scripts for the television sci-fi show SLIDERS at the invitation of the show’s creator and has written three television pilots, D.E.A. NEW YORK, THE TALENT AGENTS and THE SEVENTH PRECINCT.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.bazara2z.com/magical-5-in-1-colouring-book-1562/product-details?utm_source=apparel_india&utm_medium=apparel_india&utm_content=p1562k","date":"2019-11-18T01:39:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496669422.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20191118002911-20191118030911-00019.warc.gz","language_score":0.9491665959358215,"token_count":193,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__108191290","lang":"en","text":"About us We are ART Factory, a new, perfectly formed Publishing House based in Noida, drawing on over 30 years experience of making books. We produce books for babies, toddlers and children about the things they love fun way learning! The book range covers board books, activity books, colouring books, workbooks, picture books and various readers. The puzzle and game division covers puzzle & book kits, jigsaws, crosswords, mazes, flash cards, card games, travel kits.\nNursery going and kindergarten children need activity books for developing fine motor and problem-solving skills, as well as number and colour recognition. Such activity books are in great demand - nursery schools, play schools and discerning parents - all searching for such activity books. Be an entrepreneur as dealer/ distributor of this wonderful product.\nOrder from BazarA2Z regularly, show good result and we help you become a distributor / dealer for your area.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://abitterknitter.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-grace.html","date":"2017-12-18T08:41:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948612570.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20171218083356-20171218105356-00289.warc.gz","language_score":0.9563116431236267,"token_count":653,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__183451291","lang":"en","text":"For those of you still here, I wish you a Happy Christmas. I recently finished rereading Charles Dickens' \"A Christmas Carol.\" My favourite line in the book is when Bob Cratchit is speaking to his wife about Tiny Tim. He says, \"Somehow he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk and bind men see.\"\nTiny Tim put it well. This Christmas season has given my family good cause to think of the Saviour. We think of my tiny nephew, Tommy, who passed away this month and we remember on this Christmas Day He who suffered for our sins that we may be forgiven and then died and rose again that we may be resurrected. At this time, when commercialism has flooded the holiday, I am grateful to have this albeit somber reminder of the true reason we celebrate today: the gift of Christ and His atonement.\nWe remember the babe born to Mary in the most humble of circumstances who, through His birth, brought us the gifts of grace and mercy, and of resurrection, and eternal life, and eternal families. The Lord who brought healing in His wings (2 Nephi 25:13) and encircles us with the arms of His love (2 Nephi 1:15).\nI had the opportunity to attend a Messiah Sing with my older sister before coming up to visit my in-laws. I love so many of the scriptures used in Handel's Messiah but have selected just my favourite-favourite ones to share:\n- For, unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. -Isaiah 9:6\n- Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. [. . .] He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities [. . .] and with His stripes we are healed. -Isaiah 53:4-5\n- Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever. - Revelation 19:6, Revelation 11:15\n- But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. -1 Corinthians 15:20-22\nIt is indeed a \"good tiding of great joy\" that the Lord came into this earth. I echo this day the angels who sang of His birth so many years ago: \"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.\" (Luke 2:14)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.khatushyamkaithal.com/","date":"2019-02-23T01:40:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550249414450.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20190223001001-20190223023001-00541.warc.gz","language_score":0.9672991037368774,"token_count":305,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__200051678","lang":"en","text":"is a Famous God of the current time (Kaliyuga). Many years ago Lord Krishna gave him the boon to be worshipped at the current time when Veer Barbareek sacrificed his head in the way of religion.Lord Krishna delighted with Barbareek’s great sacrifice (Sheesh Daan), granted him the boon that when Kaliyug (Present times evil times) comedowns, he would be worshipped by the name of Shyam in his form. he is also called Sheesh Ke Daani (Donor of the head) in his Devotees. He fulfils all wishes of his pilgrims whose have a true heart. Shyam baba is also known Haare ka Sahara (Helper of Losers). In this epic Mother and fatter is mentioned as Maa Morvi and Ghatochkach. Pandav Bheem is considered Grand Father of Veer Barbreeka.\nThe main holy place of Morvinandan Shyam is at khatu Nagari (District Sikar State Rajasthan) but his khatu temples reside almost all part of India.\nThis khatu shyam ji website has become a common devotional platform among all khatushyamji bhakts where they share their views and events related to Lakhdatar just email us on Khatushyamkaithal@gmail.com Shyam baba blessed his devotees and fulfil their wishes who worshipped him with full of love and believe.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://thesaukvalleysun.com/blog/post.php?s=2017-10-27-rock-falls-man-and-his-pup-make-a-difference","date":"2018-02-20T13:09:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812959.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20180220125836-20180220145836-00771.warc.gz","language_score":0.986247181892395,"token_count":946,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__41760453","lang":"en","text":"by Patty Bridgeman SVS Writer\nRock Falls residents are used to seeing a slightly gray-haired man on a bright yellow motorcycle with a red-haired, hundred-pound dog sitting next to him. One wonders, what is their story?\nMeet Steve Clark of Rock Falls and his dog Pepper. Their story began when his grandson came home from college and brought a friend who stayed. Kyle Young, also of Rock Falls, was far away from home when he really needed a friend. Starved and roaming the streets of Clearwater, Florida, Pepper attached himself to this young man and Kyle was unable to resist taking him in. One wonders who rescued who?\nAfter college, Kyle returned home bringing Pepper with him and was befriended by Kyle’s entire family, including Grandpa Steve. And together they continued a great partnership. As life would have it, however, Kyle gradually became busier with work, so Pepper was spending more time alone. It was discovered that once his master left for work, Pepper would do nothing but sit and stare out of the window until Kyle returned. Kyle wondered, “Was Pepper afraid that he would be abandoned again?” Kyle’s Grandpa Steve wondered the same thing.\nGrandpa Steve would often take Pepper during the day. “We’d go to the park so he could run. He enjoyed meeting people, but he always loved to travel,” says Steve. “He prefers to sit in the front, and he’ll go anywhere.” When Steve retired, Pepper came to live with him. “I had a lot more time and I wanted to spend it with Pepper,” Steve says. “so it seemed like a good idea for all of us.” With a smile in his voice, Kyle agrees, “Now, Grandpa often comes over with Pepper to hang out. It’s great to see them have so much fun together.” Again, one may wonder, who rescued who? Steve is not the stereotype of a grandfather. He loves to travel but on a motorcycle. “I’ve been riding bikes all my life,” says Steve. “I decided that since Pepper loved to travel too, I’d look for a motorcycle with a side car, so Pepper could go with me.” He ended up with a Gold Wing motorcycle and a side car equipped with air conditioning, heat, water to drink, and a cover in case it rains. Pepper definitely travels in luxury. “We’ve been riding together for four years,” boasts Steve. “One year we rode to San Francisco, toured the west coast for 3 ½ weeks, and returned home only to leave a month later to ride to New York, Maine and Boston. Pepper has had his paws in both oceans and the Mississippi River.” “We’ll be going down the interstate, and folks are taking pictures of us, smiling and waving,” Steve explains. “And where ever we park, whether at a campground, hotel or gas station, we’re surrounded by crowds of people; the young and old, from all walks of life, they come. It’s like the atmosphere changes when they see Pepper. People who were scowling start to laugh. They want to meet Pepper, to give him a hug and to share their own stories with me.” “They say that when you get older in life you start to become invisible,” Steve said thoughtfully. “That may be true. People might see me but they know I’m really just the apparatus to get Pepper where he wants to go. They focus on Pepper, who brings a smile to everyone’s face.” Moved by the positive impact Pepper has had on everyone who meets him, and at the encouragement of others, including this writer, his owner has decided that they will begin classes in therapy dog training. Once certified, Pepper and his owner will be able to bring even more hope and healing to those in need. At a time when so many of us may focus on differences, these two have found a way, perhaps by accident, to help people find things in common. A Chow/Sheppard mix, Pepper is now 8 or 9 years old and becoming a local celebrity. What else is in his future? Certainly more travel. Steve has even created a Facebook page so folks can follow and submit photos of them if they’re seen on the highway. Follow them on Facebook @ pepperandthesidecar.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://laurelhill-meg.blogspot.com/2010/02/reality.html","date":"2018-07-21T20:44:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592778.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20180721203722-20180721223722-00603.warc.gz","language_score":0.9550942778587341,"token_count":231,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__147599107","lang":"en","text":"Do not depend on the hope of results. When you are doing the sort of work you have taken on, essentially an apostolic work, you may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve no result at all, if not perhaps results opposite to what you expect. As you get used to this idea, you start more and more to concentrate not on the results but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself.—Thomas Merton, in a letter to Jim Forest dated February 21, 1966\nParenting can sometimes feel like a never ending circle of saying the same thing a million times, making the same requests, getting upset over the same things. Trying to control the outcome of the situation without much luck. I saw this quote and it struck such a cord. What if I try to just concentrate on each day, each moment of parenting, realize it's value, enjoy it and move on. Knowing in my heart I have done my best and leave the rest to God. The work of parenting is important stuff, and if I concentrate on that work it is the best I can do.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://winnebagoalums.org/content/overnight-trip","date":"2019-01-16T03:36:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583656665.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20190116031807-20190116053807-00246.warc.gz","language_score":0.9851919412612915,"token_count":736,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__133340015","lang":"en","text":"As a ten-year-old from Manhattan with no previous camping experience, I didn’t know what to expect from my first overnight camping trip, except one thing: a bear attack. I think I got this idea from The Great Outdoors, in which John Candy is chased through the woods by a ravenous bear. In any case, bears were the main subject of conversation in the van ride from Winnebago to Saddleback Mountain: how many we would see, how to avoid their wrath, and how to fend them off when they tried to eat our faces.\nOur counselors—Steve Pishko, a Vietnam vet who taught riflery, and Arnie, a Czechoslovakian who spoke little English—did not try to soothe our anxieties. Uncle Arnie, to be fair, didn’t contribute much to the conversation at all, but Uncle Steve gave us plenty of advice about how to react should a bear attack. He implored us not to act afraid, but if that failed, we should roll into fetal positions and pray. My tent mates and I were terrified enough that we set up camp far from the fire pit. We figured that the bears would be attracted to the scent of our dinner, and that by pitching our tent deep in the woods, we would outsmart not only the bears but our fellow campers. They had all huddled their tents within feet of the fire and each other. They’d be easy bear food.\nAs we were falling asleep that night—my first night camping!—the tent shook violently. Then the tent zipped open. A flashlight was pointed in our eyes.\n“Bear!” screamed Arnie. His English vocabulary was small but it included that word. It was clear from the tone of his voice that he was as terrified as us, which made us even more terrified. “Bear!”\n“Outside! We must run to van!”\nThe van was on the opposite side of the campground, which seemed approximately three football fields away.\nWithin seconds we were out of our sleeping bags and standing barefoot on the forest floor. There were no stars; the darkness was total. Arnie started running. We followed, our arms flailing. All we knew was that somewhere in the woods, between us and the van, there stood a bear. It was undoubtedly a large one, standing on its hind legs, paws raised, mouth open. I had a vivid mental image of running smack into its chest.\nAfter sprinting some distance in this blind delirium, I heard a loud noise like a sharpening knife—the van door, sliding open. We leapt in, joining our fellow campers, several of whom were lying on the floor underneath the seats, panting. The door slammed shut; we were safe. Uncle Steve turned on the engine.\nThe headlights beamed on a female black bear, standing not twenty feet away. It had knocked the lid off the trash can and was pawing through our scraps. Though startled by the headlights’ sudden glare, it didn’t run away. It couldn’t, we soon realized—it was lame. One of its legs was wounded. Eating our garbage was the only way it could survive.\nThe whole group, ten campers and two counselors, slept in the van that night. The next night, after hiking Saddleback, we returned to the security of the locked van and stayed up late waiting for the bear. It never returned. We figured it was probably too afraid.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.waterjetpack.be/simple/simple-extraction-of-copper-buqin.html","date":"2020-05-29T14:32:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347404857.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20200529121120-20200529151120-00036.warc.gz","language_score":0.8706583380699158,"token_count":308,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-24","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__103181075","lang":"en","text":"Full text of \"manual of mineralogy including observations on mines, rocks, reduction of \" see other formats.\n2017-6-6journal for nanoscience and nanotechnology jnn is an international and multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal with a wide-ranging coverage, consolidating research activities in all areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology into a single and unique reference source.Get Price\n2008-9-22paper spray and extraction spray mass spectrometry for the direct and simultaneous quantification of eight drugs of abuse in whole bloodnalytical chemistry 2014, 86 15 , 7712-7718oi 1021ac5016408a-hye kim, yu jin park, kwan ho jung, and keun-hyeung lee.Get Price\nA simple biocompatible, fluorimetric and colorimetric sensor for the detection of cu 2 and fe 3 ions has been developed and successfully applied in the biological systemhe binding mode is scrutinised through various spectroscopic techniques which is further supported by theoretical calculations.Get Price\n2015-9-4many applications proposed for functional nanofibers require their assembly into a monolithic cellular structurehe ability to maintain structural integrity upon large deformation is essential to ensure a macroscopic cellular material that functions reliablyowever, it remains a great challenge to achieve high elasticity in three-dimensional 3d nanofibrous networks.Get Price\nCopyright © 2019. Company name All rights reserved.Sitemap","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mikael-jebbia.squarespace.com/news-2/","date":"2017-08-16T23:25:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886102757.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170816231829-20170817011829-00556.warc.gz","language_score":0.9882773756980896,"token_count":317,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__121579492","lang":"en","text":"Below is an account written by Brandon Hand (now Br. Daniel) about a healing that he experienced at a recent Encounter With Jesus retreat.\nJournal Entry 2/13/2016\nTonight on the Encounter with Jesus retreat, my life was completely changed. This evening we spent time in Eucharistic adoration. Then something I’ve never been a part of took place. Fr. John Mary read out of the Gospel of Mark about the woman who touched His cloak, and she was immediately healed. As Fr. John Mary read this, the Lord said to me, “This is for you,” referring to the Bible verse. I told the Lord that if it be His Will, I would like to be healed. The Lord told me, “No, you will be healed tonight”. I told the Lord whatever He wanted to heal according to His Will He could, and that I believed He could do it. The Lord instead told me that tonight I would be healed. At first I was taken aback by this, but I agreed with the Lord and I told Him that if that was His Will then I believed it would be done.\nWhen Fr. John Mary invited people to come forward to be blessed with the Monstrance holding the Most Blessed Sacrament, the Lord told me to go last, and to pray for everyone else that they have the Faith to be healed. So as everyone was getting blessed, I went last. In the meantime, as the Lord told me, I prayed for the others that they may be healed.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.preciousrescue.com/animals/rainbowbridge","date":"2014-11-01T10:00:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1414637905590.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20141030025825-00006-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9359598159790039,"token_count":847,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__55728288","lang":"en","text":"In Memory of Destiny \"Girl\"\nIn Memory of Destiny \"Girl\"\n\"You're giving me a special gift,\nSo sorrowfully endowed,\nAnd through these last few cherished days,\nYour courage makes me proud.\nBut really, love is knowing\nWhen your best friend is in pain,\nAnd understanding earthly acts\nWill only be in vain.\nSo looking deep into your eyes,\nBeyond, into your soul,\nI see in you the magic, that will\nOnce more make me whole.\nThe strength that you possess,\nIs why I look to you today,\nTo do this thing that must be done,\nFor it's the only way.\nThat strength is why I've followed you,\nAnd chose you as my friend,\nAnd why I've loved you all these years...\nMy partner 'til the end.\nPlease, understand just what this gift,\nYou're giving, means to me,\nIt gives me back the strength I've lost,\nAnd all my dignity.\nYou take a stand on my behalf,\nFor that is what friends do.\nAnd know that what you do is right,\nFor I believe it too.\nSo one last time, I breathe your scent,\nAnd through your hand I feel,\nThe courage that's within you,\nTo now grant me this appeal.\nCut the leash that holds me here,\nDear friend, and let me run,\nOnce more a strong and steady dog,\nMy pain and struggle done.\nAnd don't despair my passing,\nFor I won't be far away,\nForever here, within your heart,\nAnd memory I'll stay.\nI'll be there watching over you,\nYour ever faithful friend,\nAnd in your memories I'll run,\n...a young dog once again.\"\nLil' Debbie's Greek God \"Gunner\"s Dream\nGUNNER April 01 2009 - June 08 2009 Mommy & Daddy misses you so much, & even though we were together for such a short time, you have touched our lives fur-ever. We can NOT wait to hold you in our arms again. Until that day.... You will fur-ever be in our broken hearts. WE MISS YOU BABY BOY! My Forever Pet There's something missing in my home, I feel it day & night I know it will take time & strength, before things feel quite right. But just for now, I need to mourn, My heart - it needs to mend. Though some may say \"its just a pet\" I know I've LOST a FRIEND. You've brought such laughter to my home, And richness to my days... A constant friend through joy or loss, with gentle loving ways. Companion, pal, & confidante, A friend I WON'T FORGET, You'll live for ALWAYS in my heart, My sweet forever Friend... We Luv U Gunner!\nWe miss you Precious-Kitty\nUntil we meet again....\nYou will FOREVER be in our Hearts!\nYou were such a good-boy Jedi...\nWe miss you sooo much!\nI can not wait till you jump in my arms again...\nYou are my lil doggie in the window!\nIn Memory of \"RENEGADE\"\nRIP RENEGADE WE MISS OUR HANDSOME HORSE 2/16/2014\nYou didn't know when you were under the shelter that the 12\" of snow that came down in NC was going to cause the shelter to collapse on you. Our hearts are broken! For you were the protector of all our Horse Rescues, & yet I feel that you couldn't have been the only horse to take shelter during the snow storm.. Others had to be taking shelter as well, & you made sure they got out in time, leaving you to be the only one standing. You are a strong hero & we wish this accident had never happened. Until we meet again Renegade BIG HUGS & KISSES Our Red Dun <3 YOU ARE SO LOVED!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.maxinefrancesroper.co.uk/","date":"2013-06-18T22:57:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00085-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9420244693756104,"token_count":292,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__29291995","lang":"en","text":"LATEST NEWS: (March 2013)\nI recently co-hosted an event on dyslexia, dyspraxia and creativity at the IdeasTap Spa, and am contributing to a forthcoming book on living with adult dyspraxia, as part of a chapter on dyspraxia, gender and relationships. I'm also writing and pitching a TV drama screenplay.\n- \"A seamlessly talented writer.\" 'D.', Journalist and owner of Retreats For You\n- \"You give hope to many parents that see a bleak future for their children.\" Theresa Hart, Comms Manager, The Dyspraxia Foundation\n- \"[Your talk on dyspraxia] was the most moving thing I've ever heard in my life.\" IdeasTap staff member\n- \"The wittiest person I know after Linda Smith.\" Tony, aka Lobster, Fish and innumerable aliases (RIP)\n- \"Caustic yet utterly refreshing.\" 'R.' - Novelist and broadcaster\n- \"Just because I'm your mother, doesn't mean I can't be objective about you.\" My mother\nhanks to IdeasTap for providing me with a part-time office space through the London Creative Space Programme, a fabulous networking and professional development opportunity for writers and creatives (also, a fabulous means of ensuring I get dressed and eat at sensible times on at least two days of the week...)\nMy IdeasTap profile.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://handsofhealthchiro.com/pregnancy-webster-technique/","date":"2024-04-18T07:51:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817200.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418061950-20240418091950-00764.warc.gz","language_score":0.8939577341079712,"token_count":265,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__3150921","lang":"en","text":"What is the Webster technique? It is a specific chiropractic sacral analysis and diversified adjustment to reduce sacral-iliac dysfunction (pelvic dysfunction) in doing so, neuro-biomechanical function in the pelvis is facilitated.\nDr. Webster, the founder of this technique reported that pregnant mothers with a baby in a breech position, by restoring the pelvic neuro-mechanics with the Webster technique frequently facilitated the optimal fetal position. (Ohm)\nIt is proposed that sacral misalignment may be a factor in tightening and torsion of specific pelvic muscles and ligaments where it may prevent the baby from assuming the correct birth position. Obstetric studies and literature has determined the importance of proper pelvic biomechanics for the prevention of difficult birth (dystocia).This technique is also beneficial for pregnant women with low back pain and other biomechanical issues.\nChiropractic adjustments reduce nerve interference, normalizes pelvic imbalances, and benefits both mother and baby by optimizing their health. For your prenatal or postnatal appointment, please call your Victorville chiropractor, Dr. Anna Yatsenko at (760) 995-4500 to schedule your appointment today! Let us be a part in your journey to a natural and healthy pregnancy.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.epilepsyact.org.au/publications/","date":"2018-08-17T15:23:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221212598.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20180817143416-20180817163416-00153.warc.gz","language_score":0.9274473786354065,"token_count":1290,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__139905234","lang":"en","text":"Epilepsy ACT Publications\nEpilepsy within Indigenous Australians (2004)\nDeveloped for Epilepsy ACT by Gordon Coleman with illustrations by Kargun Fogarty (Mooj) this resources, enhanced by symbolic Aboriginal art presents a descriptive information about epileptic seizures and first aid.\nTo access a PDF copy of this publication click – indigenous communities\nThis publications is available in hardcopy for $2 (+$3 postage) To purchase please email firstname.lastname@example.org\nResource Kit for Aboriginal Communities (2004)\nDeveloped by Epilepsy ACT for Epilepsy Australia, this information and resource kit has been specifically designed for Aboriginal people diagnosed with epilepsy, their families and community, to assist them with basic information about epilepsy and where to find further information and assistance to help them manage their condition.\nThis kit it also designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and other health workers working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in a range of health settings.\nThis kit is available for $20 (+$5 postage) from Epilepsy ACT. To purchase a copy please email email@example.com\nThe following three books are available to read online from the children’s section of this website.\nWritten with a fun rhyming manner this book tells the story of a young boy who is diagnosed with clonic-tonic seizures. The boy learns the importance of rest and taking his medication in order to continue to play with his friends.\nDown, Down, Down\nWith fun rhyming language and colourful illustrations we learn about Jess, a young fish that lives at the bottom of the ocean. The story follows Jess as she learns about her complex-partial seizures.\nTo Catch a Star\nWith rhyming text we learn about Kelly and Malcolm’s adventures living on the moon. Kelly has absence seizures so her and Malcolm visit visit earth to see Doctor Joon. Doctor Joon explains that Kelly has epilepsy but it won’t stop her playing with Malcolm and her friends.\nDriving in the ACT\nSocial impact of current driving regulations / guidelines on individuals and their families (2012)\nWritten by Bacholour of Social Work Candidate Kim O’Connall this publication gives individuals who are experiencing epilepsy, their families, carers and the community some insight into what it is like to live with epilepsy and when and how it may affect them and people around them. The publication draws from previous research to discuss common social impacts of epilepsy and driving restrictions and a survey was undertaken to investigate the current local situation. Finally it will consider how individuals with epilepsy and their families and carers could be better supported and highlights some issues that need further consideration and research. Useful contact information and additional resources are listed in the attachments, as well as the unique information about each State’s and Territories’ requirements regarding current driving regulations and obligations.\nTo read the full text of this publication please click here – Driving cut down [pdf]\nEpilepsy and the workplace: a guide for workers and employers (2011)\nWritten by Caitlin Baillie as part of the ANU College of Law internship program this publication is an easy to read instruction to the legal issues relating to epilepsy and employment. It includes information for workers with epilepsy and employers on their rights and responsibilities in the workplace. It also explains the legal options available for people with epilepsy who feel they have been unfairly treated in employment matters.\nTo read the full text of this publication please chick here – Epilepsy and the Workplace [pdf]\nEpilepsy Australia Publications\nFocusing on better community and health outcomes for people living with epilepsy, The Epilepsy Report is published twice a year with a current circulation of 10,000 distributed nationally and internationally.\nEdited by Denise Chapman for Epilepsy Australia, published articles include current issues in epilepsy, medical and social research, feature interviews, international news and consumer updates.\nThe Epilepsy Report is a free publication and available for download from the Epilepsy Australia webpage\nEpifile: an epilepsy management manual\nThe Epifile is an epilepsy management manual developed by Epilepsy Australia for the distribution through member associations. Containing core epilepsy information for people with epilepsy, their families and carers, it also addresses specific issues relating to men, women, children, teenagers and the elderly. Lifestyle management is discussed as well as risk management. Epifile is generally acquired by talking to a counselor from any one of Epilepsy Australia’s member associations in your own state or territory where your particular concerns will be discussed and an Epifile will be tailored to meet your needs.\nTo obtain a copy of the Epifile please contact Epilepsy ACT on (02) 6287 4555 or email us.\nSudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy: continuing the conversation 2011\nThe book blends case studies with scientific advances to bring the issue of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy to the forefront because by learning more, we can do more. Written for anyone with an interest in epilepsy, Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy continuing the global conversation is a SUDEP digest. The collection of articles details current understanding from an array of unique perspectives, provides insight through the sharing of personal stories and explains the challenges of SUDEP around the globe.\nFor more information, or to order a copy please go to the Epilepsy Australia website.\nFor more resources, including a collection of articles please go to the Epilepsy Australia webpage or contact Epilepsy ACT if you require any specific research or resources.\nParliamentary Friends of Epilepsy Report into the Impact of Epilepsy in Australia\nOn 30 November 2009 The Parliamentary Friends of Epilepsy held an informal inquiry into the impact of epilepsy in Australia. Submissions were sought from interested parties, particularly patients and carers.\nOn 11 March 2010, Jill Hall, Member for Shortland, and Senator Gary Humphries tabled the report in Parliament.\nRelevant reports are available below.\n- JECA address to the Inquiry (pdf,80kb)\n- Parliamentary Friends of Epilepsy Inquiry into the Impact of Epilepsy in Australia – tabled report to Parliament (pdf,565kb)\n- JECA statement (pdf,142kb)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://atie2020.org/keynote","date":"2020-09-19T03:37:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400189928.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20200919013135-20200919043135-00404.warc.gz","language_score":0.9315803050994873,"token_count":585,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__213108948","lang":"en","text":"Professor Dilip Kumar Jha, Department of Aquatic Resources at the Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal\nShyam Narayan Labh, Department of Zoology, Amrit Campus, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 44600, Nepa\nTitle: Expression Analysis of Growth and Immune-Related Genes in Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) Fed Lapsi Fruit Extract [LFE] Choerospondias axillaris (Roxburg 1832)\nAbstract: This study investigates the effects of lapsi fruit extracts [LFE] Choerospondias axillaris (Roxburg 1832) on growth performance, hematology, biochemical with some growth and immune-related genes in silver carp fingerlings (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix). For this purpose, three hundred and seventy-five fish (5.17±0.13g) divided into six groups into eighteen aquaria and fish were fed six purified diets supplemented with ethanol extract (80%) of lapsi fruits (LFE) as A (0.0 g control), B (0.2 g), C (0.4 g), D (0.8 g), E (1.6 g), and F (3.2 g /100 g) for 90 days. Significantly higher (P<0.05) weight gain, %weight gain, SGR, and lysozyme were recorded in D (0.8 g) diet-fed group, while FCR was higher in the control diet group. In hematology, no significant differences (P>0.05) were observed among the treated and control diet-fed group while reducing trends were observed in SOD, CAT, and GPx levels as compared to control. Glucose, triglyceride, and cholesterol level were higher in control and the decreasing trend observed in continuous feeding of the LFE supplemented diet. Protein albumin and globulin level were always higher (P<0.05) in all the treated groups and was better in D (0.8 g) diet-fed group. As compared to β-actin gene, growth hormone (GH), insulin‐like growth factors I and II (IGF‐I and IGF‐II) in the liver were always higher and similar results were observed in immune‐related genes interleukin‐8 (IL‐8), interleukin‐10 (IL‐10) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) in the head kidney of silver carp. The results suggest that lapsi fruit extracts (LFE) can be useful as a feed supplement for proper growth and enhance disease resistance by improving immunity in blood, liver, and head-kidney tissues.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://newyork.locanto.com/ID_256602815/Looking-for-the-butterflies-to-land-in-my-stomach.html","date":"2014-07-23T05:13:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1405997874283.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20140722025754-00029-ip-10-33-131-23.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9697864651679993,"token_count":186,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__32848586","lang":"en","text":"Looking for the butterflies to land in my stomach! - 21\nExpired ad. Please do not contact!I want life to get better with each passing day...because it is suppose to!! I want the days to melt away into years with the knowledge that together we can do anything! I want more than I could ever list here because the list changes - to be happy with someone means to keep changing...To meet the challenges of day to day life and to be comfortable with the rewards of living it. I want. I want. I want. Sounds A little spoiled doesn't it? Believe me I'm not though I wouldn't mind being spoiled a little bit as I'd like someone to spoil twice as much in return. I think this is what everyone wants to be truly happy, safe and loved.\nAd ID: 256602815 Looking for the butterflies to land in my stomach! - 21, New York","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://shinysylver.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-04-24T04:25:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223205137.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032005-00605-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9749360084533691,"token_count":76,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__32987533","lang":"en","text":"I’m just a few pages into Iron Fist #1 and damn is it soul crushingly painful. My poor baby! I love Danny so much this hurts.\n…my love for Danny is not entirely rational which makes it all the more profound.\nI am so glad he has an ongoing no matter what they put him through. I mostly mean that. lol.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.shruti.tv/?p=12898","date":"2022-06-30T07:20:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103669266.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220630062154-20220630092154-00766.warc.gz","language_score":0.9421119093894958,"token_count":746,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__151905535","lang":"en","text":"Vishnupuram Award 2018\nVishnupuram Award to be presented to Writer Raj Gouthaman!\nThe award event is happening in Coimbatore!\nMr. Raj Gouthaman, an eminent novelist and a researcher in Tamil literature has been announced as the recipient of the Vishunpuram award for the year of 2018. The award will be presented to the writer on the eve of the award festival to be held on Sunday, the 23rd day of December 2018 in Coimbatore.\nVishnupuram Award is bestowed every year to honor the deserving senior Tamil writer since its inception in the year of 2010. Coimbatore being its headquarters, the Vishnupuram Ilakkiya vattam, on its behalf offers a trophy and a cash prize of Rs.1, 00,000 to the award recipient.\nThe special guests and speakers invited to preside this year’s award event are Anita Agnihotri, an Indian Bengali writer and civil servant, Madhupal, Malayalam writer and filmmaker, the Tamil writers Jeyamohan, Devibharathi, Stalin Rajangam and Suneel Krishnan.\nThe documentary film, “Paattum Thogaiyum” made on the writer Raj Gouthaman directed by K.P.Vinoth will be played during the occasion. A book on a collection of articles by various literary critics on Raj Gouthaman’s writing and his contribution to the Tamil literature will also be released on the function.\nThis award has been conferred upon the below literature giants, so far:\n2010 – A. Madhavan\n2011 – Poomani\n2012 – Devadevan\n2013 – Thelivaththai Joseph\n2014 – Gnankoothan\n2015 – Devathachchan\n2016 – Vannadasan\n2017 – C. Muthusamy\nProfessor Raj Gouthaman:\nRaj Gauthaman is the pseudonym of S. Pushparaj. He was born on 1950 in Puthuppatti near Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. He graduated with Bachelor of Science in Zoology from St. Xaviers College in Palyankottai. Later, he pursued postgraduate studies in Tamil literature and obtained master’s degree in Sociology from Annamalai University. His doctoral research was on A. Madahavayya. He was a professor on Tamil literature in Pondicherry government colleges. He is now living in Tirunelveli after his retirement. Raj Gauthaman has written three novels, Siluvairaj sarithiriam, Kaalachchumai and Londonil Siluvairaj.\nHe has written several books including Dalit paarvaiyil tamil panbaadu, Ka.Ayyodidasar aaivugal, Aram Adhigaram, Kanmoodivazhakkamellam Manmoodi poga, Aakol poosalum perungkarkaala nagarigamum, Aarambakatta mudalaaliyamum thamizh samooga maatramum, Sundara Ramasamy : Karuththum Kalaiyum, Pathitruppaththu Aingurunooru: Sila Avathaanippugal, Pudhumaippiththan yennum Brammaraakshaz, Dalitiya vimarsana katturaigal. He was the recipient of several significant awards such as Puthumaipiththan memorial award.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.dusapharma.com/kerastick.html","date":"2017-04-28T06:11:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122865.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00281-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8721000552177429,"token_count":380,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__7903425","lang":"en","text":"LEVULAN KERASTICK and BLU-U PDT is an in-office therapy that provides high clearance with low downtime for appropriate actinic keratosis patients.*1\nAppropriate patient selection requires the evaluation of a range of factors, such as AK lesion characteristics, patient expectations, patient history and patient adherence. Patient adherence is closely linked to treatment outcome which makes patient selection very important in order to reduce risk of nonadherence.2,3\nAmong the patients at risk for nonadherence are those who:\nAmong the factors associated with nonadherence are:\nPoor medication adherence is reaching crisis proportions in the US2\nA 2009 survey by the Senior Citizens League found4\nAnother survey found5\nPDT is an effective therapy that will not only add value for your practice, but it may also be the right treatment choice for your new AK patients or those who are unwilling to repeat a prior topical treatment. In addition, an in-office therapy can impact patient adherence.\n* Patients treated with LEVULAN KERASTICK and BLU-U PDT should avoid exposure of the photosensitized lesions to sunlight or prolonged or intense light for at least 40 hours.\n** Please consult your local/state regulations.\n1 LEVULAN KERASTICK Prescribing Information, DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.\n2 Enhancing Prescription Medicine Adherence: A National Action Plan. National Council on Patient Information and Education. August 2007.\n3 Gupta G, et al. Adherence to topical dermatological therapy: lessons from oral drug treatment. BR J Dermatol. 209; 161:221-227.\n5 Take as Directed: A Prescription Not Followed. Research conducted by The Polling Company™. National Community Pharmacists Association. December 15, 2006.\nWEB 1460 Rev E","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://whylout.com/pagina-individual-algo-mas-memories-blanca/","date":"2022-05-17T13:27:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662517485.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20220517130706-20220517160706-00133.warc.gz","language_score":0.9456228017807007,"token_count":303,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__138819831","lang":"en","text":"\"The explanation of the name goes back to an anecdote...\"\nMany of our memories take us to beautiful situations,\nthose that we do not want to forget, but many other negatives that\nwe want them to go away and instead they hit us daily.\nThis is no different for me, nor for my way of seeing things. From the\nThe day I said goodbye to my father, I can't help but remember that time\nwe spent together My father's favorite place was a small gazebo in front\nto three immense mountains, where he could appreciate the immensity of what\nsurrounds us and how insignificant the negative things that happen to us are.\nOne morning I decided to watch the sunrise from the viewpoint and paint\non a canvas my emotions, with the idea of paying homage to my\ndad. I painted those mountains that I couldn't get out of my mind, and where\ntragically lost his life climbing to the top of the highest of the\nThere I always find absolute calm, a complete silence mixed\nwith the whistle of the wind and the song of the birds, surrounded by nature\nand clean air.\nHere I present my work, where I capture the close bond I had\nwith my father, my pencils and his mountains, my passion next to the\nDOWNLOAD ADDITIONAL CONTENT TO YOUR READY-TO-SHARE GARMENT!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thehannahswan.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/transmedia-storytelling-represents-a-process-where-integral-elements/","date":"2019-03-21T08:36:44Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202506.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20190321072128-20190321094128-00413.warc.gz","language_score":0.9539967775344849,"token_count":417,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__99891385","lang":"en","text":"‘Transmedia storytelling represents a process where integral elements of a fiction get dispersed systematically across multiple delivery channels for the purpose of creating a unified and coordinated entertainment experience’ – Jenkins (2007)\nWhen you say the name Harry Potter instantly everybody if not most people know exactly who and what you are talking about. The series of seven fantasy novels by J.K Rowling, a world wide phenomenon.This series is a perfect example of Transmedia Story Telling. From the get go in 1997 when the first novel was released the books gained amazing recognition and were given film rights (Warner Brothers). People who do not enjoy reading (me) were then able to jump on the bandwagon.\nLike all phenomenons you were soon able to buy Harry Potter everything this ranged from soundtracks, toys, video games, costumes,food and that’s not even half of it. Once the audience becomes actively involved they become apart of the brand.\nThe key to success therefore is engagement the audience begins to participate with the narrative elements and characters using real world locations. And how do you do so? You create a theme park!\nBut it doesn’t just end there. At the conclusion of the film series back lot tours and exhibitions were available. In order for the magic to continue websites such as Pottermore and Muggle net were created where you can fufill the role of a student at Hogwarts and pretend you were in fact one of them, thus creating content.\nAs Jenkins states, ‘the multiple mediums can expand the narrative resulting in further engagement with the content and the creation of universe based on the story’. A perfect of example that depicts this idea is Comics books such as Marvel who creates their own universes in which the stories and superheroes exist. it is through the evolution of these universes that enabled the creation of more fan fictions and online forums.\nIt is the freedom of imagination in a stories universe that allows individuals to engage with content. Transmedia is powerful as it allows for stories to be remembered and ultimately live on forever.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://congalexander.org/pesach-5780/","date":"2023-12-05T21:28:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100568.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20231205204654-20231205234654-00108.warc.gz","language_score":0.9239470362663269,"token_count":768,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__53863614","lang":"en","text":"…And one day, b’ezras Hashem, we’ll tell our children and grandchildren about this bizarre period in our lives. We’ll reminisce of days spent in quarantine, of school and jobs cancelled, of shuls closed. We’ll regale them with stories of chassanahs celebrated in homes and minyanim held in backyards, and we won’t forget the Kimcha d’Pischa campaign of 5780.\nSome, perhaps, won’t speak of it, preferring to conceal their part to ensure that the mitzvah remains complete and pure even many decades later. Others however will surely recount all they remember in order to emphasize the importance of the mitzvah and teach future generations to love, cherish and strive to fulfill this mitzvah even in the most challenging of times. Whichever approach we choose, this year’s annual tzedakah campaign will surely be engraved in a special place in our hearts.\nKimcha D’Pischa, 5780. Until several weeks ago, no one dreamed that it would be any different than the previous years’ successful campaigns. For over three decades, Alexander Chasidim around the world have united in a magnificent trend of giving, opening their hearts and hands to enable those less fortunate to celebrate the Festival of Redemption with joy and peace of mind. Unexpectedly, all this changed as our Father and King—the same Master of the world Who redeemed us from Egypt 3000 years ago—decreed that this year would be different. Thus Kimcha D’Pischa 5780 spontaneously evolved into one of the magnificent wonders of this upended world in which we live.\nTens of families, friends and fellow community members anxiously wonder if the annual Kimcha D’Pischa campaign will assist them this year as always? Is there any hope for them to celebrate Pesach with peace of mind in spite of global financial crises, elevated prices, worldwide product shortages, and reduced incomes and salaries due to the rampant unemployment?\nThe answer to this pressing question, we know, lies in the hearts and hands of each and every one of us. So let’s take the time to calculate just how much we can spare to those less fortunate than us, and then extend ourselves just a bit more! Let’s all reflect upon the urgency of these times, and also upon the inimitable power of tzedakah to save us and safeguard us. Because you—together with all of Klal Yisrael—will be the one to answer this question with a resounding “Yes!”\nYES! Even in these challenging times of 5780, in the dark shadow of trepidation, we won’t abandon our brothers or ignore their pitiful cries. Even in these alarming days and weeks, when fear of the unknown chokes us, we know that it’s up to us. It’s up to us to redeem our brothers and friends from poverty and adversity. It’s up to us to grant our fellow community members a beautiful, radiant Yom Tov.\nKimcha D’Pischa of 5780 shall be gloriously remembered for many years and generations to come as a time unprecedented in history, and im yirtzeh Hashem, a time that shall never be repeated. This is a historic opportunity to engrave yourself in golden letters in the Book of Tzaddikim, the book of those who stand faithfully at their brothers’ sides even in the worst of times.\nTogether, let’s seize the mitzvah and shout out loud, “YES!”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.trianglecbh.com/services/medication-management","date":"2013-05-19T09:09:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697232084/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094032-00063-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9354320764541626,"token_count":882,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__69127208","lang":"en","text":"The evidence for the use of medications in children and adolescents to treat mental disorders has significantly improved over the past several years. Large national multicenter comparative treatment trials sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health for ADHD, Anxiety disorders- Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, Generalized Anxiety Disorders, Separation Anxiety Disorders and Depression have given us confidence in the safety, efficacy and tolerability of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, stimulants and now alpha 2 agonists. The role that these medications have in combination with cognitive behavioral therapies has also been well proven to enhance and speed up the rate of recovery. Despite these important advances in the treatments for childhood disorders, the evidence is based on group responses. We are not yet able to specifically tell on an individual basis which children/adolescents will respond best to what type of treatment. There are many nonspecific factors that will influence a good response to caring treatment offered by well trained and experienced clinicians. Paying close attention to positive influences and protective supports to provide a strengths based approach to a child’s treatment is important to the success of any treatment offered.\nBecause of the complex nature of the evidence used to make recommendations for the use of psychotropic medications in treating mental disorders a model for shared decision is important to achieve a collaborative approach, which is needed for an active, informed role in understanding and deciding about the use of medications. I fully endorse this model and have learned over the years as a researcher and practicing child psychiatrist that a treatment, no matter scientifically valid, will not work unless it is accepted with confidence as a necessary part of the effort to restore well being and normal development. Getting a full dose and course of treatment is an essential part of getting quality care. Making the commitment to a full course of treatment is not an easy thing to do and really does require a positive expectation that the effort will be worth it.\nFinally, it is also important to acknowledge and address the highly publicized warnings from the Federal Drug Administration in the form of Black Box Warnings. A black box warning is named for the black border surrounding the text of the warning that appears on the package insert, label, and other literature describing the medication (e.g., magazine advertising). It is the most serious medication warning required by the FDA. The FDA requires a black box warning for one of the following situations:\n· The medication can cause serious undesirable effects (such as a fatal, life-threatening or permanently disabling adverse reaction) compared to the potential benefit from the drug. Depending on your health condition, you and your doctor would need to decide if the potential benefit of taking the drug is worth the risk.\n· A serious adverse reaction can be prevented, reduced in frequency, or reduced in severity by proper use of the drug. For example, a medication may be safe to use in adults, but not in children. Or, the drug may be safe to use in adult women who are not pregnant.\nThe FDA requires the boxed warning to provide a concise summary of the adverse side effects and risks associated with taking the medication. You and your doctor need to be aware of this information when deciding to start the drug or if you should switch to another medication altogether. Understanding side effects will help you make a better informed decision.\nBlack Boxed warnings are often given to classes of medications since many different medications with similar chemical structures can cause a similar type of serious adverse effect. In child psychiatry many of the medications currently carry a black box warning: Stimulants, Anti-depressants, Second Generation (Atypcal) Anti-psychotics and Anti-epileptic medications. It is therefore imperative that careful medical screening and ongoing systematic monitoring for the emergence of any side effects be done with follow up visits and use of side effect rating scales.\nADHD and Anti-depressant Medication Guides have been developed to assist parents in their understanding of the risks and benefits of these medications. You will find pdf files of these guidelines on this web page for your use.\nYou can expect at your initial and subsequent visits with a child-psychiatrist at Triangle Center for Behavioral Health a careful and individual review of these issues as part of the recommendations for the use of psychotropic medication.\nYour safety and the safety of your child are a primary concern.\nPractices Providing This Service:\nAllan Chrisman: Durham office","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://etzhazayit.blogspot.co.il/2010/09/at-sound-of-his-voice.html","date":"2017-08-23T22:58:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886124662.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170823225412-20170824005412-00420.warc.gz","language_score":0.979611873626709,"token_count":596,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__277377639","lang":"en","text":"Three years have passed since I first heard Misty Edwards sing that line from Dove's Eyes but today it pierced my heart.\n\"Do I really believe you move at the sound of my voice?\" I asked the Lord.\nI'm not always so sure that I do. Lately its felt like my prayers are bouncing off the ceiling rather than penetrating the heavens.\n\"Do I really move the God of All?\" I wondered.\nDid you know Americans are amongst the slowest in the world to respond to their baby's cry? This is something I've learned since living in Israel, where total strangers will tell you to nurse your crying baby! In America, the delay is related to our cultural value of individualism. Leaving a baby cry is thought to help it foster self-reliance and independence; although, there is a body of research which indicates that a prompt response actually promotes a healthier sense of confidence in a child, long term.\nIn the six months that I've been mothering Aviel, as I've prayerfully taken in this information, as well as the chutzpah from fellow bus riders, the Lord has convicted me to be highly responsive to his sweet voice - and this has become a mission for me. When he cries, I do my best to soothe him. I want him to trust that when he calls, I'll answer. I want him to have a strong sense of security that I hear his voice....\nthat I hear his voice...\nthat I hear his voice... and respond.\nThen the revelation hit:\nI move at the sound of Aviel's voice.\nAll this time I have been wondering why this was so heavy on my heart. My assumption has been that it was all about growing a healthy Aviel; that there must be something about his character and personality that I would need to nurture through being responsive to his cry. I believe this to be true, but what surprised me is that the Lord also wanted to do a work of healing in me through this process. I went into the journey of parenting expecting the Lord to do a work of sanctification in my life, as I learn to selflessly care for my child at all hours of the day and night. But a work of knowing Him more intimately, healing doubts that he hears and answers my prayers, this is where I am awed and amazed by His goodness.\nIf my love for Aviel prompts me to move at the sound of his voice, how much greater does the Lord, whose love is perfect, move at the sound of my voice.\nThere is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear... 1 John 4:18\nAnd the Lord uses my little one to draw me to Himself.\nI believe You are listening... I believe that You move at the sound of my voice...\nSomething Special Part 3 (Aviel's Birth Story)\nBinding the Vanity of Creativity","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://iron-dude.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-07-28T12:19:30Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1406510259834.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20140728011739-00372-ip-10-146-231-18.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8778459429740906,"token_count":310,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__212020692","lang":"en","text":"These words are the same as the last paragraph in this page：http://www.sacred-texts.com/grim/kos/kos23.htm\nMay I show you guys the original text？aparted from the key of solomon：\nthou must be pure in body and in mind, and without blemish, and on not any of the preparations.\nThis Key, full of Mysteries, hath been revealed unto me by an Angel.\nAccursed be he who undertaketh our Art without having the qualities requisite to thoroughly understand our Key, accursed be he who invoke the Name of God in vain, for such an one prepareth for himself the punishments which await the unbelievers, for God shall abandon them a relegate them unto the depths of Hell amongst the impure Spirits.\nFor God is great and Immutable, He hath been for ever, and He shall remain even unto the end of the Ages.\nACCURSED BE HE WHO TAKETH THENAME OFGOD IN VAIN! ACCURSED BE HE WHO USETH THIS KNOWLEDGE UNTO AN EVIL END, BE HE ACCURSED IN THIS WORLD AND IN THE WORLD TO COME. AMEN. BE HE ACCURSED THE NAME WHICH HE HATH BLASPHEMED!\nTHE END OF THE FIRST BOOK”\nThat‘s all of it！What is the director thinking about！？","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://weekendsolotraveller.com/2016/09/","date":"2017-12-15T15:48:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948575124.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20171215153355-20171215175355-00525.warc.gz","language_score":0.961616575717926,"token_count":283,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__153716286","lang":"en","text":"You’ve heard about the world, right? This place called everywhere, where everyone else is. You’ve heard about travelling, right?(And let me tell you, everyone else is having a great time doing it.) And, deeply, truly, honestly I’d love it if you were next to me – in the thick of it. Exploring cultures. Uncovering new worlds. Turning possibilities into realities day in and day out, like some impossible dynamo that never tires and never slows down.\nBut, and this is the greatest part, it’s not impossible. It’s out there and all I have to do to become enmeshed in it is go. And so do you. And once you start going, just don’t stop. And that’s the easiest thing in the world – it’s so easy, the world was made that way. You’ve heard about that, too? “An object in motion wants to remain in motion.”\nNow I have never been travelling alone before. This is a first. I will become one of those people you hear all about, one of those people that take those risks and who embrace what it is. The Solo Traveller. I am absolutely 100% looking forward to this adventure, and you can be a part of it with me.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.atelierashleyflowers.com/creative-book-crew-82/2018/11/24/creative-book-crew-82","date":"2019-08-20T14:53:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315544.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820133527-20190820155527-00426.warc.gz","language_score":0.9853531718254089,"token_count":145,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__107956394","lang":"en","text":"This Fall Jacqui DePas and I talked about starting a creative book club that would focus on in person community with topics relevant to those in creative businesses. So we did.\nWhat I didn’t realize at the time was just how much I was looking for a place just like this. They say entrepreneurship can be lonely, but honestly I have never felt that way. What I have felt however is the absence of a real community dedicated to discussion of more than just the surface.\nA place to discuss all of the ideas that I keep reading about. So if you are like me, and Jacqui and the rest of the creative Washingtonians that have already come together, I hope you will join us.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ww.un.org.cn/info/6/895.html","date":"2020-08-03T10:01:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439735792.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20200803083123-20200803113123-00453.warc.gz","language_score":0.9677876830101013,"token_count":307,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-34","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__175891893","lang":"en","text":"In commemoration of Zero Discrimination Day, the UNAIDS China Country Office has launched an audio adaptation of the award-winning children’s book The bravest boy I know.\nThe book tells the story of the heart-warming friendship between Xiao Ming, an eight-year-old living with HIV, and his best friend Xiao Li, sending the critical message that with treatment and support from families, friends and schools, children living with HIV can have a normal and happy childhood, and that children living with HIV have the right to a life free from discrimination, as other children do.\nThe audiobook was launched on 6 March in Beijing, China, by Huang Xiaoming, the renowned actor and UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for China. The aim of the new audiobook is to disseminate the message of zero discrimination among a younger audience. A short video also catering to the needs of children comes with the audiobook, both of which are available to download for free.\n“These are children who were born with HIV. They are young people yearning for a better future. The more I listen to their stories, the more I realize that discrimination like this could easily have happened to you and me.”\nHuang Xiaoming UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for China\n“Discrimination will not disappear without actively addressing the ignorance, practices and beliefs that fuel it. Ending discrimination requires action from everyone.”\nPride Chigwedere Senior Policy and Strategy Adviser, UNAIDS","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://wheat-less.blogspot.com/2013/","date":"2018-07-21T03:25:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592309.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20180721032019-20180721052019-00437.warc.gz","language_score":0.983389139175415,"token_count":462,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__57128886","lang":"en","text":"As I age I've noticed more weight, more pain, pretty much more of everything! Since I've had my daughter, \"everything\" seems to happen faster and more painfully. Hence my journey into the world of wheat-free.\nIt all came about after an acquaintance was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. She's my age, has children my daughter's age., and she's facing the very real possibility of dying. I immediately started cataloging my own aches and pains. I'm in far worse physical shape than her. I have a diet that consists of very few cancer resistant foods, in fact just the opposite, I drink diet cola like each can will be my last. How can I prevent a similar fate?\nI turned to a good friend. She had a laundry list of ailments simply a year ago. Facing a similar fate, tumors, cysts and diagnosed pre-diabetic. Today you see a beautiful, healthy, active women who's lost a total of 100 pounds so far! AMAZING! She is who I turned to for help. Being newly thin and full of knowledge she has offered to mentor me through the difficult process of the 60 pounds I have to go. It all begins with \"Wheat Belly\". This book so clearly outlines why wheat will kill you. Then you read his blog and read the stories of those who have changed their lives and you feel the truth behind every word!\nWe are eliminating all wheat products, as well as products with dye. Just learning to read the labels has been a huge eye opener for me! Who knew there was wheat in such a vast array of products? And the colors and artificial flavors- mind boggling!\nThe funniest experience so far has been returning the unopened dry goods; pasta, sauces, dessert mixes, etc. The cashier looks at you as if you've plopped something horrible on the counter. Then when you politely say, \"I'm not eating wheat\", instead of understanding, you get the stink eye! Why is this concept confusing? People give up wheat every day! I'll continue to smile as my waist quickly shrinks, because after all it's only been a week and I've already lost 6 pounds without any effort except not eating wheat!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://trexlerworks.muhlenberg.edu/trexler_blog/news/trexler-library-scuttlebutt-4/","date":"2019-05-22T15:44:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256858.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20190522143218-20190522165218-00091.warc.gz","language_score":0.8462616205215454,"token_count":442,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__94626324","lang":"en","text":"Biweekly Update from the Library\nAt the annual NITLE conference in San Francisco last week, Joyce Hommel and Jen Jarson presented a well-attended poster session titled “Developing an Integrated Approach for Information and Technology Success.”\nTheir attendance at the conference also provided an opportunity to explore the possible ways that the college might benefit from resumed membership in NITLE, an organization specifically geared toward the needs of liberal arts colleges.\nInfomaniac Tip of the Week\nInfomaniac says. . .\nTry Zillow.com when researching real estate values.\nZillow will help you find property values (est.) when comparing home prices in your own neighborhood or most anywhere in the country. At the website, just type in a residential address and then move the cursor over the satellite image to reveal prices.\nCalendar of Events\n4/11: Meditation Group (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM)\n4/13: Poetry Reading Group led by Prof. Alec Marsh (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 3:30PM-5:00PM). In this 2nd and final session of this year’s Poetry Reading Group, we will be puzzling over some translations of poetry that appear in the April “translation” issue of Poetry. Please join us!\n4/18: Meditation Group (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM). The meditation consists of 40 mins. of seated meditation and 5 min. walking meditation. Cushions provided.\n4/21: “Notables” Book Group Meeting: “Shalimar the Clown” (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 12:00PM-1:00PM). Promises to be a lively discussion about this recent Rushdie novel.\n4/25: Meditation Group (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM)\n4/28: Library Committee Meeting (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 4:30PM-6:00PM)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://bgwfans.com/2009/a-voice-behind-the-petition-to-save-the-big-bad-wolf/","date":"2023-12-03T01:30:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100476.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202235258-20231203025258-00717.warc.gz","language_score":0.9692928791046143,"token_count":1893,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__49655687","lang":"en","text":"In two weeks to the day, The Big Bad Wolf will make it’s last run. There have been plenty of people expressing frustration with the removal of the ride. One of those people is a regular reader named Nora. The classic coaster has had quite an impact on her and she’s made passionate pleas to Busch to think about what they’re doing. She isn’t naive, she knows that her words won’t change the course in regards to the removal of Big Bad Wolf, but she still felt the need to express herself to the management at Busch. This post includes her letter to the park and a poem that she wrote about the Wolf. Nora’s passion and knowledge regarding Busch Gardens is extensive and I’ve asked her to consider becoming a contributor to the site, which she has agreed to do. So, you’ll be reading more from her in the future.\nTuesday, July 28, 2009 at 10:19pm\nTo whoever decided to kill the Big Bad Wolf~ a heart felt memory I wish to share:\nI was there THE DAY it opened (barely making the height requirement); the line stretched across the Italy Bridge. My brother and I hauled our parents as fast as our little legs could pull two adults to stand in a line for over three hours in the hot sun. The closer we got to the spooky wolf sign and that glorious entrance to the covered area, the more my heart pounded. Around and around the rails we went; my eyes never leaving that track.. my mind kept wondering which of the two cars running would be the one I would be riding that day.\nOf course, after waiting three hours, we heard the rumor that the “back seat was the best”. So, after much sibling deliberation, we chose the back seat. The moment my shoes hit the bottom of the black car and the frazzled employee in the brown cotton “Lederhosen -esque” garb secured my harness, my brother and I held hands in anticipation. “Cha-chuck-cha-chuck”, the coaster rushed out of the little German style house; our eyes never once blinked and the smile never left our faces. We had no idea of what to expect on that first hill. At the time, it was hard to see the entire coaster due to trees and shrubs. My brother whispered near the top of the first drop, “I wonder when this hill ends…..~~~~waaaahhhh!”\nBeing in the back was the best because it yanked us like a lose sail in a perfect storm all around the little “staged” town. “Did you hear a bell?” I shouted. I couldn’t be sure, it all went so fast. Then with a jerk the coaster stopped and again we heard “Clickity, clickity..click.” Up and up the chain hauled us up to an unknown height. And before we both knew it, it was our first swing around on the last drop. It is that feeling of the swing out to the right, then back to the left in a matter of seconds as the car falls, only to dangle you over the water and then swing around precariously close to ominous metal poles, that makes THIS drop so amazing. After that ride, we both knew how special this adventure was and in our naivety I suppose, that we both felt this ride would last forever.\nFor years, my brother and I were often found leaning on the so familiar rails waiting, of course, for the back seat; the best seat; listening to the once “live” and endearing ramble of the ride operator who always added “traveling at the speed of fright” after each car sped away. When not in line for the Big Bad Wolf, we often perched by the edge of the bridge, where the waterfall runs and the old weeping willow once stood, and watched the beautiful black coaster cars swing by to retreat with a soft whoosh into the house; only to be filled up with more anxious riders and swiftly set off on another run.\n25 years. 25 years. I was seven years old then. I wish I kept count of all the times I rode this coaster. I wish I could keep it safe from a scrapyard grave. I honestly cry to think of walking along that bridge where my brother and I stood watching our hero the Big Bad Wolf swing by, only to be greeted by emptiness; or worse, some other new trendy contraption.\nI don’t want a new ride, I don’t want some other cheesy tie-in like the Sesame Street Park. What I want is to see that red track as long as I live. I want to hear the old 1980’s sound of a metal chain carrying it’s quarry up a steel hill. I want to know that when I walk from Italy to Germany, smelling the cotton candy and popcorn right before the pebble covered bridge turns to concrete walkways, I will walk around the corner and red lit eyes set in a wooden painted wolf will dare me to ride once more.\nYou could say to me, “at least you have those wonderful memories.” The Big Bad Wolf is like family to me and to many others. When you lose a loved one and someone says those exact words in response, it does not bring you comfort. You are furious that life took something so dear away from you. The memories my brother and I shared will never be repeated again. Those days are over. It is as if a new generation grows up listening to tales of an amazing uncle that passed away before they were born.\nIf it were a bad ride I would understand, but it is a gem of a coaster. It is irreplaceable.\nI cannot believe that are no alternatives to help reconstruct any parts of the ride that make it so costly. This is an icon; an amazing milestone in coaster history. You MUST know it is much like severing a limb off of the park. I know your mind has been made; I know my words fall on deaf ears; but know this: YOU (the person or persons who made this decision) have caused a great loss to all coaster enthusiasts and true fans of Busch Gardens by approving the removal of this ride.\nTherefore, I cannot say I could ever forgive the person or persons responsible for this mistake; for they have literally crushed my heart by destroying one of the best coasters ever built.\nI have written letters to the park almost every year. I have sent you all many compliments, ideas, and praises. I mentioned many times the idea of keeping the park open in the winter for a Dicken’s style Christmas event in the England area. I have suggested to add Greece, thus adding area expansion in order to ease the congestion around the park. I even offered the idea of a children’s area called “Land of the Leprechauns” to be located in Ireland (in the area behind the toy store) to mirror Land of the Dragons. Even today, I still cling to the hope that you will bring Sherlock Holmes back to England; and I will still continue to ask each year.\nWhether or not my thoughts and ideas matter, I will always care enough to share them with you.\nSincerely heart broken,\nFaded Tracks of Red\nby Nora Marien\nJuly 30, 2009\nWritten in Honor of the Big Bad Wolf Coaster\nbased on the poem: THE FADED COAT OF BLUE\nby J.H. McNaughton\nOh the mighty Wolf sleeps in its faded tracks of red.\nAll lonely and alone, it awaits its day of dread.\nThe cars are all still, and what more can be said,\nThat the twists and turns still remain engraved in our heads.\nThank you strong coaster, for all the years of delight,\nthe engineers who made you, really got it right.\nYou always gave us thrills in both the day and night,\nand we always enjoyed “traveling at the speed of fright.”\nNo more will we hear screams of joy caused by you,\nrest noble coaster, I wish there was more for you to do.\nYour fate was out of our hands, for if we all could choose,\nyou would stay here forever, and end our coaster blues.\nThough you are not the oldest coaster here, there is no disgrace;\nthe feeling of the swinging cars, can never be replaced.\nYou are as beautiful now as we all saw you then,\nso we wish that your time here with us, would never, ever end.\nAnd even when many years pass, and you have long been gone,\nYour majesty and legacy shall forever continue on.\nWe all say goodbye and in sorrow, bow our heads.\nFor we shall never see your tracks again in that glorious shade of red.\nNora also included some scans to include on the site, they’ll go into the history of the park section and I’m also posting them here.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://clozaril.isaca.info/","date":"2017-12-15T07:57:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948567785.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20171215075536-20171215095536-00659.warc.gz","language_score":0.8812130093574524,"token_count":4374,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__196725860","lang":"en","text":"Fatal myocarditis and cardiomyopathy have occurred with Clozaril treatment. Discontinue Clozaril and obtain a cardiac evaluation upon suspicion of these reactions. Generally, patients with Clozaril-related myocarditis or cardiomyopathy should not be rechallenged with Clozaril. Stock B, Spiteller G, Heipertz R. Austausch aromatisch gebundenen Halogens gegen OH- und SCH 3- bei der Metabolisierung des Clozapins im menschlichen Körper. Arzneimittelforschung. Rebec GV, Anderson GD. Regional neuropharmacology of the antipsychotic drugs: implications for the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia. Behav Assessment. purchase ranolazine online usa ranolazine\nThe central dopaminergic blocking effects of neuroleptic agents may precipitate or aggravate a potentially fatal symptom complex known as neuroleptic malignant syndrome NMS. NMS is observed most frequently when high-potency agents like haloperidol are administered intramuscularly, but may occur with any neuroleptic agent given for any length of time. Clinical manifestations of NMS include hyperpyrexia, muscle rigidity, altered mental status and autonomic instability irregular pulse or blood pressure, tachycardia, diaphoresis and cardiac arrhythmias. Additional signs may include elevated creatine phosphokinase, myoglobinuria, and acute renal failure. Neuroleptic agents should not be given to patients with active NMS and should be immediately discontinued if currently being administered in such patients. In patients with a history of NMS, introduction or reintroduction of neuroleptic agents should be carefully considered, since NMS may recur. cheap vidalta for\nNykiel S, Henderson D, Bhide G et al. Lithium to allow clozapine prescribing in benign ethnic neutropenia. Clin Schizophr Relat Psychoses. If you have any questions about Clozaril, please talk with your doctor, pharmacist, or other health care provider. Dutch; with English abstract. Salzman C. Mandatory monitoring of side effects the “bundling” of clozapine. N Engl J Med. After coadministration of fluvoxamine for 14 days, mean trough concentrations of clozapine and its metabolites, N-desmethylclozapine and clozapine N-oxide, were elevated about 3-fold compared to baseline steady-state concentrations.\nIn man, clozapine tablets 25 mg and 100 mg are equally bioavailable relative to a clozapine solution. Nielsen H. Recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor rhG-CSF; filgrastim treatment of clozapine-induced agranulocytosis. J Intern Med. Kalow W. Ethnic differences in drug metabolism. Clin Pharmacokinet. If you notice any confusion, loss of coordination, feel like you might faint or lose consciousness, or are extremely sedated contact your doctor right away. Symptoms of dystonia, prolonged abnormal contractions of muscle groups, may occur in susceptible individuals during the first few days of treatment. buy methimazole australia\nEli Lilly and Company. Lilly announces FDA notification of class labeling for atypical antipsychotics regarding hyperglycemia and diabetes. Indianapolis, IN; 2003 Sep 17. Press release. Wilmot CA, Szczepanik AM. Effects of acute and chronic treatments with clozapine and haloperidol on serotonin 5-HT 2 and dopamine D 2 receptors in the rat brain. Brain Res. Drug Safety 30: 47-57. Claghorn J, Honigfeld G, Abuzzahab F et al. The risks and benefits of clozapine versus chlorpromazine. J Clin Psychopharmacol. If you are using the disintegrating tablet, make sure your hands are dry before you handle the tablet. Do not open the blister pack that contains the tablet until you are ready to take it. Remove the tablet from the blister pack by peeling back the foil, then taking the tablet out. Do not push the tablet through the foil. Place the tablet in your mouth. It should melt quickly. After the tablet has melted, swallow or chew it as desired. C occurs in any patient, interrupt clozapine therapy and obtain an ANC; carefully evaluate for severe neutropenia or infection. 1 Monitor ANC in any patient who develops fever within 2 weeks after discontinuance of clozapine. 1 If high fever is present, also consider possibility of NMS. 1 See Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome under Cautions. Monitor all patients for these symptoms. Patients who are diagnosed with diabetes or have risk factors for diabetes obesity, family history of diabetes should have their fasting blood glucose monitored before beginning treatment and periodically during treatment. Patients who develop symptoms of hyperglycemia should have assessments of fasting glucose. Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention. Consult your healthcare professional before taking or discontinuing any drug or commencing any course of treatment.\nLeon CA. Therapeutic effects of clozapine. A 4-year follow-up of a controlled clinical trial. Acta Psychiatr Scand. Food and Drug Administration. Review and evaluation of clinical data for clozapine for suicidality. Geriatric patients with dementia-related psychosis are at an increased risk of death. When Clozapine Orally Disintegrating Tablets was administered after a high-fat meal, the C max of both clozapine and its active metabolite, desmethylclozapine, were decreased by approximately 20%, compared to administration under fasting conditions, while the AUC values were unchanged. This decrease in C max is not clinically significant. Therefore, Clozapine Orally Disintegrating Tablets can be taken without regard to meals. Respiratory System: Aspiration, pleural effusion, pneumonia, lower respiratory tract infection. Schmauss M, Wolff R, Erfurth A et al. Tolerability of long term clozapine treatment. Psychopharmacology. Clozapine concentrations may be increased in patients with clinically important renal impairment. 1 See Special Populations under Dosage and Administration. Chiu E, Burrows G, Stevenson J. Double-blind comparison of clozapine with chlorpromazine in acute schizophrenic illness. Aust NZ J Psychiatry. cardizem\nConsult with hematology specialist to determine if neutropenia is due to BEN. 1 408 Patients with documented BEN have different ANC monitoring and treatment recommendations than the general population due to their lower baseline ANC. Clozapine Orally Disintegrating Tablets are available as 25 mg or 100 mg round, peach, orally disintegrating tablets. Blood pressure should be monitored at regular intervals, particularly during dosage escalation or whenever dosage has been altered, and patients should be advised not to rise abruptly from a sitting or recumbent position. Scholz E, Dichgans J. Treatment of drug-induced exogenous psychosis in parkinsonism with clozapine and fluperlapine. Eur Arch Psychiatry Neurol Sci. Gardner EL, Seeger TF. Neurobehavioral evidence for mesolimbic specificity of action by clozapine: studies using electrical intracranial self-stimulation. Biol Psychiatry. Muller T, Becker T, Fritze J. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome after clozapine plus carbamazepine. Lancet. Benign Ethnic Neutropenia BEN. Use with caution. The effects may be increased because of slower removal of the medicine from the body. The 25 mg tablets are peach, round, unscored tablets debossed with C over 25 on one side of the tablet and blank on the other side. Clin Psychiatry 60 1: 36-40.\nThe 100 mg tablets are peach, round, unscored tablets debossed with C over 100 on one side of the tablet and blank on the other side. The diagnostic evaluation of patients with this syndrome is complicated. Reduce the dose gradually over a period of 1 to 2 weeks if termination of Clozaril therapy is planned and there is no evidence of moderate to severe neutropenia. Check with your doctor before you drink alcohol or use medicines that may cause drowsiness eg, sleep aids, muscle relaxers while you are using Clozaril; it may increase their effects. Ask your pharmacist if you have questions about which medicines may cause drowsiness. If you have been using this medicine regularly, do not stop taking it without first checking with your doctor. Your doctor may want you to gradually reduce the amount you are taking before stopping it completely. This is to help prevent the illness from suddenly returning and to decrease the chance of having symptoms such as headache, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. See Severe Neutropenia under Cautions. Women and patients of Jewish background may be at greater risk of developing blood problems with Clozaril. Neutropenia reported in clozapine-treated patients. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals. Seroquel quetiapine fumarate tablets prescribing information. Wilmington, DE; 2004 Jul. Consider the risk of exacerbation of psychosis when discontinuing or changing treatment with antipsychotic medications during pregnancy and postpartum. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome NMS a potentially fatal syndrome characterized by hyperpyrexia, muscle rigidity, altered mental status, and autonomic instability, reported with antipsychotic agents, including some cases with clozapine therapy alone or during concomitant therapy with carbamazepine, lithium, or other CNS-active agents. Consensus development conference on antipsychotic drugs and obesity and diabetes. Diabetes Care. There have not been sufficient numbers of geriatric patients in clinical studies utilizing Clozapine Orally Disintegrating Tablets to determine whether those over 65 years of age differ from younger subjects in their response to Clozapine Orally Disintegrating Tablets. Molekula is a new niche chemical company in Europe. purchase now cheap clarinex australia\nPatients treated with Clozaril had a statistically significant longer delay in the time to recurrent suicidal behavior in comparison with olanzapine. This result should be interpreted only as evidence of the effectiveness of Clozaril in delaying time to recurrent suicidal behavior and not a demonstration of the superior efficacy of Clozaril over olanzapine. The cumulative incidence is estimated at 1% to 2% after one year of use. The onset is generally between 4 to 16 weeks following initiation of therapy, and it is usually reversible if detected early and the drug discontinued promptly. Bess AL, Cunningham SR. Dear health care professional letter regarding class labeling for atypical antipsychotics and risk of hyperglycemia and diabetes. East Hanover, NJ: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; 2004 Apr 1. From the FDA website. Holt RI. Consensus development conference on antipsychotic drugs and obesity and diabetes: response to consensus statement. Diabetes Care. Excipients in commercially available drug preparations may have clinically important effects in some individuals; consult specific product labeling for details. Lieberman JA, Yunis J, Egea E et al. HLA-B38, DR4, DQw3 and clozapine-induced agranulocytosis in Jewish patients with schizophrenia. Arch Gen Psychiatry. Based on Clozaril National Registry US patients data collected up to April 1995, a hematologic risk analysis found the incidence of agranulocytosis rises steeply during the first 2 months, peaks at approximately the third month, and decreases at 6 months of therapy; after 6 months the incidence decreases further, however, it never reaches zero. Crome P. Poisoning due to tricyclic antidepressant overdosage: clinical presentation and treatment. Med Toxicol.\nManufacturers recommend clinical monitoring of weight during therapy. 1 395 400 406 See Hyperglycemia and Diabetes Mellitus under Cautions. See Tables 1 and 2 for ANC monitoring frequency and treatment recommendations based on ANC value in the general patient population and for patients with BEN, respectively. Clozaril treatment. In clinical trials, approximately 1% of patients developed eosinophilia. Clozapine-related eosinophilia usually occurs during the first month of treatment. In some patients, it has been associated with myocarditis, pancreatitis, hepatitis, colitis, and nephritis. Such organ involvement could be consistent with a drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome DRESS also known as drug induced hypersensitivity syndrome DIHS. If eosinophilia develops during Clozaril treatment, evaluate promptly for signs and symptoms of systemic reactions, such as rash or other allergic symptoms, myocarditis, or other organ-specific disease associated with eosinophilia. If Clozaril-related systemic disease is suspected, discontinue Clozaril immediately. Distributed into milk. 1 395 406 Discontinue nursing or the drug. Psychiatry 13 1: 27-35. Oro Valley, AZ 85755. November 17, 2015. Importance of women informing clinicians if they are or plan to become pregnant or plan to breast-feed. pyridium pills purchase online store\nSkin and Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders: Hypersensitivity reactions: photosensitivity, vasculitis, erythema multiforme, skin pigmentation disorder, and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. People seem to do better when they receive both psychological and drug treatments. Reportedly present in low concentrations in placenta and may distribute into milk in animals; 2 not known whether crosses placenta in humans. 292 Distributed into milk in humans. Hartvig P, Eckernas SA, Lindstrom L et al. Receptor binding of N-methyl-11C clozapine in the brain of rhesus monkey studied by positron emission tomography PET. Psychopharmacology Berl. For the 956 patients who received clozapine or olanzapine in this study, there was extensive use of concomitant psychotropics: 84% with antipsychotics, 65% with anxiolytics, 53% with antidepressants, and 28% with mood stabilizers. There was significantly greater use of concomitant psychotropic medications among the patients in the olanzapine group. Clozapine Orally Disintegrating Tablets. Clozaril should be used with extreme caution in CHILDREN; safety and effectiveness in children have not been determined. Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Keep from freezing. Claas FHJ. Drug-induced agranulocytosis; review of possible mechanisms, and prospects for clozapine studies. Psychopharmacology. Cold JA, Wells BG, Froemming JH. Seizure activity associated with antipsychotic therapy. DICP. Potent CYP3A4 inducers: Concomitant use generally not recommended. 1 If concomitant use necessary, monitor for decreased efficacy of clozapine and consider increasing clozapine dosage.\nFood and Drug Administration. Specific requirements on content and format of labeling for human prescription drugs; proposed addition of “geriatric use” subsection in the labeling; proposed rule. Fed Regist. Consider hematology consultation in patients with fever or neutropenia. Reviews John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. Celexa citalopram hydrobromide US prescribing information. 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Treatment of severe clozapine-induced neutropenia with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor G-CSF: remission despite continuous treatment with clozapine. Br J Psychiatry. Stimmel GL. Neuroleptics and the corpus striatum: clinical implications. Dis Nerv Syst. Undesirable alterations in lipids have occurred in patients treated with atypical antipsychotics, including Clozaril. Clinical monitoring, including baseline and periodic follow-up lipid evaluations in patients using Clozaril, is recommended. Drug dispensing should not ordinarily exceed a weekly supply. If a patient is eligible for ANC testing every 2 weeks, then a 2-week supply of Clozapine Orally Disintegrating Tablets can be dispensed. If a patient is eligible for ANC testing every 4 weeks, then a 4-week supply of Clozapine Orally Disintegrating Tablets can be dispensed. Dispensing should be contingent upon the ANC testing results. emis.info nolvadex\nThey demonstrated moderate-to-severe suicidal ideation with a depressive component within one week prior to their baseline evaluation. Sternberg DE. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: the pendulum swings. Am J Psychiatr. Who should not take Clozaril? Immune System Disorders: Angioedema, leukocytoclastic vasculitis. If you are feeling depressed or experiencing any of the mentioned mental disturbances, talk to your doctor right away. There is likely a remedy that will make you feel better.\nBushe C, Leonard B. Association between atypical antipsychotic agents and type 2 diabetes: review of prospective clinical data. Br J Psychiatry Suppl. Ananth J, Johnson KM, Levander EM et al. Diabetic ketoacidosis, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and myocardial infarction in a patient taking risperidone and lithium carbonate. J Clin Psychiatry. There is no known treatment for TD. However, the syndrome may remit partially or completely if treatment is discontinued. Antipsychotic treatment, itself, may suppress or partially suppress the signs and symptoms, and it has the potential to mask the underlying process. The effect of symptom suppression on the long-term course of TD is unknown. ventolin\nTell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully. Sandoz Pharmaceuticals. Treatment systems requirements: Clozaril clozapine. East Hanover, NJ; 1991 Mar. Haring C, Meise U, Humpel C et al. Dose-related plasma levels of clozapine: influence of smoking behaviour, sex and age. Psychopharmacology. Women receiving antipsychotic medication during pregnancy should consider undergoing early screening for gestational diabetes.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://scientificachievements.com/about-me/","date":"2020-09-22T05:21:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400203096.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20200922031902-20200922061902-00665.warc.gz","language_score":0.9281418323516846,"token_count":78,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__74658463","lang":"en","text":"Let me introduce myself. My name is Ivana Horak. I am glad to offer you many interesting publications posted right here in my blog. I am a student, eager to learn and make discoveries from day to day. At present, I study foreign languages and practice my skills while translating useful and informative pages of experienced authors. Feel free to come and join me in my exciting journey!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.angproblemsolved.ca/blog/","date":"2019-01-16T15:07:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583657510.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20190116134421-20190116160421-00537.warc.gz","language_score":0.9788979291915894,"token_count":553,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__101347054","lang":"en","text":"So the other day I went to the gym….. it seems that this always occurs at the gym however it has happened at other public places as well. I see your eyes…. looking at me…. watching me….. you think that I don’t notice, but I do. I might be on an elliptical or weight machine….. I might just be walking from one area to another…. and you watch….. your eyes tell me that you are trying to figure out how I manage to do anything……..\nSometimes, I feel you staring……. I wonder what thoughts are going through your head….. I feel like walking up to you to let you know that I play guitar, I ride a motorcycle, I can tie my own shoes…….. but that would be rude.\nMaybe I’m imagining that you are looking at my right arm but after being around for so many years, I think that I can tell the difference between a passing glance and a stare.\nAs a child, this would make me feel uncomfortable and I would often want to hide. As an adult, I get mad. In a society in which we are expected to be welcoming and tolerant of people from all backgrounds and cultures, why do I sometimes feel like I’m being isolated?\nI sometimes want to walk up to you and tell you to take a picture. Perhaps I have done that to some of you. My mouth can often say things which perhaps should remain in my head, but when I feel these stares, I feel the need to prove myself.\nAs we age, there are certain aspects of our lives which remain with us until the end. Memories – good and bad. How we treated others and how we were treated. I don’t want to be seen as the person with 1 hand – I want to be seen as the person.\nThose that know me see me as a whole person – some that see me in passing do not share this view.\nI only share this in an effort to help you to understand how your eyes can make someone else feel. Your eyes can have an impact in someone’s day and life. Your eyes can be remembered or forgotten. Your eyes can take someone back to an uncomfortable time in their lives and make someone feel insecure and uncomfortable.\nMy days of wanting to hide are years behind me yet the anger that I feel when you look and judge me remains. Your eyes are one of the reasons why I share my story – so that when you next see me or someone like me, you see the whole person and treat us no differently than anyone else.\nWould you feel comfortable asking me questions? I always encourage it but would you?\nUntil next time, thanks for reading!!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://equityunbound.org/activities/twitter/the-danger-of-a-single-story/","date":"2023-10-03T11:25:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511075.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20231003092549-20231003122549-00878.warc.gz","language_score":0.8738597631454468,"token_count":211,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__285559111","lang":"en","text":"The Equity Unbound community welcomes you to join us in reflecting on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s powerful TED talk entitled The danger of a single story. Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.\nHow can you join the #unboundeq conversation about The Danger of A Single Story?\n- Watch the TED talk.\n- Join our “slow chat” via twitter. Use the #unboundeq hashtag to respond to these three questions:\nQuestion 1 (Q1):\nIn what ways are stories and narrative related to empathy & bias? #unboundeq\nQuestion 2 (Q2):\nWhy do MANY stories matter? #unboundeq\nQuestion 3 (Q3):\nHow are stories related to authenticity? And to power? #unboundeq","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.craneleadership.org/men-in-action-i-dont-want-to-go-back-to-normal/","date":"2023-12-02T20:40:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100452.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202203800-20231202233800-00196.warc.gz","language_score":0.9742462038993835,"token_count":436,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__126988827","lang":"en","text":"“Calamity is a great teacher,” observed Aisha Ahmad recently. Her response to the COVID-19 pandemic is true, but only if we are willing to learn the lessons available to us.\nGod uses pain to grab our attention.\n“It is,” as C. S. Lewis wrote, “His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” One of God’s cautionary signposts came when I asked our four children to list the lessons they have learned through this Coronavirus experience. My 5th-grade daughter Emma wrote, “I never realized how busy we were before.”\nOne day I was checking Outlook to plan for coming events, and the next day my schedule was forcibly purged, where seemingly immovable obligations were thrust into the abyss of an unknown future.\nTo lose control is never easy.\nAs I reevaluate my “life before COVID,” I have wrestled with God: “What are You trying to teach me?” His answer for me: “Pace yourself, John…”\nFor the first time in forever, I have had more time. Time to slow down…and just stop. Time to rest. Time to read. Time to be present. Time with the people who matter most. Time with the Author and Sustainer of time itself.\nDespite all of the pain, loss, and heartache we’ve experienced in this surreal season, it has also become an unexpected gift. God has offered a collective reset for me.\nGod’s gifts of time and balance have always been there. But I was too busy to receive them before.\nI don’t want to go back to normal.\nI want to embrace the new normal that is as old as God’s original design for humanity.\nMay this great disruption become a great reset, a restorative reordering of the way things ought to be. The way the Grand Designer intended them to be all along.\nOriginally posted at ShelteringWings.org.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.kdkenny.com/kitchens","date":"2024-04-19T17:26:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817442.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419172411-20240419202411-00444.warc.gz","language_score":0.9638624787330627,"token_count":111,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__178637671","lang":"en","text":"They say that the kitchen is the heart of the home. And we have to believe it’s true. Whether small or large, the kitchen is the hub of the home. It is where the meals are created – it fuels the bodies, minds and souls of friends and families all over the world. Some say that while life may be created in the bedroom, it is certainly lived in the kitchen. Much of the importance of this room seems to depend on the size and function of the kitchen, the family, and on lifestyle.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://digested.podbean.com/e/myth-busting-the-menopause-with-dr-philippa-kaye/","date":"2022-12-10T06:01:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711712.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20221210042021-20221210072021-00231.warc.gz","language_score":0.885959267616272,"token_count":108,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__242431148","lang":"en","text":"Each month Reader’s Digest navigate the woes and wonders of modern life, weighing in with leading experts on the everyday tools we need to survive and thrive in 2019.\nAnna Walker speaks to doctor and author Philippa Kaye about the myths and taboos that surround the menopause as she releases her new book on the subject, The M Word.\nLike the episode on your phone\nDownload Free Podcast App\nPlay this podcast on Podbean App","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ernestcandide.blogspot.com/","date":"2018-07-17T03:51:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589557.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20180717031623-20180717051623-00138.warc.gz","language_score":0.9921362400054932,"token_count":325,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__6564492","lang":"en","text":"Ernest is poor but in some ways he was built to be poor. He was Spartan like in his wants, and comfortable even in discomfort of the a broken heater in a cold winter. He never ate out and never ate the expensive foods or wasted his money in the hole that's addiction. Ernest knew how to handle himself in a fight but it was a long time since he'd needed to use that experience. That excuse. Now He just read. His bookshelf was his nicest piece of furniture and his collection of book was his biggest source of pride. The bookshelf was fine mahogany and shined without dust, sitting in the place where most would put the source of familial gathering. Ernest like a man in penance had no family. Maybe it was out of penance that this solitudinous man lived with only slight fissures in his fortress of slight existence.\nMonday, March 2, 2015\nErnest starts his day in pain. A slight uncomfortable pressure that comes from the throbbing of his head. A result of the chemicals at the paper mill, which he's labored in for the past decade. The pain at this point is a common greeting in the morning. He goes to his cupboard to get the large container of Aspirin. The bottle is the size normally reserved for alcoholics; the people who drink till they pass out then use the aspirin to recover for the night. Ernest doesn't drink often though he has friends at the factory who use the one bottle for the next. He however found no comforts or happiness in those corners.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://adeil.org/sarah-korpi/","date":"2024-04-19T12:39:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817398.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419110125-20240419140125-00206.warc.gz","language_score":0.9596675038337708,"token_count":262,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__59620474","lang":"en","text":"Ph.D., German Literature, UW-Madison\nI grew up in northern Minnesota near the shores of Lake Superior and the Boundary Waters. Some days I credit living near the end of I-35 for my unique perspective on Geography. In my free time, you will find me playing with my dogs, fixing my car, wandering the woods, or paddling my way through the BWCA.\nI took a wanderer’s approach to my undergraduate education, which resulted in double majors in German Studies and American Indian Studies from the University of Minnesota in Duluth, as well as some great work experience in nursing and memory care. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I focused on Medieval German Literature at the master’s level and modern German literature and Second Language Acquisition at the doctoral level.\nI like to see the world through new perspectives, and studying languages naturally gives me a window into a new worldview. I am also very interested in identity construction, and how language and culture interact as individuals develop and redevelop their own identities.\nI am a strong proponent of education, and I believe that access to high quality education is vital for learners in their communities. I especially appreciate the access that distance education can provide to learners, regardless of their location or situation.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.onmagasineextra.ca/en/2021/02/18/lilis-guests/","date":"2021-07-27T02:39:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046152168.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20210727010203-20210727040203-00423.warc.gz","language_score":0.9616155624389648,"token_count":348,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-31","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__96264408","lang":"en","text":"Rose-Line Brasset is a lady that I virtually met with couponing and now I consider her as a friend.\nShe wrote the nice série Juliette which touches a lot of readers all over the world!\nThese are great stories that make us travel without testing for COVID-19!\nWe will receive her at the beginning of April 2021 for the release of her new book!\nSylvain Paquin is a longtime friend and a visionary.\nHe works in Northern Quebec … When your address is on the Radisson road that says it all … It’s far from my small suburb …\nYou can visit it and do some really awesome tourism! A beautiful corner for the holidays! He has lots of wonderful photos so check out his Facebook page!\nKatryne Parenteau is the FIRST AND ONLY female ice pilot in Canada! I feel priviledge to have this conversation!\nHere she is with a boat captain. She’s the one who helps them navigate the ice!\nI admit that I am impressed because she looks like a very soft and fragile little flower! It’s a decoy! She is strong and knows her job!\nIf I’m lucky she can show us around (virtually of course) the boat on which she sails!\nAnne Fleishman is also an author that I met with OnMagasine.ca.\nI am happy to invite her to OnMagasineExtra!\nShe writes detective novels and I love detective novels 🙂 So I will try to read it before I meet her! It is precisely the creation of a new one!\nIf you are interested here are his two books below.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://devarennelab.tamu.edu/category/publications/","date":"2023-02-02T12:22:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500017.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20230202101933-20230202131933-00850.warc.gz","language_score":0.9447641372680664,"token_count":486,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__264392713","lang":"en","text":"Today the Devarenne Lab had a paper published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Protein & Proteomics describing the identification and in vitro characterization of a new α-subunit of the tomato SnRK1 complex called SnRK1.2. The study characterizes the differences in kinase activity for SnKR1.2 as compared to the previously characterized α-subunit SnRK1.1. These studies were led by former graduate student Dongyin Su.\nThe Devarenne Lab recently had a paper published in Algal Research describing the isolation and characterization of the PSAP protein from the B race of B. braunii. PSAP is a highly glycosylated protein found in the extracellular matrix of B. braunii and it may play a role in the biosynthesis of the polysaccharide fibril sheath that surrounds the B. braunii colony. This study was lead by graduate student Mehmet Tatli and was a collaboration with the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center at the University of Georgia.\nToday the Devarenne lab had a new paper published in Plant Direct about our continuing collaborative studies with the lab of Dr. Arum Han. This study features the development and implementation of an algal droplet microfluidics device that can perform high-throughput screens to analyze lipid and biomass production in order to identify mutants of interest from a large mutant population.\nThe Devarenne Lab recently had a paper published in ACS Chemical Biology describing the amino acids that control substrate and product specificity in the LOS enzyme from the L race of B. braunii. The study details how we identified two amino acids in LOS that control the size of substrate that can fit into the active site. The study was lead by former graduate student Hem Thapa.\nThe Devarenne lab had another paper published based on our collaboration with the lab of Dr. Edmundo Lozoya-Gloria at CINVESTAV in Irapuato, México. The study titled “ROS detection in Botryococcus braunii colonies with CellROX Green reagent” was published in Bio-Protocol and describes the method Dr. Lozoya-Gloria’s lab developed to detect ROS production in B. braunii.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://eyeballsarchive.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-04-23T16:30:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223202774.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032002-00048-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9741449356079102,"token_count":402,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__95621754","lang":"en","text":"eyeballsarchive replied to your post“putnamspuppeteer asked pnattheories: If Max isn’t possessed, then…”Yo dude, Doorman never says that’s the power of the spirit controlling Max? I mean yeah “Arrogance. Your power is nothing to be afraid of. Riddles and word games.” could be interpreted as meaning that that was the spirit in question’s power, but that’s not how it should be interpreted.But he also says their power is “riddles and wordgames”, and Scrapdragon seems to just have magnet powers, especially considering that spirit connection thing had a lot of metal in it, and the others we’ve seen seem to be similar to a spirit’s powersWhat Doorman is doing is calling what Scrapdragon is saying in that circumstance “riddles and word games”.I mean I could be wrong? I was in the “Max has timestop powers” camp until chapter 3, page 17, but after that I held firmly onto magnet powers until it was revealed clearly to be true. I’m not going to change my mind until the story itself proves me wrong.Anyway as I said, it doesn’t feel right in the context of the story that Max would have two spirits. Both of Spender’s spirits are present in his mindscape on this page, but Scrapdragon is alone in his first and so far only full appearance.\nBut apparently the riddles are something to be protected from. I don’t think it works as evidence to say how it should be interpreted, since neither of us know for sure. But you’re definitely right on there only being Scrapdragon in the connection, sorry I missed that. (Is the possibility of it being something that just possessed him for the moment out of the question?)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thebabkas.com/category/education/","date":"2024-04-24T21:01:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296819971.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424205851-20240424235851-00243.warc.gz","language_score":0.90886390209198,"token_count":191,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__44461487","lang":"en","text":"According to recent studies, China is projected to become the world’s largest economy by 2030, so the demand for high-quality language solutions is unlikely to wane in the near future.\nAs the industry continues to grapple with the complex challenges of meeting increasing consumer demands, Salesforce has positioned itself as a potent force that drives digital transformation in the healthcare industry\nFrom the gloomy corridors of decaying castles to the spectral presences that haunt them, this comprehensive guide uncovers the shrouded mysteries of Gothic literature, art, and culture. Beginning with the genre’s birth in the late 18th century, the article delves into Gothic’s evolution, exploring its most prominent elements such as the supernatural, the damsel in distress, the anti-hero, and an atmosphere teeming with suspense.\nLooking for ICAG Certification And Its Value In The Job Market In Ghana? If yes, then you are on the right platform","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://officialatpblog.wordpress.com/category/our-world/mikes-thoughts/","date":"2018-05-23T00:55:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794865023.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20180523004548-20180523024548-00067.warc.gz","language_score":0.9247774481773376,"token_count":353,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__157274527","lang":"en","text":"A band is many things as an entity. It’s equal parts love, with hate, tonic, and a pinch of volatile subtlety. From the outsiders perspective, there’s a sense of grandeur, but when you sift through the cracks and get inside, the intricacies can be overwhelming. It’s tough. It’s fun.\nFour personalities. Four thousand ideas. Four history’s. With this, figuring out a unified direction can have it’s ups and downs. Funny thing is, once you think you’ve figured out what direction you’re moving, you blink, and you’re going somewhere else entirely.\nIt all starts individually you know? Each individual wanting something more from ourselves, more from the world that surrounds us. Add onto that, being young and restless, and you get forward momentum. Watch it as the aspirations take on a life of their own, and all of a sudden it’s not you. It’s everything around you. It’s sacrifice. It’s expectation. It’s perception. It’s peace of mind.\nThings that go unsaid often have a violent potential, but you breathe, and try to find a way to explain. Yet, things needing to be heard will fall on deaf ears. Eventually. It’s in these times the trick is to find a way to grit your teeth, and sacrifice what you need for the greater good of something we all believe in. Channel it right? Take our own advice and use it as motivation? Certainly. Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot, drop.\nIt can be so absurd 🙂","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://berlin.setac.eu/scientific_programme/themes_and_topics/?contentid=497&pr_id=403&last=435","date":"2021-12-08T01:21:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363420.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20211207232140-20211208022140-00162.warc.gz","language_score":0.9071168899536133,"token_count":34609,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__92356802","lang":"en","text":"- A - Ecotoxicology\n- A01 - A Systems Biology approach to predictive Ecotoxicology\nFrancesco Falciani1, Natalia Reyero2\n1University of Birmingham, BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom\n2Institute for Genomics, IGBB), Mississippi State University, STARKVILLE, MS, United States of America\nEcotoxicology is concerned with understanding how animals are affected by pollutants in the ecosystem. Recent developments in this area empowered by the widespread availability of functional genomics technologies (e.g. high throughput sequencing, expression profiling, proteomics and metabolomics) have been successful in increasing our understanding of specific mechanism of actions and have provided the community with useful biomarkers (1,2).\nHowever, the full potential of predictive toxicology can only be achieved by taking a systems level approach, which integrate these complex multi-level molecular and physiological measurements within a unifying interpretative model (3). In order to address this issue, a number of approaches have been developed to infer computational models of regulatory networks from experimental data. Given the overall lack of information on the specific dynamics of the interactions for the majority of the biological components, network inference methods tend to be based on information theory or probabilistic methods (4). However, more recently approaches that allow modeling complex process dynamics such as State Space models and Ordinary Differential Equations (4) approaches have become commonly used.\nThis session aims to present to a broad audience an overview of the research ongoing in the area of predictive Ecotoxicology, with a specific focus on case studies based on a Systems biology approach. We envisage a series of contributions bringing together a broad, interdisciplinary range of presentations focusing upon predicting impacts of pollutants on animals and populations. Although the emphasis will be on the application of computational methods to problems of ecotoxicological relevance we fully embrace a broader vision of Systems Biology where integration may be achieved via descriptive interpretative models. The ultimate aim of the proposed session is to provide an overview of very recent approaches in the area of predictive toxicology and promote a broader application of Systems Biology approaches in ecotoxicology.\n1. Van Aggelen G, et al. Integrating omic technologies into aquatic ecological risk assessment and environmental monitoring: hurdles, achievements, and future outlook. 50. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Jan;118(1):1-5.\n2. Falciani F, et al. Hepatic transcriptomic profiles of European flounder (Platichthys flesus) from field sites and computational approaches to predict site from stress gene responses following exposure to model toxicants. Aquat Toxicol. 2008 Nov 11;90(2):92-101. Epub 2008 Aug 19.\n3. Edward J Perkins, et al. Reverse Engineering Adverse outcome Pathways. Environ Toxicol Chem. 2011 Jan;30(1):22-38.\n4. Ortega F, et al. Models and computational strategies linking physiological response to molecular networks from large-scale data. Philos Transact A Math Phys Eng Sci. 2008 Sep 13;366(1878):3067-89.\n- A02 - Advanced statistical methods in quantitative ecotoxicology\nDavid Fox1, Elise Billoir2, Wayne Landis3\n1University of Melbourne / Environmetrics Australia, MELBOURNE, Australia\n2University of Lyon, LYON, France\n3University of Western Washington, BELLINGHAM, United States of America\nThe use of risk-based approaches in ecotoxicology has been accompanied by an increasing level of mathematical and statistical sophistication. While there is a substantial history of interaction between statisticans and ecotoxicologists, the integration of disciplines has been patchy with organic rather than planned growth and development. Although concerns have been raised over a number of years over aspects of ecotoxicological practice (such as the philosophical basis of SSDs and the use of NOECs), the reality is that the paradigm is firmly entrenched and there appears to be a high degree of resistance to change. This inertia has been accompanied by a tendency to develop more and more metrics or indexes that claim to summarise complex and multi-faceted ecological assessments in a single measure. Whether this helps or hinders is an open question that is attracting much discussion as is the recent suggestion of Landis and Chapman to ban NOELs and LOELs.\nThe aim of this session is to encourage a wide-ranging discussion about the use of advanced statistical tools, methods, and metrics in ecotoxicology. Technical presentations that are consistent with this objective are most welcome although we particularly encourage contributions from a broad cross-section of the ecotox. community that talk to issues such as:\n- The balance between statistical sophistication and ease of use and implementation;\nMinimum statistical skills that ecotoxicolgists should have;\n- Strengths and weaknesses of certain statistical paradigms used in ecotoxicology;\n- Development of metrics and indices – should there be more or less?\n- Statistical training for ecotoxicologists – what’s required in university course and on-going professional development?;\n- Statistical software tools for ecotoxicologists – what’s available and what’s required?\n- Engagement with the professional statistical community – how to increase and maintain?\n- Strengths and weaknesses of current concentration-response modelling and future directions;\n- New or novel statistical methods for setting hazardous concentrations.\n- A03 - Animal Alternatives: methods, endpoints, and testing strategies\nScott Belanger1, Kirstin Schirmer2\n1The Procter & Gamble Company, CINCINNATI, OH, United States of America\n2Eawag, KASTANIENBAUM, Switzerland\nThis session aims to explore animal alternative methods and strategies based on 3R principles (reduce, replace, refine) which have received increasing attention for use in environmental risk assessment (ERA), hazard screening and effluent toxicity assessment. Target organisms have included fish, amphibians, and birds for endpoints such as bioaccumulation, acute and chronic toxicity, and endocrine disruption. In this session, sponsored by the SETAC Animal Alternatives in ERA Advisory Group, we continue to explore the state of the science in method and strategy development. Use of Adverse Outcome Pathway and genomic analyses, advances for in vitro approaches, statistical modeling, and improvements in use of existing data among others are within the scope of this session. The session will complement a Special Session on Alternative Animal Testing Strategies with invited speakers.\n- A04 - Bioaccumulation - impact of environmental, biological and ecological variation\nHenriette Selck1, Monika Nendza2\n1Roskilde University, ROSKILDE, Denmark\n2AL-Luhnstedt, LUHNSTEDT, Germany\nCurrent approaches for bioaccumulation measuring and modelling are often inadequate to account for the complexity of some bioaccumulation patterns. Recent studies have clearly pointed out that current B-assessment methods are not able to capture all variation in bioaccumulation processes that may occur under field conditions.\nEnvironmental, biological and ecosystem variables may affect the transfer of contaminants from the abiotic to the biotic compartment including variation in contaminant concentration, in sediment constituents (e.g., labile organic matter, black carbon) as well as in physiological parameters like biotransformation ability. In addition, food web dynamics may add variability to accumulation patterns towards predators.\nAnother aspect concerns the conventional flow-through fish test according to OECD 305 reducing the manifold uptake and elimination mechanisms in aquatic organisms to respiratory absorption via gills and diffusion through the skin, but neglecting accumulation from food. Furthermore, a range of substances show specific (i. e. active) mechanisms of uptake in the gastro intestinal tract or specific protein binding, for example, poly- and perfluorinated carboxylic acids. A realistic assessment of bioaccumulation at low dose exposures therefore requires to address mechanisms and processes beyond thermodynamic equilibrium partitioning expressed e.g. by the 1-octanol/water partition coefficient log Kow.\nComputational models, in vitro methods, modified in vivo test strategies, and field studies are all means to address bioaccumulation assessment for regulatory purposes. These approaches should elucidate underlying structures in the variation (e.g. spatial-temporal variation, behavioural patterns, variation in bioavailability) and provide more realistic assessments of bioaccumulation potential of contaminant under field conditions. Furthermore, more complex bioaccumulation models differentiate multiple uptake and (pseudo-) elimination processes like excretion with faeces, metabolism and dilution by growth. The process-based assessment of bioaccumulation calls for revised/extended test guidelines and has major implications for bioaccumulation modelling.\nThe proposed session invites studies based on laboratory or field data or on modelling approaches which are focused to explain variation in bioaccumulation patterns. Moreover, papers that deal with the inclusion of new approaches, based on other concepts than BCFs, in current regulatory frameworks are solicited for. Presentations could address questions like: how is contaminant accumulation affected by environmental (e.g. sediment composition), biological (e.g., uptake route, bioavailability, biotransformation) and ecological (e.g., food web level/type, seasonality, migration) parameters? Which species traits define the relative contribution of those parameters to the variation in bioaccumulation? What are the main driving factors in the transfer of contaminants from the abiotic to the biotic compartment? Are such drivers depending on tropic level or other factors? How can we best optimize and implement variation in regulatory assessment?, and include presentations addressing the use of alternative concepts for the assessment of bioaccumulation under REACH.\n- A05 - Ecotoxicology and ecosystem services: A southern perspective\nDayanthi Nugegoda1, Victor Wepener2, Andrea Waichman3\n1RMIT University, BUNDOORA, Australia\n2University of Johannesburg, JOHANNESBURG, South Africa\n3UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO AMAZONAS, MANAUS, Brazil\nNotwithstanding the large array of excellent tools that have been developed, the state of ecosystems is on the decline through continued production and release of contaminants to the environment; habitat destruction due to development pressures; exploitation of natural resources, etc. Ecosystems may be valued much more by people if ecosystem health is related to how it changes ecosystem services, which ultimately affect human well-being in both monetary and health terms. Ecosystem services such as climate regulation, disturbance regulation/storm protection, water regulation/flood protection, sediment regulation/erosion control, nutrient regulation, waste treatment, biological control, habitat/refugia, food production, genetic resources, recreation potential, cultural/aesthetic are reflected implicitly in many ecotoxicological studies, but explicit linkages to ecosystem services are rarely made. Trade-offs between ecosystem services mean that not all services can be maximised simultaneoulsly and therefore ecosystems will have to be managed to provide a portfolio of services, the exact composition of which will depend on how different services are valued. For this session we would like to invite researchers to submit abstracts that report on studies where the interrelationship between ecotoxicological assessment and measurement endpoints can be related to ecosystem services. Presentations highlighting different cultural valuations of ecosystem services (i.e. perspectives from Central and South America, Africa, South-east Asia, Australasia, etc.) are strongly encouraged.\n- A06 - Ecotoxicology of amphibian and reptiles. Novel approaches for linking contaminant effects with population declines\nManuel Ortiz-Santaliestra1, Isabel Lopes2\n1IREC (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), CIUDAD REAL, Spain\n2Universidade de Aveiro, AVEIRO, Portugal\nThe session overall theme and objectives are linking causes and effects through integrated and novel approaches in the ecotoxicology of amphibians and reptiles, with a special focus on these aspects that may be related with population declines of these two taxa. Background and significance are the increasing evidence and concern about amphibian and reptile population declines, with chemical environmental contaminants being among the major causes. However, the role contaminants play either exclusively or in combination among other environmental factors has rarely been assessed. The population decline phenomenon triggered intense research activities, and the available information on the ecotoxicology of these two vertebrate classes has considerably increased, with the numbers of existing pertinent publications roughly doubling for both taxa only during the last decade. However, much work is yet to be conducted to expand our understanding of contaminant effects on amphibians and reptiles, especially the latter. Future scientific challenges include conceptual biosurvey, bioassay, and biomarker development and validation, as well as (not mutually exclusively) micro-pollution, multi-stressor, and effects of priority concern targeted research eventually aiming at predicting spatial and temporal exposure and effect cascades through ecosystem structural, functional and trophic integration. Finally, integrating ecosystem approaches into Ecological Risk Assessment is an ultimate requirement to eventually predict spatial and temporal exposure and effect cascades and considering management and remediation measures.\n- A07 - Environmental OMICs: a global answer to environmental questions\nSusana Cristobal1, David Spurgeon2\n1Linköping University, Sweden, LINKÖPING, Sweden\n2Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, WALLINGFORD, United Kingdom\nOMICS technologies have being increasingly used to address and answer environmental questions in relation to stressors effects and risks. Environmental proteomic research focuses on the analysis of an organism's proteome and the detection of changes in the level of individual proteins in response to environmental stressors. Proteins are key elements of the cellular machinery and changes in the environment will result in changes in the expression of proteins. The study of changes to the gene expression is an alternative and complementary approach. Genes do not show the same diversity in the level of regulation or function that is found for proteins but they could provide preliminary information of global regulations. Environmental OMICS can therefore provide a robust approach for the assessment of (the cause and effects of) environmental stress. This area of research is built by a strong cross-disciplinary collaboration between analytical chemistry, system ecology, biology and biochemistry. These collaborations are needed to successfully implement the use of protein and gene expression patterns for the identification of stressors affecting ecosystems. The latest mass spectrometry technology and next generation sequencing technologies could provide quantitative and qualitative tools to address important ecological research topics, and will give the possibility of applying new, integrated approaches to the assessment of environmental health risks and consequences that will support European policy on environmental health. As an vibrant emerging field in environmental science and pollution research, we anticipate that this session at the SETAC Wold Congress in Berlin will be of great benefit not only to the OMICS community working in academia, but also to regulator and industrial scientists from field such as biotechnology, agrochemical and biocide production, drug discovery, food safety and public health protection with an emerging interest in this promising field of research. Thus, we invite you all working in this field to submit your abstract to this session!\n- A08 - Ethics in ecotoxicology\nAlmut Gerhardt1, John D Angelo2\n1LimCo International GmbH, KONSTANZ, Germany\n2Alfred University, NEW YORK, United States of America\nScientific ethics represents an invaluable basic for every scientific discipline. In the times of 'publish or perish', 'contract research', 'IP violations', etc., scientists face more and more pressures and problems to follow the ethical codex. Some actual public examples of plagiarism have contributed to revive the discussion about an ethical codex in science. This session convenes contributions on ethical aspects in publication, research design, data interpretation, research communication, independent consultancies, contract research in the field of environmental toxicology and chemistry. This session aims to present some rules and examples for: responsible use of experimental animals (incl. GMOs, fish, stem cells), experimental design, data interpretation and science communication, co-authorship, paper submission, simplification in science communication, use of funding, handling of ideas and inventions, etc. The scientific community should develop a comprehensive ethical codex, to be accepted and controlled worldwide.\n- A09 - Extrapolation within wildlife toxicology\nJohn Elliott1, Nico van den Brink2\n1Environment Canada, DELTA, Canada\n2Alterra, WAGENINGEN, The Netherlands\nWhen assessing risks of environmental contaminants to wildlife, data are always limited. That may be in part due to limited resources, but generally relevant species-specific information on sensitivity, exposure conditions, food web dynamics and additional site specific information are lacking. These challenges may be overcome by conducting extensive field studies, but that is not always or even generally feasible. Therefore, alternative approaches are needed, which use information from for instance other species, sites or time periods. For such approaches, methods for extrapolation of information are essential. An approach for instance to derive toxic threshold levels, based on SSD-curves may be well established to interpolate toxicity data between species. However, its use for wildlife is generally restricted due to lack of enough relevant toxicity data from different species on the specific compound in question. On the other hand, the use of lab species as indicators for wildlife species may also be limited due to its single species approach.\nIn order to gain better insight in the currently used methods for interpolation in wildlife ecotoxicology we propose this session. We will solicit presentations which address risk assessment of contaminants for wild life, with focus on methods of extrapolation of data, e.g. inter-species, inter-site, inter-season. This may include specific studies on the use of indicator species, but also on field studies using literature data to derive toxic thresholds.\n- A10 - Global climate change and the scientific foundations and future of environmental toxicology and chemistry\nWayne Landis1, Judi Durda2\n1Western Washington University, BELLINGHAM WA, United States of America\n2Integral Consulting Inc., ANNAPOLIS, United States of America\nThis session originates from a SETAC Pellston Workshop, developed with international leadership, support and participants, on The Influence of Global Climate Change (GCC) on the Scientific Foundations and Applications of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry held on July 16-21, 2011. At least nine papers are planned based upon the working groups constituted as part of the Pellston. The first presentation will be an overview of the workshop, how it was organized, and the collaboration process. Next 6 papers based on the 6 working groups are planned for presentation. The working groups include: 1) Chemical Fate and Transport, 2) Toxicological Mechanisms, 3) Effects on Populations and Species, Ecosystems and Landscapes, 4) Human Health Risk Assessment, 5) Ecological Risk Assessment, and 6) Damage Assessment, Restoration and Adaptive Management. At least two case studies that carry through the themes of the workshop will be presented to illustrate the inclusions of climate change into environmental toxicology and chemistry. The final presentation will be a set of overarching conclusions derived from the workshop and a call for action for new ways of conducting research, writing regulations and managing the environment with climate change as a forcing function.\n- A11 - Linking functional traits, functional endpoints and ecosystem processes\nMichiel Kraak1, Lorraine Maltby2, Donald Baird3\n1University of Amsterdam, AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands\n2The University of Sheffield, SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom\n3University of New Brunswick/Environment Canada, FREDERICTON, Canada\nAim: Ecosystem processes are under continuous pressure from environmental pollution arising from human activities. This session will explore how stressor regimes affect the functional diversity of food webs and the services provided by ecological communities.\nMotivation: Ecological quality is currently assessed by the level of similarity between the observed species composition at a given location in relation to a defined reference state, to obtain a parameter which summarizes the degree of disturbance. A number of limitations of this approach are evident: 1) Indigenous species are replaced by both native and alien invasive species and this process might accelerate under progressive climate change such that a connection with the original reference state is no longer achievable;  Undisturbed reference states are often difficult to define, as human influences are globally pervasive;  Poor ecological quality begs the question of causality, including indirect effects from toxic substances that act on the life-cycle of individuals and are not often easily observed. These limitations necessitate the development of other, ecologically relevant approaches in relation to ecotoxicity testing, which more appropriately address these effects of toxic substances on ecosystem functioning. This session invites contributions:\n· Expressing the response of organisms to toxic substance exposure in terms of their ecological characteristics (functional traits) in addition to their taxonomic identity.\n· Assessing effects of toxic substances on the functional role of organisms in the delivery of ecosystem goods and services (functional effect traits/response traits).\nAddressing effects of toxic substances on ecosystem functional endpoints in order to develop rapid indicators of ecosystem functional state and ecosystem processes (e.g. production, decomposition, community respiration, element cycling).\n- A12 - Long-term ecotoxicological impact: trans-generational effects and evolutionary responses to pollutants\nMarie-Agnès Coutellec1, Carlos Barata2\n1INRA, RENNES, France\n2IDAEA-CSIC, Department of Environmental Chemistry, BARCELONA, Spain\nThe long-term consequences of pollutants on natural populations are increasingly documented in the field of ecotoxicology [1,2]. This growing corpus of knowledge is expected to make a significant contribution to the understanding of population responses to human-induced disturbance. It also provides strong arguments for the need to incorporate these impacts into future ecological risk assessment procedures [3,4].\nToxicant long-term effects may have both genetic and non-genetic bases. Pollutants may cause direct alterations of DNA, or they may trigger micro-evolutionary processes such as adaptation, or interactions with other selective forces (fitness cost), random genetic drift, inbreeding, and gene flow. Pollutants may also have effects that are passed on to subsequent generations without being genetically inherited in the classical Mendelian way, yet with some influence on offspring phenotype. This can result from the transfer of epigenetic, cytoplasmic or somatic factors, nutrients, or extra-organismal environment from parents to offspring [5,6].\nBoth types of effects are expected to affect ecotoxicity testing. Thus, population adaptation to chemical stress alters the dose-response curve expected from non-adapted populations. Similarly, toxicity tests that ignore the genetic attributes of populations or lines (genetic diversity, inbreeding level...) should not be used to extrapolate from the laboratory to the field. With regard to non-genetic trans-generational effects, exposed individuals may not be the right ones to focus on, as effects may only be detected after one or several generations.\nArguments for the incorporation of population genetics and trans-generational endpoints into ecological risk assessment are thus now clearly identified. However, fundamental work is still needed before concrete recommendations can be made.\nThe present session will welcome contributions on population long-term effects of pollutants, through approaches addressing the question of evolutionary or trans-generational impact, using laboratory experiment as well as natural population comparison, and molecular and / or quantitative markers. As a guiding principle, methods/results will have to be discussed in terms of applicability/relevance for ecological risk assessment.\n Ecotoxicology Special issue 20(3) 2011. Evolutionary process in ecotoxicology\n Coutellec MA, Barata C. 2011. An introduction to evolutionary processes in ecotoxicology. Ecotoxicology 20, 493-495\n Breitholtz M et al. 2006. Ten challenges for improved ecotoxicological testing in environmental risk assessment. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 63, 324-335\n Special Session on evolutionary processes in ecotoxicology, SETAC 20th Europe Annual Meeting, Seville 2010\n Bonduriansky R, Day T. 2009. Nongenetic inheritance and its evolutionary implications. Annu Rev Evol Ecol Syst 40, 103-125\n Vandegehuchte M, Janssen CR. 2011. Epigenetics and its implications for ecotoxicology. Ecotoxicology 20, 607-624\n- A13 - Marine environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology\nKevin Thomas, NIVA, OSLO, Norway\nMarine systems are special in terms of their geochemical characteristics and the biochemical, physiological and ecological traits of the organisms that inhabit such ecosystems. They provide essential ecosystem services and have hence also attracted considerable attention from a societal and regulatory perspective. Recent developments include for example the continuous implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Also international organizations such as OSPAR or ICES are working together with the aim of developing integrative assessment strategies, including chemical, (eco)toxicological and ecological parameters.\nA diverse set of classic and emerging pollutants impacts marine and estuarine ecosystems, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The aim of this session is hence to present current research activities on marine environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology, biomonitoring activities, research on biomarkers as well as novel techniques and assessment strategies for describing and modeling the impact of chemicals on marine ecosystems. We would like to add to an overview on the state of the marine environment with respect to chemical pollution. Case studies on integrated assessments linking the presence of chemicals in marine ecosystems and their ecological effects are therefore particularly welcome.\n- A14 - Mixtures in soil: fate and effect of chemicals in soil amendments and waste materials\nJakub Hofman1, Erik Smolders2\n1Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, BRNO, Czech Republic\n2Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Division of Soil and Water Management, LEUVEN, Belgium\nIn contemporary world, most of the chemicals enter soils not as pure compounds but as complex mixtures because of application of fertilizers, manure, compost, wastes, sewage sludge, dredged sediments etc. A lot of materials are applied to the soils with the aim to improve their quality and in many cases they really are able to do it, because they contain nutrients, organic matter, essential trace elements and suitable particles. Application of such materials can improve fertility of soils and their texture and structure. In particular, agricultural soils with high productivity suffer from organic matter loss due to annual yield removal and application of organic rich matter like sewage sludge, compost or dredged sediments may help to solve this problem. When sustainability is considered, it is always better to find appropriate utilization of a material than to treat it as a waste. This is a case of the dredged sediments which are treated like waste in many countries, although their positive properties could prevail after application on soil. On the other hand, contamination of this kind of materials with organic and inorganic materials has been frequently reported and is probable because they have high sorption capacity (high organic matter content, fine particles, high active surface ...). Therefore, their application to the fields must be strictly regulated and possible risks to soil must be carefully predicted. Contaminants bound to waste, sediments, sludge can be released after their application on the land surface and harm soil biota, soil chemistry and cause risks to terrestrial wildlife and human. They can be also accumulated in the crop growing in that area.\nThis session is focused on all aspects of the application of sewage sludge, manure, waste, dredged sediments, complex fertilizers, composts and similar materials on soils. Case studies are welcome that will present the fate and effects on the contaminants present in these materials. Session is also focused on methodologies for the risk assessment, prediction of the effects, models of the fate of chemicals in these materials and after their application on soil. Monitoring studies are also wlcome which will show changes in soil contamination and long time effects of soil amendments. Special contributions focused on wastes applied on soils are welcome as well.\n- A15 - Natural toxins and bioactive compounds\nClaudia Wiegand1, Thomas Bucheli2, Helena Silva de Assis3\n1University of Southern Denmark, ODENSE, Denmark\n2Agroscope ART, ZÜRICH, Switzerland\n3Federal University of Paraná, CURITIBA, Brazil\nEutrophication of limnic waterbodies causes worldwide a shift of the phytoplankton community towards potentially toxic cyanobacteria.\nCyanobacterial toxins such as hepatotoxic, neurotoxic and cytotoxic amongst others are potent toxins to aquatic and terrestrial vertebrates. This decrease of water quality comes along with loss of aquatic biodiversity, and with that changes ecosystem structure and services. Furthermore human health is impacted by potentially food web accumulation, and decreased availability of suitable water for water suppliers for food and potable water production. Moreover, the pathway of cyanotoxins from cyanobacteria to humans through the food web, its persistence, biomagnification, etc. requires more intensive research than currently reported. In coastal and marine zones, similar mechanisms favor harmful algal blooms, known for synthesis of e.g. paralytic shellfish poisons that accumulate in the food web.\nOn the other hand, an emergent research field looks to describe effects of plant derived bioactive compounds in the environment. As they are produced naturally in a wide range of plants, particular legumes, those bioactive compounds occur as drainage from the cultivating sites (agricultural fields) and further processing industry. They hence have the potential of leaching into the soil and into adjacent streams. So called phytoestrogens as example strongly impacted sex ratio of fish. To properly evaluate the ecotoxicological consequences of (emerging) anthropogenic contaminants, the background stress/toxicity to ecosystems exerted by the presence of natural toxins needs to be better understood as well; in contrast to many anthropogenic chemicals, natural toxins are compounds that by definition (and purposely) have toxicological effects; many natural toxins are produced in large amounts. This session welcomes contributions covering scientific progress in: Mechanisms driving the toxicity of cyanobacterial and harmful algal blooms and other natural occuring toxins, in particular in the context of global warming, eutrophication and human food resources; Advances in analytics of all mentioned toxins and bioactive compounds, including assessment of their accumulation in the food web; Widening the mechanistic understanding how organisms are affected, and the consequences for the organism, respectively adaptation processes. Moreover, applications for reducing entry of nutrients or bioactive and phyto-derived bioactive compounds into surface waters and from there to water supplies are also considered within this session.\n- A16 - Bringing ecological processes into ecotoxicological risk assessment\nAlessio Ippolito1, Frederik De Laender2, Francesco Pomati3\n1University of Milano-Bicocca, MILANO, Italy\n2Ghent University, GHENT, Belgium\n3Eawag, KASTANIENBAUM, Switzerland\nCurrent procedures for ecotoxicological risk assessment still present significant uncertainties, and despite safety factors being applied, protection of ecosystems as a whole (in their structure and functioning) is not certain. Many ecological processes and characteristics (e.g. ecosystem sensitivity and vulnerability) that may enhance, buffer or simply mask real effects of chemical exposure in the environment are not considered in the current ERA.\nResearches in the last years have been developing methods to predict environmental effects at the species level: ecological and biological traits of species have been used to achieve a mechanistic understanding of sensitivity and vulnerability of organisms. Nevertheless further studies are needed to get a suitable predictive power including within-species variability and individual responses.\nKey aspects to get a greater understanding of environmental effects of chemicals include the upscale from the individual to higher hierarchical levels of biological organization (population, community, ecosystem and landscape) and the interaction of scaling effects with ecosystem processes. Despite some insights have been already presented, new tools should be proposed. More ecologically relevant indexes, models, and endpoints are needed, especially focusing on high level of organization.\nTo incorporate this kind of evaluation into risk assessment procedures, it is very important that new tools embrace the complexity of ecological systems and their evolutionary processes, providing at the same time easily understandable and measurable endpoints.\nWe want the proposed session to give an overview of the various (experimental and modelling) approaches to quantify stress responses within an ecosystem, food web or community. We welcome methodological papers as well as case studies where such approaches are used to quantify ecosystem responses to stress.\nTwo key aspects to be explored would be: 1) how to scale lower-level responses to impacts on higher levels of ecological complexity and functioning, including trait-based approaches; and 2) what are the evolutionary implications of observed response patterns. We welcome presentations that aim at testing hypotheses on community and ecosystem responses, resilience and stability from structural and functional points of view.\n- A17 - Pesticide fate and ecotoxicology\nAdrian Terry1, Gary Mitchell2\n1Cambridge Environmental Assessments, CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom\n2FMC, PHILADELPHIA, USA\nEvery year thousands of tons of pesticides are used for modern agricultural practices and also for controlling domestic pests. The fate of these compounds into different environmental compartments is governed by both physico-chemical and biological issues (volatilization, absorption, transport, chemical and biological degradation, etc.). After distribution in the environment, pesticides affect target and non-target organisms, causing undesirable effects from cellular to ecological levels.\nThe main goal of this session is to discuss novel approaches to the study of pesticide fate into the environment and its effect on the biota, particularly in non-target species. Issues related to “new born” pesticides and long term effects are also welcomed.\n- A18 - Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSARs) and similar models for predicting the toxicity of chemicals, mixtures and combined stress factors\nMilon Tichy, National Institute of Public Health, PRAHA 10, Czech Republic\nPrediction of hazard and risk of chemicals to environment using models of quantitative structure - activity relationships, quantitative activity - activity relationships, physiological kinetic models will be presented among other models. Cells, organs, organisms and communities will serve as test objects. Discussion on a role of hydrophobic, reactivity and steric properties in mechanisms of biological effects will contribute to recognition of more complex situation with effects under combined stress factors (mixtures of chemicals, joint effect with infections, diseases, environmental conditions, etc.). In the models both chemical and biological views will be involved. The session intends to stimulate discussion between the different communities working in this area. There will be a discussion on validation and evaluation of the models. Problems of reproducibility of results and predictability of the models will be involved.\n- A19 - Soil biodiversity and ecotoxicology\nJoerg Roembke1, Rick Scroggins2\n1ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH, FLOERSHEIM, Germany\n2Biological Methods, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Canada\nThe huge diversity of soil organism communities (both micro-organisms and invertebrates) is still not legally covered by EU or national governments. According to the Soil Framework Directive (2006; still a draft) this situation is caused by the fact that “not enough is known about soil biodiversity”. However, in the last ten years various initiatives and projects (to name just a few: ENVASSO (FP6) or EcoFINDERS (FP7)) were performed or started in order to improve our knowledge on the diversity and functions (i.e. the ecosystem services) of soil organisms. In particular methodological improvements, such as the identification of organisms (e.g. DNA barcoding) or the standardisation of sampling methods (e.g. ISO 23611-1/6) helped to get a better overview on their numbers and diversity. While the testing of (very few) selected species of soil organisms or single activity parameters are an accepted part of the prospective risk assessment of chemicals (especially pesticides) and, in some countries, of the site-specific retrospective assessment of contaminated soils, the structural and/or functional biodiversity of soil organism communities in toto is not (yet) evaluated.\nOn a global level, the science of soil ecotoxicology is advancing steadily with application of standardized methods, development of new techniques involving single species and community level assays beyond agricultural settings and regulatory implementation of these methodologies in risk assessment and management of chemicals and mixed contamination at impacted sites. Traditional soil toxicity test methods have focused on techniques relevant to agricultural land, and test organisms that are commonly-used worldwide.\nThis session aims for contributions in the following areas:\n1) What is known about the “normal” properties of soil organism communities? How much do they differ in different regions or land use forms and which factors govern their occurrence or distribution? How could reference communities (i.e. communities which can be used as a yardstick for the assessment of impacted sites) look like?\n2) What is known on the status of soil organism communities in Europe? Besides chemical contaminants, other factors such as soil compaction or climate change can stress soil organism communities - but have examples been identified in the field?\n3) Which consequences does a decline of soil biodiversity have on the ecosystem services provided by these microbes and invertebarates?\n4) Are there examples from other parts of the world which could be extrapolated to the European situation and vice versa?\n5) Look at emerging soil methods or endpoints.\n6) Consider both contaminated soil and chemical testing in soil.\n7) Identify research gaps in assessing contaminated soils.\n8) Seek perspective from risk assessors to identify their current needs.\n9) Explore how to shape novelty in design into ecological relevance.\nCase studies as well as methodological improvements could be presented in the proposed session.\n- A20 - Trait-based approaches in prospective and retrospective risk assessment\nMatthias Liess1, Jose Sousa2\n1UFZ, LEIPZIG, Germany\n2Universidade de Coimbra, COIMBRA, Portugal\nIn ecology, linking environmental parameters with species traits is used with increasing success to understand natural ecological complexity and to improve both diagnosis and prognosis of anthropogenic impacts. Also in ecotoxicological risk assessment trait-based approaches are currently proving their potential to improve prospective and retrospective risk assessment. Based on mechanistic understanding trait-based approaches improve our ability to predict (i) sensitivity of organisms and the effect and recovery from toxicant stress on (ii) populations, (iii) communities and (iv) ecosystems. Additionally, traits can be used to evaluate biomonitoring data and mesocosm investigations. This session welcomes contributions dealing with the aspects of trait-based approaches in prospective and retrospective risk assessment.\nStudies dealing with the use of trait-based approaches in both basic ecology and ecotoxicology, as well as with the use of traits for describing effects of stress factors other than chemicals will be welcome.\n- A21 - Tropical ecotoxicology\nMichiel Daam1, Eduardo da Silva2, Andrea Waichman3\n1Technical University of Lisbon, LISBON, Portugal\n2Universidade Federal da Bahia, SALVADOR, BAHIA, Brazil\n3Universidade Federal do Amazonas, MANAUS, Brazil\nResearch into the environmental toxicology and chemistry of pollutants has focussed almost exclusively on temperate countries. Subsequently, environmental risk assessors in tropical countries often have to rely on data generated in the temperate zone, even though the fate of chemicals and their potential environmental side-effects may be very different between climatic distinct regions. Presentations concerning 'tropical ecotoxicology' in previous sessions of SETAC meetings indicated only little differences in sensitivity between temperate and tropical species. However, these tropical studies were only conducted for a limited number of species and compounds, and mostly used single-species tests rather than higher-tier (model ecosystem, field) approaches. Hence, direct effects on (semi-) field level, indirect effects as well as recovery potential of tropical ecosystems remain largely unknown. Furthermore, adjustment of techniques developed in temperate regions , particularly, testing of local more sensitive indigenous species may be necessary to meet requirements for tropical regions. This session invites presentations on ecotoxicological studies in tropical regions, which includes sensitivity of tropical terrestrial and aquatic biota and ecosystems to chemical stress, indirect effects and recovery potential of impaired tropical ecosystems, comparisons and extrapolation of results from ERA studies over climate zones, and development/adaptation of techniques and modelling approaches for tropical ERA. It is intended that implications of presented study outcomes for the ERA in tropical countries and indications of how these could be integrated in policy making and future research will be discussed.\n- A22 - Veterinary medicines in the environment: Basic research for risk analysis\nBerndt-Michael Wilke1, Alistair Boxall2\n1Technische Universitaet Berlin, BERLIN, Germany\n2University of York Environment Department, HESLINGTON, YORK, United Kingdom\nMore than 1 million t of antibiotics were released to environment worldwide during the last 60 years, a major portion of which being formerly used in animal husbandry. These veterinary medicines pose specific risks, since they are particularly designed to kill or inhibit microorganisms, and they may promote resistance gene accumulation. Veterinary medicines enter the environment via manure application. The fate in soils and the specific effects of such compounds on soil organisms thus track increasing attention and will be discussed in this specific session. In addition, the fate,effects and impact of veterinary medicines in aquatic ecosystems and the environment in general will also be discussed. We invite all presentations elucidating the fate of these veterinary medicines in the environment, their transformation, transport, sorption and bound-residue formation, uptake by organisms, etc. Combined with that or alternatively, studies on the effects regarding functional and structural endpoints of organisms and communities and the resistance level are welcome. Veterinary medicines usually enter soils along with manure, a matrix not yet considered in common environmental risk assessments. Hence, studies related to the environmental risks of manure and its interaction with the fate and effects of organic soil pollutants are also highly appreciated. The session therefore invites scientists from different disciplines to present their findings on effects and toxicity of antibiotics or on their environmental dispersion and fate. The presentation of novel analytical approaches to characterize any of these processes is also welcome as well as modelling approaches for fate and risk scenarios.\n- B - Emerging contaminants\n- B01 - Antimicrobial resistance in the environment\nMark Montforts1, Satoru Suzuki2, Patricia Keen3\n1RIVM, BILTHOVEN, The Netherlands\n2Ehime University, MATSUYAMA, Japan\n3University of British Columbia, VANCOUVER, Canada\nWorldwide, antibiotics are widely prescribed to treat bacterial infections in human and animals. The development and dissemination of bacterial resistance to antibiotics used in human medicine is a crucially important public health issue. Antibiotic residues and resistant organisms can enter the environment through a variety of sources: effluents from livestock farms, aquaculture, hospitals, municipal wastewater treatment or pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, for example. Sewage sludge recycled onto agricultural land can contain various antibiotics, and may also be enriched for enteric bacteria resistant to one or more antibiotics. Likewise animal manures from medicated animals used as fertilizer can contain a variety of antibiotic residues and resistant organisms. Selection of antibiotic resistant bacteria following exposure to antibiotic residues, and horizontal transfer of antibiotic-resistance encoding genes from resistant bacteria selected for in the gastrointestinal tract, represent mechanisms by which antibiotic resistance could be enhanced in environmental bacterial populations. These facts raise a number of questions: Is the spread of antibiotic resistance genes via environmental exposure a public health hazard? Is here a potential hazard for the ecosystem? Given that there is a normal baseline abundance of antibiotic resistance elements in the environment, how can we appropriately assess the ecological or human health risk? What are the key data gaps that would assist in such a risk assessment? How could such information be used in decision-making, particularly when taking into account the wide variety of potential antimicrobial uses (e.g., pesticide, biocide, fungicide)? This session attempts to address some of these questions.\nThe central topic of the session will be the role that the environmental distribution of antimicrobial resistance genes and antibiotics plays in affecting the potential risk to ecosystem and human health associated with the development of antimicrobial resistance in microbes. The spread of antimicrobial resistance is linked to antibiotic treatment of livestock, fish and human patients. Humans and wildlife in terrestrial or aquatic environments can be exposed to antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes via soil, water, air. Resistance to antibiotics can under some circumstances be co-selected by exposure to biocides or metals. The development in the environment of resistance to antimycotic and antiviral agents are also within the scope of this session.\n- B02 - Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs): recent developments\nJana Weiss1, Åke Bergman2\n1IVM, AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands\n2MMK, STOCKHOLM, Sweden\nThe debate on the potential impact of endocrine disrupters on human health and the environment has received increasing (regulatory) attention in the recent past. Test guidelines specifically aiming at endocrine disruption have been developed recently or are currently being developed. Further, the OECD is developing a conceptual framework dealing with endocrine disrupters. An increasing number of legislations incorporate endocrine disruption. However, the impact of these chemicals at population levels is not always well understood and while estrogen- and androgen-mediated processes have been relatively well investigated, effects on other pathways or processes are less well studied. Thyroid hormones for instance also play an important role in the maintenance of a normal physiological state and typical thyroid disrupting chemicals are e.g. hydroxylated PCB and PBDEs, TBBPA, DDE, Triclosan, PFC’s.\nThis session not only addresses estrogen- or androgen-mediated processes but also other endocrince pathways. All research concerning the recent developments in the field of endocrine disrupters are encouraged to be submitted:\n· Identification of EDCs\n· Hormone disruption mode-of-action and cross-linking of effects between endocrine systems\n· Innovative in vivo and in vitro bioassays applicable to relevant environmental and human samples\n· Studies linking biomarker effects to organism effects and organism effects to populations\n· Epidemiological studies linking EDCs to health effects of concern\n· Animal studies linking exposure of emerging contaminants to EDC related effects\n· Progress on EDC in (regulatory) risk assessment\nThe session will select abstracts that contribute to shed light on the current state of the science, including risk assessment aspects of endocrine disruption.\n- B03 - Environmental characterisation, fate/detection, exposure, effect and risk of nanomaterials\nJaneck Scott-Fordsmand1, Geert Cornelis2, Teresa Fernandes3\n1Aarhus University, SILKEBORG, Denmark\n2University of Gothenburg, GOTHENBURG, Sweden\n3Heriot-Watt University, EDINBURGH, United Kingdom\nNanotechnology is fast expanding with the resulting consequence of its products ending up in the environment. Increased awareness of this industry has resulted in new data emerging on the fate, behaviour, exposure and effects of manufactured nanomaterials in the environment.\nThis session deals with environmental nanomaterial detection/characterisation, fate, exposure, effects, and risk assessment/management. Submissions covering these issues should be submitted to this session and they will subsequently be divided into sub-sessions dealing with the related issues.\nKey focus of this session is interdisciplinary studies that contribute (or attempt) to show the link between nanoparticle distribution and fate in the environment and exposure of and effects in organisms.\nWe especially encourage:\n· Studies that enhance our understanding or even allow prediction of environmental processes governing the detection, fate, exposure and bio-availability of nanomaterials, including detection methodologies that allow for the validation of fate-models. It is also encouraged that a wide range of biological variables are exploited for the detection.\n· Studies that characterise pertinent effects of nanomaterials on all biological levels including mode-of-action studies, where the characterisation covers both nanoparticles in the pristine state as well as nanoparticles during the environmentally relevant exposure. Studies on a broad array of organisms are encouraged.\n· Studies on nanomaterial risk assessment, management and monitoring, also including life-cycle analysis. Especially studies which may improve the risk management by minimizing the over- or under-estimations of the nanomaterial-related risks.\nThe overall aim of the session is to present the latest leading research. Each session will start with a brief overview of the current status in the area.\n- B04 - Greener nanotechnology, an integrative approach to an emerging technology\nJames Hutchison, University of Oregon, EUGENE, United States of America\nNanotechnology promises to revolutionize many areas within science and technology ranging from electronics to medicine. Unprecedented size-dependent material properties are being discovered in nanoscale materials. These properties can be harnessed to produce entirely new materials. Given the predicted widespread use of nanomaterials and the potential for new, size-dependent hazards, concerns have arisen about the biological and environmental impact of the materials and the processes used to manufacture them. The putative risks associated with manufacture and use of these new nanomaterials has been the subject of much debate. Spurred, in part, by calls for moratoria on nanomaterials and studies suggesting possible hazards, scientific and regulatory groups have come together in order to move the technology forward while concurrently considering the biological/ecological impacts. Despite the thousands of articles published on the biological impacts of nanomaterials, there is still little consensus. Though these early studies employed rigorous testing regimes, they assumed that nanomaterials would behave like their bulk counterparts, thus not considering the unique properties of nanomaterials such as size, shape, charge, surface area or purity. This led to batch-to-batch variations in toxicological responses of ‘off-the-shelf’ nanomaterials. Recent studies show that impurities and nanomaterial composition (e.g. surface chemistry, ligands, charge, etc.) dramatically affect the results. This partly explains why toxicological responses reported in the literature vary so widely. Adopting an integrative approach to nanoscience that incorporates the principles of green chemistry and concurrently considers the safety of nanomaterials will be crucial to moving the field forward. Green nanoscience applies the principles of green chemistry to nanoscience in order to rationally design safe, yet high-performance, nanoscale materials, develop efficient and inexpensive manufacturing approaches to these materials, and incorporate nanoscale materials into high-performance microscale or larger devices. This approach will simultaneously provide opportunities to meet these challenges and to develop sustainable technologies and materials. Although many have embraced the principles of green chemistry and recognize the need for sound science to inform policy, reducing these principles to practice remains a barrier for most commercial endeavors. This session will explore strategies to develop safer nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing methods, offer guidance to policy makers and provide tools for industry in adoption of cleaner production methods.\n- B05 - Non-target analysis and identification of toxicologically significant emerging contaminants\nMarja Lamoree1, Rob Burgess2, Juliane Hollender3\n1Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University, AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands\n2US EPA, Atlantic Ecology Division, NARRAGANSETT, USA\n3Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, DÜBENDORF, Switzerland\nThe presence of new emerging contaminants in the environment, their potential toxicological effects, and the associated risk assessments are everlasting topics in the environmental sciences. This session will bring together different lines of research related to establishing an early-warning system to detect emerging contaminants in different environmental compartments and prioritize the risk associated with these contaminants. Critical to this effort is the need to integrate both analytical chemical and toxicological approaches especially with regard to identification. Successful implementation of this early-warning system requires the advancement of identification strategies for emerging contaminants employing state-of-the-art sample preparation, extraction and fractionation techniques, and analytical instrumentation combined with innovative bioassays for toxicological characterization.\nSpecifically, the following topics should be covered:\n· Analytical identification approaches for non-target screening\n· Implementation of software tools for identification of unknown compounds\n· Compilation of user libraries to improve identification\n· Methods for prioritization/ranking of relevant emerging contaminants and their toxicity\n· Miniaturization of the bioassay format (e.g. chip-based) to enhance sample throughput\n· Progress in exposure systems which consider bioaccessibility and bioavailablity to connect exposure and effect.\n- B06 - Perfluorinated compounds: From emission sources to the place of impact\nAnnekatrin Dreyer1, Shoji F. Nakayama2\n1Eurofins GfA, HAMBURG, Germany\n2U.S. EPA, CINCINNATI, United States of America\nIn recent years, perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), particularly perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) have been described as compounds of increasing environmental concern because of their toxicity, persistence, bioaccumulation tendency, and susceptibility to undergo long-range transport. The current knowledge reveals that PFC cycling in the environment, particularly the transfer between the different compartments is highly complex and often different to that of classical POPs. This session aims to cover the latest developments and results in the following fields of PFC-research:\n· PFC emissions and emission pathways to the environment\n· PFC transport and cycling in the environment (air-sea transfer, water-sediment transfer, water suspended matter transfer, soil-plant transfer, air-soil transfer)\n· Exposure to PFCs (e.g. from food, water, air, dust, occupation)\n· New findings about PFC toxicity\nRecent method developments.\n- B07 - Microplastics: An emerging risk to the marine environment\nCourtney Arthur1, Joel Baker2\n1National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, SILVER SPRING, MD, United States of America\n2University of Washington Tacoma, TACOMA, WA, United States of America\nAnthropogenic items enter the marine environment from a variety of sources, often due to poor waste management systems. This “marine litter” or “marine debris” is composed of solid, persistent human-made materials from land as well as ocean-based items such as abandoned and derelict fishing gear. A significant portion of marine debris is composed of plastic materials that include both thermoplastics and thermosetting polymers. Plastic debris has attracted much attention in the past five years due to its high visibility when floating in surface waters, its ubiquity in the marine environment, and its persistence and capacity for global transport. In addition, sorptive properties of plastic polymers enable them to concentrate and transport hydrophobic organic contaminants in the marine environment. As plastics fracture into smaller and smaller pieces, termed “microplastics” when 5mm or less in length, they retain the capability for sorption, long-range transport, and ingestion by an increasing number of aquatic organisms. As a result, it has been suggested that plastic debris (and microplastics in particular) may be considered an emerging contaminant in aquatic systems. This session will provide a forum to discuss the quantity of plastic and micro-plastic debris in the global oceans, the capacity for plastic debris to transport contaminants globally, and the expected risk these particles pose to various marine environments. Papers that quantify plastics and microplastics on a regional level, in addition to the contaminants associated with the plastics, and discuss these levels in the context of known routes of exposure to marine organisms are particularly encouraged.\n- B08 - Towards a sound and common definition of 'endocrine disruptor'\nElena Redolfi1, Agneta Sunden2\n1International Centre for Pesticides and Health Risk Prevention - ICPS, MILANO, Italy\n2UNEP Chemicals, Geneva, Switzerland\nThe term “endocrine disruptor” has become more and more widely used over the past 10 years. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established an “Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program” while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Food Safety Administration (EFSA) have conducted evaluations of the endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC) bisphenol-A (BPA). The European Commission has passed new legislation that regulates the approval of active substances and establishes the rules governing authorizations for plant protection products. An active substance, safener or synergist shall only be approved, if satisfies specific criteria, among others if it has no capacity to cause any adverse effects on the endocrine system. By 14 December 2013, according the Regulation provisions, the European Commission must submit a draft of the measures relating to specific scientific criteria for the determination of endocrine disrupting properties. Pending the adoption of these criteria, provisional criteria specified in the Regulation, have to be applied. Sound criteria, science based, will have to be developed in the meantime to allow proper classification to be attributed to substances. The goal of this session is to discuss the scientific evidence and information related to EDCs in order to contribute to the development of the scientific criteria for determination of these chemicals.\n- B09 - What is the current state of the science on the fate, exposure and effects of pharmaceuticals in the environment?\nJoakim Larsson1, Tom Hutchinson2, Heike Schmitt3\n1University of Gothenburg, GOTEBORG, Sweden\n2Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, DORSET, United Kingdom\n3Utrecht University, UTRECHT, The Netherlands\nOver the past 10-15 years there has been increasing interest in the impacts of pharmaceuticals in the environment. This session will provide a platform to review current work on key issues regarding the fate, exposure and ecological and human health effects of pharmaceuticals in the natural environment. The session will follow-on from a Pharmaceutical Advisory Group event entitled ‘Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Environment; What are the Key Issues?’ which will run immediately before the conference. Presentations are invited covering the following broad themes: 1) prioritisation of substances for assessment; 2) Exposure; 3) Bioavailability and uptake; 4) Effects assessment; 5) Risk assessment; 6) Risk management.\n- C - Environmental and analytical chemistry\n- C01 - Advances in passive sampling and dosing techniques\nGeorg Streck, IUCOT - Institute f. Environmental Research, Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, LEIPZIG, Germany\nPassive sampling and dosing techniques have experienced a dynamic development in recent years. These techniques are increasingly used (1) for monitoring purposes and exposure determination in air, water, sediment, soil, biota, and humans, (2) for estimating bioaccumulation in and toxicity to organisms, (3) for determining and predicting sorption or diffusion and partitioning processes between compartments, (4) and to control exposure in bioassays.\nThis session is seeking contributions addressing new designs and techniques for passive sampling and dosing systems for hydrophilic and lipophilic organic compounds as well as for metals. New and innovative applications as well as contributions elucidating theoretical aspects are highly welcome. Contributions addressing monitoring aspects in air, water, biota, sediment or soil with passive samplers demonstrating their possibilities and weaknesses are encouraged as well as studies dealing with the applicability and limits of passive dosing.\nThe application of passive sampling techniques has been recommended by several expert groups accompanying the implementation of new legislations, including the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the Soil Framework Directive, REACH, or the Guidance Document for the Global Monitoring Plan of the Stockholm Convention on POPs in air. Presentations demonstrating the usefulness and power of passive sampling and dosing techniques for fulfilling the requirements of these and similar legislative frameworks are therefore especially welcome.\n- C02 - Contaminant pathways, trends and biological effects in a warmer Arctic\nCrispin Halsall1, Geir Wing Gabrielsen2, Roland Kallenborn3\n1Lancaster University, LANCASTER, United Kingdom\n2 Norwegian Polar Institute, TROMSO, Norway\n3 Norwegian University of Life Sciences, AAS, Norway\nThe Arctic environment is currently undergoing unprecedented changes. Physical changes to the cryosphere including diminished summer sea-ice cover, ablating glaciers and changes to permafrost regions are having marked effects on the character of the Arctic. These changes are also affecting contaminant entry, transfer, and transformations, as well as bioaccumulation pathways. With the presence of 4th level carnivores (eg. polar bears, arctic fox, and glaucous gulls), Arctic food webs have always been vulnerable to bioaccumulative chemicals and their biological effects and this may be exacerbated by warming trends. A wide range of subject areas will be addressed, in both platform talks and posters, hence broadening the appeal of this session to many scientists with areas such as emerging contaminants, predictive fate and exposure modelling, pollutant process studies and contaminant trends and biological effects. This session is timely for the SETAC World Congress given the recent scientific efforts as part of the International Polar Year (IPY) (with recent and pending IPY conferences over the 2011/12 period) as well as the growing public awareness to the geopolitical tensions within the Arctic as climate change brings new opportunities and threats. This session strongly compliments a special Session with invited speakers on “Polar regions as messengers of global processes”.\n- C03 - In situ remediation of metal(loid) contaminated soils: Exploration of emerging technologies and long-term effects of previously remediated sites\nBradley W. Miller, United States Environmental Protection Agency, CINCINNATI, United States of America\nThis session will bring together scientists using emerging technologies (green chemistry, nanoparticles, beneficial re-use of byproducts) with researchers using existing technologies for in situ remediation of contaminated soils. Depending upon the severity of contamination and toxicological risk, remediation strategies may include removal of top soils, capping sites with clean fill, phytoremediation, or in situ remediation through chemical transformation. In situ remediation treatments that sequester or transform metal(loid)s to reduce or prevent toxicity and bioavailability provides risk assessors and stakeholders confidence that the danger to human health has been significantly reduced or eliminated. Concurrently, in situ remediation may achieve substantial cost savings in comparison to the standard practice of soil excavation and off site landfill deposition. The goal of this session is to advance the science of in situ remediation of metal(loid) contaminated sites through presentations of emerging technologies and by reviewing lessons learned from previously remediated soils.\n- C04 - Metal speciation to unravel the fate of metals and metalloids in the environment using hyphenated techniques with ICP/MS detection\nOlivier Donard1, Clay Davis2\n1CNRS UMR 5252 IPREM, PAU, France\n2National Institute of Standards and Technology, CHARLESTON, United States of America\nIt is now well understood that it is the chemical formulation of a metal or metalloids that conditions its reactivity, life time, toxicity and fate in the environment. Despite of the advances in knowledge, many “metal speciation”concepts are still operationally defined, masking the real chemical identity of the species of interest and hence its environmental significance. As a result the development of ongoing improvement with hyphenated techniques, coupling of both liquid or gas chromatography with ICP/MS as detector is now mature and allows to have excellent results for metal species determination in all compartments of the environment (air, water, sediment, soils and biological tissues). Sample preparation techniques have also tremendously progressed however the last decade bringing more focused information to unravel biogeochemical pathways or ecotoxicity aspects.\nThe use of ICP/MS as detector also allow to promote speciated isotopic dilution approaches, allowing to introduce quality control right from the sampling steps to the detection. It also offers overall improved sensitivity and precision in the environmental data sets offering better comparisons between data sets or trends for example. There are also very important novel aspects with these techniques in terms of environmental assessment. The overall sensitivity of the hyphenated system permits the spiking of environmental mesocosms at very low levels resulting in minimal ecological system contamination and displacement. Further, this also allows introducing differential isotopically enriched chemical species and follows the differential kinetics of transformation: kinetics a parameter most often forgotten. New trends are also now promoting the hyphenation to High Resolution ICP/MS for improved selectivity and accuracy and even to Multicollector ICP/MS bringing then new concepts for addressing high precision at the molecular level, challenges that will be needed to promote improved understating of reactivity, fate and discrimination of origin of metal in the environment. All these development plead for new reference material to improve sample preparation methods and in establishing method accuracy and traceability of the results and increase the overall confidence in the pathways and mechanisms under investigation.\nFinally these developments will be most need for follow and accompany the development of environmental regulation in Europe (European Water Frame Work Directive, the REACH legislation).\n- C05 - Novel approaches to addressing metal and metal nanomaterial bioavailability in soils\nDavid Ownby1, Willie Peijnenburg2\n1Towson University, TOWSON, United States of America\n2Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, LEIDEN, The Netherlands\nThe use of total metal concentration in soils for risk assessment does not adequately address the true bioavailability of metals to terrestrial plants and animals. Estimating bioavailability in soils has proved challenging given the diverse physical and chemical conditions found among different soils. As a result, examining metal uptake and storage by terrestrial plants and animals in contaminated soils may provide a more accurate assessment of the truly bioavailable metal fraction in these systems. In this session we will present and recruit speakers that are working on non-traditional methods to address availability of metals and metallic nanomaterials in soil systems. Approaches in this session could include stable isotopes, radioactive isotopes, and unique chemical or biological extraction methods. Also speakers addressing the weathering and long term fate of metals and metal nanomaterials in soils will be encouraged.\n- C06 - Occurrence, fate and impact of atmospheric pollutants on environmental and human health\nLaura McConnell1, Jordi Dachs2\n1U.S. Department of Agriculture, BELTSVILLE, USA\n2IDAEA-CSIC, BARCELONA, Spain\nThroughout the world, urban and agricultural communities have become more spatially intertwined resulting in blurred land use boundaries. Emissions from urban, agricultural and background areas such as NOx, particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5), ozone, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and semi-volatile organic pollutants, can contribute to photochemical pollution, decreasing overall air quality and can negatively affect human health. In addition, the atmospheric deposition of these pollutants to proximate and remote ecosystems can lead to adverse effects. Thousands of persistent and non-persistent organic pollutants are emitted to the atmosphere from primary and secondary sources. After being emitted to the atmosphere, legacy and emerging organic pollutants are subject to a variety of processes such as diffusive air-water, air-soil and air-vegetation exchanges, gas-particle partitioning, dry/wet deposition, photochemical degradation, transport, etc. All of these processes may influence their atmospheric occurrence, transport, deposition and impact on ecosystems. In addition, there is a need to study together the interactions between ozone, PM emissions, etc, and those of semivolatile organic pollutants. The combined effect of urban and agricultural emissions is an emerging issue. For example, high summertime ozone concentrations and excessive particulate matter build-up have been observed in agricultural areas that are near urban centers. Quantifying these interactions and effects requires numerous simultaneous types of measurements and cooperation between existing monitoring networks with smaller scale research efforts. This session will bring together all those groups performing research into agricultural and/or urban pollutant emissions, on processes affecting the occurrence of (organic) pollutants in the atmosphere, and their deposition and impact. Studies quantifying the physical and biogeochemical controls on these processes at different temporal and spatial scales will receive special attention.\n- C07 - Sorption and bioavailability in sustainable remediation of organic chemicals\nJose-Julio Ortega-Calvo1, John Parsons2\n1Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia de Sevilla, CSIC, SEVILLE, Spain\n2University of Amsterdam, AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands\nThe aim of this session is to discuss the key mechanisms governing bioavailability, suitable measurement tools to assess bioavailability, and how bioavailability can be modified in remediation scenarios either by physico-chemical or biological agents. Bioavailability-modulating strategies have become an important innovative step towards sustainable remediation of organic pollutants. Instead of attempting complete pollutant removal, valid remediation goals can be achieved by efficient risk reduction approaches such as sorbent amendments to decrease bioavailability of the pollutants. Furthermore, where pollutant removal is required, the bioavailability of the pollutants may be increased to optimise removal by modern bio- and phytoremediation techniques. Contributions are welcome, for example, on recent work on the sorption and bioavailability of ionic, polar and nonpolar organic chemicals, and on laboratory and field studies addressing soil and sediment remediation through application of strong sorbents such as activated carbon. Contributions on the effect of dissolved organic carbon on toxicity and biodegradation of organic pollutants are also welcome. Presentations describing new findings on the biological promotion of bioavailability are also particularly encouraged.\n- D - Exposure modelling (environment & human)\n- D01 - Collection and use of monitoring data for environmental risk assessment of chemicals\nKoen Oorts1, Ilse Schoeters2\n1ARCHE, GENT, Belgium\n2Rio Tinto, LONDON, United Kingdom\nLegislations as the European REACH Regulation, Water Framework Directive (WFD) and Plant Protection Products Directive all have triggered the development of continental and regional scale monitoring datasets on chemicals and physico-chemical properties of different environmental media. This is especially the case for metals and properties such as pH, DOC, hardness, AVS, CEC, organic matter, clay, etc., influencing the bioavailability and toxicity of metals in water, sediment, particulate matter and soils.\nAn important advantage of the use of monitoring data is the elimination of uncertainty associated with modelled concentrations, which are often based on estimated emissions and the predicted fate and behaviour of chemicals in the environment. Therefore, monitoring data are generally preferred over model calculations when sufficient representative and reliable data are available.\nExtensive datasets have been built through the collection of existing local and national datasets and by the organisation of large scale monitoring projects. These datasets are being used under various European legislations to assess risks to the environment, due to emissions from operations and from the use of products. However, the development of large scale monitoring datasets has learned that the comparison and use of various datasets can be questionable. Factors as sampling methods, analytical methods, quality control programs, sample locations (affecting the level of anthropogenic inputs), sampling density, and temporal trends all influence the quality and relevancy of datasets. All these factors can hamper the development and use of harmonised datasets and, if not considered properly, may significantly affect the outcome of risk assessments and compliance assessments.\nA proper implementation of environmental bioavailability models (e.g. BLM for metals) at large scales requires data on both the chemical concentrations and bioavailability parameters. Current knowledge has shown that the availability of data for both can differ significantly across substances, environmental compartments and among different countries or regions.\nSo far, the aim of this session is to present results and lessons learned from:\n· the collection of existing regional or national monitoring datasets for the development of large scale datasets (i.e. national, regional, international levels).\n· the organisation of large scale monitoring programs for the collection of new harmonised data, for use in risk assessment and compliance checking of chemicals in the environment.\nThis session has a special focus on metals, but also abstracts on other chemicals are highly welcome. With the recent implementation of bioavailability models under the WFD, and future registrations under various legislations, these lessons learned can contribute to the further improvement of future monitoring datasets.\n- D02 - Fate and exposure modelling\nMichael Matthies1, Thomas McKone2, Bernhard Gottesbueren3\n1University of Osnabrueck, OSNABRUECK, Germany\n2University of California, BERKELEY CA, United States of America\n3BASF SE, LIMBURGERHOF, Germany\nA robust scientific description of the interacting network of environmental fate and transport processes is fundamental to calculate concentrations of chemicals in the various compartments, their spatial range and travel distance as well as their persistence and accumulation in vulnerable components of the Earth’s surface and biosphere. Fate and transport modeling is an essential part of environment exposure assessments used to evaluate chemical risks to human and ecosystem health. Close interactions between exposure modelling and ecotoxicology risk assessment is key for successfull development of guidance documents in the regulatory frameworks.\nThe session focuses on modelling of a wide variety of contaminants in various environmental compartments. Main issues addressed are\n· geo-referenced modelling for aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems\n· upscaling from local to regional, continental and global scale\n· uncertainty and sensitivity analysis\n· new approaches for bioaccumulation, bioavailability and biotransformation modelling\n· persistence and long-range transport modelling\n· source-receptor relationships\n· exposure models for nanomaterials\n· uptake into microorganisms\n· coupling of exposure modelling with mechanistic ecological effects modelling\n· fate and exposure modelling in developing countries\n· accounting for climate change in fate and exposure modelling\n· fate and exposure modelling links between urban and indoor environments\n· recent developments of regulatory frameworks (e.g. zonal approaches in the EU) exposure models, scenarios (e.g. FOCUS groundwater 2009) and guidance documents by EFSA workgroups.\nThis session proposal is on behalf of the SETAC Exposure Modelling Advisory Group (EMAG).\n- D03 - Global scale modeling of environmental cause-effect chains for risk assessment and life cycle assessment: Quo vadis?\nRosalie Van Zelm1, Manuele Margni2, Kenneth Dixon3\n1Radboud University, NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands\n2CIRAIG- École Polytechnique de Montréal, MONTRÉAL, Canada\n3TIEHH, Texas Tech University, LUBBOCK, United States of America\nGlobal scale modeling is gaining an increased interest so as to address environmental issues in every area of the world. Environmental modeling usually is divided into exposure (or transport) modeling and effect modeling. Exposure modeling involves the prediction of environmental concentrations of toxicants to which biota are exposed. This often includes predicting the movement or transport of toxicants within and between different media. Usually, transport models track toxicant concentrations from a point source or non-point source to the medium in which the biota are exposed. Effect modeling usually starts with the environmental exposure concentrations and predicts the effect of the exposure to those concentrations. Fate, exposure as well as effects can be modeled geographically-explicit on a worldwide scale. With this, links can be established between chemical emissions in industrialized regions and their presence in remote areas. But toxicity is not the only research field interested in global scale modeling. Also in, for example, soil biogeochemistry, biodiversity, ecosystem services, climate change, and ozone depletion modeling, questions need to be solved on a global scale to serve, among others, risk assessment and life cycle assessment. Which country has the largest potential to suffer from drought? In which ecoregion takes most acidification place due to worldwide nitrogen emissions? Fate, exposure and effects do not always need to be modeled separately as they depend highly on each other.\nExamples of linked models include\n1) atmospheric transport models uptake integrated with the effect of gaseous and particulate toxicants over space and time,\n2) plume models of the discharge of toxicants into a lake or stream and the exposure and effect on aquatic organisms, and\n3) modeling the transport of toxicants in lake or river sediments and the effect on biota in the sediment and the water column above.\nThe integration of exposure and effect models will add to model complexity and may require the use of parallel computing on high-performance computing clusters.\nIn this session we want to bring together modeling activities in the various research areas to show their work and specific outcomes, and to address issues such as data availability, spatial and modeling detail, aggregation level, model complexity, and integration of models. We therefore encourage researchers in any field that work on environmental modeling on a global scale or with a regional focus but a link to global scale modeling to submit their abstracts.\n- E - Life cycle assessment (LCA) and Life cycle management (LCM)\n- E01 - Broadening the life cycle toolbox: accident and risk related life cycle assessment\nMarc-Andree Wolf, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, ISPRA, VA, Italy\nTraditionally, Life Cycle Assessment has focused on the regular operation of technologies and services. Harm to humans due to accidents and emissions to nature due to fires and other accidents have been mostly a blind spot. Risk Assessment of technical systems, in contrast, has traditionally been performed with Fault tree analysis and Cause-effect chain modeling, centered around causes and accidents, without taking a life cycle persective. A comprehensive, quantitative assessment of the overall impacts on human health (e.g. lethal and non-lethal accidents, health impacts due to chemical exposure) and the natural environment other than locally (e.g. via emissions from fires) has rarely been done. Approaches are being developed to bridge the divide between Risk Assessment and Life Cycle Assessment of technological systems: Accidents are addressed as one component of Life Cycle Working Environment Assessment, as Life Cycle Accident Assessment, and in wider systems analysis. Such approaches provide valuable information for risk management in companies and governments alike, helping to focus efforts and resources, as well as to bring impacts due to regular operation and due to accidents into perspective. These approaches complement insights on the impacts during regular production, operation and end-of-life of products and other systems covered by LCA, as well as non-risk related social aspects covered under Life Cycle Working Environment and social LCA and finally indoor emission impacts. In contrast to classical Risk Assessment, these approaches quantitatively integrate all environmental and health impacts, bring in the life cycle perspective, and finally relate the impacts to the performance of the assessed system (e.g. a technology or a product) via working with its functional unit. Thereby they allow for direct comparisons of systems.\nThis session will give a platform to researchers that work on an integrated, quantitative assessment of impacts of products and technical systems related to risks, providing crucial methods for better Risk Assessment and Management and for a more complete Life Cycle (Assessment) toolbox.\n- E02 - Certified Sustainability in LCA?\nChristian Bauer, SIG International Services GmbH, LINNICH, Germany\nThe recognition of the principles of sustainable development within the production of raw materials has become state of the art in a variety of sectors. Increasingly certification schemes guarantee a high level of compliance along all three pillars of sustainable development.\nExamples are advanced multi criteria approaches like stewardship schemes in forestry and mining and rather focused approaches like certified GHG mitigation programmes for off-setting or green energy certificates. Rather simplistic examples are e.g. approaches which invite to assess the criticality of a resource use or impact prior to establish the life cycle inventory as given practice in water footprinting suggests.\nFor LCA this is challenging as physical flows are usually assessed without a further qualification in advance. Having no qualification in place may end up in an unfavourable indicator profile for a preferable alternative from a 'sustainability' point of view. Introducing qualification may cause double counting or burden shifting depending on the accounting of qualified flows.\nThis session intends to discuss this obvious contradiction and in particular contributions are invited which deal with certification and LCA in a harmonized and consistent manner.\n- E03 - Development in life cycle inventory analysis and modelling\nTomas Ekvall1, Alessandra Zamagni2\n1IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, GOTHENBURG, Sweden\n2ENEA, BOLOGNA, Italy\nThe focus of LCA was initially on physical flows and interactions. However, the life cycle of a product is a large, sociotechnical system, which is governed also by, for example, economics. Consequently, LCA has over the years been enriched through the use of economic concepts, methods, and models. The boundaries of life cycle inventory analyses (LCIs) have been expanded through the use of input-output tables. With the consequential LCA some market mechanisms started to be introduced, besides those technological and environmental already taken into account in inventory and impact assessment, respectively. Input data to consequential LCIs have been generated in economically optimising models and in equilibrium models. An example is the consideration of Direct and Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) in the sustainability assessment of bioenergy systems. However, since mechanisms are connecting links between activities, they can show up everywhere, involving a variety of domains and giving rise to different consequences. Market mechanisms are part of broader economic mechanisms, which recall concepts like employment and growth. These in turn function within a cultural, social, political and regulatory context. How can these mechanisms be incorporated or dealt with in LCA? How to evaluate rebound effects? Which developments are needed to address such complexities? How can scenario modelling further structure the analysis?\nThis session invites presentations and discussions on new aspects of these tools and on novel approaches to integrate economics for inventory modelling in LCA. We are particularly interested in contributions that show which approaches are available, which are lacking and thus what is needed to better address mechanisms in the analysis.\n- E04 - Developments in life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA)\nNathan Pelletier1, Daniel Garraín2, Matthias Finkbeiner3\n1JRC-IES, ISPRA, Italy\n2CIEMAT, MADRID, Spain\n3Technische Universität Berlin, BERLIN, Germany\nLife cycle sustainability assessment builds upon traditional, environmental LCA by bringing the life cycle approach to bear in considering performance across a broader suite of relevant sustainability domains, including social, economic, and institutional aspects. As such, it is contributed to by researchers representing multiple disciplinary perspectives. Sustainability is a multi-dimensional concept, which involves different areas (economic, environmental and social), normative positions and empirical knowledge. Thus, in order to move from LCA to a life cycle based analysis for sustainability, first of all we need to broaden the scope of LCA, by including economic and social dimensions. This is the present state of the art in LCA, described by the equation LCSA (Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment) = LCA + LCC + S-LCA, based on three separate life cycle assessments, carried out under specific consistency requirements. Other methodologies and appropriate tools are also useful for estimating socio-economic impacts in order to consider the three pillars of the sustainability, including variations on the method such as externalities, input-output (IO) models, hybrid models (LCA-IO), cost-benefit analyses (CBA), among others.\nThis session aims at reporting methodological developments in sustainability assessment of products and systems using life cycle approaches. Explorations of normative foundations for life cycle sustainability assessment, defining sustainability domains and impact category sets, and integrating sustainability impact assessment results are welcome. It also includes current and alternative frameworks for choosing functional units, developing impact assessment methods, considering endpoints, identifying system boundaries, and for accommodating temporal and spatial issues in both LCI and LCIA as relevant to sustainability assessment.\nAn area where sustainability requirements are currently high on the agenda is for renewable energy systems. For example, the European Renewable Energy Directive (RED) 2009/28/EC requires EU Member States to ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in transport in 2020 is at least 10% of the final consumption of energy in road transport. Renewable fuels counting towards the target must meet minimum standards for life-cycle GHG emissions (35% from 2013 and 50% from 2017 for existing production plants, and 60% for new production), and sustainability standards (including the requirement that biofuels are not made from raw materials obtained from land with a high biodiversity, wetlands and continuously forested areas, or areas that were once woodlands).\nHowever broadening indicators is not enough, since it is also necessary to further sophisticate and deepen the modelling, in order to take more mechanisms and relations into account.\nWe are particularly interested in contributions that show opportunities and challenges in combining or integrating models with appropriate consistency, including but not limited to mechanisms within an economic and social context. Hence, examples from life cycle approaches including, but not limited to, Life Cycle Costing (LCC), Value-Chain Analysis (VCA), social LCA, as well as Multi-Criteria Decision analysis (MCDA) and Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) in the context of life cycle sustainability assessment are invited.\nSubmissions are welcome for application and case studies of the aforementioned methods in all sectors.\n- E05 - Established and emerging footprints - striving towards a valid and comprehensive support for decision-making processes\nAnnette Koehler1, Alexis Laurent2\n1PE INTERNATIONAL AG, ZURICH, Switzerland\n2Technical University of Denmark, LYNGBY, Denmark\nLife cycle assessment (LCA) aims to support decision-making processes with the most accurate and reliable overview of the environmental performances of the products/services/systems under study. Within LCA, The Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) framework developed as comprehensive environmental assessment method facilitating the evaluation of a multitude of environmental damages both as single issues and integrated into more complex multi-impact metrics. However, how valid and comprehensive is our LCIA practice today? And what can be done to move towards a better support for industries/authorities/government?\nDespite the powerful framework, various environmental footprint concepts have entered the sustainability metric arena and are under international debate. Some single-dimension indicators such as carbon footprint and cumulative energy demand evolved as standardized metrics which can be fully integrated into a conventional LCA study. Other indicators such as water footprint, chemical footprint, and biodiversity footprint are under (early) development, with the water footprint being the most advanced emerging indicator.The session focus will be on the discussion of the benefits and drawbacks of LCIA methods and the methodological gaps, barriers or other challenges such as double counting, (in)consistency in scope definition, and specific requirements from particular application fields.\nExamples of issues could be:\n· Lack of consensus in the methodologies for assessing certain categories of impacts (e.g. toxic impacts, water use, ...)\n· Midpoint versus damage-based assessments\n· Use of optional steps in LCA (e.g. normalization/weighting)\n· Incompleteness in the impact coverage (e.g. water use, land use, resource depletion, exposure to emerging chemicals (e.g. nanoparticles), indoor exposure in toxic impacts...)\nThe choices made by the LCA practitioner for performing the impact assessment as well as his/her eventual interpretation of the results are often constrained by these issues, which also constitute impediments for a broader use and acceptance of LCA. The scope of the session thus encompasses research outcomes describing quantitatively the inconsistencies introduced in the decision-making processes with current practice and proposing solutions to improve the validity of the results to be interpreted and communicated by the LCA practitioner. This session also invites presentations on new methodologies and concepts for environmental footprint indicators for application as stand-alone method and incorporated into complete LCAs.\n- E06 - Increasing scientific and policy understanding through meta-analysis of life cycle assessments\nGarvin Heath1, Miguel Brandao2\n1National Renewable Energy Laboratory, GOLDEN, United States of America\n2Joint Research Centre, ISPRA, Italy\nThe body of life cycle assessment (LCA) literature is vast and has grown over the last decade at a dauntingly rapid rate. Many LCAs have been published on the same or very similar technologies or products, in some cases leading to hundreds of publications. One result is the impression among decision-makers that LCAs are inconclusive owing to perceived and real variability in published estimates of life cycle impacts. Despite the extensive available literature and policy need for more conclusive assessments, only modest attempts have been made to synthesize previous research. A significant challenge to doing so are differences in the technologies considered throughout the life cycle and inconsistencies in methodological choices (e.g. system boundaries, co-product allocation and impact assessment methods) among the studies that hamper easy comparisons and related decision support.\nAn emerging trend in LCA is for meta-analysis, which have the potential to clarify the impacts of a particular technology, process, product, or material, and produce more robust and policy-relevant results. Meta-analysis is defined here as analysis of a set of published LCA results, either in a statistical sense (e.g., following the practice in the biomedical sciences), or by quantitative adjustment of the underlying studies to make them more methodologically consistent. One example of the latter approach was published by Farrell and colleagues in Science in 2006 clarifying the net energy and GHG emissions of ethanol.\nIn early 2012, the Journal of Industrial Ecology plans to publish a special supplemental issue on meta-analysis of LCAs. The goal of this special issue is to contribute to the state of the science in LCA beyond the core practice of producing independent studies on specific products or technologies, by highlighting the ability of meta-analyses of LCAs to advance understanding in areas of extensive existing literature. Two of the editors of this special issue (Garvin Heath and Miguel Brandão) are the authors of this special session proposal. More than 20 manuscripts were submitted for consideration for the issue. Authors of manuscripts accepted for publication in JIE’s special issue will be solicited for inclusion in this special session; unsolicited abstracts submitted under normal SETAC procedures will also be considered.\nFarrell, A. E., R. J. Plevin, B. T. Turner, A. D. Jones, M. O'Hare, and D. M. Kammen. 2006. Ethanol Can Contribute to Energy and Environmental Goals. Science 311(5760): 506-508.\n- E07 - Latest developments in uncertainty management - adding value to LCA studies\nRalph Rosenbaum, Technical University of Denmark, LYNGBY, Denmark\nUncertainties in LCA studies are a challenge to manage, quantify, and communicate. They are often perceived as detrimental to the results of an LCA study or even LCA as such. Yet, they are the principal reason behind the iterative structure of LCA methodology, intending to lower uncertainty with each iteration. They are also the motivation behind any LCI or LCIA methodological development, or data quality improvement. The latest developments in the area of uncertainty management in LCA are promising potentially important improvements for its implementation into daily practice. This sessions aims to present new approaches and proposals towards a practical integration of uncertainty management into LCA methodology and resulting decision processes. Where are we regarding the feasibility of providing uncertainty measures for LCA results? How can we use these results to better support decisions? How can uncertainty information be used to optimise LCAs, focusing resources spent on a study towards those issues that offer the best improvement potential per iteration? What is the added value of managing uncertainties in LCA and what are currently the main resistances and obstacles for its implementation? This session explicitly invites all stakeholders from developers to practitioners and decision-makers to present and discuss their views, experiences and ideas related to practical uncertainty management in LCA.\n- E08 - Monetisation for weighting and aggregation in Life Cycle Impact Assessment and Cost-Benefit-Assessment\nPhilipp Preiss1, Tomas Ekvall2\n1University of Stuttgart, STUTTGART, Germany\n2IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, GOTHENBURG, Sweden\nMonetisation, or economic valuation, of environmental and health impacts makes it possible to identify the impacts that are most important in the perception of society. It also makes it possible to compare the importance of these impacts in relation to other costs (of, e.g., the implementation of a policy or the generation of electricity) in a cost-benefit analysis. Several methods for monetisation have been developed as part of, for example, the EU project series ExternE, NEEDS and EXIOPOL. Methods for monetisation have been used to assess technologies for energy conversion, waste management, transport, etc. They have also been used for policy assessment within, e.g., the Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) Programme, and in the management of healthcare costs. Research within the highly interdisciplinary work on environmental damage cost (EDC) assessment continues, including development of emission inventories, dispersion and chemical transformation models, effect modelling and non-monetary and monetary valuation studies. Meanwhile, concern is raised regarding the consistency of the methodologies of monetisation, the important subjective methodological choices made, the large uncertainties, and also regarding the ethical implications of aggregating all impacts into a single, one-dimensional indicator. These problems are important and decision-makers have to be made aware of the assumptions, uncertainties and implications.\nThis session invites contributions to the methodology of monetisation, interesting cases of application of the method, and, not least, approaches to use monetisation in governance to stimulate learning, debate, and knowledge-based decisions.\n- E09 - Life cycle management (LCM): Success factors and barriers\nGert Van Hoof1, Gerald Rebitzer2\n1P&G, BRUSSELS, Belgium\n2Amcor, ZURICH, Switzerland\nLCA and LCM have come a long way, but there is still a fundamental gap between sound LCA science and practical application in decision making. With the growing interest and need for sustainable production and consumption and the further development of databases and methodologies in each of the 3 pillars in sustainability (environmental LCA, social LCA and Life cycle costing) the toolbox of decision makers is growing. These assessment tools are now available on top of others such as environmental risk assessment or other tools building on the life cycle thinking concept (e.g. full cost analysis, carbon footprints). Each of these tools is built from its own framework and provides answers to specific questions. But there is some overlap, for example should toxicity decisions be driven by LCIA, water footprint or just be handled in risk assessment? The overlap on the one hand may lead to confusion, but applying these tools in a complimentary way is a means to address sustainability questions more comprehensively and might help to make more robust decision making. Which developments are needed to help decision makers reach this goal?\nThis session will elaborate on the practical aspects of LCA and LCM and specifically on the process of using LCA for decision making in industry, governmental institutions and other organizations. It will discuss how LCA and LCM are successfully implemented and will address questions such as who uses these approaches and when, what are the audiences, what tools and procedures can be used, etc. We are particularly interested in contributions that show successes or issues for decision making on sustainable production and consumption using a variety of complimentary tools and the role of each of them in coming to robust decisions.\nHowever, it is not intended to be an LCA case study session. Rather than discussing specific LCAs, LCA tools or their results, the session will focus on success factors and barriers to implementing LCA and LCM. Invited are papers from scientists, practitioners, and decision makers who focus on using LCA results and LCM tools and processes for improved decision in relation to sustainability of products, services or organizations.\n- E10 - The UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative: a decade of supporting the global LCA community\nGuido Sonnemann1, Mike Mozur2\nThe UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle initiative has been a major factor in the development and dissemination of approaches, methods, and tools for analysis and management of products, materials, and services across their lifecycle for nearly 10 years. Now in its second phase the Initiative has an active program to support technical projects, workshops, capacity building, and outreach to the LCA community and beyond to the users and would be users of life cycle approaches. This session will provide the participants with an overview of the accomplishments of the work to date as well as a prospectus on the next phase of the Initiative. Session presenters will be encouraged to provide details of specific project results. The orientation of the Initiative is moving toward evolution of life cycle methods for support of Sustainability assessments, which fits well within the theme of the Congress. SETAC’s role in assembling and coordinating the science behind the Initiative’s efforts will be highlighted.\n- F - Risk assessment, risk management and regulation\n- F01 - Applying models to Risks Assessment: from the organism to the ecosystem level\nValery Forbes1, Peter Goethals2, James Wheeler3\n1University of Nebraska Lincoln, LINCOLN, United States of America\n2Ghent University, GENT, Belgium\n3Syngenta Ltd, BRACKNELL, United Kingdom\nModels are widely discussed as a means for addressing issues in ecological risk assessments that cannot be easily addressed by experiments. Frequently named examples for the need of modeling approaches are the assessment of temporally and spatially varying exposure to pollutants, particularly pesticides, and assessment of risks for populations and higher levels of organization. A combination of toxicokinetic/-dynamic models, often originating from pharmacological / toxicological sttudies, and various kinds of population or ecosystem models can be valuable tools for such asssessments. This prompts the questions like: Which endpoints are relevant for populations and what level of impact on these endpoints is tolerable? Further, apical (integrative) and mechanistic endpoints to investigate specific modes/mechanisms of action (e.g. endocrine disruption) need to be weighted in the overall evaluation.\nDevelopment and the refinement of these models and, most importantly, their applicability for addressing the needs from the level of the organism up to the population and ecosystem level are vital for risk assessment and for a better protection of our environment. Datadriven, knowledge based and mechanistic approaches can serve as input , their combination might offer new levels of refinement.\nThe goal of the session is to present contributions in which actual applications of eco(toxi)cological models to different questions are described. It shall be discussed how and why the modeling approach was defined and how the model results were implemented in the risk assessment. Typical questions to be addressed are:\n· How to address the relevant protection goal (choice of species, temporal and special scale of modeled scenario, …)?\n· Which model endpoints to be used for the risk assessment? (maximum effect, time to recovery, probability of recovery, …)\nHow to consider uncertainties (assessment factor, stochastic modeling, …)?\n- F02 - Approaches for comparative hazard and risk assessment of chemicals\nTobias Frische, Federal Environment Agency (UBA), DESSAU-ROSSLAU, Germany\nComparative assessment is implemented as a new regulatory instrument by recent EU legislations for biocides (1451/2007 EEC) and plant protection products (1107/2009 EEC). This new instrument is intended to promote the use of chemical products which are considered significantly safer for the environment compared to technically equivalent alternative products. However, explicit guidance and decision making criteria to conduct such a comparative assessment are still lacking. Against this background, the proposed session is aiming to present and discuss science-based approaches for a comparative ecotoxicological hazard and environmental risk assessment of chemicals and proposals for a respective decision making, respectively. Presentations of more focused comparative assessment approaches (i.e.on intrinsic chemical properties or ecotoxicological / environmental hazard profiles) are as welcome as more integrative approaches covering aspects of hazard, exposure and risk. The presentation of case-studies is especially invited.\n- F03 - Are Environmental Specimen Banks ready to face future challenges of environmental chemistry and regulatory toxicology?\nIonan Marigómez1, Olivier Donard2, Jan Koschorreck3\n1University of the basque Country, PLENTZIA-BIZKAIA (BASQUE COUNTRY), Spain\n2University of Pau, PAU, France\n3Federal Environmental Agency - Germany, BERLIN, Germany\nHistorically, the primary reason for environmental specimen banking was to provide materials that could be used for analyzing trends in exposure to previously unrecognized pollutants or for pollutants for which analytical techniques were inadequate at the time of collection. 21st century’s ESBs should continue playing this important role, especially in the assessment of emerging substances. The use of archived biological samples allows very fast analysis of samples from different years and regions. The results of such retrospective monitoring could help to assess the relevance of the compound in question (levels and trends). Together with ecotoxicological information, these exposure data are helpful in deciding whether a compound has to be considered as an emerging substance. Present ESBs should be used more broadly for the assessment of potential emerging substances. Without considering the existing stepping up in the production/use/release of new chemicals, several thousands of emerging pollutants will be released to the toxicosphere since today to 2050, but those scientists performing retrospective monitoring in the future will need specimens suitable for molecular science-based analysis together with the analytical chemical approaches presently carried out. We need to adapt existing ESBs for this purpose and modify specimen preparation and storage methods accordingly. It is also crucial that we foresee the need and the opportunity to investigate how former specimens could be treated to be analysed in the future with the methodologies then available.\nThus, ESBs provide and will provide scientifically based support to the application of active environmental regulations (WFD, MSD, ESD, REACH, etc) and to environmental managers and decision-makers (accidental spills, etc). For these purposes chemical endpoints alone will be useless as regulatory criteria unless in combination with biological endpoints and thefefore banking methods and specimen types should be adapted to these needs. ESBs will provide useful information about long-term variability and temporal trends in biota and ecosystems others than pollutant levels, trends and toxicity. Long-term variations and trends in growth, reproduction, metabolic rates, etc., driven by global factors (e.g., oceanographical cycles and oscillations, climate trends and changes, large scale processes such as ocean acidficiation, etc.) may condition bioaccumulation and biological responses to pollutants and altere baseline values for environmental relevant parameters and may hence render any data on tissue concentration of pollutants in biota or on biological impact less valuable. Sections of EEBs devoted to samples for biometry, reproduction or general physiological condition determinations might also result very helpful to interpret pollutant levels, trends and toxicity.\n- F04 - Chemical footprint: towards sustainability assessment of chemicals\nSerenella Sala1, Tomas Rydberg2\n1European Commission - Joint Research Centre, ISPRA (VA), Italy\n2IVL - Swedish Environmental Research Institute, STOCKHOLM, Sweden\nIn the last few years, environmental footprints concept has obtained an increasing interest by both the scientific and political communities. Analogously to, e.g., carbon and water footprint, the chemical footprint evaluation aims at assessing the chemical pressure caused by human activities, and at which extent actual emission of chemicals harm the ecosystems above their capability to recover.\nWithin the recent scientific debate is said that thresholds for a safe space for humanity were already set for some environmental issues. This means that it is possible to evaluate the relative performance of human activities against these thresholds. For chemical pollution, it is very critical to define thresholds based on natural limits. Actually, the potential harm caused by chemical depends on a number of interrelated factors, including chemical properties, emission’s compartment, geographical variability of fate, and vulnerability of exposed ecosystem. Due to the complexity of this interaction, especially for ecosystem, a specific multidisciplinary effort has to be made.\nThe evaluation of the chemical footprint requires a multidisciplinary effort, bringing together approaches and results from various disciplines: from ecotoxicology to ecology, from ecological/human risk assessment to life cycle thinking and related tools. At national and international level some attempts have been made and projects are on-going to define chemical footprint, but usually the methodological approach comes from different disciplines and lack of a real integrated and multidisciplinary assessment. This session focuses on the discussion and presentation of new and integrated methods and approaches for sustainability assessment of chemicals and chemical footprint, how it may support policy development and Eco-innovation.\nMultidisciplinary approaches and case studies are welcome.\n- F05 - Classification and risk assessment of metals and inorganic substances\nAdam Peters1, James Skeaff2, William Adams3\n1wca environment ltd, FARINGDON, United Kingdom\n2CANMET Mining and Mineral Sciences Laboratories, OTTAWA, Canada\n3Rio Tinto, SOUTH JORDAN, UT 84095, United States of America\nThe GHS (Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals) and REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of CHemicals) have significant implications for environmental protection, transport, insurance and market access, both within the EU (European Union) and worldwide. Under the REACH System, enterprises that manufacture or import more than one tonne of a chemical substance per year within the EU are obligated to gather information on the properties of their substance and to register the information in a dossier in a central database. There has been a great deal of research into the environmental fate, behaviour and effects of trace metals over the past few decades, although the majority of this research has considered only a limited number of elements. The information requirements for the registration chemicals under REACH, and the development of standards under the Water Framework Directive, have raised the need for information also on metals which have previously received relatively little attention. The registration of metals and compounds of Al, Mn, Fe, Co, Mo, Ru, Pd, Sn, and Sb under REACH, and the derivation of standards under annex VIII of the WFD for Fe, Mn, and Ag in the UK, and other countries such as the Netherlands, call for an improved understanding of the environmental fate and effects of these metals.\nWithin the GHS framework, a scheme to classify chemical substances with respect to the hazards they may present to the aquatic environment has been developed (UN 2009), a section of which has been adapted to enable the classification of metals and metal compounds. To meet the requirements for data to be used in the hazard classification of metals, metal compounds and alloys, an international team of researchers developed and validated a Transformation/Dissolution Protocol (T/DP) within the framework of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development). The T/DP is designed to determine the rate and extent to which metals and sparingly soluble metal compounds can produce soluble, available metal species under conditions representative of those generally found in the environment. It is aimed at standardizing the principle test variables such that the level of the dissolved ion can be directly related to the loading of the substance added to an aqueous environmental medium. To derive a hazard classification, T/D data, consisting of dissolved metal concentrations in the aqueous test media, are compared to acute or chronic ERVs (Ecotoxicity Reference Values).\nIn the last 10 years, a considerable amount of research has been conducted into the T/D characteristics of a wide range of metals, metal compounds and alloys for the purposes of hazard classification. Until recently, the T/D data have been retained within a relatively small group of producers, primarily for use in REACH registration. Now, there is the possibility of disseminating this information to a broad audience. The purpose of the proposed SETAC session is to show how T/DP data have been successfully applied to derive hazard classification levels for metal-bearing substances, and to provide a platform for the presentation and review of T/D data.\n1. classification schemes and approaches: UN GHS, EU CLP, MERAG, CSA-TU approach\n2. T/DP: conditions, parameters, OECD validation study\n3. T/D data: metals, metal compounds, alloys, speciation\nMarket implications of hazard classification of metals, metal compounds and alloys: markets affected, evidence of environmental improvements, outlook.\n- F06 - Contaminated sediments in a changing environment\nSusanne Heise, HAW Hamburg, HAMBURG, Germany\nSediments are an integral part of the river basin. As such, they are affected by permanently changing conditions on different kinds of scales. On river basin scale, sediment source and transport varies during flood or high water discharges as a consequence of seasonal changes. On the microscale, their contaminant load is affected e.g. by sedimentation-resuspension cycles. Oxygen concentration, temperature, salinity, exposure to light etc - they all have some impact on mobility and availability of contaminants that at some stage have been adsorbed to sediment surfaces.\nKnowledge on the impact of these changing environmental conditions on bioavailability and toxicity of contaminants should help us linking sediment quality to ecosystem protection criteria, as well as linking river basin target values to marine target values.\nThis session invites papers on micro- and on macro-scale processes:\n· On micro-scale, abstracts are welcome that focus on basic research on processes and interactions between matrices and substances in sediments as well as at interfaces between sediment, soil, water and biological surfaces. This session will emphasize chemical processes that occur or are influenced by environmental conditions (e.g. temperature, redox state, fluid dynamics, sediment type, etc), that may lead to sequestration, transport or transformation of pollutants. How do these conditions affect bioavailability, and thus, risk, of contaminants in sediments? How might this affect management strategies? How can we integrate such bioavailability aspects into regulation?\n· On macroscale, papers are invited that address the process of sediment transport along river basins and consequences of climate change e.g. in form of increased frequencies of floods and droughts, on erosion stability, geochemistry, and toxicity.\nInternational case studies are welcome.\n- F07 - Environmental problems of estuaries\nClaude Amiard-Triquet, CNRS/Univ Nantes, NANTES, France\nPr Peter-Dietrich Hansen, BIT, Germany\nIn the whole world, estuaries are the seat of the same paradox: they are among the most productive ecosystems while being strongly impacted by anthropogenic activities. The public and scientists realized environmental problems of estuaries first because of the disastrous depletion of populations of migratory fish, especially salmons and eels. This blindness is partly explained by the erroneous confidence in the power of dilution of pollutant fluxes in huge volumes of seawater at river mouths, and in the ability of estuarine species to cope with chemical stress as they are able to cope with dramatic changes of ecological conditions. The aim of the session will be to answer a series of core questions. 1) What is the pollution problem and its implications in terms of goods and services (water quality, potential for the production of safe food products, ecosystems of floristic and faunistic interest)? 2) What are the sources, both qualitatively and quantitatively (influx of nutrients, eutrophication, hypoxia, contaminated urban and industrial effluents and microbes, contaminated sediments and dredging, diffuse inputs of pesticides...)? 3) How can we assess the problem using the classical triad of analyses (chemical analyses, biotests, biological responses at different levels of organization) in environments where unique and complex dynamic processes are at work (salinity effects, temperature, pH, dissolved O2, redox potential, hydrodynamics and sedimentary processes and their spatio-temporal changes). The concept of the reference, against which most of the indicators/indices selected to characterize the health status of estuaries must be compared, is thus an important topic of debate. 4) How can we solve the problem (establishing environmental quality standards, developing environmental technology for remediation, carrying out predictive risk assessment of new and existing chemicals, implementing transnational legislation...)? 5) How should we consider the problem in a general environmental strategy (ecocentric approach aiming at the recovery of the garden of Eden versus anthropocentric approach based on the conservation of goods and services)?\n- F08 - Escape from the Ivory Tower - Environmental sciences should impact public and policy\nThomas-Benjamin Seiler1, Henner Hollert1, Magnus Engwall2\n1Institute for Environmental Research (Biology V), RWTH Aachen University, AACHEN, Germany\n2MTM research centre, School of Science and Technology, Örebro University, ÖREBRO, Sweden\nThe term 'Ivory Tower' is generally used to depict intellectuals that are disconnected from everyday life and reality. As environmental sciences live through a concern about the environment as a whole, disconnection from our outside is more than just a typical academic characteristic. In the end it is a complete failure of our fundamental intentions.\nConnections from the laboratory to the public of course exist, via e.g. press relations offices, news on institute web sites, or reception of important findings in newspapers. However, the crucial question is: what is perceived by the public that can generate impact on policies?\nCommunication means to convey meaningful information to create shared understanding. If messages from environmental science are not suitable to produce public endorsement, we remain in the Ivory Tower despite all connections there might be. This demands easily comprehensible communication and also for subsequent confirmation of the right understanding.\nConsequently, to truly escape from the Ivory Tower it is not sufficient for environmental science to merely contact the public outside but to effectively and sustainably distribute its findings for a safer and healthier environment.\nWe invite scientists from all over the world to share their ideas, thoughts and experiences regarding the communication of scientific findings to the public. In particular presenters with expertise and special skills in public relations, press work, etc. are most welcome. The session will have a final panel discussion and an associated poster corner to summarize and substantiate the key topics. Based on the results we want to develop a strategic communication framework that environmental scientists can easily adapt to their specific needs for a successful transfer into public opinion building.\n- F09 - Focal species of birds and mammals and their ecological behaviour for refined risk assessments of plant protection products in Europe\nJuan Pascual1, Manousos Foudoulakis2\n1BASF SE, LIMBURGERHOF, Germany\n2Ministry of Rural Development and Food, KALLITHEA, Greece\nIn Europe the most recent scientific regulatory guidance document (GD) to conduct risk assessments (RAs) for birds and mammals (B&M) for plant protection products (PPPs) was issued by EFSA [EFSA Journal 2009, 7(12): 1438]. This GD proposes generic species to conduct at tier 1 RAs. The GD acknowledges a high proportion of failures at tier 1 and hence refined RAs are necessary for a high proportion of PPPs. A key refinement step proposed by the GD is the identification of “focal species (FS)”(i.e., real B&M species present in the crop at the time of PPPs application) and their ecological behaviour [mainly proportion of time exposed (PT) and proportion of diet (PD)]. Data for such refinement steps need to be evaluated carefully in an interdisciplinary way to reach wide agreement on final output values for RAs. Although the selection of FS for specific crops, growth stages and regions of Europe has been a recurrent and controversial issue for many years during the official EU and national evaluations of active substances and PPPs, EFSA (2009) did not include lists of specific FS. The need for reaching an agreement on FS, PT and PD to be used for refined RAs in Europe has being identified by regulators and industry as a crucial step to make the PPPs evaluation more consistent and transparent. The common interest to regulators and industry of this topic is well expressed by the different affiliation of the two requesters of this session. J Pascual is chair of the industry’s European crop protection association (ECPA) team dealing with B&M topics and M Foudoulakis is an official with the Hellenic authorities and long experience in the evaluation of ecotoxicological dossiers at country and EU (EFSA) levels.\nThe timing of SETAC 2012 is very well timed for this session for two reasons. First, industry has been conducting field studies across Europe on FS for a wide range of crops. Most industry data are confidential but ECPA has the intention to make data on FS publicly available in 2012. Some EU Member States (MSs) are also actively working to propose lists of FS for RAs (e.g. Denmark, France, Hellas, Sweden, UK). Second, the experience in the use of EFSA (2009) by regulators is scheduled to be officially reviewed by the EU Commission, EFSA and MSs in 2012. Feeding such official review with the outcome of the requested session at SETAC 2012 on the most recent developments on FS and their relevant ecological behaviours will be a timely and valuable contribution to the regulatory evaluation of PPPs in Europe.\nThe two requesters are well positioned to stimulate active participation to the session. Both have scientific publications on birds and have an extensive network of key European players (academia, regulators of MSs and EFSA and industry) on this topic. Therefore, we are confident that the session would be well attended and serve as a timely forum to make steps to harmonize methods and agree lists of species of B&M for refined RAs for PPPs in Europe.\n- F10 - From structure to functions: Integrating ecosystem functions and services in Ecological Risk Assessment\nRalf Schaefer1, Joke Van Wensem2\n1University Koblenz Landau, Institute for Environmental Sciences, LANDAU, Germany\n2Soil Protection Technical Committee, AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands\nHuman societies are dependent on ecosystem services such as provisioning of food and water (Costanza et al., 1997). The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment highlighted that many of these services are under threat of deterioration or have already deteriorated in the last decades (MEA, 2005). The stressors responsible are multiple and include toxicants e.g. heavy metals, salinity, pesticides (MEA, 2005). Toxicants can change the structure of biotic communities, and these changes can propagate to alterations of ecosystem functions, which are essential for the provisioning of ecosystem services (Chapin et al., 2000). The current ecological risk assessment focuses mainly on effects on structural biotic properties such as individuals, species or communities, whereas ecosystem functions or ecosystem services are not considered. Given the lack of a predictive framework for effects on ecosystem functions from alteration of the biotic structure (Woodward, 2009), it remains open whether current endpoints on the level of structural properties are protective for ecosystem functions and thus ecosystem services. Although a few studies identified effects of toxicants on ecosystem functions, these effects were rarely translated to their consequences for ecosystem services. By contrast, several conceptual models are available that suggest specific ecosystem functions and their relation to ecosystem services but applications and quantification of these models are scarce (see upcoming Special Issue on “Biodiversity, ecosystem functions and ecosystem services in ecological risk assessment”Science of the Total Environment 2011).\nThe aim of this session is to further elucidate (1) the relationship between effects of toxicants on biotic structures and ecosystem functions and (2) qualify and if possible quantify the consequences of alterations in ecosystem functions for ecosystem services. The session builds on and advances the progress made in related sessions on the 2010 and 2011 SETAC Europe and SETAC North America meetings. It will include contributions on methods for the measurement of ecosystem functions in different ecosystems, on the effects of toxicants on ecosystem structure and functions and presentations on the effects of toxicants on ecosystem services. The session will bring together researchers investigating the effects of toxicants on ecosystem functions and services from around the world and therefore spur future collaboration which is urgently needed on this topic. In addition, it will highlight deficits of current approaches. Finally, the session topic will stimulate the bridging of the gap between ecological and ecotoxicological research and link them to the social sciences.\n- F11 - Global Mercury: Bridging science and policy\nMichael Bank1, Davide Vignati2\n1Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA\n2Italian Water Research Institute, BRUGHERIO, Italy\nWidespread mercury deposition and contamination is well documented and remains an environmental public-health concern in both developed and developing countries. In early 2013, the UNEP’s internationally binding treaty on the control of mercury will be signed. Documentation of the pervasiveness of this contaminant is a first step toward understanding the potential environmental health and ecological implications of mercury pollution and will be critical to the success of the UNEP program. Conveying to regulators that certain ecosystems may be degraded and that, despite globally low Hg levels in abiotic matrices, policies is another critical step for developing the required regulation to reduce mercury emissions and, ultimately, improve air and water quality. In practice, a more synthesized, holistic perspective on the mechanisms related to aquatic and terrestrial biogeochemistry linkages of fate, transport, and bioavailability of mercury in aquatic ecosystems will have to result from long term, multi-ecosystem monitoring programs coupled with process-oriented research questions. At the same time, the existing (or newly developed) regulatory tools will have to combine ease of implementation and cost effectiveness with scientific soundness and the ability to detect ecosystem and human health improvements (or lack thereof) over time. A substantial harmonization effort of such tools, either globally or at least regionally, will also be needed. SETAC is particularly looking to promote advances in mercury isotope chemistry, new mercury source apportionment models, Environmental Risk Assessment protocols for mercury, and development of appropriate environmental quality standards. Contributions on all aspects of Hg research are welcome including case studies, global (or large-scale) assessments and inventories of Hg emissions, fundamental studies dealing with the biogeochemistry (including analytical aspects) and ecotoxicology of Hg, and regulatory issues and risk assessment procedures for environmental and public health.\n- F12 - Guidance documents for environmental risk assessment (ERA): needs, developments and progress\nRobert Luttik, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, BILTHOVEN, The Netherlands\nSeveral institutions in Europe are dealing with the development guidance for ERA in Europe. For example the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the Institute for Health and Consumer Protection of the Joint Research Centre (JRC-IHCP) are currently developing / updating GDs in the area of ERA for plant protection products and biocides respectively. But there are also activities in the context of other legislative frameworks (e.g. REACH), at Member State level or at research level.\nThe aim of this session is to create a platform:\n· for giving all initiatives working on guidance for ERA an opportunity to inform the scientific and legislative community about the latest developments\n· for identifying and communicating current needs for further development of GDs\n· for sharing information between different legislative frameworks, as a contribution of a more harmonised approach for ERA.\n- F13 - Health and environmental risk assessment of pesticides and biocidal products\nAna Paya Perez1, Tom Schroeder2, Peter Okkerman3\n1Joint Research Centre, ISPRA (VA), Italy\n2BASF SE, LIMBURGERHOF, Germany\n3Ctgb - Board for the Authorisation of Plant Protection Products and Biocides, WAGENINGEN, The Netherlands\nThis session aims at addressing the current scientific challenges encountered when performing the risk assessment of biocides and pesticides active substances and of the products they are found into, following the requirements of the Biocides and Pesticides legal frameworks. A special emphasis will be given to cumulative exposure for human health and environment.\nThis session is also intended to create a forum for discussing the implications of the future EU Biocides Regulation and the progress with the implementation of the Pesticides Regulation. We will include considerations on the policy and scientific challenges arising from the issues on the border line between the biocides framework and regulations like those covering the food and feed additives, cosmetics and veterinary products.\nThis session will be an opportunity to present the new tools and models developed for environmental, consumer or occupational exposure, like those proposed in the Evaluation Manual for the Authorisation of Biocidal Products. The meeting will facilitate the exchange of ideas between scientists, practitioners and decision makers from Europe, Asia and overseas.\n- F14 - Implementation of protection goals: Limits of current risk assessment and new approaches to solve old problems\nMagnus Wang1, Robert Luttik2, Franz Streissl3\n1RIFCON GmbH, HEIDELBERG, Germany\n2National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, BILTHOVEN, The Netherlands\n3Franz Streissl, Pesticide Unit (PPR), EFSA, PARMA, Italy\nThis session focuses on the question to which extent protection goals, recently defined by EFSA, are achieved by current risk assessment methodology and how risk assessment can be improved to meet protection goals better. Although protection goals are now well defined, it is sometimes uncertain if risk assessment methodology is suitable to assess these goals, i.e. if risk assessments are conservative enough to achieve protection goals or if they are more conservative than necessary for reaching the defined protection goal. Therefore, we would like to highlight areas in which alternative or new approaches could help to address protection goals in a scientifically better way, regarding both lower and higher tier risk assessment.\n- F15 - Landscape ecotoxicology and spatially explicit risk assessment\nAndreas Focks1, Mikhail Beketov2, Ralf Schaefer3\n1Wageningen University, WAGENINGEN, The Netherlands\n2UFZ, LEIPZIG, Germany\n3University Koblenz Landau, Institute for Environmental Sciences, LANDAU, Germany\nNatural ecosystems are often characterised by a high spatial and temporal variability (e.g. patch dynamics) that strongly influences ecological processes and can modify the exposure and effects of toxicants on organisms. While the spatial dimension has gained increasing attention in the exposure assessments, the effects assessment still largely ignores these aspects despite its relevance for a realistic prediction of effects.\nBoth ecological as chemical processes exhibit different qualities on a landscape scale as compared to standardized and one-dimensional test settings. In other terms, the persistence of ecological effects of chemicals in space and time can only be assessed when appropriate spatial and temporal scales are considered.\nWith respect to ecology, processes such as metapopulation dynamics, competition for best habitats and re-colonisation after stress are only observable on a larger spatial scale. Some of these ecological processes are strongly influencing ERA-relevant effect end-points such as local recovery after stress, resistance or robustness against effects. Moreover, it is highly interesting and maybe relevant to investigate if and how local population disturbances are propagated to larger spatial and temporal dimensions.\nConsidering the environmental dynamics of chemicals, fluctuating concentrations are a common part of the biotope of possibly affected organisms in anthropogenic landscapes. Different ways of introduction (e.g. point sources, per-capita input or spray-drift/runoff), followed by degradation and dilution processes as well as simply the spatial distribution of input and reception in a landscape can result in very complex chemical exposure patterns in space and time.\nThis session aims at advancing the inclusion of the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of natural systems in ecotoxicology. It will bring together researchers investigating the spatial and temporal dynamics in the assessment of exposure to and effects of toxicants using field studies and modelling as well as a range of methods including genetics, biomonitoring and multivariate statistics. This session is therefore important to spur collaborations in this emerging field of ecotoxicology. Therefore, the session will focus on (1) the analysis of chemical exposure patterns and/or related effects by the means of simulations or measurements on a spatially explicit scale and (2) aspects of spatial ecology that may influence ecological effects in the environment. Topics to be touched upon in this session will be useful for understanding processes that reveal only on a larger spatial and/or temporal scale and that are relevant for risk assessment. Presentations aiming at illustrating how spatially explicit approaches might be implemented in regulation and land management are also welcome.\n- F16 - Linking exposure to effects in environmental risk assessment\nTheo Brock1, Roman Ashauer2\n1Alterra, Wageningen UR, WAGENINGEN, The Netherlands\n2Eawag, KASTANIENBAUM, Switzerland\nA critical step in the prospective and retrospective ERA of toxicants is the linking of exposure and effects data. Lack of a clear conceptual basis for the interface between the environmental exposure and ecotoxicological effects may lead to a low overall scientific quality of ERA. The ecotoxicologically relevant type of concentration (ERC) needs to be consistently applied so that exposure and effect estimates can be compared and extrapolated as readily as possible. This session invites papers on:\n· Bioavailability and spatio-temporal configuration of toxicants and organisms in the environment\n· Exposure pattern and time to onset of effects, including latency\n· Influence of time-variable exposure patterns on ecotoxicological effects\n· Exposure-response reciprocity and the use of time weighted average (TWA) concentration in long-term risk assessment\n· Toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics in ERA: experimentation and modeling.\n- F17 - Mode of Action in Environmental Risk Assessment\nBryan Brooks1, Stewart Owen2\n1Baylor University, WACO, United States of America\n2AstraZeneca, Safety Health and Environment, Brixham Environmental Laboratory, BRIXHAM, DEVON, United Kingdom\nWe believe that it can greatly aid the environmental risk assessment of xenobiotics if one already understands aspects of the mechanisms or Mode-of-Action of the chemical in another biological system. Pre-clinical mammalian based data can be used to better guide the environmental testing of compounds and the principle of ‘reading across’ from what is known in terms of the biological target, kinetics and the resultant effect can guide the endpoints used in non-regulatory testing, and indeed guide the choice of appropriate regulatory approaches. In this session we wish to invite presentations to cover the spectrum of work in this area, wider aspects of MOA and comparative pharmacology and toxicology, and in particular presentations concerning:\n· The positives and the negatives, where does MOA work and where does it fail?\n· How can clinical and pre-clinical information be best used to guide testing of chemicals?\n· How can we incorporate bespoke MOA endpoints into the regulatory context?\n· What can be learnt about evolutionary conservation of biological targets across species and life stages?\n· What is the most appropriate level to read-across is it better to compare in vitro data or population level?\n- F18 - Monitoring data and post-registration studies: generation, compilation and use in the environmental risk assessment and management\nAnne Alix1, Martin Streloke2\n1Ministry Of Agriculture, PARIS, France\n2Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (BVL) - Abt. Pflanzen, BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany\nMonitoring studies, in the context of the environmental impact of Plant Protection Products (PPP) or pesticides, investigate the fate and/or effects of products through their active ingredients and/or their relevant degradation products in/on the environment, following a use under realistic conditions in crop protection. There is an increasing demand for such investigations throughout Europe, that is identified during the decision making process for PPP (e.g. Directive 2010/21/EC explicitly requiring the implementation of monitoring some insecticides) either as an outcome of the risk assessment as a way to address the remaining uncertainties or as a mean to check the efficacy of risk mitigation measures coming along the placement on the market. These studies, beside valuable help in the evaluation of the impact of PPP on the environment, may be a source of field data needed to feed risk assessment tools and to calibrate ecological models. This session invites presentations on monitoring studies aimed at depicting the presence of residues of PPP in environmental matrixes (soil, surface or ground water or air), and/or their effects on non target organisms. Approaches that include aspects of refined data interpretation, extrapolation to covered non covered situations are particularly welcome, as well as approaches that illustrate the use of monitoring/post-registration data into a risk assessment, and/or as a support of an improvement of risk assessment processes.\n- F19 - Multiple stressors in a changing world\nJenny Stauber1, Mechthild Schmitt-Jansen2\n1CSIRO, SYDNEY, Australia\n2Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, LEIPZIG, Germany\nContaminants from human activities are increasingly altering the composition and integrity of ecosystems. Chemical contaminants, together with physicochemical stressors from climate change, increasing urbanisation, land use changes and altered water availability, have the potential to have both positive and negative impacts on aquatic and terrestrial biota andorganisms in their natural environment usually have to cope with several environmental stressors in parallel. Organisms, including humans, may become more or less sensitive to chemical pressures and the effects of these multiple stressors on ecosystem and human health are likely to become increasingly important in the future. A variety of single-species studies illustrated that combined stress often differs from expectations resulting in synergistic or antagonistic responses. However, a coherent conceptional framework on stressor interaction or a mechanistic understanding on community responses towards multiple stressors is missing. This is thought provoking as, despite the relevance of the topic, aspects of combined stressors are rarely considered in a regularly context (e.g. improvements of the ecological status of a water body according to the EU-WFD). Understanding the interplay between multiple stressors and community and ecosystem responses requires an integrated approach of experimental and conceptional work and may be enhanced by considering ecological theory in the assessment of multiple stress responses. This session will showcase the latest research and modelling of multiple stressor effects on both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Papers could include research on:\n· Current chemical risks to ecosystems\n· Main drivers of environmental change\n· Changes in chemical inputs, transport and fate\n· Changes in exposure and effects including bioavailability and receptor sensitivity\n· Modelling of stressor interactions\n· Non linear responses and thresholds/tipping points\n· Diagnosis or prognosis of toxic effects in multi-stress environments (covering aspects from field observations, model community studies as well as conceptional or modelling approaches).\n· Implications in terms of risk assessment and management\n· Specific case studies of multiple stressors in the environment.\n- F20 - Non chemical soil threats\nMarlea Wagelmans1, Dominique Darmendrail2\n1Bioclear, GRONINGEN, The Netherlands\n2BRGM, PARIS, France\nAs stated in the European Soil Strategy (2006) soil degradation is a serious problem. Good quality soil is essential to our economic activities as it provides us with food, drinking water, biomass and raw materials - and all our human activities are somehow related to soil. But soil degradation is accelerating across the EU, with negative effects on human health, ecosystems and climate change - and on our economic prosperity and quality of life. An estimated 115 million hectares or 12% of Europe’s total land area are subject to water erosion, and a further 42 million hectares by wind erosion. Approximately 3.5 million sites within the EU could be contaminated. About 45% of European soils have low organic matter content. The overall objective of the EU Soil Strategy is protection and sustainable use of soil; the identified threats being: erosion, organic matter decline, salinisation, compaction, contamination, sealing, landslides, loss of biodiversity (although not directly covered by the EU Soil Strategy). Historically, effects of contamination on soil and its ecosystem are well researched and described. The time has come to gain more insight in the so-called non chemical soil threats. How do we measure the threat itself? How can we assess its impact on soil functioning? How can we assess the risk associated to these threats in order to improve decision making? How does contamination interact with those other threats? These elements will be necessary for developing any Soil Protection Directive with a scientific sound basis. We cordially invite presentations focussing on non chemical soil threats and on interactions between threats as referred to in the EU Soil Strategy.\n- F21 - Oil spill effects and risk assessment\nMathijs Smit1, Gro Olsen2, Amy Merten3\n1Statoil ASA, TRONDHEIM, Norway\n2Akvaplan-niva AS, TROMSØ, Norway\n3U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, SEATTLE, United States of America\nOil spills are a threat to environmental resources and can lead to long-term damage in marine and freshwater ecosystems. Experience has learned that assessment of effects of oil spills is complex. Environmental damage is not directly related to the amounts of oil spilled. Many factors like weather conditions, type of oil and location of the spill determine to a large extend the impact of oil spills. Additionally, important effects of oil spills might not become apparent immediately after a spill. After the oil slick has disappeared and direct effects are no-longer visible, community shifts and food web effects might still occur. There is a need to better assess the impact of oil and its components on important ecological processes in order to understand these long-term effects.\nIncreased shipping and petroleum related activities are about to increase in vulnerable environments like the arctic. This increases even more the importance to properly assess risks and impacts related to potential oil spills. The aim of this session is to gather experts in the field of oil spill risk and impact assessment and will provide a platform for presenting the latest achievements in this field.\n- F22 - Plants and chemicals in the environment: risk assessment, pest management and phytoremediation\nGertie Arts1, Silvia Mohr2, Udo Hommen3\n1Alterra, Wageningen University and Research Centre, WAGENINGEN, The Netherlands\n2Federal Environment Agency, BERLIN, Germany\n3Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, SCHMALLENBERG, Germany\nThis session is organized by the SETAC Aquatic Macrophyte Ecotoxicology Advisory Group (AMEG) and welcomes scientific contributions that highlight one of three different aspects of the relationship between plants and chemicals in the environment. Despite the main focus on aquatic macrophytes, we also welcome scientific contributions on algae or terrestrial plants within the three topics:\nRisk assessment: Macrophytes are a key-component of many aquatic ecosystems by providing several ecosystem services including and among others oxygen production, habitat and shelter for other species, food and clean water for animals and humans. Therefore macrophytes are more and more considered in the risk assessment of chemicals and this session will cover contributions related to ecotoxicological tests and field monitoring to assess chemical effects on macrophytes. The session discusses laboratory and field approaches and temporal-spatial extrapolation of plant data for inclusion in the risk assessment of chemicals.\nPest management: Macrophytes are pests if they become invasive species especially outside their original geographical distribution range. Examples of serious modifications of ecosystems by invasive plants have been reported from all over the world. The threats invasive species pose to their environment include several, hampering food production by aquatic ecosystems worldwide and degradation of aquatic ecosystems like lakes and wetlands among others. Therefore, sustainable management of alien invasive macrophyte species is a world-wide concern. This session will discuss new practices on how invasive species can be managed in a sustainable way, e.g. by selectively applied pesticides, by combined chemical and biological management regimes or by other sustainable management practices.\nPhytoremediation: The third topic of the session intends to demonstrate the potential use of macrophytes for phytoremediation and risk mitigation purposes. Macrophytes change their chemical environment and take up and biodegrade contaminants thereby affecting concentrations of these compounds in aquatic ecosystems. This session will highlight these processes as demonstrated in experiments at laboratory and field-scales, and also discusses the application of those principles and processes in artificial wetlands and aquatic buffer zones where macrophytes can be used to reduce the input of pesticides and other contaminants due to run-off from agricultural areas into streams, ditches and rivers.\n- F23 - Risk assessment of chemical mixtures: where do we stand? what are the next steps?\nThomas Backhaus1, Bram Versonnen2\n1University of Gothenburg, GOTHENBURG, Sweden\n2European Chemicals Agency, HELSINKI, Finland\nSince the EU environment ministers asked the European Commission at the end of 2009 to strengthen its work on managing the risks posed by chemical mixtures, the area of mixture toxicity assessment has been incredibly active. Several conferences and workshops were conducted, and a range of scientific publications, regulatory guidelines and recommendations on how to assess risks of chemical mixtures were put forward. Recently published work includes in particular the “opinion on risk assessment of mixtures”by the Scientific Committees of the European Union, and the suggested WHO/IPCS framework on risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals.\nHowever, several open questions still remain, ranging from fundamental scientific issues to matters concerning the implementation of the mixture perspective into existing regulatory frameworks and to the development of appropriate quality targets for chemical mixtures. The session aims to provide an overview and critical reflection of the current debate, to identify gaps and hurdles and to identify the logical next steps. On the one hand, the session aims to present and analyze the specific situations in the different regulatory arenas (e.g. REACH or the Water Framework Directive). On the other hand, cross-cutting, conceptual analyses are also highly welcome. The session focusses on the risk assessment of mixtures, but also invites contributions that cover issues related to mixture exposure and hazard assessment, as well as risk management. We invite presentations that analyze the issue from the perspective of all the different stakeholders (industry, academia, environmental regulators, NGOs).\n- F24 - Risk communication for environmental protection: scientific and regulatory needs\nJose Tarazona, ECHA, HELSINKI, Finland\nRisk communication is an interactive, complex, multidisciplinary and multidimensional process intended to exchange risk related information and opinions among experts, decision makers, stakeholders and the general public. In the risk analysis of chemical substances, risk communication is of increasing importance and covers many specific sub-processes, from the exchange of the scientific outcome of hazard and risk assessment between risk assessor and risk managers, to the communication of the “residual risks” that remain after the implementation of all feasible risk control measures. The consideration of risk perception, by employers, workers, consumers and the general population is also an essential element of the process.\nThis session covers all risk communication sub-processes within the communication of the environmental hazards and risks of chemicals, including the indirect environmental risk for human health. Abstracts covering the risk communication experiences achieved in other fields, such as food, workplace, etc. are welcomed as far as they present views on how to support the scope of the SETAC mission: to support the development of principles and practices for protection, enhancement and management of sustainable environmental quality and ecosystem integrity.\nThe main topics to be addressed include:\n· Perception of environmental risks and role of risk perception in the decision and communication processes\n· Communicating the outcome of risk assessments and their uncertainty to decision makers\n· Communicating the outcome of risk assessment, regulatory decisions and risk management measures to stakeholders and the general public\n· Regulatory needs for risk communication under general chemical legislation (REACH, CLP/GHS), specific chemical legislation (pesticides, biocides, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, etc.), and other sector specific (water protection, integrated pollution control, industrial accidents, etc.) legislative requirements.\n- F25 - Soil at risk? Regulatory decisions need scientific input\nSilvia Pieper1, Franz Streissl2\n1Federal Environment Agency (UBA), DESSAU, Germany\n2EFSA, PARMA, Italy\nSoil ecosystems support a great proportion of ecosystem services that are rated as vital for mankind. These services reach from food provision to the regulation of water, climate and air quality. Moreover, soil is an extremely diverse habitat for an extremely diverse biocoenosis. It is beyond dispute that the key drivers of essential soil processes are to be found in the (micro)organisms living in an on the soil, but the function of the single species is often unknown. Apart from the knowledge on so-called 'ecosystem engineers' (e.g. anecic earthworms), there is a gap of information regarding the effects of the presence or -more drastic- the absence of organisms' species in soil.\nIn the prospective risk assessment of chemicals released in the environment (e.g. pesticides, pharmaceuticals), the ecotoxicological effects of substances are compared to the respective predicted environmental concentrations. Both terms of this risk quotient are in many respects particular when coming to assess the risk for soil ecosystems compared e.g. to the aquatic environment.\nOn the one hand, the data base for estimating potential effects of substances on soil organisms has been for many years extremely meagre, namely based on an acute standard laboratory test with one earthworm species. It is only in the last years that the demand for a more accurate assessment has led to the implementation of higher tier studies with complex communities covering several organism groups (e.g. Collembola, enchytraeids). However, due to the lack of knowledge on the species' function in the soil ecosystem, the interpretation of such study results is still a big source of debate. We call in this session for scientific input addressing the role and the sensitivity of organisms in the soil web, and aim at discussing possible tipping points of soil ecosystems that mark the tolerable level of individual/population/ biodiversity loss. Agreed guidance is also needed on the taxonomic level required for the detection of relevant effects, on possible aggregation strategies (e.g. trait based species' units), and on appropriate statistical data treatments.\nOn the other hand, since no homogeneity can be assumed in the distribution of chemical in the soil matrix, also the exposure assessment and the selection of pertinent predicted environmental concentrations requires particular attention. In particular, the spatial variability of substances often follows vertical trends, due to application/spill on the soil surface: at first, all substances will show the highest concentrations in the upper soil centimeters and only progressively with time leaching and degradation processes will lead to 'dilution' over the soil horizons. We would like to highlight the importance of temporal dynamics of substance concentrations in soils, and therefore sincerely welcome contributions addressing the time line of soil organisms' population recovery and of recolonization processes in the field.\n- F26 - Standard versus non-standard methods for hazard and risk assessment\nGoran Dave1, Emily McVey2, Jane Staveley3\n1University of Gothenburg, GÖTEBORG, Sweden\n2NA, DE BILT, The Netherlands\n3Exponent, CARY, NC, United States of America\nNational and international standards for biological testing are used around the world in risk assessment, in the monitoring and control of pollutants released to the environment and in the remediation of historical contamination. The principal drivers behind the need for standardization of biological test methods are to ensure: generation of high quality toxicology data; national or international consistency in the application of test standards, guidelines or methods: and proper application and interpretation of this data in environmental regulations and guidelines. Overall, the quality of the methods and practices at laboratories or during field sampling efforts ensure that environmental protection decisions on a local, regional or global level are made in a consistent manner using the most appropriate science.\nAt the same time, scientific understanding progresses, not being reflected in standard testing schemes. As a result, the potential for the use of non-standard testing data (such as that published in peer-reviewed journals) has been discussed.\nThe current goal for risk assessment is testing schemes that economize, and require only the most appropriate and necessary tests, and the use of as much existing data as possible. However, the use of inappropriate tests or non-standard data in regulatory decision-making could potentially result in inappropriate or erroneous regulation.\nThis session aims to discuss the pros and cons of standadard test results vers non standard test results and answer the following questions:\n· Why were standardized tests developed and what is the rationale for their use in regulatory decision-making? What are the pros and cons of standard vs. novel tests?\n· What is the value of non-standard endpoints for risk assessment purposes?\n· Can peer-reviewed and/or published data be used for regulatory risk assessment? How could it be used? How should it be weighed against standard GLP study data? Could publication standards (reporting requirements) by peer reviewed journals improve the utility of non-GLP studies for regulatory purposes? What types of evaluation criteria should be used for analysis of the peer reviewed literature for regulatory risk assessment?\n· Are certain deviations from the standard testing schemes more important than others? If so, which are the most important and which are negligible? Could there be a systematic approach to evaluating this?\n· Could different standards be applied to testing data used for different types of regulatory decisions? How much scientific certainty is necessary for different types of regulatory decisions?\n- F27 - The challenge of sustainability of marine resources: Towards the definition of an integrated environmental approach\nLuis Antelo, Antonio Alonso\nInstituto de Investigaciones Marinas, VIGO, Spain\nIn the aim of promoting the responsible and sustainable management of the European fishing activity, the EU took a number of actions oriented to the implementation of “no-discard”and “zero-waste”policies to be followed by the European fishing fleets in the near future. In particular, actions were directed to the development of policies to reduce unwanted by-catches and eliminate discards in European fisheries, as well as to make the best possible use of the captured resources avoiding its waste. In this sustainability framework, several initiatives (like LIFE+ FAROS Project - www.farosproject.eu) pursue the minimization of discards/by-catch as well as their optimal valorization to recover and to produce valuable chemicals of interest in the food and pharmaceutical industry.\nBased on these objectives, the aim of the session will be focused on the exchange of methodologies and tools to improve the sustainability of fish discards valorization processes and to implement basic principles of industrial ecology towards the sustainability on the use of marine resources. This goal can be achieved based on the analysis of different reuse/valorization processes and their associated scenarios under risk assessment and environmental impact criteria. Therefore, it will be necessary to integrate different environmental indicators, namely Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Ecological Footprint (EF) and Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA). Although these indicators have been individually applied to different fields of the fishing sector, an integrative global approach is needed to perform a reliable and complete environmental evaluation. This evaluation must be sequentially applied at different process levels (product, unit operation and global process).\nAt first, it could be thought that sustainable valorization of discards will have a very positive effect on the reduction of environmental impacts, since the quantity of species that are discarded both on board and on shore will be significantly decreased. Furthermore, in terms of Environmental Risk Assessment, the removal of dead fishes from the marine environment will not only benefit the preservation of marine ecosystems, but it can also pose a reduction of contaminant mass if fishes contain persistent contaminants, which can biomagnify through the food web. Consequently, these contaminants can be finally transferred to human receptors through direct or indirect (by-products) fish consumption. On the other hand, if vessels transport a heavier load, fuel consumption will be higher, this generating a negative impact. All these cases and contingencies must be evaluated by environmental indicators.\nIn summary, sharing available knowledge will be useful to establish optimum design, redesign and/or operating conditions, based on integrated criteria which include both technical and environmental aspects of valorization processes of fish discards, leading to minimize environmental impact and to the introduction of BAT’s.\n- F28 - The implementation of risk mitigation measure in protecting the environment in pesticide regulation\nKatja Knauer1, Martin Streloke2\n1Federal office for agriculture, BERN, Switzerland\n2Federal office of consumer protection and food safety, BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany\nIn assessing the impact of pesticides for the environment, specific risk mitigation measures (RMM) may be set before the authorization of a product based on the pesticide approval regulation (EC) 1107/2009 and can be accepted. RMM are tools for risk manager to guarantee a safe use of pesticides. Not all RMM can be addressed during authorization but can be tackled in other regulatory frameworks as e.g. directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use, good agriculture practices GAP and directive on machinery of pesticide application 2009/127/EC. Therefore, a broader strategy for a sustainable use of pesticides is desired.\nSafety measures for pesticides are often required to increase protection for ground and surface waters and non-target organisms. In Europe, various RMM are in use from buffer zones, physical barriers, to techniques as drift reducing nozzles to reduce the concentration of pesticides reaching non-agricultural land. The authorization of a pesticide product is addicted to the implementation of the risk mitigation measure (for labelling requirements see EU/547/2011) and farmers are asked e.g. to establish buffer zones around treated fields to reduce risks from drift during the application of pesticides and run-off during rain events. Buffer zone distances are scenario-based using applicable site conditions and will be provided in look-up tables on product labels. Taken together, these measures are expected to directly reduce exposures and risks, improve safety and reduce the potential for accidents in the environment, while maintaining important benefits of the plant protection products.\nIn addition to the risk assessment, other aspects of risk reduction should be considered in the management of pesticides such as product related measure, limitation of the marketing and the use of products, the feasibility of technical solutions, substitution of substances in products, practicality of measures and effective communication with farmers.\nThe session aims at presenting and discussing the value and efficiency of RMM in the regulation to minimize risks of pesticides for the environment. The session further aims in compiling RMM required for an EU-wide harmonized assessment of pesticides and to discuss potential appropriate solutions to prevent identified risk.\n- F29 - The use of rodenticides, a nagging issue on effectiveness and risks\nNico Van den Brink1, John Elliott2\n1Alterra, WAGENINGEN, The Netherlands\n2Environment Canada, DELTA BC, Canada\nRodenticides are used globally and most use involves anticoagulants, both first and second generation compounds. Use of First Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (FGARs) resulted in resistance in target populations, and Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs) were subsequently developed. These SGARs are more toxic and persistent and as a result present a significant secondary exposure and poisoning risk to predators. Rodenticides are regulated in Europe as biocides under Directive 98/8/EC or as plant protection product regulated under Council Directive 91/414/EE. In North America they are regulated as pest control products under restrictive federal legislation. Some of the SGARs, are known PBT-compounds (Persistent, Bioaccumulative, Toxic), which would normally restrict their use. However, rodenticides are considered as “essential use”products, because of a lack of acceptable alternatives (Commission Regulation (EC) No 298/2010), which implies that the advantages of their use in rodent control outweigh the risks to non-target organisms. Under such considerations it should be reasonable to: 1) assume that continued use does not have any unacceptable effect on human or animal health or on the environment and 2) that Member States impose all appropriate risk reduction measures when granting approval (Directive 98/8/EC).\nSeveral studies have shown exposure to SGARs not only in non-target rodents but also in a wide array of predators; in some cases effects on such non-target species were evident. Exposure may be related to baiting schemes and protocols, types of compounds used, food web relationships and species specific sensitivity. Studies have shown that the toxicodynamics and the toxicokinetics of anticoagulant rodenticides are extremely complex, which hampers a proper risk assessment based on field cases and derived dose response relationships.\nIn the proposed session we solicit for presentations on the latest scientific insights on exposure and effects of rodenticides on (non-target) rodents and their predators. Presentations may focus on the toxicokinetics and -dynamics of rodenticides, on secondary exposure and/or poisoning in the field or on risk mitigation in the baiting procedures. In addition, specific presentations are welcomed on the view of regulators on how to deal with the unwanted risks of rodenticides, and of industrial partners on possible next generation products. The session will bring together expertise in particular from North America, Europe, Australasia and parts of SE Asia. It is designed to provide an integrated overview on the environmental impacts of rodenticide use from different stakeholders perspective.\n- F30 - Wastewater effluent discharges: chemical characterisation and understanding potential risks in receiving waters\nDean Leverett1, Mirco Bundschuh2\n1Wca-environment, FARINGDON, United Kingdom\n2University of Koblenz-Landau, LANDAU, Germany\nThe vast majority of chemicals discharged to the aquatic environment are delivered in the form of wastewater effluents - aqueous mixtures of chemicals derived from industrial processes or the treatment of domestic sewage. While some industrial effluents are discharged directly to controlled waters, the vast majority are sent to municipal wastewater treatment works for treatment along with the domestic sewage.\nMunicipal wastewater treatment works are designed primarily to treat domestic wastewater and biological treatment processes are therefore employed to facilitate the nitrification of ammonia and nitrite into nitrate (e.g. activated sludge plants), rather than to deal with the vast range of substances likely to be present in industrial waste. Additional ‘tertiary’ treatments are added to some municipal treatment works to deal with specific substances in response to the requirements of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive or, in the receiving environment, the Water Framework Directive (WFD).\nRecently, a number of so-called ‘advanced’ treatments have been trialled and implemented with the aim of reducing concentrations of trace organic chemicals (e.g. endocrine disrupting substances) which have the potential to induce long-term ecological effects. Hence, advanced treatment methods (e.g. ozone, activated carbon, nanomaterial etc.) may be appropriate to counteract the continuous release of pollutants and the potentially accompanied effects in the environment.\nThe regulatory burden for ensuring that the concentrations of substances in wastewaters meet environmental standards ultimately falls on the shoulders of the water treatment industry. Wastewater treatment operators therefore require a well-developed understanding of the range and concentrations of substances in their effluents and of their contribution to local measured environmental concentrations to allow a robust assessment of the treatment options available for reducing effluent concentrations. Where there is also reliable information on the sources of substances entering the sewerage systems, the appraisal of options may be widened to also evaluate the potential for upstream controls rather than treatment alone.\nThis session will focus upon the considerable challenges of characterising and treating wastewater effluents, and the assessment of potential ecological effects that these effluents may have on receiving waters. This is an issue of global relevance and this session will address:\n· The efficiency of treatment technologies at removing specific substances or groups of substances, especially those identified as priorities under the WFD,\n· Scientific knowledge concerning tertiary treatment methods in wastewater treatment plants by considering research results regarding ecotoxicological implications and fate of chemicals during the treatment application,\n· The effects of treatments on other ‘non-target’ substances (especially Dissolved Organic Carbon) and the implications for chemical fate and behaviour in the receiving environment,\n· Developments in the hazard and risk assessment of substances entering the environment via wastewater effluents, mixture effects, nanomaterials, etc,\n· Monitoring schemes for effluents and receiving waters,\n· The sources of substances entering the wastewater systems.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://daveprout.com/","date":"2017-04-24T05:18:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917119080.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031159-00027-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9626888632774353,"token_count":701,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__142468698","lang":"en","text":"By far my most favorite place to work is in my local Starbucks.\nThere is something about the smell, the studious environment and the overall ambience that they have there.\nStarbucks is set up for computer nerds, and anyone who needs to use technology.\nIt’s a great place to meet clients and it provides a fantastic opportunity to sit and watch the “traffic” go by or just to sit and relax in a living room type of environment.\nBlogging, as much as I love it, can be a lonely job.\nIt’s lonely work where you generally work with the words in your head and occasionally have a conversation with others who are doing similar things in life as you.\nBeing able to talk to others online through Facebook, snapchat or twitter are all nice and fun but when it comes down to it, being in the presence of real humans is by far something that we all must need at a very innate level.\nHumans are social animals.\nIt’s in our genes.\nWe are not meant to be isolated and content with it except for during certain times in life.\nEven the most tribal of all people follow this basic principal of social animals. They seek each other for support.\nAt it’s most instinctual level it’s for finding help getting food and reproduction.\nThere is power in number in all things in life. Even as a lone blogger, I get inspired by the people I see, hear and yes even sometimes smell at Starbucks.\nOur sensory experience to the world is what makes us better writers and bloggers because we can tap into that and share it with others as we write.\nIt makes us more real.\nTrust me, I’ve tried to be completely alone and have sworn off all contact with humans because I was pissed at the world for being so negative.\nWhat a dummy I was.\nI was do the very thing that I hated about humans. I had slipped and became one…probably a creepy one.\nI think we all have an innate sense of when someone is in an isolation phase.\nJust like animals who find quiet places to get through pain and fear, humans do the exact same thing.\nWe seek isolation and quiet places when we become fearful and overwhelmed. Our bodies seek places where senses are minimal and all we deal with is what is in our heads and hopefully we recover or ailments by giving them such a drastic amount of laser focus.\nIt’s a place of inspiration. A place to get out and change my normal environment.\nIt’s a place I can be a spectator of the human animal and yet feel the connection as we all sit back and enjoy a study session on the wood grain tables with the distinct smell of warm coffee diffusing through the atmosphere.\nYeah..sure, I can set up my home to be something similar but inspiration does not come from stagnant waters and I want to make waves.\nStarbucks is one of the things that helps me make more waves.\nTry changing your environment every now and then, and make sure you are surrounded with something opposite of what you normally are surrounded by.\nAlways working in the city?\nTry the woods.\nAlways in your kitchen?\nTry a busy little coffee shop.\nOpen up and expand your experiences in life and you may surprised at how beneficial it will be to you on multiple levels.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://thebigbangshow.livejournal.com/45529.html","date":"2017-02-23T04:52:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501171078.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104611-00336-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9594521522521973,"token_count":391,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__79575880","lang":"en","text":"Title: \"The Connubial Catalyst\"\nDescription: Sheldon and Amy wrestle with the increasing demands of modern life and family, but an opportunity comes along that may finally make their dreams come true. Meanwhile, Leonard, Howard and Raj face major life changes as well.\nFandom: The Big Bang Theory\nCharacters: Sheldon/Amy and everybody else\nWord Count: 53,000+\nAuthor's Note: This is a companion piece to \"The Coitus Consideration\" and a sequel to The Gamete Indeterminacy, and those stories are mandatory reading to understand this story. So… chop, chop.\nDisclaimer: The Big Bang Theory is an American sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, and is produced by them along with Lee Aronsohn. It is a Warner Brothers production and airs on CBS. All characters, plots and creative elements derived from the source material belong exclusively to their respective owners. I, the author of the fan fiction, do not, in any way, profit monetarily from the story.\nRating: M (for later chapters)\n\"If I'm being completely honest,\" Sheldon continued, \"I believe the Waldorf system of music education is the ideal method to use with young children, and it perturbs me that it hasn't been integrated more universally into our juvenile music education programs. Not that I'm particularly interested in childhood education of any sort, but I'm still right.\"\nAmy nodded, thinking back to what his profile has said: \"Likes the theoretical aspects of music, and most things, more than its real-world application.\"\n\"That was a fascinating bit of information on the pentatonic scale,\" she said, after taking a sip of water, \"although I think it is only tangentially relates to my original inquiry.\"\n\"Which one was that?\" he asked.\n\"What is your favorite song?\"\n( Keep reading... )","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://cepheus-publishing.jimdo.com/","date":"2017-11-21T09:59:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934806338.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20171121094039-20171121114039-00554.warc.gz","language_score":0.9390532970428467,"token_count":153,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__32015048","lang":"en","text":"We are a small, starting publishing company: we can only grow bigger with your love and support! You can follow our activities, join in the fun and connect with us. We look forward to your feedback\nSimple, environment-friendly, worldwide.\nAsk us anything: we'll answer simply and honestly.\nWrite with us and hone your skills with a friendly and productive community!\nAn independent publishing house dedicated to a small community of authors and illustrators, worldwide.\nWe publish your content, as well as write and edit our own.\nWe promote your work, may it be self-published or under our name!\nWe want to help writers and illustrators that wish to remain independent yet enjoy the support of a publishing house and a community.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://jjchang.wordpress.com/2015/01/","date":"2018-07-23T05:43:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676594954.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20180723051723-20180723071723-00397.warc.gz","language_score":0.9907234311103821,"token_count":1398,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__139025167","lang":"en","text":"I guess reminders of my dad seem to be one of the few catalysts for me to write these days…\nI went to my second funeral yesterday since my dad’s, and the first of someone that I actually knew. My friend Jeremy and his mom, also my piano teacher for many years, lost his father to cancer, and though I didn’t anticipate it, I had a hard time staying composed during the beautiful service that honored him.\nTo see so many of the friends and family that I grew up with all grieving together wasn’t something I felt prepared to see, and it made me dread the years (hopefully many many years) to come when we see more of our beloved shu-shus and ayis leave us.\nI was distraught for their loss, but it also opened a new conversation in my head that I hadn’t heard before. One considering how even if one didn’t fear death, how difficult leaving this world can be, to leave your loved ones behind. As the people who stay behind, we grieve, we suffer, and eventually we move on, but to be in the position of knowing that you are going to miss out on life with your loved ones must be a heart-wrenching experience, even on top of much of the physical suffering that those fighting terminal illnesses.\nSo while I was sad for Jeremy, I was also in a small way glad for him. Glad that he had the opportunity to become a wonderful grown man, that his dad was allowed to see the fruit of his efforts, to see him finish college, and med school, to become a self-sufficient adult. I was glad that he was in a place where he can actively engage in the loss of his dad, to understand what is happening, and better appreciate his dad and who he was before losing him. Then again, that’s definitely an oversimplification of the situation. I mean after all, there’s always more to see right?\nAs I sat in the pew waiting the start of the service and later as I watched Jeremy deliver a poignant, articulate eulogy for his father, I was reminded more than ever before just how out of it I was at my own father’s funeral. I have little to no memory of the day. All I remember are that I was physically there, and that my sister and my dad’s coworker delivered eulogies. I think Mrs. Choy (my piano teacher) may actually have played the music, but I’m not really sure. I lament the fact that I was too young and too immature to understand what was happening. That I will never be able to honor my dad like that with my own words, sharing what a wonderful man and father he was to me to those that loved him. How he molded and shaped who I am. But I was just barely an angsty teenager, only starting to figure out what it meant to navigate the meaningful relationships in my life. I suppose there’s no reason to feel guilty about it.\nI’m just a few months from reaching the point where I’ll actually have lived half my life without my father, and it’s hard not to feel like I missed out… that we both missed out. Even at 28, most of the milestones in my life have already occurred without him. When I see Melissa’s dad enjoying time with his beautiful granddaughter, I can’t help but wonder how delighted my own father would be.\nIf he was still around, he’d probably be mulling retirement, and my mom would be most likely be retired already. They’d probably have enjoyed some vacations together and maybe would be considering moving down to Columbus upon his retirement to be closer to us. However that fantasy is a but a pipe dream, and the reality is that the newfound awareness that my dad “missed out” on all these things has instilled a fear in myself that I could do the same one day. While I cherish the days that I have now with Juliette and Melissa, I desperately want to be here too to see her grow up. I want to see her become a talented, kind, and loving woman as she enters into adulthood. I want to see her fall in love with her spouse, and later with her children, should that be the way things turn out.\nThe night before the funeral I had a dream that I was in a building during a tornado-like storm, clinging to furniture for dear life. After the storm passed, I suddenly realized that Melissa & Juliette were still at the condo and I panicked, wondering if they had survived, noting that Juliette at her young age could not possibly cling to a piece of furniture to avoid flying away. I found them in the end, but I will not forget the terror I felt from that dream.\nIf you know me, you would know that I often pride myself on being resilient. I do my best to shake off the cold, and am determined to shake off sickness when it tries to come my way. For the most part it works, but last night as I drove home through a blizzard in my mom’s minivan with barely functioning wipers, at times I felt fragile and small as semis flew by and I struggled to see the road. My hyperactive imagination planned out several times what I should do should we start spinning out. I wondered what would happen to Melissa and Jules if something happened to me, if they would be OK. Perhaps this is a growing pain that comes with fatherhood. When I did get pretty sick a few months ago, similar fears had surfaced.\nPerhaps it is a healthy fear, to feel like you have something to lose. When I was younger, particularly in my darker days, I didn’t really feel that way. I know that God is in control, but I do hope that his plans are the same as mine. There are few things where I have “FOMO”, as they say… the “fear of missing out,” but I guess this is one of them.\nSo thank you Mr. Choy, for teaching me, even after you have left us. Thank you for your life that you blessed everyone around you with, and thank you for your wonderful family that you grew, that has been a significant part of my life. I am thankful that I got to see you one last time, even if it was later than I would’ve liked. It is good to know that you are smiling down from heaven. I can only hope that I can learn the same thing that Jeremy has learned from you. To cherish the things that God has given me and love them ever so stubbornly.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://custom-essay-writing-service34.mystrikingly.com/blog/greek-mythology-impact-on-greece","date":"2021-01-28T06:20:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610704835901.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20210128040619-20210128070619-00008.warc.gz","language_score":0.9659473299980164,"token_count":219,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__135139735","lang":"en","text":"Greek Mythology Impact on GreeceGreek Mythology played a http://best-paper-writing-service477.mystrikingly.com/ huge role in the development of Ancient Greece. Not only did it surround the basic structures of their buildings, it also surrounded the structure of their everyday lives. The way they would pray, the way they would complete everyday tasks, and the way they lived all centered around the gods and goddesses of Greek Mythology.People prayed to these gods for the same reasons we pray today: for health and safety, for prosperity, for a good harvest, for safety at sea. Mostly they prayed as communities, and through offerings and sacrifice they sought to please the inscrutable deities who they believed controlled their lives (National Geographics). The Greeks looked to Hades (God of the Underworld) whenever it came to death. The places where Hades ruled (The Unseen) was described as moldering horror where heroes and ordinary people went after they died (National Geographics). The Greeks began making afterlife kind of like a personal quest rather than a joyless fate.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://shaw.salk.edu/research/","date":"2024-02-24T19:02:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474544.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224180245-20240224210245-00493.warc.gz","language_score":0.9315596222877502,"token_count":1128,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__151912977","lang":"en","text":"Metabolism and Cancer\nWe are working to understand the links between metabolism and cancer in an effort to add to the growing body of knowledge with respect to potential avenues or targets for therapeutics. Our work centers around a human tumor suppressor named LKB1. LKB1 is mutationally inactivated in the familial cancer disease Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome as well as in large percentage of sporadic lung adenocarcinomas. Interestingly, LKB1 encodes a threonine kinase that serves to activate a number of downstream kinases, including the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), which is a critical regulator of metabolism, and the par-1/MARK family of kinases that regulate cell polarity.\nUsing a combination of proteomic and bioinformatics approaches, we identified AMPK as a direct substrate of LKB1. AMPK is a highly conserved regulator of cell metabolism that is activated under conditions of energy stress. We propose that the LKB1-dependent activation of AMPK in response to these stress stimuli may act as a low energy or metabolic checkpoint in the cell. This unexpected connection between a well-known regulator of cellular metabolism and a tumor suppressor gene led to two immediate questions: Does AMPK have a role in tumor suppression and conversely, does the LKB1 tumor suppressor have a role in metabolic control in critical tissues in mammals? We have found that indeed both are true and that through the phosphorylation of specific targets by AMPK, these wide effects on physiology are regulated.\nOne way that LKB1 and AMPK regulate tumorigenesis is through regulation of mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin), a conserved integrator of nutrient and growth factor signaling. We found that AMPK directly phosphorylates the TSC2 tumor suppressor and the key mTOR binding partner raptor. Collectively these events inhibit mTOR and cause cell cycle arrest. This reinforces the idea that drugs which activate AMPK may serve as chemotherapeutics.\nConsistent with these observations from cell culture, tumors lacking LKB1 were found to contain elevated levels of mTOR compared to surrounding epithelium. These findings culminated in the observation that three different human hamartoma syndromes, involving loss of TSC1/2, PTEN, and LKB1, all share a common biochemical underpinning: hyperactivation of mTOR signaling. Based on these findings, we suggested that these tumor types may be effectively treated with mTOR inhibitors such as rapamycin. In preclinical trials in a mouse model of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, we have found that rapamycin very effectively suppresses tumor formation. Further study of this model revealed an mTOR- and HIF1a-dependent reprogramming of glucose metabolism in these tumors, making them now visible by FDG-PET. These results indicate that in the future Peutz-Jeghers patients may be able to be treated by mTOR inhibitors and even when surgical resection is utilized, FDG-PET can be used to guide the surgery.\nWe also have a major research effort underway studying the role of LKB1 in the suppression of non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), the most common form of human lung cancer, in which LKB1 is one of the most frequently mutated genes. In our genetic mouse model of non-small cell lung cancer, LKB1 inactivation dramatically increases metastasis and tumor growth, as well as altering the spectrum of tumor types observed. We are currently using these mice to further explore the use of therapeutics that target the tumor cell’s glucose metabolism or energy state as a means to kill tumor cells with specific genetic mutations. We believe that individualized medicine aimed at each tumor’s unique Achilles heel will be the mechanism for most anti-cancer therapeutics in the future.\nFinally, given the connection between AMPK and diabetes, our lab devotes significant effort to studying type 2 diabetes. We previously demonstrated that inactivation of LKB1 in murine liver leads to severe diabetes-like phenotypes in these mice. Moreover, we showed that metformin (GlucophageTM), the most-widely prescribed type 2 diabetes therapeutic in the world, which over 100 million people take daily, requires LKB1 signaling in the liver in order to exert its therapeutic benefit. During a collaborative effort in 2008, we assisted the laboratory of Ron Evans here at the Salk in demonstrating that an AMPK activating compound named AICAR was sufficient by itself to promote endurance, making it a unique exercise mimetic. We are currently focused on identifying the key targets downstream of LKB1 in metabolic tissues including liver and muscle that mediate the beneficial effects of metformin and AICAR on metabolism.\nCurrent efforts in the laboratory are aimed at further identifying the key components of this signaling pathway that suppress tumorigenesis and metabolic disease, as well as decoding the circuits linking fundamental cell biological processes to physiology. We employ a variety of biochemical, cell-biological, and genetic mouse models to dissect these biological processes. The discovery of this highly LKB1 conserved pathway has already led to fundamental insights into the mechanisms through which all eukaryotic organisms couple their growth to nutrient conditions and metabolism. A deeper understanding of the key components of this pathway will not only lead to future therapeutic targets for cancer and diabetes, but will reveal the minimal number of steps required to suppress tumorigenesis and reprogram metabolism.","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"http://bcprincess.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-04-19T22:14:19Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609537754.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005217-00533-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8902537822723389,"token_count":70,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__128461241","lang":"en","text":"I'll be fine on my own.\nI know you’re not here, I can see it in your eyes when we talk. Where ever you are, come back soon.\nIain Thomas, I Wrote This For You (via oxfay)\nWith the right music, you either forget everything or you remember everything.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://nodefensetoselfdefense.com/stories/","date":"2021-03-02T04:54:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178363217.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20210302034236-20210302064236-00077.warc.gz","language_score":0.9914989471435547,"token_count":1555,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__148288902","lang":"en","text":"Strength Through Surviving Together\nGrowing up in a small town you always think bad things won’t happen to you. You always think assaults are just big town problems, but the hard truth is they can and do happen anywhere.\nThe stories I am sharing with you are true and are about 3 of my very best friends from childhood. With life taking us in all different directions we still make time to get together. Our experiences together are always amazingly positive, fun and full of energy. No matter what trials we face in our lives we have and will overcome them, and through it all I always know we have each other.\nWhen I was 23 I was sexually assaulted by an ex-boyfriend. At the time I was living in an apartment by myself in Grand Rapids.. He was not a nice man; to the point where my employer forced me to get a personal protection order on him, or I would lose my job. He would sit outside my work doing crazy erratic things, scaring my friends, coworkers, and me. We dated for 2 1/2 years on and off. Shortly after I got the PPO on him he came to my apartment. He wanted to talk to me about remaining friends. I felt very uncomfortable and of course he was not listening to the word no. He kept saying things to play on my vunerabilities like “I guess you never really cared about us, and you must have never really loved me.” Eventually he wore me down and I let him in, despite my own intuition and the PPO. Once in my apartment he quickly got angry and the assault happened.\nWhen he left, I blamed myself. I should not have let him in, I must of said something or done something that made him hurt me. Lots of things went through my mind to rationalize not reporting it, and I never did report what happened.\nTen years later when I was happily married with children I got such anxiety about life. Specifically about how I couldn’t control things that happen to people I love. I felt afraid of everything. I finally went out and got a CPL (Concealed Pistol License). I trained and practiced with it for months. However, I soon found with having a full time job and the needs of my family I didn’t have the time to commit to training. I soon found my anxiety winning and became afraid of my weapon. My mind always came back to thinking someone could use my gun against me or worse, my children. For over a year my anxiety was so great I was taking daily medication. Some days were worse then others, causing me to take other medications as well.\nI finally started praying and asking God to help me. I didn’t want to be on medication or feel like this the rest of my life. For two years I researched and studied various martial arts. None of these programs seemed quite right, and I didn’t feel they were what I was looking for. I wanted something that would give me a basic technique that any women could use at anytime. I also wanted something I could teach to the women and children in my family. I always kept coming back to the same program and website: defenduniversity.com, the Girls on Guard, and the Guarding our girls program, also presently known as Jane-Jitsu Women Empowerment program janejitsu.com. Fear of the money I would need for the cost of training and the travel expensives, soon took over. My anxiety also felt out of control just thinking about traveling alone to take this course.\nEverything changed the day my aunt died. I remember driving home from work crying and asking God to just give me a sign on what to do with my life. In that moment Steve, my trainer called and said he had an opening in his Tampa Certification course. Right then and there I decided to put my complete faith and trust in God and what I knew he wanted for me, and got my certification.\nGod has given me a passion to help others.\nI want women and children to feel empowered, strong, and to be able to protect themselves in the worst situations. I want everyone to know, that no one ever deserves to be assaulted or abused under any circumstance. It is NEVER the fault of the victim. With all the knowledge and skills I have now, I look back and know with complete certainty that what happened to me was not my fault.\nRape and abuse is a choice that the perpetrator makes, not the victim. With the knowledge and skills I have now I may have been able to escape my attacker. This is what I hope to help others learn!\nFreshman year, my girlfriend was so excited to go out on a date with a boy some friends from school had set her up with. They went to a party, she drove and did not drink. He invited her back up to his room to watch movies.\nThey had been kissing a little and she was feeling a little uncomfortable. She refused several of his advances,\nunfortunately like most predators he was not listening to the word no. Through her inexperience (she was a virgin) and her lack of knowledge she eventually let her guard down. She proceeded into his bedroom thinking that he would keep the promise he had made to not do anything she was not comfortable with. Before she knew it, it was over; he had raped her. She froze she didn’t know what to do. She some how blamed herself for going to his room and then to his bedroom. She never reported it.\n“When I was 19 the unimaginable happened. I was a 2nd year college student traveling back to school from my small hometown of Ionia. Along the way I stopped to pick up some items at the store. As I was leaving the store a\nstranger came out of no where, put a knife to my side and ordered me to get in the car. It happened so quickly, I didn’t know what to do but scream for help. No one heard. As I sat on the passenger side floor fearing for my life, I started praying to God to help me through this. The man stopped in a remote area and ordered me out of the car and into the back seat where he sexually assaulted me. He then told me to get out of the car and ordered me to kneel as he stood behind me with a knife to my throat. I tried to get away but it didn’t work. He proceeded to take the knife and slit my throat leaving me for dead. Even though it may not seem like it God was watching over me. I was able to get up and walk half mile to a house to get help. I was told in the hospital I was very lucky. The cut came 1/4″ from the main artery to my brain.\nEight years after my attack the police apprehended my attacker and he is now serving time in prison for kidnapping, attempted murder and rape.”\nSpring of our junior year of college another girlfriend of mine was super excited to go with a guy friend of hers to a faternity formal. She had told him that they could go just as friends. At the party she was having some drinks and started to get really sick. Her supposed guy friend then had taken her back to a room to lay her down. She vividly remembers being sexually assaulted. Then next morning she was very ill and she got some flash images of what had happened to her. At this point she had figured out that the supposed guy friend had possibly drugged her and sexually assaulted her. She did report this.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://stjohnmbc.com/blog/2021/09/25/there-s-still-hope-the-god-of-presence-sunday-september-19-2021","date":"2021-10-28T01:23:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323588246.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20211028003812-20211028033812-00102.warc.gz","language_score":0.9609806537628174,"token_count":752,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__211604657","lang":"en","text":"My brothers and my sisters, The Lord’s presence is a viable, verifiable truth! Contrary to what the enemy will attempt to have us believe, based on the intensity of our struggle, situation, or scenario, God’s ability to see us thwarts the opportunity for Him to neglect us. There’s Still Hope! This past Sunday our topic was The God of Presence and our foundational scripture was found in Exodus 3:1-10 (NKJV).\nHere, His Omnipresence positions Him to see us, hear us, and know us. These truths are corroborated in this conversation between the God of Presence and Moses. Exodus 3:7 declares: \"And the Lord said: have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.\" The God of Presence’s word and actions confirm that He sees us, He hears us and He knows us…\nGOD SEES US – the intensity and the interval of the valley may give the appearance that He does not see us, but The Lord our God is ever watching over us. He is concerned for us, never loses sight of or forgets about us! Bruno Mars sang, “Count on me like 1-2-3”, but truth be told, folks come and go, BUT GOD in His Omnipresence is an ever-present help in the time of trouble…GOD SEES US!\nGOD HEARS US – not only does God see us, but He hears the cries of His people in the midst of affliction. Nope, God does not neglect, ignore, discount, or turn a deaf ear towards us. Psalms 34:17 reports, “The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles” …GOD HEARS US!\nGOD KNOWS US – not only does God see the external afflictions that come against us, but He knows and understands the internal sorrows that rise up within us. He is with us and He cares for us! With His eyes, He sees; with His ears, He hears; but with His heart, He knows. He knows what we are going through and how much we can bear. It is because of this knowledge and care for His people that every issue, problem, and difficulty we face comes with an expiration date attached to it...GOD KNOWS US!\nMy brothers and sisters, we are strengthened in knowing that God sees us, hears us, and knows us, but His Omnipresence opens the door for us to experience His MANIFESTED PRESENCE which reveals that God will Perform for us! While we are trying to figure it out, God already worked it out!\nGOD PERFORMS FOR US – God told Moses (v.8) I will come down (I will manifest Myself), because I am about to work it out, fight for you! Dear Reader, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob allowed me the opportunity to document this truth just for you. God is about to manifest His presence in your situation and perform a miracle! Keep the Faith! There’s Still Hope!\nYes, Pastor, God is an ever-present help in the time of trouble. Lamentation 3:22-23 KJV, \"It is of the Lord's Mercies that are not consumed, because His compassion fail not. They are new eve morning!\nGreat is thy faithfulness.\" I am so thankful!! What a wonderful, uplifting message, Pastor Davis!! Thank you.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://blog.primerdesign.co.uk/sars-cov-2-mutations-cause-for-concern/","date":"2024-04-22T03:32:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818072.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422020223-20240422050223-00770.warc.gz","language_score":0.8648699522018433,"token_count":1550,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__87595960","lang":"en","text":"SARS-CoV-2 Mutations – Cause for Concern?\nThe accumulation of genetic mutations is a normal part of viral evolution. Mutations change the sequence of the viral genome, creating different ‘variants.’ While some mutations might be silent, with no visible clinical effect, others might have implications for disease transmission, severity, reinfection potential, and immunity.\nA recently described clinically significant mutation has been termed N501Y, which put simply means that the amino acid ‘N’ at position 501 of the spike protein has been substituted for a ‘Y’. While this may seem innocuous, it in fact causes the virus to behave differently, including how tightly the spike protein binds to the ACE2 receptor – allowing for easier viral entry into human cells and an increase in viral transmission (1-3).\nThis key mutation has been observed in several SARS-CoV-2 strains, with a widespread geographical presence originating in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Brazil. While the United Kingdom variant represented the original N501Y strain, the variant observed in South Africa carries two additional clinically important mutations in the spike protein called E484K and K417N. These mutations are thought to reduce antibody recognition and assist the virus in evading the immune system (4). Another variant cluster was reported to originate from Brazil, and as with the South African variant harbours the N501Y and E484K mutations, however it differs with a new K417T mutation. Similar biologically important fitness traits including immune evasion and rapid transmission are thought to be coded by these mutations (5).\nBased on several independent analyses summarized in the SAGE meeting paper, there is a realistic possibility that infection with VOC B.1.1.7 is associated with an increased risk of death compared to infection with non-VOC viruses (6).\nNew variants – Do they matter?\nWhile the advent of new variants may be a natural part of viral evolution, those that provide the virus with fitness advantages including faster transmission and host immune evasion are proving concerning to the scientific community. The potential impact of these new mutations compromising the efficacy of established diagnostic assays including RT-PCR and antigen detection tests has been raised. Most rapid antigen tests detect the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein, meaning alterations in the spike protein will not affect this assay (7). Chief among these concerns are whether the new variants will weaken the effectiveness of vaccines (8). The mutations of greatest clinical concern (as described above) are concentrated in the segment of the viral genome coding for the spike protein the target to which the current vaccines build immunity to. However, due to the size of the spike protein, a large number of mutations would be needed for the virus to evade the vaccine – thus maintaining confidence that the vaccines will still work (4).\nOvercoming the challenges of new variants with genomic surveillance\nThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has outlined various guidelines for local and national authorities to monitor emerging variants. These strategies include mass testing, contact tracing, and carrying out epidemiological and virological genomic surveillance (9). Genomic surveillance can increase the visibility of variants, and in turn identify trends to inform control methods including local lockdowns. This specialised surveillance involves analysing the sequences of SARS-CoV-2 from collected samples. The larger the sample pool, the more efficiently new variants can be identified, and transmission patterns will emerge.\nTo facilitate enhanced surveillance, the World Health Organisation recommend that countries maximise their sampling and sequencing where possible. They also state that this data should be made available in public databases. Tracking mutations in these databases helps researchers navigate the origins of the virus and better understand its spread. The genomic changes over time give unprecedented insights into how the virus is evolving and adapting, and how we can implement countermeasures to control its transmission on a global scale (10).\nNovacyt’s world-leading surveillance platform allows us to closely monitor the emergence of new variants and analyse changes in SARS-CoV-2 to ensure our diagnostic kits can effectively detect the virus.\n- ECDC (2020) Risk related to spread of new SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in the EU/EEA. Available from: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/COVID-19-risk-related-to-spread-of-new-SARS-CoV-2-variants-EU-EEA.pdf\n- American Society for Microbiology (2021) B.1.1.7: What We Know About the Novel SARS-CoV-2 Variant. Available from: https://asm.org/Articles/2021/January/B-1-1-7-What-We-Know-About-the-Novel-SARS-CoV-2-Va\n- Fiorentini et al. (2021) First detection of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein N501 mutation in Italy in August, 2020. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00007-4\n- Covid-19: What new variants are emerging and how are they being investigated? BMJ 2021;372. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n158\n- Faria et al. (2021) Genomic characterisation of an emergent SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus: preliminary findings. Available from: https://virological.org/t/genomic-characterisation-of-an-emergent-sars-cov-2-lineage-in-manaus-preliminary-findings/586/1\n- UK (2021) NERVTAG note on B.1.1.7 severity. Available from: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/955239/NERVTAG_paper_on_variant_of_concern__VOC__B.1.1.7.pdf\n- UK SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow antigen tests: evaluation of VUI-202012/01 (2020) Available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sars-cov-2-lateral-flow-antigen-tests-evaluation-of-vui20201201/sars-cov-2-lateral-flow-antigen-tests-evaluation-of-vui-20201201\n- Callaway (2021) Could new COVID variants undermine vaccines? Labs scramble to find out. Nature, 589:177-178\n- WHO (2020) SARS-CoV-2 Variants. Available from: http://www.who.int/csr/don/31-december-2020-sars-cov2-variants/en/\n- National Geographic (2020) How coronavirus mutations can track its spread—and disprove conspiracies. Available from: https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/science-and-technology/2020/03/how-coronavirus-mutations-can-track-its-spread-and-disprove","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.es-solution.com/","date":"2014-11-28T15:31:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-49/segments/1416931010590.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20141125155650-00208-ip-10-235-23-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9155226945877075,"token_count":261,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-49__0__99016580","lang":"en","text":"Latest Search Engine People Blog post is titled, “8 Books On Writing Every Marketer Should Read”\n“So you’re trying to be the next Mark Twain or Margaret Atwood. Except a cooler, digital marketing inclined version that writes killer content for the web. Where do you start? Two of the best ways to learn are by example and research. If you’re getting a brain cramp when it comes to letting the ink flow (or keys type), here are some books you might want to flip through for inspiration or to help refine your writing.\n1. The Elements Of Style\nBy William Strunk Jr. & E.B. White.\nThese days this book is often touted as being old and out of date (it was originally published in the early 18th century).\nIt might sound like a total snooze fest, but this book gives an extensive and still relevant history in to the English language.\nDon’t believe me? Time magazine included it in their 2011 rundown of all-time 100 non-fiction books.\n2. Spunk And Bite\nBy Arthur Plotnik.\nConsider this little ditty the big older brother of Strunk and White’s (get it?) Elements of Style…”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://globalrevivalharvest.com/2021/02/19/young-street-boy-receives-jesus-today-with-smile-on-his-face-but-i-almost-missed-it/","date":"2023-09-25T02:14:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506676.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20230925015430-20230925045430-00057.warc.gz","language_score":0.9839573502540588,"token_count":1233,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__121180421","lang":"en","text":"This morning I was on my way to a church service in Kenya at 7 AM. I was running late, but as I was walking in to the building I passed by a street boy who had just woken up from sleeping on the street and he was carrying a tarp which was his blanket for the night…\nAt first I walked by him because I was running late for the church service. Then I was reminded of the parable of the good Samaritan in the Bible (Luke 10). In that parable, a person was left on the side of the road beaten by thugs. Two highly religious leaders walked right by with no compassion. A priest & a levite (they were probably busy & on their way to a religious service)… But then a Samaritan (non religious man) walked by and had compassion on his neighbor and helped the man… Jesus used this parable to explain what it means to love our neighbor…\nI was convicted by the Holy Spirit…\nI thought to myself, what am I doing! I don’t want to be so busy to get to church that I walk right by a child who God‘s heart is desperately longing to touch & encourage\nSo I turned around and begin to search for this street boy.\nEventually, I found the boy walking down the road and tapped him on the shoulder. (If you’ve ever been to Africa you know it’s usually the other way around). I could feel the heart of God bursting to reach this little guy…\n😢 Over the years I have sat with dozens of street kids and heard their stories… most of them have been abandoned, their parents have died, their parents suddenly disappeared, etc… They are stuck on the streets in survival mode with no one to look out for them, no family, no home, no food, no protection, no encouragement, no love, all alone to fend for themselves… It absolutely breaks my heart!\nJesus was always moved by compassion for the helpless, those who are like sheep with no Shepherd. & these street kids are definitely sheep with no Shepherd\nSo I talked to him and I looked him in the eyes and I told him God loves him and has a plan for his life. I told him he wasn’t a bad kid and it wasn’t his fault he was on the street and that God can redeem his story.\nI shared the gospel with him and told him why God became a man and suffered the way we suffer & then died for our sins.\nHis face lit up with a smile!\nI asked him if he had received Jesus as his Savior yet and he said NO. I asked him if he wanted to and he said YES!\nSo right there he prayed to surrender his life to Christ. And I saw a light of hope come back into his eyes.\nThen I told him I wanted to buy him some breakfast and I gave him some money for food.\nAnd then welcomed him out to the street meeting that will be doing tonight in downtown Nairobi so he can meet some of my “Street Praise” friends… (if he shows up I might be able to arrange a way to get him off the street… Please pray for him!)\nAfter I was done, I walked into the church and I felt the Holy Spirit say:\n👉 “ I wish my church was as passionate for Orphans and widows as they are about getting rich, getting a car or a home or getting their next blessing.”\nGod‘s voice is always so sobering and convicting yet loving and true.\nCould it be that we have missed the heart of God and have settled for a materialistic Christianity devoid of the pure mission & compassion of Jesus that we read about in the gospels?\nI’m reminded by the words of Jesus that he will say to all on the final judgement day:\n“Whatever you do to the least of these my brethren you have done it on to me. Whatever you have not done to the least of these my brethren you have done it to me” (Matt 25)\nYes, I was in a hurry to get to a church service this morning to seek God, but I didn’t want to grieve God’s heart & walk by “Jesus” on my way to church…. There he was, a young boy carrying his tarp blanket desperate for someone to encourage him and share the gospel with him.\nI am so glad I obeyed the Holy Spirits nudge & turned around!\nChurch, There are millions of desperate orphans, widows & lost souls out there, there all over the world and they are waiting for the message of hope we carry.\nThey’re waiting for us to get over our selfishness, they’re waiting for us to get out of our buildings & comfort bubbles. They are waiting for us to let go of the “bless me club corrupted gospel” and preach the true & pure gospel that Jesus preached and reach out to the poor, widows and orphans.\nAgain, Could it be that we have been bewitched & distracted by chasing temporal riches & have missed eternal treasures (souls)?\n“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.”\nSo many are starving for the Hope that only God can give them.\nWill we walk by Jesus (the least of these) on our way to our church services like I almost did today & have done too many times in the past?\nOr will we take a few moments, Love them, share the good news with them & Give them the message that can change their destiny & eternity!\nMay God change our hearts & give us his compassion to reach this Lost and dying world. Amen!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://amitunboxed.substack.com/p/acceptance-is-something-that-has","date":"2022-08-09T05:23:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570901.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809033952-20220809063952-00451.warc.gz","language_score":0.9554170966148376,"token_count":1993,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__15827104","lang":"en","text":"Acceptance Is Something That Has To Be ‘Rewarded’!\n“He still calls me!”\nHe stands in a classic pose in a corner of my room. He is my Huge Beautiful Wooden ‘Mirror’! It looks exactly like we used to imagine in some vintage fantasy books.\nI was in the habit of getting obsessed with myself when I get to look in that mirror!\n‘A Sense of Overconfidence’, ‘Toxic Positivity’, ‘Self-beautification’, ‘Over-Optimism’ and what not! Yes, and this was just because there was always someone at my place, who used to ignite me with those Over-motivating Booster Doses like “We admire you, bro! You Can Do Anything!”\nBut in reality, I couldn’t :-(\nNot even any stupid common things :-/\nWhat I did was I just Fake!\nThen why do I get to see such a perfect IMAGE when I look in that mirror every fu*king day?\nLater I realized, the problem was not about the Image, it was about the ‘MIRROR’!\nMy mirror always showed me the exact image that I was ever mad to see.\n‘A Great Large Picture of Myself’!\nOne day last October, I left my home. Leaving my home for the first time in the last 22 years and that too for such a long time, have never introduced me to any of the MIRRORS that could have helped me survive in some Unknown, Strange, Dark, and Real Spaces. These spaces were ‘Of Course NOT’ from my head, but the ones ‘Full of The DEADS’!\nNo one was there ‘To Boost Me Up’, ‘Charge Me When Needed’, ‘Give Me A Sense of Hope’, ‘Not Even A Single TRUE Useful Advice’. I felt like I was in a ‘Graveyard’.\nToday even, sometimes, on the calm and spooky nights, my brain keeps searching for that One Huge Wooden Vintage Mirror nearby!\nI always kept searching for that ‘One Huge Perfect Mirror’ and missed the existence of the Numerous Mirrors that were there At Every Corner, Under Every Roof, and On Every Wall. Some of them were just to scare me, some to judge, some to criticize, to dominate, and sometimes to KILL too! These mirrors were not there simply for any reflections, or projections, but were there for some ‘Realisations’ and ‘Introspections’ which I never thought the need of my time was!\nSomewhere around 7,000 km far away from all my comforts, whenever I used to get shrouded by ‘The Fairest Skinned People’ from the globe (The very own Germans), made me think of the ‘Darkness of my skin’!\nTheir Monochromatic Lifestyle, Cultural Beliefs, Stubbornness With Language, and Lonely and Scary Roads on the Unhappening Sundays always kept me in massive trauma. It was a constant discomfort that made me realize whether am I in a better place or NOT? Because it wasn’t much of a while since I had a daily habit of hearing some Over-motivating Booster Doses.\n“We admire you, bro! You Can Do Anything!”\nBut this was not the time when I should fake! In fact, I can’t. And also, I realized, I should not have those days too…\nIt was the period from the last six months when I was begging for some support. And on a random day that one thing helped!\nEven though at this level of discomfort, I was fortunate enough that nothing was stopping me from breathing. I can still stand firmly on two of my legs.\nMaybe when I used to get obsessed with myself when I looked in that mirror, I must have recognized that, behind that over beautification of the self, somewhere there was Pure Grace, behind that overconfidence there was a Strong Self-Belief, behind that toxic positivity and optimism there was a Hope quoting that “Tomorrow, The Sun Will Be More Bright”!\nI slowly and steadily acquired some guts. At least, I cross-questioned my dilemma. If this place is not better for me, then which would be?\n“I think there is ‘NO’ Better Place for Survival unless ‘You Survive, and Make One Even More Better’.”\nAs what doesn’t kill you, ‘Makes You Stronger!\nOur brain always keeps us telling a story, of course, ‘A Lie’ that helps us Feel Alive, Feel Considered, and Feel Significant. And apart from that, everything that comes as a surprise becomes a reason for ‘FEAR’!\nBut today, I find a strong potential in the fact that, for the stars to gaze, one must wait till it’s the darkest hour of the night. The moment only when one breaks his comfort zone, it lets your brain construct ‘Everlasting Memories’! Otherwise, the rest of your brain is nothing but just ‘Messed Up Patterns’!\nAn average human spends almost his entire lifespan just to realize and regret every time with the one shitty fact that “Life would have been much better if I have ACCEPTED it more before.”\nAnd I am not talking about only the acceptance of your achievements, but the acceptance of losses that have made you ignorant with the hopes of achieving your greatest victories.\nMan’s greatest enemy is not failure, but the fear of having failure!\nSo, today I not only encourage the one who I am but also the one who I CAN NEVER BE. Because if I ever chose to become the one I was not, I would never have been the one whom I was today!\nMaybe, I am at this place for a reason. A reason that is indeed supposed to be found by ME only.\nAnd it’s also fine if the day comes when I am not able to find the reason why am I here.\nBecause even at final miles, I’ll be conscious enough To Be Responsible for ‘What I Did’, ‘Why I Did So’, ‘How I Felt, Thought’, and ‘How I Behaved’.\nYeah, it is also a bitter truth that no one is going to thank me for accepting the way I am or accepting the place I stand right now. As most of them are busy figuring out the mess that occurs when you prioritize ‘How People Should Think Of Who You Are’ and you simply ignore accepting ‘The Way Really You Are’!\nUltimately, everything comes to an experience that someday drives you to achieve Better Productivity, Immense Satisfaction, Total Peace, and A Thankful and Sharing nature.\nA very famous Bollywood movie has once quoted that “Life is a Race”, but I would simply add to it that, “Life is a Race, where we participate to ‘Contribute’ Not to ‘Compete’.”\nSo feel proud of yourselves as you’ve arrived too far from where you’ve started. Acceptance tastes like a pudding. In the same way, a pudding should not be ignored even though it comes at the end of the meal,\nACCEPTANCE is something that has to be ‘Rewarded’ to feel the flavor of satisfaction!\nThis article is written by a good friend of mine Neeraj Garud, currently based in Germany, who is an Engineer, Theatre Practitioner, and Experimentalist… High five and cheers buddy :-)\nIf you want to share anything or have any suggestions/questions, please leave them in the comments!\nThat’s it for today :-)\nHope each of you has a great start to your day. I’ll talk to everyone tomorrow.\nIf you are not a subscriber of Amit Unboxed, join 3,000+ others who read my personal writings & opinions about tech, startups, humans, blockchain & crypto each morning.\nAmit Unboxed Supporters\nThese companies/people make this newsletter and podcast possible, so go check them out and thank them for their support!\nPineapple Group - A Web3 company focused on tech product development. They also provide end-to-end techno-functional consultancy for startups.\nGlasban - Your technology growth partner providing software development from conception to delivery - helping you to simplify, strengthen and transform your business.\nVersatalia Labs - A next-gen technology product development company working in Computer Vision, AI, ML, Advance Analytics and Blockchain.\nTeam Dhanashree - Renowned public figure - actor, dancer, choreographer, model and creative movement therapist. She is my inspiration and motivation too :-)\nI am a technology enthusiast, entrepreneur & creative thinker, who enjoys crafting Tech Products to make a real difference.\nYou are receiving this interesting content because you either signed up or you attended one of the events that I spoke at. Feel free to unsubscribe if you aren’t finding this valuable.\nPlease note that all the content in this newsletter is only for educational purposes. You are advised to do your own research!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.blackberryridgenwa.com/our-story/","date":"2022-12-01T14:16:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710813.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20221201121601-20221201151601-00684.warc.gz","language_score":0.9903126955032349,"token_count":348,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__37792423","lang":"en","text":"Blackberry Ridge began with a dream around 2010. Michele and I were walking around our neighborhood discussing our intention to buy several acres and build a house.\nHowever, we were starting to realize the benefits of the relationships we had built in our current neighborhood. I remember where I was when the questions arose inside of me. What if we didn’t have to choose? What if we could have both community and nature in the same place?\nby Keith Tencleve\nThis dream brewed inside us for several years. When we finally started telling friends, everyone repeatedly affirmed the still developing vision. Inevitably, they would ask – is it even possible? I started studying how it could feasibly work from both an engineering and financial perspective.\nWhen we purchased this land in 2018, the land was really raw, so much so that it scared most other buyers away. Fortunately, some friends had heard the vision enough where they were willing to partner with us in an adventure which has led to what you now know as Blackberry Ridge.\nSo what is with the blackberries?\nBlackberries naturally grow in the undergrowth. They are thorny and wild yet also nurturing. On one of the first days Hudson and I were working on the land, I was tired and feeling overwhelmed when I spotted wild blackberries. After learning they were safe to eat (yes, they are), we found them incredibly nurturing.\nLife is hard sometimes. Sometimes it is even overwhelming. Within our lives which are sometimes as messy as where the blackberry plant lives, we hope Blackberry Ridge is for you a place of nourishment similar to what those blackberries were to us that day.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://athensandrews.wordpress.com/2018/07/17/golf-pilgrims-progress/","date":"2023-02-09T06:59:03Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764501407.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20230209045525-20230209075525-00822.warc.gz","language_score":0.9671843647956848,"token_count":1982,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__104304399","lang":"en","text":"In Tom Coyne’s new book, A Course Called Scotland, we join him on pilgrimage to the heart of the game through the home of the game. Coyne sets before the reader a story to satisfy the golfing soul. As Coyne ambles along the Scottish coastlines in search of the secret to the game of golf, the reader’s joy is in seeing how much more than that the author finds along the way.\nThe pilgrim’s path is never just about the miles put underfoot or the terrain traversed. It’s never just about the sacred sites. The pilgrim is also never just about this one individual pilgrim. The pilgrim’s physical journey is a sign and catalyst for an interior one. The external and internal, though distinct, are inseparable. They challenge each other, give context to each other, enrich each other. The pilgrim’s path is a penitential one, the stripping away of all that proves to be an obstacle to authenticity, fullness, and joy. The pilgrim’s progress is not measured primarily in geographic spans, but by way of interior transformation.\nThe pilgrim is also a living symbol. An existential claim about the human condition. And the claim is this: we are often disoriented, adrift, strangers in a strange land. We are incomplete and so we desire, we long. We are restless. And we can either wallow in this condition, convincing ourselves it’s good enough or we can seek a remedy. Restless and lost, the pilgrim seeks the place that will still the heart’s longings. Where is the pilgrim trying to get? Further up and further in. Into the heart of things. To the source. The inn at the end of the world. (Because of its profundity, there can’t be any one image for this Thing.) It is the pilgrim that, as a condensed symbol, embodies this image of humanity’s lot.\nIn A Course Called Scotland Tom Coyne is this pilgrim.\nI am in agreement with Coyne, I abhor “golf-is-life aphorisms,” as he puts it. The bad bounce into the bunker as metaphor for life’s tough breaks. It can come off as so forced. But that’s not what this is. Golf like all rituals—for every game is a ritual—is a focusing lens. By fashioning games, we give ourselves venues within which we test ourselves, sift through ourselves, come to know the human condition a little better. Some of these focusing lenses are more refined and rich than others. Tic-tac-toe doesn’t stir the heart. Golf, however, inspires a romance.\nNothing less could compel Coyne to undertake a walk around a course called Ireland. Nor yet, a two-month sojourn in Scotland, as he does in this book. There is a very specific goal in mind on this quest: qualify for the Open Championship. This is what every step and swing is moving toward. As the book’s subtitle suggests, though, Coyne is even more so in search of the secret to the game of golf. And where to look but the game’s home? As Coyne puts it: “This was golf’s Mesopotamia, its Jerusalem, and its Cooperstown—either I found golf’s soul here, or I was a fool for looking.”\nThe choice of the word “soul” is an interesting one. It’s not an uncommon one when referring to the inner essence of the game. While evocative, it is a bit ambiguous. Here I think the older, Latin word for “soul” is of help: Anima. The soul is that which animates, vivifies, gives life to a particular living being. It gives the thing its identity and is that thing’s living principle.\nSo what is that which breathes life into golf? What animates it? It’s an odd, perplexing, mysterious conjuration, golf is. Like all games, golf is an artefact of human creativity. And even though countless groups and individuals have conspired with nature to shape this thing we call golf, I think the reality is that the soul of golf—that which animates it—is the soul of man.\nThe funny thing, though, is that the game can shape, focus, and instigate us. Even though it consistently confounds us, the golfer has a sense that there’s something more to the game than putting the round thing in the other round thing in as few swipes as possible. The horizons of the course—especially those of the Scottish variety described by Coyne—beckon us beyond the everyday. The very scale of golf—so much grander than most other games—can, at times, open onto at least the possibility of the transcendent. The game itself points beyond its own contours. At times, it seems to hint at something more, though it itself can’t tell us what it is.\nThe secret golf whispers to us is our own. C. S. Lewis called this our “inconsolable secret.” Lewis describes this as the longing for that which is ultimate:\nEven in your hobbies, has there not always been some secret attraction which the others are curiously ignorant of—something, not to be identified with, but always on the verge of breaking through, the smell of cut wood in the workshop or the clap-clap of water against the boat’s side? . . . something which you were born desiring, and which, beneath the flux of other desires and in all the momentary silences between the louder passions, night and day, year by year, from childhood to old age, you are looking for, watching for, listening for? You have never had it.\nFor the golfer, the game—the purely hit iron, the tee shot sent off into the seemingly limitless horizon, the late-Autumn round walked through the gold of sun and fallen leaves—seems to point to this more, though it itself is not the more. Again, Lewis:\nThe books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through them was longing.\nWe try to satisfy this longing in so many ways. Success, credentials, sex, drink, busyness, you name it, we try to fill the void. Coyne’s narrative has a deep and moving channel through it recounting his allegiance to counterfeits, most especially booze and the possibilities it seems to hold within. Emerging from this, through some sort of redemption, Coyne puts forward a hopeful image of passing through onto a life marked by a greater wholeness, though not without its acute challenges.\nStanding out as more satisfactory matches to the deep longings held within the human heart in Scotland are beauty and harmony. There is also a certain reverence, though the type that is immune to stuffiness. This all seems to be a hallmark of Coyne’s narrative. It’s there amidst the shorelines and newly-minted friendships. It’s there through the quaint towns and stunning coastal roads. It’s there on the beach in St. Andrews with his daughter:\nStanding here in front of me was proof, four feet tall in yellow boots, that life was stuffed with the extraordinary. I thought I had to keep fighting and grinding to grab it, but it turned out that I just needed to notice.\nIt’s at the end of a day stuffed full of golf:\nThe rush of the day settled into a keen sense of presence, and I felt a full awareness of where I was and the lengths I had traversed and how astonishing life was and how large and beautiful this world could be and how I was going to golf the UK and it was going to be the experience of a lifetime. I felt so much gratitude.\nIt’s at Askernish. You’ll have to read that one for yourself. It’s worth the price of admission.\nAnd for all this, A Course Called Scotland is a golf book. Coyne’s enjoyable narration of his sometimes thrice-daily rounds is read with a twinge of envy every now and then. His ability to set the scene and give the reader a taste of a breathtaking landscape and what it’s like to golf your ball through such beauty is certainly on display.\nAnd through it all, we get to see in Coyne the travails and triumphs a player endures and enjoys so long as the golfer has given something of himself to the game. We see into the various iterations of how someone approaches the game, but by the end of the book we get the sense that Coyne has arrived at that place we all know is the point of golf, though so many of us seldom get out of our own way to get there: joy.\nFor as good as A Course Called Ireland was, and it certainly was good, Scotland surpasses its predecessor. By turns hilarious and heartfelt, Coyne’s book is confidently vulnerable. Read it for yourself. In doing so you’ll get closer to the secret of golf, which we all know is about so much more.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://faurelab.cnrs.fr/","date":"2021-01-27T10:26:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610704821381.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20210127090152-20210127120152-00095.warc.gz","language_score":0.7117303609848022,"token_count":541,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__83055615","lang":"en","text":"From molecules… to behavior\nDopamine (DA) projections from the midbrain (including ventral tegmental area and substantia nigra) to striatum and frontal cortex play a major role in behavioral actions controlled by reward and in the formation of habits. The dopaminergic system is also involved in drug addiction. Using a combination of behavioral analysis, in vivo and in vitro electrophysiological recordings, genetic tools and optogenetics, we analyze the modifications of DA network dynamics in the different steps leading to nicotine addiction, including genetic and environmental factors, and the consequences of these modifications on decision making.\n12/08/2019 New review in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences:\nSarah Mondoloni, Romain Durand-de Cuttoli and Alexandre Mourot\nCell-Specific Neuropharmacology. 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2019.07.007 [DOI].\nPierre Paoletti, Graham C. R. Ellis-Davies and Alexandre Mourot\nOptical control of neuronal ion channels and receptors. NatRevNeuro. 2019 DOI: 10.1038/s41583-019-0197-2 [DOI].\n13/02/2019 Philippe Faure and Nicolas Torquet were awarded with the La Recherche 2019 price in neuroscience for their work on individuation\nOur results, published in August 2018, show that the social environment of mice was a determining factor of their behavioral traits.\nRomain Durand-de Cuttoli, Sarah Mondoloni, Fabio Marti, Damien Lemoine, Claire Nguyen, Jérémie Naudé, Thibaut d’Izarny-Gargas, Stéphanie Pons,Uwe Maskos, Dirk Trauner, Richard H Kramer, Philippe Faure, Alexandre Mourot\nManipulating midbrain dopamine neurons and reward-related behaviors with light-controllable nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. elife. 2018 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.37487 [Abstract].\nTorquet N., Marti F., Campart C., Tolu S., Nguyen C., Oberto V., Benallaoua M., Naudé J., Didienne S., Debray N., Jezequel S., Le Gouestre L., Hannesse B., Mariani J., Mourot A., Faure P.\nSocial interactions impact on the dopaminergic system and drive individuality. Nature Communications. 2018 Jul. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05526-5. [Abstract].","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://saira.eco/open-access-covid-19/solution/paper/21","date":"2023-12-09T02:34:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100781.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209004202-20231209034202-00189.warc.gz","language_score":0.8169804811477661,"token_count":443,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__172983167","lang":"en","text":"Paper DeepCOVIDExplainer: Explainable COVID-19 Predictions Based on Chest X-ray Images\n|Keyword(s)||COVID-19Neural networksExplainabilityBiomedical imagingGrad-CAM|\n|Author(s)||Md. Rezaul KarimTill DöhmenDietrich Rebholz-SchuhmannStefan DeckerMichael CochezOya Beyan|\nAmid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, humanity experiences a rapid increase in infection numbers across the world. Challenge hospitals are faced with, in the fight against the virus, is the effective screening of incoming patients. One methodology is the assessment of chest radiography (CXR) images, which usually requires expert radiologists’ knowledge. In this paper, we propose an explainable deep neural networks (DNN)-based method for automatic detection of COVID-19 symptoms from CXR images, which we call DeepCOVIDExplainer. We used 16,995 CXR images across13,808 patients, covering normal, pneumonia, and COVID-19 cases. CXR images are first comprehensively preprocessed, before being augmented and classified with a neural ensemble method, followed by highlighting class-discriminating regions using gradient-guided class activation maps (Grad-CAM++) and layer-wise relevance propagation (LRP). Further, we provide human-interpretable explanations of the predictions. Evaluation results based on hold-out data show that our approach can identify COVID-19 confidently with a positive predictive value (PPV) of 89.61% and recall of 83%, improving over recent comparable approaches. We hope that our findings will be a useful contribution to the fight against COVID-19 and, in more general, towards an increasing acceptance and adoption of AI-assisted applications in the clinical practice.\n|Name||Md. Rezaul Karim|\nGet in touch with Md. Rezaul Karim\nUse the following form to contact the contributor. Your e-mail address and name will be sent to the contributor so that he/she can reply to you directly.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://allisonlkibler.blogspot.com/2014/04/book-review.html","date":"2018-07-20T12:19:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591596.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20180720115631-20180720135631-00524.warc.gz","language_score":0.9738169312477112,"token_count":337,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__240655328","lang":"en","text":"Today I'm going to switch it up and do a book review this Wednesday. If you're a book worm like me or trying to encourage yourself to read more, this is a great option.\nNow, you may have already heard of this book and be thinking, \"Allison, this is a book for women, not men.\" Wrong! For all you men out there, this book is important for you to read too. Especially if you work in a corporate environment, this book will open your eyes to things you may not be aware of or shed light on things you have already experienced.\nIt's a fact that there are a far greater number of men at the top of any work sector than women.\nWhy? Because women systematically underestimate their abilities compared to men.\nAs a society we tend to put more pressure on men to succeed at work then women. We need to make it ok for men to stay at home too if they'd like.\nThis book ultimately encourages women to sit at the table, literally, if you're a part of a team make sure people know you're there and don't be afraid to contribute your ideas.\nSecond, make their partner a real partner and evenly split the work of child rearing. Many women have a job during the day and then come home to do twice as much hose work and three times as much child rearing as men.\nFinally, don't not leave before you leave. In other words don't count yourself out of the workforce if you're still in it.\nSome awesome advice from a women who has experienced it all. Lean in by Sheryl Sandberg is a must-read.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mariebeath.com/plays","date":"2019-10-19T17:10:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986697439.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20191019164943-20191019192443-00076.warc.gz","language_score":0.9174758791923523,"token_count":556,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__38259508","lang":"en","text":"It’s November 1967.\nTwo young nurses, just off the plane from the Philippines, arrive at a rural hospital in Arborfield, Saskatchewan - population 300.\nNo one in town can tell them apart, including the lab tech at the hospital whose real job is playing goalie for the Arborfield Flyers. He falls in love with one of them but accidentally courts them both. It’s a comedy of errors with a great heart.\nLighthouse Festival Theatre, July 2019\nShowboat Festival Theatre, August 2019\nPrairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 2018\nThousand Islands Playhouse, Gananoque, Ontario, August 2018\nStations Arts Centre, Rosthern, Saskatchewan, July 2018\nFactory Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, April 2018\nBlyth Festival, Blyth Ontario, August 2013\nPublished by Scirocco Drama. Available here: https://www.jgshillingford.com/shop-books/prairie-nurse/\nTHE MAKING OF ST. JEROME\nGuilt, grief an brotherly love set against the backdrop of a Coroners's Inquest into the untimely death of a Toronto school-boy. Inspired by real-life events.\nNext Stage Theatre Festival, January 2010, Directed by Nina Lee Aquino. Nominated for three Dora awards.\nPublished by Playwrights Canada Press. Available here: https://www.playwrightscanada.com/index.php/the-making-of-st-jerome.html\nNovena is the story of a father and a daughter. A story of hypocrisy and forgiveness.\nAnd did we mention a glow-in-the-dark statue of the Virgin Mary?\nUno Fest 2005, Victoria BC - Directed by Sue Miner\nToronto Fringe Festival 2002 - Directed by Anand Rajaram\nAdapted into CBC Radio Drama - March 2004\nPublished by Scirocco Drama in anthology Where is Here? The Drama of Immigration Volume 2, Edited by Damiano Pietropaolo. Available here: http://www.jgshillingford.com/shop-books/where-is-here-a-cbc-radio-drama-anthology-vol-ii/\nMIND OVER MATTER\nIn a minivan outside a casino, twins Jake and Jenny wait for their mother to return. Jenny has to pee. “Try not to think about it, Jenny. Mom will be back soon. If you whine and complain, you know what will happen…”\nKick&Push Festival, Kingston, Ontario, August 2015\nToronto Fringe Festival, Toronto, Ontario, July 2006","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://teacherincheeseland.blogspot.com/2011/06/saying-goodbye-to-laura.html","date":"2018-05-22T11:34:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794864725.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20180522112148-20180522132148-00292.warc.gz","language_score":0.989931046962738,"token_count":476,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__35828110","lang":"en","text":"Our niece is in hospice care. I guess, by definition, that means she won't be with us long.\nLaura's only 30 years old. She got her college degree, got married, and then a few weeks later, at age 23, she was diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer. She's only 30 years old. I write that again because I just can't believe it. 30 years old. That's just too young to die.\nI didn't have too much connection with Laura, to be honest. I married into the family when Laura was 17--her life was filled with other things (as are all 17 year olds), so we didn't spend time bonding. Whenever I saw her it was with the large-scale family, allowing for the litany of small-talk questions: How's school? How's work? and the like.\nBut she was always sweet. And positive. And smart. And witty. Just a lovely young lady. She read at our wedding (she's Jodi's goddaughter). She always included us in family invites later when she married. Did I mention she's just 30 years old?\nLaura's Smile Mile, well, because she brings smiles to so many people, and she smiles, and laughs, so much herself, even through seven years of fighting this. Now she's 30.\nWhen Jodi and I stopped in to see Laura at the hospice on Memorial Day, I stayed pretty much in the shadows, as I have always done, peripherally involved in stories told, nodding, sharing a smile. When it came time to go, I touched Laura's arm--I've never hugged her or anything, except probably at her wedding, and now I couldn't because she looked so frail I feared she might break--and told her I loved her, and that I would always remember her reading at Jodi's and my wedding.\nSince then, word's come from Laura's mother that Laura has accepted that her time is coming soon. We stopped in yesterday to say goodbye, I guess. I sat in the periphery, as usual, but when it was time to go, Laura held out her arms for a hug, our cheeks pressed together, and she said \"I love you.\"\nShe's only 30 years old.\nThat's just too young to die.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://omrastogi.medium.com/the-significant-person-6f28aa71caa1?source=post_internal_links---------3----------------------------","date":"2022-09-29T21:24:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335365.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20220929194230-20220929224230-00261.warc.gz","language_score":0.9730814099311829,"token_count":671,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__72986446","lang":"en","text":"The Significant Person\nWin yourself, before winning the world\nAn Alaskan Story\nThere were two hikers in Alaskan wilderness, got lost due to a terrible blizzard and its fifty degrees freezing. So one who was religious guy started praying God please help me. However since there was none the other option, his atheist friend also started praying “Oh God! If there is a God, please help me. I am lost in this blizzard and I’m going die if you will not help me”.\nOut of nowhere couple of Eskimos came by, and showed them the way to there camp. On the way the religious guy startled, “so now you believe that the god exists”. The atheist at this point rolled his eyes and said, “Those were couple of eskimos we need to thank to. I don’t have any issues with god but he didn’t come to save us.”\nThe other argued, “Those eskimos were the form of god that were there to save you” but the atheist didn’t agree with his friend. This started a very aggressive argument, while they were on their way back.\nLittle did they notice that they were lost deep into the wilderness, before realizing that there was no way back to safety.\nReader must try to understand how important this argument must have been for these guys, until they lost their way. Yet only after they got lost, they understood, that this argument was so naïve.\nWe all get into such clashes and we forget our way in life, just like these friends, who lost their way in wild.\nDifferences always exists, difference in beliefs, difference of opinion, difference in lifestyle and life choices. Difference is inevitable, it is the proof of one’s uniqueness we all have in ourselves.\nSome time we can just talk and clear these differences to be on the same side, like a political opinion or certain habits. But many time, both are right or equally beneficial in just different ways and we can just agree to disagree or ignore that part of the person. It can be very difficult to change someone’s belief or their life choices, that have originated from the most basic values of the person.\nHowever sometimes we tend to develop an itch from this difference of beliefs/choices/opinions. We add a sense of right/wrong into it, and let our egos interfere.\nAt this moment nine ceases to be six for us.\nThe Way to a Better Human Experience\nAcceptance is the solution. By accepting or ignoring our situation we are able to focus on important problems hence living a better life.\nYou see we all have some goal that we want to achieve in life, but when we have an itch and want to change this situation we loose the focus from our primary goal. Accepting the situation as it is, is the solution.\nThe most basic value of any religion is acceptance. In the Alaskan story the friends didn’t accept each other’s beliefs and forget to focus on more important things.\nWhen we loose the urge to focus on trivial things, we focus on large problems and in the process we become The Significant Person.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ourchaotickitchen.com/tag/race/","date":"2018-02-19T02:03:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812306.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20180219012716-20180219032716-00625.warc.gz","language_score":0.9678327441215515,"token_count":629,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__171663481","lang":"en","text":"This article from Eater is a really illuminating look at the ways that food culture tends to erase the credit and long history of the foods we eat and prize. We don’t want to summarize it too much, because we’d rather you go and read it. But it’s important to know that the shameful treatment of minorities in this country continues in ways both big and small, and we need to be mindful of how the stories we tell can erase their true authors.\nThis is a really important thing to keep in mind in parenting, both in how we talk to our kids about the world, and in how we talk to our kids about themselves and their accomplishments. Nobody gets by purely on their own initiative, and we can gain a deeper, richer understanding of the world by having a real understanding of the shoulders we had to stand on to get where we are.\nProper attribution doesn’t diminish what good we’ve put into the world. It honors others for helping make us able to do that good work. We needn’t fashion ourselves and our kids as solitary geniuses for our lives and our work to have value. Understanding our place in our society is as important as anything to raising compassionate, caring, kind children.\nThe news can be very scary even for us as adults, and we know that our kids hear some scary things on the radio or overhear us talking. We want to make sure that they understand what they hear and aren’t scared but can learn from what’s happening. We want to protect them, but we don’t want to shelter them.\nWhat happened in Charlottesville over the weekend was terrible, and quite honestly terrifying for a number of reasons. The continuing existence and ascendance of white supremacy is a stain on our country, and one we can only attempt to wash away with love and acceptance and inclusion. It’s important for us to instill in our kids a sense of kindness and justice. As parents we worry about the world they’re growing up in, and we can’t help make it better by hiding it from them and them from it.\nIt can be hard to explain these concepts to adults, let alone to sweet little children who have never known anything but love. We’ve been reading a book recently to the kids Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester and Karen Barbour. We like that it talks about race in a way our children can understand. It addresses not only the meanness of racism, but how little it makes sense. Even Watson hears us explaining that some people think they’re better than other people because of the color of their skin and just shakes his head.\nThere’s only so much we can do, and someday our kids are going to go out in the world and make their own choices. Teaching them the value of other people of every race, religion, gender, and nationality is important to us because we hope to see them carry kindness, love, compassion, and justice with them out into the world.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.jimmyssliceventuracrafteats.com/great-theme-with-great-gatsby-party-decorations/","date":"2020-07-13T07:47:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593657143354.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20200713064946-20200713094946-00331.warc.gz","language_score":0.9567041993141174,"token_count":312,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__245736162","lang":"en","text":"Do you know that Great Gatsby party decorations are depicted from the novel of great Gatsby? Great Gatsby is the popular novel since it read by many people because the story in this novel is interesting. It is the story in 1920. It is vintage and glamour if you want to apply this great Gatsby in your party with great Gatsby theme\nGreat Gatsby Party Decorations to Celebrate Birthday\n15 Photos Gallery of: Great Theme With Great Gatsby Party Decorations\nGreat Gatsby party decorations are fabulous theme to celebrate your birthday. To make it real, you write in the invitation card that the attire, people have to use the great Gatsby dress. Then, you must make great Gatsby decorations, too. to hosted the party like t5his, you can pick all the decoration by ;looking sat great Gatsby’s film which is looks glamour decorations put as he decoration and vintage style apply in the occasion.\nMaking Great Gatsby Party Decorations\nIf you want making this kind of theme in your party, and you make it at home, unfortunately, you must prepare it, which is, consume much time, but your family can help you to make the decoration. If they do not know about the great Gatsby, you can tell them what the party you like is. Maybe your parents can help you about the supplies. From invitation, table, foods, until the trays is all great Gatsby ideas.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://thingsmostly.blogspot.com/2017/01/bfg.html","date":"2018-05-24T21:18:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794866870.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20180524205512-20180524225512-00105.warc.gz","language_score":0.9600591659545898,"token_count":125,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__102819984","lang":"en","text":"One of our new favorite things to do as a family is to celebrate the completion of a book by throwing a correlating movie party. We started doing it while Nolan and Colby were reading the Harry Potter books. When they would finish each one we would have a Harry Potter Party, complete with movie and related treats (jelly bellies and golden snitches). This time the kids and I read the BFG by Roald Dahl, so we waited til the weekend, rented the movie, drank Frobscottle and ate human beans (cookie men dripping with blood red frosting). Morbid, but memorable!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://rbroar.blogspot.com/","date":"2017-02-21T20:56:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501170839.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104610-00633-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9790065288543701,"token_count":263,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__20786021","lang":"en","text":"May 27 “a whole new level of madness is coming into theaters.” Alice Through The Looking Glass is the sequel to Alice In Wonderland that came out 5 years ago in 2010. Many people who like Alice In Wonderland are excited for this movie. Alice In Wonderland has been popular for many years, and has many fans.\nAlice Through The Looking Glass is a whole new adventure Alice goes through to save the Mad Hatter, but, she has to go back in time! She will most likely have problems as she did in the first one too. However, I heard Alice will have powers in this one. That may not be true, but I guess we'll find out on May 27th, won't we?\nNot many people are aware of the book this movie is based on. Alice Through The Looking Glass is actually based on a book Lewis Carroll wrote after Alice In Wonderland. I have yet to read the book, so I do not know much about it. I’m hoping to read it before I see the movie. The book was originally published in 1871. Lewis Carroll has written many other books and more on the topic of Alice In Wonderland. I am very excited to find out more about this movie!\nTo get more information on the movie, click the link below:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://themortgageleader.com/ask-brian-whats-one-book-every-originator-should-read/","date":"2019-12-13T20:36:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540569146.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20191213202639-20191213230639-00496.warc.gz","language_score":0.9735866189002991,"token_count":348,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-51__0__186032896","lang":"en","text":"I have been in the business for almost 10 years and I love learning about new sales ideas and strategies. You seem to be very well read and I enjoy your Dear Brian column very much. So what would be one book you suggest every originator read to grow their production. –Joe T. Idaho\nI do love to read and invest in my marketing education. Of course I would tell you that my 48 Proven Ways To Close More Loans Production. But, today I am going to recommend a book that actually has nothing to do with mortgage banking or even marketing for that matter. It’s actually much more important than marketing.\nThe book is called Psycho Cybernetics and the author is Maxwell Maltz. The book is a classic and was written well over 50 years ago, but the information in it is priceless and timeless. All success actually begins with your mindset and your self -image. Have you ever watched a successful person literally implode and melt down. Of course you have since we see this everyday. We also see people least likely to succeed create hugely successful lives.\nI actually give this book to my members and also to originators I train and mentor. This is a book I have personally read at least once or twice a year for the past 25 years.\nI don’t want to give away the whole book because it truly is a career changer, but I will leave you with this thought. You can only succeed to the extent of your own self image. Think about that and then go out and get the book!\nIf you have a question you would like Brian to answer, send it to firstname.lastname@example.org with the subject Dear Brian Question.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.guerrillamarketing.net.au/what-is-guerrilla-marketing-.html","date":"2013-12-08T23:58:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163835370/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204133035-00055-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9352516531944275,"token_count":384,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-48","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__99820486","lang":"en","text":"What Is Guerrilla Marketing?\nThe first Guerrilla Marketing book was published by Houghton Mifflin in l984. Today there are 35 volumes in 41 languages, and more than 14 million copies have been sold worldwide. The book is required reading in many MBA programs throughout the world. The author taught the topic at the University of California, Berkeley Extension Division. He lectures on it worldwide. The concept of guerrilla marketing was invented as an unconventional system of promotions that relies on time, energy and imagination rather than a big marketing budget. Typically, guerrilla marketing campaigns are unexpected and unconventional, potentially interactive, and consumers are targeted in unexpected places. The objective of guerrilla marketing is to create a unique, engaging and thought-provoking concept to generate buzz, and consequently turn viral.\nIn the words of the Father of Guerrilla Marketing, Jay Conrad Levinson, this describes guerrilla marketing: \"I'm referring to the soul and essence of guerrilla marketing which remain as always -- achieving conventional goals, such as profits and joy, with unconventional methods, such as investing energy instead of money.\"\nThe need for guerrilla marketing can be seen in the light of three facts:\n- Because of big business downsizing, decentralization, relaxation of government regulations, affordable technology, and a revolution in consciousness, people around the world are gravitating to small business in record numbers.\n- Small business failures are also establishing record numbers and one of the main reasons for the failures is a failure to understand marketing.\n- Guerrilla marketing has been proven in action to work for small businesses around the world. It works because it's simple to understand, easy to implement and outrageously inexpensive.\nGuerrilla marketing is needed because it gives small businesses a delightfully unfair advantage: certainty in an uncertain world, economy in a high-priced world, simplicity in a complicated world, marketing awareness in a clueless world - Jay Levinson.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://nootropics.webnode.com/news/cavinton-vinpocetine/","date":"2020-07-15T10:41:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593657167808.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20200715101742-20200715131742-00538.warc.gz","language_score":0.9579102993011475,"token_count":277,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__204985210","lang":"en","text":"Topic Cavinton Vinpocetine\nFDA approved medications.\nModafinil (Provigil) 200 mg / 100 mghttps://genuinetabs.com/i/Modafinil\nAlison Hawthorne Deming is the author of three books of poetry, three nonfiction books, and two limited-edition chapbooks. Her place-based writing has earned her fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown , the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and the Tucson/Pima Arts Council; as well as many awards, including the Bayer Award in science writing from Creative Nonfiction for the essay “Poetry and Science: A View from the Divide.” Deming was born and raised in Connecticut, but currently lives near Aqua Caliente Hill in Tucson, where she serves as Professor in Creative Writing at the University of Arizona. Here, she is introduced by Stonecoast faculty member Barbara Hurd. If you have the room, Luculia doesn’t require as much water as hydrangeas, although it is a bigger plant. Phil Dillon @MedwayEyes 6 Oct 2010. Now Ms Lenting has two small salmon, and she's sliding anti-fungal pills and antibiotics into them, and dosing them with extra fluid.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://sgtmxp.com/2015/08/25/the-expo-welcomes-xulon-press/","date":"2022-01-21T11:47:03Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320303356.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220121101528-20220121131528-00643.warc.gz","language_score":0.9434539675712585,"token_count":207,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__33911381","lang":"en","text":"I am so happy to announce that Xulon Press will be at this year’s Ministry EXPO! Xulon Press is the largest publisher of Christian books in North America and is the original on-demand book publisher for aspiring Christian authors. They have helped more than 10,000 authors publish their books!\nThe death of the printed page has been greatly exaggerated and writing remains an extremely important avenue for ministry. Here’s what has begun to die: the need for a big name publisher to discover you! I am convinced that the best choice for would-be author’s is to self-publish. However, there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. Xulon will help people do it right!\nBut wait! There’s more!! While I don’t have all the details yet, Xulon is going to give away a publishing package to someone at the EXPO!\nHaving Xulon here will be great for the EXPO!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://littledepressionproblems2.tumblr.com/daniellesstory","date":"2014-09-18T21:43:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1410657129407.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20140914011209-00306-ip-10-196-40-205.us-west-1.compute.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9876875281333923,"token_count":1742,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__167578606","lang":"en","text":"Where do I start? I’ve been depressed for as long as I can remember… Mental illnesses run on both sides of my family, so it’s not a surprise that I’m depressed “with psychotic features”. My grandpa on my dad’s side is an unmedicated schizophrenic. He gets scared whenever someone mentions satellites or other high-tech things that he thinks people are watching him from. He has the typical schizophrenia “word salad” speech pattern. He’ll go from one topic to another even though they’re not related at all… I do the same thing. My grandma on my mom’s side has severe anxiety. She thinks if she doesn’t lock the doors for ten seconds that someone will come and kill her… So yeah, that’s where I get it from. My dad abused me a lot when I was younger, and his excuse was that I’m “hard to deal with because I’m a spoiled brat”… See, he doesn’t believe in mental illness, because, when he was younger, my schizophrenic grandpa was an alcoholic and beat the crap out of my dad, aunt and grandma everytime he came home. Now where my dad got the notion that mental illness doesn’t exist is beyond me… So I was depressed when I was little, and the first memory I have of life at home was when my brother first came home from the hospital. I was 4, and my parents had explained to me earlier that day that I was to keep plastic bags away from my brother since if one got caught on his head, he would die. My dad later yelled at me and hit me, so I went to my room with a plastic bag and put it over my head. Now, because I was only 4, I had assumed that it would kill me quickly. But my mom walked in and took it off my head and told me not to be stupid. Fast forward to when I was 6… My dad picked up my brother, who had just begun to try out real underwear. My brother, scared of what my dad would do, peed himself. My dad then proceeded to grab my hair and pull me to the wet spot on the ground, using my hair as a way of controlling my head so I’d look at it. My mom sat there, not quite sure of what to do. Then, fast forward to grade 2… I had forgotten my lunch box in my locker on a Tuesday night. My father proceeded to call both my mother and me stupid, very loudly. The screen door was open, and the last thing my mother wants is for the neighbours to realize my dad’s a monster. My mom told my dad to calm down because the neighbours would hear him. My dad responded by opening the door further and screaming “FUCK THE NEIGHBOURS” into our yard. He then went into the kitchen to get a glass of water, and my favourite cup fell out. He whipped the cup right at me and it broke. I spent the night crying. Fast forward to grade 6… The Q20 had just come out. Since my brother couldn’t read, I decided we would use it as a ball. We rolled it back and forth, increasing speed and velocity each time. Eventually, I went to roll it to my brother and it hit his leg and rolled into the room my dad was working in. I don’t even know if it touched my dad at all, there was a little crack in the door that the “ball” happened to roll through. My dad came storming out, Q20 in hand. He asked who rolled the “ball” into the room, and I admitted to it and apologized. He didn’t care, and threw the Q20 so hard at my knee that it hit off my knee, then the table, then into the glass window of our entertainment centre. Luckily, it didn’t have enough momentum to break anything at that point. He stormed past me, shoving me out of the way, picked up the Q20, walked outside, and threw it over our neighbours’ fence. I had a bruise on my knee for 3 weeks… My dad was 6’3” and 220 lbs at that point, and I was 10 years old. Later, after my sister was born, my brother kept insisting that my dad “wrestle” him. My dad said no, so my brother grabbed onto my dad’s leg and wouldn’t let go. My dad grabbed my brother’s arms and threw my brother clean across the room. My brother peed his pants and went into the bathroom to cry (I heard him). My sister and I witnessed all this. Half an hour later, my brother was still crying in the bathroom. My dad started to make fun of his 6-year-old son, and saying that if he wanted to wrestle, he would wrestle like a “big boy”. About a year later, my dad started having an affair with a married woman from his work. My mom had recently started working a lot more hours, so once my mom left, my dad would wait an hour and leave me (11), my brother (7), and my sister (1) alone until almost 4 am. At the time, my mom was working 7 am to 7 pm, so he got away with it. Then, 6 months later, he introduced his mistress to my mother and insisted they were just friends. My dad is still with this “lady”… (Lady is in quotes because no real lady would do that… Did I mention she took her mother-in-law’s home-made food to my dad instead of her family?) Naturally, nobody in my family knows about this whole affair, they think that my dad and her got together the moral way. My dad also had the audacity to bring his mistress to his grandfather (my great-grandfather)’s visitation. She had never met him before, and my parents were still married. There has been a lot of lying and sneaking around… Fast forward to September 2011… My dad lets my brother, his mistress’s kids, and me invite a friend on our boat to go swimming for the last time in the year. We swam, then we went back to the marina to eat. All went well, until I made a comment my dad had previously made about how he doesn’t sing unless he’s drunk. This was one of my passive-aggressive slips that happen every once in a while. Anyway, he proceeded to berate and degrade me in front of 10 other people, 9 of whom were children. My friend sat there, not sure of what to do. She texted her mom to come get us and we waited on the side of the road. My dad told me that I ruin everything for everybody, that I deserve everything he says, and that he’s not abusing me. I’ve lost almost all of my hair from the stress. I also gained 120 pounds in 2 years (from when I was 12 to 14). Food was, and still is, one of my only comforts. I started running occasionally instead of eating, and then occasionally became frequently, and now I have lost 65 lbs. I gained 15 back because I’ve been unable to exercise due to some undiagnosed condition. I told my psychiatrist about everything I just wrote, and he gave me a note that said not to see my dad. While he was writing it, he said that it was the best prescription he could ever write me. I’ve been too scared to tell my dad about the note because I never know what’s going to set him off… Those incidents I named weren’t the only ones, just the ones I find bizarre. Oh, and he tried to strangle me Boxing Day of 2010. I hung up the phone before I was supposed to… So anyway I have a note to get out of this but I can’t give it to him and now it’s been a month… If you just read this, I love you and I will promote you by yourself to all my followers… And yeah, so my life is pretty messed up. What’s your story?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://bethelbbc.org.au/eternity/","date":"2021-07-30T21:00:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046153980.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20210730185206-20210730215206-00060.warc.gz","language_score":0.9663321375846863,"token_count":635,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-31","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__221081221","lang":"en","text":"What does it mean to be a Christian? Why do we preach the good news that Jesus died to save sinners? We hope the next few paragraphs will help explain the necessity for people to trust in Jesus.\nGod created us to enjoy a sweet relationship with Him, to know Him intimately and to worship Him. However, starting with the first man, Adam, we have all sinned against God. As a result, we’re now completely separated from God, not having the relationship He intended, with the penalty of physical and spiritual death hanging over every single one of us. That’s why life all too often feels as if something is missing, because there is!\nWe’ve rebelled against Him, disobeyed Him, dishonoured Him. We do this through our denial of who He is, our cursing and swearing in using His name, and through our conduct in justifying unethical, immoral acts, lying, cheating, and worse acts than these.\nThis sin nature in us continues to be passed down from generation to generation with no way to stop it. Ever noticed we have to teach young children how to be good, and not how to be bad?\nThe only solution is the one God has provided. God loves us so much He sent His only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to pay the penalty for our sin. Jesus, the perfect and sinless Son of God, died a ghastly, painful death in our place, one which we so rightly deserved, so that all (anyone and everyone) who confesses and turns from their sin, and accepts what Jesus has done for them in saving them, can be restored in their relationship with God and enjoy a new life (both now and for eternity) with Him.\nHe desires that YOU, the one reading this, come to Him now, realising your desperate need for a Saviour, your deep longing to have all your sins forgiven and to find a new life with purpose and peace with God.\nSo many miss this extraordinarily wonderful message from God, ironically, because of its simplicity. They often wonder what they have to do to earn forgiveness and the acceptance of God.\nThere is nothing you have to do, or can even do. No one could be good enough to rectify his / her sin problem. That’s why Jesus came. He has already done all that was needed, when He died for our sin, in our place.\nWhy not come to Him right now just where you are. Admit to God your sin and rebellion and acknowledge that only His Son Jesus can save you and give you forgiveness of sins, a home in heaven and a new beginning. Then thank Him for doing this for you. God will help you as you begin a new life trusting in Him.\nIf you’d like to speak to someone about what it means to become a Christian, call us on 0450 781 041 or email us at email@example.com\n“And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://lunamoonfairy.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-04-25T05:02:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223210034.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032010-00257-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9376894235610962,"token_count":286,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__193299035","lang":"en","text":"\"When everyone was shouting King in the North, King in the North, I told myself … swore to myself … that I would be a good king, as honorable as Father, strong, just, loyal to my friends and brave when I faced my enemies.\"\nanonymous asked: robb stark or\n\"Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus in Gladiator was certainly an inspiration for my characterization of Joffrey, that had a big impact, the smirk. It’s interesting sometimes when an audience can empathize with a villain. But to get completely lost in it, it’s exciting just to be intrinsically evil and not to have a speck of good or humanity in their bones.\"- Jack Gleeson (x)\n\"Hey remember when you used to wear graphic tees everyday and you - \"\n\"Remember when you used to overedit your pictures and post them on - \"\n\"Remember in grade 7 when you -\"\nSo, I just noticed this… What’s with Disney and detachable heads?\nHa I never noticed this!\nHouse Targaryen will end with me. That made her sad. “You must be my children,” she told the dragons, “my three fierce children. Arstan says dragons live longer than men, so you will go on after I am dead.”\nShe knows how to manipulate him","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ja.moment.co.kr/service-page/project-management","date":"2023-01-28T14:02:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499634.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20230128121809-20230128151809-00482.warc.gz","language_score":0.9012359976768494,"token_count":138,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__229972621","lang":"en","text":"Describe your service here. What makes it great? Use short catchy text to tell people what you offer, and the benefits they will receive. A great description gets readers in the mood, and makes them more likely to go ahead and book.\n가산디지털2로 18 대륭테크노타운1차 207호, 금천구, KR-11 08592, KOR","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://chloelana.com/new-blog/2016/7/17/walking-into-mordor","date":"2019-09-20T05:40:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514573832.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20190920050858-20190920072858-00355.warc.gz","language_score":0.9771614074707031,"token_count":593,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__114471090","lang":"en","text":"Walking into Mordor\nI had no plan to climb either of the summits accessible from the Tongariro Alpine Crossing (aka the formidable Mordor from Lord of the Rings) and had not allowed any time to do so. In my perpetual penny pinching, I had booked the cheapest bus with just one drop off and pick up time. Looking back, I still wonder how I came to be sliding down the loose scree of Mt Ngauruhoe on my backside.\nOur bus of six strangers, all collected from their hostels at an ungodly time in the morning, were dropped off at the start of the crossing whilst the air was still cold and crisp. The low sun shone through the cloud that crept along the earth. Spirits were high and eager.\nAs I approached the base of Ngauruhoe, famed for it’s role as Mt Doom, I recalled the exuberant way my hostel companion had talked the night before about the climb and found that my feet were already carrying me off the main path up the old lava flow.\nThe ascent, made up of loose scree, slipped and tumbled beneath me, forcing me to scramble, like Sam and Frodo, on my hands and feet. Progress was slow. Each time I stopped to rest and take in the increasingly spellbinding views, another climber would pass me, then I him. We competed in this unspoken race all the way to the top.\nI can’t actually recall who won in the end, likely due to being so awestruck upon reaching the top. The views were phenomenal and well worth all the slips and scrapes we had endured, but what really filled me with joy was the affinity we climbers now shared. I sat myself down on a craggy red rock on the edge of the colossal crater and watched as strangers shared their lunch, water, and in a somewhat futile effort, their face wipes.\nAfter revelling in the climber camaraderie and the otherworldly landscape above the clouds, I became very aware of my pick up time creeping ever closer, with most of the 19km hike still to go.\nInstructed by a fellow climber, I went leaping down the scree, using gravity to my advantage - I was flying. Unfortunately this was a skill I had yet to master. My right leg folded back under me, the rocks tore at my bare legs. I flung my arms out to slow myself to no effect. I surrendered to the fall and slid to a halt. Bloodied and bruised, I’d never had more fun.\nCovered head to toe in dust with blood trickling down my arms and legs, I responded to the gasps and looks of horror from the hikers at the base readying themselves for their climb with a big grin and an exclamation of, “It’s worth it, enjoy!”.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://bullyfree.com/about-us/curtis-story","date":"2017-04-26T17:44:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917121528.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031201-00121-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9929548501968384,"token_count":1714,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__12013081","lang":"en","text":"Dr. Beane is the author of the Allan L. Beane Bullying Prevention Program being used by schools around the world. One of his books is in thirteen languages. He feels passionate about bullying. I would like to tell you why. His son, Curtis Beane, was bullied in seventh grade. He came home one day and told Dr. Beane that there was this boy who hit him, pushed him, tripped him, knocked books out of his hands and made fun of his ears because they stood out. He said, “Dad, he does this to me almost everyday and my friends, people who I thought were my friends, laugh and do nothing to help me. Dad it hurts so much and I don’t know what to do.” Dr. Beane told him to ignore the bully. Well that doesn’t work, does it? It doesn’t help to try to ignore the bully. Curtis tried, but a few weeks later the school counselor called and told Dr. Beane he needed to come and get Curtis, because he was an emotional wreck. That surprised Dr. Beane because he didn’t know that Curtis was still being mistreated and was so upset. Curtis hid it from him. Curtis loved his dad too much. You see, he didn’t want his dad to worry about him. Don’t hide things from people who love you. It’s their job to worry about you. They have a right to know how you feel and what is happening to you. They want to help you. Well, Dr. Beane brought Curtis home. Curtis was so upset it concerned Dr. Beane. So, Dr. Beane told Curtis that he was not going to allow this to happen to him. He said, “The next time this kid hits you, I want you to hit him back. Now Curtis, you have got to win this fight.” So Curtis went back to school the next day. Now, I’m sure Curtis was concerned because his dad told him to go and beat up the bully, who was bigger, meaner and stronger than him. You see, bullies pick on people they know they can pick on. Bullies are mostly cowards. They pick on people they know they can overpower and hurt. Well in P.E. class, the bully hit Curtis behind the head. Curtis pushed the bully. The bully ran back at Curtis and somehow Curtis got the bully into a head lock and starting hitting his head. The teacher took Curtis and the bully to the principal’s office. They both got into trouble. You see, Dr. Beane wishes he didn’t tell his son to fight back. That was wrong for several reasons: (1) Curtis could have seriously hurt the bully, (2) the bully could have seriously hurt Curtis, (3) violence is not the way to deal with violence, (4) Curtis should not have to deal with the bully alone, Dr. Beane and the other adults should have tried to help Curtis – it is not just a student’s problem, it is also a problem that adults should deal with, and (5) most of the time bullying gets worse and lasts longer when you retaliate (fight back).\nThings were pretty good for Curtis for about two weeks but then they turned really sour. The bully turned the other boys against Curtis. Curtis was a city boy with a country heart. He loved motorcycles, fishing and the outdoors. The bully was on the football team and he turned some of the other boys who were on the football team against Curtis. Boys who said they were Curtis’ friend, boys who had spent the night at his house, boys who had eaten at his house, let that one bully control their good hearts and how they treated Curtis. They isolated or rejected Curtis. Dr. Beane found out that his son was sitting in the school cafeteria all by himself for weeks because the bully made everyone afraid to be nice to Curtis. When Dr. Beane found out about this, he transferred Curtis to a different school, in a different school system in the middle of the school year. Curtis found acceptance and a sense of belonging in the new school.\nLater, when Curtis was 15 years old and in high school, one night, a friend was taking Curtis home in a car. Curtis was in the front seat. The driver was 16 years old and two boys were in the back seat. Everyone had their seat belts on. The car went off the road a little on a curve and the boy driving overcorrected the car. The car went into a spin and going in reverse went off the road on the other side going backwards. The car hit an embankment and flipped. The roof of the car crushed in on Curtis and the widow on Curtis’ side of the car exploded, cutting his face. Curtis had to hold on to the car, so he grabbed the roof, which was pressing against him. The car flipped onto Curtis’ hand and then went back upon the highway, sliding upside down with Curtis’ hand under the car.\nAfter a long period in the hospital and a stay at home, he returned to high school. There were many students, with good hearts, who did what they were supposed to. They used their words to support him, to encouraged him, to make him feel healthy, and to make him feel good about himself. Unfortunately, there were also several students, many who had good hearts, who were cruel to him. They called him pizza hand and they called him the penguin because his hand now only had three fingers – looked like the Penguin in the Batman movie.) Curtis’ girl friend had a difficult time dealing with his damaged hand and dropped him. You see, this world taught her that you don’t want to be associated with, identified with, or friends with an abnormal and ugly person. You want to be identified with, associated with, and friends with the ‘pretty’ people. This world is trying to teach your children that now. Don’t let it!\nThese are only a few stories Curtis told Dr. Beane. After he graduated from high school, Dr. Beane found out that Curtis was bullied a lot. A former student, now an adult, told Dr. Beane that he was sorry he mistreated Curtis. He said he mistreated him because everyone else did. Once again, Curtis loved his dad too much and didn’t tell him about the mistreatment he was receiving. Bullying destroyed Curtis’ self-esteem and self-confidence. He got depressed and developed anxiety disorders. He was so depressed, some days he didn’t feel like getting out of bed. One day he called Dr. Beane and said he found some new friends “who will give him some attention.” That sounded a little strange for a 23 year old to say. Dr. Beane knew Curtis had friends. But deep down inside of Curtis was a hurt created by the bullying. So, Curtis felt like he needed some friends who would give him special attention. He also told Dr. Beane that these new friends did “things he didn’t agree with.” You see, these people dealt with illegal drugs. Curtis stayed away from drugs, but one week he wanted to feel better, so he took METH and it killed him. He had a heart problem that he and Dr. Beane didn’t know about, so when he took METH it killed him. He didn’t kill himself. He had his car keys in his hand and was probably trying to go for help. When people tell kids that drugs will not hurt them, they are lying. Drugs killed Curtis. But he was also already dead on the inside because of what people did with their tongues.\nCurtis is the reason Dr. Beane has written several anti-bullying books and developed the Allan L. Beane Bullying Prevention Program and travels the around the world with his wife speaking to students, parents, and teachers and helping schools implement his bullying prevention program.\nCopyright, 2005, Allan L. Beane, Ph.D.\nBully Free® Systems, LLC\n262 Ironwood Drive\nMurray, Kentucky 42071\nVersion: June 15, 2007","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://oneelevenmg.com/james-duthie-releases-new-book-beauties-hockeys-greatest-untold-stories/","date":"2023-12-11T22:36:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679518883.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20231211210408-20231212000408-00035.warc.gz","language_score":0.8137671947479248,"token_count":262,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__12673595","lang":"en","text":"James Duthie Releases New Book: “Beauties: Hockey’s Greatest Untold Stories”\nTORONTO, ON (October 20, 2020) – James Duthie launched his latest book today – Beauties: Hockey’s Greatest Untold Stories – featuring forty-seven incredible stories from hockey’s biggest names, greatest characters and unsung heroes.\nEssential reading for every fan, Beauties is a collection of the best stories that players tell each other. Grab a seat with TSN’s James Duthie as hockey’s finest relive highs, lows and hilarious moments on and off the ice from superstars, journeymen, coaches, referees, broadcasters, agents, and hockey moms and dads.\nOrder yours today from Harper Collins – https://www.harpercollins.ca/9781443460750/beauties/\nBeauties: Hockey’s Greatest Untold Stories.\nBook out: Oct 20\nPodcast debuts: Oct 13 pic.twitter.com/3qUJVZitQZ\n— James Duthie (@tsnjamesduthie) October 8, 2020\nTo book James Duthie to speak at your event contact:\nOne Eleven Management Group","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://johnknameless.wordpress.com/about/","date":"2021-07-26T01:25:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046151972.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20210726000859-20210726030859-00543.warc.gz","language_score":0.9556515216827393,"token_count":490,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-31","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__4981278","lang":"en","text":"If you are curious about the person behind this mask, there’s one thing I can tell you: the person behind this mask is an individual just like you. I am no special guru, no magician, and no cult-leader of any sort. I go by the alias of John Killingsworth, and I describe myself as a filmmaker, pickup-artist, spiritual seeker & self-development enthusiast. Though, those are only labels I use for practicality so do not fixate on them.\nThe reasons why I wear this mask are plenty: it allows me to communicate my ideas to the world encumbered neither by praise nor hate, nor by the need to inflate my self-image nor preserve it. For every idea that comes into the world, most of us become so engrossed in knowing the individual behind it, though it is only an ego thing. I guess you could call me some sort of self-help, anonymous superhero.\nDo not take any idea as belonging to anyone.\nThieves wear masks, and I wear one because I am one. The culmination of everything that I know has been stolen from individuals with more wisdom and intellect than myself. In fact, thousands upon thousands of researchers, scholars, scientists, engineers, inventors, sages, artists and writers have done the exact same thing, though the difference with me is that I openly admitted it.\nI never really considered myself wise, because all I did was model those around me.\nThere is no pride in owning materialistic or intellectual properties. There is no pride in flashing one’s success to the world in attempts to be recognized one day. There is no pride in seeking the world’s validation. The only fulfillment I found is within.\nRemember to be critical of what I say, but mostly, learn to read between the lines for your own truth. I try to create my own meaning out of my own direct experience of reality, and in this quest, invite you to do the same.\nIf you haven’t already, I invite you on the path towards self-improvement. Consider me your friend walking alongside you, not your mom taking your hand to show you exactly where to go. If you decide to join me, then I wish you good luck on this long, arduous yet incredibly fulfilling journey we can partake in together.\nReach me on social media here:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://yourstory.co.uk/stories-that-inspire/advice-from-parents/","date":"2024-02-26T10:10:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474659.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226094435-20240226124435-00130.warc.gz","language_score":0.9922856688499451,"token_count":424,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__2858810","lang":"en","text":"Some of the best advice I wish I had taken from my parents was to ‘Practise what you Preach’ and ‘There’s nothing worse than a hypocrite lad’ they used to always say. It was so very important to our parents that you believe in, not only what you’re saying, but also what you do in life. ‘Walk the walk and believe in yourself!’ Father would often repeat. Our parents had such a strong work ethic and nothing was ever taken for granted. They didn’t grow up with the freedoms and privileges we have grown up with having lived through so many hardships, not to mention a World War! They were always so conscious of the gifts of life and would always remind us as kids that ‘we didn’t know we were born sometimes’, which, in hindsight, we really didn’t!\nTreating your neighbours well, keeping the house clean and tidy, being thankful for the food on your table and speaking with good manners were all really important to Mother and Father so they taught us well. I wish we still said ‘Grace’ at every meal time like we used to growing up. It was a ritual in our house and something I wish we had continued down the line because it was always a lovely moment of family gratitude and togetherness around the dinner table.\nOur parents would always make sure we were well dressed and polite whenever we had visitors or when we went to church on a Sunday. Looking back, I remember I used to hate having to wear my Sunday best, all white and blue starched shirts, and knee length trousers, but when I look at the photos I can see how well-dressed we all looked and how that gave us all a real sense of pride as a family. We were always told to be polite and humble and I think that the great advice from our parents in those days really did give us a great sense of pride in family and went on to help us be the people we are today. The good old days.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://eber.co/ultimate-guide-to-customer-retention/","date":"2023-09-29T01:44:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510462.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20230928230810-20230929020810-00232.warc.gz","language_score":0.9472996592521667,"token_count":160,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__267514081","lang":"en","text":"Welcome to the Ultimate Guide to Customer Retention\nCustomer retention is vital for any business in the world.\nIn order to sustain your business and continue making profits, you need your customers to fall in love with your business. You need them to keep coming back. You need them to tell all their friends and family members about you.\nMore and more businesses are investing more time, effort and money into customer retention plans and programs. If you want to get onboard, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve put this guide together to help everyone and anyone understand customer retention and apply it to their business.\nBest of luck – we hope you find this guide valuable. For any input or feedback, feel free to email me at email@example.com","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://faet.io/lore/","date":"2023-11-28T19:41:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679099942.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20231128183116-20231128213116-00104.warc.gz","language_score":0.9721566438674927,"token_count":873,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__171173965","lang":"en","text":"Game Lore for “Faet” the first game to be connected with the Faet Blockchain.\nThe Age of the Mists, Before the Cataclysm (Year 0)\nLong ago the world of Mordavia was covered in a thick mist. This was known as the “The Age of the Mists”, a time of mythic beings and legendary deeds. Any who lived within the magic gray mist was said to be given divine powers over the world and the magi within it.\nThe wonder of Creation was at its zenith; there was no death from natural causes or old age and there was unlimited potential for magical discovery and progress.\nSo wondrous was this age, that even young children wielded incredible magics, easily casting epic rituals and spells that Grand-Masters of today would struggle to comprehend.\nThe most accomplished of all casters were the groups of Human Grand-Masters of each School of Magic, the self-claimed “Solomonari” or “Enlightened Ones”, who, in an incredibly short time, mastered abilities that took the ancient Elves and Demons generations to learn.\nThe Solominari were so powerful that the only restrictions on their accomplishments was their own imagination.\nUnfortunately, their curiosity for power lead them to discover powerful death magic known as Necromancy. A great war that engulfed the whole world broke out between the Necromancer Solomonari and the rest of their brethren.\nThe war was fought over an ancient artifact made of magical gemstones known as “The Last Gate.” It was said to be capable of teleporting people through a network of connected gateways that could lead to distant worlds, and even the realm of the Gods themselves.\nThe war raged on for years, but ended in an instant with a great explosion of unfathomable power which annihilated the Solomonari, the majority of sentient life, and even most of the known world.\nThe once pervasive mist was transformed into a magical vortex which swirls around the center, within\nwhich the only survivors now gathered. This vortex of mist became known as “A’Tul” and the land within it, “Mordavia.” The event itself is known as “The Cataclysm” and ended the “Age of the Mists.”\nOver 2000 years later, the world is a broken shadow of it’s former glory. Over those years several city states and factions have emerged across the land and are now vying for power over limited resources. None dare enter the A’tul that surrounds the known world because anyone who enters the mist is said to never be able to return – alive. Even worse, terrible monsters are known to come from the mist and wander deep into Mordavia.\nMost written record from the Age of the Mist has been lost to time but evidence of the ancient world can be still found in ancient battle fields and long lost ruins. Many powerful factions attempt to find these ancient places seeking knowledge, magic, and weapons of war but these great powers require a constant supply of fuel.\nMagical gemstones are used to power the ancient magic and powerful artifacts from before the Cataclysm. Things that come in contact with these gemstones can mutate into terrible abominations or gain uncontrollable magical powers making hunting for them very dangerous.\nLuckily, there are many adventurers willing to risk their lives for coin and fame as they seek to fulfill the endless demand for magical gemstones of all types. So, countless guilds accepted contracts from the nobility across the land\nNow, in the center of Mordavia, the The Last Gate has been rediscovered in the center of Mordavia. The ancient prophesies state that this means another Cataclysm is inevitable. With the Mist slowly encroaching, city states ready for war, and unknown terrors to be released from the Last Gate, it seems like the end for Mordavia.\nLuckily, there is hope!\nA special type of adventurer known as an Heroic Souls is able to use the Last Gate to travel to distant worlds and even hidden, secret places, in between. Heroic Souls also have the power of freewill, able to defy the gods and deny the prophesies – or embrace them.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://cynthia-in-des001ofucd.blogspot.com/2010/11/normal-0-our-college-has-great-honor-to.html","date":"2018-06-23T07:45:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864953.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20180623074142-20180623094142-00391.warc.gz","language_score":0.9882181286811829,"token_count":431,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__236401738","lang":"en","text":"Our college has the great honor to invite Mr. Brian Fies, the Arthur of the comics book “Mom’s Cancer” and the winner of the Eisner for Best Digital Comic in 2005, to be our guest speaker in the class of Design one(class name) on Nov. 2. The Will Eisner Comic Industry award are like the Oscars of graphic novel; but humility was the only thing that we could find from the awardee. During his speaking, he showed us a lot of his work and explained how he processed his book. He gave us so many examples to demonstrate what are the elements to affect him to make his work, and he also stated that both of “words and images” are the essentials to structure a good comic book.\nFies explained that “Words and images” are able to be the complementary relationship to form a comic book, so there is very important to have a balance development to these two ways. The imbalance development of “words and images” can be the big issue to affect audiences that do not understand the story of a comic book. For the example, from the book’s cover of “Mom’s Cancer”, we can find that there are two panels to separate Fies’s mom, and the setting of this border actually can bring a lot of meaning to the picture. Fies explained that this border has created a feeling of a window pane. Through the window pane, he and his family could observe and watch his mother. However, it didn’t help them to understand what her mom was experiencing and how she was feeling. Because her mom was suffering 2 kinds of cancers at the same time, so he used the top panel to imply that she has a brain tumor, and the lower part was represented that she has a lung cancer. The two panels also suggest the mood and feeling of his mom to the audiences. Even though he has projected all ideas from the image, he still needs the words “Mom’s cancer” to tell us what is the theme of his comic book.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://artemissere.tumblr.com/post/52005609434/my-summer-addiction-cherrylimerickey-at-como","date":"2014-04-18T02:59:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609532480.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005212-00044-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.796816885471344,"token_count":127,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__31374604","lang":"en","text":"my summer addiction. #cherrylimerickey (at Como Lake)\nArtist. Author. Poet. Philosopher. Imagineer. Sketching a new world, one syllable, brushstroke and pixel at a time, inked in blood and set in bone.\nThanks for your interest. All images copyright 2012 Artemis Sere and Seerum Studios.\n\"Come away, O human child!\nTo the waters and the wild\nWith a faery, hand in hand,\nFor the world's more full of weeping\nthan you can understand.\"\nWilliam Butler Yeats \"The Stolen Child\"","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://suchisjoy.com/","date":"2014-04-24T17:10:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223206647.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032006-00266-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9652809500694275,"token_count":479,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__159273806","lang":"en","text":"Shopping for groceries during the Chinese Lunar New Year season is not easy…. Firstly, you need the sharp and attentive skills of an F1 driver to meander through super busy aisles with your own shopping cart – and everyone else’s.Then, you need legs of steel to join the gridlock at the cashier.\nWhile this is but a ‘short term’ inconvenience, it made me think of the immense preparation required by families who are steeped in practicing Lunar New Year traditions. Thank God that my parents opted to do away with certain practices.\nMy grandparents were very fastidious in their annual ‘spring-cleaning’ of the house. Old furniture, clothing, newspapers had to be bundled up neatly with raffia string and left for the garbage collector to haul away. Every nook and cranny had to be thoroughly cleaned.\nThen on the eve of new year, our entire household had to wake up before the crack of dawn to open the front and back door of the house. This was to welcome the kitchen god. They also prepared some goodies for him in the form of a sticky lotus cake, nian gao.\nI don’t know if the real reason was that the gooey cake would cling to the roof of his mouth to make it difficult for him to give an account to the heavens on our ‘performance’, or something made up to stop me from questioning back then. Like Santa and who’s been naughty or nice!\nThey also decreed that floors were never to be swept on the first day of Lunar New Year lest all the luck got ‘swept away’.. And nobody was to wear even a hint of black- ever!\nWhile I marvel at the vibrant and colourful display (especially fruit platters made up of jelly(agar agar), and new year hampers shaped like chinese junk ships), I found the best explanation for why certain foods were used specifically for the festivities here\nThen there’s the hypnotic Cai Shen Dao tune that keeps ringing in my head like a certain umbrella song…!\nCai Shen with his beard, hat and pot full of gold…ingots. Hmmmm…\nNew year rocks – Gong Xi Fa Cai, Hong Pao Na Lai! :D","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://brilliantlittleideas.com/2-robot-emergent-reader-books/","date":"2023-11-30T08:37:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100172.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130062948-20231130092948-00086.warc.gz","language_score":0.9407767653465271,"token_count":544,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__128296293","lang":"en","text":"Easy sight word book for your kids to start reading. I see Robots’ emergent reader book is a great book for beginners with two versions to read, color, and count.\n2 Robot Emergent Reader Books\nSince starting my daycare I’ve had the pleasure of teaching all sorts of kids. Some learned more than others, but all of them knew what they needed to excel in kindergarten. Using these books your child will learn not only learn sight words, but also color words, and counting. This robot book went well with our Robot Theme Fun Friday (check that out here) that we just had. All of the kids loved our robot theme so much that they have asked for it again in the near future. Enjoy your 2 Robot Emergent Reader Books! (Free Printable Library is for Email Subscribers)\nThis post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a commission (at no cost to you). Thanks for the support! See our Disclosure page.\nWhat you will need.\n- Crayons, markers, or colored pencils Like this set\n- Print the I See Robots book. (located in the Free Printable Library)\n- Kids Stapler\nDirections for creating your book\n- Print the I See Robot book you choose.\n- Cut each page in half to create your book.\n- Stack in correct numerical order.\n- Staple and let your child color!\n- Please read with your child and help them to color the robots correctly otherwise, they may get their colors confused.\nI See Robots Emergent Reader Book\nI See Robots is a great first book to read. Your child can count the robots on each page and read the color that their robots should be. Here is a sample page “I see two robots. They are white. ” The repetition of the sight words I and See will quickly become words that your child will read from other books.\nI See & Count Robots Emergent Reader Book\nThis version of I See Robots has a fill in the blank, so not only is your child learning to read he or she is also counting and coloring their robots to match the text. Great for kids a little more advanced. Click the picture below for your free printable!\nFree Printable Library is for Email Subscribers\n*All art is my own so please do not alter or pass it off as your own.\nI hope you enjoy your new 2 Robot Emergent Reader Books as much as my daycare kids have!\nWhich book did you choose?\nThis post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my disclosures here.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://blogkingscross.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html","date":"2013-05-19T06:27:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696384181/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092624-00054-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9880744218826294,"token_count":177,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__189459424","lang":"en","text":"The Visible Men\n29th October at The Place\nWhen asked by Pete who had ‘cheated’ and opened their eyes, the vast majority of the audience admitted to this, including me. I had the desire to see the invisible but upon seeing it, much like a card trick explained, the magic disappeared. I therefore decided to revert back to ignorance, which for this game was bliss. There were moments where I opened my eyes and thought ‘how did he get there?’ Of course you assume that Pete or Tom had run across the stage while your eyes were closed, but without witnessing this, how did you know?\nAs ever New Art Club’s brand of dance philosophy was humorous yet thought provoking. I left the performance with aching eyelids, a smile on my face, and many questions. Another triumph for New Art Club!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.dglabs.in/5ob5gc/bedd92-irvine-welsh-new-book-2020","date":"2021-05-08T01:11:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243988831.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20210508001259-20210508031259-00438.warc.gz","language_score":0.959254264831543,"token_count":2403,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__184861208","lang":"en","text":"It’s classic divide and conquer.”, Welsh is keen to point out that his brand of offence is “about upsetting power, punching up or at least punching sideways”, but I’m sure that the reason so many of us love his books is that he clearly revels in bad taste for the sheer fun of it. Enter the Telegraph Magazine short story competition. Irvine Welsh 20:28, 8 DEC 2020. I have looked at them and I find them offensive,” said one senior policeman in Southampton. Then there was the period in 1998 when police officers started taking it upon themselves to enter bookshops and seize the posters advertising Welsh’s novel Filth, depicting a pig in a policeman’s helmet. 85 talking about this. Buy Skagboys By Irvine Welsh. Skagboys (2012), a prequel to Welsh’s debut, traced Renton and Sick Boy’s inaugural descent into heroin addiction. Renton wants to free himself from the past by making financial reparations to the friends he betrayed years ago. Spud, the only vivid and engaging character here, simply longs for a life. Ruined years ago by an act of generosity (for which Renton bears responsibility), he is now a loveable wreck: practically destitute, addicted to drugs and alcohol, devoted to his little dog. . But these days cancel culture has become more problematic: censorship has become hip, and, as Welsh puts it, “with the power of the internet you can properly cancel someone for good now”. Books Best Sellers & more Top New Releases Deals in Books School Books Textbooks Books Outlet Children's Books Calendars & Diaries Audible Audiobooks 1-16 of 241 results Skip to main search results The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. 10 Best Science Fiction Books - December 2020 Results are Based on. Essex Book Festival and Anglia Ruskin University are delighted to invite you to this online event hosted by Tony Fisher, on Wednesday 11th November. Covid’s been great for me because it’s enabled me to keep off aeroplanes and work.”. Irvine Welsh grudgingly re-wrote a section of his novel, Filth, in more politically correct language (Photo: Getty) Especially seeing as those he interviewed, including musician MIA and … Yet it does so with almost none of the stylistic precision, or satiric distance, necessary to prevent these things proving wearisome. His novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name.His work is characterised by a raw Scots dialect and brutal depiction of Edinburgh life. But they are mesmerically inert and morally void. I’ve got a lot of people into reading, and that’s more important to me than the endorsement of the literary commissars.” The main reason he has offended so many people, from those 1993 Booker judges onwards, is that he tells the unpalatable truth about the people he knows from growing up in the housing scheme prefabs in the Muirhouse district of Edinburgh. While millennial snowflakes were still in their nappies, the police were anticipating their language: “The officer… was quite within his rights to seize the posters. In his funniest, filthiest book yet, Irvine Welsh celebrates an un-reconstructed misogynist hustler – a central character who is shameless but also, oddly, decent –and finds new ways of making wild comedy out of fantastically dark material, taking on some of the last taboos. Irvine Welsh, Alan Warner and John King to discuss their new joint book in our online event. \"Sometimes, a book chooses you.\" Welsh attempts to use the collision of these aspirations to say something about the nature of ageing and redemption, and about the means by which it is possible (or otherwise) to live well under late capitalism: the book’s four parts carry titles like “December 2015: Another Neoliberal Christmas”. Did she really expect him to change?”. The action of the book is driven by several objectives. I was very fortunate not to be incarcerated.” He was able to kick the habit because he had a good job with Hackney council in London, and decent prospects. Essex Book Festival and Anglia Ruskin University are delighted to invite you to this online event with all three authors, chaired by BBC Essex’s Tony Fisher. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. And in Welsh’s view the new working-from-home ethos should not be extended to debate and discussion. Today, Welsh chucklingly thanks both the snooty Booker judges and the police for the free publicity. Miami's art week takes on new look as galleries, ... by Alan Warner, Irvine Welsh and John King, London Books, £9.99. Wednesday, 18th November 2020… These are the places that improve our mental health.”, Offended by Irvine Welsh is on Sky Arts on Tuesday November 17 , Freeview Channel 11 at 10pm. The characters brought to life with such aesthetic vigour a quarter of a century ago deserve a better valediction than this. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. When his debut novel Trainspotting appeared in 1993, it introduced us to an array of characters whose antic lives, nefarious obsessions and social indigence were imagined with a freshness of voice and candour of observation that was brutal, squalid and, above all, full of life. Find out more, The latest offers and discount codes from popular brands on Telegraph Voucher Codes, The Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh, whose new Sky Arts show begins on November 17, Trainspotting, starring Ewan McGregor (c), remains the most successful adaptation of Welsh's work, 'I did a bit of petty crime, you can’t not': Irvine Welsh, A complete guide to the best children’s books for Christmas 2020, Behind Ava Gardner's tough talking: ‘I’m scared, baby, scared’, Meet the young poets thriving in lockdown, ‘Should we be free to burn Korans?’: how John le Carré and Salman Rushdie fought over free speech, Adoring Soviet students and drunken nights with the KGB: John le Carré in Russia, Always wanted to be a writer? “I’ve been just ricocheting around, London, Barcelona, Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, Singapore, it’s been absolutely fantastic, but it’s time to narrow the focus a bit. The four new programmes also include a limited series titled A Spy Among Friends - … But the danger is that witch-hunting is not an exact science. He has also written plays and … The Books Quiz: Jonathan Franzen’s new novel shares a name with which TV ... including one of 2020’s finest books. Irvine Welsh has been cancelled more times than the premiere of the latest James Bond film. When we are not met with this kind of carelessness, we are subjected to numerous instances of overwriting (“Here’s a story that will interest you . “So many people that I saw in rehab, they’re never gonna come out of this because they’ve got no future or opportunities, there’s no incentive to come off it.”, At 62, Welsh, who is talking to me from his flat in Edinburgh, looks a bit less like a particularly terrifying bouncer these days, and is starting to resemble Victor Meldrew’s harder twin brother. Welsh has a habit of ascribing to his characters mini-political and metaphysical speeches that are often at variance with their natures, and which are almost always clumsily deployed. Trends of 2020: A year of remote living 16/12/2020 9:58 am. Available in used condition with free delivery in the UK. In a new book published by Aperture, ... 16/12/2020 11:54 am. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA Wire, First published: Sat, Mar 31, 2018, 06:14. Irvine Welsh has apologised after turning the air blue on morning television while promoting a documentary on causing offence. Like much of Welsh’s work, Dead Men’s Trousers delivers a near parodic onslaught of sexual sleaze, savage exploitation, miserable cynicism, grotesque violence and male sentimentality. Buy Reheated Cabbage by Welsh, Irvine (ISBN: 9780099506997) from Amazon's Book Store. Dead Men’s Trousers, Welsh’s latest contribution to the saga of the boys from Leith, takes place between the summers of 2015 and 2016 and sees Renton, Sick Boy, Begbie and Spud cross paths for what one hopes will be the final time. Trainspotting is the novel that first launched Irvine Welsh's spectacular career—an authentic, unrelenting, and strangely exhilarating episodic group portrait of blasted lives.. Such irritations, however, are minor in comparison to the broader concerns of the book. The comics – both of whom are long-standing critics of what is seen as ‘woke’ culture – spoke to novelist Irvine Welsh for a new documentary on the subject airing on Sky Arts tonight. ISBN-10: 0224087916 His first novel, Trainspotting (1993), a seamy portrait of Edinburgh drug and booze addicts, was widely hailed as an instant classic but was omitted from the Booker Prize shortlist, reportedly because it offended the “feminist sensibilities” of two of the judges. I think it’s because they realise in some ways my brand is about being offensive” – but in his parallel career as a screenwriter, he notes that his scripts are starting to be toned down in production. Begbie, Sick Boy, Renton, Spud – these were characters whose complex and rebarbative sensibilities were captured with an energy near impossible to escape. Except, that is, in the case of Renton, who having stiffed his friends by making off with the proceeds of a drug deal, left the book contemplating the freedom of a life in Amsterdam. The provocative author talks to Ed Cumming about skewering cancel culture for a new TV series, ... Tuesday 17 November 2020 10:04. “I think it’s very, very difficult for any artist to be honest with themselves in this environment, to be able to tell when sensitivity becomes self-censorship,” he says. And the great thing about art is that because it’s a special construct, it’s not real, it gives us a safe space to debate these issues.”. Please review our, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. BOOK EXCERPT: This book explores ... #1 eBook Free in [pdf] [kindle] [epub] [tuebl] [mobi] [audiobook], #1 New Release 2020 >> Irvine Welsh. “It is good that people who put disgusting views out there that result in other people getting attacked in the street can be called out. After a frenetic two or three years since he split from his second wife, the pandemic has brought him a welcome period of calm. BritBox announces four new originals including Irvine Welsh’s Crime and Magpie Murders adaptation. It would be wise for Welsh to release them, and us, from our now far-from-exuberant miseries.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://test.theresident.co.uk/london-culture-events/seven-dials-celebrates-90-years-of-agatha-christies-the-seven-dials-mystery/","date":"2021-02-25T12:45:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178351134.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20210225124124-20210225154124-00246.warc.gz","language_score":0.9213980436325073,"token_count":619,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__107041578","lang":"en","text":"Seven Dials celebrates 90 years of Agatha Christie’s iconic novel, The Seven Dials Mystery, on 24 January 2019\nLead image: The Evolution of Agatha Christie (2019) by Iona Rowland\nIn celebration of the famous book set within this unique London destination near Covent Garden, Seven Dials is launching a secret book trail, where shoppers are invited to discover one of the 90 books hidden around the area’s seven interconnecting streets to pick up and keep – for free. For clues on where and when the books are hidden, follow @7DialsLondon on Twitter and Instagram.\nTo celebrate the area’s important part in the novel, British artist Iona Rowland has been commissioned by Seven Dials to create an exclusive public work of art, currently being exhibited on a billboard on Shorts Gardens.\nThe dramatic large-scale artwork draws influence from and features the legendary author, while incorporating the contemporary, colourful characteristics she is renowned for. Rowlands’ exclusive print will be on display until Spring 2019 and then auctioned for a charity partner.\nWe are releasing the clues for our Agatha Christie book trail. You’re invited to discover one of 90 books hidden within the area to pick up and keep for free! pic.twitter.com/BdQrMlTdPr\n— Seven Dials (@7DialsLondon) January 24, 2019\nTredwells, the Marcus Wareing restaurant famously named after the treasured butler in Christie’s 1929 novel, is also paying tribute by creating a three-course meal and a special cocktail for £29 (available from 24 January 2019).\nCreoate, Miller Harris, Radisson and Canella are among the brands that will also be taking part in the celebration week.\n‘Recount Lady Brent’s investigations into the crime that led her to the mysterious Seven Dials Club on Earlham Street’\nJoin CREOATE – a retail platform for female-led brands to launch global businesses – for an engaging conversation with influential women who are creating a niche for themselves through topical writing. Celebrating Women Writers – A Discussion on Modern Journalism, will address the challenges of producing content from very different perspectives (6.30pm, 24 January, tickets £10).\nYou can also enjoy 50% off your first round of drinks at The Escapologist when quoting ‘Agatha Christie’, indulge at Pierre Herme’s complimentary chocolate tasting, and shop till you drop at Miller Harris, Teatulia Bar and Murdock London, who are among the stores offering exclusive discounts/promotions in celebration of the iconic novel.\nHowever you choose to celebrate, while wandering through the seven streets of Seven Dials, be sure to be sure to recount Lady Brent’s investigations into the crime that led her to the mysterious Seven Dials Club on Earlham Street.\nFor further details on special Agatha Christie events and promotions, see sevendials.co.uk","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://profchaos6632.deviantart.com/","date":"2017-06-24T20:51:04Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320338.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624203022-20170624223022-00003.warc.gz","language_score":0.977088451385498,"token_count":110,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-26__0__8424102","lang":"en","text":"All I want is for things to go back to the way they used to be,\nI want you here with me.\nAll I want is to see your face,\nBut Iknow your in a better place.\nAll I want is one more day,\nWhen will this pain go away?\nAll i want is to see your beautiful eyes,\nAnd I promise I'll try not to cry.\nAll I want is for you to know I love you,\nAll i need is for you to know I love you.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.questwithin.in/2017/01/between-rock-and-hard-place-Haiku-ThinkingAloud.html","date":"2019-01-19T06:02:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583662690.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20190119054606-20190119080319-00061.warc.gz","language_score":0.9666463732719421,"token_count":150,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-04__0__231829242","lang":"en","text":"Did I have a choice, I wonder today.\nA rock and a hard place… Did I want a choice?\nAm I happy I didn’t have a to choose?\nIt is so much easier to blame Destiny or God or whoever/whatever it is that you turn to.\nBlame is the wrong word, I think.\nIt is a weight off your shoulder to have the responsibility of the choice taken away from you.\nAfter all, who knows how much harder a rock could have been and how much rockier the hard place could be.\nIs the hardness always lesser on the other side of the choice?\nSmile at night\n-meant to be…\nPrompt by and Shared with-","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.uwelddirect.com/groundclamps.html","date":"2022-05-19T05:50:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662525507.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220519042059-20220519072059-00507.warc.gz","language_score":0.9629165530204773,"token_count":76,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__69404654","lang":"en","text":"Grounding of electrical circuits is a safety practice that is documented in various codes and standards. A typical arc welding setup may consist of several electrical circuits. Applying and maintaining proper grounding methods within the welding area is important to promote electrical safety in the workplace. Associated processes such as plasma cutting will also benefit from proper grounding. The important grounding topics in a typical welding environment are discussed.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://tooraj.studio/projects/apprehension-jungle/","date":"2020-09-30T23:58:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402130531.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20200930235415-20201001025415-00009.warc.gz","language_score":0.9250783324241638,"token_count":383,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__131008981","lang":"en","text":"Worried supportless people of Apprehension Jungle, entrapped in an apprehensive event, narrate today and yesterday’s conditions of the residents of the Middle East. After WWII until today the Middle East has almost had no calm period and it is pregnant every moment with events that happen to it regardless of the relationships and circumstances of its residents. It makes no difference where in this region you belong. Whether you are Iraqi or Syrian, Egyptian or Palestinian, Lebanese or Iranian, wherever you are you cannot escape from apprehension caused by a disturbed situation and a vague future. The fear and fright that awaits you before birth gradually penetrates every single part of you and accompanies you to the end.\nAnytime I stopped, it was standing right by my side.\nIt was already there, even before I arrived.\n“And at the appalling dark\nThere is no sound save its\nApprehension is the conqueror, everything else conquered.”1\nAnywhere I stopped, without looking back;\nAt what keeps me chained to the past or distressed from the future.\nAt what I’m escaping from and what I find refuge in.\n“Was it due time, we ask\nAnd the Apprehension Jungle is still there\nAt night we fear, and at the day we fear.”2\n“Apprehension” is standing.\nAs you behold it, it stares at you.\nAs you stop, it stands right beside you.\n1. Kar e Shabpa / Nima Yushij\n2. Hengam / Mehdi Akhavan Sales\nWithin the Spectrum of a Gaze: Tooraj Khamenehzadeh’s Inspired Tableaux Vivants by Natasha Chuk\nApprehension Jungle, Iran, 2013-14 © Tooraj Khamenehzadeh","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://johnddufour.wordpress.com/","date":"2017-02-24T01:26:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501171271.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104611-00421-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9640960693359375,"token_count":629,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__83972035","lang":"en","text":"It’s been a good run, blog, but I think it’s time to call it a day.\nI’ve been writing on a blog every month for the past 9 or so years, over 5 on this wordpress blog. Sharing key moments, thoughts, TV shows I like, odd ramblings at 3am after finishing a paper. It’s a sign of the times to put my life all out on the internet.\nBut now I don’t want to anymore.\nIt could be a sign of married life, of having that person to share yourself completely with. Not that I’m comparing Stina to my WordPress page, or saying that she is a living wife-blog hybrid (which obviously was the precursor to the Borg). It could be me getting older, and valuing privacy. I see my students putting every moment of their lives on the internet, all in the vain hope of the “LMS” or the “Friend me!” or the “I hope someone notices me and gives me that slight sense of social validation so I don’t feel like a recluse and at least delude myself into thinking I have social connections, shallow as they may be.”\nI also am tired of trying to be witty for the sake of being witty, for the hope of getting some recognition. It’s the diary syndrome all over again: I have to write in my diary because only I can read it….but I secretly hope it gets found and then everyone reads it and “gets me” and I can become uber-famous based on my clever writings to myself. Done with that.\nI just don’t care anymore.\nNot in an emo sense or anything like that. I like to share with people about my life, and spend time reflecting on what is going on. It just doesn’t need to be for the world to see. I really am an old man on the inside.\nI think I’ll keep the blog open…mostly because I don’t want to take the time to figure out how to shut it down. It’s a nice touchstone on the past years, something I can revisit and look at where I’ve been. And be reminded that I’m not all that. That I made some great choices and some severely bad life choices. The ways God has continued to move and surprised and form me and the world around me. How small thoughts became big decisions, how random encounters became movements. Maybe I’ll share it with my future children and grandchildren – see, even I was flawed and infallible. But they don’t need to know that until high school, let them live with the delusion of my omnipotence. But we’ll see.\nSo, that’s it. OK. Goodbye. Later. Deuces. Peace out (I never say that, why would I write that?).\nAnd, we’re done.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://arieljankord.com/posts/kids-need-books/","date":"2023-06-06T18:33:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653071.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606182640-20230606212640-00790.warc.gz","language_score":0.9710758328437805,"token_count":1027,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__119843272","lang":"en","text":"Kids Need Books\nIf you haven’t read Donalyn Miller’s The Book Whisperer, move it to the top of your list right now! A conversation that I have been a part of over and over is kids don’t read enough. In all our reading instruction, whether it’s whole group, explicit teaching or guided reading groups, we often don’t allow time to just let kids read. For the past couple of years, I have made independent reading a priority. However, you can’t just say read independently and it happens instantly. Teaching kids to become independent readers takes time and practice.\nThe Daily 5 has some great lessons in teaching and practicing with kids. These lessons include:\n*Finding a good spot\n*Different ways to read\n*Having a variety of books\nI use these lessons at the beginning of the year without assuming “they should know this” because they are in 4th grade. In August, we can usually only make it 1 or 2 minutes without getting off task. By the end of the year, most of the class is groaning when I stop them at 30 minutes (there’s a few that are ready to be done ;).\nFor our daily 30 minutes of reading, no one goes to the bathroom or leaves the room for any reason. It’s strategically placed right after lunch and recess. Tummies are full, we’ve run off excess energy, and used the restroom. I would say only 5 times this year did we NOT do independent reading, we made it a priority. Some of you may be asking what does the teacher do for 30 minutes if you aren’t “teaching.” I used this time for individual conferring. It was a time where I got to sit and talk books with every student in the room. I took anecdotal notes on their accuracy, fluency, and recorded bits of our conversation. It also allowed me time to give a personal, on the spot mini lesson if needed. Most importantly, I used this time to build a relationship with my kiddos and create a safe place to be vulnerable. Every week, I was able to sit next to each student at least once.\nMy biggest take away from this year was the books kids were choosing to read. In August, 80% of my students were reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Now don’t get me wrong, thanks to Jeff Kinney kids are reading! However, there are so many great books that have a similar feel that can challenge kids to new characters and plot lines. I see it as my mission to expose kids to a variety of books, to find their niche, but also to explore different genres. I spend WAY too much money on books, but when I hear a kiddo excited to tell me or a peer about a book they are reading it makes my heart swell. Before a book goes on the shelf I either read the book in entirety or at least the 1st chapter to get a sense for the content and style of writing. This helps me recommend books to kiddos.\nMy classroom library has been an integral part of getting students to read. One of my students told me “I just check out books at the school library because I feel like I have to.” All the books she read this year were from my classroom library. I don’t share that to discredit school libraries (they have lots of needs to fill), but I tell you because I hear many teachers ask why do I need a library when we have a school library? Read, my other hero, Pernille Ripp’s thoughts on this topic here.\nI could continue writing about this topic using another 2,000 characters but instead I want to get to the point of this post. Ann Braden started the movement #KidsNeedBooks by giving away a stack of books via Twitter. (You can find her @AnnBradenBoooks.) She was inspired by Donalyn’s post about kids needing books. Since then author’s have jumped on board and began donating books to teachers in order to get books into kids’ hands. I have even been a recipient of the many book giveaways, I received Louisiana’s Way Home from @CynthiaSchwind. The last 2 years I “visited” the intermediate grades and built a classroom library for my 4th graders, but I’m going back “home” to primary next year. I wanted to jump on the #KidsNeedBooks bandwagon and pass along some book sets. My books have been in my classroom library so they are not new and many have been loved dearly. I’m also passing these along on a much smaller scale as I’m not quite willing to foot the postage bill, so they will be available for Olathe teachers or other teachers in the area if they are willing to pick them up!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://the-oval-office.prezly.com/the-oval-office-reads-along-during-first-flanders-reading-day","date":"2023-12-04T19:32:05Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100534.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204182901-20231204212901-00165.warc.gz","language_score":0.8278840184211731,"token_count":439,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__224899597","lang":"en","text":"The Oval Office reads along during first Flanders Reading Day\n6 April 2023\nOn Sunday 23 April (World Book Day), the Flemish government, Iedereen Leest vzw and Literatuur Vlaanderen are calling on all Flemings to grab a book and take part in one of the numerous activities during the very first edition of Vlaanderenleestdag. The Oval Office created the \"ak een boek dat je pakt\" (\"Grab a book that grabs you\") campaign, which can be followed on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok), OOH image and influencer marketing.\nFlanders Reading Day is part of the Flemish government's communication campaign \"Friends for Reading - Together for a Reading Offensive\" that aims to tackle declining reading literacy and reading motivation.\nGrab a book that grabs you\nThe Oval Office came up with the concept Grab a book that grabs you. Because reading is travelling. Discovering the world around you differently. Discovering other worlds. Travelling through time. Experiencing things together with the characters. Reading is feeling, losing yourself completely and waking up when you close the book. A good story, that wraps you up completely.\nThe campaign image is made up of several readers who are so taken by the book they are reading that their upper body turns into a character. In the campaign video, we see that transformation happen.\n- Client: Vlaamse overheid (Departement Cultuur, Jeugd & Media, Departement Onderwijs & Vorming), Iedereen Leest vzw, Literatuur Vlaanderen\n- Contact: Pauline D'Haene, Karen Vandenbeck\n- Agency: The Oval Office:\n- Account Team: Line Reynaert, Elien Van Baelen, Sofie Cole\n- Strategy: Marijke Dubois\n- Creation: Gino Keymeulen, Alex Skim\n- Design: Flor Aguilar, Jon Troch\n- Video: MediaMixer\n- Media: Mindshare","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://horseymad.com/products/riding-centre-with-rider-and-horses","date":"2024-04-16T22:34:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817112.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416222403-20240417012403-00529.warc.gz","language_score":0.9787502288818359,"token_count":266,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__183800335","lang":"en","text":"“Finally! The new stable building is ready!” Excitedly, Lissi gets into the car. Her mum sets off. “Hopefully it really is as beautiful as Mr Miller, the owner, promised!” hopes Lissi. She leaps out the instant they arrive at the stables. “Wow! It’s even more beautiful than I imagined!” With its green doors and pink windows and window frames, the stable building really does look simply incredible. Lissi immediately runs over from the car to the stable building. Her beloved Arab mare, Stella, is in one of the big stalls. “I missed you so much!” she exclaims. The two days they’d had to wait before they could finally see each other again had really felt like ages. She embraces her horse and fetches the feed box with apples and carrots. She feeds Stella – and then the two of them can finally ride out. What a wonderful day! The sun is shining, a young Arab foal is prancing around the paddock, the birds are singing and Lissi is delighted by the new stable building. Later, she will brush and feed her mare again, and cover her in her special present – a brand-new blanket.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://londontherapymassage.co.uk/what-is-a-swedish-massage/","date":"2020-02-19T06:14:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875144058.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20200219061325-20200219091325-00199.warc.gz","language_score":0.9325709939002991,"token_count":1702,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__1698844","lang":"en","text":"What is a swedish massage? Book now!\nFor ladies with what is a swedish massage farthest point torment and versatility issues after chest risk helpful system, two half-hour sessions of myofascial consistently for around two months accomplished basic updates in these areas, as appeared by ceaseless appraisal.\nThe assessment, “Myofascial for consistent torment and diminished most distant point mobility after chest disease therapeutic approach,” included 21 ladies who were encountering torment or obliged adaptability in their chest, chest or shoulder zone three to year and a half after medical framework for chest hurt.\nThe appraisal was from the start distributed in the Overall Diary of Pleasing and Bodywork; Magazine got the foremost assessment from its producers for this report.\nSubjects in the assessment were capriciously entrusted to either the intercession gathering or the control gathering. Those in the intercession social event got two 30-minute sessions of myofascial consistently for around two months, and every session concentrated on the chest, chest and shoulder of the affected side.\nThose in the control get-together got two 30-minute sessions of Swedish extricating up every week for around two months, and every session maintained a strategic distance from the affected chest, chest and shoulder.\nThe show for the myofascial was “made for this appraisal and merged a gathering of systems prepared for diminishing torment, disturbance and tissue affectability while likewise broadening adaptability by isolating scar tissue,” as per the assessment’s producers.\nThe rule result measures in this appraisal were torment and transportability. Distress was evaluated through the McGill Torment Overview, and versatility was assessed utilizing an examination grew explicitly for patients who have experienced chest remedial framework. An assistant outcome measure was near and dear satisfaction, which was assessed utilizing three solicitation from the Short Structure Thriving Investigation. These solicitation concentrated on “social exercises, feeling down and out and all things considered thriving.”\nAppraisals of each subject’s torment, transportability and individual satisfaction occurred at standard—before any of the sessions happened—and again after the eight-week intercession period had finished. Aftereffects of the examination revealed a colossal diminishing in self-detailed torment and flexibility issues and a fundamental improvement in self-uncovered all around success among the ladies who got myofascial . Subjects in the two parties proclaimed diminished finishes of distress.\n“Our discoveries suggest that ladies with consistent distress or versatility confinements ought to consider a starter of myofascial ,” express the evaluation’s producers.\n“Specialists ought to intimate ladies with tireless devastation or adaptability issues for medications. It is conceivable that may overhaul the adequacy of normal drugs, for example, torment prescription and exercise based recuperation, or become another treatment elective for testing shoulder and chest divider issues.”\nStood out from fake treatment intercessions, fragrance based treatment diminishes the devastation related with major dysmenorrhea, as appeared by an advancing precise examination.\nThe investigation, “Fragrant recovering for Directing Destruction in Essential Dysmenorrhea: An Efficient Audit of Randomized Fake treatment Controlled Starters,” concentrated on 19 takes a gander at with right around 1,800 complete people. These people were ladies of regenerative age with principal dysmenorrhea, or lower stomach torment during refined cycle.\nWhat is a swedish massage available?\nEach evaluation surveyed the sensibility of aroma based treatment for the diminishing of destruction related with major dysmenorrhea. Regardless, the procedure for controlling the fragrance based treatment swayed. Six of the assessments utilized interior breath smell based treatment, while 10 of the preliminaries utilized fragrant recovering . One assessment utilized both interior breath fragrance based treatment and fragrant recovering , and the staying two evaluations included oral smell based treatment.\nThe basic oils utilized in the assessments were rose, lavender, rosemary, Zataria multiflora, Thymus vulgaris, peppermint, ginger and fennel. The going with mixes of fundamental oils were utilized too: lavender and rosemary; cinnamon, clove, rose and lavender; lavender and peppermint; lavender, clary wise and rose; nutmeg, fennel and marjoram; and lavender, clary sage and marjoram.\nOutcalls & incalls\nThe segment of fragrance based treatment changed from concentrate to investigate. For instance, one starter fused a solitary 10-to 30-minute session of inward breath smell based treatment, and another included 10 minutes of stomach aroma based treatment consistently all through each subject’s menstrual cycle.\nIn the majority of the 19 takes a gander at, the changed frameworks for fragrance based treatment were stood out from fake treatment interventions for the decay of torment related with fundamental dysmenorrhea. Notwithstanding what you look like at it, the outcomes showed an inexorably noteworthy decline in torment among the individuals who got smell based treatment showed up contrastingly in connection to the individuals who got a fake treatment intervention.\nLooking three sorts of smell based treatment utilized in the evaluations, inside breath fragrant recovering was related with the best decrease in misery related with major dysmenorrhea, trailed by fragrant retouching and oral fragrant recovering.\n“Our deliberate audit and meta-evaluation gives suggestive proof of the inescapability of three sorts of fragrance based treatment including interior breath, and oral use for the treatment of distress related with dysmenorrhea over fake treatment controls,” express the creators of the diagram.\nStroke patients who got five 30-minute sessions of fragrance based treatment back and five 30-minute foot showers in a singular week experienced fundamental upgrades in pressure, disposition and rest, as shown by late research.\nTherapy attempt: what is a swedish massage?\nThe evaluation, “The impacts of smell and foot shower on psychophysiological reaction in stroke patients,” included 14 stroke patients set out to have hemiplegia, which infers loss of development on one side of the body.\nA tremendous piece of the patients were chosen to get fragrance based treatment back and foot showers on various events in a lone week, while the other half filled in as the appraisal’s control gathering.\nFor the fragrant recovering back , a blend of juniper, lavender, orange, patchouli and rosemary essential oils was mixed with jojoba oil. The majority of the five sessions endured 30 minutes and utilized the Swedish systems of effleurage, petrissage, disintegration, tapotement and vibration.\nFor the foot shower, subjects drenched their feet submerged with water that was warmed to 104 degrees. The majority of the five foot showers endured 30 minutes.\nThe real result measure in this assessment was the patient’s psychophysiological reaction.\nIn particular, the scientists overviewed each subject’s what is a swedish massage physical and mental weight, disposition state, rest satisfaction and body temperature.\nThese results were surveyed when the one-week mediation period.\nTo gauge physical and mental weight, the scientists utilized a four-point scale where zero tended to “never” and three tended to “consistently.”\nTo gauge disposition express, the analysts utilized the Different Effect Drawing in word Inspiration.\nAs indicated by the appraisal’s creators, this arrangement joins 48 connecting with words “identified with strain, feel sorry for, and compromising vibe, and a higher score suggests the aura state isn’t unprecedented.”\nRest satisfaction was assessed utilizing an eight-thing visual fundamental scale, which concentrated on rest disturbance or interference, rest time, start of rest and rest importance.\nFor the appraisal of body temperature, the scientists utilized infrared thermography.\nDeferred results of the examination uncovered all around lower scores on appraisals of physical weight, mental weight and frame of mind state among subjects who got fragrance based treatment back and foot showers when wandered from those in the control gathering.\nWhat’s more, rest satisfaction and body temperature were essentially higher among subjects in the intervention pack when stood out from subjects in the control gathering.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://kikizombie.blogspot.com/","date":"2014-11-24T04:50:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-49/segments/1416400380394.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20141119123300-00069-ip-10-235-23-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9935755133628845,"token_count":469,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-49__0__6900321","lang":"en","text":"Those words are so full of pain and panic. My husband has an anxiety disorder. Everyone sees him as the anxiety guy. So he never gets full attention at the hospital. Although I can't blame the hospital for not taking him seriously, because he has been to the hospital about 30 times in the last year and that's obviously excessive. Right now though he is really hurting and he says he can't breathe. He is so afraid he is going to die or something really bad is going to happen. He's been sobbing and holding our kids like he is saying goodbye. He looks at me like he wants me to help. I can't help him. I don't know what to do.\nSo here is is again at the hospital. Sobbing and can barely breathe. He probably wont get full attention. It's just like the boy who cried wolf. But instead of faking it in the beginning his brain made him seriously think something was wrong. He is just sobbing. I can't make him better. I can't make the obsessive thoughts go away. I wish I could take all this pain and sadness away. I miss my husband. I miss being able to go places without anxiety getting in the way. I miss cuddles without him pulling away because anxiety.\nI miss my kids. They are getting neglected as far as time with us. They need their mom and dad. Right now all they get is mommy because daddy doesn't feel good. The weird thing is that they don't ask questions. Its like they just know. That makes me sad. They shouldn't be so complacent. They know too much for being so little. I miss spending time with them. Sitting with Zack at the hospital really cuts into my time with them and they are all over me because they miss me.\nWe need help. We need an answer. I need my family to understand his condition and not judge him for it. They think he just wants attention. When he repeatedly says \"Please please...I just want to be normal!\" and it breaks my heart. He doesn't want attention. He wants to feel content. He wants his mind and body to stop this obsessive compulsive disorder. He wants to be happy. He wants to be himself again.\nI just want my husband back.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://harveygalleries.com.au/artist/zhu-peihong/","date":"2019-06-16T06:46:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627997801.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20190616062650-20190616084650-00523.warc.gz","language_score":0.9364514946937561,"token_count":336,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__144829204","lang":"en","text":"Spencer Harvey & Lloyd Harvey \"The Poetry Series / Stanzas 1-13\" @ HARVEY GALLERIES MOSMAN, 14 - 23 June 2019\n“The Poetry Series is an ongoing journey – a long, winding, digressing, illusive, curious, strange, unsettling and beautiful story that has no end. It’s not unlike the childhood game where you fold a piece of paper into sections, allowing a fold for each friend to blindly write a segment of their story. The parts to that story can be read separately and would probably be more intelligible if you did. But if you unfold the paper and read the stories together, they create something a little more disjointed, a little more unexpected, a little more… like life.\nWe hope you enjoy stanzas 1 through 13 of The Poetry Series.\nD.O.B c.1940 Birthsite: Wiirulywiirulyu, which is south west of Tjukurla. Tjukurla is to the north of Docker River in Western Australia. Tjawina also has a totemic Birthplace which is Wapurta, … read more →\nBORN 1980 Melbourne, Australia STUDIES Creative Advertising, RMIT BACKGROUND Tran is a first generation Australian from a refugee family who, as a child, had predetermined career choices that were medicine, … read more →\nThe philosophy is simple. We wish to share with the world our passion for art and the remarkable talents of our artists. We take pride in working with artists, patrons, collectors and colleagues who are kindred spirits.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.atlincottagesandteas.com/literacy.html","date":"2023-10-01T22:54:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510941.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20231001205332-20231001235332-00498.warc.gz","language_score":0.9241815209388733,"token_count":254,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__107358587","lang":"en","text":"Atlin Cottages and Teas\n\"If it had not been for the ancient scrolls and my ability to read, I would not know my God so intimately.\" Trudy Robinson-Ewing\n\"Once you learn to read, you will be free forever.\" Frederick Douglass\n\"My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.\" Abigail Adams\n\"There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book.\" Frank Serafini\n\"Art is literacy of the heart.\" Elliot Eisner\n\"Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.\" Kofi Annan\n\"I must judge for myself, but how can I judge, how can any man judge, unless his mind has been opened and enlarged by reading.\" John Adams\nPLEASE READ TO YOUR CHILDREN, IT'S ONE OF THE KEYS TO LIFE!\nIf you live in the Atlin, BC area and would like a tutor for your child please contact me!\nCreate your own unique website with customizable templates.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.pornpictures.desi/pictures/7394/","date":"2017-01-20T03:40:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280774.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00012-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9728924036026001,"token_count":174,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-04__0__197715261","lang":"en","text":"The beach is always special for Nina because she lost her virginity there. One day her boyfriend took her there at night and under the moonlight he destroyed her cooch and showed her how to swallow cum. It was a magical night!\nGIRL WHO WEARS GLASSES librarian Virginia Gordon: special edition in a deluxe binding Playboy has garnered Playmates from many walks of life, but a whiskered old prejudice about the plainness of librarians, as we?\nSyren De Mer's son's friend, Robby, stops by to ask her for advice on girls. Syren gets him to confess that he is a virgin. Syren believes that if Robby wasn't a virgin he would be more confident and better able to pick up women. So Syren fucks Robby in order to help him out with the ladies.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mentoringforwealth.com/resources/","date":"2018-01-20T05:22:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084889325.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20180120043530-20180120063530-00128.warc.gz","language_score":0.95172119140625,"token_count":301,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__161240833","lang":"en","text":"If you want to receive Success you must be prepared for Success\nYou have decided you want to be successful and you want to create different things in your life, that’s absolutely awesome! To maximize that decision you must think and believe different things to the things you have believed in the past. This is where many people fail to achieve all the things they are capable of achieving, because they hang on to old beliefs and thoughts that have provided them with all they have up till now. There are some truly fantastic tools out there to help create success thoughts and beliefs and although it requires effort and focus, it is the most exciting journey you will ever take.\nThere are thousands and thousands of books, CD’s and DVD’s on how to create a successful mind set and it can be a little overwhelming to know exactly where to start, so I am giving you some FREE resources here to help you get started.\nWARNING! No amount of reading or listening to these type of materials will do anything for you UNLESS you put what you learn into practice, knowing the theory just won’t cut it!\nOne of the greatest books ever written Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill – many of the top achievers in a range of Industries over the last 60 years have attributed their expanding knowledge of success to this book. If you follow the instructions of the author you will find yourself achieving results beyond your wildest dreams.\nClick on the image to download your free copy:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ainsuriana.blogspot.com/2011/08/love.html","date":"2018-07-22T12:38:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676593223.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20180722120017-20180722140017-00449.warc.gz","language_score":0.9338951110839844,"token_count":122,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__122938139","lang":"en","text":".Love is not about finding the right person, but creating a right relationship. It's not about how much love you have in the beginning but how much love you build till the end.\nfor those who always stay by my side..\nsupporting me,advising me,encouraging me..\nthanx you so much..\nall of you make my life more wonderful n full wif colors.. no words can describe how much i appreciate it..\nbut believe me..\nall of you have a very special place in my heart..\nn i will always keep it that way..","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://tascs-scidac.org/rep2.html","date":"2023-10-04T23:07:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511424.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004220037-20231005010037-00291.warc.gz","language_score":0.9167525172233582,"token_count":675,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__203102021","lang":"en","text":"Report: Development and Implementation of a Machine Learning Algorithm for Marijuana Detoxification Studies\nTASCS has successfully implemented a cutting-edge machine learning (ML) algorithm project that seeks to analyze data from marijuana detoxification studies, identify patterns, and consequently improve treatment outcomes. This report provides an in-depth review of the project, discussing its implementation process, the challenges encountered, and the ultimate results and impacts of the solution.\n2. Implementation Phase\n2.1 Designing the Machine Learning Algorithm\nWe initiated the project with a comprehensive review of the requirements and objectives of the project. After understanding the kind of patterns to be identified and the desired improvements in treatment outcomes, we designed the ML algorithm. The algorithm was based on supervised learning techniques, capable of analyzing data sets and making predictions based on learned patterns.\n2.2 Algorithm Training\nNext, we conducted the algorithm training phase using historical detoxification data. The algorithm was iteratively refined using a vast array of data sets, ensuring that it could adequately understand and learn from complex patterns.\n2.3 Algorithm Testing and Validation\nOnce the training phase was concluded, we carried out extensive testing and validation to ensure the ML algorithm's accuracy and reliability. This included cross-validation techniques and testing with a portion of data that the algorithm hadn't encountered during the training phase.\n3. Challenges and Solutions\n3.1 Handling Complex and Heterogeneous Data\nOne of the primary challenges was dealing with the complexity and heterogeneity of data from marijuana detoxification studies. This was resolved by employing sophisticated data preprocessing techniques, including data cleaning, normalization, and encoding.\n3.2 Overfitting and Underfitting Issues\nDuring the algorithm training phase, we encountered issues of overfitting and underfitting. To combat this, we used various techniques like regularization, early stopping, and the use of validation data sets.\n3.3 Ensuring Privacy and Data Security\nEnsuring privacy and data security was another significant challenge, considering the sensitivity of medical data. This was addressed by implementing advanced data security measures and adhering to relevant healthcare data protection regulations.\n4. Outcomes of the Project\n4.1 Improved Treatment Outcomes\nThe main goal of the project was to improve treatment outcomes of marijuana detoxification. The ML algorithm, through the identification of patterns in the detoxification data, facilitated a more nuanced understanding of treatment variables. This resulted in improved personalization of treatment plans and consequently, enhanced treatment outcomes.\n4.2 Enhanced Data Analysis\nThe ML algorithm also brought significant improvements in the speed and accuracy of data analysis, enabling researchers to quickly identify patterns and derive insights from large volumes of data.\n4.3 Advance in Marijuana Detoxification Research\nThe successful implementation of this ML algorithm represents a significant advance in the field of marijuana detoxification research. By leveraging ML, researchers can now predict treatment outcomes with greater accuracy and adjust treatment protocols accordingly.\nIn conclusion, the development and implementation of the ML algorithm for analyzing data from marijuana detoxification studies have not only fulfilled the initial project objectives but also paved the way for further innovation in the field. It has underscored the potential of ML in transforming scientific research and improving healthcare outcomes. TASCS continues to spearhead developments in scientific software to empower researchers and promote scientific advancements.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://awakelive.wordpress.com/","date":"2018-07-20T06:59:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591543.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20180720061052-20180720081052-00528.warc.gz","language_score":0.9719724655151367,"token_count":3330,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__234033311","lang":"en","text":"In today’s society and culture, everyone seems to think they know you better than you know yourself. The psychiatrists knows your mind better than you, the department of health knows your body better than you, Michelle Obama knows your diet better than you, the media knows who you should be better than you, and the politicians know which direction the country should be going better than you.\nWho are these people, and where did they get their knowledge and why do we believe them.\nIf they have never talked to you directly how the hell could they possibly know you? Much less better than you know yourself.\nWe are all born into this world without knowledge; we rely solely on experience, and the experience of others who came before us. But when these people who openly express disdain religion and the history of the founding of the United States contained in the declaration of independence and the constitution describing how we overcame tyranny by trusting in God, they give new meaning to the word progressive: one who ignores the experiences and lessons of those who came before us should not be listened to.\nMoreover, when we trust in God instead of man it has the power to bring us back to center in understanding the design of the world, our true inner self, and our ultimate purpose.\nGenesis 1: 26. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.\nThis is who you really are, it is your original genetic makeup, Genesis meaning the beginning of the stars, heavens, and earth; and the beginning of genetics of the fish, fowl, cattle, creeping thing and humankind.\nMoreover, God created humankind with two Spirits, one Spirit in the likeness of Christ as a savior, which he described in Luke 4: 18. And one Spirit in the likeness of God as Judge, to execute justice against those who offend the Spirit of Christ/Life.\nJohn 12: 47. And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. (see Matthew 25:31-46)\nBy the words of Christ and the testimony of our founders God is the Supreme Judge of the world.\nRevelation 20:12. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.\nWithin you genetically are the powers to save, and judge: all authority is given to save in “Leviticus” in which you were given office, and power, to execute judgment to save. In addition, the authority to Judge in “Deuteronomy” in which you are given office and power to judge evil and restore those who harm the innocent. Which lays the foundation of our ultimate purpose to decide whether we will trust the wisdom of God or Man to make the world safe and equitable.\nThese are the genetic Spirits and corporal Powers given to humanity by God.\nThen something happened… along came an inferior spirit; given no authority, office, nor power. Who devised a plan to seize all authority and power in both earth and heaven.\nIsaiah 14: 12. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13. For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.\nYou need to understand what happened in this event because what happened directly affected your genetics.\nLucifer was a cherub created by God [Ezekiel 28:14] who protected God and the throne, therefore always by his side, Lucifer knew every detail of Gods plan to create humankind and give them the Spirit of God and Christ, and to give them a kingdom with authority and powers to save and judge on earth, just as God and Christ in heaven.\nAll mankind were included in Gods plan, Lucifer was not, nor were the Angels, and they would receive no power, no authority, no kingdom, and no guarantee of eternal life but remain as God created them.\nSo before God created humankind, Lucifer secretly revolted against God in heaven, convincing one third of the Angels to rebel with him [derived from revelation 12:4]. Although it is not written exactly what happened in heaven, we can deduce from the following events what must have happened.\nGenesis 1:26-27 on the sixth day God/Christ create man and woman in their image and likeness, on the seventh day he rests, on the eighth day he creates Adam [Genesis 2:7] And placed him in the garden of the sixth day man with the tree of life [Christ] beside the tree of the knowledge of good and evil [fallen Lucifer now satan] giving man the choice to trust Christ or Lucifer.\nGod then instructs Adam not to partake of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil Genesis 2:17.\nGod then makes Adam a woman from the exact genetic makeup of Adam Genesis 2: 21. And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22. And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.\nWe today can understand that this would be genetic cloning, particularly of the Spirit of Adam.\nThis was exactly what Lucifer was waiting for to exalt himself above God, by infusing his genetic makeup of the knowledge of good and evil. God is the good which he knew God, and evil is Lucifer to go against God the good.\nGenesis 3:1. Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?\nLucifer was his name when he was perfect, but after his fall God gave him many names to describe what he had become.\nRevelation 12: 9. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.\nGenesis 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.\nMany scholars know this as the “serpent seed theory” while they are correct that Lucifer now called serpent for his transgression, and that he and Eve had sex because “touch” is a primitive word [Strong’s 5060 “naga”] which means to lie with a woman.\nYou can also see that Lucifer is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, by his saying as soon as you do this you will “know” good and evil.\nFurther the word “know” primitive word [Strong’s 3045 “yada”] to lie with man. (see also Genesis 4:1, 4:17, 4:25)\nNow we have been infected with the genetic disposition to go against God, even to believe there is no God. This is how he deceived the whole world and how you were born into sin.\nDon’t believe it? the fallen angels who followed Lucifer were called the Nephilim: Genesis 6: 2. That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.\nThey were the sons of God until they left their habitation and infused their genetics with the daughters of men, because they were following Lucifer‘s plan to gain life eternal, seize the kingdom and establish their throne above God, and the congregation.\nJude 1: 6. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.\nWe were created with the genetics to have the same Spirit/Likeness as God and Christ, able to receive the kingdom of God “on earth” as it is in heaven, to gain life eternal, and enter into the kingdom of “heaven” where we would have authority, office, and power even over Lucifer and the angels. Lucifer rebelled convincing one third of the angels who had no part in Gods plan to infuse mankind with their genetics so they would produce enough offspring to equal the two thirds of the angels who served God and wage a war in heaven and overthrow Gods throne and establish Lucifer’s throne above God seizing the kingdom of heaven.\nRevelation 12: 7. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8. And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.\nIt is extremely important for you to know you have three Spirits, one after Jesus to save, one after God to judge, and one after Satan which is evil. If you say you have no evil you deceive yourself, because evil can entice the spirit of evil in you, and play on your sympathies of compassion to save and help, and make it seem reasonable that their actions are just to your judgment. God did not say satan was the must subtle of his creation in vain.\nIt is happening right now, God predicted it perfectly in Isaiah 32:4 the heart [mind] of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly 3. The vile [evil] person shall no more be called liberal.\nIn this passage God predicts that in the end we will figure out that evil will call themselves liberal, because they know if they address the saving spirit in you by saying “we are for the poor” you will believe they are good and allow them to assume your powers, and office, and justify their actions to place those Christ powers into the office of government which has catastrophic evil consequences, to do the exact opposite.\nIsaiah 32:6. For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 7. The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.\nThis is why I call Karl Marx the modern day antichrist, in 1848 he finalized the communist manifesto where he rebelled against Gods true world of religion and government as instruments of oppression, yet he took the powers of religions care for the poor, and the powers of governments law and fused them together in direct defiance to God, using the mantra of care for the poor to play on your Christ spirit, to justify his actions to use government to force care for the poor where his real intent was to kill the people of God, whether religious or political and destroy Gods plan and set himself above God.\nThis was the first time in the history of humankind that evil became fully cognizant of its genetic disposition and essentially wrote its own bible. Gods true world of religion and government probably did oppress Marx, because it was designed to hold evil at bay until we came cognizant of the true powers God has placed in our hands. Which lucky for us came in 1776 when we threw off the oppressive British government [which followed satans to pervert Gods plan] in the Declaration of independence, and solidified that discovery in 1787 with the United States Constitution declaring a separation of Church and State.\nTHERE ARE NO OTHER POWERS IN THIS WORLD, there are only religion and government, they do not have their own power, they were not given power, authority nor office by God, that is why they must usurp and pervert Gods powers to serve their evil genetic spirit from their father Satan.\nMatthew 18:18. Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.\nOur founding fathers bound Gods Covenant of the separation of Leviticus/religion and Deuteronomy/government powers on earth, but unless we exercise those rights to the fullest extent we will surely loose them.\nThis will take laser focus and a full understanding of a real world plan, Ephesians 6:12. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.\nI thank God and Christ for revealing their Spirit and their truth to this generation, we are the generation that it is written: Acts 2: 17. And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18. And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:\nIn times past these things were spoken in proverbs and parables but today God has opened his Spirit plainly to you, copy and paste, make a video, blog, link, it is the information age, the time to spread this prophecy is now.\nWhen you spread the message, you are prophecying but I tell you the truth, unlike other messages this message has an exceedingly great reward.\nRevelation 2:7. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.\nRevelation 2:11. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.\nRevelation 2:17. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://stgeorgesrc.org/catholic-life/","date":"2017-10-18T12:58:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822966.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20171018123747-20171018143747-00473.warc.gz","language_score":0.9668666124343872,"token_count":498,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-43__0__6171182","lang":"en","text":"Ordinary Time: Reflection\nThe Season of Easter has now passed and the Church returns to what is called Ordinary Time which lasts to the last week in November. During this time the Church visits the Preaching Ministry of Jesus through the Gospel of Mark, and explores the teaching of Jesus as the Good News unfolds through this public ministry.\nIt is a good time on which to reflect on the nature of what it means to be a Catholic and how this impacts on our life as a Catholic School. I am grateful for the reflections of Carmody Grey writing in the Tablet (3rd June) who shares her observations on what it means to be a Catholic, which I think are pertinent for us as a Catholic school community.\nShe reflects on what she considers to be one of the greatest works of Theology of the 20th Century “Catholicism”: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man. The author Henri de Lubac refers to the “social nature of the Church” that is that as Catholics we are members of the same body not as is currently viewed by secular society as “individuals” This has a profound meaning for us in our Catholic schools for “we belong to everyone” this is the essence of what it means to be a Catholic.\nTherefore Carmody Grey states “every single person has a claim on me” and “I have a stake in every human life…. one cannot be indifferent to the human story.”\n“Like Christ, we bear in our hearts and bodies the whole of human history.” Therefore our relationship with God is not a private matter, it is through the Church that we are capable of meeting God and through the Church we are saved.\nThis reminder of how community is essential to our faith journey is neatly expressed when she says\n“Only in assuming responsibility for the whole human family only in bearing its burdens and rejoicing in its joys, do we become capable of meeting God. We come to God carrying one another, or we do not come at all.”\nIn our school every spiritual and pedagogic moment is a communal opportunity to share and develop our responsibility to ourselves and to each other. This Term as we explore the Gospel message we will be able to encounter God through each other, and so develop a community rooted in God’s love and compassion which we share and give to each other and to our human family.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com/2014/10/jon-edwards-presentation-on-november.html","date":"2020-07-04T21:10:03Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655886706.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20200704201650-20200704231650-00571.warc.gz","language_score":0.8994807004928589,"token_count":128,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-29","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__141092026","lang":"en","text":"Tuesday, October 28, 2014\nJon Edwards Presentation On November 23rd\nOn Sunday, November 23, the Westfield Chess Club will be hosting a presentation by, & book signing with, Jon Edwards, author of ChessBase Complete: Chess in the Digital Age.\nThe event will take place from 12:30 to 2:15 p.m, in\nroom 109 the Kellogg Room, prior to the Westfield Quick Swiss.\nJon, a 2-time U.S. Correspondence Champion, has written many other chess books including Sacking the Citadel: The History, Theory and Practice of the Classic Bishop Sacrifice.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://wildernessjourneyministries.org/","date":"2023-06-01T09:40:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647639.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601074606-20230601104606-00282.warc.gz","language_score":0.9448532462120056,"token_count":272,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__224221199","lang":"en","text":"SHINING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST IN THE DARK TIMES OF A LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS\nAre you or your loved one struggling with cancer? Perhaps the illness in your family is Alzheimer’s, ALS, COPD, or maybe heart failure. After the diagnosis becomes a reality, people feel lost and frightened. Now what? Although the medical treatment of the disease may vary, the challenges to the family have many common factors.\nWe are dedicated to helping individuals and families cope with the spiritual, emotional, and practical difficulties of living with a life-threatening illness, from diagnosis to death and all phases in between. Our mission is to reflect God’s love so that it shines into the dark and difficult times of a terminal illness.\nAfter 10 years’ of teaching classes in the Portland Oregon area, we have decided to write a book and fill it with our experiences and testimonies of many we met along the way. The book is entitled “Where is God in the Turmoil of a Life-Threatening Illness?” It combines combines scriptures and personal stories, bringing a unique blend of practical, emotional, and spiritual advice geared for the family. We wanted to help people understand and prepare for the difficult journey that lay ahead. To find out more about the book, click here.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.medical-illustrations.ca/","date":"2020-02-25T08:12:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875146064.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20200225080028-20200225110028-00114.warc.gz","language_score":0.9601883292198181,"token_count":1208,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__36230733","lang":"en","text":"For those who don’t know much about contract research, a contract research organization which offers support to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries in the form of research services got a contract from an outside provider. A CRO may offer solutions like biologic assay development, biopharmaceutical development, preclinical research, commercialization, clinical trials management, clinical research and pharmacovigilance. The contract research organization began in the early 1980s and late 1970s and developed as a part of Pharma Research & Development budgets from 4 percent in the 1990s till 50 percent in the mid-2000s.\nThe price of bringing about clinical trials is improving significantly. Technology involving mobile technology and analytics can decline these expenses, but the challenge is for both the research methods and the business models to adapt around them. This assumes that technologies can bring out trials well.\nIn an outstanding paper ‘Transforming the Economics of Clinical Trials’, the authors talk about the introduction of technology in clinical trials.\nFrom the last 10 years, electronic data capture (EDC) done some improvement in transforming this business model. In an EDC-enabled surrounding, electronic forms replaced the paper forms in which sites enter their data into an electronic database. This scientific knowledge has produced some efficiency profits as edit-checks decrease the price of the manual data-query process. Yet the EDC platform was fixed firmly in the traditional clinical research business model, accompanied by legacy concepts across site monitoring and validation.\nThe new chances for the principal statistical monitoring of data in these systems were not embraced far apart. Patient screening and recruitment rates remained largely unchanged. Later on, they propose the mining of EHRs for data for the recruitment and screening of patient research subjects and mobile technologies to collect direct data. What is mainly pointed out is the prevailing absence for a technology-based business model. The report goes on to discuss the observation of trial sites. Both the FDA and the European Medicines Agency have supported the centralized observation of trials through technology on a real-time basis.\nExco Intouch is the leading provider of mobile tools for clinical trials. InVentiv Health is a contract research organization that has lately become active in the mobile side of clinical trials. Finding new patients is another side of digital technology in clinical trials. Pfizer made use of social media to recruit patients for a clinical trial of Detrol One organization holding 200000 patients in online communities which collected data on 150000 disease states.\nThe other benefit of mobile clinical trials involves less biased recruitment through crowd sourcing, better medication tracking through pill sensor technology, a substantial reduction in costs and faster reporting of inauspicious events which possess the capacity to save lives and cease negative studies earlier through the transmission to Data Safety Monitoring Board. Moreover, they might lend themselves to more efficient audits and will build up the assistance of caregivers who can accept and transmit data with or for the patient in the trial. The digitalization of clinical trial data proved an important step in improving the process and quality of trials.\nAre you looking forward to improving your overall health? Do you want to shed the unwanted body fat? Or, do you want to simply build an athletic body? Whatever might be your criteria and goals, it is important that you work it out with a personal trainer in Toronto. Well, when you are taking the advice of a personal fitness trainer, it can be of great value. After all, it would become easy for you to reach your fitness goals.\nFitness freaks and enthusiasts know it very well that there are various reasons for working with a personal trainer. However, in this blog, you will get to learn why it’s important to book an appointment with a personal trainer.\nWell, it can be said that personal trainers apart from helping to lose weight can also help to avoid injuries. They would try to figure out any chronic medical condition of their client and figure out the fitness programs accordingly. In short, it can be said that investing in a personal trainer in Toronto is always advantageous for the fitness enthusiasts.\nMotivation: Many fitness freaks may lack the urge to workout properly. However, having a personal trainer by their side can help fitness freaks to set a goal and accomplish it very easily. After all, the physical trainer is there to motivate their clients in meeting the goals.\nKnowledgeable: Personal trainers are highly knowledgeable. With every individual being different, so are the fitness goals. Hence, any personal trainer would try to tailor the exercises as per the individual needs. Only then the fitness goals would be effective for their clients.\nPrecision: Sometimes people can get confused with workouts. They might not know which workout would be good for them. This is where a personal trainer in Toronto can be very helpful. The trainer would guide their clients with correct workouts and eliminate exercises which may be harmful to their client.\nConsistency: Fitness enthusiast finds it difficult to stick to a certain program. After doing some fixed exercises they may not find it to do it again. However, a fitness trainer can provide new workouts for them and sometimes mix and match new and old workouts. It would help their client to meet their goals.\nAvoiding Injury: Any professional personal trainer in Toronto would try to correct the exercise techniques for their clients. They know it well that efficient workouts can help their clients to get good results. Also, when exercises are not done correctly, it can increase the chance of injuries. A personal trainer would try to do his best to avoid injuries.\nPersonal trainers can do their best to come up with practical goals which are achievable by their clients. They would try to track the progress of their clients and set short-term or long-term goals accordingly.\nThese are some initial benefits of working with a personal trainer. Still, there are many more benefits which you can get to know if you hire a personal trainer. So get in touch with a personal trainer in Toronto today and make the most out your workouts.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.thesnowproject.net/forum/welcome-to-the-q-a-forum/moobstretch-anabolic-steroids-and-yeast-infections","date":"2022-12-05T01:18:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711001.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20221205000525-20221205030525-00127.warc.gz","language_score":0.9669227004051208,"token_count":1658,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__98076904","lang":"en","text":"HGH cycles usually last anywhere from 6-24 weeks, with 16 weeks being the average duration for a standard bodybuilding cycle. These cycles typically last around 50-80 days, but the long-term goal should be to reach a maintenance/maximization goal of 3, 4 or even 5 years of using HGH. A HGH maintenance cycle may take up to 10 weeks or a HGH maintenance cycle that may be up to 20 weeks depending on your particular body chemistry (i, hgh pen bodybuilding.e, hgh pen bodybuilding. the ability of the body to use and maintain HGH), hgh pen bodybuilding. There are also a number of other benefits associated with HGH administration, peptide cutting stack. An HGH supplementation regimen that requires a large amount of time to complete could be useful for bodybuilders and powerlifters, as well as many other athletes, who require the ability to use and maintain an endogenous hormone, hgh pen bodybuilding. HGH for athletes – a review In terms of human studies that have examined the benefits of HGH (which, incidentally, include studies on athletes, as well as non-athletes who use the substance), one can use PubMed and \"open the literature\" to search a number of studies from various sources, testomax recensioni. This was my experience with using PubMed in 2013: Although some studies may have been very biased, the number of relevant studies in HGH studies is fairly impressive. From PubMed, I found 5 studies, each comparing subjects who had injected HGH (and not placebo, placebo pills, or insulin or other therapies that were placebo) with non-athletes, and all showed no benefit of HGH supplementation on injury related performance or performance loss/impaired recovery from training or competition, cardarine with testosterone. In contrast, 7 separate studies (7 in total) reported improvement in sport performance, muscle mass size, and strength of subjects who had injected HGH (2 studies with 9-12 months between each study) and one study (2 in total) reported improvement in performance measured on various test variables of maximal power, anaerobic capacity, power endurance, and performance recovery following a 10-week endurance training intervention (where the subjects did not have an opportunity to train). (All studies were conducted in the literature, and all were done on athletes, all in a cross-over design at the time of the publication, and are listed in Table 1). These findings suggest that HGH is only helpful in one specific area in the body: the core muscles.\nAnabolic steroids and yeast infections\nSometimes, the patient self-medicate or prescribe the cream to others, anabolic steroids and yeast infections, for instance. 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She was admitted to the hospital. Her bleeding didn't stop and she was placed in a coma, ostarine missed dose. \"I think you need people to have your back in the hospital when you're dealing with stuff.\" The next time C. diff happened, she was in her early 30s. It was her third pregnancy with a baby girl, andarine pdf. Her first two pregnancies ended in miscarriage, winsol vacatures. The third time around, her baby was born healthy. I'd always tried to be gentle about the fact that this was a serious, scary disease that sometimes led to suicides, andarine dosage female. Sometimes it felt like I was helping her, anabolic steroids and yeast infections. It was a tough place to go. And to be honest, it's a tough area to be in, top bodybuilding supplement stack0. At UC Davis, you tend to work in high demand, where the hours aren't great so you're not getting much sleep. I've also had a handful of friends who've committed suicide and I think for some it can take a sense of closure, a sense that they had one path to take with the world and they did, and some of them were in recovery and they weren't able to make that journey because of how hard the experience was. For everyone else, not just at the hospital, the experience is just as traumatic. Your work and your relationships take a big dip. Your job could actually disappear, top bodybuilding supplement stack1. That's the scary part, and I had to keep working with her to keep her alive. I would always have her at the hospital with me, top bodybuilding supplement stack2. She always had a little something I'd say, even though it was just a matter of being nice to her.\nThis somatropin HGH also encourages nitrogen retention in the muscles and improves blood flow, but are there any adverse side effectsfrom this? There have been no reports of adverse effects after discontinuation. This is due to the high bioavailability of somatropin in muscle fibers. How long do somatropins last in muscle? Are somatropins a good substitute for protein supplements? Somatropin HGH is currently only available in pill form and has yet to be marketed in a liquid form. However, it should be an important option for those that do not want to consume protein powders on a daily basis. What kind of results can we expect from oral ingestion of somatropin HGH or somatropin GH-EPO? In healthy individuals, somatropin HGH or somatropin GH-EPO is reported to improve muscle strength, hypertrophy, and physical performance. We do not know if these effects are due to the somatropin or the EPO. Regardless of the cause, there is evidence to suggest that oral supplementation may improve these parameters, potentially increasing muscle strength and physical performance by up to 2-3%, and may improve endurance performance and neuromuscular control by up to 2% (Benedetti et al. 2012) (Benedetti et al. 2007). If they are no longer metabolized, would oral somatropin HGH and/or somatropin GH-EPO be usable in the future to replace protein supplementation? Yes. A small amount of somatropin has been demonstrated to be capable of providing a similar effect as protein supplements of similar cost, as demonstrated by D'Amico et al. (2012). However, oral supplements are far more expensive than protein supplements, hence, not currently used for mass selection and sport performance. What do you think of the efficacy of somatropin HGH and somatropin GH-EPO in the treatment of hypogonadism? Somatropin HGH and somatropin GH-EPO both increase endogenous levels of GH. This is important because GH secretion is essential for the induction of muscle strength, hypertrophy, and aerobic metabolism. In fact, these hormones appear to help suppress testosterone, LH, IGF-1, and glucagon, all of which negatively affect muscular performance. Can somatropin HGH or somatropin GH-EPO be used to treat hypogonadism? At this time Related Article:","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://autumndamiana.blogspot.com/2012/07/pbp-22-k-is-for-khalil-gibran.html","date":"2018-07-19T01:37:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590443.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20180719012155-20180719032155-00118.warc.gz","language_score":0.9894723892211914,"token_count":373,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__90021201","lang":"en","text":"I relate quotes from \"The Prophet\" quite a bit. It's another one of those sources that I return back to often when I'm looking for a bit of non-denominational inspiration, as the writings of Kahlil Gibran seem to cross many cultural and religious barriers. In fact, the interfaith nature of his work is one of the reasons that Khalil Gibran first became popular and still remains so today. I too have enjoyed reading him immensely, both back when I was a Christian AND now that I am a Pagan. I have also heard that he is equally cherished by those who are Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, or even Buddhist. How many authors can you think of that can command the love and respect of all of these faiths that are so often opposed to each other?\nThe fact is that Gibran writes very simple, beautiful, poignant, insightful, and timeless poetry and prose that can be appreciated by anyone, regardless of religious background, political views, ethnicity, etc. A lot of what he writes can even be interpreted as both inspirational and instructional in the same way that Bible passages are said to be. Gibran himself was in fact a Christian, but his philosophy and mysticism have their origins in many other world religions in addition to Christianity. His work was especially popular in the 1960's during the beginning of the New Age movement, and this might be why I consider reading \"The Prophet\" as one of the events that eventually helped lead me to the Pagan path.\nIf you have never read any Kahlil Gibran yourself, it is well worth a look. Here is one of the best online sources for information about him and his work that I have found. His artwork is also quite impressive, as he studied in Paris with August Rodin. Enjoy! http://leb.net/gibran/","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://sasunarusasu-fan.deviantart.com/art/NaruSasu-A-New-Start-Ch-1-Sasuke-s-Feelings-348387325","date":"2017-10-21T06:21:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187824618.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20171021062002-20171021082002-00471.warc.gz","language_score":0.988490641117096,"token_count":1910,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-43__0__61634540","lang":"en","text":"( Warning: Yaoi and Mpreg!! If you don't like it, don't read it, nor comment!! )\n( Naruto's POV )\nIt was unbelievable. Never in my life, ( well, in my younger days ) would I have thought for a second that I would have a family of my own, let alone a great lover, and a child of my own. Sasuke ... I don't think I've ever realized my true feelings for him until at the moment I found out he was pregnant with MY child. I know what you're probably thinking. It's not possible. Well... think again. From what we've learned from the hesitating Tsunade-Sama, she told us a short story. She explained to us that somewhere along the Uchiha family tree, one out of all the other Uchihas would have the strange ability to be able to have children. And poor Sasuke...he was stunned...\n\"...Why me...?\" I remember hearing him ask himself.\nI looked down, not knowing what to say. Tsunade-baa-chan was even speechless. I could tell when she didn't want to tell us something. She was mainly afraid to tell Sasuke, unsure of how he would react. She did politely congratulate us before we left her office.\nSasuke was quiet for the rest of that day...quieter than normal. I became worried. I wondered if he was mad at me... I couldn't blame him if he was. It's my fault...\nI sat down next to him that same day, placing my hand over his.\n\"Sasuke...\" I started out, and neverously bit my own lip. \"I am SO sorry I did this to you...you've got to believe me...I am so sorry...I know you're probably pissed at me...you may never want to see me again...you have every right to feel the way that you do...just please know that I'm sorry...It's all my fault...and I can't do anything to change any of this...I'm sorry...\"\nHe looked at me, not saying anything for a second. I should've figured no matter what I said, or however many times I'd apologize, it wouldn't be enough. I hated myself. I was hoping he'd finally say something, but he didn't. I bet he didn't even want to talk to me.\n\"I-I'm sorry, S-Sasuke...!!\" I said again, starting to cry.\nThere was just a few more seconds of silence besides the sound of my own sniffling.\n\"Naruto.....\" I heard him say quietly. I looked at him. \"It's alright...\"\n\"W-what...?\" I stuttered, tears still streaming down my face.\n\"I said it's alright...\" he said again.\n\"H-how is it alright!?\" I yelled suddenly, not even realizing I was yelling. \"It's not! You're lying! This is all my fault! I'm the one who got carried away nights ago and both of us ended up drunk! I'm the one who was crazy enough to make us both lose our virginity! I'm the one who forced this on you, and I'm the one who got you pregnant...!!\"\nI fell onto my knees and buried my face into my hands. I wouldn't stop crying...I couldn't control my emotions... but suddenly something unexpected happened. Sasuke cupped my face in his hands just before kissing me deeply. I don't understand...!\nHe continued to kiss me for just a few more seconds, until he finally pulled away and looked at me. I looked back at him, wiping my face with the back of my hand.\n\"Why'd you do that...?\" I asked him.\nHe sighed. \"I did it to show that I'm not mad at you...\"\nSilence fell between us again. He...wasn't even mad...? He didn't look it, either... but how could he not be mad at me? I was thinking he'd be pissed...punching on me...threatening to kill me, or something! But instead, he helped me up and looked at me.\n\"Before you say anything else...I have my reasons for not being upset. It...\" he turned away from me, but continued talking. \"It's hard to explain... I know I should be pissed at you, but I'm not. I feel as though...I have an opportunity here.\" he turned to face me. \"Th-that night we got drunk...I realized something I haven't before. When...I first came back to the Leaf Village...I wanted to change my ways. I wanted to change my life completely. So many things ran through my mind...being back in Konoha again, having things be the way they used to be when we were in Team 7...then you suddenly crossed my mind... I don't know why, but...all these memories of you just came back...the times where we've fought, the times where you've tried your hardest to get me back to Konoha where I belong...and that's when I realized...this IS where I belong. Here, with you, and the rest of my team...\"\nI stayed quiet. I've never expected him to say this...I mean, sure, I've been waiting so patiently for the day to come when he's finally come to his senses. I just didn't expect this day to be today. But it's true...he's finally back...just like I knew would eventually happen... I grabbed and hugged him tightly, continuing to cry. But they went from tears of sadness to tears of happiness.\n\"Sasuke...I'm so happy, but...\" I wiped my eyes, pulling back. \"Other than the opportunity of changing your life around, h-how do you still feel about being...you know...\" I hated even using the word.\nHe shook his head. \"Well...I have another opportunity...you didn't exactly let me finish. I have this chance to be with you. And we BOTH have this chance to get something we've both been wanting. A family.\"\n\"...That's true...we have been both wanting a family...\" I whispered to myself, my eyes widening. Then I looked at him and placed my hands on his shoulders. \"Sasuke. Please tell me...how long have you felt this way? A-about me?\"\nHe bit his lip. \"Truth?\"\n\"For a good while, I guess... I've sorta had mixed emotions about you. I've always hid my real feelings. But I don't want to hide them anymore. Ever since that one night between you and I, I then realized I wasn't crazy for feeling the way I do about you.\"\n\"Ah, I-I see....\" I was kind of speechless... it felt like I was dreaming or something. Hearing Sasuke confess something like this just didn't seem real at all. Almost made me wonder for no more than a second if this was even the Sasuke Uchiha I've always known...\n\"I probably would've never guessed...but I won't lie. I've had feelings for you, in the past...as well as the present...\" I blushed.\n\"Naruto....really..?\" he asked, blushing himself. \"How long have you felt so strongly about me...?\"\n\"Hopefully, I've felt about you the same way for as long as you've felt it about me.\"\nThere was silence again, and Sasuke and I just stood in front of eachother, our blushes each getting deeper by the second. Was this really happening? Was Sasuke and I really developing strong feelings for eachother? I've always felt deeply toward him...but like a brother. I didn't think it was going to go this far. But I have to remember...he's having my child...I have this sudden urge to just stay by him 24/7 and never leave his side...! I want to start a whole different bond... a bond even stronger than the one we used to have. I hugged him tightly, then let go, looking into his onyx eyes.\n\"Sasuke! I-I...\" I stuttered out. He looked at me, with curiosity in his eyes.\n\"I...I love you!!\" I said to him.\nHis eyes widened, and silence just fell between us again.\nFinally, I've been able to submit my first fanfic. It's been a while, I know, but I've been trying to get inspired so I could write it. So far, it sounds good, and I hope you all like it! I'll be sure to start typing up the next chapter, ASAP!\nChapter 2: [link]\nNaruto, Sasuke, & Tsunade belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.\nChapter 2: [link]\nNaruto, Sasuke, & Tsunade belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.\nI love it!!!\nawwww thats cute i love it xP\nThank you! ^^\nThis is really good! I can't wait to read more ^_^","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.bqplusmedical.com/newid1740699/Products-Application.htm","date":"2021-09-28T14:36:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780060803.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20210928122846-20210928152846-00261.warc.gz","language_score":0.8737582564353943,"token_count":116,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__184263757","lang":"en","text":"As a common disposable medical consumables, medical infusion sets need to pay attention to many issues when choosing. This article will specifically introduce the selection principles of medical disposable infusion sets.\nIn recent years, infusion sets with precision filters have gradually been used clinically to replace some ordinary infusion sets. This article will specifically introduce the benefits of using an infusion set with a precision filter.\nThe infusion set, as a kind of common medical consumables used for intravenous infusion, can adjust and control the dripping of the injection. This article will specifically introduce the precautions for using the infusion set.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://xygrownupdatingowxh.gloryofgod.us/muslim-single-women-in-farrar.html","date":"2018-09-26T13:03:38Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267164925.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20180926121205-20180926141605-00415.warc.gz","language_score":0.9479882121086121,"token_count":692,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__123849217","lang":"en","text":"There are single-sex some muslim and jewish men refuse to shake hands with women at strange tools: art and human nature (farrar, straus. The university of new hampshire combines the living and learning environment of a new england liberal arts college with the breadth, spirit of discovery, and civic commitment of a land-grant research institution. Though islam in the united states remains largely undocumented and farrar, straus and giroux and moore, kathleen m, muslim women in america: the challenge of. Opendemocracy is an independent global media platform covering world affairs, laying the path to legislation for safe abortion services for irish women.\nAsylum statistics jump with high number of applicants of a single citizenship in asylum applicants by sex shows that more men than women were seeking. What are the origins of islam rather than representing a single, there are few non-muslim women or men who would wish to live in such a world. Encyclopedia of women & islamic cultures: a bibliography of books and articles in european languages. Watch: muslim punches white bus driver, but don’t give them a single space in they think they can take advantage of women because there muslim ideology.\nMuslim women crafting a north after being taken down twice by blogger within a single and children’s books, from st martin’s press, tor books, farrar. There's a trend that i've noticed among christian women, steve farrar who focuses on a you can also see this in muslim women who “approve” of. Access official olympic volleyball sport and athlete records, events, results, photos, favourites through in women's draw - london 2012 - beach volleyball 04 aug.\nWhat the mouse doesn’t want you to know: backstage secrets about working at disney. 20 books to read this summer the gorgeously wrought tale of two women living on the fringes you’ll gulp senna’s novel in a single sitting—but then mull. This one is really well written, it almost reads like fiction but unfortunately it’s not i really recommend it, and i felt like i learned a lot from it.\nDiscover what events are happening around brisbane from green events to fitness classes and more, there's something for everyone. Overviews the specific context for the emergence of the kharijites was the struggle for leadership of the muslim community following the murder of the third caliph, ʿuthman, in. Frederick county council at-large candidate danny farrar latest news the frederick news-post is printed by fnp printing and publishing.\nReviews of books by women on women & solitude: 15 books & 1 article sara maitland may sarton it is written by a muslim woman well versed in sufi and. For women who are afraid to come out, lesbian escorts offer the chance for self-discovery in private. Men who marked the ministry marian sounds the battle call to single women who are tired of always giving in to sexual temptation he grew up culturally muslim. Who knew we'd learn so much from celebrity big brother this the house and has made it into the final without a single women based on their looks | day 1.\nAll Rights Saved","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://runjanellerun.com/2010/10/","date":"2013-05-26T06:49:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706635944/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121715-00044-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9597676396369934,"token_count":969,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__96085063","lang":"en","text":"Archive for October, 2010\nCancer and chemo make me want to detoxify my body; for the most part, I’m only hungry for healthy foods and juice. It also makes me really want to run again, probably because I can’t. So, I’m going to take the running out of the race and do the things I can do. I walk every single morning, whether it’s around the block or up to a mile. I strap Maja onto my chest and we are silent for the next half hour or so. It provides a time for me to be with nature, observe the rest of the world, and to think about life. It’s a good time to meditate. [source]\nIn the late afternoon, I drove to Jones Beach and walked along the 4-mile boardwalk route at Field 6. As I began to walk, I was greeted by the cool, refreshing combination of sand and ocean water dancing just at the edge of my nose. Old, withered, wooden planks made so by decades of abuse now creaked slightly as a couple of female joggers ran by and an older man silently pedaled forward on his bicycle.\nOut to my left is the ocean. I can barely make out the deep blue waves of the Atlantic smacking against the sandy shore. Couples and people walking alone on the beach are looking out and thinking- maybe regretting past decisions, maybe looking forward with hope to a brighter future…\nOld buildings, erosion, faded letters on an outdated restrooms sign- an empty pool filled now with the waning echoes of children’s laughter and splashing water…all fading into the sunset. And then, at the end of the 2-mile turnaround point- a rickety beach fence laden with mementos, pictures, private messages and letter to mothers, grandmothers, daughters, granddaughters, nieces…sisters…people who fought bravely but lost their private battles, only to be remembered by the strangers who now look on wordlessly at the pink ribbons fluttering in the wind, stuffed animals, faded pieces of paper, posters and ziploc bags filled with dying leaves and flowers…\nLooking at this wall suddenly makes me tear up as I think of what it felt like to almost lose my mother a couple of years ago- how it must feel to lose someone you love so much- and how it will feel one day to experience the pain and emotions associated with death.\nI immediately turn away from the wall and start back the way I came. I realize that I must’ve been at the fence longer than I thought because as I turn to walk away, the sky has darkened to shades of purple, grey, blue and pink. Down by the ocean, the wind whips up, but if feels good to run.\nI’m racing against time now.\nBehind me, the sky is melting faster- disappearing. I can barely make out the boardwalk to my left. In the distance, miles down the beach, the lights at the end of the boardwalk resemble tiny stars.\nI unzip my winter jacket in spite of the crisp autumn air and sprint home.\nOh, how I love love love sugar.\nWhether it’s biting into that first piece of moist chocolate cake or nibbling on a crispy slice of pizza, we LOVE food. And unlike other animals, humans are the only ones who form an emotional connection to what they are eating.\nThe college kid who goes away to school for the first time and makes meatloaf because it reminds him of his mom’s cooking…\nThe jogger who downs an entire plate of fettuccine alfredo because she feels as though she has ‘earned it’…\nThe rainy day that makes us want to cuddle up with a cup of hot cocoa…\nAll of it feeds into the emotional relationship(s) we have with food. And while some of us are less attached than others to food; more often than not, this emotional back-and-forth with eating sometimes results in a cycle of depression, binge eating and eventually eating disorders.\nWhen we eat in response to how we feel (i.e. happy, sad, depressed), we are more likely to eat the wrong kinds of food. Additionally, there is a higher probability that we’ll also be less apt to enjoy whatever it is we’re eating because we’re so preoccupied by what’s actually eating away at us inside. Therefore, in order to break the pattern of emotionally charged eating, we must first be able to identify the causes behind why we eat what we eat.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://work-leisure.org/sammy-paloma/","date":"2022-05-20T10:43:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662531779.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220520093441-20220520123441-00421.warc.gz","language_score":0.8885106444358826,"token_count":315,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__238451794","lang":"en","text":"Contact With Kilgrimol\nFor Work/Leisure 3, Paloma proposes to work on a series of paintings both utilising and exploring divination. This new work pays tribute to the history of clairvoyance and fortune telling in Blackpool that stretches back into medieval times and beyond with the proliferation of holy wells within the Fylde.\nSammy Paloma is an artist, transgirl & genderwitch living in Bristol, UK. She sometimes draws guts and ladders, sometimes stick n pokes tattoos, and sometimes writes poetry. Her work is into being a body, and not being one, listening to faeries, devotion, trans stuff, and necromancy. Her book length poem about Bigfoot, ‘There’s Always Things Falling Out The Sky’, a collaboration with Roxy Topia & Paddy Gould was published earlier this year by Pink Sands Studio. Some of the work she’s most proud of is ink on bodies, but a few other places it has been published, shown or performed over the years are Modern Queers (2021), Radmin Festival, Bristol (2019), Supernormal Festival, Oxfordshire (2019), Outpost, Norwich (2018), Hauser & Wirth, Somerset (2017), Res., London (2016), Five Years, London (2015). From 2014 her and Tom Prater co-edited the artist-led journal, Doggerland.\nYou can find out more about Sammy’s practice here: https://cavendishgroup.hotglue.me/","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.liz-armstrong.com/tarot","date":"2019-09-17T02:19:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514573011.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20190917020816-20190917042816-00121.warc.gz","language_score":0.9658694863319397,"token_count":659,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__140860433","lang":"en","text":"A dedicated student of the tarot for nearly a decade, I read for the curious and the devoted and anyone in between. To me, it is a way to find and explore energies and archetypes that are present in a situation or life phase, a manner of creative esoteric consultation that delivers confirmation that speaks on a core or gut level. We all know when we know something, yet sometimes it is difficult to put it into words or to really trust it. The tarot is that support system, giving shape and language in a clear story to explain dynamics and sort through emotions so that it's easier to take action and move forward.\nHow it works\nBefore reading, I ask my guides for any information that serves only the highest purpose, for elevated joy, growth, insight, wisdom, and clarity. No doomsday futurey stuff here! While laying out cards in an intuitive manner, I see each spread as a \"map,\" and my goal is to discover the keys and the paths, the blocks and the general emotional topography. I work to deliver all information with \"realness,\" compassion, and humor. Often, this comes with homework, so be prepared! Here's what some people have said about working with me:\n“It was the best reading I have ever gotten! Her wisdom and insight into what is REALLY going on opened me up for the betterment of my life experience. No flighty kooky misinformation--a winning combo of finely tuned intellectualism and spiritual clarity. I highly recommend her divination skills!” – A.\n“I had never had a tarot card reading before I met Liz. I appreciate that she focuses in the present rather than the past or the future, both of which I'm prone to over-analyze or become anxious about. She left me with a sense of direction; I could guide myself to make decisions and take actions rather than passively follow my automatic responses. Liz reminded me that I can control and understand my reactions to situations, then use this awareness to shape my destiny.I know that's a simple thing, but sometimes, in my own personal whirlwind, I tend to forget.” -K.\n“Liz provides astute, insightful observations that are delivered with compassion and grace. She helped me to address some issues that were causing me confusion and assisted by offering tools to create peace, calm, and clarity moving forward. I highly recommend getting a reading with her, as it will inevitably be a unique, beneficial experience!” -S.\n“Liz was very vibrant, dynamic, and direct. I loved my reading!” –C.\n“I really feel Liz has a gift--the guidance she gave was awesome. A month later, I’m still thinking of some of the advice from the reading. Things mentioned continue to get confirmed in very clear ways… it was such a prophetic experience.” –S.\n“I just had a spontaneous phone tarot reading with Liz. She made me cry on the street, so dead-on.” -A.\n“Everything in Liz’s cards continues to come true, and out of nowhere. Completely unexpected.” -R.","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://westsidephysiotherapy.com.au/chronic-pain/","date":"2019-08-24T00:53:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027319155.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20190823235136-20190824021136-00391.warc.gz","language_score":0.9380002617835999,"token_count":129,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__110275208","lang":"en","text":"Chronic pain is a complex condition that is often difficult to manage. Pain physiotherapy targets retraining not only the area of pain but improving whole body function. Physiotherapists are uniquely equipped to treat chronic pain due to the holistic approach they adopt.\nRecent evidence supports a hands-off management approach when treating chronic pain. At Westside Physiotherapy we use the latest evidence to support our treatment methods. We aim to keep all patients moving forward towards their physiotherapy goals and towards achieving better quality of life.\nIf you wish to discuss your physiotherapy needs or want to know how physiotherapy can help you please contact us.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://mastermindstrategies.co.uk/dont-live-with-the-pain/","date":"2022-06-29T09:01:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103626162.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220629084939-20220629114939-00074.warc.gz","language_score":0.9690954685211182,"token_count":673,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__39634460","lang":"en","text":"It had started a week and a half before.\nAt first, I thought it was down to sleeping in an awkward position, and that the pain I was feeling on my left side would go away in no time.\nOne day went by, then two, three and four.\nBefore I knew I, it had become a searing pain underneath my ribcage. It hurt badly when I stood up and sat down; even when I took a breath.\nLying down at night was agony.\nLike many, I try to avoid medical professionals.\nWhat is that about anyway? I wonder if the head-in-sand behaviour is a fear of what may be diagnosed, or worse?\nWhat is that about anyway? I wonder if the head-in-sand behaviour is symptomatic of a fear of what might be diagnosed; a larger fear (of mortality); or both?\nI know there are people who are quite the opposite, who run to the doctor at the first sign of an ache or pain. Part of me admires that, but another part thinks that’s a drain on resources, and seeing as I’m fit and healthy, the odd ache I occasionally experience will disappear on its own…\n…not this time though. By Day 10 I begrudgingly admitted to myself that I had to “call in the experts”. I finally dragged myself to the doctor and her initial examination wasn’t conclusive; she couldn’t provide a diagnosis, and sent me off for tests.\nNow, I don’t like it when I don’t have a logical reason for things; untied ends aren’t my bag.\nShe sent me off for tests, the results of which would be back in a few days.\nAnd in the middle of this, I had to travel on business!\nSo let me get this straight. Searing pain, cause unidentified, and I’m away for a week.\nSounded like the build-up to a tragic event in one of those thriller films I dislike so much!\nI was nervous about being comfortable on the flight, but thankfully the hours went by quickly as I distracted myself with some work.\nI made it there and back on the trip…\n…and I’m please to report that the test results highlighted something mild that is now under control.\nWhy have I bored you with my health mini-drama, I hear you ask?\nWell, there’s a corresponding analogy in the business world. I see so many businesses that do what I did to start with; bury their heads in the sand. They have critical gaps in their processes, systems or governance, but pretend the issues can be ignored.\nUntil, it becomes an emergency, and then it requires more effort and costs more to rectify.\nDon't be like me! Don't bury your head in the sand\nHave you been ignoring that thing in your business causing you unbearable pain?\nHave you been papering over the cracks?\nDON’T be like me; don’t bury your head in the sand.\nCall in the experts today; contact me to find out how I can help remove that pain in your business.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.miamiallaround.com/miami-book-fair-international/","date":"2019-06-18T23:37:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998844.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20190618223541-20190619005541-00106.warc.gz","language_score":0.9309890866279602,"token_count":699,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__179265415","lang":"en","text":"Among the largest book festivals in the USA, Miami Book Fair International is one of the top 10. Miami held its first book fair, called Books by the Bay, in 1984. More than three decades later, the now renamed Miami Book Fair International has become the largest literary festival in the country.\nThe event takes places during eight days in November and draws hundreds of thousands of book lovers to downtown Miami. The Fair has drawn writers of all stripes since the very beginning. Politicians and pundits from President Barack Obama (before he was president) to former Vice President Al Gore, Chris Matthews, Ariana Huffington, former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, Mike Wallace and Al Roker have appeared at Miami Book Fair International.\nThe annual Miami Book Fair draws acclaimed authors from around the world. It has also proudly hosted authors from almost every country in Latin America and the Caribbean.\nIf you visit!\nEvent Dates: in November, 2016 (Exact Dates to Be Announced)\nEvent Admission: $8\nGeneral Admission for 13 to 18 and over 62: $5. 12 and under: FREE\n[Tickets for Street Fair admission are not available online. Please purchase tickets at the Street Fair entrances] FREE parking is available at the MDC Parking Garage at 500 N.E. 2nd Avenue. Entrance on N.E. 5th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue.\nMiami Book Fair International 2015\nJoin Miami TOX as we peruse the shelves of the 32nd Annual Miami Book Fair at Miami Dade College!\nThe highlight of the Street Fair is the Festival of Authors, with more than 350 authors reading and discussing their work. This event includes Latin American and Spanish authors who participate in the IberoAmerican Authors Program.\nDuring the Street Fair weekend, more than 250 publishers and booksellers exhibit and sell books with special features like the antiquarians who showcase signed first editions, original manuscripts and other collectibles.\nGetting to Miami Book Fair International\nBy Metrorail – Ride to Government Center and transfer to Metromover’s Inner Loop. Exit at College North or College Bayside Station. For information on the EASY Card, Metrobus schedules, Metrorail Parking and Metrorail schedules visit: www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/transit or call 305-770-3131.\nBy Tri-Rail – From Broward and all points north, ride Tri-Rail southbound to the Tri-Rail/Metrorail Transfer Station. Board the southbound Metrorail. Follow instructions above. For more information on Tri-Rail schedules visit www.tri-rail.com or call 800-TRI-RAIL (874-7245).\nBy Bike – Ride your bike to the Fair and save $3 on Street Fair Admission. The Green Mobility Network will be providing a Bike Valet by the yellow entrance (N.E. 2nd Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets) on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.\nThis year at the Annual Miami Book Fair International you can witness book, journal, and magazine publishers selling face to face, direct to the consumer. Definitely, one of the best events around Miami.\nAnnual Miami Book Fair International, one of the Biggest Book Fairs in the Country Happening in November each Year. Check Programs, Exhibitors and Events.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://genuinelife.net/","date":"2015-05-22T20:35:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-22/segments/1432207926736.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20150521113206-00322-ip-10-180-206-219.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9755879640579224,"token_count":253,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-22","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-22__0__104519457","lang":"en","text":"God is preparing to sweep across the UK in a way we have not seen in recent times – or indeed, at all in living memory.\nA friend of mine recently challenged me with a question: “If you were on a desert island, with just the book of Acts for your guide – would you build what we (the church) are building?” These words rattled around in my brain for a\n“I am the God of the unnecessary. Don’t settle for “getting by” Don’t settle for “just enough” I want to bless you beyond your ideas of what blessing is. Don’t settle in the wilderness , with just enough to meet each day’s needs – that\nA year or so back I did something of an experiment in our house, which I titled “The Matthew 6 Project”. The results were both exciting and liberating, and changed the way we think about finances…\nMany of you have been in confusion recently. You have felt disorientated and “lost”. Nothing could be further from the truth. Though you may not see it yet, I have been laying down plans, ready for the next direction you are to take","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://schoolcounselorcentral.blogspot.com/2018/01/","date":"2018-12-12T22:12:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376824119.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20181212203335-20181212224835-00208.warc.gz","language_score":0.9799957275390625,"token_count":758,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__248585687","lang":"en","text":"For the past three years, I stopped writing on the blog. As a school counselor, I was undergoing a professional transformation that required my attention. The professional transformation was also affecting me. By questioning \"why is a school counselor leader needed\" it also questioned my personal value as a human.\nMany said I did not play the political game correctly that exists in education. I beg to differ. I believe that every child deserves a chance to learn and be successful. I believe that school counselors should be focusing on students rather than managerial tasks.\nI put a pause on everything. I made a difficult decision to let go. With one door closing, I had to take a break and reflect on all of the teachable moments endured. This took a year, a change in mindset and a desire to continue inspiring.\nHere is my story from the past years. I have met and spoken to many school counselors nationally who have similar ideas and are faced with different perspectives or conflict. I embraced courage to share my journey since 2016 in the hopes it will give school counselors some inspiration to being a support for others.\nYou really don’t begin thinking about who you really are until you hit the bottom of the barrel. In my recent years, I noticed myself being the target of harsh words that kept pushing me down further and further. Every morning I would wake up with a knot in my stomach and the words repeating in my mind: you are worthless. I questioned who I was as a leader and a school counselor. I even began to question who I was as a person. The environment became chaotic, I was useless, my purpose was unclear and I felt unsafe in a world where before I made a difference.\nIn my journey of clarification, I found that I had lost a sense of purpose and understanding of who I am. Call it soul searching, but it was more than just feeling good. It was a path that would bring me back to who I really was and had lost along my many years of trying to be accepted and belonging to a cultural environment that felt disconnected.\nWho am I? An earth angel with lots of smiles as one person who inspired me once said. Yes, not a true angel, but a human with an abundance of support, positivity and caring for others. A guide who delivers a sense of purpose and clarifies the next path to be taken. An inspirational soul that believes in a profession that supports everyone and assists them with finding their own journey. Hence the career of school counseling matched my purpose in life.\nI am also an empath. I feel the joy, sadness, frustrations and all of the emotions one can feel. I struggle with them as I try to help others overcome the barriers. At the end of the day, I find a way to let go knowing that tomorrow the sun will rise and a new day begins with different emotions. I look for the beauty of a new day, of each person I meet, and how they are teaching me something new. Not how I am helping them. With a new knowledge, I grow as a person and can understand humanity better one issue or emotion at a time. I can celebrate the gains and spread the smiles!\nThrough my own soul searching, I found my peace. I found that it is important to take care of myself first if I am to support others. I found that there is a reason for why things happen and look for lessons from every event that comes my way, good or bad. I have learned that angry words and behaviors towards me are not “my problem” but a reflection of the dark soul who shares those. I have embraced the smiles, gratitude, and the desire to continue spreading the wealth of positivity. I am an earth angel!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://meacatholic.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/a-new-angel-or-is-she-a-saint/","date":"2019-04-26T00:28:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578743307.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20190425233736-20190426015736-00473.warc.gz","language_score":0.9394228458404541,"token_count":549,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__61417002","lang":"en","text":"Angel…or Saint? The question has become very personal…again. I’m sure that many of you have been in a similar dilemma.\nSadness or Joy? Which?\nWhen you lose a precious granddaughter…stillborn…the SORROW that floods your heart, soul, mind and body is undescribeable\nunless you’ve been there..\nViolet Eileen is her sweet name..and she is in Heaven. That I believe with my whole heart. Is she a little Angel? or a Saint?\nSo many casually say Angel..and I would have to, except after really thinking about it. Angels are created by God as Angels. Humans are created Human. Only humans can become Saints. My logic is not very deep or theological, but I think it is true, according to Scripture and to what the Church teaches.\nSo…in addition to the Sorrow….there’s a great JOY in my heart, too.\nI will never understand why this happened.\nMy son and daughter-in-law are heart broken.\nI can’t fix it…..I can’t hug this away…I can’t kiss the owie…I can’t rock them and comfort them…their sorrow is incredibly deep and raw and continues…and will continue. I struggle with knowing how to help…what to say…should I call them….what can I do….what is too much…what is too little….\nMy understanding of how they might feel includes my loss of the three miscarried babies….but it’s not the same…it’s not THEIR loss…I can’t feel their pain…I only comprehend it from my perspective, not theirs.\nMy sharing of this helps me…but at the same time, I hope it does nothing to complicate their pain…\nSo…to the little Saint in Heaven….I pray she will be able to help where I can do nothing. I pray that our pain and sorrow that is so often just the groaning and moaning and not being able to express in words the depth of this sorrow….I hope that she can hear and be able to assist us in understanding this…\nI hope we all will be able to grow in the Trust of God Who Knows ALL things and knows how to work them out for HIS GOOD….and ours, too. I have no understanding how He can, and will, take such pain…and turn it into Joy. But I believe He can, and He will…..\nCome, Lord Jesus…..Come, Holy Spirit…..Come, God, My Father……give us all Your Peace.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://1096118a75j42n.okeye.ru/","date":"2021-11-29T02:09:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964358685.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20211129014336-20211129044336-00351.warc.gz","language_score":0.9790189862251282,"token_count":2547,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__189928636","lang":"en","text":"Caregiver Support for Death, Loss, Grieving A Loved One\n29 November 2021 - What did he have, other than a name. Abruptly Sister Stephanus rose from her chair with the brisk finality of a judge delivering a verdict. Information of the kind you ask for must be kept in the strictest confidence.\nJul 06, 2018 avanti resort discount code\nOne of my men is gonna be sitting in a parked car close by for the next several hours. I suggest you sit here calmly and wait for dark before you try to find help.\nHe kept it above heavily populated buildings every foot of the way.\nHe usually handled the parking at Chandler High football games or at the county fair, and filled in for Rountree or Taylor on their days off.\nThe arm hanging out of the windshield did not stir. The ticking engine cooled and the wisps of steam died down. Vance squirmed nervously, licking his lips and gripping his hunting rifle, a Mauser.\nCross McMillan and his wife, Sheila. Cross McMillan was the majority stockholder and chairman of the board.\nOne after the other, stroke after stroke, my eyes always on the shore. outcast by kirkman and azaceta 5\nHow did he think he could return home to Eureka and take up his old life. He thought of the coast road again, dark now, with the moon gone, and the sea dark, too, and that bank of cloud climbing higher and higher in the sky, spreading its shadow steadily over the world. He was cold, and his face was damp with dew. He felt vague pain, vague distress.\nIf you had half the brains you pretend, you would not have needed me to come by and rescue you. What if the wake-up code for the old version of me was there. Or are you only willing to break into private mausoleums, batter constables, fight Atkins, and try to kidnap sleeping women. ricetta torta caprese bianca di benedetta parodi\nOn the other side of the closed door, the business day was winding down. Outside his window, he watched a boy kick a soccer ball up and down like popping corn.\nCare of the Dying Patient - Oxford Medicine\nI never felt such reckless passion for any human being, and it was the thought of that devotion that brought Tom Dula and Ann Melton to my mind, even after so much time had passed. I tell myself that they were still caught up in the madness of youth-just past twenty, both of them, though war and hardship had made them old beyond their years. Whatever they felt for one another, that lust that made everything else in the world fade to insignificance: I never felt that.\nCaring for someone who is dying at home can both be rewarding and at the same time hard work. You and your loved one must be in agreement that dying at home is something you both want. Talk to the person in your care about the plan, your feelings, and any concerns you may have datacard fp65i manual\nMiss breakfast buffet for operational reasons (above), swim in sea, lunch by pool, return to beach because Perry needs to beat me at shuffle-board. Polish off Chardonnay from minibar while reclining on balcony in bathrobes.\nThe mention of it brought me crashing back down to earth, remembering the picture, my parents. It must have been all over my face. I looked away from him because somehow his compassion made me want to cry.\nThe vegetation thickened, trees arched overhead, and along the left-hand side primitive-looking waist-high wooden slats provided a barrier.\nThere had barely been enough suits for higher command and security, a grim oversight from requisitioning. After the first cases of radiation sickness, Security had overheard talk of mutiny. Finally, in order to regain a sort of normalcy, the Admiral had ordered drumhead executions of the ringleaders-in this instance, randomly selected personnel.\nMy body, acting more or less on its own, sent the Phoenix Exultant out here. It seemed like a good idea at the time. The Golden Oecumene has only one operating ghost-particle array.\nPhoebe was wearing the silk dressing gown that had once belonged to Sarah. She said she had probably imagined it, that shadowy presence in the lamplight. She blew a quick stream of smoke at the ceiling.\nAn honest, irreverent, laugh-out-loud guide to coping with death and dying from Emmy-nominated writer and New York Times bestselling co-author of Sh*tty Mom Laurie Kilmartin. Death is not for the faint of heart, and sometimes the best way to cope is through humor. No …The study of \"the end of life\" has become a major focus on medicine, the social sciences, ethics, and religion. This volume brings together the latest research on issues around death and dying, lifes attributes as it nears death, planning and preparation for death, and care and intervetion-related issues. mackie 1640 manual\nA symbol table to his right showed the opened memory casket, an unopened casket still inside. To his left were images of service units and honorary commissions. gt 15800 samsung manual pdf There was no crime scene van in the street, and when he tried the door, it was locked.\nHe crouched on all fours, looking at me.\nSurviving Death: A Practical Guide to Caring for the Dying & Bereaved 63 copies A Good Death: Challenges, Choices, and Care Options 31 copies The Saints of God Murders 22 copies“An honest, practical, as well as emotional guide to working through the processing of mourning” (), Grief Works is a lifeline for all of us dealing with loss and a handbook to help others—from the “expected” death of a parent to the sudden and unexpected death of a child or spouse. Death affects us all. Yet it is still the last taboo in our society, and grief is still harman kardon avr 245 repair service manual user guides\nNothing can ever change that and I still hate that. And I want to find the hype that started all this shit and make him hurt, too. tablet samsung ce0168 manual Men and women sat hunched around Western Period wooden tables.\nThat call began and ended with a hang-up. His mother went out of her way to take care of her pet, and not coming home-at least long enough to feed Henry-was unprecedented. It also meant the computer had been left on that morning.\nAug 29, 2015Surviving Death: A Practical Guide to Caring for the Dying and Bereaved by Charles Meyer Mystic. CT: Twenty-Third Publication. 1988. 136pp .. paper. $7.95 The subtitle of this small book indicates its purpose and essential content. Its primary audience is caregivers. and among them, clergy and others who might be expected to have a tag heuer calibers manual\nA white arrowhead appeared on the screen. junkers wr11 b31 manual transmission The first time was twenty years before, when she had been charged with running a nursing home, so-called, where women with inconvenient pregnancies came in secret to have their babies, many of which were left for Maisie to dispose of, often in a bundle of swaddling on the side of a country road at dead of night. When her sentence was served she had promptly rented a room in Hatch Street and started in the abortion trade. Shortly afterwards her clinic, as she called it, had been raided by the Vice Squad and she had done another two-year stretch in Mountjoy.\nPastoral Care in Times of Death and Dying\nIf she says you are a good lad, then I will believe it, though I have my suspicions. The inspector will let you pass.\nI crept down the stairs and through the hallway to the back of the building. I pushed open the dead bolt on the heavy metal door and flipped on the light.\nJust came out to pay respects to my father and I find this. Even on vacation she checked the crowd, tuning in to the pulse of the street.\nThe Coluzzis had waged a war against her and had pushed her to the extremes of irrational behavior, namely driving over to the Coluzzi offices to confront Marco. So she was no different from Pigeon Tony. If they had pushed her as far as they had pushed him, killing someone she loved, would she have killed in return.\nThat is the reason I felt that I could not shirk my responsibility. In order to get close enough to hear the words distinctly, I would have had to get close enough to be seen.\nHow the hell was he going to get out of this one. Natasha Gilbert was the anthropologist who had worked with Alessandra. Too coincidental for it not to be she.\nThis era was characterized by the development of language and of abstract concepts. my business pos v 12 manual damper\nBut the names of common people were washed into obscurity just as quickly as their bodies had been taken under the waters. There were no windows, but someone had left a light on in an adjacent closet, and a perimeter of light escaped around its closed door. When he had eaten alone in his room, he had been free from his chair, and could eat with his own hands. Now he clenched them until his knuckles turned white.\nAnnie, this guy is Pablo Cammayo. carda manual de l e algod o\nHis Dallas handler waited around the corner. Like he needed backup for this two-bit op. Yeah, that crappy feeling in the pit of his stomach had nothing to do with Beavis or Butthead and everything to do with the drive-through burritos for dinner. Franklin Wetterau had the look of a man who had swabbed a million throats, delivered a thousand babies, and listened to endless lists of symptoms and ailments ranging from the common cold to stomach cancer. Wetterau was an old-fashioned country doctor, with his small office in the back of his old Victorian home on Maple Street.\nSurviving Death: A Practical Guide to Caring for the Dying\nHe had called her and even brought flowers to her job. She was meeting him at the bar tonight.\nToday moorhens paddled among the reeds, as they had then, and that same willow trailed its finger-tips in the shallows, and a double-decker bus that might have been the prototype of all green buses went past up there at Baggot Street, lumbering over the hump-backed bridge with the ungainly grace of some large, loping creature of the forest.\nThey were squat, ugly and deadly when flown by Highborn, who could take higher G-forces than regular humans could. It still had arc-welders flashing, personnel pushing trolleys, and personnel creating bangs, clacks and other metallic noises.\n- The Better End: Surviving (and Dying) on Your Own Terms in\n- Dec 03, 2019\n- This chapter addresses the management of children and adults who are in the last hours or days of life, by providing details on the management of pain and other physical symptoms as well as suggestions for how to ensure psychosocial and spiritual support for the patient and their family. Providing palliative care during this time will not hasten death but is essential to ensure comfort and\nHe told them that if he could endure it, so could they, and to get their egos under control-no bravado. This is the work of ruthless and unprincipled people.\nA Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death – B.J. Miller and Shoshana Berger A clear-eyed and big-hearted action plan for approaching the end of life, written to help readers feel more in control of an experience that so often seems anything but controllable. s10 owner manuals\nHe looked both ways before he went on. So how many numbers were there in the book. Long division was out of the question and caused ovarian cramps.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://iqfa.net/old-news/","date":"2022-01-24T23:38:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304686.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20220124220008-20220125010008-00569.warc.gz","language_score":0.853691577911377,"token_count":311,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__159888459","lang":"en","text":"Here is a newsletter of the Centre for Development in Central America in Nicaragua.\nIreland Yearly Meeting 2021\nFaith in Action – Friday 9th April\nDavid Gamble will give an update on IQFA recent activities.\nSEND IN YOUR STAMPS\nYou can contribute to Right Sharing by saving used postage stamps.\nFor more information, visit https://www.rswr.org/stamp-program\nSend your stamps to:\nStamps for Right Sharing,\nc/o Indianapolis First Friends,\n3030 Kessler Blvd. East Dr.,\nIndianapolis, IN 46220.\nMemoirs of a Reluctant German\nChurchtown Friend, Iris Taylor, has a new book out now and IQFA will benefit from the sale of this book.\n“In her very engaging and well-crafted memoir of a life lived in\nintercultural spaces, Iris Taylor reflects with good humour and\nhumanity on the fascinating people and places she has encountered\non her way. This book will appeal not only to readers engaged in\nIrish and German Studies but also to those interested in identity,\ninterculturalism and dealing with the legacy of the past.\nUnderpinned by her Quaker perspective, Iris Taylor’s book invites\n– and deserves – a wide readership”.\nProfessor Emeritus Jenny Williams\nAvailable from selected bookshops\nRRP € 15 plus postage as required.\nFor further information please contact","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://livingwell2day.com/product-tag/activity-book/","date":"2022-07-06T22:48:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104678225.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20220706212428-20220707002428-00102.warc.gz","language_score":0.8791471719741821,"token_count":134,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__107585996","lang":"en","text":"Showing the single result Sort by popularity Sort by average rating Sort by latest Sort by price: low to high Sort by price: high to low Sale! a Christmas Adventure Activity Book $7.99 $3.99 Add to cart\nKelli is a barefootin' - adventure loving - accidental homeschool mom (AdventureHS.com/products). With 3 boys in tow - she travels and speaks to encourage, equip, and teach using unit studies. She loves to share the frugal homeschool life with others. Owner and founder of FrugalMommas.com - Abundant Family Living - On a Budget.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://darkclasps.tumblr.com/tagged/glory","date":"2013-05-20T19:28:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699201808/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101321-00013-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9320434331893921,"token_count":707,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__113520856","lang":"en","text":"The Relationship spread provides insight into the interaction between two people or entities. It is the spread of choice for questions about partnerships, be they in romance or business. The Ator Tarot is a smart and whimsical spin on Rider Waite symbolism. The clunky and adorable characters of the Ator Tarot make it the deck of choice for those seeking a refreshing approach to divination. If you would like your own copy of the Ator Tarot, you can The card at the top left represents how you see yourself. Queen of Cups, when reversed: The dark essence of water, such as a deep and foreboding lake: Discomfort with the worlds of mind and matter, leading to a retreat to the spiritual. The embrace of negative relationships, driven by the desperate fear of being alone. Devotion to fantasies and daydreams, to the exclusion of practical skills or the pursuit of knowledge. Insecurity leading to dishonor, vice, and undue susceptibility to outside influences.The card at the top right represents how you see your partner. Three of Cups (Abundance), when reversed: A time of shallow overindulgence, followed depletion. The successful but utterly unfulfilling conclusion of a matter. Satisfaction from sensual pleasures divorced from any sense of love. May indicate problems prematurely dismissed or a victory claimed before it is certain.The card in the center left represents how you feel about your partner. The Devil, when reversed: Resistance of temptation. Freedom from bondage. The pursuit of higher goals despite the influence of luxury and pleasure. Release from obsession with money and power. Liberation from fear, weakness and indecision through communion with higher powers or the inner voice.The card in the center right represents what stands between you and your partner. Strength, when reversed: Weakness in the face of obstacles and adversity. Tremendous power released at the wrong moment. Inability to defend oneself. Confusion, and lack of preparedness. Illness, hardship, distress and the failing of physical force. Dominant behavior, abusiveness and a possible loss of reputation.The card in the lower left represents how your partner sees you. Ace of Wands: The seed of a new venture - perhaps as yet unseen. An opportunity to be met with boldness, vigor, and enthusiasm. The herald of birth, invention, or entrepreneurship. An innate and primal force released. May suggest a surge of vitality, creativity, or fertility that can set things in motion.The card in the lower right represents what your partner feels about you. King of Cups: The essence of water behaving as air, such as a billowing cloud in the blue sky: Great maturity, endless patience, tolerance of other points of view, and a deep knowledge of human nature. One who intuitively knows the strengths of those around him, and gently cultivates them. Remaining calm and relaxed in all situations, and making artful use of diplomacy or a quiet word to resolve conflicts. The ability to listen to what another person is saying, and truly understand what is in their heart. A rewarding partner and a beloved leader.The card in the center represents the present status or challenge of the relationship. The Magician, when reversed: Trickery, demagoguery, and artful deceptions. The use of knowledge and skill for selfish gain or destructive purposes. The abuse of technology. Incompetence and uncertainty. A lack of will power. A fatal flaw in a great work.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://thegeniusofone.com/book","date":"2024-04-22T09:32:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818105.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422082202-20240422112202-00078.warc.gz","language_score":0.9456511735916138,"token_count":177,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__17353096","lang":"en","text":"The Genius of One: God's Answer for Our Fractured World by Greg Holder is a companion resource that dives deeper into Jesus' prayer in John 17, “That they” - that we - “would be one.” Greg's passion for scripture combines with his unique brand of humor and storytelling resulting in a fun, impactful resource about developing healthy culture - why it matters and how to get there.\nDavid Hickman, author of Closer Than Close\nRick James, publisher of CruPress\nGabe Lyons, President of Q Ideas/Q Media\nThe Genius of One\nGreg Holder is the author of The Genius of One. From local efforts in his hometown of St. Louis, to global partnerships around the world, one of Greg's great joys is to build bridges and find areas of collaboration between organizations, cultures, and people.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.sydenhambrucetrail.ca/loopreview.html","date":"2013-05-23T00:00:16Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702525329/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110845-00082-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9502837061882019,"token_count":686,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__105759117","lang":"en","text":"[The first edition of Looping Through Sydenham is sold out. Since it was first published the main trail has changed. The trail is longer and more of it is along the optimum route. As a result the SBTC is considering publishing an updated edition of Looping Through Sydenham in 2012.]\nThe Owen Sound area has recently become one of the key hiking destinations in southern Ontario. It features spectacular vistas, dramatic cliff faces, hidden waterfalls, and some of the most beautiful rural scenery in the province.\nVolunteers from the Sydenham Bruce Trail Club have produced a book, Looping Through Sydenham, which describes 21 short hikes and walks in Niagara Escarpment country between Meaford and Wiarton. Most are loop trails that are part of the Bruce Trail network, but others such as The Trout Hollow Trail out of Meaford are independent. Many are sections of the Bayview Extension, a reroute of the main Bruce Trail which is scheduled for completion in 2007. Part of this 60 km reroute will include the trails of the Bognor Marsh, the Woodford area, the Bayview Escarpment Nature Reserve and the Sydenham Forest loop. Each of these completed sections is described in the book.\nSome of the trails cross public land, some are located on property recently purchased by the Bruce Trail Conservancy in its efforts to secure a conservation corridor along the escarpment, and some belong to generous landowners who kindly share the beauty of their land with hikers. All hikers are requested to value this gift by treading lightly on the land, as documented in the Trail Users’ Code.\nThe book attempts to be more than just a conventional guidebook whose sole purpose is to keep the hiker from getting lost. As well, Looping Through Sydenham explores the human and natural history of the area, and the Owen Sound region is rich in both. For example, the Inglis Falls chapter describes the nineteenth century origins of the mill as well as the bird life, ferns and potholes all found within the Conservation Area. The West Rocks chapter quotes from an early study of rare plants which were found in the escarpment crevices. The Slough of Despond chapter describes the origins of this lagoon, a product of higher lake levels immediately after the melting of the last glacier.\nThe introduction to each chapter outlines the trail length, the estimated time of completion, the degree of difficulty (for a beginning hiker), access routes, and parking. I especially liked the maps, clearly drawn with no extraneous detail. Hikers should have no difficulty in finding their way!\nLooping Through Sydenham should be a valuable resource for the outdoors person and the tourism community in the area. Available through club members and at selected retail outlets, it is well worth having in your daypack. In addition, all proceeds from the sale will be donated to The Legacy Campaign of the Bruce Trail Conservancy in order to secure in perpetuity a conservation corridor and public footpath along the Niagara Escarpment.\nOne of the landowners describes the trail on his property: “Hike it ---you’ll like it!” And with this book it will be said, “Buy it; hike the trails; you’ll like it!”\n... Robert Caines","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.thearchfoundation.org/blog/2018/11/26/caregiver-corner-for-november-debbie-and-grace","date":"2019-08-25T11:35:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027323328.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20190825105643-20190825131643-00429.warc.gz","language_score":0.9620348215103149,"token_count":763,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__126980190","lang":"en","text":"Each month The Arch Foundation publishes our Caregiver Corner series where we will share a window into the journey of a caregiver. Our hope is to share these #brutalybeautiful lives and stories to educate, bring awareness, and help build our community of exceptional caregivers.\nIf you have a story of your journey of being a caregiver, we would love to share it with our community. You can submit your story for a chance to be published through our contact page.\nHere is Debbie & Grace’s story…\nThe hardest part of being a caregiver is the long term management of running on empty, being sleep deprived and at the same time having to perform critical and potentially life altering cares that keep your loved one alive. Our family in many ways is like any other, but there are more chores and longer to-do lists. Just as other families get into the routine of who cooks dinner and who washed the dishes, we also do those things but with an additional few “roles”. Before bed I get Grace undressed while my husband puts away and plugs in her power wheelchair. I put her on a ventilator and he changes her urinary collection bag. The days are long and the nights are short. Most mornings I feel like I just put my head down on the pillow to sleep.\nWhat is harder than the day to day task is the emotional toll: I wake up with my heart beating fast, an adrenal overload from memories of living in the PICU, of alarms going off. I wake up to the sprinklers as if her breathing stopped, as if the ventilator alarms were going off and it takes prayer and meditation to calm me back down only to then be awoken by an actual alarm. It may be the pulse ox that fell off or something mild, but my heart still hurts as if it were the days we almost lost her.\nI hear songs Grace used to play and I want to cry, but I dig my fingernail into my thumb and distract myself. Grace's fingers danced on the strings when she played guitar. I mourn the thousands of hours my girl practiced. She started with the Suzuki method on piano, progressed quickly on cello, just could’t get enough and added guitar. Her senior year I heard her singing next to the piano practicing for Madrigals, an hour later I'd hear Liszt on cello and later that night I’d hear her strumming and picking on one of her guitars. Everything from Chopin on piano to the John Butler Trio on guitar sung through our walls. The chords still resonate. She practiced hours upon hours till her sister eventually got annoyed. Sometimes I catch a glimpse of an old photo of Grace as a ballerina, I avert my gaze as it is a painful reminder of the loss.\nThe loss is great, but the extraordinary ballerina she was, the graceful pianist, the rock star was far less than who I see now. Her beauty shines through her paralyzed limbs, her soul sings through her mastery of daily life and I as her mother, caregiver and biggest fan fight daily to see and experience this Love.\nDriving in the van on our way to SBCC, Grace says “oh my gosh it’s so beautiful, I am the luckiest girl in the world!” I turn toward her with a 1/2 smile, has she forgotten she cannot move her arms or legs? She is blessed and a blessing to care for. She reminds me to open my eyes to the beauty that surrounds us, to feel the love, to find the gratitude no matter the obstacle, the loss. She reminds me that Love is greater than all things.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.derbyhindutemple.co.uk/hinduism/","date":"2021-10-22T22:41:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585522.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20211022212051-20211023002051-00383.warc.gz","language_score":0.9710708856582642,"token_count":238,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__233833265","lang":"en","text":"Hinduism is not considered to be a religion, but a way of life, because religion is deeply interwoven into the life of a Hindu the way nerves are interwoven in our bodies. It is very difficult to separate living and religion in the life of a devout Hindu. Both are inseparable. Both compliment each other. Both exist because of each other and both would lose their meaning and significance without the other. Religion is the centre of living and living is the centre of religion.\nReligion is there in every aspect of a Hindu’s life. Religion is his inseparable companion, guide and philosopher. It is there, always, however modern or advanced he may be, whether he believes in God or not, at the back of his mind, like a tuft of hair on the head of a priest, deeply rooted in his subconscious, firmly entrenched in his being, from which he cannot escape even if he chooses to follow another religion.\nIf we live with a divine sense of responsibility, every act that we perform in the course of our lives can lead us into the mysteries of divine life and into the highest transcendental state of light and delight.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.milonphoto.com/why-you-never-travel-alone/","date":"2023-10-03T01:18:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511023.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20231002232712-20231003022712-00185.warc.gz","language_score":0.9875524640083313,"token_count":579,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__97645929","lang":"en","text":"On my way thought countries in Central Asia I got used to be from time to time more or less centre of attention but when I came to China it became different. Even here people are interested where I am coming from and so on but because of language barrier the approach is different. People who wait with me at the bus station or simply pass by are pointing at me or even loosing concentration where they go and hit some other people. Only because they were so surprised to see foreigner (or may be blond guy).\nQuite common situation in some hostels I stayed in was that Chinese girls came to me and ask If I travel alone. Later on they come again and they bring me some fruits to make me happy, because I am pure guy who travel alone. What more he doesn’t speak chines. “It has to be so hard for you to be alone in such country like is China. You have to feel lost” is sentence I hear quite often.\nOr other nice stories are with kids I meet. Some of them run away, some lose concentration and only stare or they start to cry. Exactly as one of the kids I met in the train. Firstly came conductor (young girl which was asking plenty of questions) who was so happy to meet me that within 2 minutes was whole coach staring at me and listen what I say and how I react. After that was passing by small boy with his mum. He stopped and looked at me. When I said hello and asked what is his name he started slowly cry with words that he is not going to play games with me.\nBut most incredible experience happened in one of the villages close to the Tibetan province. When I was walking on the street people not only greet me but some of them even knee and kissed my hands. I absolutely didn’t know how to react. Soon there was whole street blocked. People were taking pictures of me and with me. In one point some of the drivers asked me If I couldn’t go “hide” to one of the restaurants or sit in to the car. The reason was simple. Because of me no car could pass thought this village… Later on I was doing sightseeing in one of the temples when suddenly an Tibetan girl was walking beside me, smiling and looked at me like I was miracle or something. Later on when I left the temple and was walking on the street she show up again, but this time even put her head on my shoulder.\nWell looks like that to become superstar you don’t have to be good actor or famous singer. In some parts of the world just be different and unusual help enough.\nDo you plan vacation in Prague and would you like take home more then selfies? Then bring home photos from Prague based local photographer.\nBook your session at “Local Photo website”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://achoosniff.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-04-23T09:12:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223202457.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032002-00515-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9853217601776123,"token_count":79,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__30370457","lang":"en","text":"i think my parents would yell at me if i died\nHappiness begins with you. Not with your relationship, your friends, or your job. But with you.\nHow to kill someone;\nHold their hand and then never touch their skin again,\nSee them nearly everyday and pretend they don’t exist,\nAct like everything you ever said to them was a lie.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.premiumwordpressthemes.in/tag/dear-basketball-kobe-text.html","date":"2021-10-25T21:05:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587767.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20211025185311-20211025215311-00392.warc.gz","language_score":0.8950102925300598,"token_count":579,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__165724855","lang":"en","text":"ear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad’s tube socks Dear Basketball BY KOBE BRYANT NOV 29 2015 EDITIONS United States Global About Athlete Application Careers JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER 1/26/20, 8:48 PM Page 1 of 5\nKobe Bryant Dear Basketball lyrics: Dear Basketball, / From the moment / I started rolling my dad’s tube s... Deutsch English Español Français Hungarian Italiano Nederlands Polski Português (Brasil) Română Svenska Türkçe Ελληνικά Български Русский Српски العربية فارسی 日本語 한국어\nDear Basketball – A Poem by Kobe Bryant. I fell in love with you. To my spirit & soul. I never saw the end of the tunnel. Running out of one. And so I ran. After every loose ball for you. Because it came with so much more. But because YOU called me.\nDear Basketball Kobe Bryant. ... Highlight the text then click the link ... Dear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad’s tube socks And shooting imaginary Game-winning shots In ...\nMore Dear Basketball Kobe Text images\nDear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad’s tube socks And shooting ...\n‘Dear Basketball’ by Kobe Bryant is a moving poem that was written as an announcement of the Lakers star’s retirement from basketball. The letter, which is in the form of a poem, separated into stanzas , takes the reader through Bryant’s emotional connection to the game.\nThe Dear Basketball is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Dear Basketball also participates in affiliate programs with Clickbank, ShareASale, and other sites.\nAlternatively, you might tell students that Michael Jordan’s “Dear Basketball” served as a mentor text for Kobe Bryant’s “Dear Basketball”. Have students read both and then work backwards as detectives to uncover which tips, tricks, and techniques Kobe borrowed from his basketball and writing mentor.\n26. $2.00. PDF. Here is a thoughtful and effective way to view and appreciate Kobe Bryant's animated short film, \"Dear Basketball.\"Resource includes original poem, written by Kobe Bryant, graphic organizer to record thinking about the video, and a teacher's key to guide discussion and responses.This Academy acclaim.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.menk.com/menksr/archives/2004/09/23/appointment-in-samara/","date":"2017-04-25T12:21:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917120349.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031200-00327-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9525831341743469,"token_count":411,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__253021961","lang":"en","text":"OUR EXPERIENCE WITH HURRICANE IVAN REMINDS ME OF THE TALE I READ MANY YEARS AGO AS A FOREWORD TO JOHN O’HARA’S BOOK “APPOINTMENT IN SAMARA”. THE TALE IS AS FOLLOWS:\nA certain merchant in Baghdad sent his servant to the market to buy some provisions. A little while later, the servant returned looking white in the face. In a trembling voice he said, “Just now in the market place I was jostled by a man in the crowd, and when I turned I saw it was Mr. Death. He looked at me and made a threatening gesture. Please lend me your horse, because I want to go to Samara where Mr. Death will not be able to find me.”\nThe merchant agreed and lent the scared man his horse. The servant mounted the horse and rode away as fast as the animal could gallop. Later that day, the merchant went down to the market place and saw Mr. Death standing in the crowd. He approached him and said, “Why did you make a threatening gesture to my servant when you saw him this morning?”\n“That was not a threatening gesture,” said Mr. Death. “It was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, because I have an appointment with him tonight in Samara.”\nELLIE, CLEO (our cat) AND I DECIDED TO GET OUT OF IVAN’S WAY BY VISITING OUR DAUGHTER’S FAMILY IN CHRISTIANSBURG VIRGINIA. THE STORM MISSED DELAND BY HUNDREDS OF MILES BUT IVAN’S RAIN AND WINDS FOUND US IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. OBVIOUSLY WE HAD AN APPOINTMENT IN CHRISTIANSBURG.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://wateroflifecc.org/ministries/adult/man-2-man:-men/----study-resources","date":"2013-05-19T20:06:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698063918/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095423-00048-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8847408890724182,"token_count":64,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__17441325","lang":"en","text":"Mens - Study Resources\nMaterial for our “Being God’s Man” Series\nYou may purchase a book by clicking on the link and following the prompts. The cost of the book is $10.00 dollars. Order Online Here\nGet involved in our Bible studies and Man 2 Man events.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://addhotsite.com/you-have-to-know-about-course-of-miracles-131415/","date":"2021-01-26T23:38:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610704804187.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20210126233034-20210127023034-00398.warc.gz","language_score":0.9632660150527954,"token_count":742,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-04","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__159234839","lang":"en","text":"You have to know About course of miracles 131415\nA Course in Miracles will be so pure, so amazing, so potent, and so much more spiritually enhanced as compared to any other part of the tour’s books (past and present), that will you have to actually experience that to feel it. Yet those as their minds are too attached to worldly thoughts, and deficiency the underlying thirst intended for accurate spiritual knowledge of which is necessary for the comprehension, will likely not have an understanding of only one whole page. That is not just because a Course in Magic is usually confusing – on the opposite it has the principles are extremely basic – but instead because the idea is this nature of spiritual understanding that those who can be not ready to understand the idea, merely are unable to understand the idea. As stated in the Somebody, at the beginning connected with the guide of David: “The light shineth throughout darkness, and darkness comprehended it not”.\nEver since I first grew to be knowledgeable of the majestic and awe-inspiring presence of The almighty, I have enjoyed studying numerous wonderful spiritual runs such as the Bible (my beloved components are the Perorata on the Support together with Psalms), the Bhagavad-Gita, the Upanishads, the Koran in addition to the poetry of Kabir and Rumi. a course in miracles connected with them are available close for you to the greatness of the Training course in Wonderful things. Browsing that with an available thoughts and coronary heart, your own personal concerns and troubles rinse away from you. You come to be conscious of some sort of marvelous like deep inside you – deeper when compared to the way anything anyone knew before. The near future will begin to seem so dazzling for you and the loved ones. You sense love for everyone like those you previously have tried to depart ruled out. These experiences are extremely strong and at times chuck you off balance a bit, but it is worthy of it: A program in Magic introduces one to a love so calm, so solid and so general — you will wonder the way so numerous of often the tour’s made use of, whose target will be apparently a identical experience, acquired so off of track.\nI actually would like to say here to some Christian who feels the fact that his church’s teachings do not really truly satisfy his / her thirst to know some sort of kind, merciful and supportive Our god, although is somewhat frightened to learn the Program because of others’ statements that it is inconsistent with “true” Christianity: May fret! I have go through the gospels frequently and I assure you that your Course in Miracles is totally constant with Jesus’ theories even though he was about earth. May fear the fanatical defenders of exclusionist dogma rapid these very poor people think on their own in order to be the only providers regarding Jesus’ message, plus the only ones valuable of his delights, when all other will move to help hell.\nA Training course in Magic reflects Jesus’ true meaning: unconditional like for *all people*. While he has been on world, Jesus said to evaluate a tree by its fruit. So give the idea a try and observe how the fruits that ripen in your lifestyle taste. When they taste very poor, you can give up A new Course in Wonderful things. Yet if they taste mainly because sweet as mine do, and the millions connected with other accurate seekers that have found A Course inside Miracles to be nothing at all less than the mind-blowing resource, then congratulations : and may your heart always be generously filled having peaceful, loving happiness.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.patriciaberholtz.com/?p=testimonials.asp","date":"2022-06-29T03:49:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103620968.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220629024217-20220629054217-00088.warc.gz","language_score":0.9666455388069153,"token_count":105,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__2832070","lang":"en","text":"From the book Bring Out the Millionaire in You\n\"I was mentioned in the book Bring Out the Millionaire in You, by Angela Dees. Here's a quick quote\n\"I was very fortunate because i have a Rockstar real estate agent, Patricia Berholtz, with RE/MAX...\n• She was prepared\n• She listened\n• She showed me homes in my price range\n• She educated me about the process.\n• She negotiated a great price for me.\"\"\n- Angela Dees","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.sunshinemotivation.com/book","date":"2023-02-04T13:14:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500126.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20230204110651-20230204140651-00297.warc.gz","language_score":0.9410978555679321,"token_count":792,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__7418132","lang":"en","text":"NEW DEBUT BOOK OFFERS INSIGHT FOR TURNING IDEAS INTO LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES\n“The ideas you have at the bottom of the cup, get them to the top, because they may be worth millions.”\nJoseph, Dominica/Barbados, January 8, 2021—Emerging author Claire Joseph has had numerous ideas only to find out that there were many barriers to bringing them to the top. In spite of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Claire has released her new book, Never Over, written to inspire and equip individuals to execute on their ideas to bring the biggest changes.\nConsidering the value of bringing ideas to the top, Claire writes, “Getting your idea to the top means taking it from a dead place to a place of life, that is, a place where you can take the necessary actions to spark that light for an overflowing and life changing experience.” Moreover, she posits, “Some people are gifted with unique abilities that can be realized. Others, however, have ideas that are left at the bottom of the cup. This is because they are either waiting for someone else to take their ideas, waiting for the appropriate funds to come running to them, or just being blatantly lazy and unmotivated.”\nThe book, Never Over, is for those who desire to take inspired action on their ideas and goals without hesitation.\nEvery human invention, achievement, or accomplishment started as an idea in the mind of an individual. Whether you are an entrepreneur starting a business, a student entering a field of study, or someone dreaming of accomplishing something personal, the principles outlined in this book will inspire and equip the reader to achieve their vision. Learn the necessary ingredients to fulfill a dream, including who and what may help or hurt along the way.\nClaire states, “We all have hundreds of ideas every day regarding so many things we would love to do for the betterment of ourselves, our family, and our community. It is your job to follow your passions regardless of what other people think. Don’t allow others to determine what you can or cannot do. Every time you follow your passion, you win. Position yourself to execute your idea and even mentor others along the way. Live a life of greater abundance, as you act on your greatest goals.” Claire believes that everyone has the potential for success; start with an idea and turn that idea into life-changing experiences.\nSuccess is in Tiny Habits Notebook and Journal.It’s never too late to pen your own wishes, dreams, ideas and plans within this amazing notebook. Designed for everyday use and perfect size to carry in your bag. Everyday use and perfect gift choice\nSuccess is in the Tiny Habits-- Notebook\nGet your copy\nSuccess is in the Tiny Habits Notebook and Journal: Joseph, Claire: 9798583873029: Amazon.com: Books\nI Exist to Shine Forth - Notebook\nA shine design on this notebook will make your day!\nThis notebook is perfect for jotting down your wonderful ideas or inspirations, take notes, and documenting your other accomplishments. You can also use it as a dream/hobby/spiritual/personal daily journal. Practically, this notebook can be used however you wish from school to office to church to home uses without the need to rely on your smartphone and tablet.\nA great choice for students, teachers, co-workers, or any gift giving occasions to put a shiny smile on their faces.\nI Am Blossoming\nBlossoming Lined Notebook Journals, 8 x10 inch, 200 Pages, Notebook Journal Set for Travelers, Students, Office, Composition Diary Subject Notebooks\nFeel free to take your notes and write down your ideas anywhere with these lined paperback notebooks.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://walterventosilla.blogspot.com/","date":"2017-04-24T09:28:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917119225.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031159-00194-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8973283767700195,"token_count":273,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__67524078","lang":"en","text":"Espero que podamos tener un amplio dialogo y de diversos temas, y también poder mostrarles mi produccion literaria y gráfica\nWalter Ventosilla was born in Lima, Peru. He is a writer, playwright, a fine artist and an illustrator. Ventosilla has published Cuentos de Tierra y Eucaliptos (1982), Asunción (1994) and the novel Luis bandolero Luis (2005). He literary work is found in anthologies such as En el Camino, Nuevos Narradores Peruanos de la Generación del 80, also in Antología General del Cuento Peruano 1900 – 1990. His narrative and plays have earned numerous international literary prizes, such as the theater award “Fundación Ciudad de Requena”, in Spain. In 1987 he was elected one of the 10 most representative creative young writers in Peru. He is also a Theater Director and has participated in different national and international events. In 1990, his children’s play El Lago Encantado was translated into French and played in Paris the same year; and in 2000 his play Para danzar a la vida was translated into English and played in New York.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://ankur-mihs.blogspot.com/2015/09/industrial-hygiene-productivity.html","date":"2018-12-09T19:31:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823009.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20181209185547-20181209211547-00204.warc.gz","language_score":0.914821445941925,"token_count":203,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__247593068","lang":"en","text":"Occupational Illness and deceases have greater impact on the productivity & Workplace Safety. Now the employers have started monitoring the each factor which impeding the productivity. The need to ensure a safe working environment is a prerequisite to providing high quality products and services.\nOccupational health & safety is one of the most important factors contributing to productivity increases, which consequently lead to more benefits. Industrial Hygiene practices provide better opportunity for the prevention & control of the occupational illness & disease. Industrial Hygiene is a bridging function between the all three elements of Health Safety & Environment.\nIndustrial hygiene practices can be used to optimize the EHS Elements thereby making improvement in the productivity. Significant improvement in the can be made in Occupational Health & Safety when apply the IH AERC process.\nIn the existing workplace the hazards can be well addressed if we can measure the level of offending agent in the working environment. This will helps good utilization of the resources to control or prevent the exposure of the potential workplace exposures.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://dayofjudgment.com/judgment4.html","date":"2018-03-17T22:14:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257645362.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20180317214032-20180317234032-00575.warc.gz","language_score":0.9550851583480835,"token_count":2484,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__129896350","lang":"en","text":"All of the events related so far begin\nwith hearing a previously unrecognized sound at an unexpected time.\nAll people who had thought until that moment that everything would\nremain unchanged and undamaged will be proven wrong.\nEverything that takes place just before the trumpet sounds is no\ndifferent from the day before. Earth is revolving at the same pace,\nthe Sun is illuminating our planet, life goes on, and many people\ncontinue to live according to their habitual routines without wondering\nwhy and by whom they were created and what end they will meet. People\nwill be thinking about the meal to be served that night, focusing\non an upcoming business meeting, shopping, or sleeping, and many\nwill be denying Allah's existence when they hear this sound. Everything\nwill begin and end in one instant.\nTheir bodies, which people think of as strong and brag about, will\nbe unexpectedly gripped by death from all sides. Their only concern\nwill be for survival. Out of sheer terror, people will cease to\ncare about the things that they so valued, craved, and took risks\nfor while alive.\nAll of this fear, terror, and shock\nresults from their living in ignorance. The Day's unbearable hardship\nwill never cease to pursue the unbelievers. Each unfolding event\nwill increase their panic and terror, and each passing moment will\nbring fresh suffering and peril. The awesome events they encounter\nwill demonstrate Allah's majesty, Whom they had denied until then.\nHumanity, who will be utterly weak and helpless in the face of this\npower, will be able to do nothing but feel remorse, helplessness,\nand fear. As the seconds pass, their realization of the frightening\npunishment that Allah has prepared for them in the Hereafter will\nonly increase. During these frightening minutes, they will encounter\nonly a fraction of the suffering awaiting them. The Qur'an recounts\nthis fear in some detail.\nAllah tells people that although they passionately cling to the\nworldly life, their passion will not benefit them in the Hereafter.\nAll of the things that they value, hold dear, and take risks for\nwill bring nothing but loss if they were not done to win Allah's\ngood pleasure. Every worldly attraction has been created as a test\nfor humanity. The true life is in the Hereafter as the Qur'an reveals:\nTo mankind the love of worldly appetites is painted\nin glowing colors: women and children, heaped-up mounds of gold\nand silver, horses with fine markings, and livestock and fertile\nfarmland. All of that is merely the enjoyment of the life of this\nworld. The best homecoming is in the presence of Allah. (Surah Al\nPeople desperately desire the worldly attractions mentioned\nin the verses, and can spend their entire lives pursuing them. The\nQur'an says the following about the worldly life:\nKnow that the life of this world is merely a game and\na diversion, and ostentation and a cause of boasting among yourselves,\nand trying to outdo one another in wealth and children: like\nthe plant-growth after rain, which delights the cultivators, but\nthen it withers and you see it turning yellow, and then it becomes\nbroken stubble. In the Hereafter, there is terrible punishment but\nalso forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure. The life of this\nworld is nothing but the enjoyment of delusion. (Surat al-Hadid,\nFor some, one of life's biggest ambitions is to show\noff one's wealth, sons and daughters, and other valuables. One of\nthe most highly prized possessions is children. This is true for\nall societies and is pointed out specifically in the Qur'an. The\ndesire to have children is learned at a young age. Children are\nsimultaneously a cause for unnecessary competition between people\nas well as a source of reassurance for their future.\nAnother ambition is the craving for property and wealth. As we know,\npeople's aims, plans and efforts center around these ambitions.\nThe craving for money and wealth clouds people's vision, moral values\nlose their importance, and materialism becomes the defining factor\nfor their character. The Qur'an's morality, together with its commands\nand prohibitions, lose their precedence; amassing wealth becomes\na goal itself, and personal gain becomes preeminent in relationships.\nOn the Day of Judgment, however, everything will be\nreversed. People will forget all about what they used to value,\nfor now they will realize that the objects of their desires have\nno more meaning. Their values will alter in moments, for wealth\nand children will have no value and parental emotions will lose\ntheir meaning. In the face of this Day's terror, they will forget\ntheir most loved people: their children. No one will remember his\nor her children, much less inquiring about their well-being. In\nevery way, this will be a very hard Day for the unbelievers.\nOn the Day, the sky is like molten\nbrass and the mountains like tufts of colored wool. No good friend\nwill ask about his friend, even though they can see each other.\nAn evildoer will wish that he could ransom himself from the punishment\nof that Day by means of his sons, his wife, his brother, or his\nfamily who sheltered him or everyone else on Earth, if that only\nmeant that he could save himself. (Surat al-Ma‘arij, 8-14)\nThe Day when Heaven is split apart in clouds,\nand the angels are sent down rank upon rank. The Kingdom that Day\nwill belong in truth to the All-Merciful. It will be a hard Day\nfor the unbelievers. (Surat al-Furqan, 25-26)\nFamilies will desert infants, and people will be confused\nas to what to do. The fear will strike so suddenly and forcefully\nthat pregnant women will miscarry and mothers will forget about\ntheir breast-feeding children:\nOn the day they see it, every nursing woman will be\noblivious of the baby at her breast, and every pregnant woman will\nabort the contents of her womb... (Surat al-Hajj, 2)\nAll people who rejected the appeals to believe and\nso became oblivious to their only true friend and creator, Allah,\nwill want to avoid one another. They will be so preoccupied with\nthemselves, that friendship, lineage, and family bonds will cease\nThe Day a man will flee from his brother and his\nmother and his father, and his wife and his children. On that Day\nevery man among them will have concerns enough of his own. (Surah\nPeople Will Act as if Drunk\nPeople will lose all their calmness, self-control, and, self-confidence.\nWhen death is met, everything loses its value, and facial expressions,\nbehavior, and speech all change.\nWe witness people's fear and terror in the face of death in films.\nTheir responses are enough to explain their state of mind. In most\nscenarios, people have a hope, no matter how slim, of escaping.\nEven those who realize that death has come do not know what is awaiting\nthem, or they simply believe that they will become nothingness.\nHowever, this Day's events will leave no doubt in people's mind\nthat escape is impossible, even before death comes to them. The\nunbelievers will find themselves confronted with a Day that they\ndid not expect to meet, despite being warned of it, a Day on which\nthe existence of a Creator and a Sustainer of the universe will\nbecome clear for everyone to see, but also on which everything will\nbe destroyed in submission to His will.\nThey never reflected on what comes after death, because they did\nnot believe in Allah's or the Hereafter's existence, but they will\ncome to realize clearly Allah's existence and power. They also will\nrealize that there is no hope for salvation and that their new life\nis eternal. Their eternal suffering and sorrow will be incomparably\nworse than that Day's events, and the Qur'an says that the unbelievers\nwill prefer death over such a life:\nWe have warned you of an imminent punishment on the\nDay when a man will see what he has done, and the unbeliever will\nsay: \"Oh, if only I were dust!\" (Surat an-Naba', 40)\nPeople's panic, terror and astonishment will make them\nappear drunk, for:\n. . . And you will think people drunk when they are\nnot drunk; it is just that the punishment of Allah is so severe.\n(Surat al-Hajj, 2)\nThe physical and behavioral changes in people experiencing\nextreme fear are very similar to those of drunken people. In such\ninstances, dizziness, hysteria, and impeded sight are common.\nAs we see from what has been revealed so far, people will experience\ngreat panic on that hard day. Allah compares this chilling fear\nand the resulting behavior to drunkenness, for people will display\nuncontrolled behavior and run from place to place as if drunk. Allah\nmakes a comparison in the Qur'an:\nIt is the Day when mankind will be like scattered\nmoths. (Surat al-Qari‘a, 4)\nThe Terror in Their Eyes\nAnd [when] the True Promise is very close, the eyes\nof those who did not believe will be transfixed: \"Alas for us! We\nwere unmindful of this! No, rather we were definitely wrongdoers.\"\n(Surat al-Anbiya', 97)\nThe eyes are the first organs to reveal people's fear.\nThe eyes of people who witness the fearful events of that Day will\nspring from their sockets in terror. The phrase \"the eyes of those\nwho did not believe will be transfixed\" describes the scale of their\nfear. Instantly, the pupils widen, the whites of the eyes are exposed,\nand they freeze. All people will taste this fear, and nothing can\nprevent what is coming in the face of hair-raising events. The only\nthing they feel will be terror.\nHow will you safeguard yourselves, if you disbelieve,\nagainst a Day that will turn children gray. (Surat al-Muzzammil,\nThis fear will even grip small children. Children who\ndo not understand this Day's true nature and that this is the first\nday of eternal damnation for unbelievers will have a different kind\nof fear. People will be full of remorse for their wrongdoings during\ntheir temporary worldly lives; but children, who lack the capacity\nto comprehend what is happening, will have their hair turned gray.\nSuch a physical change is an important illustration of that Day's\nseverity. People have seen many calamities, and they have instilled\na deep fear into their hearts and affected them severely. But none\nof these, when compared to this Day's events, will be shocking enough\nto turn the children's hair gray.\nTry to imagine wild animals, leopards, lions, wolves,\njackals, bears… These animals will cease to fight with one another\nand come together due to these events. It is clearly an awe-inspiring\nsight to see thousands of wild animals like this. Allah reveals\nin many verses that major changes will affect Earth and humanity\non the Day of Judgment. Likewise, wild animals will be completely\naffected, as the Qur'an relates:\nWhen the camels in foal are neglected, when the wild\nbeasts are all herded together. (Surat at-Takwir, 4-5)","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://rachel-mcadams.org/category/other/anne-of-green-gables/","date":"2023-05-28T02:08:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643462.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528015553-20230528045553-00322.warc.gz","language_score":0.960669994354248,"token_count":1040,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__303455105","lang":"en","text":"The Audio Publisher Association announced the 2018 Audie Awards nominations and Rachel has been nominated for Best Female Narrator for her work for Audible’s audiobook of Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Congratulations to Rachel and all the nominees. Winners will be announced May 31st in New York.\nBEST FEMALE NARRATOR – FINALIST TITLES\nThe Alice Network by Kate Quinn, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, published by HarperAudio Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, narrated by Rachel McAdams, published by Audible Studios\nThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, narrated by Bahni Turpin, published by HarperAudio\nThe Secret Diary of Laura Palmer (Twin Peaks) by Jennifer Lynch, narrated by Sheryl Lee, published by Audible Studios\nThe Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin, narrated by Robin Miles, published by Hachette Audio\nAnne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, narrated by Rachel, is still available for streaming in Audible.com!\nWhile working on the site we realized we never made an update to remind everyone that the Audible Audiobook for “Anne of Green Gables“, which is narrated by Rachel, is available. If you are not yet a member at Audible, you are able to get this audiobook for free. Be sure to head over to their website for more information. We also updated our site with additional coverage of this exciting project. We added the high definition screencaptures of the official on-set and behind the scenes featurette in our gallery and the video can be found in our video archive. Further, you can find a new promotional image in our gallery.\nAs we previously reported, Rachel narrated the upcoming “Anne of Green Gables” audiobook. Audible released an official excerpt, which you can find after the jump. You can already pre-order the audiobook on audible. We have added the official key-art and Rachel on-set in the studio in our gallery. The audiobook will be released on November 22nd.\nRachel On Narrating Anne Of Green Gables: “Performing Anne Of Green Gables was incredibly exciting. It contains so much emotion and delight that you just can’t help but smile, and laugh, and cry. Loving the book as I did growing up, it was such a pleasure to perform it now.”\nAudible has announced a new slate of upcoming audiobook they will release, all performed by actors and other artists and Rachel is among them. Rachel has voiced the upcoming audiobook of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s “Anne of Green Gables“. The audiobook will be released on November 22nd and you can pre-order it already on Amazon.com.\nWith all of the pluck and charm of its eponymous young hero, Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Spotlight, Midnight in Paris) delivers a spectacular reading of Montgomery’s beloved bildungsroman. In moments both funny and bittersweet, McAdams’ voice is imbued with the spark that has made Anne a much-loved symbol of individualism and cheer for over a century. A story of “kindred spirits”, McAdams’ touching and heart-felt narration proves she is just that – bonded on a deep level – to this shimmering classic.\nWhen aging brother and sister, Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, decide to adopt an orphan boy to help with chores around their farm, Green Gables on Prince Edward Island, neither are prepared for the feisty and imaginative redheaded girl that is mistakenly brought to them instead. Nor are they prepared for the way in which she will change their lives. Through a series of hilarious misadventures, Anne’s uncompromising spirit makes her striking presence in the close-knit village, bringing new friendships, first crushes, and, for her foster parents, a love and openness unimaginable before her arrival\nFun fact: Rachel has named the television series adaption of “Anne of Green Gables” as her inspiration to act. She told Hello! Canada earlier this year: “For me it [film/series that inspired her to act] was called Anne of Green Gables that I watched when I was young — about 150 times! It was just a really great performance.” She also told Marie Claire that the series was one of the films/series she use to watch growing up with her family.\nRachel is featured on Daniel Romano’s song “Toulouse”, which is featured on Romano’s album “Mosey”. It was announced last year that they also filmed a music video that will feature Rachel. (Official | Twitter)\nAll pictures and other multimedia are copyright to their respective owners and no infringement is intended. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. For more information head over to our site’s disclaimer.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.rookienotes.com/?p=4131","date":"2017-10-23T21:00:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187826642.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20171023202120-20171023222120-00059.warc.gz","language_score":0.9492764472961426,"token_count":507,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-43__0__222383467","lang":"en","text":"I can’t believe it’s almost August. This summer has flown by.\nRight now, I am in a season of transitions. I am working full time, applying for grad school, preparing for my first half marathon this fall, and surviving my arduous commute from Baltimore to D.C. and vice versa.\nWith all these transitions, I catch myself looking to the future instead of remaining in the present and savoring each joy and pitfall that I experience.\nI find myself saying, I can’t wait until these applications are turned in and I am in grad school. Or I can’t wait to be traveling the world again, wandering around in foreign countries where I can put my language skills to the test. Or even worse, I can’t wait to be in my 30s, married with a kid.\nWhaaat? Pump the breaks.\nI haven’t even turned 25. But I think the reason I tend to live in the future instead of the present is because current reality is hard, tedious. It wears on you. These days, if you catch me, I’m tired, hoping to God I make it to the end of the week.\nBut then I look up and July is almost gone. Moments spent living in the future are being robbed from the present.\nI’m learning that I’ve just got to chill…that I need to rest in God’s presence…that for every season there are going to be trials and tribulations to be had and if I don’t learn the secret for contentment now, I’m always going to be living in the future…living a life wasted. Sure, my commute sucks and I am searching for my footing in life, but I don’t have to be woken up by a frightened child at 3am nor am I tied down to any person or place.\nSo, cheers to the rest of this summer and living in the present. Although I’m excited to see what God’s going to do in my life, I’m going to chill out and revel in where I am today.\nSidenote: Thank you for everyone who encourages me to keep writing and comments on the posts. You will never know what your words mean to me. I am appreciative. Thank you.\nUntil next time,\nWhat is your advice to living in the present?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.qiao.ren/juziciyu/zuoyouming/20240222134591.html","date":"2024-04-21T21:56:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817819.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421194551-20240421224551-00063.warc.gz","language_score":0.7884697914123535,"token_count":762,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__198285280","lang":"en","text":"Interests are anchors, and I believe they will bring peace and even happiness in the end.\nAffairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.\nBusiness may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.\nIn for a penny,in for a pound.\nExperience without learning is better than learning without experience.\nHe that will not work shall not eat.\nBusiness neglected is business lost.\nNever think yourself above business.\n…… 此处隐藏3893字 ……\na word is enough to the wise. 对明智者一言已足。\na word spoken is an arrow let fly. 一言既出，驷马难追。\na word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。\na work ill done must be twice done. 未做好的活，需要重新做。\na young man married is a man that's marred.男子早婚，种下祸根。\nbacchus has drowned more men than nepture. 酒神淹死的人比海神多。\nbad news has wings. 坏事传千里。\nbad workmen often blame their tools. 拙匠常怪工具差。","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://celebsbiographies.com/about-us/","date":"2024-04-20T11:19:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817576.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420091126-20240420121126-00170.warc.gz","language_score":0.8952522873878479,"token_count":565,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__202852294","lang":"en","text":"Welcome to CelebsBiographies.com – Your Gateway to Unforgettable Lives!\nAt CelebsBiographies.com, we believe that every life is a story worth telling. Our passion lies in capturing the essence of individuals who have left an indelible mark on the world. Through our meticulously crafted biographies, we bring you closer to the captivating journeys of some of the most prominent figures in the realms of entertainment, culture, and society.\nOur mission is to chronicle the lives of celebrities, those luminaries who have enchanted, inspired, and transformed the world through their talents and endeavors. Whether they’re American icons, Hispanic trailblazers, or UK luminaries, CelebsBiographies.com is committed to sharing their stories with depth, authenticity, and respect. We believe that by delving into the experiences, struggles, triumphs, and legacies of these remarkable individuals, we can inspire generations and remind ourselves of the boundless potential within us all.\nWhat Sets Us Apart:\nDiverse Range of Categories: Our biography collection spans a diverse spectrum of categories including singers, actors, models, journalists, and personalities. This ensures that our readers can explore the lives of individuals who’ve excelled in various fields, each contributing to the rich tapestry of human achievement.\nIn-Depth Exploration: We go beyond the surface to unearth the truths that have shaped the lives of these celebrities. Our meticulously researched biographies provide a comprehensive understanding of their journeys, showcasing the moments that defined them and the challenges they conquered.\nCultural Appreciation: Whether it’s the glitz of American entertainment, the influence of Hispanic heritage, or the elegance of British culture, we celebrate the unique backgrounds that have shaped these celebrities. Our biographies offer an enriching experience that highlights the impact of diverse cultures on their lives and careers.\nInspiration and Connection: Through these biographies, we aim to inspire our readers by showcasing the human side of these larger-than-life figures. By connecting with their stories, we hope you’ll find motivation in your own pursuits and a deeper understanding of the forces that drive success.\nJoin Us on this Journey:\nWe invite you to explore CelebsBiographies.com and embark on a journey through the lives of American celebrities, Hispanic trailblazers, and UK luminaries. Immerse yourself in their stories, achievements, and legacies that continue to influence the world today. At CelebsBiographies.com, we are honored to be the keepers of these narratives, and we can’t wait to share them with you.\nCelebrate humanity’s achievements, one biography at a time, only at CelebsBiographies.com.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.angelworks3110.com/profile/michealguarisco1993/profile","date":"2022-05-27T18:09:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662675072.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220527174336-20220527204336-00675.warc.gz","language_score":0.8676467537879944,"token_count":1223,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__299093525","lang":"en","text":"Collagen peptide and weight loss, sarms weight loss\nCollagen peptide and weight loss\nCollagen peptide supplementation in combination with resistance training improves body composition and increases muscle strength in elderly sarcopenic men: a randomised controlled trial, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition , 77 , 5 , (664) , . Xiangyun Liu and Hao Yuan , Effects of diet and protein supplements over 12 weeks on body comp, body composition and muscular strength , Asian Journal of Applied Physics , 17 , 4 , (1349) , , collagen peptide weight and loss. 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Burd , Low-Intensity Exercise Can Stimulate Muscle Protein Synthesis While Improving Muscle Fatigue and Muscle Injury Indices in Healthy Males , Sports Medicine , 44 , 3 , (261) , , collagen peptide and weight loss.\nSarms weight loss\nThe men were randomised to Weight Watchers weight loss programme plus placebo versus the same weight loss programme plus testosteronetherapy. A total of 12 patients received treatment, who were analysed on all four occasions of 12 weeks. It was concluded that Weight Watchers programme plus testosterone therapy improved the metabolic profile significantly more compared to the placebo group, side effects of stopping steroid eye drops. There are a number of studies where testosterone is administered to men on a controlled basis, sarms s4 weight loss. One such study published in 2011 was performed by the Centre de Cardiovasculation and Vascular Disorders, University hospitals Clermont in Paris, France, side effects of stopping steroid eye drops. 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{"url":"https://alexandertechniqueworks.co.uk/about/how-can-alexander-technique-help-me/neck-pain/","date":"2024-02-27T13:07:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474676.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227121318-20240227151318-00635.warc.gz","language_score":0.9269567131996155,"token_count":272,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__103160425","lang":"en","text":"ATLAS (Alexander Technique Lessons or Acupuncture Sessions for people with chronic neck pain) was a large, well-designed, well-conducted, randomised, controlled trial involving 517 people with chronic neck pain.\nConclusions: Offering people with chronic neck pain, 20 one-to-one lessons (600 minutes total) in the Alexander Technique, or 12 acupuncture sessions (600 minutes total), can lead to long-term improvement in their pain and associated disability.1 · The observed improvement in self-efficacy gained from Alexander lessons illustrates the self-care nature of this method and helps to explain the sustained benefit which continued to the end of the study, more than 6 months after the lessons had finished1 . · Alexander Technique lessons and acupuncture are both appropriate options to offer people with chronic neck pain, and the choice between these will be an individual one.1 · There are now two large randomised controlled trials published that demonstrate the effectiveness of one-to-one Alexander lessons for people with chronic musculoskeletal conditions: ATEAM for chronic back pain and ATLAS for chronic neck pain.\nOther trials relating the efficacy of AT lessons relating to:\n- Chronic pain;\n- Postural and ergonomic skills;\n- Balance in older people;\n- Movement co-ordination;\n- Musical Performance.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://amherstareapublications.wordpress.com/","date":"2017-02-22T10:52:03Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501170940.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104610-00491-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9306269288063049,"token_count":313,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__98999521","lang":"en","text":"Welcome to Amherst Area Publications, a non-profit corporation dedicated to the saving and sharing of the Amherst, Massachusetts area’s vibrant cultural history. We organized on April 28, 2010 and collaborated with the Amherst Historical Society on our first project – the publication of Harvesting History: Amherst Massachusetts Farms 1700*2010. This beautiful book is available by mail from us at the address shown below, from independent book stores in the Amherst Area, or online at http://store.silverstreetmedia.com/\nOur second project is the development of an area network connecting writers and other creative people who want to publish their work with people who can help them do so. To that end, we have produced three publishing fairs with educational workshops and opportunities to meet each other. Our most recent fair was held on June 13, 2015 in collaboration with staff members at Amherst’s Jones Library. We are currently compiling the Amherst Area Publishing Directory to be printed early in 2015.\nWe are grateful to Shel Horowitz for his motivational and highly informative presentation at the Publishing Fair. Thanks also to Cyndi Harbeson who presented an overview of special resources available in the Special Collections area of the Jones Library.\nWe appreciate our generous sponsors who made the fair and the directory possible: PeoplesBank, Greenfield Savings Bank, Hadley Printing and many others.\nFor more information: email\nor write to us Amherst Area Publications, PO Box 3389, Amherst, MA 01004.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://lostseaexpedition.com/2018/03/last-wagon-good-night/","date":"2023-12-09T05:31:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100800.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209040008-20231209070008-00001.warc.gz","language_score":0.9224469065666199,"token_count":355,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__246669367","lang":"en","text":"March 9 marks the anniversary of my last day on my wagon voyage across America – the journey that became the Lost Sea Expedition series.\nMost nights in my wagon, I wrote in my journal. Tonight, reading back over those entries here in my cabin in Western North Carolina, those notes seems like a missive from another era.\nFrom my journal:\n“West of Sierra Blanca, Texas\nTonight is one of the last nights on the road. We’re 24 miles from Sierra Blanca, only 40 or so from Mexico. I just cooked supper over a small flame in the desert sand. I burn the final waking hours writing in my journal in a dark wagon, the only movement the shadow flicker of my pen against the paper in the lamp light.\nGentle bumps rock the wagon tonight, like Sea Bird anchored out and the dingy bumping against her flanks. Only tonight, it’s Polly that’s eating a bale of hay leaning up against the wagon that sends these shudders through my vessel.\nI nod off to the sound of Polly’s picket chain dragging through the sand as she seeks out precious blades of grass. The chomping as she chews on her precious pad of alfalfa hay. The swallowing as she downs jug water hauled into the desert aboard the wagon.\nGood night a final time from out here on the dusty Lost Sea. In the morning we come out of the desert and make the final miles for Fort Hancock.”\nAnd with that, dear friends, I turn in to not, this time my wagon berth, but my bed.\nOkay, I’ll leave you with a few more photos to go with this post","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://skincaretopnews.com/melasma-home-remedies-aloe-vera-glutathione/","date":"2021-02-25T22:40:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178355937.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20210225211435-20210226001435-00458.warc.gz","language_score":0.9178145527839661,"token_count":420,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__33674856","lang":"en","text":"Melasma is a common skin disorder characterized by gray-brown discolored patches of skin on areas of the face exposed to the sun.\nIt can affect anyone, but it appears most often in women who have darker complexions. It’s been associated with female hormones. It is also a common skin disorder for the following groups:\n- women using birth control pills\n- pregnant women\n- menopausal women using hormone replacement therapy\nMelasma’s symmetrical dark patches are brown to gray-brown in color. They can occur on the:\n- upper lip\nIf your melasma is triggered by pregnancy or birth control pills, it’s possible the discolored patches will fade on their own after the pregnancy or if you stop taking the pills. You might consider treating your condition at home, though. Here are some common home remedies:\nA 2017 study Trusted Source on pregnant women the condition found using a topical, liposome-encapsulated aloe vera preparation significantly improved their melasma.\nThis is a fern native to Central and South America. It’s sold under the brand names Kalawalla and Heliocare. It’s also called calaguala and anapsos. A 2014 review Trusted Source of literature found orally taking Polypodium leucotomos can treat the disease. However, researchers don’t include a recommended dosage.\nAccording to a 2017 literature review Trusted Source, tranexamic acid is another promising oral therapy for the condition. This acid is a synthetic derivative of the amino acid lysine.\nThis antioxidant comprises three amino acids (cysteine, glutamic acid, and glycine). It’s found in most mammals. The same 2017 review Trusted Source found that, when taken in an oral form, glutathione decreased melanin in people with melasma compared to those who took a placebo. An excess of melanin production can lead to hyperpigmentation.\nAlso Read: 12 Foods For Naturally Glowing Skin","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://sssalsa.livejournal.com/82829.html","date":"2018-02-25T15:16:59Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891816647.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20180225150214-20180225170214-00760.warc.gz","language_score":0.9816564321517944,"token_count":821,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__96963951","lang":"en","text":"Love and loss walk hand in hand down the path that we've forged for ourselves, laughing. Dark and light interwine and intermingle to the point that it drives you almost insane trying to understand it all and separate the two. Ironically, there is no separation. Some choice exists, but it's limited. We could only do so much to save ourselves and the ones we love. Sometimes, that means we need to sever the bond, and use the same machete to hack through to a new life.\nThe biggest loss I've \"suffered\" would probably surprise many. It's a shameful loss that still feels somewhat selfish... especially when you sounded so shock-and-awed at the announcement. Most of all, yousounded hurt, which is odd considering the amount of opiates coursing through yourveins as we spoke. You asked if we could be friends again when, \"This was all over.\"\nIt's never over.\nWe were never friends.\nWe were so much more, and I tried to deny it so much that I even fooled myself for the past few years. I've committed to others, but you still held the most power over me. There's a palpable tension that never faded although I thought I'd forgotten how to connect with others. After I'd been alone and asleep for years hurting the one I thought I cared about most, your space in my heart remained lit - smoldering, waiting for more oxygen.\nIn, you walk. Breeze right into my arms, letting your air travel right into my chest cavity on a direct path to your residence there. Stopping my lungs on the way...\nI don't remember much of what transpired during our years together. We were young. We were dumb. We were so in love that I allowed your trangressions although you were secretly, slowlying killing me. You were killing my ability to care for myself by allowing me to care for you so much. Debilitated, I allowed Mike to become the caregiver for me despite how terrible I know the role to be. And it didn't matter.\nHe isn't you.\nNo one will ever be you.\nFor this, I am thankful. Although you really helped me remember what it's like to be present and wakeful and alive in this world, I alllow you to control so much that you will end up derailing my path away from what's good. You could so easily become my everything and consume my entire world. You could be all that I ever wanted.\nIf you choose to manipulate me just a bit more...\nWhen you become just that much more desperate...\nWhen the drugs wear off...\nIf you lose the last shreds of respect you have for me because that comes right after the loss you suffered of your own.\nYou and I define codependence. With one sentence, I will tear down all the progress I've made, and exist just for you. I will fix you. I will fall with you.\nWe both know better now. We're no longer kids,and we cannot play dumb without someone calling us out on it. We've been through too much to fall now... at least, not together.\nI will always love you, and I'm now learning how to love myself. Being a novice in this department makes me the easiest target for you, so I need you to understand that this move isn't one of negative origin. This is the most positive action I could take for both of us.\nThis is where I leave you - high, sober, independent, codependent, together, apart, alive, or dead.\nLove turns into light that guides the way, so I hope you use what I'm giving you wisely. I hope you find peace while still breathing. I hope you enjoy waking up to greet the potential of a new day,\nI hope you and I both get better. But neither of us will ever know what happened to the other. Because it's just too much.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.floattanksolutions.com/author/graham/","date":"2017-07-24T18:37:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549424909.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170724182233-20170724202233-00541.warc.gz","language_score":0.9642260670661926,"token_count":289,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-30__0__197673952","lang":"en","text":"In what was one of the most difficult decisions that we had to make as a team… and after sorting through nearly 200 entries… we’ve decided upon a winner in our second ever Start-a-Center Giveaway.\nRead more to learn who we’ll be guiding through the process in starting a float tank center in their community.\nCoincidence Control Publishing is pleased to announce the updated publishing of John C. Lilly’s Center of the Cyclone. Written by a researcher whose methods of self inquiry and exploration were before his time, this 45th anniversary edition, released on Lilly’s birthday, is due to see the light of day once more.\nYou can buy the book now on Amazon!\nIt’s been my pleasure to write the introduction to the conference program for five years in a row, and each year I enjoy posting it up on this blog for everyone who didn’t make it out. I hope to see you all in 2017! – Graham\nIn this post, we’ll be looking at those enigmatic acronyms: TAM, SAM, and SOM, which are the backbone for the market analysis section of your written plan. We’ve helped a couple hundred float centers to develop their business plans, and we’ve found that this one area generates the most questions, and seems to generally be the most difficult to wrap your head around.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://phs.turlock.k12.ca.us/academics/library","date":"2023-12-11T22:57:23Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679518883.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20231211210408-20231212000408-00808.warc.gz","language_score":0.9507788419723511,"token_count":246,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__264583797","lang":"en","text":"Welcome to the John H. Pitman High School Media Center, where we encourage active study, exploration, and discovery of our world! Our mission is to support the curriculum of John H. Pitman High School and to encourage and support the educational and personal goals of our students. In our quest to promote the development of literacy and reading skills, and to foster a lifelong appreciation of books and reading, we provide students with a wide range of reading materials to meet students’ needs. There is a vast and diverse collection of non-fiction and reference books covering all academic areas including literature, philosophy, sociology, science and mathematics, fine arts, history, and biographies. We also offer an extensive amount of volumes for recreational reading, such as fiction, personal growth, fitness, colleges, and careers.\nOur Library includes four computer workstations with Internet access and word processing capabilities, Wi-Fi service and charging stations for Chromebooks, online resources, and a printer for student use. We also have a variety of spaces to accommodate student needs, such as window seating overlooking the garden space, lounge seating, and traditional study tables, as well. Student may check out library books at any time with their Student ID cards.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://winthehourwintheday.com/how-to-completely-change-your-results-now-with-greg-reid/","date":"2023-05-30T05:27:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224645089.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530032334-20230530062334-00141.warc.gz","language_score":0.9623339772224426,"token_count":357,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__235516064","lang":"en","text":"This week’s episode of Win The Hour, Win The Day Podcast is sponsored by Win The Hour, Win The Day’s Signature Coaching Program the Winners Circle. Kris Ward who helps entrepreneurs to stop working so hard interviews, Greg Reid.\nDr. Greg Reid, who received his honorary Ph.D. in literature, is considered one of the top five keynote speakers by Forbes and Entrepreneur. He has been published in more than 80 books, which have been translated in 45 languages. Among his bestselling books are Wealth Made Easy, Stickability, and Three Feet from Gold. He can be found having a great time brewing up inspiration, occasionally breaking into song and dance, and being of contribution to those around him.\nThis episode is chalk full of profound lessons! Listen as Greg shares his wisdom from the most successful business people of our time! And his own journey how someone that couldn’t read or write has published more than 80 books.\n– How he got turned down 268 times and how this can help you!\n– The #1 thing he did to become the sought after speaker he is today!\n– And why you should never take advice from anyone.\nJoin The Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WinTheHourWinTheDay/\nWin The Hour, Win The Day! www.winthehourwintheday.com\nPodcast: Win The Hour, Win The Day Podcast\nGoogle Greg Reid and enjoy the ride!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://felinefiction.blogspot.com/2005/04/","date":"2018-06-21T08:28:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864110.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20180621075105-20180621095105-00121.warc.gz","language_score":0.9750292897224426,"token_count":193,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__67554517","lang":"en","text":"- Kathie Freeman\n- I was born in Ventura County in Southern California and attended Newbury Park Academy, now know as Newbury Park Adentist Academy. After graduation I moved to the San Fernando Valley where I met and married my husband. I now live in Fallbrook with my husband and the memories of our many cats. Besides Catwalk, I've written a number of articles and short stories, and am currently working on a follow-up book to Catwalk. A Spanish language version of Catwalk is also in the works.\nWednesday, April 13, 2005\nI'd like to hear your favorite story about your cat. Come on, you know you have one. Like the time he climbed up on the knick-knack shelf and threw down everything exept the china cat that looks like him? If it's really good, I'll post it on my ezine for all the world to read. Thanks, Kathie","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.davidlightfootmusic.com/blog/2018/6/23/zoe-the-time-rabbit","date":"2019-10-19T15:34:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986696339.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20191019141654-20191019165154-00343.warc.gz","language_score":0.960223376750946,"token_count":91,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__100930100","lang":"en","text":"I recently worked on this nice project for The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Children's Fund\nA campaign to help children cope with long parental absences. This is particularly important because children perceive time as moving more slowly, making any absence feel much longer compared to an adult. They commissioned this original book written and illustrated by Sarah McMenemy, animated by Robert Grieves. See http://rnrmchildrensfund.org.uk for more details.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://roysbooks.com/","date":"2016-12-05T16:31:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-50/segments/1480698541773.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20161202170901-00026-ip-10-31-129-80.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9046876430511475,"token_count":122,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-50__0__251016950","lang":"en","text":"\"... speak to the earth, and it will teach you,\"\nWelcome to Roy's Books!\nHere you will find links and examples of my books, mostly self-published (at the moment).\nClick on a title below\nThis opens an online version of the book on a page from my personal (Swiss) website. There is a button on top to get back here!\n- The Floating Mountain Sails North\n- Story of a Storm\n- Mountains Converse\nAnd a personal exploration of quantum mechanics:\nTemporarily (February 2012) not available - I'm writing again!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://bradleysays.deviantart.com/journal/Volunteer-Picks-February-2013-357080669","date":"2016-02-06T06:54:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-07/segments/1454701146196.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160205193906-00254-ip-10-236-182-209.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9571430087089539,"token_count":641,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2016-07","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-07__0__136466506","lang":"en","text":"\"Volunteer Picks\" is a monthly feature curated by volunteers of the Community Relations team which showcases deviations relating to three themes. This month's themes are Flight, Escape and Time.\nTo Dream of FallingI dream of falling.\nIt's not a dream common to angels. After all, we have a pair of wings--or two or three--and we can use them. We float upon the air, dance among the stars, shape the clouds with our breath, and so on. All that lovely wordplay to describe an indescribable. A joy, a graceless power. Flight.\nHumans dream of it often, I am told. It makes sense. They have no wings save for what they create with their hands. Airplanes, hang gliders, helicopters. Kites. They are obsessed with the sky, more so than the angels themselves, many of whom will fly three thousand miles rather than walk across the street.\nAnd yet I dream of falling.\nAnd in my dreams, I always start out as what I am--a bookish secretary pushed into a role never intended for him--and I always end as a human.\nAnd the first thing I feel is falling.\nSometimes I jump off the edge of one of the Heavens.\nTo Dream of Falling by MoreaGaara\nSelected by neurotype\nLearning How to Fly\nHelp me, stop me falling,\nI dont want to die.\nI want to stop this falling,\nTeach me how to fly.\nDance among the shadows,\nTease the pale grey dawn,\nLet me stay forever,\nLearning how to soar.\nTake me away, way up high,\nWhere flying feels like falling\nAnd to fall, it seems,\nLearning How to Fly by PrettyThings9\nSelected by 3wyl\nThe Finest Casket (Complete Story)The chandlers, grocers, butchers, clothiers, and every other merchant in Chantsville was yelling in the streets outside the shop where I was studiously working. Their ruckus combined with the bleats and squawks of livestock wandering underfoot, creating a bustling racket that would drive the unfamiliar ear to distraction.\nI was used to the noise, however, and I was so engrossed in my work that I would have sworn the world was silent save for the sound of my chisel biting into the cedar box before me. Delicate curls fell from my worktable, collecting in small drifts upon the dirt floor.\nI stopped to wipe sweat from my face. The pause gave me a moment to step back and survey my work.\nYes, the casket was coming along beautifully. I had mitered the joints meticulously. I had planed it smooth as glass before tracing out the panels on each side. I had spent days, chisel in hand, carving the scenes into the wood, and the entire workshop smelled strongly of cedar.\nIt was almost done, and the c\nThe Finest Casket (Complete Story) by Roskvape\nSelected by neurotype","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://makeamericahonest.com/what-is-an-antiracist/","date":"2021-06-25T09:49:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487630081.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20210625085140-20210625115140-00158.warc.gz","language_score":0.9546272158622742,"token_count":932,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-25","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__25478227","lang":"en","text":"I’ve been sensitive to issues of race for all of my life that I can remember. When I was growing up, a close family member would often make racist jokes and comments, and even as a kid it felt “off” to me. In adulthood, I’ve continued to talk about issues related to racial injustice, often sharing with great emotion the inequality I see in our nation and world.\nIn the introduction of her book, White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo shares that she’s writing for us “white progressives who so often – despite our conscious intentions – make life so difficult for people of color.” It pained me to read those words and her next, “I believe that white progressives cause the most daily damage to people of color.” Dr. DiAngelo asserts that white progressives have a sense that they (I should say “we” since this hits home for me) have “arrived” and already “get it” and therefore don’t feel an urgency to actually do the work in ongoing learning, continuing to build relationships and pursuing antiracist work and action.\nTo be honest, I didn’t really understand the word antiracist, or it’s fuller meaning before reading How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi. Last month, at the suggestion of a close friend, I joined a local church’s Zoom bookclub to read and discuss this book.\nThis book pushes readers to move beyond awareness… into the action of working to build an equitable and just society. In it, Dr. Kendi shares personal stories of his own journey and youthful errors in thinking – calling himself out for racist behaviors and attitudes. He brilliantly begins most chapters with words and definitions before digging deeper into their meaning and impact. This is critical since we all assign different meaning to some words (like feminist, evangelical, Christian, liberal, conservative, etc.) He defines a few key words at the beginning of chapter 1:\nRacist: One who is supporting a racist policy through their actions or inaction or expressing a racist idea.\nAntiracist: One who is supporting an antiracist policy through their actions or expressing an antiracist idea.\nI’m still processing the things I learned in this book and in discussion with my breakout group and my friend who invited me. But the biggest take-away for me by far is that all the knowledge in the world will only get me so far if I’m not taking action to pursue antiracist policies and action. My feelings about racial inequality and social media posts are pretty meaningless unless I’m willing to take this next step of action.\nI think a lot of white people feel overwhelmed by the racism our collective eyes have begun to see (or see more clearly and urgently) after the death of George Floyd. I’ve heard friends and people I’m close to ask things like, “Are we supposed to say Black or African American?” or “Why didn’t I see this before?!”\nI won’t pretend to know everything about how we should talk or behave in this time, but I’m reminded of the lyrics/title of a Derek Webb song from a few years ago, “I was wrong. I’m sorry. And I love you.” Admitting where we’ve missed the mark, whether or not it was intentional, is a good first step. A continued willingness to learn – to truly attempt to understand the different America that many of our BIPOC (Black or Indigenous people of color) friends are experiencing will take humility. We’ll have to fight the desire to explain or defend ourselves (this one is especially hard for me.)\nAll that learning and discussion is good and helpful, but in order to be truly be antiracist, we’ll actually have to take action in seeking a more equitable America for our beloved friends and family of color. America will only ever be great when what we say we value is truly valued for ALL of us. I’ve been thinking a lot about what those actions will be for me… and to be honest, this site is one small step toward that. I’m also looking at ways to affect public policy in my city and state – writing to and calling local and state officials. I hope you’ll consider joining me in important antiracist work in your own communities.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.goonawarra.vic.edu.au/articles/149","date":"2019-04-20T07:03:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578528702.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20190420060931-20190420082931-00255.warc.gz","language_score":0.9806675314903259,"token_count":68,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__89496852","lang":"en","text":"On Friday, 24th Augst students, staff and families have celebrated\nand enjoyed literature during Book Week. Everyone looked fantastic in their costumes for our Book Week Parade. All students have participated in a range of activities including their classroom door display. Be sure to have a\nlook at the internal doors to the classrooms, they look fantastic.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://strawberryfreckleface.com/2014/01/13/living-as-if-silence-is-golden/","date":"2015-03-31T15:28:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131300735.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172140-00200-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9440733194351196,"token_count":460,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-14__0__5880598","lang":"en","text":"I’ve spent the last two weeks reflecting on what brings me happiness and how to align my actions and words. One thing I noticed quickly is that I talk A LOT; it’s hard work to try to match all those words with actions! There has always been something attractive about people who speak few words; when they speak, it’s profound. I covet their calm, wise, self-disciplined ways. I’m ready to challenge the little voice in my head that’s always whispering, ‘your way is better, prove it’.\nIn thinking about what makes me happy, I’ve realized that to achieve some life dreams, I have got to focus on listening and leading through actions and not just words. I’m ready to challenge myself to value silence as much as feeling heard and understood. It’s time to pull Silence out of storage, dust it off and reveal the 24 K gold that’s been covered by insecurity and fear.\nFirst step, awareness.\n1) Post a note on my work phone and computer: 2 ears/1 mouth\n2) Stop in the moment before I decided to write a long email at work and understand what my motivation is. I get wrapped up in crafting emails with the intention of being totally understood with one email. There is so much else I could be doing with that valuable energy.\n3) Set time aside every day to be still and listen to myself and make room for receiving God. I always find clarity, calmness and wisdom inside me when I consistently make space.\n4) Don’t multitask. I’m the queen of multitasking. I really want to see how being present and in the moment with one thing at a time impacts my ability to be less reactive and be a better listener.\nThis insight has led me to create an edit of The Golden Rule I’ll use from now on.\n“Listen to Others as You Want Them to Listen to You”\nBecause that’s what you can do when you blog…make up new edits of Philosophical works from Confucius and religion. :)\nShort and simple today; how apropos.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://mauritsalbert.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/furry-blessings-hope-pictures-arrive-this-time/","date":"2018-06-23T18:00:35Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267865145.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20180623171526-20180623191526-00198.warc.gz","language_score":0.9650311470031738,"token_count":115,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__181257971","lang":"en","text":"May your cup run over with love..\nMay you always find shelter from any storm\nMay you find the perfect diet for your body and your soul.\nMay you find perfect balance in the company you keep.\nMay you have as much fun as you can before someone makes you stop.\nMay all the new folks you meet be interesting and kind\nMay your accessories always harmonize with your natural beauty!\nMay you always know when to walk away and when to run\nAnd may your friends always bring you joy.\nGood friends are a gift from God!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://poof-cosma.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-04-25T07:38:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223211700.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032011-00599-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9655368328094482,"token_count":425,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__86507637","lang":"en","text":"It was raining. He flew through the wind and into her house, just before he got too soaked. Poofed never simply poofed into her house, as he loved the flight to it to think and what not. He took out his wand and poofed himself dry, as he didn’t want to get the interior of her house wet too. “Vinci!” He called out. “Are you ready?”\nWHAT IS THE FUCKING POINT\nYOU COULD BE A FUCKING BADASS DRAGON THAT’S THE POINT\n\"I AM A CREATURE OF DARKNESS\" \"oh hey sabrina.\"\nI guess the point is that you could shapeshift into the body you always thought you’d grow into when you were a kid\ntaller, shorter, slimmer, more muscular, purple hair, tattoos everywhere, tattoos nowhere,\nevery single shoe would fit you every single time you tried it on, every single article of clothing would fit your perfectly, all you have to do is transform slightly, you’d never run out of ‘your size’ again\nand you wouldn’t have to work for it at all, and you’d never be limitted by your bone structure or something. You could just transform at will.\nI don’t see how this is much of a downside\nWhen you turn into a sixty story tentacle demon and terrorize a city you want to get the credit you deserve\nOh man that would be so sweet. I could be an annoying fuck as an insect or something but you couldn’t kill me because everyone would know\nNow you all know hOW I FEEL ALL THE TIME JESUS\nWelllllllllll, most people don’t know I have two.. REALLY ANNOYING little sisters, so that was fun..\nBut one time I beat up a guy for messing with one of them~\naaaaaaaaaaaand… hahahahahhaahhahahahahaha no","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://urasalth.info/the-exchange-of-presents-demands-your-presence/","date":"2024-02-26T04:06:26Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474650.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226030734-20240226060734-00786.warc.gz","language_score":0.9541047215461731,"token_count":1610,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__95480880","lang":"en","text":"The Exchange of Presents Demands your Presence\nTis the season for presents/presence and there is no better time of year to practice both the giving of your heart as well as the giving of your attention.\nHave you ever noticed, I mean really truly noticed that when you give a gift to someone you feel as excited and/or nervous to give as the person feels to receive?\nThere is anxiety: will he/she really like what I chose to give, there is anticipation: Oh I can’t wait for him/her to open my gift, there is heart: I really paid attention this year to what he/she said they needed. If you are prone to just hand a gift to someone and allow distraction to take you away from the actual opening of the gift then you are missing out on all the magic of that moment. Being in the present with the person receiving a gift is a gift itself.\nWhere in your body do you feel this anxiety, anticipation and/or generosity?\nIn what ways is your energy transferring to those around you?\nIt’s an amazing connection, a coming together moment for the giver and receiver, where synchronicity is so aligned only the uninterrupted presence of awareness in the opening of the gift, the present, could break the bond. It is the height of mindfulness or intentional attention. How many times during the year do we use intentional attention in our daily lives?\n“To allow ourselves to be truly in touch with where we already are, no matter where that is, we have got to pause in our experience long enough to let the present moment sink in; long enough to actually feel the present moment, to see it in its fullness, to hold it in awareness and thereby come to know and understand it better.”\nJon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are\nThe question is how can we give ourselves the present of presence all the time? It’s a magical feeling to be so engrossed in the moment of giving that we don’t pay attention to time or space or what comes next. This deep concentration, this deep immersion of presence is called flow and scientists believe that the pathway toward inner peace and happier human beings is through these flow moments where we are so absorbed in the moment we occupy that there is no room for past or future. Author and psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Ph.D., considered by some to the be the father of the concept of flow, says,\n“Flow experiences occur in different ways for each person. Some might experience flow while doing a sport such as running or playing tennis and some might experience flow while playing an instrument. Some people might experience flow in the simple act of giving a gift whether it be an actual gift to unwrap or the act of volunteering and giving of their time and energy.”\nIf you are ever in a situation where you want to get a handle on what is happening in this exact moment, breathe. Practicing presence is as simple as deep breathing. Your breath is always with you and you can stop in the middle of everything you are busy with to take purposeful breaths and calm your brain and your heart and your spirit and create focus and intentional attention.\nThere are more ways to give yourself the present of presence. Here are a few to take with you in your bag of goodies this holiday season:\n“… the concentration is usually possible because the task undertaken has clear goals and provides immediate feedback.”\nTurn off your thinking mind and tune into your now mind. The health benefits of mastering being in the here and now are significant. According to an article published on an eco institute site “these health benefits include a reduction in stress which we all know reduces the risk for heart disease, lowering blood pressure, reducing recurring pain, and is a boost for our immune system. This boost is accomplished by increasing our antibodies and brain function by our body’s response to our thoughts both positive and negative.”\nYou won’t be leaving anything important behind if: You let go of old thoughts or let go of what if thoughts. You will however be gaining awareness and color and vibrancy in the moment you occupy by accepting what is happening right this moment and all this moment is giving to you.\nLet go of the Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda mindset: Each new moment that presents its gift to you has the ability to be a gift for your heart and soul. Give in to what is being offered by enveloping yourself in the passion, authenticity and energy of now. By letting go of your expectation of what the moment could or should or would bring, allow the moment to unfold in all its organic splendor and guide you.\nNo Restrictions. In helping my clients set goals and create their own avenues of accountability we create if/then statements. For example: A client wants to lose 10 pounds by the end of the month. The if/then statement might say, “If I feel like having a sugary snack after dinner then I will drink a hot apple cider or munch on an apple instead.” In the present or gift of presence this would be the one time when your prepared mind could hinder complete flow of enjoyment. Let go of the if/then thinking and align your mind with the here/now thinking. Notice how much more rich and emotional the here/now mind perceives life in its raw and real time. If/then changes your course and forces you to control the gift of the present which then has the potential to control the outcome. Here/now allows you to just enjoy flow in the moment for what it is without the stress of barriers or diversion.\nSense your way to presence. Play a mind game with yourself by paying attention to each of your senses, one at a time. This activity is great practice for presence and being mindful of the here and now. 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{"url":"https://zigzagzurich.com/collections/brian-de-graft","date":"2023-11-29T21:24:02Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100146.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129204528-20231129234528-00538.warc.gz","language_score":0.988242506980896,"token_count":122,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__282075449","lang":"en","text":"Free shipping for orders above SFr. 39.01\nWhilst studying English literature B.D. Graft (Germany, 1988) discovered that making art was the ideal way to calm his nerves and create his own world; a practice that became somewhat of an obsession and, eventually, a profession. The therapeutic nature of using simple content, colour and composition to reflect everyday life, often in a humorous way, is what B.D. Graft seeks to transfer to the observer. He doesn't want to give too much away, however – the spectator's meaning is just as important as his own.","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"https://blog.peakventures.ca/implementing-kaizen","date":"2019-10-18T19:21:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986684425.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20191018181458-20191018204958-00160.warc.gz","language_score":0.9655933380126953,"token_count":400,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__8673563","lang":"en","text":"In December The Whistler Question published an article about David Girard and his practice of Kaizen. We wanted to take you a bit further into understanding how this concept came into David’s life and how it’s helped his business grow.\nQ: Where did you first hear about the concept of Kaizen?\nA: I first heard about Kaizen, in relation to business, from a book that is about the Japanese manufacturing industry. The book is called Kaizen: The key to Japan's competitive success and was written by Masaaki Imai in 1989.\nThis book is basically a comprehensive handbook of 16 Kaizen management practices that can be implemented into any business. Kaizen uses more than 100 examples in action plus presents 15 corporate case studies.\nQ: How long have you been practicing it?\nA: I began practicing Kaizen about two decades ago.\nQ: How do you think Kaizen has influenced Peak Ventures' growth?\nA: The book and the Kaizen philosophy gave me inspiration to make changes to the way I run my company. This book helped point us on the path towards becoming a design build company. Bringing an interior designer in-house is a huge benefit to our clients. We are always evolving and growing.\nQ: What advice do you have for someone who wants to explore the concept of Kaizen?\nA: I suggest they read up on the subject and they should consider reading that same book that I read. Reading up on the subject will help them determine if this concept will be right for them.\nIf Kaizen makes sense, reach out to your people, who have boots on the ground. Those who are exploring what’s really happening at ground zero can give you the best read on things. Always listen to your people.\nInterested in reading the article? Click HERE. Interested in working with us? Connect with us and let's talk about what we can do for you.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.bermanimation.net/archive/1998/09sep/980907.htm","date":"2023-12-01T22:38:11Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100308.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201215122-20231202005122-00314.warc.gz","language_score":0.968014121055603,"token_count":961,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__124686941","lang":"en","text":"It's amazing what you can find on the Web and all the merchandising associated with the movie \"Titanic\". I found the official James Cameron Titanic Tub Toy for only $29.95 with working lights. Andie loves it. And it's guaranteed not to sink!\nMetamorphosis. Getting ready for bed is a small production ; fixing shorts, legs, feet, shoulders, arms, hands, fingers, head, pillow, blankets, etc. I try to get as comfortable as possible while laying on my back, because I will be there for the next 10 hours. At night, I'm pretty tired and lay there unmoving for about 5 hours. As my body rests and recharges, it now becomes restless. Me and my legs begin to stir. With the help of a cold shiver or a yawn, all the muscles contract. Automatically, my legs jerk and flex at the knee and partially at the hip. Ahhh! This feels good. I drift back to sleep. Not more than an hour passes, when I stir again because of a dull throbbing pain in my bent joints. I now need to extend my legs straight. (Extension of my muscles is easy. Contracttion is very difficult to do when I purposely try.) So, I push my feet to the bottom of the bed. This process repeats a few times as I begin to slowly wake from deep sleep. When I finally wake up, I'm on my back, legs straight, arms sometimes by my side or slightly wedged under my body, with a dull ache of stiffness in the elbow from not being bent all night. I then attempt to roll to one side, move an arm or leg to no avail. I feel like a defenseless, overturned beetle or turtle. So,I call out to Cali with a groan.\nMy situation reminds me each morning of the Franz Kafka short story \"The Metamorphosis\". It starts out: 'AS GREGOR SAMSA awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was lying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back ...''Gregor then thinks: 'What about sleeping a little longer and forgetting all this nonsense, he thought, but it could not be done, for he was accustomed to sleep on his right side and in his present condition he could not turn himself over. However violently he forced himself towards his right side he always rolled on to his back again. He tried it at least a hundred times, shutting his eyes to keep from seeing his struggling legs, and only desisted when he began to feel in his side a faint dull ache he had never experienced before.' And when he attempted to speak: 'Gregor had a shock as he heard his own voice answering hers, unmistakably his own voice, it was true, but with a persistent horrible twittering squeak behind it like an undertone, that left the words in their clear shape only for the first moment and then rose up reverberating round them to destroy their sense, so that one could not be sure one had heard them rightly. Gregor wanted to answer at length and explain everything,...' It's a really bizarre story alright, but I totally relate to it. For some reason I never forgot it since I read it in high school. I now think about it often.\n'What has happened to me? he thought. It was no dream.' No , it isn't.\nThanks again for listening to my Thoughts.\nI watch videos almost every day. It helps me waist time, rest my neck and enjoy movies. I will rate the weekly videos I see along with others watched the past few months. If you have a video suggestion, please email me with your own rating so I can post it with mine.\nKiss the Girls\nDog Day Afternoon\nLast of the Mohicans\nAn Awesome Flick\nA Good Movie\nAn OK Video\nI want my money back\nBeauty and the Beast\nHow would you like to be in THROUGH MY EYES? If so, just email your image of you, your loved one, children, pets, whatever. If you're unable to email, you can send photographs and I will scan them for you - FREE! Or you can send a videotape. Please email for video instructions. If you want photographs or videos returned, please send a SASE. By sending an image you give permission to me to artistically alter, write about the content, and post on the internet.\nEditor / Designer Daddy on the Mac\nVideography Cali Mac\nAssistant Miss Peepers\n<-Back ----- ARCHIVES ----- Next ->","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://phahs.ca/page/2/","date":"2017-06-27T00:15:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320873.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626235612-20170627015612-00247.warc.gz","language_score":0.9389678239822388,"token_count":219,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-26__0__253594242","lang":"en","text":"Tickets are flying out the door. UPDATE: SOLD OUT!\nGet yours at The Creemore Echo, Curiosity House Books, or on Ticketscene.\nThe volunteer committee for the 5th annual Creemore Festival of the Arts wishes to thank everyone who supported and enjoyed the exhibits and shows around town last weekend. We hope the work you saw and the people you met made you feel connected to the community and inspired by the creativity that surrounds us.\nWe couldn’t do it without you – our members, sponsors, volunteers and, of course, the artists and their weekend hosts.\nOur own Pat Raible has published a new book, The Petun: People of the Hills, the result of her deep interest in the people who lived here 400 years ago. You can pick it up at Curiosity House. Join us to celebrate her achievement. Helen Blackburn will share some Petun artifacts from her collection.\nSAT. OCT. 1 & SUN. OCT. 2 . 10 am to 4 pm\nFRI. SEPT. 30 . 5 pm to 7 pm","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://smithblog22.wordpress.com/2015/06/28/liers/","date":"2018-04-26T12:59:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125948214.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20180426125104-20180426145104-00599.warc.gz","language_score":0.969946563243866,"token_count":93,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__100492132","lang":"en","text":"Lies. What is a lie? A hidden truth? A made up story? Half of the truth? Better yet why do people lie? I ask myself this question everyday. Why lose someone’s trust when you could just tell them the truth. Yes they will be mad but it’s better than losing them forever over a lie you had to think up. Because one lie leads to another lie then another and another. Just tell the truth.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://femmesprod.com/you-remind-me-of-me/","date":"2022-08-10T16:59:39Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00356.warc.gz","language_score":0.8913989067077637,"token_count":271,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-33","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__47072626","lang":"en","text":"\"You Remind Me Of Me,\" a story of twins by Heidi Wang.\nFrom the year 2222, Earth meditates on the stories of her heart: the humans and her long-lived love affair with Venus.\nThis story has been written for the project « Dreaming the Dark », created by @SophieHustinx.\nAbout the author -\nHeidi is a spiritual teacher and esoteric astrologer, here to help you remember your soul’s purpose. She uses the healing arts of soul astrology (following the teachings of The Tibetan ,Master Dwjal Kuhl) and yoga science as well as intuitive channels like the Akashic Records and tarot. In the spirit of thinking from the heart and feeling from the mind, Heidi aims to partner up with your soul and the work of art that is your life. She shares her knowledge watered with love and laughter through counselling, teaching, writing and musical cacao ceremonies. Heidi is a decade-long practitioner and student of astrology, holds a Masters in Philosophy, a Reiki Level II, and over 700 hours of Yoga & Meditation Teacher Training.\nFind out more about Heidi's healing arts practise:\nSite internet: Heidiwang\nInstagram : @unfold.yoursoul\nYoutube : UnfoldYourSoul","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.peacemuseart.com/about-the-artist","date":"2024-02-22T19:42:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473824.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20240222193722-20240222223722-00209.warc.gz","language_score":0.9555354118347168,"token_count":432,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__140575998","lang":"en","text":"About Virginia - the Peace Muse\nWhen I packed up for this trip to our beautiful, blue planet I made a special request for the gift of creativity to help me stay awake as I traveled the travails and joys of my life's journey. The pen and ink, the brush and color were the tools I would need to find my way.\nI wandered for many years, asleep amidst the sleeping, well rewarded for conforming. I feared the power of the truth inside me and what might happen if I released it. But the cosmos conspired otherwise and sent messenger after messenger and miracle after miracle forcing me to dig beyond the self-doubt and perfectionism to reach deeper for the tools that I was meant to wield.\nMy path opened up when Intentional Creativity was gifted to me by my mentor, messenger, and miracle, Shiloh Sophia McCloud. Pushed, prodded, unable to escape the questions and queries, I found my way to the gifts I had packed away so long ago.\nNow, my art is my truth, my path to peace, and my gift to others to help them unpack their own tools and truth.\nI paint to inspire kindness and compassion through art, words, and actions. I wish to walk the earth gently, with integrity, and for my creativity to move hearts. I want to feel generous, kind, courageous, and self-confident and to wake in the morning feeling a sense of abundance and freedom with the ability to put all of my focus on creating a kinder, more compassionate world.\nWhen people work with me or experience my art I want their hearts to shift and open wider. I help them feel connected to others, to the planet and all of its inhabitants, and to slow down and notice the miracles that surround them every day.\nI am here to help shift the divided, antagonistic, competitive way humanity experiences life and provide opportunities for people to realize that becoming whole and sharing their beautiful, authentic, sacred self is their greatest gift to this world.\nBut most of all I want them to realize that love is limitless.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.framinghampediatrics.com/reach-out-and-read.html","date":"2020-03-31T19:01:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370503664.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20200331181930-20200331211930-00350.warc.gz","language_score":0.9640588164329529,"token_count":377,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-16","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__2703263","lang":"en","text":"Framingham Pediatrics has recently received a grant to join the Reach Out and Read program. Originally developed in 1989 at Boston City Hospital, ROR is now a national program promoting early childhood literacy as part of routine pediatric care. With funding from federal and state governments, as well as from private foundations, ROR provides grants to pediatric providers to purchase books for distribution at routine well child care visits.\nBeginning in early April 2003, the pediatricians at Framingham Pediatrics will give each child a new, developmentally appropriate book at every healthy visit between 6 months and 5 years of age. We hope to emphasize the importance of reading aloud to children at very young ages, to introduce young children to the pleasures of books, and to provide information to families about the relationship between early reading and later success with literacy and academic achievement.\nResearch on brain development continues to demonstrate the importance of early and frequent stimulation of young children's minds. (Click here for more information.) In addition, we know that reading to children beginning in the first months of life helps them to develop an interest and attachment to books that will last for years. Good reading skills are an important part of life-long learning, and these skills can be improved by encouraging children of all ages to read for pleasure on a regular basis.\nThe physicians at Framingham Pediatrics are strong believers in the value of reading for children of all ages. We encourage all parents to make reading an important part of their children's lives. Start reading to your infant in the early months of life, and continue regularly until he or she can read with you and then by himself or herself. Make reading a part of your child's daily routine! Don't let television and video games take the place of the mind stimulation that should come from reading.\nBelow are some links to sites on the internet promoting the value of reading, including some helpful book lists.","domain":"literature"}
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Though some of these mushrooms, like Tremella, Cordyceps, and Reishi will sound exotic, they're all easy to source online in extract form and easier to use in recipes. Even more familiar mushrooms, like Shiitake, Oyster, and Enoki, are full of seriously healing potential--you just have to know how to use them. Packed with practical information, fun illustrations, and 50 mushroom-boosted recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (and even dessert!), Healing Mushrooms unlocks the vast potential of this often-overlooked superfood category and will be the go-to resource for adding mushrooms to your health and wellness regimen.\n\"Mushrooms are one of the most underrated functional foods for improved physical performance, cognitive ability, and longevity. Everybody should learn why and how to incorporate them to their diet, and Tero is the ultimate dude to teach you just that.\"\n—Ben Greenfield, athlete and author of the New York Times bestseller Beyond Training\n“The medicinal value of mushrooms has long been neglected in the West. Healing Mushrooms seeks to change that, one cup of chaga chai at a time.”\n—Eugenia Bone, author of Mycophilia\n\"What a gift. Tero Isokauppila has distilled 12 generations of wisdom around the power of food and jammed it into this amazing book. It's a much-needed reminder that we should look to our diets to cure what ails us.\"\n—Marco Canora, chef, restaurateur, and author\n“If you care about your health, it's time to get smart about mushrooms. Not only will you experience culinary and gustatory delight, but these medicinal fungi might just help you live longer, too.\"\n—Abel James, New York Times bestselling author of The Wild Diet\n\"I'm in awe of Tero's commitment to wellness, and his passion for the fungi kingdom. This book is a deep dive into the healing benefits of mushrooms — a must-read for anyone seeking optimal health.\"\n—Gabrielle Bernstein, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Universe Has Your Back\n“From soups to smoothies, shroom sushi to shiitake jerky, Healing Mushrooms shows you how to spice up your usual comfort foods, expand your family’s palettes and teaches you about the ten mushrooms everybody needs to add to their grocery list.”\n—Cat Cora, world-renowned chef, restaurateur, and author\n\"Tero is the mushroom master! I love his passion and knowledge of these medicinal mushrooms that have changed the game in the health and nutrition industry!\"\n—Drew Manning, personal trainer and New York Times bestselling author of Fit2Fat2Fit\n“I lift my green smoothie in honor of Tero Isokauppila and his gorgeous gift of adaptogenic magic into a world hungry for accessible and natural health. Cheers!”\n—Kathryn Budig, author of Aim True and co-host of espnW's Free Cookies\n\"Healing Mushrooms is a fantastic resource for educating yourself about the powerful wellness benefits of these fascinating fungi!\"\n—Kimberly Snyder, nutritionist and New York Times bestselling author of Radical Beauty\n\"We finally have the definitive guide to understanding the remarkable benefits of medicinal mushrooms. Tero makes learning about these powerful mushrooms fun and accessible for everyone. If you're interested in being the healthiest, happiest version of yourself, this is a must read!\"\n—Shawn Stevenson, author of the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter and host of The Model Health Show\n\"As a medical doctor who specializes in nutrition, I was fascinated to learn more about the exciting and extensive array of potential health benefits of the often overlooked mushroom family. After reading this book, I'm inspired to incorporate them more both personally and professionally!\"\n—Dr. Melina B. Jampolis, Physician Nutrition Specialist and Author of The Doctor on Demand Diet\n“After reading Healing Mushrooms, I feel very happy to recommend Tero as an expert on the topic. He is smart, interesting, and his book provides a useful, easy-to-understand guide to using culinary and medicinal mushrooms in the kitchen.”\n—Deborah Madison, chef and James Beard Award-winning author of In My Kitchen, The New Art of Vegetarian Cooking, Vegetable Literacy, and many more cookbooks\nTero Isokauppila is the founder and President of Four Sigmatic, a natural superfoods company specializing in mushroom-based drink powders. Tero grew up in Finland and later earned a degree in Chemistry and a Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition at Cornell University. In 2012, he founded Four Sigmatic and is a subject matter expert on all things pertaining to mushrooms, superfoods, and natural health. He was chosen as one of the world's TOP 50 Food Activists by the Academy of Culinary Nutrition and has been featured in Vogue, Time, Forbes, W Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, BuzzFeed, and Bon Appétit, and has been a featured speaker at Summit Series, Wanderlust, WME-IMG, and Soho House.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://lab_munkay_9.blogspot.com/","date":"2019-02-24T03:30:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550249578748.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20190224023850-20190224045850-00548.warc.gz","language_score":0.9796276688575745,"token_count":488,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__18744689","lang":"en","text":"Met a guy I used to know. Have a drink. Stuff in the air. Ask him about his current fortune. He shakes his head. I take a sip and remember the past. Passionate. Car crash. Hanging on for both our lives. How about you, he asks. I shake my head. Lonely, he sighs, licking his mauve glistening lips with the tip of his tongue. I nod. Stuff in the air.\nI know want he's thinking. But it wouldn't work, he likes bitches. I wouldn't stand a chance. Broken in two. Torn to pieces. Sip my drink. Contemplate sleeping around. Ignoring his needs. Treat em mean. Pretend I don't give a fuck. Spend the day impressing losers. Ignore the phone calls. I know how to do it - I just don't like the rules. He licks his lips once more. I smile. He smiles. Stuff in the air.\nI watch him reminisce. I gave him stuff. Stuff the bitches could never give. I made him feel. Really feel. I noticed the tiniest things about him. I made him question the reason he sleeps with shallow polished ice blocks that leave him emptied out on the floor. He smiles at me. I smile at him. Stuff in the air. Fucking hell.\nThen it begins. Sucks me in. Pushes me away. He licks his lips more slowly this time. Allowing the wine to linger a little longer. Begins to stretch his broad shoulders. Smiles. Doesn't say a word. Not a single word. Just leaves me hanging. Waiting. Wanting. Say something. Anything. Nothing. Not a single word. Then with one dismissive shake of the head, he pushes me away once more. Torn to pieces. Broken in two. He just laughs. He just laughs.\nTime to go. Just one more, he begs. Still playing with the possible maybes. Life. Politics. Teenage nightmares laying naked on the table. He is amazing. Fucking amazing. If only he knew. But he doesn't know. That's why he likes bitches. Treat em mean. Torn to pieces. Playing with fire. Stuff in the air. He smiles at me. I hold back the tears. Time to go. Time to go.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://leadershipthroughhorsemanship.blogspot.com/2017/08/live-with-animals.html","date":"2018-11-21T05:42:01Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039747215.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20181121052254-20181121074254-00134.warc.gz","language_score":0.9648564457893372,"token_count":442,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__214375578","lang":"en","text":"\"I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self contained;\nI stand and look at them long and long.\nThey do not sweat and whine about their condition;\nThey do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins;\nThey do not make me sick discussing their duty to God;\nNot one is dissatisfied-not one is demented with the mania of owning things;\nNot one kneels to another, nor his kind that lived thousands of years ago;\nNot one is responsible or industrious over the whole earth.\"\n~ Walt Whitman\nWith all the tumult within the United States and throughout the World, from acts of terrorism and threats of war to the more mundane common incivility within society, many look forward to retreating and spending time with their favorite animal. Whether that be a dog, cat, fish, or horse, the simple act of being with an entity who doesn't judge us and accepts us as we are (more so if we have treats!) is a welcome respite.\nI know just sitting with River and listening to her placidly chew her hay is tremendously relaxing. And River's simple act of \"just being\" is a reminder to me to focus on the present. River doesn't worry about mistakes made in her past or what the other horses think about her, or get frustrated about the world outside of what she can control. To River, it is what it is. River knows her \"sphere of influence\" and works within it. She does not hold grudges, knows how to say \"no\" to the other horses, does not suffer material envy if her pasture mate gets a new blingy halter, nor does she suffer from insomnia stressing about events that may never come to pass.\nSo as you start to ruminate about the past, worry about the future, or stress about events beyond your control, look to your favorite pet as a guide -- Live in the present. Don't stress about the future. Know your sphere of influence. Don't hold grudges. Learn how to say no. And watch your perspective on the world change.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://deanjohnson.com/blog/tag/doug-wissing/","date":"2024-04-16T13:57:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817095.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416124708-20240416154708-00608.warc.gz","language_score":0.9432230591773987,"token_count":407,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__42204658","lang":"en","text":"The IHS Press book “Indiana: One Pint at a Time,” written by Doug Wissing, won the gold medal in the travel guide category of ForeWord Magazine’s 2010 Book of the Year Awards. The awards were announced at a ceremony during the American Library Association Conference in New Orleans. 215 Book of the Year Award winners in 60 categories were honored. These books, representing the best independently published books from 2010 were selected by a panel of librarian and bookseller judges. Kudos to designers Pat Prather, Mike Schwab, and photographer Dick Spahr.\nPosted on Wednesday, June 29th, 2011\nDean Johnson and the Indiana Historical Society teamed up with Bloomington, Indiana author Douglas Wissing and photographer Dick Spahr to produce a travel guide to the more than thirty craft breweries around the state—Indiana: One Pint at a Time, A Traveler’s Guide to Indiana Breweries. Sample Indiana craft beers and swap stories with the author and other beer enthusiasts during the Spirit and Place Festival on Tuesday, November 9, from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM. The event is free, but pre-registration is required by November 8. Visit spiritandplace.org or call 317-232-1882 for more information.\nPosted on Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010\nOctober is a great time to appreciate our beautiful state and craft brewed beer. And the best way to discover both is by picking up our new book, Indiana: One Pint at a Time; A Traveler’s Guide to Indiana’s Breweries. Dean Johnson and the Indiana Historical Society teamed up with Bloomington, Indiana author Douglas Wissing and photographer Dick Spahr to produce a travel guide to the more than thirty craft breweries around the state. Plus, you can explore the history of Indiana’s brewing tradition. Get your copy at the Indiana History Center or online.\nPosted on Wednesday, October 6th, 2010","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://iterative.co.nz/engineering-manager-bookshelf","date":"2024-03-02T10:27:57Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475806.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20240302084508-20240302114508-00421.warc.gz","language_score":0.9531493782997131,"token_count":2136,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__151970908","lang":"en","text":"This collection of books has helped me understand how to be a software engineering manager. They cover the complexity and nuance of middle management in the software development space. There are technical books, people management books, books on planning and strategy. I have found value in all of them and recommend them to anyone who is or wants to be an engineering manager.\nThere are many more books I still need to read and I’ll add more as I find ones I can recommend. If you have any comments or recommendations please don’t hestiate to email me.\nI’ve mirrored this list on bookshop.org and most of the links in this post point there. I encourage you to buy the books from your local bookshop, though.\nNine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall\nNo other book has aligned so closely to the way I think about things than Nine Lies About Work. I refer to this book all the time when I talk about the work I do or when I’m working on people problems.\nSome of the things I try to remember:\n- People need attention and feedback isn’t the same thing\n- You can’t reliably rate people but you can rate your experience of working with them\n- The performance/potential grid your HR team tries to make you use is harmful\n- Don’t cascade unrelatable goals, talk about why your team’s work matters\nCheers to Chris Baker for insisting I read Chapter One.\nA staple book for anyone who is accountable for other people getting stuff done. Marquet outlines principles and techniques that move descision making and responsibility to the people with the most knowledge and understanding, and shows how that not only makes the organisation perform better, it enables a positive feedback loop that enables continuous improvement and creates new leaders and role models.\nMarquet reinforced for me the idea of optimising the practices rather than the metrics. Promotions, sailor retention, and certification were important metrics to Marquet, but his approach wasn’t aimed at them specifically. Instead, he worked on getting the basics of running a submarine right and building on that. When the team was performing well at their day-to-day work, it showed in the higher level metrics.\nThe DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations by Nicole Forsgren, Gene Kim, Jez Humble, and Patrick Debois\nThis book is my framework for helping software engineering teams get better at everything they do. The authors use the term DevOps in its original meaning - the combination of Development and Operations capabilities in one team - and it’s aimed at anyone who is involved with modern software development. I think it’s an essential read.\nThere is so much bang for buck in these pages, so many ideas all tied into a coherent system for continuous improvement. The book can help you understand and visualise how a team creates value and identify and mitigate risks and roadblocks. It describes practices to enable fast, safe, development and deployment of software via fast feedback loops, a focus on security, and constant experimentation and learning.\nAccelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations by Nicole Forsgren, Gene Kim, and Jez Humble\nIf The DevOps Handbook is the framework for helping teams get better, then Accelerate is the the evidence that it works and can help your organisation succeed commercially.\nAccelerate describes the practices of high performing software engineering organisations, describes some simple metrics that are improved by implementing those practices, and shows how performance in those engineering metrics correlates to commercial performance for elite organisations. And it is backed up with comprehensive surveys, statistics, and science.\nLike Turn The Ship Around the key takeaway for managers is the practices, not the metrics. Combine this book with The DevOps Handbook and you have a pretty good map for helping your team get wherever they need to go.\nBig thanks to Paul Meyrick for introducing me to this book.\nIt’s kind of a cheat putting Radical Candor on the bookshelf right now as I am only about a third of the way through as I type this. The thing is, that first third has already proven useful, and I have been surprised and delighted by what I’ve read so far.\nYou may have heard about Radical Candor. You might have heard it’s about being a straight shooter, about speaking your mind, about skipping niceties and getting to the core of a subject. It’s not that book at all.\nRadical Candor is a book about relationships at work. Kim Scott’s idea is that to succeed as a boss, you need to form genuine, caring relationships with the people you work with, and strive to empathise and communicate with them in ways that reinforce those relationships.\nLike Nine Lies About Work, Radical Candor digs into what being a manager is really like. Kim Scott illustrates the book with dozens of examples of how the combination of caring personally and challenging directly can foster effective and productive relationships. Scott also cautions us to watch out for times when we opt to not care, or to prioritise feelings over doing the right thing, and shows how that can lead to an ineffective team or a toxic atmosphere at work.\nAs an engineering manager it’s generally your job to “implement a strategy, created by the executive level, in the most efficient way possible.” At some point you’ll probably have to write your own. This book will help you with both.\nRichard Rumelt posits the key aspects of a good strategy are diagnosis of the problem, guiding policies that address the most important aspect of the problem, and actions that are coherent with the policies and each other.\nMy takeaway from this is that a strategy document should be unambiguous about what problem is being solved, what ones are not, and how we know if it successful. It should be specific enough that the actions are obvious but flexible given changes in context or scale. And a good strategy should be able to be followed by anyone, not just the group of people reporting to the person who wrote it.\nThis is a short book covering how to effectively plan and roll out organisational changes in a flexible, and collaborative way. Making changes can often be a fraught process. Nobody likes change, especially if it seems like it will be a threat to their job. Like the authors of Nine Lies About Work, Jason Little stresses the importance of cascading meaning, that is ensuring everyone involved understands the reason for change early on and feel involved in the implementation of the change.\nMy key takeaway: involve the people affected by a change in the change itself.\nDrive is a book about engagement and motivation. What are the things that help people enjoy their work? What motivates them to get better? What makes people stick around when there are plenty of opportunities to other things or work with other people? Like all the books on this list Drive can help you figure out what practices will help your teams become and stay engaged and high performing, but Dan Pink also digs into the theory behind the practices and gives you a great framework to build your management practices on.\nKey things for me from this book\n- Intrinsic motivation is what keeps people “engaged”, so try to help people feel like they have purpose, mastery, and autonomy\n- There’s a baseline of extrinsic things that folks need before intrinsic motivation becomes the drive, so keep on top of remuneration and team dynamics.\nRyan Holiday calls Range a parenting book and a must-read for anyone with kids. I think the same idea applies to anyone who works with people who want to grow in their careers.\nEpstein argues that people who cultivate a broad spectrum of knowledge and experience tend to be happy and successful. He contrasts the ten-thousand hours of specialised practice approach with the broad experience and late specialisation method and shows that both can lead to high levels of achievement.\nOver the last couple of years, I’ve worked pretty closely with our Graduate Engineers and I’ve combined Range with Will Larson’s A Forty Year Career as a framework for conversations about career growth and technical direction. If you’re trying to explain the value of T/M/Comb shaped developers, you can get a long way with quoting both those authors.\nThis might seem like a weird recommendation for engineering managers. Austin Kleon writes books for “creative” folks – artists, writers, designers – and he doesn’t really talk about the things Kim Scott or Richard Rumelt talk about. Or does he?\nLet me put it this way: ever feel like you aren’t making a difference? Or do you ever feel like other folks don’t understand how your work adds value? It’s common! The work of someone in an engineering manager’s position is often invisible, or not well understood. Show Your Work can help with that.\nAustin Kleon has written a short, snappy guide to feeling good about what you’re doing and showing it off to the world. He breaks it into ten easy to digest concepts like “Think process, not product”, “Tell Good Stories”, “Teach What You Know”, and “Learn To Take A Punch”. Kleon encourages us to become “documentarions” of what we do.\nI have been doing that privately in a journal for myself for a few years now and it’s helped me get to grips with my job, what my company needs from me, and what I want to get out of it. This website is the next step in that process.\nChris Voss was an FBI negotiator and developed his skills and techniques by talking to kidnappers, hostage takers, employers, and car salesmen. I think the techniques in this book - calibrated questions, focusing on the issue, treating the people you’re negotiating with as partners, observing how people act, building trust - are essential to having a successful career as manager, and to ensuring you and your team are set up for success. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://luckypatcherapp.us/the-art-of-mastering/","date":"2023-01-28T04:31:09Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499470.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230128023233-20230128053233-00056.warc.gz","language_score":0.9659014344215393,"token_count":584,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__35133016","lang":"en","text":"Why Manga, Manhwa, and Webtoon Are Taking Over the World of Comics\nIt used to be that comics were dominated by the superhero genre, and most mainstream comic publishers only published superhero comics. However, in recent years, other genres, such as manga, manhwa, and webtoon, have experienced a boom, and we’re not just talking about children’s literature. Adults’ interest in and consumption of these works represents a sea change in the comic book market. If you want to know more about these three genres, keep reading!\nTo wit: manga, the Japanese comic book genre that sprang up in the postwar era as a knockoff of its American counterpart. The word manga itself comes from the phrase kanji manka or whimsical pictures. Like the vast majority of comics, it debuted in black and white. The history behind manga is deep and rich in many ways that range from its cultural use to its long narrative form. It has now gained a large readership in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.\nJapanese comics, or manga, are written in a vertical format, from top to bottom, and the pages flip counterclockwise. Because of this format, manga is often read from back to front. If you want to try reading a manga in Japanese style for yourself, visit a local library or bookstore for some classic manga volumes or start with something that was translated into English! After Google bought Naver (the leading webtoon platform) in 2000, webtoons became increasingly popular in South Korea. There are more than 20 distinct types of comics available on the site, and it supports more than six different languages. More time is spent on these sites than on social media platforms like Instagram or Facebook by the typical user.\nI attribute this to the fact that many games can be played with your favorite comic, making the experience that much more engaging. You can also chat with other readers who have been following the story for weeks/months now and share your opinions about what will happen next. And when you’re done with a comic, you can give the creator helpful feedback so they can make future issues better for everyone.\nThe rise of online reading started as manga was being introduced to Western markets in the early 2000s. In fact, manga is so popular that it makes up almost 70% of all digital comic book sales right now. It’s also not probable that this is just a passing phenomenon, as new adaptations like My Hero Academia and Black Clover appear every year. It’s also been reported that TV streaming sites such as Netflix are seeing an increase in viewership because of anime series, meaning we’ll be able to see more mangas on television. The popularity of webtoons shows no signs of slowing, and the genre is even making its way into schools around the world.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://coupdesrisque.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-04-24T20:02:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223206672.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032006-00409-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9163112640380859,"token_count":82,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__89521668","lang":"en","text":"comfort is round\nbeyond the edge\nforward to conquer\nlooking backward only to check that forward is not the beginning.\nno finish in sight.\na vast sea broken only by floating obstacles\nsure to be shifted beyond by the currents.\nall things impossibly possible.\nso theres no reason to fear\ncuz the earth has no corners.\nthats the safety of the sphere","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.laurenrebeccaroth.com/blog/fluffy-by-jaime-chan-feat-how-i-make-writing","date":"2021-08-03T06:36:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154432.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20210803061431-20210803091431-00398.warc.gz","language_score":0.9780163764953613,"token_count":661,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-31","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__5152263","lang":"en","text":"How I've Made Significant $$$ Writing\nI've worked as a writer for various online publications writing anything from educational pieces to satire and mocking stories about my own life. But one thing that hasn't changed, from start to finish, is you should be paid for your writing. From a full time writing job to freelance writing and everything in between here are some tips, and how, I make significant money through writing about my experiences, life and day-to-day endeavors.\nHow to Start: I've always been very into reading and writing, so taking the leap and trying to write for publications was something I was motivated to do. There's a lot of writers, but only one of you, so it's important to take your experiences and specific voice and find what point of view you can share with the world. There were thousands of drafts of articles and ideas trying to find my voice and who I am as a writer. Once I wrote all these pieces, I narrowed down the ones I felt were the most unique and had the most potential. Then, I would edit until I had a draft that was strong enough and began to research publications that would best fit the article. Researching websites is pretty easy since all it takes is Google and digging through articles and their comments. Building your online (and searchable) resume for your writing is key, since it'll be used later to negotiate any potential future contracts.\nGetting Paid: Most online magazines pay $50/article, but limit your submissions to 3-4/month. If you're consistent with submitting to one particular publication, and write articles that fit their M.O. frequently enough, this could lead to a contract deal (most are non-exclusive and allow you to write for other publications while releasing consistent content for them). While every contract is different, making sure your previous work is easily searchable and you display a wide variety of work, can help get you higher paid contracts or even have companies reaching out to you to pay you for your writing.\nStaying Consistent: When you're under contract, with strict deadlines and a lot of articles that are due, it's important you make time (a consistent amount of time for each article). It's crucial to keep your work consistent and on brand. Brainstorming and asking friends for ideas can help keep you inspired. Getting into a routine is also a great way to stay consistent, even if it's as simple as going to a coffee shop a few times a week for an hour to edit.\nThe Future of Writing (for me at least): Writing is AWESOME! It's a great way to express yourself and get your name out there while gaining a steady income. So I'll keep it short and simple, everything is online and I love writing for various publications. I don't plan on slowing down anytime soon. Most likely, I'll take more of a backseat to in-depth articles on my own blog and focus on writing for magazines again. So stay tuned!\nOther Writing Tips:\nAs a model for almost ten years, I find myself learning new things everyday. This blog is a way to share my stories, images that may not be on my main board, and interesting things abut modeling and my life.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.raskinfo.com/Pressreleaseschindler.html","date":"2018-01-21T20:22:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084890874.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20180121195145-20180121215145-00714.warc.gz","language_score":0.933163583278656,"token_count":670,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__69249316","lang":"en","text":"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nContact: Rosa Raskin, email@example.com\nFORWARD,” A Different Schindler's List Revealed\nparticipation in the Shoah DNA project (\nwhich seeks to reunite family members, German born Rosa Raskin\ndescribes her 50+ year search for her lost sister.\nOhio – October 3, 2013 – Revealing\na different Schindler's list and fulfilling\npromise made to her father, Rosa Raskin tells the story of her\nimmigrant family and her father’s hope to find his lost child. The\npurpose of the book, WALK FORWARD, is to continue to uncover\ninformation about her older sister, Eugenia Chimowicz, a\nblond-haired, nine-year-old girl last documented alive in\nconcentration camp Stutthof on September 3, 1944.\nletters from her Uncle Alfred, Head of Metals #1 in the Lodz Ghetto,\nwho selected each member family of the “last 500,” and those of\nher father verifying the stories young Rosie heard as a child, she\ndetails the history of the family, including events before, during,\nand after the Holocaust. Jewish family members are caught in a\nhellish spider's web. As pawns in the chess game between Hitler's\nassistants, the group designated as metal workers, survive the Lodz\nGhetto, Auschwitz, and Stutthof, the last place where two young\nmothers and their four children were seen alive. Born in Germany\nafter the Holocaust, Rosie describes the courage of her mother,\nLouise, who enabled the family to continue forward in the complicated\njourney to the United States as displaced persons.\nFORWARD is an ebook ($2.99) and paperback ($8.99) on Amazon at\nsilent tribute, “We WALK FORWARD, but will never forget,” is\npresented in the book's video trailer at\nRosa Shine Raskin (nee Chimowicz) was born in\nKarlsruhe, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in 1951. She\nhas a B.S. in Biology and an M.S. in Microbiology, from The Ohio\nState University. She also holds an M.L.S. from Kent State\nUniversity. She is currently a freelance writer, researcher, and\nconsultant, after having worked in hospitals, government, and the\nFortune 100 for over 30 years. She founded Rosa S. Raskin &\nAssociates LLC in 2007, and has three blogs on the web including\n\"Precious Cooking,\" \"Information Specialist Secrets,\"\nand \"Most Precious Memories.\" She has published more than a\ndozen articles cited on the covers of leading international paint and\ncoatings trade journals, APCJ and PPCJ, having been taught by her\nfather, at the age of eight, to paint the bricks on houses.\nmore information on WALK FORWARD please check the book’s website at\nhttp://www.raskinfo.com/walkforward.html, which includes photographs.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://twogates.staffs.sch.uk/curriculum/reading-in-years-1-to-6/","date":"2023-12-11T05:43:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679103558.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20231211045204-20231211075204-00735.warc.gz","language_score":0.9573686122894287,"token_count":1671,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__137371638","lang":"en","text":"Reading in Years 1 to 6\nReading in Years 1 to 6\nHere at Two Gates we love reading! We read in class, we read for pleasure and we read across our curriculum. Our pupils enjoy lots of high-quality reading time including reading buddies with Year 2 and Year 6.\nReading for pleasure\nWe love to read widely at Two Gates. To make sure our reading for pleasure texts are purposeful, relevant and varied, we have an author and text focus each term for all of our year groups so that we read a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry without repetition throughout our school life. These are the texts we enjoy our teacher reading to us in class:\nReading competitions, rewards and events!\nWe engage and motivate our pupils with a range of reading competitions. Currently we have launched a reading BINGO activity where pupils complete a range of reading challenges at home in order to gain termly rewards at school, the top prize being a £10 book voucher!\nTo motivate and share our reading at home, each class has set up a reading scrap book where pupils are specially chosen to take home a scrap book and complete a double page spread all about a book they have chosen to read and this is then shared with the class! What does the scrap book look like in your child’s class?\nEach year we celebrate World Book Day! This year we dressed up as our favourite characters as well as running a book sale! We decorated our classroom doors with our favourite class read as a competition across school.\nHere are our world book day images:\nEach year we plan a ‘meet the author’ day where each class experiences a workshop with an author. This year we were excited to welcome Daniel Thompson to school!\nWe also engage in online author workshops across school each year. Here are some of our ‘meet an author’ workshops:\nWhat do our children say about reading at Two Gates?\n“I like reading because I love animal books.”\n“I love how you can relax and you just get to read and it’s peaceful.”\n“I love reading and you can learn more about things. I like information books.”\n“I like how the story carries us through the book and it can be so adventurous and you don’t know what happens next!”\n“I like reading because when you’re stressed out and you read it makes you feel better.”\nThe Teaching of reading at Two Gates\nAt Two Gates we provide a progressive text based English curriculum implemented in a way that integrates teaching and learning of both reading and writing; this is to ensure that the texts children read and study have an impact on their writing too. Texts are carefully chosen for each year group to ensure they are appropriately challenging, inspirational and progressive. Where possible, the texts chosen link with subjects/themes currently being studied in the curriculum, so that learning is holistic and vocabulary acquisiton is purposeful and relevant.\nIn Early years (nursery and reception) and KS1 (Year 1 and 2), word reading is the focus through our rigorous and progressive Read, Write, Inc (RWI) phonics programme, ensuring children enter KS2 as readers. In reading lessons, whole class teaching takes place using the inspirational texts for both word reading and comprehension.\nAt Two Gates, we are passionate about ensuring all children become confident and enthusiastic readers and writers.\nRead, Write, Inc (RWI) phonics provides the foundations of learning to make the development into fluent reading and writing easier. Children learn to read fluently and at speed so they can focus on developing their skills in comprehension, vocabulary and spelling. Through RWI phonics children learn a simple alphabetic code followed by a more complex code. All reading books progress cumulatively, matched to the sound’s children are learning and already know. The teaching of phonics is of high priority and is taught daily through Early Years and Key Stage 1.\nRead Write Inc. Nursery to Year 2\nIn nursery, our pupils are taught to listen out for environmental sounds, rhythm and rhyme before moving on to their first experience of Read, Write Inc in the summer term. In reception, Read, Write Inc begins in week 2 with pupils learning their first group of sounds. Pupils continue to follow the programme, taught and tracked by our highly skilled teachers until Year 2 when they have learnt and applied all the skills they need to be competent readers.\nReading Year 2 to Year 6\nStarting with our Year 2 readers and then throughout KS2 (Years 3-6), word reading underpins comprehension, with a strong vocabulary focus. We use a VIPERS (Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval and Summarisation (Sequencing in KS1) approach to questioning alongside teaching key reading skills such as skimming and scanning to ensure children can access the text fully and answer a wide range of question types. Teachers have referenced the OfSTED Research review series: English to ensure the latest research about learning to read is applied in our lessons. For instance, our readers in Years 3 and 4 have a high emphasis on developing fluency and so teachers plan in weekly lessons to increase word reading speed as well as lessons throughout the week that ensure pupils are comprehending what they have read. Children in all year groups also read widely and often across the wider curriculum with texts that match topics taught, again with a strong subject specific vocabulary focus.\nWhat do our children say about VIPERS?\n“I really enjoy the different question types. They challenge you and it’s fun finding the answers.”\n“I like the longer inference questions because I get to write more and extend my answers.”\n“I enjoy the texts we read. They are so interesting and I always want to find out what happens next. I love it the most when my teacher reads to us.”\nBooks to take home\nEach week, pupils in Reception to Year 2 take home a ‘Read, Write Inc’ book bag book, matched to their phonic knowledge to read to their parents. They also visit the library weekly and take home a book to share with their families. Our library stocks fiction, poetry, non-fiction including newspapers and graphic novels to give wide reading opportunities to all our children. All year groups make use of their book corners and pupils enjoy being able to change and select a text from our selections that are rotated termly. In years 3 and 4 pupils take home a banded guided reading book closely matched to their reading ability as well as also choosing a library book every week. But by the time our pupils are fluent readers, they will take home real, unbanded books from their book corners and library to read in school and at home to promote their reading for pleasure. They also continue to visit the library weekly.\nHow you can help\nPlease read with your child and encourage them to read their book at home. 15 minutes every day can make a huge difference to their confidence and fluency. You can also read to them and their school book is a great place to start. If you need any help or inspiration, please do not hesitate to contact us.\nIn Read, Write, Inc (RWI) phonics, teachers formatively assess in lessons ensuring they recap on a daily basis and teach to the needs of their ability group. Every half term, Reception- Year 2 pupils are assessed against the RWI assessment programme that informs teaching and groups children by ability.\nIn reading lessons, teachers assess the children formatively in lessons against their year group objectives for word reading and comprehension and this informs their planning of the comprehension questions and skills taught. Teachers summatively assess pupils at agreed points during the year using reading tests. Termly teacher assessments are moderated to ensure consistency and accuracy of the judgements made.\nThe reading skills taught:\n- Close Reading\n- Reading backwards and forwards\nTexts covered across school\nPlease follow this link to our curriculum overview to see the texts we are teaching this year in each class.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://dragonball.today/2018/01/14/reading-manga-with-natsuki-frieza-plays-doki-dokie-literature-club-2-youtube-4/","date":"2018-10-21T02:54:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583513548.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20181021010654-20181021032154-00463.warc.gz","language_score":0.7677679061889648,"token_count":174,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-43","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__33029617","lang":"en","text":"In today’s #Frieza Plays Lord Frieza continues his journey into Doki Doki Literature Club! Today he’s reading some manga with Natuski the tsundere! Onto the game play shall we? It’s not like I want you to enjoy it or anything you know, ba.. ba.. baka!\n– FreezyPop. 😛\nGet your own RealLordFryza Merchandise today here!\nWant more Lord Frieza?\nBe sure to subscribe and your favorite tyrannical ruler will upload often!\nFollow your Lordship on Twitter!\nTweets by RealLordFrieza\nLike me on Facebook!\nI stream on Twitch! Follow me there too!\nYou can support Lord Frieza on Patreon!\nDonate to me!\nSubscribe to my second channel DivineMalzar!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://alaskaandaugustus.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-04-23T12:21:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223202548.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032002-00046-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9205289483070374,"token_count":294,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-15","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__42550381","lang":"en","text":"Ben Wyatt & Reactions (Part 2)\nNicely done, m’lady\nNo matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.\nWe don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.\n(Dead Poets Society, 1989)\nstraight girls be like\nLet’s show up uninvited to a public place! #anarchy\n2001 is sacred\nWorked for me\nThe rest of the space is going to be pretty pissed when they see this.\ndid you google how to take a screen shot\nim allergic to penicillin\nthis is me every time i go to the doctor.\nshe forgets everytime.gotta love your nurses, people.\nI think there’s a Facebook group that made t-shirts along the lines of “Be kind to nurses. They keep doctors from killing you.” My mom was a nurse for over 40 years.\nmath jokes aren’t funny nothing about math is funny math is a sin\nMy attitude towards politics and society is constantly “angry but unsurprised”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.leadership-intelligence-diversity.eu/resources/","date":"2018-11-17T18:16:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039743717.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20181117164722-20181117190722-00246.warc.gz","language_score":0.8770226836204529,"token_count":199,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__113887688","lang":"en","text":"This page is showing some interesting papers, videos and links, which inspired the partner in the development of the concept authentic and inclusive leadership.\nMILD Handbook – The use of the Multiple Intelligences in Leadership Development\nCreated through the MILD project is one pillars of our work.\nAvailable for free download here\nIntroduction to the “Theory U” on the website of the Presencing Institute\nFilm of Howard Gardner on the “Five minds for the future” (45 min)\nPaper on “Five minds for the future” by Howard Gardner\nSpeech of Howard Gardner on the “Five mind for the future” (2008)\nWritten interview with Howard Gardner on the “Five mind for the future” (2007)\nBook about “Reinventing Organisations” by Frederic Laloux (2014)\nInterview with Frederic Laloux about his new book “Reinventing Organisations”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://rossinails.com/pages/our-story","date":"2024-02-25T05:56:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474581.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225035809-20240225065809-00606.warc.gz","language_score":0.9837707281112671,"token_count":664,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__129360141","lang":"en","text":"IN THE MOUNTAIN VILLAGE CALLED ROSSI\nMy soon-to-be husband had decided to break off our engagement because he felt he was not ready for such a strong commitment. He threw away not only the past 5 years of our lives but most importantly, what I thought to be my happily-ever-after. I felt crushed.\nMy best friend from college, Francesca, has been inviting us to Genoa every summer for the past 3 years and I felt it was high time I accepted the invitation.\nTHE BEAUTIFUL ITALY...\na country best known for its delicious pasta, Vespas, the wine that has the touch of the land that you can smell in every bottle and of course, the most handsome men on Earth, will inspire me to transform in ways I had never thought possible.\nUpon my arrival, Francesca and her family took me to their summer home, in the beautiful mountain village called ROSSI. Two weeks flew by and I realised I needed to take a trip to the salon to refresh my manicure. I proposed Francesca to do a spa-day at the local salon and she smiled and nodded her head informing me there were no spas or nail salons in ROSSI. I was really surprised because her manicure looked like it was done by a professional.\nI WAS INTRODUCED TO THE DIP POWDER\nEvery two-three weeks, Francesca, her younger sister and her mother had what they called “festa di manicure”, a “manicure party”. It was pretty scary for me to try the dip powder because I was very clumsy, but with the help of Francesca and the tips and tricks provided by young Eveline - her teenage sister, I became quite an expert.\nI was really surprised that I had it in me to create such beautiful manicures. As weeks passed, we started inviting neighbours and friends in town for a weekend getaway, to join our “festa di manicure”.\nWE HAD THE TIME OF OUR LIVES\nIt was a Saturday morning when I felt something in me had changed. I woke up happy. Excited to see where the day took me. I realised I hadn’t thought about my ex-fiancé in days. It felt freeing.\nSummer flew by and it was time to say goodbye to my Italian foster family and to ROSSI. As I was taking in the breathtaking view one last time, I realised l wanted to bring the ROSSI experience with me and share it with the world.\nHELPED ME REBUILD MY CONFIDENCE\nI felt more beautiful than ever, I started to take charge of my life. Ever since, my life goal has been bringing more beauty into people’s lives, building a strong community where everyone is welcome, where people support, respect and love each other, where we have fun and we are a family.\nI want every woman to feel empowered, to know that she is capable of much more than she thinks. I encourage you to truly appreciate the little things that bring you joy, for one day you will look back and realise they were big things.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://torchleadershipfoundation.com/category/commentary/page/2/","date":"2017-12-16T07:21:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948585297.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20171216065121-20171216091121-00559.warc.gz","language_score":0.9765771627426147,"token_count":423,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__106683166","lang":"en","text":"One Nation Book Tour Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times\nMy wife and I have been on a book tour by bus through several states recently, and I have been struck by the number of people who have already read “One Nation,” but also by the large, enthusiastic crowds whose constituents include all political parties. People are concerned about our future as a nation and the poor prioritization of issues by our leaders, to put it mildly.\nWe wrote “One Nation” to try to convince our fellow Americans that “we the people” are not each other’s enemies and that our strength is derived from unity and common sense, which should be ubiquitous. The real enemies are the forces that are constantly trying to divide and conquer. They create divisions based on race, gender, age, education and, especially, income. It is important that we discuss who the purveyors of division are and what drives them to seek a radical alteration in the American way of life.\nWe discuss the tools used to manipulate the populace into feeling that they should be offended so easily by words, while diverting their attention away from the real issues that desperately cry out for a solution. One of the major keys to avoiding manipulation is knowledge. Our system of government was designed for people who could easily understand the issues and vote intelligently based on knowledge, rather than blindly following political leaders who are often enshrouded with less-than-honorable motives.\nOne of our major themes in the book is that knowledge is a formidable enemy of falsehood and a formidable ally of truth. There are specific steps that each of us can take, such as reading about something new for a half-hour every day for a year. Such a simple move will profoundly change the life of the reader and will vastly increase his effectiveness as an involved and responsible citizen.\nIn today’s world of widely disseminated information, one can become quite knowledgeable in a variety of areas quite rapidly, regardless of his occupation.\nClick here to continue reading…\nSOURCE: The Washington Times","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://isnanliabea.mystrikingly.com/blog/qasas-ul-anbiya-in-english-pdf-free-download","date":"2023-02-04T12:29:58Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500126.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20230204110651-20230204140651-00536.warc.gz","language_score":0.7511702179908752,"token_count":1127,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__114883363","lang":"en","text":"Qasas Ul Anbiya In English Pdf Free Download\nqasas anbiya english, qasas ul anbiya english, qasas ul anbiya english pdf, qasas ul anbiya in roman english, qasas ul anbiya english book, qasas ul anbiya full with english notes, qasas ul anbiya english pdf free download, qasas ul anbiya english pdf download, qasas ul anbiya english translation, qasas ul anbiya in roman english pdf, qasas ul anbiya english amazon, qasas ul anbiya english notes, qasas ul anbiya in english darussalam pdf\nQasas ul Anbiya full with English notes - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free.. Qasas-ul-Anbiya (Volume-1). Lahore: Holy Quran Complex, 2006. Downlaod eBook.... Dec 26, 2016 - Free download or read online Qasas ul Anbiya an Islamic pdf book by Imam Ibn e Kaseer about stories of Holy Prophets, Adam, Idris, Noah,.... Sep 25, 2016 - Pdf Books Free Download : Qasas Ul Anbiya By Imam Ibn E Kaseer.. The Story of Isa a.s for Kids Pdf Free Download The Story of Isa (A.S) for Kids of 5 to 7 years of age. Stories of the Prophet series for children presented by.... In this book, the stories of the prophets have been compiled from 'Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah' (The Beginning and the End) which is a great work of the famous.... We upload for you \"Qasas Al-Anbiya\" ( ) or Stories of the Prophets is any of various collection of tales adapted from the Quran and Hadith. Qasas ul.... Feb 10, 2016 - Qasas ul Anbiya Pashto Translation Pdf Free Download Qasas ul Anbiya Pashto Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ahamd.... Qasas ul anbiya free download pdf: Users review: Al quran with english (saheeh international) translation these high quality mp3 files are...\nDescription. Download Qasas ul Anbiya full with English notes Free in pdf format. Account 184.108.40.206. Login Register. Search. Search. *COVID-19 Stats.... Qasas Ul Anbiya Full With English Notes || Australian Islamic Library || www.australianislamiclibrary.org Also find us on.... Feb 18, 2017 - Qasas Ul Anbiya word very famous between muslims and muslims love to read that kind of book that's way you all should all read these kind of.... Aug 12, 2016 - Free download or read online Qasas ul Anbiya by Imam Ibn e ... Ghazi by Abu Shuja Abu Waqar Urdu Novel Pdf Free Novels, Best Novels, Free ... Free Books Online, Free Pdf Books, Free Ebooks, English Books Pdf, Poetic.... Qasas ul Anbiya Aur Ashab e Saliheen Pdf, Books, Free, Livros, Libros ... Free Download Urdu Pdf Poetry, Download Free Shikwa and Jawab e shikwa Free ... Islamic Books In Urdu, English Books Pdf, Quran Book, Free Pdf Books, Poetry.... Education World, English Book, Free Pdf Books, Download, History Books, Reading. Expand. Saved from pdfbooksin.blogspot.com. Qasas Ul Anbiya By Imam.... Qasas ul Anbiya - Download \"Qasas Al-Anbiya\" ( ) or Stories of the Prophets is any of various collection of tales adapted from the Quran and Hadith. We have.... English definitely is not this person's mother tongue so he is entitled to make mistakes just like many Europeans who usually speak English with German, French.... Access Here Urdu - Maulana Makki Al Hijazi - Qasas ul Anbiya (stories of the prophets) 24 Parts Click here to download individual files. Skip to main content.. Oct 16, 2018 - Book Name: Qasas Ul Anbiya Urdu Writer: Allama Ibn e Kaseer Description: Imam Ibn e Kaseer is the author of the book Qasas Ul Anbiya Pdf.. Qasas ul Anbiya - These are the Islamic stories about the prophets sent to this world to tell us the right path and to tell us that...\nStellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery 220.127.116.11 64 bitbfdcm\nmercedes benz epc ewa net keygen software free 25\ndownload xforce keygen 64 bit for 3d max 13\nnpav crack by sachin download skype\ncandle burning magic anna riva pdf download\npartition guru pro v.3.7.0 [Full Version] 57\nGharwali Baharwali full movie download in hd 720p\nChango Studios Original FOP Kit [diverdjent].epub\nsanctus lecot spartito pdf download","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://junglesurgeon.com/welcome/","date":"2020-02-18T02:11:27Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875143455.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20200217235417-20200218025417-00442.warc.gz","language_score":0.9642888903617859,"token_count":339,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__107710937","lang":"en","text":"Welcome to the website of Jungle Surgeon, the soon-to-be-published memoir of Dr. Larry Mueller. While maintaining a successful full-time surgical practice in the States, from 1992 – 2015, he spent up to a month annually on the northern Thai-Burmese border caring for indigent Burmese refugees by performing hundreds of major operations in remote settings, while helping to establish desperately needed clinics and train medics. An unreported massive ethnic-cleansing campaign by the ruling Burmese military junta directed against the rural minority hill tribes since the 1960s resulted in over a million refugees without access to healthcare and only a scant presence of international aid groups. In Jungle Surgeon, Dr. Mueller shares with his readers many of his self-initiated and highly successful projects, along with the special people and magnificent surroundings encountered in the mountainous border jungles.\nThis website serves as both an introduction to Jungle Surgeon and a companion to the text itself by bringing these adventures to life for the reader through hundreds of colorful photos of people, places and events related in the book. By reading about and then seeing his patients as the real people that they were in their world, hopefully readers can share in the wonder, joy and satisfaction experienced by Dr. Mueller as he ministered to them.\nFor medical professionals, this website has a section in the Photo Gallery containing some graphic clinical photos and a discussion of the realities of performing successful major surgery under challenging conditions in distant locations.\nThis website is currently a work-in-progress. More photos, book excerpts and narratives by Dr. Mueller will be added with completion to coincide with publication of Jungle Surgeon.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://quotes.insuranceforless.biz/2020/08/31/prior-health-insurance-coverage-disruptions-linked-to-issues-with-healthcare-access/","date":"2020-09-21T16:24:32Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400201826.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20200921143722-20200921173722-00208.warc.gz","language_score":0.9382258653640747,"token_count":569,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__50243293","lang":"en","text":"ATLANTA – AUGUST 31, 2020 – A brand new American Most cancers Society examine finds medical insurance protection disruptions within the prior yr led to points with healthcare entry and affordability for at the moment insured most cancers survivors. The examine seems within the Most cancers Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the American Affiliation for Most cancers Analysis.\nLittle is understood in regards to the results of medical insurance protection disruptions on entry to healthcare amongst most cancers survivors. To be taught extra, investigators led by Jingxuan Zhao, MPH, estimated the prevalence of medical insurance protection disruptions and evaluated their associations with entry to healthcare and affordability amongst most cancers survivors aged 18-64 years in the USA utilizing nationwide information from years 2011 to 2018. Medical health insurance protection disruption was measured as self-reports of any time within the prior yr with out protection.\nThey discovered that roughly 260,000 at the moment insured most cancers survivors aged 18-64 years had protection disruptions in 2018. Amongst privately and publicly insured survivors, these with protection disruptions had been much less prone to report all preventive providers use, together with blood strain test, blood ldl cholesterol test, flu shot, and dental care, in comparison with these constantly insured (16.9% vs 36.2%; 14.6% vs 25.three%, respectively). At the moment insured survivors with personal or public protection had been additionally extra prone to report any issues with care affordability (55.zero% vs 17.7%; 71.1% vs 38.four%, respectively) and any cost-related treatment nonadherence (39.four% vs 10.1%; 36.5% vs 16.three%, respectively), reminiscent of skipping, taking much less, and delaying treatment to save cash, in comparison with these constantly insured (all p\n“Our findings on this examine are particularly related as a result of widespread unemployment and potential lack of employer-based personal medical insurance protection because of the COVID pandemic also can end in protection disruptions. Extra most cancers survivors might expertise protection disruptions, which can adversely have an effect on their entry to care and affordability,” writes Zhao.\nArticle: Zhao J, Han X, Nogueira L, Zheng Z, Jemal A, Yabroff KR (2020). Well being Insurance coverage Protection Disruptions Amongst Most cancers Survivors and Entry to Care and Affordability in the USA. Most cancers Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention DOI 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0518\nDisclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! usually are not chargeable for the accuracy of stories releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing establishments or for the usage of any info by means of the EurekAlert system.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://blog.lovengraph.com/en/post/4-head-and-heart","date":"2023-04-02T05:38:37Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296950383.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20230402043600-20230402073600-00244.warc.gz","language_score":0.9549465179443359,"token_count":1617,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__246153894","lang":"en","text":"Head and heart\nHave you ever gone skydiving? Even if you haven’t, you can probably imagine the experience — a thrilling adrenaline rush, the exhilaration and freedom of flying like a bird!\nSome people can’t imagine life without this rush even after going skydiving just once. Other people just watch with excitement as spectators, and still others believe the experience is not worth the risk one must take to have it. However, almost no one is indifferent to it!\nWhat a rush! But can this kind of exhilaration be successfully achieved without the necessary preparation and an understanding of one’s own condition of readiness as well as an understanding of the possible scenarios of a jump? Of course not! It would be utterly stupid, careless, and irresponsible for one to make a jump without these preparations. In such cases, the chances of a jump ending in tragedy would be extremely high! To minimize the risk of carelessness as much as possible requires good preparation!\nHave you ever been truly in love? Excitement, exhilaration, freedom … what a rush love is! However, can it be fully experienced without the proper preparation, a good understanding of self and the foresight to see potential problem areas? It’s highly doubtful! Though common sense and wisdom are on the side of thoughtful preparation, it’s surprisingly not so common for couples in love to take an objective, analytical approach to evaluating their relationship. Some say such an approach stifles romance and ultimately kills love — that it makes love feel too calculated with about as much exhilaration as a pony ride instead of a jump from a plane! As a result of not being analytical enough in matters of love, a great number of marriages, families and destinies have been broken and have suffered great pain, stress, and unhappiness.\nFor centuries people have believed that it’s difficult or nearly impossible to understand love logically. Many societies have continued perpetuating the idea that love and logic are entirely incompatible and that any attempt to logically analyze love would be in vain. Let’s try to understand why people tend to separate feelings from logic — heart from head.\nPsychology says ‘feelings’ are a stable, emotional, human experience that appears in the process of communication with the world around us. Feelings reflect the meaning of certain phenomena, things, events, the human soul, needs, and motives.\nSome British scholars have said that logic, intellectus — meaning understanding — is a feature of the mind that consists of an ability to adapt to new situations, an ability to learn on the basis of experience, an ability to understand and operate abstract concepts and an ability to use knowledge to manage one’s surrounding realities.\nBoth cases show how human beings communicate with the world. Through our feelings or heart we experience a first impression of something, someone, or an event and then we use logic to adapt to new circumstances and even change them.\nLogic and feelings — head and heart — they are connected! One can’t function fully without the other. Compare this to the human body for a moment. Is vision more important than hearing, legs more important than arms and hands, or brain functions more important than pumping blood? All of these are important and necessary for the body to be fully functional and healthy.\nWhy are people so opposed to an analytical approach to love and believe it stifles feelings and romance? How does logic stifle feelings?\nWe can all remember as children lying in bed and seeing what we thought was a monster in the corner of our bedroom, only to discover with the lights turned on that the ‘monster’ was simply a jacket lying on a chair and contorted in a “monsterly” kind of way! What relief we felt when we saw the ‘monster’ with the lights turned on! Something very similar to this happens in love, but when “the lights are turned on,” the discovery is often quite a surprising disappointment instead of a moment of relief. At first, we see a prince on a white horse (or a princess in all her royal finery), but when “the lights are turned on”, the prince or princess is revealed to be a real person, with their own imperfections and shortcomings! What a big disappointment!! How upsetting and revealing it is to understand the power and tendency of our imagination to create the most desirable picture of our beloved with no basis in reality! How painful it is to let go of the fairy tale when the lights come on in the relationship! After the disappointment of reality sets in, what are we to make of an analytical approach to love?\nWhat exactly happens when “the lights come on?” Our brain receives new, objective information about our partner that is different from our original, ideal picture of them drawn by our imagination. That’s the logic behind taking an analytical approach to love. However, when we are in love with someone, the feelings we have for that person are so wonderful and hard to come by that we try not to think too much in order to preserve our ideal image of the person. So do you want to live in a fairy-tale for a short time and then be disappointed or would you prefer to analyze your relationship the right way from the beginning, make wiser relationship decisions, and experience long-term satisfaction in love?\nIf you prefer to ‘keep the lights turned off’, you are choosing a lie. Yes, a lie, and a most unpleasant lie because you lie to yourself. You also lie to the person you made into a prince or princess! There’s an old proverb that says, “The one who lies is the one who is afraid” by G. Senkevich. Telling a lie makes life easier because there’s no need to accept imperfections in each other. People more often find excuses and blame others for their failures. Choosing the lie means you take no real responsibility for the relationship, and it can ultimately hurt not just the couple, but also their close friends, children and relatives. However, evaluating and testing your relationship more logically and objectively demonstrates the kind of responsibility necessary for the success of a serious relationship!\nSo what if you choose to ‘turn on the lights’ and face the reality of yourself, your partner and your relationship in an honest and open way? That requires a lot of effort, a lot of internal work on yourself, and to have the right goal in mind. However, it also allows you to build a relationship with your partner that is sincere and free of doubt! “Love exists only when your emotions and feelings for someone are balanced with a calm mind and a deep respect.”\n— Rey Short, PhD Sociology — University of Wisconsin\nTaking an analytical approach to love will allow you to understand what kind of person you really need, what kind of problems you can face together, and how those problems can be solved. This objective approach will also allow you to evaluate the risks of your relationship and help you to understand if you are ready for them. Not only will you feel more deeply for your partner, but you will also know more confidently why you love that person. If you are well prepared from the beginning of your relationship, you can avoid the disappointments and unfulfilled expectations that are so harmful to relationships. Good preparation will also bring about significant understanding and transparency in your relationship without fear, doubt, distrust, and jealousy. You’ll be able to open up completely to your partner without holding anything back and will be free to fully enjoy love with your beloved, the way it was meant to be!\nGetting physical in love is easy, but are you ready to get rational? Then spread your wings — the wings of deep feeling and thoughtful analysis — and enjoy love’s flight!\nFeel, Think, Love!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.corinnedesanjose.com/copy-of-push-pull-2","date":"2024-04-21T23:43:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818067.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421225303-20240422015303-00690.warc.gz","language_score":0.9599842429161072,"token_count":502,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__109994515","lang":"en","text":"Litte Blue Window (2020)\nThere’s a scene from the novel Station Eleven when communication and broadcast systems slowly break down after an outbreak of a lethal flu strain spreads around the world, paving the collapse of modern civilization. This appears to be the point of no return, televisions and radios pick up nothing but static, cell signal disappears, the internet blinks out. With the absence of information and communication, the whole world eventually turns dark and is unable to recover.\nThis is the first thing that came to mind when everything came to a grinding halt and the world was thrown into lockdown. All of us marooned indoors in our own little spaces for an uncertain amount of time, relying on our screens to connect to the outside world. With so much time and uncertainty, the mind wanders, tries to make order of things, only to meander again. The truth is that these times we find ourselves in situations of which we have very little control.\nThe series consists of cyanotype prints produced in the confines of my apartment where there is very little natural light. One of the pieces in the show, 56 Days, is a grid of cyanotype prints of equal number. The negatives were created from screenshots of video noise lifted from the internet. Placed on a window of my apartment, a single print was exposed through the sunlight of each full day. The process was repeated 56 times, becoming a visual journal of Metro Manila’s enhanced community quarantine over 56 days. A corresponding piece, The Ocean Doesn’t Want Me Today, is another grid of the same number, that makes up a large image of the last beach I saw right before the lockdown — the last experience I have of the outdoors. It was a trip I had\ntaken to isolate myself from the city. I had intended to ‘maroon’ myself on an island, to temporarily sever ties to my old life. It is ironic to unknowingly come home anyway to some kind of dystopic version of that.\nIn making the work for this show, I keep going back and forth between those mental spaces. The struggle to stay in the obscure present, to be mindful, to observe, and to ruminate on a past that involved a life outdoors that is becoming more and more abstract. In the absence of certainty and accessibility, I have resorted to constructing and deconstructing spaces, making do with resources on hand, attempting to find order and rationality in both processes and images.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://racingprofits.net/horse-racing-books/","date":"2018-01-23T07:36:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084891791.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20180123072105-20180123092105-00580.warc.gz","language_score":0.9654284715652466,"token_count":346,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__82387065","lang":"en","text":"Over the years I have read many horse racing books on betting, pro gamblers, trainers and jockeys. I decided to put together a reading list of books I recommend that you read if you are coming into the business. I have broken the books down into different categories, depending on what you are interested in either pro punters and gamblers,trainers or jockeys.\nI recommend that you get as good an insight into the sport as you can and I have certainly found that by reading a broad cross sections of horse racing books it has helped all areas of my betting.\nGeneral Betting On Horse Racing Books\nIdeal reads for anyone who is seriously coming into horse racing to make money and not as a “fun punter”. I have read all of these books over the past 20 years and while some may be getting a bit out of date they give a fantastic insight into successful betting and come highly recommended.\nBettors/ Gamblers / Punters Biographies\nThese books give you a superb insight into the mindset of the betting pro – the ups and downs of being a professional bettor, all of these are well worth a read if you are planning a career in the business.\nA view into the lives of some of the UK’s leading jockeys from the jumps and the flat, will give you a real insight inot waht it takes to ride those winners.\nA look at some of the greatest jumps and flat trainers in the UK and what it takes to train a race horse.\nI hope you enjoy these horse racing book recommendations as much as I have over the years and they add to your understanding of horse racing and betting.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.360regional.mx/twelve-sadomasochism-guides-having-when-you-re/","date":"2023-03-21T10:51:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943695.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20230321095704-20230321125704-00030.warc.gz","language_score":0.9300003051757812,"token_count":940,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__215922439","lang":"en","text":"twelve Sadomasochism Guides Having When you’re ready so you can Kink Up your Sex-life| On Abr04,2022\nFinding a how-to compliment? Or maybe just a sensual story to read through to the brand new beach? Regardless, we gotchu.\nWhether or not it are 50 Colour out of Grey one to stimulated your own demand for Sado maso, it’s no miracle the world of slavery, abuse, popularity and you may submitting creates you to definitely very hot understand. The challenge, of course, is the fact of several whom in reality live the lifestyle found the storyline out of Religious and you can Ana are inaccurate at the best and you will difficult at worst.\nDespite having specific sizzling moments (I did so like one operating vegetation got their second as a result of this new operation), discover way more you to goes into are each other a good dom and you can a sub than just Mr. Grey’s “red-colored area of discomfort.”\nOff addictive show reflecting Sado maso securities to academic exactly how-so you can instructions, there is discover the very best of the best. Whether you’re trying to step into the a beneficial dom/sub role, or you just want an attractive facts to fulfill the goals, here are a few must-understand page-turners to really get you supposed:\n1. Bared To you personally by Sylvia Time\nFifty Shades of Grey fans, if you haven’t read Bared for you by Sylvia Day, this is officially your sign from the universe. There are a lot of parallels between the ed Gideon falls for a shy, equally damaged woman named Eva, and together, they embark on an intense BDSM relationship.\nIf you love the first installment, you’re in luck because there are five total books in the Crossfire series. One of the biggest draws is that Crossfire touches more upon how different dynamics can be either healthy or harmful for couples depending on things like past trauma and communication-an element the story of Christian and Ana was definitely lacking.\ndos. Sadomasochism Principles for starters by the Michelle Fegatofi\nIf you’re longing for a straightforward guidebook to teach you the ins and outs of BDSM, look no further. Sadomasochism Principles for beginners by Michelle Fegatofi is the end-all be-all starting point for someone who wants to get a better idea of the lifestyle, as well as learn things like terms, guidelines, different types of relationships, and the roles different dynamics play.\nIf you have people feel, this publication is probable also amateur, however if you happen to be looking for a the majority of-nearby first step, you can not not work right with Fegatofi’s publication. Offered this lady has more than 20 years of expertise as good submissive, you will end up in a hands.\nstep 3. The fresh new Resting Beauty trilogy of the An excellent.Letter. Roquelaure (aka Anne Rice)\nIf you’re a fan of Anne Rice’s gothic fiction and erotic literature, be warned: The author takes explicit sex to the next level with The brand new Asleep Charm trilogy (written under the pseudonym A. N. Roquelaure). The story was first released back in the 80s and centers around Beauty, who is awakened from her famous slumber with more than a kiss.\nThe trilogy follows her through a life of submission and some pretty extreme BDSM. In 2015 Rice released a fourth novel to the series called Beauty’s Empire, https://datingrating.net/es/citas-sij/ which is a little less graphic and a little more story driven. If you’re a lover of the Disney tale, read with caution because your view of this character is about to change big time.\ncuatro. The new Topping Guide while the The new Bottoming Guide of the Janet Hardy and you will Dossie Easton\nWhen the first editions of the Topping Publication and the Bottoming Publication hit the shelves in the early 90s, readers were enthralled by the candor, kindness, and detail Hardy and Easton went into to describe what it’s like (and what to consider) to be in a BDSM relationship. Part guidebooks, part anecdotal reads, the “new” editions delve deeper into both sides of the spectrum, giving readers a source for questions and comfort.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://skewedlayer.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-10-21T08:42:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1413507444312.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20141017005724-00230-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9540672898292542,"token_count":597,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-42","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-42__0__83056622","lang":"en","text":"Anonymous said: Why do you hate the john green thing? Just curious.\nbecause fuck john green\n- he’s creepy as fuck. he does this weird thing where he fetishizes nerdy girls and shit. and it’s very fucking creepy to characterize young women when you’re, like, 40. and misogynistic. all the girls in the books are supposed to be these cutesy ass bookworm bitches that are lowkey sexy and probably wanna do shit like ride dick to a white-washed blues song. i’m not with it. and there’s nothing wrong with that, but when you look down on other women, or female-identifying people, you’re a piece of shit.\n- all of his characters are pretentious as fuck. what fucking teenager with cancer takes a cigarette out and walks around with it in between his lips without smoking it? like, if you’re going to go through this whole spiel about metaphors and shit, you can cancel that, because you literally just paid for… nevermind. nawl. fuck it.\n- all his books seem like a damn (500) days of summer, perks of being a wallflower, twilight ass mashup. anyone can predict what the fuck is going to happen by looking at the damn cover. some whiny ass white boy living in a boring world finds a white girl with the Emma Watson haircut reading a book or some shit and she has something unique about her (i don’t know, something that’s wild ableist and insensitive to write in a book, say, cancer), and he falls in love with her, instantly puttin her on a pedestal. they listen to the smiths and scoff at people who play Migos, call themselves misanthropes, run through the city and eat deli sandwiches in the park, then kiss in an alleyway. somewhere in the book, green will trash the girl (maybe she moves, or she dies, or something), and then the boy moves on with wispy eyes and a hard stare with a cigarette tucked behind his ear that he never lights.\n- he’s one of those pseudo-intellectual assholes that thinks that people with a certain kind of smarts are better than those who aren’t seen as conventionally smart (conventionally smart meaning the “white” kind of smart: perfectly enunciated words, coiled up, reading a book while pushing a pair of glasses up their nose, and containing a lot of angst about the world around them because everyone is “devolving into an idiot”)\n- plus, he’s just a ugly nerdass and i don’t care for him or any of his damn work to be on my dashboard. go read something better. fuck that christmas lights in your bedroom ass nigga.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://blogprocedural.wordpress.com/2017/10/14/the-concept-of-innocuous-depravity/","date":"2019-02-18T03:54:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247484648.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20190218033722-20190218055722-00545.warc.gz","language_score":0.9530994296073914,"token_count":1275,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-09","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__8890209","lang":"en","text":"or How I Pretend To See What I Don’t Want To See\n“All these people are assholes. All of them. They’re all big assholes, but they all know how to hide it real well, ‘cause they’ve played the game long enough.”\nRedlettermedia’s Mike Stoklasa\nIn the last week a myriad of publications have echoed multiple cases of sexual harassment by big profile figures of the entertainment world. Mostly by big, creepy, hairy assholes who, to no one surprise, have spent the last decades harassing and probably raping people. It is no big news the temptation nature of power, especially when it comes with a sense of invulnerability given by influence, power, profitability, or all the above.\nQuestion is, why is everybody so surprised about this. We all saw this coming, and if you say otherwise you are either a deluded one, or a very naïve and innocent person. If you are in the second group, run as fast as you can while you still have time. And don’t look back.\nWe have been submitted to the idea that depravity comes with fame, power, and money. We celebrated and encouraged it while socially outcasting those who fall in disgrace upon our very own eyes. If you have some time, read works like Hollywood Babylon (1959, Kenneth Anger) or, if you are a morbid kid with a sense of bad timing, Down and Dirty Pictures (2004, Peter Biskind). This one focus on the explosion of indie cinema at the beginning of the 90s. Oh, and also how Harvey managed his business during those years. A second reading brings new sides to this situation, to say the least.\nHere is what Biskind said on Vanity Fair about the recent events regarding the accusations of sexual harassment against Weinstein:\n“I would hear things occasionally, but they were rumors,” Biskind said. Why didn’t they merit a mention in his book? “I wasn’t writing a biography of Harvey; I was writing about the explosion of independent [films] in the 90s . . . I didn’t feel that whatever truth there was to this rumors about Harvey’s personal life had really much relevance to what I was writing about.”\nThis is said by the same guy who wrote Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (1998), one of the best ones when it comes to know the 60s and 70s in Hollywood and the changing of paradigms. And also who fucked who in which way. God knows I love this book too, but I can’t stop thinking about the inconsistences of the never-ending concept of the profitable asshole.\nImagine an awkward, socially aggressive, borderline reclusive, eventually predatory and/or dominant person with a set of skills that makes him profitable for other people’s economic interests. I just described half of the characters written by Aaron Sorkin (Studio 60, Newsroom, Steve Jobs, Moneyball, The Social Network, and surprisingly not Molly Bloom[i]). I just found a shortened definition of the not so American but mostly universal mindset of fascination about the new outlaws. With the cunning rascals forgotten, serial killers being a boring trend, and the downright demented genius of previous generations forgotten, or at least in a serious risk of being forgotten/being reduced to circlejerking niches, the new excess is not only the economical one, but the social one.\nThe “I get away with it and you don’t cause I am superior” mixed with “I can do things you won’t ever be able to” and a dose of “you jerk off crying while I fuck gods. Loser”.\nNothing wrong here, being a quasi-respectable instinct/hobby of the modern human being. If you are able to separate phantasy from reality, to say the least. Excess becomes routine. And for the minds of the wicked or the curious, routine becomes boredom. Therefore, the search for new limits.\nAnd I am not talking about climbing the Himalaya without oxygen tanks, or going to central Asia in search of spiritual self-discovery, but the click that makes bad people into aspiring sociopaths and fulltime monsters.\nAnd when this mindset is thrown into weak and deranged individuals, horrible things happened. And when every one of these cases goes public, everybody gasps. In surprise, in disdain, and in pure horror. What were you expecting exactly? Already deluded and powerful scumbags saying “oh, no, no, we crossed the line. No one had the balls of telling us what is right and what is wrong, but don’t worry: we know the limits here”. Come the fuck off, people. The worst thing about this whole shitfest is the fact that this is how is supposed to be. The general mindset paved the road to sociopathy, and the monsters are going in full speed. I am not throwing away blame and accusations, but giving basic context. We are not the moral guardians of anyone else except ourselves, but day after day the concept of “voting with your wallet” keeps growing in my head. What else can we do?\nAnd yes, the generalized consent inside the industry is what make this monsters not only survive, but grow and prevail. Is it really worth it? Hollywood loves itself way too much, and while tv shows like Entourage or Californication (just to name two of them) gloats with a humorous and whimsical perspective about the dark and true nature of the industry, I’d rather see the equivalent of Network for the current generation.\n[i] First movie written and directed by him, starring Jessica Chastain. A biopic about the real Bloom, who ran for years illegal poker games and became involved with the Russian mafia and the FBI. Slightly believable sources inquire that Sorkin was involved romantically/sexually/both with Bloom during the writing and making of the movie. Hmm… Regardless of this: script was great and movie looks neat.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://annewilneervens.wordpress.com/2009/03/","date":"2019-11-21T10:55:13Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496670770.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20191121101711-20191121125711-00311.warc.gz","language_score":0.919028103351593,"token_count":716,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__204816402","lang":"en","text":"The last few months I’ve been particularly preoccupied with (school) work and the research for my MA thesis (on the software behind social networking sites – more about this later). I did however, finish a couple of classes for which I wrote two final papers that I’d like to share.\nFirst off, the class New Media Research Seminar required for us to read ‘Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization’ by Alexander R. Galloway and ‘Control and Freedom: Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiberoptics’ by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun. Both books were a very interesting read, although I must admit that ‘Protocol’ is more up my alley. For the final paper I’ve compared and contrasted these books, adding my own commentary and questions. I start off by summarizing and critiquing both books and finally take out a few of their main points for contrast and comparison.\nHere’s the abstract:\nThis paper attempts to compare and contrast the main points of the books ‘Protocol:\nHow Control Exists After Decentralization’ by Alexander R. Galloway and ‘Control\nand Freedom: Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics’ by Wendy Hui Kyong\nChun. By briefly discussing both ‘Protocol’ and ‘Control and Freedom’, I will map the\ndiscourse in both books, thereby revealing the larger arguments of the authors.\nI will then be able to compare and contrast them and finally come to a concluding\nstatement. The reviews of both books are not merely summaries: I will also address\nunclear paragraphs and theories I came across and add to them with thoughts and\nquestions that came up while reading both texts.\nThe rest of the paper can be found here: Comparing and Contrasting ‘Protocol’ with ‘Control and Freedom’\nThe second paper was written for New Media Theories, a class that covered a lot of classical media texts and subjects such as Vannevar Bush’s ‘As We May Think’, Ivan Sutherland’s ‘Sketchpad’, Theodor Nelson’s ‘Xanadu’, Donna Haraway’s ‘A Cyborg Manifesto’ and so on. I chose to write about digital obsolescence and made a link with both Walter Benjamin’s historical ‘The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction’ and Hans Magnus Enzensberger’s ‘Constituents of a Theory of the Media’.\nHere’s the abstract:\nWith this paper I attempt to answer the question why digital preservation in new\nmedia and new media art is as important as it is difficult. It considers the relation\nbetween digital obsolescence and digital preservation, and looks into several\nstrategies to preserve digital information; with a particular focus on emulation. This\ncontemporary issue is first linked back to the historical works of Walter Benjamin’s\nand Hans Magnus Enzensberger’s and their ideas on reproduction, thus providing an\noverview of the importance of (mechanical and technological) reproducibility since its\nAnd the rest can be found here: The Battle Against Digital Obsolescence:\nExploring Strategies of Digital Preservation in New Media and New Media Art","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ipswichfilmtheatre.savoysystems.co.uk/IpswichFilmTheatre.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_1012.TcsWebTab_1651.TcsProgramme_1937757","date":"2022-06-27T05:04:36Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103328647.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20220627043200-20220627073200-00414.warc.gz","language_score":0.9600522518157959,"token_count":156,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__130868115","lang":"en","text":"When Pete’s old university friends invite him to celebrate his birthday, and their 10-year reunion, with a weekend away in a grand country mansion, he’s looking forward to reliving the glory days. But when he arrives, Pete can’t seem to do anything right, and there are many new inside jokes he isn’t in on. And why have his friends invited a random stranger from the local pub to join the party? Andrew Gaynord’s debut feature, written by Tom Palmer and Tom Stourton (who also stars as Pete) playfully taps into contemporary social anxiety, and the escalating tension and hilarity will have you joyfully squirming in your seat. An outstanding British debut from three names to remember.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://ourgreatnation.com/category/book/","date":"2024-03-01T21:28:20Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475701.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301193300-20240301223300-00821.warc.gz","language_score":0.9663909077644348,"token_count":562,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__157059748","lang":"en","text":"During the Trump years, I had become increasingly worried about the unraveling of American society, as economic inequality combined with identity politics to fuel a raging inferno of anger on both sides of the sharply polarized political spectrum. Americans seemed to have too little in common anymore, except their mutual cynicism and hatred of each other.\nI’m a big believer in the power of stories to shape the way we perceive the world. Americans no longer had a shared story of our country — its history, present struggles, and deeper meaning and principles — and why, despite our differences, we should try to remain united and work together for the cause of national greatness.\nSo I decided to write such a story — a grand meta-narrative about America, that I hoped could help to reunite the diverse people of our great nation. I decided also to include relevant stories from my own life and family history to help illustrate some of the key concepts of America’s past and controversies of the present day. Because of my unusual life and background, I had a lot of interesting material to work with.\nMy original plan was to publish the book in early 2020 and go on a speaking tour across America in an RV during the presidential election campaign season. But my RV broke down and Covid-19 hit, so I had to change my plans. I postponed publication of Our Great Nation and decided to add more to the story after the election and the worst of the pandemic were over.\nThe past year turned out to be one of the wildest years in American history. My book — already filled with incredible stories about our country — now has even more jaw-dropping material that would have sounded like fiction just a few short years ago.\nAmerica is a uniquely crazy and amazing place. That’s the main theme of Our Great Nation. And as the subtitle of the book indicates — The America We’ve Lost and How to Rebuild It Together — it is also a nation in peril. The United States of America today is in deep decline and barely hanging together by a thread. In 10 or 20 years — perhaps even sooner — there’s a real possibility that the country might break apart or plunge into civil war.\nMy book offers a prescription for saving our country. In part, it’s by embracing a majestic narrative of America’s unique role in human history. But we must also do the hard work of listening to our fellow citizens who are different than ourselves, and unite upon some basic values and principles that are neither of the left nor of the right, but for our common good.\nCan we do it? Read the book (coming in early 2023) and decide for yourself! Click here to read excerpts and reserve your copy today!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://kregl.deviantart.com/art/Tea-and-Cigarettes-contest-entry-Fishing-383901685","date":"2015-02-28T12:21:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-11/segments/1424936461944.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20150226074101-00119-ip-10-28-5-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9808536767959595,"token_count":138,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-11","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-11__0__19053331","lang":"en","text":"contest that ends on 10th of July and that makes me one lazy artist -_-\nActually I just have been thinking all this time WHAT could I do to not lost the characters spirit, yet add mine too.\nAnd hmh, here we see the result of my struggle, which took me three days O_O\nIf only I spent as much time on my own drawings\nI suppose, Iisjah and Blady went fishing... or at least they want us to think that they went fishing\nGrumpy octopus is grumpy...\nWell, hope you'll like it\nBlady and Iisjah are characters of\nArt by little ol'me","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.vallalar.co.in/kali_purushan_en","date":"2023-12-02T11:12:47Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100399.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202105028-20231202135028-00050.warc.gz","language_score":0.9677994251251221,"token_count":7694,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__189883217","lang":"en","text":"In the first yuga, a day is equivalent to 8 . In the second yuga, a day is equivalent to 6 . In the third yuga, a day is equivalent to 4.\nIn the fourth yuga, a day is equivalent to 2 units. Therefore, the total number of days in 20 units of time is calculated as follows: 60 x 60 x 60 = 2,16,000 seconds.\nThis means we have 60 \"Naligai\" per day, with 60 seconds per \"Naligai\" and 60 seconds per minute.Thus, for two days,\nit would be 4,32,000 seconds. However, it is incorrect to say that these 4,32,000 seconds correspond to the duration of a Kali yuga.\nThe duration of a Kali yuga is only 5,000 years. The Kali yuga will end by 1900.During the beginning of the Kali yuga, an impure Maya Siddhar (a practitioner of mystical arts) consumed a \"Baspam\" (a herb to increase lifespan) to live for several thousand years. This Siddhar is known as the ruler of the Kali yuga, or the Kali Purushan. The Kali Purushan had the ability to make his body invisible and change his appearance frequently, controlling the Earth according to his will.\nMy first meeting with Babaji took place in my thirty-third year,” Lahiri Mahasaya had said. “In the autumn of 1861 I was stationed in Danapur as an accountant in the Military Engineering Department of the Government. One morning the office manager summoned me.....\nAutobiography of yogi\nThe Northern Himalayan crags near Badrinarayan are still blessed by the living presence of Babaji, guru of Lahiri Mahasaya. The secluded master has retained his physical form for centuries, perhaps for millenniums....\nAutobiography of yogi\nIn the year 1865, Vallalar established the principle called Suddha Sanmargam. He claimed that only Suddha Sanmargam leads to eternal life without death, which was revealed to him by Lord Arutperunjothi. He expressed this truth in his holy book \"Thiruvarutpa\" through various verses. The primary practices of Sanmarga are to see all beings as equal to oneself, to contemplate on Lord Arutperunjothi, and to express unconditional love towards Lord ArutPerumJothi. Through these practices, one can attain a life free from the cycle of birth and death, as stated by Vallalar..\n“ உலகில் உள்ள உயிர்கள் எல்லாம் ஒளிநெறி பெற்றிட இலகும் ஐந்தொழிலையும் யான் செய்ய\nLord Arutperumjothi has bestowed upon me the power of Shiva, Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, and Sadashiva to uplift the human race and guide them on the path of light - Suddha Sanmargam.\nFrom the verses of ThiruArutpa, it is evident that Lord ArutPerumJothi has granted Vallalar the authority to govern the universe and propagate Suddha Sanmargam throughout the cosmos.\nThey finally died in the state of Samadhi. Taken Thier Souls to Astral galaxies (fourth dimension - Angels/Demons). They are currently living in astral galaxies. Yukteswar Giri has also spoken about this matter, explaining it to Paramahamsa Yogananda in the book \"Autobiography of Yogi\"\nSri Yukteswar explained. It is called Hiranyaloka or ‘Illumined Astral Planet.’ There I am aiding advanced beings to rid themselves of astral karma and thus attain liberation from astral rebirths. The dwellers on Hiranyaloka are highly developed spiritually; all of them had acquired, in their last earth-incarnation, the meditation-given power of consciously leaving their physical bodies at death.\nAutobiography of Yogi\nVallalar states that immortality can only be attained while existing in the human body. It is through the grace of Lord ArutPerumJothi that one can transform the human body into the Pure Body, Pranava Body, and the Body of Wisdom light. This is what Vallalar refers to as the complete state in his principle of Suddha Sanmargam. Why should we practice kriya, enter samadhi, and guide our soul out of the physical body to wander in Astral Galaxies? This is not the final state. If that is the case, why does Maha Avatar Babaji teach kriya?\nParamahamsa Yogananda clearly knows that Maha Avatar Babaji is not a god. Babaji instructed Paramahamsa Yogananda to go to America to propagate Kriya Yoga in the year 1920. Babaji mentioned that Jesus Christ had instructed him to disseminate the science of yoga to the people in America. Paramahamsa Yogananda would go into deep meditation seeking acceptance from God to leave India and go to America, but there would be no reply from God. Suddenly, Maha Avatar Babaji would appear in front of Paramahamsa Yogananda and say that God has given him permission to go to America.\nOne early morning I began to pray, with an adamant determination to continue,\neven to die praying, until I heard the voice of God. I wanted His blessing and assurance that I would not lose myself\nin the fogs of modern utilitarianism. My heart was set to go to America, but even more strongly was it resolved to hear\nthe solace of divine permission. I prayed and prayed, muffling my sobs. No answer came. At noon I reached a zenith;\nmy head was reeling under the pressure of my agonies.\nI felt that if I cried once more, increasing the depth of my inner passion, my brain would split. At that moment there came a knock on the door of my Garpar Road home. Answering the summons, I beheld a young man in the scanty garb of a renunciant. He entered the house. “He must be Babaji!” I thought, dazed, because the man before me had the features of a young Lahiri Mahasaya.\nHe answered my thought. “Yes, I am Babaji.” He spoke melodiously in Hindi. “Our Heavenly Father has heard your prayer. He commands me to tell you: Follow the behests of your guru and go to America. Fear not; you shall be protected.” After a vibrant pause, Babaji addressed me again. “You are the one I have chosen to spread the message of Kriya Yoga in the West. Long ago I met your guru Yukteswar at a Kumbha Mela; I told him then I would send you to him for training.\nAutobiography of Yogi\nIf we analyze the above statement, it becomes clear that God doesn't grant permission for Paramahamsa Yogananda to go to America and preach Kriya Yoga. However, it is Maha Avatar Babaji who falsely claims that God has given permission and instructs Paramahamsa Yogananda to go to America and propagate Kriya Yoga.\nYou May ask how does Maha Avatar Babaji lied? In the year 1874, Lord ArutPerumJothi instructed Vallalar to preach Suddha Sanmargam around the cosmos. In such a case, how could Lord ArutPerumJothi have instructed to preach Kriya Yoga around the world in the year 1920?\nA message of such a nature was I chosen to propagate when I paid a visit to\nthe Kumbha Mela being held at Allahabad in January 1894. As I was walking along the bank of the Ganges,\nI was sum- moned by a man and was afterwards honoured by an interview with a great holy person, Babaji,\nthe gurudeva of my own guru, Lahiri Mahasaya, of Banaras.\nThis holy personage at the Kumbha Mela was thus my own paramguruji maharaj, though this was our first meeting. During my conversation with Babaji, we spoke of the particular class of men who now frequent these places of pilgrimage.\nI humbly suggested that there were men greater by far in intelligence than most of those then present, men living in distant parts of the world-Europe and America-professing different creeds, and ignorant of the real significance of the Kumbha Mela.\nThey were men fit to hold communion with the spiritual devotees, so far as intelligence is concerned; yet such intellectual men in foreign lands were, alas, wedded in many cases to rank materialism. Some of them, though famous for their investigations in the realms of science and philosophy, do not recognize the essential unity in religion. The professed creeds serve as nearly insurmountable barriers that threaten to separate mankind forever.\nMy paramguruji maharaj Babaji smiled and, honouring me with the title of Swami, imposed on me the task of this book.\nThe Holy Science\nWhatever Vallalar spoke about the Kali Yuga in 1872, the same content is available in the book \"The Holy Science.\" However, there are differing opinions in certain places. In the book \"The Holy Science,\" it is also mentioned that the calculation for the duration of the Kali Yuga (4,32,000 years) was incorrect. However, it is stated that the Kali Yuga ended in the year 1700.\nNow, in this 194th year of Dwapara Yuga, the dark age of Kali having long since passed, the world is reaching out for spiritual knowledge, and men require loving help one from the otherThe publishing of this book, requested from me by my holy paramguru maharaj Babaji, will, I hope, be of spiritual service.\nThe Holy Science\nThe book \"The Holy Science\" was written in the year 1894. Therefore, if we subtract 194 from 1894, it comes to 1700.\nThese are all acts of Maha Avatar Babaji designed to confuse the people. In 1874, Vallalar prophesied that people from America and Russia would come to India and spread Sudha Sanmargam.\nYou do not listen to me. You do not follow the principles of the teachings. You seem to be determined not to be convinced by me. Yet the time is not far off when persons from Russia, America and other foreign lands will come to India and preach to you this same doctrine of Universal Brotherhood. Then only will you know and appreciate the grand truths that I am now vainly trying to make you accept. You will soon find the brothers who live in the far north will work a great many wonders in India, and thus confer incalculable benefits upon this our country\nIn the year 1894, Maha Avatar Babaji told Yukteswar Giri, \"Kriya Yoga should be initiated for the people in America and Europe. In the future, I will send a student (Paramahamsa Yogananda) to you.\"\nYou, Swamiji, have a part to play in the coming harmonious exchange between Orient and Occident. Some years hence I shall send you a disciple(Paramahamsa Yoganandha) whom you can train for yoga dissemination in the West. The vibrations there of many spiritually seeking souls come floodlike to me. I perceive potential saints in America and Europe, waiting to be awakened....\nThe Holy Science\nIf we analyze the above statement, In 1874, Lord ArutPerumJothi granted Vallalar full authority to spread Sudha Sanmargam to the cosmos. In such a scenario, why did Maha Avatar Babaji state in 1894 to Yukteswar Giri that he would send him a student (Paramahamsa Yogananda) who would preach Kriya Yoga in America and Europe? From this, it becomes clear that Maha Avatar Babaji, also known as Kali Purushan, is engaging in such evil acts to divert people from the principles of Sudha Sanmargam.\nIf we practice Kriya Yoga, we can attain samadhi. In the state of samadhi, we can separate our soul from the physical body. This enables us to travel to astral galaxies and explore countless realms within the astral plane. Once we experience the vastness and beauty of the astral galaxies, we may lose interest in returning to planet Earth. Yukteswar Giri describes this phenomenon as follows\nNormal or long-established residents of the astral universe, on the other hand, are those who, freed forever from all material longings, need return no more to the gross vibrations of earth. Such beings have only astral and causal karma to work out. At astral death these beings pass to the infinitely finer and more delicate causal world. At the end of a certain span, determined by cosmic law, these advanced beings then return to Hiranyaloka or a similar high astral planet, reborn in a new astral body to work out their unredeemed astral karma. “My son, you may now comprehend more fully that I am resurrected by divine decree,” Sri Yukteswar continued, “as a saviour of astrally reincarnating souls coming back from the causal sphere, in particular, rather than of those astral beings who are coming up from the earth. Those from the earth, if they still retain vestiges of material karma, do not rise to the very high astral planets like Hiranyaloka.\nAutobiography of Yogi\nThe plan of Maha Avatar Babaji is to lead us to samadhi and make us wander in astral galaxies. However, this is not the final state. According to Vallalar's Sudha Sanmargam principle, once we leave our physical body, we cannot attain immortality. Vallalar also stated that \"the practice of samadhi is not a good practice\"\n“Mr. Dickinson!” The next parcel contained a gift that I had bought in a Calcutta bazaar.\n“Mr. Dickinson will like this,” I had thought at the time. A beloved disciple, Mr. E. E. Dickinson had been present at\nevery Christmas festivity since the 1925 founding of the Mt. Washington Centre. At this eleventh annual celebration,\nhe stood before me, untying the ribbons of an oblong package.“The silver cup!” Struggling with emotion,\nhe stared at the present, a tall drinking cup. He seated himself some distance away, apparently in a daze.\nI smiled at him affectionately before resuming my role as Santa Claus.\nThe ejaculatory evening closed with a prayer to the Giver of all gifts; then a group singing of Christmas carols. Mr. Dickinson and I were chatting together some time later. “Sir,” he said, “please let me thank you now for the silver cup. I could not find any words on Christmas night.” “I brought the gift especially for you.” “For forty-three years I have been waiting for that silver cup! It is a long story, one I have kept hidden within me.” Mr. Dickinson looked at me shyly.\n“The beginning was dramatic: I was drowning. My older brother had playfully pushed me into a fifteen foot pool in a small town in Nebraska. I was only five years old then. As I was about to sink for the second time under the water, a dazzling multicoloured light appeared, filling all space. In the midst was the figure of a man with tranquil eyes and a reassuring smile. My body was sinking for the third time when one of my brother’s companions bent a tall slender willow tree in such a low dip that I could grasp it with my desperate fingers. The boys lifted me to the bank and successfully gave me first-aid treatment.\n“Twelve years later, a youth of seventeen, I visited Chicago with my mother. It was September 1893; the great World Parliament of Religions was in session. Mother and I were walking down a main street, when again I saw the mighty flash of light. A few paces away, strolling leisurely along, was the same man I had seen years before in vision. He approached a large auditorium and vanished within the door.“ ‘Mother,’ I cried, ‘that was the man who appeared at the time I was drowning!’ “She and I hastened into the building; the man was seated on a lecture platform. We soon learned that he was Swami Vivekananda of India. After he had given a soul-stirring talk, I went forward to meet him. He smiled on me graciously, as though we were old friends. I was so young that I did not know how to give expression to my feelings, but in my heart I was hoping that he would offer to be my teacher. He read my thought. “ ‘No, my son, I am not your guru.’ Vivekananda gazed with his beautiful, piercing eyes deep into my own. ‘Your teacher will come later. He will give you a silver cup.’ After a little pause, he added, smiling, ‘He will pour out to you more blessings than you are now able to hold.’ “I left Chicago in a few days,” Mr. Dickinson went on, “and never saw the great Vivekananda again.\nBut every word he had uttered was indelibly written on my inmost consciousness. Years passed; no teacher appeared. One night in 1925 I prayed deeply that the Lord would send me my guru. A few hours later, I was awakened from sleep by soft strains of melody. A band of celestial beings, carrying flutes and other instruments, came before my view. After filling the air with glorious music, the angels slowly vanished. “The next evening I attended, for the first time, one of your lectures here in Los Angeles, and knew then that my prayer had been granted.” We smiled at each other in silence. “For eleven years now I have been your Kriya Yoga disciple, ” Mr. Dickinson continued. “Sometimes I wondered about the silver cup; I had almost persuaded myself that the words of Vivekananda were only metaphorical. “But on Christmas night, as you handed me the little box by the tree, I saw, for the third time in my life, the same dazzling flash of light. In another minute I was gazing on my guru’s gift that Vivekananda had foreseen for me forty-three years earlier—a silver cup!\nAutobiography of yogi\n“Lord Krishna!” The glorious form of the avatar appeared in a shimmering blaze as I sat in my room at the Regent Hotel in Bombay. Shining over the roof of a high building across the street, the ineffable vision had suddenly burst on my sight as I gazed out of my tall open third-storey window. The divine figure waved to me, smiling and nodding in greeting. When I could not understand the exact message of Lord Krishna, he departed with a gesture of blessing. Wondrously uplifted, I felt that some spiritual event was presaged.\nAutobiography of yogi\nOne night while I was engaged in silent prayer, my sitting room in the Encinitas hermitage became filled with an opal-blue light. I beheld the radiant form of the blessed Lord Jesus. A young man, he seemed, of about twenty-five, with a sparse beard and moustache; his long black hair, parted in the middle, was haloed by a shimmering gold. His eyes were eternally wondrous; as I gazed, they were infinitely changing. With each divine transition in their expression, I intuitively understood the wisdom conveyed. In his glorious gaze I felt the power that upholds the myriad worlds. A Holy Grail appeared at his mouth; it came down to my lips and then returned to Jesus. After a few moments he uttered beautiful words, so personal in their nature that I keep them in my heart.\nAutobiography of Yogi\nSri V.T. Neelakantan recorded verbatim a series of talks given by Satguru Kriya Babaji in 1953. These are a fountain of delight and inspiration, illuminating the Kriya Yoga path towards God realization, unity in diversity and universal love. They also reveal the magnetic personality of Babaji and how he supports us all, with much humour and wisdom. They were originally printed in three volumes: \"The Voice of Babaji and Mysticism Unlocked,\" \"Babaji's Masterkey to All Ills, (Kriya)\" and \"Babaji's Death of Death (Kriya).\" Includes the fascinating accounts of the meetings with Babaji in Madras and in the Himalayas by authors V.T. Neelakantan and Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah. Out of print for nearly 50 years, they are profound and important statements from one of the world's greatest living spiritual masters. Source Link\nIn the year 1920, Maha Avatar Babaji instructed Paramahansa Yogananda to teach Kriya Yoga in America. He stayed there and continued to teach until 1952 when he attained samadhi and left his physical body.\nAfter Paramahansa Yogananda left his physical body, Maha Avatar Babaji came to Tamilnadu, Madras .\nMaha Avatar Babaji chose Neelakantan and Ramaiah to propagate Kriya Yoga in the state of Tamil Nadu. In this, Ramaiah was also following Vallalar.\nVallalar doesn't like Ramaiah to join hands with Maha Avatar Babaji to spread kriya. The below statement was told by Maha Avatar Babaji to Neelakantan.\nThe Voice of Babaji: A Trilogy on Kriya Yoga (Page number - 138)Babaji : \"Your 'other half (S.A.A.Ramaiah)' has dedicated 'A Blissful Saint' to my lotus feet.The Swamiji (Vallalar) concerned will not like it \"\nFrom the above conversation, it is very clear that Vallalar does not like Maha Avatar Babaji spreading Kriya Yoga.\nMoreover, Maha Avatar Babaji was well aware of Vallalar. Read the below conversation\nThe Voice of Babaji: A Trilogy on Kriya Yoga (Page number - 143 & 144)Ramaiah: \"Hammering headache?\"\nThe Voice of Babaji: A Trilogy on Kriya Yoga (Page number - 143 & 144)Babaji : \"He may give up the idea of using the tri-color picture for this book. \" While writing the last chapter of this book the Master (Babaji) hinted that it will be over in a couple of days. On the eve of parting the loving Apostle of Kriya Yoga reverted to the first topic:\"Yes, I must try to get at the Ramalinga devotee\"\nThe Voice of Babaji: A Trilogy on Kriya Yoga (Page number - 144 & 145)Babaji : \"Tomorrow a person will come with presents, but his temper will be bad. Be prepared for it\".\nFuther more Babaji asked Neelakantan to eat eggs !\nThe Voice of Babaji: A Trilogy on Kriya Yoga (Page number - 304 & 305)Monday,November 10 , 1952\nMaha Avatar Babaji used to sit on an animal skin whenever he appeared in front of Neelakantan.\nSitting on animal skin, asking peoples to eat egg these are all againt the compassion. Without compassion towards all living beings one cannot reach the Lord ArutPerumJothi.\nIf we analyze all the aforementioned elements, it becomes clear that Maha Avatar Babaji is indeed the Kali Purushan (Ruler of the Kali Yuga).\nFrom Pune, I took a bus to Shirdi and reached late at night.\nAt the entrance of the samadhi complex stood Babaji\"So you met the young yogi,' he said.\n'Here everything is closed now but we shall go to the chavadi, where Sainath used to sleep.\n'We walked past the samadhi, gurusthan and Dwarkamai, where the dhuni fire burns, and reached the\nsmall structure called the chavadi, There was no one around except a few stray dogsThe wooden door\nwas closedI wondered what we were going to do.Babaji said, 'Let's enter \"The door is locked,' I pointed out.\n'I know,he said. 'Now close your eyes and act as if you were entering the door. \"'But Babaji...Just do it and don't open your eyes.'\nWith my eyes closed, I put my right foot forward with my knee bentIt felt like I was pushing against a cloth screen. It was the\nsame feeling when the rest of my body came in contact with the doorIn a flash, the feeling disappeared,\nand heard Babaji saying, Okay, open your eyes.I\"I opened my eyes and found myself inside the chavadi. The door was still locked.\nBabaji was standing beside me.\nI had hardly recovered from the astonishment of somehow walking through a closed and locked door, when I was taken aback by something even more astonishing and unbelievable. On a narrow wooden plank, suspended from the roof by torn pieces of old cloth, twisted together like a rope, reclined the Sai Baba of Shirdi-who was supposed to have passed away in 1918! As I stared at him with wonderment and awe, my hair stood on end and my whole body trembled He sat up on the plank, and as I wondered how he could come down from his peculiar bed, hanging six feet above the ground.\nHe quietly slid off the plank and floated down effortlessly I noticed that the cloth that he is normally seen with, wrapped around his head was missing. His head was clean shaven, and when he stood beside us, I realised that he was a six-footer, and built like a . He hugged Babaji, Muslim style, and they kissed each other's noses lightly. I prostrated at his feet.\nHe lifted me back to standing position and said, 'Salaam boy, you have got a great guru, murshid. also had a great guru, my Venkusha, and all I did, was stare at him. Allah malik hai, Ram Ram.\" Babaji said, 'Please bless him, Baba.\"'Allah malik hai, you have to do the kind of work I do, in a different way.I Not easy, lad. This world is crazy and they think I am mad. Hu Allah, Ram, Ram, Ram. Do Kabir's workTake guru's blessingsHe reached under the sheet that covered his plank bed, and took out a wad of currency. Here,' he said, 'Allah bhala karega (God will take care)Take this money and travel to Ganagapur, Pithapur and Akkalkot. Go, go.\"\nApprenticed to the Himalayan master\nAfter the night's prayer, Shah Sahib came personally to usher us to his house for dinner. There were about six or seven of his disciples. We cross-legged on mats and ate from ceramic plates. Two disciples served the food'Vegetarian food is also cooked specially for Babaji,said Shah Sahib'Young man, if you are also vegetarian, you can have the special food.\"Babaji surprised me by saying, \"Today, we shall eat mutton biryani and kebab.' He winked at me. \"This young man used to like biryani, except that he thinks his mother makes the best biryani in the world.'Everyone laughed, and after a silent prayer, we enjoyed one of the best biryanis I have eaten in my life. After the meal, Shah Sahib announced to the group that I would be joining their halqa (circle) for three weeks. I was welcomed with hugs and exclamations of Allah be praised.'\nApprenticed to the Himalayan master\n\"Thousands of years ago, when humanity was still in infant stages of mental evolution,\nthere was regular contact with Sarpa Loka. The wise and evolved Nagas frequented the earth, and spent long periods here,\nteaching and educating human beings. The snake worship you come across in all ancient civilizations is a tribute\nto the advanced Nagas of yore. Their images were venerated for the deep wisdom that they possessedThey also taught\nthe secret of the kundalini energy again symbolized by a serpent.\n'Patanjali, who gave the world the Ashtanga Yoga Sutras, was himsef a Naga, and is depicted as half-man and half-snake. The snake on pharaoh's head and the snake coiled around the yogi-god Shiva, areal symbolic representations of wisdom and power, imparted to certai human beings by the Naga teachers.\nHumans, or at least a majority of them, were ready even to kill of personal gain. Some felt threatened by the intellectually and spiritually superior Nagas, and forgetting their indebtedness, began to use the powers that they had acquired from the Nagas against them. at one point, there were large scale magas against the Nagas. The Supreme Naga Chief decided to recal the Nagas from earth and all connections, except with some human beings who were highly evolved spiritually. Overnight, they were transported back to sarpa Loka.\nA small number of Nagas, who were either sick or too old, or in rare Cases, rebels who defied the orders of the supreme Chief thinking that hey still could do something with the human beings, got left behind. \"The serpents and snakes that exist in the world today are the descendants of those who were left behind, and who, through years of in breeding no longer possess the great qualities of their ancestors.However, as I told you, the channels of contact were kept open with highly evolved beings of the human race.\nWhen the great Sai Nath of Shirdi left his body for three days, and returned on the fourth day, to the great astonishment of the general public who had thought that he had died, he told his close circle of associates that he had gone to settle a dispute in some other world.The other world he spoke of was the Sarpa Loka.\nThe dispute, which I cannot reveal to you, was not completely settled, and has come up again. Nagaraj here went to Sri Guru for help, and on his suggestion, came to me to discuss the matter.\" 'Babaji,' I said, 'all this sounds so bizarre, that if I ever wrote an autobiography, which I might do, at some point, since you say so, the readers would either dismiss it as the ravings of an unbalanced mind, or as pure fiction. I don't care. So let it be.'\nApprenticed to the Himalayan master\nAurobindo died on 5th December 1950 (aged 78) in pondicherry and was living in a 4th dimension (astral galaxy).\n👆 Click here --> to know about Aurobindo👆\nAurobindo is currently helping Maha Avatar Babaji to delay the establishment of Suddha Sanmargam on planet Earth.\nAurobindo appeared in front of a spiritual seeker from Russia named \"Imram\" to help Babaji in his Kriya Mission.\nIn 2002 my companion and went to the Caucasus Mountains It was winter, February, and we were practising in ascesis there,\nin the gorge, under rather harsh conditions. Food was running out and there was only a small amount leftWe were doing special\npranayamas and we had a little book called 18 Siddha Kriya yoga Tradition, written by Marshall Govindan.\nWe are grateful to him, and to everyone who writes spiritual books and thus inspires people, illuminating the way with their service and helping the worldBack then, it was good inspiration for many people.\nMy companion was reading the book that morning, when returned from my morning practiceWithout expecting anything and without any thoughts, I sat down beside a small stove to warm my body, because it was quite cold.We were surrounded by snow, the mountains, forest, gorge and a small hut.\nWhen I relaxed, a space opened up on the north side of the wall and Sri Aurobindo materialised Aurobindo. Swami Ghosh is a very high Soul, he is considered an Avatar in India, a high Spirit Swami Aurobindo is a disciple of Babaji and He wrote a work called Integral YogaIn that moment, I was a little bewildered amazed and very much delighted, all at once. I began to think: why did he come, why, why this was the work of a mind that was incredibly excited and intrigued. But since was in a deep state of relaxation after the pranayama, I didn't allow myself to think too intensely.\nMeanwhile, Aurobindo was looking at me with a living face, it was not an image it was not a pictureit was a bust - a living face from a parallel dimension, who had emerged and came towards me. I thought that since he has come, it means that something very important is about to happen. At that point, he told me, \"Stop thinking and wait,\" so switched off my brain and just sat thereThen he disappeared.\nThe air suddenly split apart and completely opened up, there was a flash of Light, like a funnel from another dimension.The One whom my Soul so longed to see appeared before me, the One to whom my whole being called out to... The eternal Yogi the Holy of Holies, the immortal Babaji. He appeared in the air right in front of me, quickly but in such a way as could understand how it was happening. It is very difficult to describe, it was an energy that arose right then. His glowing smile filled me with true Joy. He was covered in vibhutia garland of flowers, and raised his hand (abhi mudra) to bless me.\nHe came in response to my prayers for helpHe blessed me in Kriya and in this life... It is difficult for me to describe what felt in that moment, it is hard to talk about. It was as if the whole universe fit inside me in that moment and I became one with Him.\nI gathered myself and threw myself at His feet with a great desire to leave with HimBut He left me in this world and disappeared. He disappeared faster than could follow him into another dimension, for wanted to leave with Him. But it must not have been the right time, for the space closed.\nThe only reason all these things are happening here is to prevent people from going to Suddha Sanmargam, and even if they go to Suddha Sanmargam, to confuse them and waste their time.\nWhatever Maha Avatar Babaji tries, he cannot do anything more. It is the period of the Suddha Sanmargam era!\nVaraverpu Malai (வரவேற்பு மாலை) has been Finished !","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://twodaysoff.com/blogs/journal/winter-turns-to-spring","date":"2023-09-24T21:10:56Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924191454-20230924221454-00842.warc.gz","language_score":0.9517110586166382,"token_count":84,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__211390927","lang":"en","text":"She felt the weight of the world on her heart.\nAnd decided to spend some time with herself.\nResting and reflecting.\nSitting with her emotions.\nShe decided to create sunshine in her life wherever she could.\nRelishing the small moments.\nWith a renewed sense of hope, she moved through each day.\nAnd through these little acts she remembered...\nwinter always turns to spring.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://wiki.freeculture.org/index.php?title=Archive:A_culture_of_freedom&oldid=181","date":"2021-09-21T19:29:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057227.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20210921191451-20210921221451-00379.warc.gz","language_score":0.9698536992073059,"token_count":428,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__116347176","lang":"en","text":"Archive:A culture of freedom\nA culture of freedom is one where critics don't just vote thumbs-up or thumbs-down on a movie but seriously discuss how a movie could be improved -- and then someone reads their critique and goes out and does it.\nA culture of freedom is one where being a cover band doesn't lose you any street cred compared to doing your own music from scratch -- and where it starts to become hard to tell the difference.\nA culture of freedom is one where bad old TV series and movies turn into brilliant remakes and fan fiction on a regular basis -- and bad remakes and fan fiction themselves generate brilliant ones after a few years.\nA culture of freedom is one where making a tribute to your favorite book or speculating on a logical continuation of an existing book is just as legal as mocking and satirizing a bad book you don't like.\nA culture of freedom is one where anyone who wants to can try to build a better mousetrap -- and the world beats a network of paths connecting everyone's front door.\nA culture of freedom is one where everyone thinks of themselves as a voice in a huge choir whose power and beauty comes from its size and diversity, rather than shutting up and sitting in the congregation while only the best voices sing alone on a bare stage -- where the many don't bow to the few and the few aren't responsible for the many.\nA culture of freedom is one where everyone decides for themselves which art is great and which art is mediocre, where the cultural consensus can change at a whim rather than letting the voices of the past decide what will pass into the future -- and where those who choose to ignore the cultural consensus can and will.\nA culture of freedom is one where I can write, sing, paint, dance or just talk however I please, and anyone who wants can watch or listen, where the spark of creativity in every human soul holds the reins, rather than the clamoring voices of conformity, inferiority and doubt -- and it's coming, bit by bit, voice by voice, word by word, life by life.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://stridesforsuccess.com/paying-it-forward/","date":"2023-10-02T05:21:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510967.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20231002033129-20231002063129-00473.warc.gz","language_score":0.9682409763336182,"token_count":812,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__225017979","lang":"en","text":". As equestrians, I believe we have an important role to play in encouraging new riders into the world of horses; paying it forward so to speak. “Today I spoke with one of the Moms at the yard and she passed an observation that has stayed with me… “You are great to have all these children around all the time and to spend so much time, care, and attention on each of them.”\nIt reminded me of when I was young and overflowing with enthusiasm for anything horse-related. I spent every waking extra hour at the barn, stables, yard. If there was a pony there, I was there! I distinctly remember the feeling of rushing home from school and, with all thoughts of homework cast aside, scrambling into my ‘riding gear’ and setting off to the riding yard on my trusty bicycle. Every pedal action fueling the thoughts in my mind of eventual cross-country or showjumping glory.\nLater, I upgraded my mode of transportation to my trusty pony Shadow who, to my dismay, my trainer very honestly and I think with no hard feelings, truthfully, labeled useless… As a show-jumper; yes. As a young girl’s first love… Ah, she remains my favorite and most loved :-)\nEither way and regardless of the mode of transportation, I lived for the stables. The smell, the work, the feeling of utter joy at achieving a perfect stable. This was after painstakingly clearing every piece of droppings from the bed. My trainer was a strict lady and if I was not personally willing to lie in the bed, how DARE I even suggest her horses would!\nIt not only made me feel alive, the riding, training, and interacting with horses. But also it, daily, willed me to do my best and, often, reach well beyond what I thought I could achieve.\nYes, It was hard work, no doubt about it. It was a HUGE responsibility. And yet, it also taught me so many lessons which, if I was not exposed to such circumstances, I am sure would make the present ‘Me’ a far lesser person. I am now a person who will very verbally tell the children at her yard that leaving the tack/equipment/horse unattended when tired/unsure/wanting to go home was just unacceptable. A person that won’t accept anything but your best effort in the arena. And a person that expects a basic use of initiative at all times from all in her company, and a person who demands an unwavering allegiance to the pony or horse’s best interest from all her ‘little people’ and ‘big people’.\nComing Full Circle\nBringing me full circle to above mentioned Mother’s comments…. I do this, not because of some sadistic sense of satisfaction from ‘young labor’, but rather in the hope that the values of initiative, self-belief, and responsibility that were embedded in me twenty years ago (yes, do the maths!) will be transferred into an impressionable and open few who, God willing, will go on and in another twenty years, pay it forward again…\nBut with more experience, knowledge, and confidence than I could ever hope to instill in them….\nPaying it Forward\nSo today, when at the barn or yard… Look at those little earnest faces. View them as little vessels waiting to be filled with the most wonderful of all that is horses. From this place, ask yourself the question, “What life lessons and skills served me best?” and in your answer, there is the beginning to paying it forward.\nWe would love to hear your experience of paying it forward. Whether it be someone who bestowed this gift on you? Or how you try to incorporate it into your life now, as a gift for future generations.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.ilmstar.com/bachon-ki-zid-ka-rohani-ilaj-quran-bachon-ki-zid-khatam-karne-ki-dua/","date":"2024-04-24T10:18:28Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296819089.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424080812-20240424110812-00486.warc.gz","language_score":0.8755715489387512,"token_count":423,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__91384800","lang":"en","text":"If children do not talk stubbornly, mischievously, tease and sweet talk and do not get involved with adults and do not cry over the talk, then they will not enjoy being children.\nIf the child sits quietly in a corner of the house, then the family will think that he may have been spotted or possessed by a jinn, so our child does not speak. And does not run away.\nChildren have such qualities, but some have less and some have more. Some of the children’s contradictions are harmless (ie without any harm). They should be met but their every contradiction should not be met because if the parents complete their every contradiction then they will become accustomed to it and their It will become the mind of God that if we speak with dignity then our work is not done and if we do this then our work is done. If the children are unjustifiably stubborn, they should be made to breathe daily by reciting Surah Al-Falaq and Surah An-Naas once and for all with the first and last Durood-e-Sharif.\nbachon ki zid khatam karne ka wazifa,bachon ki zid ka wazifa,ziddi bachon ka wazifa,bachon ki zid khatam karne ki dua,bachon ki zid ka ilaj,ziddi bachon ka rohani ilaj,bachon ki zid ka wazifa in urdu,rohani ilaj,bachon ki zid,ziddi bachon ka ilaj,bachon ki zid khatam karne ka rohani ilaj,zidi bachon ka ilaj,bachon ki zid kam karne ki dua,bacho ki zid dor karne ka wazifa,bachon ki zid khatam karne ka tarika,bacho ki zid ka ilaaj,bachon ki zid ka rohani ilaj","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.zycko.com/news/it-industry-news/article/midsize-businesses-benefit-from-virtualisation-claims-frost-and-sullivan/","date":"2015-08-31T00:31:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-35/segments/1440644065464.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20150827025425-00305-ip-10-171-96-226.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9314923286437988,"token_count":188,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2015-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-35__0__80940680","lang":"en","text":"Midsize Businesses Benefit from Virtualisation Claims Frost & Sullivan10 May 2012 18:18:00\nFrost & Sullivan has recently published a white paper outlining the benefits virtualisation continues to engender for midsize businesses.\nThe research, titled ‘Virtualization for Midsize Businesses: Keep Your Foot on the Accelerator’, focusses on the enhanced capabilities virtualisation has delivered across servers, storage, networks and desktops, “especially for midsize businesses with heightened strategic priorities in innovation and revenue growth.”\nPreviously, operating system software and its applications were tied to a dedicated server. This worked fine when workload demand was constant but as this is seldom the case the result is low utilisation and wasted energy when servers endure a lull in activity.\nHowever, with virtualised solutions systems enjoy greater speed, flexibility, become more energy efficient and can be tailored to suit individual business needs.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://convocation.uchicago.edu/ceremonies-and-activities/the-convocation-address/","date":"2021-08-06T02:38:51Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046152112.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20210806020121-20210806050121-00439.warc.gz","language_score":0.9486512541770935,"token_count":480,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-31","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__288002723","lang":"en","text":"Helen B. and Frank L. Sulzberger Professor, Department of English Language and Literature and the College\nDEBORAH NELSON’s field of scholarly interest is late 20th-century culture and politics in the United States, which includes American poetry, novels, essays, and plays; gender and sexuality studies; photography; autobiography and confessional writing; American ethnic literature; poetry and poetics; and Cold War history.\nHer publications include two widely acclaimed books: Tough Enough: Arbus, Arendt, Didion, McCarthy, Sontag, Weil (2017) and Pursuing Privacy in Cold War America (2001). Professor Nelson’s work has garnered many awards and accolades, including the Modern Language Association’s James Russell Lowell Prize for Best Book of 2017 and the Gordon J. Laing Award in 2019 for the book by a faculty member published in the previous three years that brings the most distinction to the University of Chicago Press, for Tough Enough.\nA leader in her field, Professor Nelson has had her work published in such esteemed journals as PMLA, American Literary History, Contemporary Literature, Feminist Studies, and the Cambridge Companion to Sylvia Plath.\nRecently, Professor Nelson has focused her inquiry on the years immediately following World War II as co-leader of “@1948,” an interdisciplinary Sawyer Seminar sponsored by the Mellon Foundation. She co-edited, with Leela Gandhi, a selection of papers from the seminar in “Around 1948,” a special issue of Critical Inquiry (2014).\nAs director of the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality from 2006 to 2009, Professor Nelson worked to integrate the innovations of the last 50 years in the study of women, gender, and sexuality into the core research and teaching mission of the University. She also served as deputy provost for graduate education from 2011 to 2015. She is a founding member of Post45, a research collective of scholars working on American literature and culture since 1945.\nProfessor Nelson earned her bachelor’s degree cum laude with distinction in English from Yale University, a master’s degree in English from Columbia University, and her PhD in English with a certification in women’s studies from City University of New York Graduate School and University Center. She joined the University of Chicago faculty in 1996.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://alexanderenlund.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-07-28T04:12:48Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1406510256737.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20140728011736-00305-ip-10-146-231-18.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8397891521453857,"token_count":318,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-23__0__70261382","lang":"en","text":"Get the comiXology Submit bundle before the offer ends tonight! 100 comics for $10 (one of my books is in there) https://www.comixology.com/Comixology-Submit-SDCC-2014-Bundle/bundle/763\nNew page of Pipeline Lizards is up!\nMy comic Hyper Marlowe Buds #2 is NOW available on @comiXology Submit! Be sure to check it out.\nNew page on PipelineLizards.tumblr.com\nChapter five - page one\nPipeline Lizards the webcomic is back! Sorry for the redrawn, repeated pages, long time readers. We’re reaching page six before you know it, and from there it’s all unseen material.\nUpdates every Monday, for now, it’s going to be at least two times a week in the near future when I have more drawing-time. Spread the word please, reblog and tweet and stuff if you like what you see.\nChapter five starts on Monday July 7! Until then I will post process pictures and sketches and stuff on twitter (@alexanderenlund).\nPrevious chapters are available on comiXology: http://www.comixology.com/Pipeline-Lizards/comics-series/11033\nor Gumroad (pay with credit card): gumroad.com/alexanderenlund\nor Sellfy (if you prefer paypal): https://sellfy.com/AlexanderEnlund","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://moneywriting54285.blog5.net/10353965/writing-dialogue-fundamentals-explained","date":"2018-11-13T22:19:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039741510.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20181113215316-20181114001316-00186.warc.gz","language_score":0.9644707441329956,"token_count":744,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__61257016","lang":"en","text":"Buck was retired now; he was lastly completed with the corporate bullshit. No extra asshole bosses, who hired their even greater asshole Children.\nAlso, that is the viewpoint character below? I suppose it’s Alistair, since you’re displaying us his ideas. But then We've got a line that shows Belial recognizing the scent in the demon.\nHence we wouldn’t ought to specify that a novelist writes both equally very good dialogue and good monologue; dialogue by itself conveys our that means.\nJanelle couldn’t rest, certainly didn’t want to dream now that her important dreams were shattered. Matthew experienced last but not least advised her what he felt about her. My spouse should be of one of many Initially Family members, a girl of pedigree. She pounded her pillow and pounded once more. You originate from . . .\n“She’s a tad perturbed.” And I think I could get absent with it. Poison in his coffee. His grin widened. Or possibly reducing his break lines. He was a lousy driver; no person would suspect. “I do think she options to put in writing you out of your will.”\nHad I edited that reserve, I possibly would've advised applying concern marks for several of the characters. As we use different sentence constructions to differentiate our characters, we might also use diverse punctuation.\nIt still requirements operate but I think it’s far better then ahead of. The issue is I dislike it Once i’m studying a ebook and an creator goes on to explain anything. Like the the partitions, home furnishings, the draperies, rugs towards the stained glass windows. I get bored and skip ahead. It appears like filter to me.\n, and The large demon referring to exactly the same character in only a few lines. more info Audience will not likely know when you’re referring to the exact same character every time.\nDoes that signify that every one writers today follow these exact suggestions? Not always. You’ll still obtain some writers applying quotation marks for ideas. But Writing Dialogue they aren’t required and they might lead to confusion.\nWith the most recent perform I can see it Doing work in my favor. My query is that if It will be suitable for this character which the conscience will become was viewed in each the most crucial character’s desires and true life? Or would this be overpowering for the reader. The Tale is usually managed with no conscience, but I much like the spice that she gives the primary character, So The rationale for my issue. I’m sorry if it’s complicated, nonetheless it’s something that I might genuinely love to take a look at and I just wished an outdoor impression on it.\nI believe The key detail to complete would be to be regular, no matter what punctuation you choose on. Hope this assists.\nI can’t bear in mind what was bolded or why, but I unquestionably observed. I’ll really need to see The key reason why with the Daring.) But even when a publisher employs Daring, the writer shouldn’t. The phrases will need to be able to stand by themselves.\nNevertheless know that such a practice gained’t be universally comprehended or accepted. Understand that you may lose your reader.\nFor those who’ve explored other available choices, let's really know what you’ve observed or tried on your own. What functions to suit your needs? What doesn’t?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.letitburnrecords.com/bands/goldust/","date":"2021-05-07T22:21:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243988828.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20210507211141-20210508001141-00369.warc.gz","language_score":0.9487853050231934,"token_count":212,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__130749221","lang":"en","text":"Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in /homepages/12/d27722445/htdocs/letitburnrecords.com/www/inc/php/classes/DB.class.php on line 104\n\"These have no longer any hope of death; and this blind life of theirs is so debased, they envious are of every other fate.\" Just as the sinners in Dante's Divina Comedia we're forever trapped in our very own everyday torture, living our lifes not as ourselves, but as the ones we're made by others. It's easier to obey, to kneel down and to follow the beaten paths countless others have wandered before, instead of turning around and making your own way through the hell masked as life. Being born into this sick and dying world the five individuals known as GOLDUST are not bowing down before any idols but unfolding all they can give in order to release the demons which keep haunting everyone of us until the end of days.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.ntk.edu.hk/zh-cn/page/news-detail/r/21/ntk-hong-kong-book-fair-2015","date":"2020-02-23T13:43:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875145774.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20200223123852-20200223153852-00122.warc.gz","language_score":0.7472218871116638,"token_count":368,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__32499558","lang":"en","text":"NTK @ Hong Kong Book Fair 2015\nThis summer, NTK will be participating at the Hong Kong Book Fair for the very first time. An annual major cultural event in Hong Kong, the Fair attracts hundreds of thousands of readers each year.\nVisit NTK's booth to enjoy special discounts on our study guides!\n- 15 – 21 July, 2015\n- Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre\n1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, Hong Kong\n- Booth no.:\n- 1C - B26 (Hall 1)\nWhile you’re at the Book Fair, don’t miss the following literary forums and autograph sessions featuring a host of distinguished English language authors.\nSpeaker: Maria ChaudhuriAt the Heart of Memoir: The Interior Journey; the Power of Imagery & Memory Vs. Absolute Truth\nSpeaker: Mercedes VázquezThe Different Shades of Latin American Women Writers\nSpeaker: Christophe Ono-dit-BiotReading the World: Writing Love as a Transmission of Words, Images, Sensations\nSpeaker: Keith GrayLove at 8th Book: Confessions of a Reluctant Reader – A Dialogue with Keith Gray\nSpeakers: Alain de Botton, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Carol ThatcherHow an Author’s Globetrotting Exploits Influence the Way He Reads and Writes\nSpeaker: Jason Y. NgHow and What and Why do Writers Write?\nSpeaker: Jason Y. NgJourney into the Imagination: A Dialogue with Ben Okri\nSpeaker: Timothée de FombelleImagination and Reality in My Books for Young People\nFor the most updated information and to register, please visit: http://www.hkbookfair.com.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://twotw.xyz/","date":"2022-06-30T06:25:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103669266.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220630062154-20220630092154-00517.warc.gz","language_score":0.945071816444397,"token_count":139,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__36865981","lang":"en","text":"Christ is King of Kings. Read more here.Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.Ephesians 6:11\nThe weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.2 Corinthians 10:4-5\nThe sword of the spirit is God's word. It is the best offense against the anti-Christ, for its sharpness divides lies and deception from the truth.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.ganoeworldwide.com/?page_id=60","date":"2020-09-23T02:22:46Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400209665.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20200923015227-20200923045227-00113.warc.gz","language_score":0.921432614326477,"token_count":865,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__274160018","lang":"en","text":"|Q1||What are the active ingredients?|\nResearchers have identified that water soluble polysaccharides are the most active element found in Ganoderma Lucidum that have anti-tumuor, immune modulating and blood pressure lowering affects. Other active ingredients are triterpenes, called the ganoderic acids. Studies have indicated that ganoderic acids help to alleviate allergies by inhibiting histamine release improve oxygen utilization and improve liver functions.\n|Q2||Are the any side effects?|\nNo. According to classical literature, Ganoderma Lucidum is classified as a superior herb. Superior herbs are said to be non-toxic and can be consumed in large quantities and for a long period without any side effects. After 2000 years there are still no side effects reported in available literature and clinical studies. However, sensitive individuals may experience some detoxification symptoms such as mild digestive upset, dizziness, sore bones and skin rashes during the initial period of intake. This is the excretion of accumulated toxic matters from modern day foods and vigorous activities of the body metabolism. These are all normal signs of recovery and an indication that the medicinal effect of Ganoderma Lucidum is functioning well.\n|Q3||Can I take Ganoderma Lucidum with other medications?|\n|A3||Yes. Ganoderma Lucidum is a natural health supplement and there are no reported contraindications in over 2000 years of study. However, all immune-modulating substances such as Ganoderma Lucidum should be taken with care for patients undergoing organ transplant and using immunosuppressive drugs. It is always a good idea to consult a qualified health physician (preferably someone with experience in complementary health care) before consuming any dietary supplement.|\n|Q4||How soon can one see the results of taking Ganoderma Lucidum?|\n|A4||Result varies from individual to individual. One can experience a significant difference with their overall well being after taking Ganoderma Lucidum continuously for two (2) months.|\n|Q5||Is Ganoderma Lucidum good for all age groups?|\n|A5||Yes. Ganoderma Lucidum is a health food supplement that is good for all age groups including children and pregnant women. However, once again it is recommended to consult a qualified health physician just to be safe when taking any dietary supplement.|\n|Q6||What are the directions to take Ganoderma Lucidum?|\nGanoderma Lucidum is best taken in the morning with an empty stomach. Drinking more water will also help enhance the effects of Ganoderma Lucidum by helping the body to get rid of poisonous waste.\n|Q7||Should Ganoderma Lucidum be taken only when one is ill?|\n|A7||No. Ganoderma Lucidum can be taken anytime when one is not ill, The primary benefit of Ganoderma Lucidum is its ability to support and build the immune system. Hence, Ganoderma Lucidum is beneficial even for a healthy person.|\n|Q8||In addition to using Ganoderma Lucidum products, how can I improve my health?|\nNutritionist recommends the following:\n|Q9||How is Ganoderma Lucidum different from other mushrooms?|\n|A9||While mushrooms such as shitake and maitake, all share similar immune boosting properties. Ganoderma Lucidum has also the longest history and has been known to be effective in the treatment of the widest range of health conditions.|\n|Q10||What are all the benefits of Ganoderma Lucidum?|\nThe following table was found in a published article titled Medicinal mushrooms: their therapeutic properties and current medical usage with special emphasis on cancer treatments from Cancer Research UK.\nTable – Pharmacological effects of whole Ganoderma Lucidum extracts in vivo and vitro\nIf your question regarding the products is not found above, please do not hesitate to send us your query using the form below. We will attent to it as soon as possible.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://trinitypastordotcom.wordpress.com/","date":"2018-07-23T11:12:18Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676596336.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20180723110342-20180723130342-00553.warc.gz","language_score":0.9857308268547058,"token_count":594,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-30","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__106358183","lang":"en","text":"The title of this reflection is taken from the poem, Two Roads Diverged, by American Poet, Robert Frost. I first read the poem in High School. At the time, it was just one of many assignments we had in English Class. I knew that it spoke of a time of decision with long-lasting impact. What I did not know then was how it would apply to my life.\nIn the years since, I have grown to appreciate Frost’s poem. In fact, I have had many moments when I have faced a decision that I know would have a major impact on the rest of my life. These are times when you make a choice, follow the path, and see where it leads you. Later in life, you may look back and wonder, what would my life have been like, if I had chosen the other path?\nThe lessons we read during the month of April remind us that, as people of faith, we also have to make a decision. Do we say yes to follow Jesus and see where his path leads us? Or do we say no, I cannot go where you want me to go?\nThe disciples of Jesus had to make some important decisions after the resurrection appearances of Christ. Should they trust that Jesus has truly defeated death and follow his path towards a renewed life? Or do we choose not to believe and continue down the path of broken relationships with God and with each other?\nAt the time I write this reflection, Trinity is at a crossroads. This moment of decision-making came quickly. There has been little time to react, let alone think it through. Will the journey that began over 90 years ago come to an end? Will Trinity still be around to celebrate 100 years of ministry? Which path is the one that will make a difference?\nPeople of God have always had to make choices. The scriptures are full of individuals and communities that have faced difficult times and wondered where it is that God is leading them. The same is true of the Christian church throughout history. Certainly, this was a challenge Martin Luther and others faced during the Reformation.\nCongregations in the ELCA, as well as other mainline protestant churches, have seen significant changes over the last thirty years or so since the ELCA was formed in 1988. Worship attendance is down, the average age of members is going up, and congregations are increasingly challenged financially. So, we are at this moment of decision making due in part to factors that are beyond our control.\nHaving stated this, there are things that are within our control. You the members of Trinity have a decision to make. Does the ministry of Trinity come to an end? Does the ministry of Trinity transform into something new? Or is there still another path that will be chosen?\nMay the Spirit of God guide you in this journey and in your decision-making.\nDennis Kelly, Interim Pastor","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.ijsst.com/author_guidelines.php","date":"2013-06-20T02:52:22Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710115542/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131515-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8925635814666748,"token_count":953,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__51736083","lang":"en","text":"Guidelines for Authors\nAuthors can submit the manuscript provided it contains original work not published either in any print or online journal or books. Also it must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Authors are expected to meet the following guidelines:\n1) Copyright: The copyright for articles published in journal are retained by the authors with first publications right granted to the journal. The journal or editors are not responsible for any successive use of the author(s) work. 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{"url":"http://nylawline.typepad.com/greencounsel/2006/02/turtle_island.html","date":"2017-04-24T13:07:43Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917119361.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031159-00330-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9494508504867554,"token_count":262,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__259731406","lang":"en","text":"Turtle Island -- the old/new name for the continent, based on many creation myths of the people who have been living here for millennia, and reapplied by some of them to \"North America\" in recent years. Also, an idea found world-wide, of the earth, or cosmos even, sustained by a great turtle or serpent-of-eternity.\nA name: that we may see ourselves more accurately on this continent of watersheds and life-communities -- plant zones, physiographic provinces, culture areas: following natural boundaries. The \"U.S.A.\" and its states and counties are arbitrary and inaccurate impositions on what is really here.\nThe poems speak of place, and the energy-pathways that sustain life. Each living being is a swirl in the flow, a formal turbulence, a \"song.\" The land, the planet itself, is also a living being -- at another pace. Anglos, Black people, Chicanos, and others beached upon these shores all share such views at the deepest levels of their old cultural traditions -- African, Asian, or European. Hark again to those roots, to see our ancient solidarity, and then to the work of being together on Turtle Island.\n--Gary Snyder, from Turtle Island","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.woerwagpharma.de/en/products/biofactors-the-effect-of-micronutrients","date":"2023-03-21T21:19:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943746.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20230321193811-20230321223811-00380.warc.gz","language_score":0.9393371343612671,"token_count":1998,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-14","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__71244982","lang":"en","text":"Biofactors are substances required by the body for its normal, physiologic functioning and/or with health-beneficial and/or disease-preventive biological activities.\nDietary Biofactors include vitamins and pro-vitamins, minerals, enzymes, peptides, amino acids, fatty acids, phytochemicals and more.\nEssential Biofactors are those the body cannot produce, or not sufficiently produce and therefore they must be supplemented.\nDepending on the concentration, Biofactors may have pharmacological effects.\n(Frank et al. The role of biofactors in the prevention and treatment of age-related diseases. Biofactors. 2021;47(4):522-550.)\nBiofactors play a vital role in the body and contribute to the smooth running of our metabolic processes. Therefore, nutritional associations promote reference values which should facilitate a healthy metabolism. Iron, for example, is essential for producing hemoglobin and thus for our body's oxygen supply. Vitamin C supports the absorption of iron from our diet, plays a role in wound healing and is an antioxidant. Some biofactors support the normal functioning of the immune system in different ways. Vitamin D (which is, by the way, both a vitamin and a hormone) is produced by the body with the support of sunlight, helps the intestine to absorb calcium, phosphorous, and magnesium – just to name a few of its many functions in the body. In this way vitamin D allows these biofactors to complete their important tasks in our bone formation. Infants, in particular, have a relatively higher need for vitamin D because of their growth. The B-vitamins such as vitamin B12, benfotiamine (a lipid-soluble thiamine precursor), vitamin B6, and folic acid have, among other things, a crucial influence on nerve function and regeneration, as well as the maintenance of a healthy metabolic status in energy supply and blood formation.\nImportant body processes cannot run well if there is an insufficient supply with biofactors for a longer period of time. Depending on which vitamin or mineral is not available, the frequently non-specific symptoms of an undersupply develop. For example, an iron deficiency (especially common among women) manifests itself as paleness, shivering, and general fatigue. For many affected persons, a magnesium deficiency leads to nightly calf cramps, painful muscle tenseness, nervousness or even arrhythmia and hypertonicity. An undersupply of vitamin D can manifest itself in many different ways owing to its broad influence on the entire body and its hormonal effect.\nThe first signs or indications of an undersupply of a biofactor are always very non-specific symptoms such as a feeling of weakness, fatigue, lack of concentration, and decreased performance. All these symptoms are often underestimated and can greatly hinder our \"mastering\" of everyday life.\nA deficiency that initially appears harmless can trigger dangerous chain reactions; over time, serious symptoms can set in that can frequently not be reversed. An ignored B-vitamin deficiency not only has a detrimental effect on the blood count but also on the normal function and maintenance of the nervous system. The energy supply of every single body cell cannot function as usual if there is a deficiency of B-vitamins. A zinc deficiency and undersupply can cause many visible and invisible symptoms as well. Brittle nails and dry and flaky skin can indicate a zinc deficiency. If you feel unwell, sick, weak, and less active, the best thing to do is to see your physician that he can examine you thoroughly. After looking at the relevant blood count and especially after ruling out other factors, he can quickly detect a possible deficiency or undersupply of biofactors and you can take appropriate countermeasures.\nFor most people, it is simple: Live healthy!\nIn addition to regular exercise, a balanced diet is of course also part of a healthy lifestyle. By eating enough fresh fruit, vegetables and whole grain, as well as low-fat products of animal origin like fish, lean meat and low-fat milk, you can already do something to have a good supply of nutrients. By the way, our body digests valuable vegetable oils better than animal fats. Professional associations also recommend at least five servings of fresh fruit and vegetables per day. Even the so-called \"superfoods\" like goji, acerola, and many more, everybody is talking about nowadays, can be possible additions to the daily diet and do their part in preventing biofactor deficiency symptoms. For example, cheese and peanuts have a relatively high content of zinc – eating 100 g of Emmental cheese supplies 4.6 g of zinc. The recommended daily consumption lies between 7 g for women and 10 g for men. Chicken and lamb's lettuce contain a lot of folic acid – the latter a full 145 µg of it in 100 g – but it should be eaten shortly after purchase. Folic acid is destroyed very quickly when food is stored for a long time. In addition, chicken contains vitamin B6. And vitamin B12 is almost exclusively found in foods from animal origin. Those who are vegetarians or vegans can get some vitamin B12 from fermented food like sauerkraut or (alcohol-free) beer that contains the vitamin – albeit in very small quantities. Vitamin B1 is found in legumes and whole grain products; depending on storage and preparation, the vitamin content in the food can vary. Thus, eating a delicious muesli or hearty whole grain bread for breakfast could help to prevent a deficiency of this biofactor. This also supports magnesium supply – oats, in particular, contain a relatively high amount of magnesium (134 mg per 100 g), sunflower seeds even 420 mg. The recommended daily intake of magnesium for healthy adults is between 300 and 400 mg, as the German Nutrition Association indicates. A healthy lifestyle is achieved when unhealthy stimulants like alcohol and tobacco are largely eliminated. A supply with all important biofactors by a balanced lifestyle contributes to a better fitness, helps to prevent serious diseases and maintain good health.\nIf you take care to have a balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle, a deficiency of important biofactors can be prevented most of the time. The official limits and consumption indications for vitamins, minerals, and trace elements are based primarily on the average need of healthy people. Individually, however, the need for biofactors can be significantly higher owing to many factors such as age, gender, ethnic origin, sports effort, lifestyle (alcohol and nicotine consumption), taking certain medications, etc. Also, in special living situations, the body partially develops a higher need for a certain period or is unable to absorb the biofactors supplied to it very well. In these cases, a regular diet often reaches its limits and deficiencies can occur that must then be treated with the needed medications. In many cases, the risks are known and preventive measures may have to be considered.\nMore of the biofactors iron, magnesium, and folic acid are needed during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Even growing children or people having lots of stress have a higher need for certain biofactors. Older people, in particular, who possibly eat less and due to their age and medications can absorb and store fewer micronutrients are in danger of having deficiency symptoms. Particularly vegans have to make sure to take sufficient vitamin B12, which is found almost exclusively in products of animal origin.\nThe long-term intake of certain medications can suppress the absorption of some biofactors or intensify their excretion that deficiency symptoms may occur over time. The list of medications in question is long – included are oral contraceptives, certain diabetes medications and active ingredients against high blood pressure. All these medications are not only prescribed often, but some of them are taken regularly for years. The consumption of certain diabetes medications causes vitamin B12 deficiency. In the long term, this can lead to paresthesia and anemia. The consumption of certain hormonal contraceptives favors not only vitamin B6 and folic acid deficiency but also magnesium deficiency. This, in turn, can damage blood vessels and increase the risk for thromboses and cardiovascular diseases, as reported by the Professional Association of Gynecologists. Therefore, many gynecologists recommend their patients to stop smoking when taking oral contraceptives because it can worsen these symptoms.\nIf a serious deficiency of certain biofactors is detected in a blood test, it is indispensable to compensate for the missing vitamins and minerals in consultation with your physician. This also applies if you belong to one of the above-mentioned risk groups, in which preventive supplementation of biofactors is recommended in order that deficiencies do not occur.\nThe appropriate supply of biofactors quickly replenishes the low storage levels and possibly prevents the serious side effects of an undersupply.\nIf you receive a prescription for a medication that you have to take for a long time, ask your physician or pharmacist whether you should also pay attention to certain biofactors. An overview of medications known to interfere with a balanced supply of biofactors is included in the next section. However, the list is not complete and does not substitute in any way a consultation with your physician.\n© 2016 Wörwag Pharma GmbH & Co. KG - The range of information provided in www.woerwagpharma.de about all aspects of personal health is exclusively for your information and in no way replaces a personal consultation, examination or diagnosis by a licensed physician. The contents made available on www.woerwagpharma.de cannot and may not be used for establishing diagnoses and/or taking medication on your own. Please also pay attention to the exclusion of liability and our indications to the image rights.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://traxmediaco.com/how-a-walk-can-bring-you-closer-to-your-goals/","date":"2024-04-25T08:53:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00750.warc.gz","language_score":0.9734287858009338,"token_count":949,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__191014448","lang":"en","text":"Happy, happy Sunday! Have you had a productive day? Or was it more of an R&R situation? Both are equally as valuable in my opinion (not that you asked but, ya know).\nWe did something today that we haven’t done in a long time, a long ass walk in the Peak District! This time it was the Monsal Trail, it’s supposed to be 4 miles but we went a bit wrong so ended up doing more which I would like to state for the record: was not my fault. I wasn’t in charge of the directions!\nAnyway, as always happens with these walks, it starts off all holding hands and slowly ambling along. We stop for lunch midway through and it’s all laughter and love. Then my legs get tired, blisters start to hurt, I check my watch more frequently and the conversation stops in favour of focusing on breathing and putting one foot in front of the other.\nAnyway, I’ll get to the point quicker than we got round the walk, I promise. When we’re about 75% of the way through it feels like I’ve been walking forever yet we’re still a good trek away from the car.\nSo, as my watch ticked past 6.5km, and we were most definitely not back at the car, and we were on an incline, and I had stones in my shoes, and my knee pain was spreading to my hips… instead of opening my mouth and caving to the urge to complain, I started to list everything that was good right there in that moment.\nOur dog was bumbling along beside us and behaving really well. We’d have a lovely lunch which was both healthy and tasty. I had legs that worked and were carrying me. We were in an outstandingly beautiful part of the country we’re very lucky to live in and were under 2 hours drive from home in our nice car. I was wearing a good brand of comfortable trainers, leggings and top.\nI took in the view, not just from the highest height once we’d reached the top but all around me on the journey. The sheep, the wildflowers, the grass. I breathed in the smell, fresh country air. I listened to the crickets, the cows, the trees. I touched the walls and the stiles and the gates.\nAnd, before I knew it – we’d reached the top, achieved our goal and completed the challenge. And I’d enjoyed the entire journey (and Keiran wasn’t grumpy from hearing me moan for the last half hour). I’d turned my negative thoughts which would have made the final leg of the walk seem to last forever, probably ruined the memory of the entire day and inhibited me from realising the wonders that we’re all around me.\nHands up if you can relate my story from today to the journey you go on to achieve your business goals? 🙋🏼♀️. When you set the goal and break out of the starting box it’s all exciting, an adventure. You have a plan, you know it won’t be instant but it’s new and shiny and you’re motivated. You reach a reasonable point where you’ve achieved a lot thus far so you allow yourself a break to evaluate, take stock and recharge. Then suddenly it feels like you’ve been working towards the same thing for too long, it becomes harder to repeat the mundane tasks which are actually necessary to move forwards – but you’ve been doing them for so long that you’re now tired of simply putting one foot in front of the other and walking. You want to spring towards the finish, you just want to reach your goal like, now, but you don’t have the energy and there’s no magic lift to the finish line.\nSo, instead of stopping continuously, going off track or changing direction altogether. Why not look around you to pull out the positives from along the journey? The people you meet, the skills you learn, the growth you go through. Keep on taking those steps, one by one, don’t rush, enjoy the journey and not only will you enjoy it more but you’ll stay on track and reach that finish line before you know it.\nThen when you’re at the top, looking down at where you came from, you’ll feel really bloody good about every single part of the process.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://marionchorale.org/links.php?sid=9&cid=46","date":"2022-10-07T00:40:21Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337889.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20221006222634-20221007012634-00538.warc.gz","language_score":0.9074758291244507,"token_count":202,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__7061675","lang":"en","text":"The Gift of Love is a collection of Nine Lessons and Carols following the traditional \"Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols\" format first established in 1918 at King's College, Cambridge. The Gift of Love is inspired by Old Testament prophecy, the writings of the apostle John, and lessons that feature poetry from John Milton, Edward Bolten, and Valsa George.\nThe Gift of Love, written by David Bedenbaugh and Ryan Pagels, celebrates the story of mankind’s fall and redemption through the gift of God’s Son, the Christ child born in Bethlehem. With music and text that portray Christ’s birth and eventual sacrifice, Ocala composer’s Ryan Pagels and David Bedenbaugh lead us through the well-beloved story of the transforming love that came to us one long ago Christmas morning.\nRecorded at Countryside Presbyterian Church, Ocala, FL, December 17, 2017\nLast Updated: 16 January 2018","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://natur-holzbausteine.de/bitcoin-and-cryptocurrency-technologies-a-comprehensive-introduction.php","date":"2021-03-04T02:55:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178368431.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20210304021339-20210304051339-00595.warc.gz","language_score":0.935158371925354,"token_count":1217,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__221173325","lang":"en","text":"Dec 18, · In Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction (Princeton University Press ISBN ), authors and noted Bitcoin experts Arvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller and Steven Goldfeder have written a highly technical resource that is perhaps the best Bitcoin reference in print to date. Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction. The Journal of Economic Literature, 55 (2), Bolt, W. / Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive natur-holzbausteine.de by: 1. 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These are some of the many questions this book answers. The choice reviewed the book multiple times and said that the book was an excellent read for everyone who wanted to get an insight into how bitcoin and corresponding currencies are functional.\nThe University of Tulsa strongly recommends that book, citing it to be comprehensive, guiding, insightful and full with illustrative examples.\nYour email address will not be published. Comments I like this book. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. This book is one of a very few that offer a clear and balanced introduction to what crytocurrencies are, how they originated, and what the future might hold. This is not a book about bitcoin or the currency exchange markets in cryto, it is a book about the collection of technologies that make up what we now call \"the blockchain\" and how and why value can be stored and transferred securely and publicly on these chains.\nIt does not address Ethereum or programmable blockchains in any real way, but it will give you deep foundational understanding about how such a thing can possibly exist. If you care about where networked computational technologies will be going in the next 25 years start here.\nDon't bother with any other book than this gem for getting up-to-speed on Blockchain Technology. Tough sledding to get through, but it is thorough in taking you from start to finish about crypto, how it works, and how it can be implemented in business and society.\nI ordered several other books that I thought could do the job, but Mr. Narayanan and his co-authors nail it. Yes, in some parts it can be a bit technical, which causes a bit of slowdown in reading, but it will not leave you lacking for details of how BCT works and how it can be implemented. Hard copy that costs a bit more, but is worth it. I simply wanted to learn about BCT, and this book delivers.\nProf Felten et al have written a technical yet approachable introduction to blockchain technology and its applications bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. A first or second-year CS student will be comfortable with the technical portions of the book.\nBut the general material is suitable for any audience. It would be good to update the book to reflect current hash rates which are 25x higher , the rise of Etherium, and the hard fork that resulted in Bitcoin Cash.\nThis has just the right amount of detail to understand the mechanics of how bitcoin and various altcoins work, without drowning in enough details to re-implement them.\nEach chapter focuses on a specific aspect of cryptocurrencies, covering it succinctly and with a balanced approach. Arvind does not come across as a cryptocurrency fanatic, nor is he dismissive of the technology. This outstanding book gives a comprehensive description of the technology behind bitcoin and related currencies. It covers not only the programs used inside the bitcoin system, but also gives a clear, intelligent discussion of such issues as the security risks, the incentives to maintain the system, the economics of mining and mining pools, and government regulation.\nIt goes beyond bitcoin, with a chapter or two on applications which build upon bitcoin, development of related cryptocurrencies and future research directions. This is a serious effort, suitable as an introduction to research in the subject; each chapter includes appropriate references. There is also a wonderful preface about how the technology behind bitcoin evolved over a couple of decades.\nThe book is really a pleasure to read, I couldn't put it down, and I've been recommending it broadly. Very interesting and thorough explanation of how cryptocurrencies work and the details of Bitcoin.\nThere are video lectures available for each chapter which are very useful! This is a very good book on a timely topic. I started reading it and quickly got stuck. I don't have the cryptography prerequisites. Hopefully the course will give me enough background to finish the bitcoin book. There is also a Coursera course on this book.\nSo, I am looking forward to getting through this book. Great book on the technology surrounding bitcoin and blockchain technology. Great hardcover and nice durable pages. This is NOT for a beginner as it delves into some very technical aspects of this technology.\nRecommended if your block geek. See all reviews. Top reviews from other countries. Begins with a fantastic overview and a few worked examples. Then descends into a far more technical discussion of blockchains. I have a masters in computer science and found some chapters challenging to get my head around But then if it didn't have that content it wouldn't be a comprehensive guide Be prepared for some insightful technical explanation.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://lucidcraft.xooit.be/t62-The-Kissing-Booth-By-Beth-Reekles-Pdf-Download.htm","date":"2018-12-17T17:08:12Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376828697.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20181217161704-20181217183704-00554.warc.gz","language_score":0.9517235159873962,"token_count":468,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__218820130","lang":"en","text":"bd40bc7c7a Enter recipient e-mail address(es): Separate up to five addresses with commas (,) The name field is required. Please try again later. You wouldnt. When Elle decides to run a kissing booth at the schools Spring Carnival, she locks lips with Noah and her life is turned upside down. .. A story that revolves around books and libraries, that blends alternate history with magic, adventure, and romanceabout the power of knowledge and the power of friendship and love? Sign me up! Learn more about the books below! alexandriaeditingeditoreditor's deskfictionlibrarieslibrarynovelrachel cainereadingscience fictionteenthe great libraryyoung adult Blog, Random Notes What Literary Vacation Should You Take? August 18, 2016 Amy Brinker Whether youre just daydreaming of traveling, or ready to jump on a flight, weve got just the dream destination for you. Cayla: Social changes all the time so we makeplans,but theres also so much shifting and changing sowe have to stay very creative and nimble. Fifty years later, the Barbizon, now gone condo, is home to journalist Rose, until she is unceremoniously dumped by her live-in boyfriend, leaving her homeless as well as heartbroken. Your request to send this item has been completed. But looks can be deceiving, and The Dollhouse is so much more than glamorous.\nShes said a number of times that she just starts the masterpieces, and her fans finish them. Get the real inside-scoop on how books are shaped by the people who know them best. Thats a big thing for digital marketing: we create a lot of beautiful things but if no one sees them, whats the point? We wanted to make sure we were getting people to see all the content we make.Its also always a pleasure when you work with authors that are willing to do anything and eager to participate. Loading Facebook Comments . .. I try to glean whats happening, and who she is. When Rachel came to me with the idea for this Young Adult series, I was intrigued by this alternate world where the Great Library of Alexandria never felland now, through its control of knowledge, essentially rules the world.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.francineparham.com/speaking/","date":"2017-06-27T12:11:41Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321410.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627115753-20170627135753-00372.warc.gz","language_score":0.9783391952514648,"token_count":461,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-26__0__59378244","lang":"en","text":"Professional development plays such an important role in helping individuals achieve their career goals – goals that lead to success.\nThroughout my extensive career, I have helped many professionals navigate their careers by spending the necessary time and effort to help them achieve their career aspirations. I like to refer to myself as an “investor in professional success.” Now I have taken my experiences as a practitioner as well as my commitment and passion for helping all individuals achieve their career ambitions, to sharing this in a meaningful way through public speaking.\nMy keynotes, speaking presentations, workshops and SkillUp! Professional ™ programs focus on the additional and often unspoken skills needed to successfully navigate and achieve one’s professional goals. This is shared in my book, The Ultimate Career Pocket Guide (Amazon, 2016) and based on my two decades of leadership experiences. I focused on developing talent in several corporate environments and cultures throughout the world. Now I do this as an entrepreneur with a business dedicated to leadership and professional development. I emphasize that no one achieves anything alone. And to be successful in our careers it first starts with us and the investment we want to make in our professional success. This is done through the power of our networks and strategic connections; mentorship; sponsorship and; mastering the unspoken skills needed to accelerate and position us for that success.\nI speak to individuals in a simplistic and realistic, but thought provoking manner as we all own our careers. I have been led by others and know what it means to be the recipient of someone who not only cares but nurtures and supports my career success. I did not have a successful career without any help along the way. I have also led others and understand the responsibility that comes along with enabling and helping individuals navigate and achieve their professional goals. Their career success was paramount to my success as a leader. I knew whether being led or being the leader, it all started with me.\nI am dedicated to helping anyone achieve their career goals if they are also willing to own it and try.\nI am delighted to customize any of my career-focused talks, presentations, events or programs to specific audiences.\nSIGN UP TO RECEIVE A FREE CHAPTER OF MY BOOK, THE ULTIMATE CAREER POCKET GUIDE NOW!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://datingonadimenyc.com/2018/09/27/franklin-park-reading-series/","date":"2019-08-26T07:39:31Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027331228.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20190826064622-20190826090622-00028.warc.gz","language_score":0.9194537997245789,"token_count":151,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-35","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__49657491","lang":"en","text":"Looking to impress a literary-inclined date? The Franklin Park Reading Series invites a group of emerging and established authors each month to read at their venue in Crown Heights. Featuring everyone from best-selling authors like Roxanne Gay and Jennifer Egan, to contemporary experimental writers like Christine Schutt and Diane Williams, there’s something for every kind of reader.\nHidden between an apartment building and the bustling Franklin Avenue, Franklin Park is a beer garden open all throughout the year. In addition to the reading, the bar will offer $5 drafts as well as a free raffle for the featured authors’ books.\nWHEN: Second Monday of each month at 8:00 PM\n618 St Johns Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11238","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://imitation-learning-blog.github.io/post/error-bounds-of-imitation-learning/","date":"2022-06-30T14:05:25Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103821173.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220630122857-20220630152857-00586.warc.gz","language_score":0.9062868356704712,"token_count":619,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-27","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__94334458","lang":"en","text":"This blog summarizes our work of error bounds of imitating policies and environments, which is presented at NeurIPS 2020.\nIn our NeurIPS 2020 paper error bounds of imitating policies and environments , which is a joint work with Tian Xu and Yang Yu, we consider the imitation learning tasks. Recall that the goal of imitation learning is to obtain a high-quality policy by mimicking expert demonstrations. Various methods such as behavioral cloning (BC) , apprenticeship learning , generative adversarial imitation learning (GAIL)  has been proposed and empirically compared. The interesting empirical result is that GAIL often performs well than others in practice. To better understand this, we study the error bounds of these methods. Informally, our main results are\n- BC suffers a quadratic error bound w.r.t. the effective planning horizon (a.k.a., the compounding error issue ; while GAIL could enjoy a linear error bound w.r.t. the effective planning horizon due to the state-action distribution matching.\n- Based on results from imitating policies, we show that if we apply GAIL to imitate environments, which is often in model-based reinforcement learning (MBRL), the policy evaluation error could be reduced to be linear w.r.t. model bias. This suggests a novel application of GAIL-based algorithms to recover the transition in MBRL.\nThe above results are based on the error propagation analysis. The framework is shown in the following figure.\nUnder this framework, we see that the error-propagation path of BC (i.e., minimizing policy distribution discrepancy) is longer; hence, it enjoys a larger error bound. In contrast, GAIL is to directly minimize state-action distribution discrepancy and consequently, its error bound is smaller.\nAs mentioned before, based on this insight, we could apply GAIL to imitate environments. In this way, the policy evaluation error is small in this empirical environment due to state-action-next-state distribution matching.\n Xu, Tian, Ziniu Li, and Yang Yu. \"Error Bounds of Imitating Policies and Environments.\" NeurIPS 2020.\n Pomerleau, Dean A. \"Efficient training of artificial neural networks for autonomous navigation.\" Neural computation 3.1 (1991): 88-97.\n Abbeel, Pieter, and Andrew Y. Ng. \"Apprenticeship learning via inverse reinforcement learning.\" ICML 2004.\n Syed, Umar, and Robert E. Schapire. \"A game-theoretic approach to apprenticeship learning.\" NeurIPS 2008.\n Ho, Jonathan, and Stefano Ermon. \"Generative adversarial imitation learning.\" NeurIPS 2016.\n Ross, Stéphane, and Drew Bagnell. \"Efficient reductions for imitation learning.\" AISTATS 2010.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://genvieve.diaryland.com/041112_2.html","date":"2022-01-29T01:21:33Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320299894.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20220129002459-20220129032459-00118.warc.gz","language_score":0.9675481915473938,"token_count":627,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__173099505","lang":"en","text":"|The gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam...|\nLeave a Comment\nStop all the clocks, cut off the telephone\n2004-11-12 - 7:50 p.m.\nTrite, but accurate to the emotions from today's events:\n[at Gareth's funeral]\nMatthew: Gareth used to prefer funerals to weddings; he said it was easier to get enthusiastic about a ceremony one had an outside chance of eventually being involved in. In order to prepare this speech I rang a few people to get a general picture of how Gareth was regarded by those who met him. \"Fat\" seems to have been a word people most connected with him. \"Terribly rude\" also rang a lot of bells. So \"very fat\" and \"very rude\" seems to have been the stranger's viewpoint. On the other hand, some of you have been kind enough to ring me and let me know that you loved him, which I know he would have been thrilled to hear. You remember his fabulous hospitality and his strange experimental cooking. The recipe for \"Duck a la Banana\" fortunately goes with him to his grave. Most of all, you tell me of his enormous capacity for joy, and when joyful... when joyful, for highly vocal drunkenness; but I hope \"joyful\" is how you will remember him. Not stuck in a box in a church! Pick your favorite of his waistcoats and remember him that way! The most splendid, replete, big-hearted... weak-hearted, as it turned out... and jolly bugger most of us ever met! As for me, you may ask how I will remember him; what I thought of him. Unfortunately, there I run out of words....\nStop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,\nPrevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,\nSilence the pianos and with muffled drum\nBring out the coffin, let the mourners come.\nLet aeroplanes circle moaning overhead\nScribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,\nPut crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,\nLet the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.\nHe was my North, my South, my East and West,\nMy working week and my Sunday rest,\nMy noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;\nI thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.\nThe stars are not wanted now; put out every one:\nPack up the moon and dismantle the sun;\nPour away the ocean and sweep up the woods:\nFor nothing now can ever come to any good.\nW.H. Auden, XX\n-Four Weddings and a Funeral\nRest in Peace Gyrth, you are sorely missed.\n<< - >>\n|SCA Diary Ring|","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://forschoolandcountry.com/the-book/","date":"2022-01-27T05:01:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320305141.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220127042833-20220127072833-00186.warc.gz","language_score":0.9619646072387695,"token_count":395,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-05","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__54245024","lang":"en","text":"BARNEY GREATREX is the biography of World War II veteran Barney Greatrex, written by bestselling author Michael Veitch, based on the research by Alex Lloyd and Angus Hordern. This book was inspired by the documentary miniseries FOR SCHOOL AND COUNTRY.\nIt was a privilege and a pleasure to collaborate with Michael and publisher Hachette on this action-packed account of Barney’s life.\nThe book is out now where all good books are sold. Order now from Hachette or your retailer of choice in print and digital formats.\nBarney Greatrex is from the Knox Grammar School Class of 1939. A special ‘Knox edition’ of the book is available from the OKGA website.\nThe incredible untold World War II story of Australian hero BARNEY GREATREX – from Bomber Command to French Resistance Fighter.\nA school and university cadet in Sydney, Barney Greatrex signed up for RAF Bomber Command in 1941, eager to get straight into the very centre of the Allied counterattack. Bombing Germany night after night, Barney’s 61 Squadron faced continual enemy fighter attacks and anti-aircraft fire – death or capture by the Nazis loomed large. Few survived more than 20 missions, and it was on his 20th mission, in 1944, that Barney’s luck finally ran out: he was shot down over occupied France.\nBut his war was far from over. Rescued by the French Resistance, Barney seized the opportunity to carry on fighting and joined the Maquis in the liberation of France from the occupying German forces, who rarely took prisoners.\nLater, Barney was awarded the French Legion of Honour, but for seventy years he said almost nothing of his incredible war service – surviving two of the most dangerous battlefronts. Now, aged 97, Barney Greatrex has revealed his truly great Australian war story to acclaimed bestselling author Michael Veitch.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://nemoswimming.co.uk/category/mothers-day/","date":"2019-12-15T15:12:42Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575541308604.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20191215145836-20191215173836-00466.warc.gz","language_score":0.9650550484657288,"token_count":880,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-51","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-51__0__165587179","lang":"en","text":"Being a mum can be hard work, and sometimes you just need somebody to tell you that you’re doing a good job. So, this is me telling you that not only are you doing a good job, you are doing an amazing job! Here’s why…\nNothing stays the same\nBecoming a parent changes you; you aren’t the same as you used to be. Your body isn’t the same, relationships with friends and family have changed, priorities start to alter. I struggled with all these changes when I became a mum back in 2016. I suddenly felt like I had lost my identity, and these things that I once had a good handle on were starting to fall by the wayside. But then I looked at my little girl. She gave me that look that only babies can give – the one that says: “you’re my everything, mummy”. It might sometimes feel that you have given up so much to be a mum – your sleep, your social life, your abs… but what you have gained is so incredible. Embrace the changes, and enjoy the new challenges that parenting throws your way.\nThey’re doing it differently, not better\nIt’s easy to look at other mums and feel that they are doing a better job at this parenting gig than you. They’re not; they’re just doing it differently. Each child is different, as is each mum. We all have our own approach to parenting – our own unique way of ‘winging it’. All that really matters is that our children are loved, happy, and healthy. Take a minute and watch them as they smile, grab your finger, blow you a kiss, or learn a new skill. Our children are living proof that we are doing something that is unquestionably amazing.\nMessy hair, don’t care!\nIn years to come, your children won’t remember how clean your house was, whether you managed to style your hair, or even if you managed to get dressed before midday. What they will remember is the time you spent with them, the hugs you gave, the times you laughed together, and the memories you made. They don’t focus on the small things, and neither should you. When they look at you with eyes full of love and admiration, that’s them telling you that you are their world.\nSometimes it’s all about survival\nWe all have days where we want to hide, or times where everything seems to get on top of us. All of us lose our cool sometimes, but we really shouldn’t beat ourselves up about it. We are human, after all (even if we don’t feel it after a broken night of sleep). It’s important that we allow ourselves to have ‘one of those days’, and that we give ourselves the opportunity to pick ourselves up again. This is what makes us stronger! As parents, we need to know that it’s OK not to be OK sometimes. Take five minutes for yourself, phone a friend and get things off your chest, have a good cry. Your little one needs you to be OK, and sometimes we need to fall apart so that we can come back stronger.\nI’ll catch you if you catch me\nIn my early days of parenting, the relationships that I formed with other parents were, without doubt, the key to my survival. They still are! Having a support network of other mums – and dads – gives me the opportunity to ask the ‘silly questions’, and to seek reassurance that I am parenting correctly. Much as these friends have become my safety net, I have become an important part of their support network too. We are all somebody else’s safety net, so we must be doing something right!\nHappy Mother’s Day from the team at Nemo Swimming. If you’ve loved reading our ‘five reasons why you’re an amazing mum’, then why not check out these five mummy blogs that we love – all created by amazing mums, just like you!\nThis blog post has been written by Emma at Nemo Swimming","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.practicalintimacy.com/freedom-in-a-relationship/","date":"2019-09-19T19:42:50Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514573570.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20190919183843-20190919205843-00340.warc.gz","language_score":0.9633222222328186,"token_count":2006,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-39","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__104165029","lang":"en","text":"How to Find Freedom in a Relationship\nSecretly, I used to resent being in a relationship. I never believed I could truly feel freedom in a relationship. Not that I was super aware of it.\nIt was more of a niggling anxiety that showed up whenever things got tough: during arguments, or when my own wants and needs contradicted those of my partner.\nIt was based on this belief:\nThat relationships kill freedom.\nAs a freedom-loving, highly-spontaneous woman, that created quite the dilemma for me.\nI had this idea that being single meant I could make whatever choices I wanted. That I didn’t have to think about how my actions affected someone else, and that I answered to no one.\nOn the other hand, I thought that being in a relationship meant compromise. Being responsible for someone else. Giving up my own needs to cater for the needs of someone else. I thought it meant being restricted.\nSo having this kind of subconscious belief, you’d think I’d have spent most of my younger years being single right?\nNope. I was in a relationship more often than not.\nBut what I did was shrink my own wants and needs as small as possible in an effort to keep my relationships smooth and easy. I’d try my hardest not to impose or be disagreeable. I was a ‘yes’ girl. Which meant I spent a lot of time biting my tongue and suffocating my dreams.\nAs you can imagine, burying myself like this made for a lot of resentment.\nRelationships felt smothering to me because I was smothering me. Self fulfilling prophecy much?\nSo when things got tough (’cause they always do – EVERY relationship will have its challenges #spoileralert) what did I do?\nI cut and run.\nBecause I believed staying = less freedom, and leaving = more.\nHow To Find Freedom in a Relationship\nWith freedom as one of my highest values, I was never going to stick with something that meant less freedom.\nAnd so it was that I never fully committed to relationships. I always kept one foot out the door. Never going as deep with my partner as I could (or probably should) have.\nI hadn’t thought about all this for a while, until just recently when speaking with a client.\nWe were on a call together, talking about her relationship. She felt like it meant sacrifice. Compromise. That she didn’t have the freedom to change her mind or follow her soul. And unsurprisingly, it was causing HUGE problems for her.\nWhile she loved her partner deeply, she was struggling with her own self worth and sense of personal power. She felt trapped, smothered, disempowered and restless. And it was causing overwhelming anxiety in all areas of her life.\nIt sounded oh-so familiar to me.\nBut as we we started to work through what she was feeling and how to shift it, I realised something truly liberating:\nI don’t feel that way anymore.\nMy relationship isn’t restrictive, and I don’t feel trapped or smothered. I no longer feel like my needs are suffocated or that I have to compromise. In fact, I feel quite the opposite.\nReece and I are engaged, and I’m EXCITED about the idea of marriage and a life-long commitment. I don’t feel less freedom – I feel MORE.\nSo what changed?\nIs it just the relationship I’m in now? The type of person my partner is versus the partner’s I used to have?\nThe changes have happened in me.\nThere’s been two major shifts – the same two shifts I supported my client through:\n1. Take Responsibility For Your Own Needs & Desires\n(and speak them out loud)\nIt’s scary speaking your truth. Especially in a relationship.\nIn the early days it’s so much easier:\nYou can talk about what you want and what you don’t want, and if your new partner disagrees, the stakes aren’t quite so high. You can walk away if you’re not a good fit, or you’re not heading in the same direction. The differences often don’t matter that much and they’re easy to ignore.\nBut as your relationship deepens the stakes get higher. As you care more for your partner you care more about what they think. It’s harder to shrug things off, and their disagreement can feel like a personal challenge that cuts to the core.\nIf you share a need or desire with your partner…\n“I want to move overseas.”\n“I’m going to quit my job.”\n“I’d like to be having more sex.”\n…you don’t always know how they’ll respond. Or even worse – you think you know EXACTLY how they’ll respond, and it’s not with enthusiasm.\nAnd that hurts.\nBecause you’re so much more invested in each other’s lives. It’s not so easy to walk away if things end in disagreement.\nAnd so the solution seems simple – just don’t bring it up.\nBut as you probably know from previous experience – that ‘solution’ doesn’t work. Resentment festers. A mental tug-of-war between what you want as an individual and the peace you want for your relationship begins, and it can be downright crazy making.\nThe real solution is this:\nIf you want your needs met you have to self-validate. You have to speak up. You have to know that no matter how your partner reacts – your wants and need are worthy of being heard.\nAll too often it’s the fear of how you’ll be received, rather than the relationship itself, that creates that feeling of restriction.\nAnd taking responsibility for your own needs is how you find freedom in a relationship.\n2. Challenge the idea that being in a relationship means less freedom\nIn the past, I would focus on all the ways I thought I couldn’t find freedom in a relationship:\n“I have to think about someone else’s needs…”\n“I have to consider how my actions affect my partner – don’t be ‘selfish’…”\n‘Compromise’ and be selfless…\nBut there were two powerful truths I was completely ignoring:\nI didn’t HAVE to do anything. I was simply choosing not to (or unwilling to accept the consequences of choosing not to). Either way, still my choice.\nBut most importantly…\nThere are actually SO many ways that my relationship gives me MORE freedom.\nAnd that’s the truth that really shook things up.\nWhen I started to challenge this idea that ‘a relationship means less freedom’, I realised just how wrong I was.\nThe support of my partner when times are tough is incredibly liberating and enabling. Those times when I’m burnt out, insecure, overwhelmed or lost – the loving and insightful guidance of my man means I’ve been able to do MORE of the things I want, not less.\nRelationships are freakin’ FUN! Reece and I have been on some amazing adventures together – travelling the world, starting our business, sleeping out under starry desert skies and exploring bustling Turkish markets by the sea.\nSure, I could do these things by myself, but sharing them with someone else has brought me so much joy, and yes – freedom.\nNot to mention all the ways being with him has taught me to love and accept those parts of myself that I thought were completely shameful and unlovable. That’s been perhaps the most liberating of all.\nAnd so it is that I’ve come to realise that being in a relationship can actually bring me more freedom, not less.\nIt’s all in how I look at it, and how I show up.\nWhat about you? What are all the ways you feel freedom in a relationship?\nAnd how can you take more responsibility for your needs?\nHi, I’m Jodie – a life, love and sexual empowerment coach. I work with women and couples to help them create the lives, love and sex they’ve always wanted. More love, more passion, more pleasure and more fulfilment.\nCLICK HERE to apply for a complimentary 1:1 coaching session.\nReady to Re-Ignite the Passion?\nGrab the free ebook & mini-course – 5 days of fun, passion-boosting practices to get the spark back in your relationship. Straight to your inbox.\nYeah, relationships can be super challenging. And we also over-complicate them. So here’s 29 everyday things we do to make our relationship awesome.\nCatch the replay of our 60 minute sex, intimacy & relationships ‘Ask Us Anything’ Facebook Live.\nGot a burning question for the next episode? Let us know!\nPouring all your time, love and energy into someone else is a trap. If you’ve lost yourself in a relationship, here’s the kick up the ass you need.\nLike us on the Facey-book\nLovingly curated resources from around the Web to help you have a kick-ass relationship… and dank cat memes 🙂","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://reikipartners.org/rp_contents.htm","date":"2013-05-25T00:28:14Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705300740/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115500-00063-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.8921278119087219,"token_count":83,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__128650891","lang":"en","text":"|Calendar of Events|\n|Commentaries & Reviews|\n|Resources for Reiki Practitioners|\nWe'd love to have you share experiences, commentaries, event and book reviews, websites,\nor anything else that you think might be helpful to practitioners and their patients. Please\nsend submissions to firstname.lastname@example.org.\n© 2011, ReikiPartners","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://solitariesofsaintbenedict.wordpress.com/","date":"2018-11-16T14:48:45Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039743046.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20181116132301-20181116154301-00274.warc.gz","language_score":0.9582112431526184,"token_count":1006,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-47","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__97213417","lang":"en","text":"The Solitaries of Saint Benedict are Benedictines, but they are heavily influenced by Carmelite spirituality, so much so that one the Solitaries’ patrons is Our Lady of Mount Carmel. In honor of the upcoming feast on Friday, the Solitaries will be offering five reflections on Carmelite Spirituality, focusing first on the Carmelite rule, and then on three great Carmelite saints. On the Feast a prayer to Our Lady will be posted in honor of the Feast.\n— — —\nThe Rule of St. Albert is much briefer than the Holy Rule of Benedict, but in spirit as well as many particulars the rules coincide. While the Holy Rule of Benedict encourages silence, the Rule of St. Albert has one chapter that is particularly instructive regarding silence; it is to this passage which we will turn:\nThe Apostle would have us keep silence, for in silence he tells us to work. As the Prophet also makes known to us: Silence is the way to foster holiness. Elsewhere he says: Your strength will lie in silence and hope. For this reason I lay down that you are to keep silence from after Compline until after Prime the next day. At other times, although you need not keep silence so strictly, be careful not to indulge in a great deal of talk, for, as Scripture has it — and experience teaches us no less — sin will not be wanting where there is much talk, and he wo is careless in speech will come to harm; and elsewhere: The use of many words brings harm to the speaker’s soul. And our Lord says in the Gospel: Every rash word uttered will have to be accounted for on judgement day. Make a balance then, each of you, to weigh his words in; keep a tight rein on your mouths, lest you should stumble and fall in speech, and your fall be irreparable and prove mortal. Like the Prophet, watch your step lest your tongue give offence, and employ every care in keeping silent, which is the way to foster holiness.\nAs always, these rules seem harsher than is reasonable. Yet it specifies that strict silence is not always the standard of conduct. Rather, the rule here asks its followers to keep a rein on their tongues.\nSilence is not merely something that one does (or does not do) with one’s mouth. One can refrain from speaking all day and be far from silent. At the same time, one can speak throughout the day and still remain —at least in some sense— silent.\nSilence is an attitude or a cultivated habit, just as temperance, moderation, compassion, and generosity. This complicates what we think of when we think of silence. For example, if a person practices compassion, sometimes she might sometimes refrain from helping someone in particular way because such help might be cause more harm than help. These virtues are not about simply doing something, but rather they are about having the right attitude or perspective on our activities.\nThus, silence is a disposition we can develop. Silence is undoubtedly begun by refraining from speech. However, anyone who has ever tried to do so realizes that with such silence, the mind often begins going into a state of greater activity, characterized by anxiety, uneasiness, jealousy, annoyance, and a nagging voice of criticism, both of self and others.\nBecause physical silence makes us aware of the internal chatter that physical non-silence covers up, we are forced to come to terms with this internal inquietude. This coming to terms —and not mere physical silence or not talking— is the point of silence.\nSo how might does one begin entering into silence? A person might start by repeating some word or phrase for a short period, say five minutes, every day or every few days, perhaps the name of Jesus or the Jesus prayer. This person might begin to lengthen the period of silence and repeating the word or phrase only when the interior silence begins to be disturbed. Eventually, a person may be able to enter a period of silence by means of a short prayer and use the word or phrase only rarely for re-centering the mind and spirit. Eventually, the quiet of these sessions will spill over into the rest of life, so that even when working or speaking or in a busy, crowded place, an interior silence is preserved, instead of the chatter that such activities often (blessedly) covers up.\nThis is a difficult path, and it should not be entered into lightly. A spiritual director or close friend should be aware of this practice and consulted frequently. An easier approach might be to try to refrain from wandering thoughts for five minutes a day and to focus on the task at hand. Gradually lengthening this process will produce a kind of mindfulness that silence also produces, and perhaps this mindfulness can lead backwards into a silence by a sort of back door.\nMay you enter into a fruitful silence.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://throwawaybthang.wordpress.com/2020/11/21/returning-chapter-45/","date":"2020-11-28T05:50:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141195069.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20201128040731-20201128070731-00632.warc.gz","language_score":0.9847007393836975,"token_count":2143,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2020-50","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__73738461","lang":"en","text":"As the night breeze blew, the empty hangers on the balcony clapped against each other. When her long hair was flung onto her in the wind, it was like a slap in the face, instantly pulling Zhao Yu’s thoughts back.\nShe already lost control once and took an uncalculated step with Xu Chengyan. Such a mistake can never happen again.\nTurning her head back to look at Ji Sui, who was still drinking alone, she quickly mulled over Zhuang Yiqing’s importance to him and his value to the Zhuang family at the same time.\nZhuang Yiqing was his childhood sweetheart, and he has been guarding her silently for many years. Even if Zhuang Yiqing never liked him, no one can replace her dependence on him.\nMoreover, he holds 6% of Lan Xi’s equity and is the largest ordinary shareholder of Lan Xi apart from Zhuang Yiqing’s father.\nWhether in terms of money or affection, he was the best weapon to use against Zhuang Yiqing.\n“Ji Sui.” Zhao Yu walked over and patted his shoulder lightly. Before he could react, she withdrew his hand, raised the bottle in her hand, and smiled at him, “If you want, this time I will drink with you.”\nJi Sui smiled and shook his head. “Forget it, drinking is no use.”\nAs she put her hand on his shoulder, a deep bone-chilling cold penetrated through the thin shirt. Watching her raise the bottle to her mouth, he caught it and stopped her. “You shouldn’t drink anymore either, it’s too cold and will harm the body.”\nThe small beer bottle couldn’t fit two hands, so his fingers covered the back of hers.\nThis time it was his fingers cold from holding onto the beer touching the back of her fingers which were slightly warmer and felt smooth and delicate to the touch.\nShe pretended not to notice anything was wrong, expression normal, but Ji Sui was taken aback for a moment, and he hurriedly withdrew her hand.\nZhao Yu continued to pretend he didn’t notice any strangeness, and smiled, “Fine, then I’ll stop drinking.”\nRaising her wrist and looking at her watch, she found that it was still early, and spoke again, “I heard Sister Shi Yu say you play chess. Do you have it here? Shall I play chess with you? No, it’s more you playing with me. Anyway, the two of us tonight… should forget about all unhappy matters.”\nJi Sui was a little surprised. “You also play chess? Which kind do you want to play?”\n“Whichever one, I know them all.”\nActually, Zhao Yu didn’t know how to play at all, but after hearing from Shi Yu that Ji Sui’s way of destressing was too monotonous and boring, she deliberately found out and learned it.\nHis study was an open space, and at one glass, you could tell it followed a formal and no-nonsense design. Even the books were mostly military-related.\nAfter following him in, Zhao Yu asked casually, “You must miss your days in the army.”\nSui Ji took out the chess box from the drawer and said faintly, “It’s alright.”\nAt first, they played Go. Ji Sui chose the black tile and gave her a five-piece handicap, but it didn’t take long for Zhao Yu to lose.\nIn the second game, Ji Sui gave her nine pieces but Zhao Yu still lost very quickly. The chess skills of the two were as different as heaven and earth.\nThis wasn’t the result of Zhao Yu deliberately losing, just that she only learned a little bit, having any skill was out of the question.\nSeeing her lose two games in a row, Ji Sui offered, “How about, in the next game, I will give you eighteen pieces?”\nZhao Yu hung her head down dejectedly. “Let me have so much, even if I win, what’s the point?”\nTaking a deep breath, she said unconvincedly, “Change the type of chess, I will be proficient.”\nJi Sui smiled. “Okay.”\nHowever, the result was still the same. In the first game, her king was won within ten moves. In the second game, Ji Sui took the initiative to give her two knights, and she finally managed to get all of her important pieces to the other side.\n“Check!” When she yelled out, her expression triumphant, and most of the shame from the earlier losses was finally dissipated.\nBut as soon as she saw the smile on Ji Sui’s face, she immediately noticed something was wrong, and quickly reached out to cover the chess piece. “Will you let me take back the move?”\nHer tone carried a bit of coquettishness, looking at him with a pair of round eyes, she looked like a pitiful little deer. Ji Sui smiled helplessly, “Yes.”\nShe happily withdrew the chess pieces back, staring at the chessboard for a long time before carefully moving a piece.\nIn this round, Zhao Yu finally won. She was naturally excited to no end and immediately gained confidence, clamoring for another round.\nSeeing her happy look, Ji Sui chuckled slightly, glancing at his expression, Zhao Yu also laughed inwardly.\nAlthough she didn’t learn much advanced chess, she saw this time that he could have taken one of her chess pieces. She pretended not to notice, and he pretended not to notice either, and let her go.\nHe was deliberately letting her win.\nJi Sui rearranged the chess pieces on the board once more, while Zhao Yu poked a watermelon from the fruit plate and brought it to his mouth naturally. He subconsciously opened his mouth to eat it but when his lower lip accidentally touched her fingertips, he suddenly realized how intimate this behavior was.\nHe looked up at her in a daze, only to see that she had bowed her head to seriously helped him rearrange the chess pieces. Obviously, the behavior just now was accidental, and she didn’t find it out of the ordinary.\nUsing her left hand to put the last red piece back to its starting point, Zhao Yu used the toothpick in her right to put a piece of watermelon into her mouth, and said muffled, “I still want to go first.”\nThe enemy’s chess piece had moved, but Ji Sui was not in a hurry, his eyes lingered on her delicate lips.\nThe toothpick she put in her mouth, was the same one that had been put in his mouth just now, and he even accidentally touched it with his lips.\nBut at that moment, she put the last bite of watermelon that was as red and moist as her lips into her mouth and kept the toothpick there.\nIn the third game of chess, Zhao Yu won narrowly with Ji Sui’s help.\nShe regained confidence after winning two of three games and was so happy that she danced like a child, threatening to try military chess. Ji Sui naturally humored her.\nHe was a little curious. “Nowadays young people have online games and don’t know how to play chess. I learned from an old captain in the army. How do you know so much?”\nZhao Yu randomly lied through her teeth. “When I was young, I learned from the grandpa that lived next to our house. My mother has to go to work every day and didn’t have time to be with me. Other children don’t like me, so I can only play with a few grandpas and grandmas.\nIt’s a pity that no one around me can play these games, even Xue Ziang says it’s boring. If I hadn’t heard Sister Shi Yu say that you are good at all kinds of chess, I really thought I could only play chess with my gray-haired grandparents. “\nJi Sui laughed. “I didn’t expect to meet such a young chess player, and a girl too.”\nThe two ended the chess game and chatted for a long time on the sofa. Zhao Yu shared some anecdotes from her childhood with him and Ji Sui also told her the story of what happened in the army. Unknowingly, it was already deep into the night.\nJi Sui asked her to rest, but when he came out of the bath, she was asleep on the sofa holding her mobile phone.\nCompared to the sorry state she was in when she first came to him today, she was now much better with blood on her face and a faint smile on her mouth.\nHe took a blanket to cover her, carefully helped her adjusted her position to let her sleep on the sofa for one night.\nBut when he picked up the remote control to turn off the lights, he looked at the hard and narrow sofa, thought about it, and walked over again, gently picked her up, and carried her to the big bed in the guest bedroom.\nA/N: The innocent, upstanding man meets the green tea bitch, tsk, feel sorry for Ji Sui for two seconds…\nT/N: I really like the flirtationship period /sigh/ it’s the sweetest part of the romancing.\n😀 lemme know what you think and PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT if you like the translation!\nAlso if you want faster updates, please consider making an anonymous donation at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/throwawaybthang ❤ hehethankyousomuch. Also, THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH THE STORY!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://iabcd.org/archivesList.php?paper_year=2016&paper_issue=1&paper_volume=1&paper_month=September","date":"2019-03-23T07:06:24Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202728.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20190323060839-20190323082839-00133.warc.gz","language_score":0.9251163005828857,"token_count":1040,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2019-13","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__17588491","lang":"en","text":"Determination of potential drug target through Cardiotonic steroids and its Derivatives: an in silico approach\nPatel Chirag N , Soni Mehul N , Modi Krunal c , Modi Nainesh R and Pandya Himanshu A\niABCD|Vol 1|Issue 1 |Sep 2016| 01 - 28 |\nCardiotonic steroids (CS) such as ouabain, digoxin, digoxigenin and bufalin, are steroidal drugs prepared from the seeds and dried leaves of the genus Digitalis, and the skin and parotid gland of amphibians, are used as a cardiac stimulant. Increasing the force of contraction of the heart (positive inotropic activity) is very important for most heart failure patients. Cardiac steroids are widely used in the modern treatment of congestive heart failure and for treatment of atrial fibrillation and flutter. In which digoxigenin, a cardenolide type cardiotonic steroid that is one of the major components of the toad venom-prepared traditional Chinese medicine called Ch’an Su or Senso, exhibits a cardiotonic action by inhibiting the membranous Na+/K+-ATPase. Most widely accepted mechanism involves the ability of cardiac glycosides to inhibit the membrane bound Na+/K+-ATPase pump responsible for Na+/K+ exchange. Where, Ouabain isolated from plants is widely used by scientists in in v\nSoil Quality Assessment of Selected Agricultural and Forest Fields in Sabarkantha District\nPrajapatiDipak, JainNayan and PandyaHimanshu\niABCD|Vol 1|Issue 1 |Sep 2016| 29 - 39 |\nNowadays, there is a great demand for precise, sensitive and adequate indicators for soil quality evaluation. Soil is the main factor which contains the entire feature for floristic growth. It is important for all life over the earth and necessary to analyze not only to understand its importance but also for improvement. Now it is evident that the adequate soil conditions, day by day are decreasing which is detrimental for biodiversity. This will lead to improper output/outcome of soil either for forest needs or for agricultural needs. To increase health or quality of soil, assessment is important. The objective of the study was to assess the quality of soil in response of physical, chemical and microbiological (CFU counts) analyses of agriculture and forest fields of the Sabarkantha district which is the dry deciduous agro-climatic zone of the Gujarat state. Soil sampling was random for both agriculture and forest land. Over all soil nature of the district was sandy loam. Agricultu\nNutrient Management for Enhanced Growth of Catharanthus roseus L.\nPandya Jahnavi, Qureshi Shirin, Mankad Archana\niABCD|Vol 1|Issue 1 |Sep 2016| 40 - 4 6 |\nPlants absorb nutrients through the roots and through the foliage. When soil conditions are unfavorable or when micronutrients are needed, it may be desirable to make foliar applications of the plant nutrients. Foliar fertilization entails the application - via spraying of nutrients to plant leaves and stems and their absorption at those sites. The ability of plant leaves to absorb water and nutrients was recognized approximately three centuries ago. Present study shows the effect of foliar application of Boron and Manganese on the growth of Catharanthus roseus L. Boric acid and Manganese sulphate were applied as a foliar spray at different concentrations. Plant height, Root weight, Shoot weight and Number of leaves were monitored during plant development. Results clearly show that foliar application of boric acid and manganese sulphate mixture solution is beneficial for Catharanthus roseus L.\nGreenhouse Gas emissions from the field Burning of Crop residues for the state of Gujarat\nParmar Mona and Solanki Hitesh\niABCD|Vol 1|Issue 1 |Sep 2016| 47 - 59 |\nThe quantity of greenhouse gases emitted and the source responsible for its emission are necessary to determine the solution for climate change and its impact. In Gujarat a large part of crop residue is burnt in the fields since the farmers do not have any worthwhile use of this waste and the combine-harvester leaves, a large part of this residue in the field itself in the form of long stems and the roots. And thus these burnings of crop residue lead to the emission of greenhouse gases. The main objective of this study was to calculate the GHG emissions from the burning of crop residues for the state of Gujarat.CO2, CH4 and N2O emission from crop residue burning were calculated for the year 1980 to 2011 for the state of Gujarat. For each plant gross CO2 equivalent emission and emission intensity (footprint) was determined for 31 years (1980 to 2011) to study an emission trend. As a result, Crop residue burning emissions are increasing by the year, but the emission intensity remains&","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://whostolemyreligion.blogspot.com/2015/02/","date":"2018-06-23T17:23:10Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267865145.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20180623171526-20180623191526-00353.warc.gz","language_score":0.9634994268417358,"token_count":72,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2018-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__116347606","lang":"en","text":"I have just signed a contract to publish a new edition with the Ktav publishing house. Therefore, the old Lulu editions, both print and ebook, are now out of print. However, I expect the Ktav edition -- which may include a hardcover! -- will receive a much wider distribution. Watch for it in a year or so!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://themcbridge.tumblr.com/","date":"2014-09-22T02:10:07Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1410657136523.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20140914011216-00181-ip-10-234-18-248.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.968626081943512,"token_count":140,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2014-41","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__19149133","lang":"en","text":"I factored your opinion into every decision. Admittedly, it proved a foolish strategy. Some notions were confirmed and some disproved. If nothing else, it was a year of discovery. My heart was opened in a way I never thought would be possible. It unfortunately ended in a most predictable way, leaving me nothing to work with in terms of hope for the future. Back to that sickeningly familiar square one.\nI’m appreciative for the opportunity to feel like I made a decision. For once. And for the very last time.\nThis doesn’t exactly make sense, time passes too quickly and decisions are made in haste. Unrequited yet again?","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://compassionateschool.org/mother-teresa/","date":"2017-06-27T22:28:52Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321938.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627221726-20170628001726-00685.warc.gz","language_score":0.9880173802375793,"token_count":628,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-26","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-26__0__118309949","lang":"en","text":"PAKISTAN EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY (P.E.A.K.S)\nCultivating motivation in a child with the simple aim of creating desire and drive in order to succeed is a universal challenge for parents as well as teachers. An extremely motivated child is always a pleasure to teach. This is simple because motivated children don’t let obstacles stop them from continuing. A child can use its head and creatively think of 101 ways to find and reach that jar of cookies you hide in your kitchen. It is no surprise that 3 year old children can use smart phones and download aps. Children are getting smarter by the generation and it is evident that if given the right guidance, they can surprise the best of us.\nIt was during the initial stages of Charter for Compassion Pakistan’s Ramzan Challenge 2013 that we were able to identify a young and motivated individual. Basit Sohail of class 9 at Aga Khan School Garden showed us that he could become a champion by doing what was necessary and create a social welfare project that would benefit a large community. At first, Basit had no clue as to what his project for Ramzan was going to be until it finally dawned on him that he had always been inclined towards spreading education and so he came up with the simplistic idea of creating libraries in underprivileged schools.\nNow that Basit has a fair idea of what his project was going to be about, all he needed was a suitable name to go by and so PEAKS (Pakistan Education And Knowledge Society) was born. On the first day of Ramzan, Basit set out to collect all types of books from his home and his relative’s homes. As his collection gradually grew from 20 – 30 books, he started to receive books from some of his friends as well and when he thought that he had used up all his contacts, he decided to go to Karachi’s famous Sunday Bazar and purchase some books.\nWithin a span of 2 weeks, Basit successfully collected just over a 100 educational books that were ideal for a schools library. The final stage of Basit’s project required him to deliver these books to an underprivileged school and to complete this, he visited Sir Nadeem Ghazi’s English Institute in Lyari and decided to help that school set up its first library by donating all the books there. The schools Principal, teachers and students of the school acknowledged Basit’s efforts.\nThough Basit single handedly attempted and succeeded in creating a library, he did not win the Ramzan Challenge. However, his efforts were not in vein, the judges were so impressed by his determination and motivation to spread education in underprivileged schools that they decided to announce a spontaneous consolation prize of a donation of 400 books for Basit’s cause.\nWe asked Basit what he though about his work and whether or not he wants to continue spreading education in this form. The boy coyly smiled and said, “Most definitely.”","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.alivingpast.ca/operahouse.htm","date":"2021-12-07T11:31:08Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363376.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20211207105847-20211207135847-00120.warc.gz","language_score":0.9763421416282654,"token_count":2749,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__8698059","lang":"en","text":"A Night at the Opera House\nThe following letters, taken from the 06 Mar 1984 Founders' Day Souvenir Issue of the The Port Hope Evening Guide, were written by Isabella Pringle on 28 June 1887.\n28 June 1887\nMy Dearest Mother;\nI hope and trust that this letter finds you in good health. I am presently on my way to Port Hope and attempting to write this epistle on my lapcase. Please forgive the occasional lurches in my script due to the movement of the train.\nThe countryside this side of Toronto is hilly and lush and many substantial new houses and farms are visible through the steamed-up window on my left. I am seized with an urge to open the window wide and breathe in great draughts of fresh country air - to cleanse my lungs of the city air from my stopover with Aunt Harriet and Uncle James last night - but I dare not for the soot and ashes flying past are fearsome in size and blackness.\nTravelling at such speed from place to place is exhilarating, yet frightening also. It seems to make the world such a small place. Yet I think it is train travel that has made our Dominion the great country it is today, joining points east and west and opening up communication with our hardy settlers and pioneers in the Far West. It would be my dream that some day I could travel by locomotive across this great country, but I fear, as a single gentlewoman, I would be unable to do so. Alas, I admit also to a fear of the Indian raids and hold-ups by desperados that we so often read about in the Globe.\nI am greatly looking forward to meeting my new employers, the Barretts, and making my acquaintance with their three children, whose education and upbringing will be my precious responsibility. I trust they will not look askance at my travelling alone but I have explained the circumstances of your being unable to attend me and my brothers being so busy on the farm.\nI will close now. The train is slowing down and the conductor informs us that we may disembark and exercise our cramped limbs at the next station, which is, I believe, a town called Bowmanville. I have some penny stamps in my writing case so I shall post this poor excuse for a loving letter at the station. I trust my next communication shall be full of news of my new home and responsibilities in Port Hope.\nUntil then, dearest love from your only daughter,\nSt. Lawrence Hotel\nMy Dearest Mother;\nI am writing again sooner than I had anticipated. The train arrived in Port Hope only an hour behind schedule this afternoon and I wished to convey to you my first impressions of this lovely town while they were still fresh in my mind and tell you of the events that have transpired in the few short hours since I wrote last.\nAs we rounded the last bend of the railroad tracks, having followed the lakeshore for some miles, the town suddenly came into view. It is held in a bowl of steep treed hills with many impressive large houses on the peaks of the hills and the town proper laid out along the valley of a shallow but swift-moving stream called, I believe, the Ganaraska River - an Indian name. With the hills and the trees and the picturesque river, as well as a bustling harbour thronging with tall masts, flapping sails and busy men, this town is unlike any that I have passed through on my train trip from home. It appears to be a thriving and prosperous community additionally blessed with the natural beauty of its surroundings - a happy combination that filled me with a sense of well-being and exhilaration as I finally disembarked at a fine and solid stone station.\nAnd now the news I am apprehensive about relaying but feel it is my duty to do so and I beg you to believe that all is well and you have nothing to fear for your only daughter. After disembarking, I was immediately approached by a hired cab driver, cap in hand, with a message from Mr. Barrett. Due to a sudden and serious illness in the family, he was unable to meet me at the station in person and had taken the liberty of finding me a room in a hotel until the fever of his wife had broken. I was, quite naturally, perturbed and apprehensive about staying alone in a hotel but Mr. Barrett's note assured me that the hotel proprietor was a close family friend and every effort would be made to ensure my comfort and peace of mind. My trunk and boxes were loaded most carefully and solicitously by the driver and I was handed into his hackney cab with the respect and attention due the finest of ladies. In consequence my spirits began to lighten and I looked upon the ensuing day or so as a perfectly safe but novel adventure I would not normally experience. I trust that your spirits shall lighten also when I assure you that I am perfectly safe and content and that nothing of the slightest untoward nature has occurred.\nOur drive into town from the station was bumpy but not very lengthy. John Street is such a busy thoroughfare that our way was slowed by not only the usual large potholes to be found in town streets, but also by children and shoppers and carriages seeming to travel in all directions as once. The noise of the dogs barking, the whistle of the north-bound train, and the whoops and shrieks of the children made me realize how silent my last few days of solitary train travel have been.\nThe hotel I am residing at is called the St. Lawrence and is built in the very latest of Italian style. It is very much a gentleperson's hotel and commands an important position on the main street, called Walton Street. It has an impressive portico with a doorman and is not at all the sort of hotel one would expect to find in a town of this size. But then, this town itself is not at all what I had expected!\nAlready I can see that it is very cosmopolitan and cultured and refined in tone. On my brief excursion to buy some smelling salts (my vial broke during my travels), I noticed an abundance of fine well-stocked shops showing the latest of fashions, bookstores and wallpaper shops, drugstores and emporiums, several substantial hotels and many eating places from modest oyster bars to the grandness of the St. Lawrence dining room. The main street is on a steep hill and I hear many a whoop and a yell from passengers in runaway carriages as I now sit at my desk gazing out at this busy, bustling town.\nThe townspeople all seem most friendly - I have not come across a surly or rude person yet and the hotel staff have been trained in the best of European fashion. My room is spacious and comfortable with a large cherrywood bed, impeccable linen and a thick eiderdown. I have a large walnut wardrobe and, as I have mentioned, in the window a pretty lady's desk equipped with writing paper and quills at which I am now sitting.\nAnother note awaited me here informing me that Mr. Barrett's sister will accompany me to dinner tonight at the hotel. I shall amuse myself while I wait for her by unpacking and airing some of my dresses and looking out of my window onto the street below. My next letter, I assure you, shall be addressed from the Barrett's house.\nUntil then, I remain your dutiful daughter,\nSt. Lawrence Hotel\nPort Hope, Ontario\n28th day of June 1887\nMy dear Juliana,\nIt is so late I can hardly keep my eyes open, but I had to write to you to tell you of my adventures since I bid you adieu so short a time ago. I am staying in a hotel due to sudden illness in my employer's family, but I plan to remove to their house the day after the morrow, and all who meet me tell me the house is a marvel of architecture and the new building methods - it has eight sides! I wonder if my wards, the little Barretts will have eight sides to their characters also!\nI have discovered that the Barretts are a highly esteemed, respected and successful family - much more worldly than their modest and charming letter to me had indicated. I am sure that I shall enjoy being governess to their children and I feel fortunate indeed that they chose me from all their applicants. I hope that my accomplishments shall suffice and that I shall please them as much as I wish to. I am becoming a little nervous about my new job now that its commencement has been postponed by this unplanned and unexpected holiday.\nBut I am straying from my point. You must promise me now with all your heart that you will not tell my mother or brothers what I tell you now - but I went to the theatre tonight and accompanied only by another lady! But I hasten to assure you she is a most respectable lady; the sister of my employer, Mr. Barrett. She did not seem to give a tuppence about our sallying forth \"on the town\" alone and after a while, I admit, I found myself shedding my fears and apprehension and committing myself totally to the pleasures of the evening.\nWe had a most tasteful and elegant meal together in the hotel dining room surrounded by heavy velvet draperies and crystal chandeliers. I feared I would have nothing to say, but I need not have felt so for Mrs. Beeton, that is her name, is a most friendly and talkative being - in fact, the most interesting person I have ever met. She holds the most progressive ideas I have ever heard by a woman - about the franchise and further education for women - in fact, I think she may be what is called a 'bluestocking\"! She has been widowed for some time but appears to have been left in comfortable straits for she dresses in the latest of Parisian style and has been on tour of the continent twice. She speaks knowledgeably on subjects I have only read about, and furtively at that for they seem somehow forbidden at home but seem to spring so naturally from her lips. I look forward to more of her company but I fear she may have found me a timid country mouse by comparison to her friends.\nBut our dinner conversation was just a prelude to our evening's entertainment. We went, after dinner, a few steps next door to the most elegant and worldly of Opera Houses. All of Port Hope's residents must have turned out tonight - carriages thronged the streets and the hustle and bustle of theatre goers dressed in their finery was most impressive and exciting. I think I have come to the New York of Ontario! And no one looked twice at us being there unaccompanied by a gentleman. The revue we saw was a thrilling and entertaining combination of singing duos, musical interludes, solos, and short humorous skits - all performed by a troupe of professional actors and actresses just arrived, I discovered, on the same train as I did from an engagement in Toronto. The Opera House, I learned, is a busy and popular place with the townspeople and attracts artistes of great reputation.\nWe returned to the hotel after eleven o'clock after Mrs. Beeton had greeted scores of friends and acquaintances, introducing me in a manner most flattering to me, as if I were a friend of equal social standing and not her brother's employee.\nI fear I cannot sleep tonight - my head is overflowing with music and ideas and new faces - experiences so new to me I feel that I surely cannot be the same Isabella Pringle of Dundas County that I was a few days ago. Think of me, dear Juliana, and wish me well in my new life here in Port Hope. I feel that I am on the brink of new and important experiences and adventures. I beg forgivemess for writing at such length about myself and neglecting to wish you every happiness in your new life as a bride to my dear brother John.\nI remain your devoted friend and now sister,\nAn editor's note (by Jane Staunton) followed the last letter.\nIsabella Pringle did indeed find herself on the brink of a new life and, sooner than she thought, she began it.\nHer first post as governess was never taken up as Mrs. Barrett's illness spread to other family members and thoughts of lessons for the children were postponed indefinitely until good health could return to the household. Mrs. Beeton embarked shortly on another European tour, taking Isabella along as companion. Soon Isabella's natural intelligence and unschooled artistic and social talents blossomed, and she and Mrs. Beeton became the toast of social circles in all the European capitals. Isabella learned to speak French and German, easily assimilated Mrs. Beeton's progressive ideas, became an accomplished watercolorist and eventually met and married a wealthy Berlin industrialist.\nMrs. Pringle, back in Dundas County, could never decide whether to be proud or ashamed of her only daughter whose innocent trip to Port Hope launched her so completely and irrevocably into the world!\nPeter and Barbara Bolton - Port Hope, Ontario","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.amooreenterprises.org/bio","date":"2023-01-29T06:52:53Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499700.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20230129044527-20230129074527-00347.warc.gz","language_score":0.9495821595191956,"token_count":239,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__212913819","lang":"en","text":"ABOUT ADARYLL MOORE\nAuthor Adaryll T. Moore an East Coast native of the United States is a Transgender Woman born leader, advocate for the LGBTQ community, creator, educator, mentor, motivational speaker, poet, published award winning author of five books, two Elementary learning workbooks, Publisher/Editor in Chief, sexual abuse survivor, game changer, overcomer, and a plethora of other characteristics and traits.\nShe is a graduate of Grambling State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education and Master of Science Degree in Elementary Education with a Reading Minor. Adaryll also earned a Ductorate Degree Certificate from the Walt Disney World College Program, which is the highest to earn in that program.\nWith her heart of gold, Adaryll strongly desires to liberate others through her literary works as she liberates her own mind, body, soul, and spirit taking one minute at a time as she continues to conquer her mental health various diagnoses one at a time to get and stay on top and purpose driven.\nMy purpose is to be that \"Yellow Brick Road\" to your Answer & Key for your unlocking to unfold.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://atloggerheads.net/library/primers/amino-acid-analysis-part-1/","date":"2023-10-01T04:52:29Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510781.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20231001041719-20231001071719-00629.warc.gz","language_score":0.9185734987258911,"token_count":1227,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__77708331","lang":"en","text":"Amino Acid Analysis Part 1\nIon-Exchange Analysis of Amino Acids\nIon-exchange chromatography followed by post-column derivatization has been the method of choice for amino acid analysis since S. Moore and W.H. Stein published it in 1948– work which merited a Nobel prize. Now it is possible to apply either sodium- or lithium-based ion exchange chromatography to obtain consistent results with sensitivity, stability and speed.\nNo other techniques, including reversed-phase chromatography, have been shown to match post-column ion-exchange methods in quality and reproducibility. This is because the retention mechanism in ion exchange provides for chromatography that is almost completely matrix-insensitive. Simplified sample preparation for native samples is an added benefit of the ion-exchange method.\nThe most popular post-column reactions for amino acid analysis are Ninhydrin and OPA. A detailed discussion is found in the Chemicals section.\nAlthough pre-column derivatization followed by reversed-phase chromatography is popular with some HPLC users, its successful application is limited to protein hydrolysates. Without extensive pretreatment, the carbohydrates and organic acids in wine, the fats in tobacco, and the macromolecules in human serum will cause the amino acids to elute at a different time for each unique matrix. Moreover, as yet no combination of pre-column chemistry and reversed-phase chromatography has been able to resolve the full complement of amino acids found in typical native samples such as serum or urine.\nIn the reversed-phase environment all species in solution compete simultaneously for derivatizing reagent. The yield of any particular species will be influenced by the concentration of all other solutes present.\nIn contrast, ion-exchange chromatography followed by post-column derivatization is intrinsically more rugged and repeatable than pre-column analysis. Since chromatography and derivatization represent two separate and distinct events, each can be optimized independently.\nThe retention mechanism in ion-exchange chromatography is almost completely matrix-insensitive. Since the sulfonated divinylbenzene polymer comprising the stationary phase has a high ion-exchange capacity, the positively charged amino acids exhibit a strong affinity for these fixed negative sites. Consequently, all amino acids, except for the very acidic, are fixed in a narrow band in the guard column, while the sample matrix moves on. Thus the same program used by one laboratory for the analysis of wine can be employed by another to analyze human urine.\nThe most important difference between ion-exchange resins and reversed-phase silicas is in chemical selectivity. Bonded reversed-phase silicas are manufactured to exhibit monotypical chromatographic behavior, e.g., partitioning. In contrast ion-exchange resins are polytypical. Separation is based not only upon ion-exchange, but also partitioning, adsorption, size ion exclusion, and more. Because of the involvement of so many retention mechanisms, a single change in any operational parameter&emdash;cation concentration, pH, flow rate, column temperature– can result in multiple changes in peak position. This flexibility is particularly advantageous, for example, when developing a method to optimize the separation of a few amino acids of interest at the expense of the others, as in the PKU and other rapid-screens.\nThere are two main mechanisms for effecting separation in ion-exchange chromatography. One is titration, or increasing the pH. As pH increases, the amino acids go from a positive to a neutral charge state, and so are released from the fixed anionic sites in the resin (stationary phase).\nThe other mechanism is competitive ion exchange. The positive amino acids show a higher affinity for the ion-exchange sites than do the eluting cations (H+, Li+ or Na+) and so are bound strongly to the anionic sites. They are eluted by the continuous flow of cation or by increasing cation concentration developed by gradient formation.\nThe earliest protocols for ion-exchange of amino acids were based on step gradients– isocratic procedures that step through a set of 3-6 solutions of varying pH and cation concentration. Both titration and elution adjustments are made with each eluant step. This technique persists today in the design of dedicated amino acid analyzers, such as the Beckman System 6300.\nThe modern liquid chromatographic (HPLC) techniques for ion exchange use three solutions and continuous gradients. Gradient capability allows for easier methods development and results in flatter baselines– especially important at high sensitivity.\nAs with dedicated analyzers, the eluants are either sodium- or lithium-based. The need for two cation systems derives from the two fundamental types of samples encountered in amino acid analysis: hydrolysed hydrolyzed and non-hydrolyzed (“native”) samples. Hydrolyzing the sample results in a smaller array of amines (typically up to 21) than is present in native samples (typically 40-60). This wider range of amines in native samples requires a more discriminating or weaker eluant to fully resolve them. A lithium ion-based eluant provides the necessary resolution. If the sample is hydrolyzed, a sodium system can be used for a shorter run time.\nBoth Na+ and Li+ eluants for gradient HPLC are designed in the same way. The first, low-pH eluant is a buffer with low cation concentration. The second eluant has no buffering capacity and a high cation concentration. The third, high-pH eluant (usually referred to as the column regenerant) is based on the cation hydroxide and is of comparable cation concentration to the first eluant. These solutions allow for titration relatively independent of changes in eluant strength, or allow for increasing eluant strength.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://autisticstyle.fashion.blog/2021/03/22/cosplay-style-with-sparkle-at-the-park-autistic-fashion/","date":"2022-10-03T13:37:55Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337421.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20221003133425-20221003163425-00114.warc.gz","language_score":0.9064833521842957,"token_count":182,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-40","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__29074491","lang":"en","text":"MY AUTISTIC SPARKLE CONTENT IS CREATED BY SPARKLE, A YOUNG AUTISTIC ADVOCATE WHO RESIDES IN LONDON, UK.\nSparkle is displaying her latest fashion ensemble and is seen here wearing a Nezuko cosplay outfit from the the anime, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.\nThe vibrant outfit matched with imagination makes for an incredibly fun Cosplay day at the park.\nDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. The series follows Tanjiro Kamado, a young boy who wants to become a demon slayer to vindicate his family’s demise. His younger sister, Nezuko, was turned into a demon. Find out more on IMDB.com, read about this series on Forbes.com or watch it on Netflix.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://aviationanddefensemarketreports.com/versatility-of-aircraft-health-monitoring-system/","date":"2024-03-04T04:04:00Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476413.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304033910-20240304063910-00083.warc.gz","language_score":0.9367243051528931,"token_count":1087,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-10","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__81025346","lang":"en","text":"Aircraft health monitoring systems use real time data from sensors to monitor the functioning of systems onboard. The data is transmitted to ground control via GSM or Satellite communication. AHMS monitors aircraft’s data to identify potential problems that could lead to serious malfunctions and threaten the safe operation of the aircraft. AHMS can also recommend solutions before a problem makes severe impact on the aircraft. Most AHMS systems are scalable solutions which can handle data from multiple sensors. The AHMS can also interface with third party systems onboard the aircraft. AHMS monitors critical parameters, the health monitoring system predicts failure situations of aircraft systems and subsystems based on the state of the detection system, confirming their surplus life-span; uses multi-sensors information integration technology to diagnose systematic failure; and uses languages information to inform users on how to manage and maintain the aircraft based on resource usage and demand. AHMS makes it easier for inventory managers on the ground to detect parts that can potentially fail and make arrangements for the replacement. The inventory manager can either replace the part form the existing inventory or contact the OEM for the respective part. The system also negates the need to stock parts that won’t be needed in the near future.\nThe health monitoring system predicts failure situations of aircraft systems and subsystems based detection, confirming their extended life-span; use of multi-sensors information integration technology to diagnose systematic failure; and uses languages information to inform users on how to manage and maintain the aircraft based on resource usage and demand.\nThe ability of AHMS to provide noninvasive inspection data is a revolution for the MRO segment as time and effort is saved by analyzing the AHMS data rather than engaging in cost and time intensive invasive inspection that increases aircraft downtime. Latest state of the art AHMS systems transfers data from the aircraft to the ground, which is then forwarded to the customer. While the aircraft is in the air, the operator analyses the data using a web-based interface so that the crew may make the required preparations to resolve the difficulties as soon as the plane lands.\nUsage of AHMS\n- Gas turbine engine monitoring\nMaintenance expenses are reduced, aircraft safety is improved, and fuel consumption is reduced using modern condition monitoring-based methods. Engine fan speeds, vibration, oil pressure, oil temperature, exhaust gas temperature (EGT), and fuel flow have all been used in the literature to determine performance decline in gas turbine engines. In this work, a new model was created to obtain information about the status of a gas turbine engine.\n- Vibration analysis of the airframe structure\nVibration-based health monitoring (VHM) methods are non-destructive testing methods based on the concept that any changes made to a structure (including damage) alters its physical properties, which alters the structural vibration response. In most cases, VHM is applied based on the structure’s modal features, particularly its lower resonant frequencies, which are easy to measure.\n- Gearbox and bearing analysis\nGearbox and bearing analysis is vital for detection of stress and potential failure of the components. The analysis is vital for the prevention of potential engine failure. Fatigue analysis of these components prevents catastrophic failure and decreases overall aircraft downtime.\n- Auxiliary power unit (APU) monitoring\nThe Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) is a component of an aircraft that supplies electrical and pneumatic power to various on-board subsystems. Failure of an APU causes a flight to be delayed or cancelled, as well as the enforcement of heavy fines by regional authorities. Such unintended consequences can be avoided by regularly monitoring the system’s health and notifying the MRO (Maintenance Repair and Overhaul) group of any impending malfunction.\nIntegrated Vehicle health and monitoring\nThe unified capability of systems to assess the current or future state of the member system health and integrate that picture of system health within a framework of available resources and operational demand is known as integrated vehicle health management (IVHM) or integrated system health management (ISHM). The objectives of IVHM are to improve vehicle and fleet health management. Improve safety by using diagnostics and prognostics to identify and solve problems before they become a problem. Improve availability by better scheduling maintenance. Improve system reliability by gaining a better understanding of the current state of the system and doing prognosis-based maintenance. Reduce total maintenance costs by eliminating needless maintenance and avoiding unplanned repair. This is accomplished by the proper application of dependable sensing and prognosis systems to monitor part health, as well as the utilization of usage data to aid in determining the load encountered and the expected future vehicle load. IVHM is concerned not only with the vehicle’s current condition, but also with its health throughout its whole life cycle. IVHM assesses the vehicle’s health in comparison to its usage data and in the context of similar data for other cars in the fleet.\nThe increasing need for safety and desirability for non-invasive diagnosis will continue to drive the AHMS market. AHMS will ensure low aircraft downtime and drive performance and profit of the operators. Technological innovations such as IoT will also drive the AHMS market by enable robust information sharing through wireless sensors. High speed data analytics will also aid the market growth as quick processing and analysis of large volumes of data is vital for AHMS.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://denguemu.wordpress.com/pathogenesis/","date":"2017-04-30T14:36:54Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917125654.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031205-00427-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9083197712898254,"token_count":1237,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2017-17","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__229693132","lang":"en","text":"Pathogenesis of DHF/DSS\nRisk Factors Reported for DHF\nMost cases of dengue fever are self-limited in their course and never progress to dengue hemorrhagic fever. So what are the factors associated with the occurrence of DHF?\n- Virus strain: DHF can occur in primary infection with certain genetic strains of virus.\n- Pre-existing anti-dengue antibody, either caused by previous infection or to maternal antibodies passed to infants.\n- Host genetics—for example, race seems to be a factor: data from Cuba suggest that whites may be at greater risk, and blacks at lower risk. And\n- Age—in Southeast Asia, children are most affected, though in the Americas, all age- groups are affected.\nFor individuals, there is a higher risk for DHF in secondary infections. There is also higher risk in locations with two or more serotypes circulating simultaneously at high levels—this is called hyperendemic transmission. The most widely accepted hypothesis for the increased risk of DHF in secondary infections is called antibody-dependent enhancement of viral infections. This hypothesis will be explained in a moment.\nIncreased Probability of DHF\nThere are two general pathways through which hyperendemicity may increase the probability of DHF:\n- First, as we see on the left, in a situation of hyperendemicity, where several virus serotypes are circulating at high levels, the probability of virulent strains occurring is increased, which increases the probability of DHF.\n- In addition, as is presented on the right, in a situation of hyperendemic transmission, the probability that an individual will experience a secondary infection is increased, which increases the likelihood of immune enhancement and DHF.\nHypothesis on Pathogenesis of DHF\n1.Homologous Antibodies Form Non-Infectious Complexes\nA graphic depiction of the development of homologous antibodies. When an individual is infected with any dengue serotype—here called dengue type A, to indicate that the infection may be with DEN-1, 2, 3 or 4—the immune system responds by producing anti-A antibodies. These anti-A antibodies form homologous complexes with the type A virus, which results in the neutralization of the virus.\n2.Heterologous Antibodies Form Infectious Complexes\nAntibody-dependent enhancement, dengue type B represents the new serotype. The anti-A antibodies produced in response to the original infection can form complexes with the new serotype, as we see here. However, the new virus serotype is not neutralized by these heterologous antibodies. The virus retains its capacity to become active and replicate.\n3.Heterologous Complexes Enter More Monocytes, Where Virus Replicates\nAntibody-dependent enhancement is the process in which certain strains of dengue virus, complexed with these non-neutralizing antibodies, can enter a greater proportion of the mononuclear cells where the virus replicates unchecked, thus increasing virus production and producing a massive infection.\nThe heterologous antibody-virus complexes can enter a greater proportion of monocytes than the virus alone. The greater proportion of infected cells results in greater virus production.\n4.Infected monocytes release vasoactive mediators\nIt has been hypothesized that the infected monocytes release vasoactive mediators, resulting in the increased vascular permeability and hemorrhagic manifestations that characterize dengue hemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome. It should be noted, however, that to date there are no data from viremia studies to confirm this hypothesis.\nConclusion of pathogenesis\n1.Antibody – enhanced infection or Immune enhancement mechanism\nCommon Ag >>>>>>Ab ( homologous ) 1º\n( heterologous ) >>>>>Enhancing Ab 2º\nDHF ( 87 – 98 % = 2º )\nDSS ( 95 – 99 % = 2º )\n2.Immune complex mechanism >>>>> activate complement\n3.Immune elimination mechanism: monokines>>>>>>activate complement\n4.Virus type : 1 & 3 > 2 & 4 in 1º\n6.Subsequent infection of dengue type : 2º, type 2, 3, 4\nDengue hemorrhagic fever most often occurs in second infections with dengue virus, but the phenomenon seems to be mostly restricted to infections with certain dengue virus strains, or genotypes, first identified in Southeast Asia. The potential for these strains to produce DHF epidemics may be related to their ability to produce greater concentrations of circulating virus in the blood (level of viremia), or their ability to produce infection in both the human and mosquito hosts. Cohort studies in Southeast Asia have shown that secondary (repeat) infections in which DEN-2 is the infective serotype have greater probability of producing DHF than infections with other serotypes, followed closely by DEN-3. The risk is less when the second infecting virus is DEN-4 or DEN-1 (in that order).\nImmune Response to Dengue Infection\nPrimary dengue immune response\nLong term immunity only to the infecting serotype.\n– produced by 5th day after symptoms appear.\n– rises for 1-3 weeks and persists for 30-60 days (or even up to 90 days).\n– appears by 14 days after onset of symptoms and persists for life.\nSecondary dengue immune response\n•IgM –may not be produced until 20 days after onset of infection. –may be produced at low levels or for shorter period than in a 1º infection.\n•IgG –rises rapidly 1-2 days after onset of symptoms. –reaches levels above those found in 1º or past infection.persists at high levels for 30-40 days, then declines to levels found in 1º or past infection\nsource : : http://www.panbio.com","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://www.dr-baumann.com/en/dr-baumann-cosmetic/news/","date":"2013-05-25T16:01:15Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705958528/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120558-00025-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz","language_score":0.9129705429077148,"token_count":990,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2013-20","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__146095332","lang":"en","text":"Filmbericht anschauen (hier klicken)\nCHICAGO. The American Dietetic Association has released an updated position paper on vegetarian diets that concludes such diets, if well-planned, are healthful and nutritious for adults, infants, children and adolescents and can help prevent and treat chronic diseases including heart disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes.\nADA's position, published in the July issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, represents the Association's official stance on vegetarian diets:\n\"It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life-cycle including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood and adolescence and for athletes.\"\nADA's position and accompanying paper were written by Winston Craig, PhD, MPH, RD, professor and chair of the department of nutrition and wellness at Andrews University; and Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, nutrition advisor at the Vegetarian Resource Group, Baltimore, Md.\nThe revised position paper incorporates new topics and additional information on key nutrients for vegetarians, vegetarian diets in the life cycle and the use of vegetarian diets in prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. \"Vegetarian diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle,\" according to ADA's position. \"There are many reasons for the rising interest in vegetarian diets. The number of vegetarians in the United States is expected to increase over the next decade.\"\nVegetarian diets are often associated with health advantages including lower blood cholesterol levels, lower risk of heart disease, lower blood pressure levels and lower risk of hypertension and type 2 diabetes, according to ADA's position. \"Vegetarians tend to have a lower body mass index and lower overall cancer rates. Vegetarian diets tend to be lower in saturated fat and cholesterol and have higher levels of dietary fiber, magnesium and potassium, vitamins C and E, folate, carotenoids, flavonoids and other phytochemicals. These nutritional differences may explain some of the health advantages of those following a varied, balanced vegetarian diet.\"\nThe position paper draws on results from ADA's evidence analysis process and information from the ADA Evidence Analysis Library to show vegetarian diets can be nutritionally adequate in pregnancy and result in positive maternal and infant health outcomes. Additionally, an evidence-based review showed a vegetarian diet is associated with a lower risk of death from ischemic heart disease.\nA section in ADA's paper on vegetarian diets and cancer has been significantly expanded to provide details on cancer-protective factors in vegetarian diets. An expanded section on osteoporosis includes roles of fruits, vegetables, soy products, protein, calcium, vitamins D and K and potassium in bone health. \"Registered dietitians can provide information about key nutrients, modify vegetarian diets to meet the needs of those with dietary restrictions due to disease or allergies and supply guidelines to meet needs of clients in different areas of the life cycle,\" the authors said.\nThe American Dietetic Association is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. ADA is committed to improving the nation's health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy. Visit the American Dietetic Association at www.eatright.org.\nnow available at your DR. BAUMANN cosmetic institute.\n(click here for an enlarged view)\n(click here for an enlarged view)\nThe new MakeUp-Stand of DR. BAUMANN. For a simple transport the stand is delivered in two parts.\nDimensions (H x W x D): 165 x 50 47 cm\nHight of the floor unit: 87 cm\nOn the 20th May DR. BAUMANN COSMETIC GmbH received the Progress Award in the category \"most animal-friendly cosmetic brand\"\nA quotation from the congratulatory letter from PeTA to the directors Dr. Henrich and Dr. Baumann:\n“...As your company makes others attentive to animal-protection topics, and offers first-class alternatives to products which are connected with animal suffering, DR. BAUMANN COSMETIC GmbH contributes to a more ethical life-style in our society. Your innovative and progressive contribution to animal protection is an outstanding model for other companies, which will hopefully follow your example. We single you out for your foresight and initiative, your consciousness, your creativity and friendliness. We thank you for your contribution towards helping sympathy and ethics find its place in the economy…”\nPeTA has 1,6 million members and is the largest animal protection and animal rights organisation in the world.\nA new nutritional supplement with essential omega-3-fatty acids comes onto the market.","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.daystudios.com/blog/dancing-with-the-wild","date":"2023-06-07T00:08:49Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653183.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606214755-20230607004755-00503.warc.gz","language_score":0.9589884281158447,"token_count":866,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-23","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__142571314","lang":"en","text":"Do you ever have that feeling…\nThe one where something at your very core dances wildly… calling your attention to what’s possible— where nothing is certain, everything is available, and it’s asking you to look, and claim it as your own?\nThis feeling dances in me, now. And, as I turn to look— it feels brave.\nLike, I might literally die if I look.\nLike when I was a kid, and I simply KNEW there was something under my bed. There never was, of course. But whenever I could conjure the courage to look, I felt both braver and more at ease… able to slip into a satisfied slumber after what felt like ages of deliberating.\nI feel this, too, at this moment. By looking and in claiming what’s possible as my own, I’m choosing a new definition of safety and comfort. I create a sense of safety for myself, and from there stems growth, and challenge, and progress. Suddenly, safety isn’t the goal. Experience is. Thriving is.\nI’m so grateful for this new definition, because it wasn’t always this way.\nFor most of my life so far, safety has meant following the prescribed route in life. It meant falling in line, being obedient, staying quiet, small, and convenient— unless I had a prescribed message to share when the authorities chose me to shine.\nMy truth was only true if it matched the prescribed ideal. If you like the idea of thriving, I don’t recommend this way of living.\nOver the last ~7 years or so, I’ve been navigating an intense uphill climb out of deep-seated shame, fear, unworthiness, self-distrust, and at moments a profound self-hatred that confirmed all of the reasons why the love I sought was non-existent, despite doing and being everything I could to feel that love, and being surrounded by people who treated me lovingly.\nThey certainly loved me, or at least the idea of me. But, I wanted them to see me AND love me, regardless of what they saw. I spent every waking hour hustling for the chance to be seen— achieving, perfecting, and giving to the point of exhaustion. All this did was reinforce the message of never-enoughness as I compared myself against the prescribed ideal. This was hell, when everyone around me insisted this was the way to heaven.\nAll of this to say… that as I turn to look and claim and join in with the Wild dancing at my core, I feel more true, more myself than ever before.\nAnd, I see precisely why others couldn’t see me: I couldn’t see myself. I refused to. That same reflex that denied the love that I am, was incapable of receiving others' love as well.\nI built a wall around the Wild dancing, so that I could feel safe, loved, and accepted. The irony that I see so clearly now is that the Wild dancing is a celebration of existence, of love, and innate acceptance… an unselfconsciousness that is free to share, to love, to celebrate, and to BE. We all have this. And, I believe it’s an ongoing directive at each of our cores to continue to open to it and explore it more fully.\nThis place— inherent with the fact of our existence; naked and undecorated by accomplishment, recognition, power, perfection, or inflated identity— is the sacred temple where our greatest contributions in life are carried out.\nIt’s where hurt, heartbreak, despair, and pain are mended, alchemized, and integrated to create wholeness, ease, contentment, beauty, and joy— The seeds of connecting with others in our fullest truth and integrity…\nThe place where we live and exist as the beat, the melody, the music, that the Wild dances to, so purely, like a child.\nAnd, a pointer to the Wild dancing at others' core, too.\nPhoto by Roozbeh Badizadegan on Unsplash","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.stephanieboye.com/post/pornography-13-reasons-why-not-bernard-beckett","date":"2024-04-14T17:57:40Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816893.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414161724-20240414191724-00397.warc.gz","language_score":0.9574134945869446,"token_count":5805,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2024-18","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__38996702","lang":"en","text":"Bernard Beckett's ambitious article valiently covers so many aspects of modern pornography. After 4 years of research and reading this stands alone as one of the most inspired pieces I have read on the topic. The physical and psychological harms of porn are daily becoming more well known. Bernard touches on those, but overall he speaks to the ethical problems it poses to a culture seemingly determined to adopt porn saturation. A must read. Below the post is a link to his play \"Two Nights\", co-written by Anna Flaherty. It is meant to provoke and facilitate conversation with your teen or group of teens. The May 2020 launch of my podcast will feature an interview with Bernard Beckett.\nPORNOGRAPHY – 13 REASONS WHY NOT\nNext week we have our preview showing of a play we’ve been working on all year at the school, Sex and Sudoku, looking at the way easy access to pornography is reframing our notions of intimacy, and the widespread damage that is doing. The more I’ve talked to people about this, guidance counsellors, friends, researchers, the more the scale of the problem has become apparent. And yet, somehow, the public discussion remains politely muted and, I suspect, embarrassed. The following document, 13 Reasons Why Not, was put together in preparation for the writing of a final duologue in the piece, and represents, as best I could express it, why our silence is no longer good enough, doing as it does such a grave disservice to our young people, who deserve to be guided with much more love and confidence towards a healthy and joyous expression of their sexuality. Excuse the switching point of views, in this case all part of the creative process. 13 Reasons Why Not:\n1 Objectification I want to say this to you, my friend. I want to say that you and I can not imagine what it is to be a woman. To be looked at before you are listened to, if you are listened to at all. To be judged not by the energy you bring to the world, but by the extent to which you are willing to submit to its will. To be taught from your first breath that your role in life is to make others happy, to resist always the urge to assert your own needs, your own point of view. To be dissected by the glance of a stranger, to be reduced to a mere collection of body parts, to have to choose every day, in every moment, between being seen as a prude or a whore, so that no matter what your response to the sexual, the world’s assessment of you will be made on exclusively sexual terms. And what you do, every time you visit this world of complete strangers reduced to flesh, arranged for your instant and fleeting pleasure, you say, I’m okay with this. I’m okay supporting this last enduring form of slavery, this casual dismissal of all that is good in my fellow human beings. I will not be the man who stands up for what is right, history will not count me amongst those who made a difference. Because right now, I’d rather just draw the blinds and play with myself, like some bad parody of primate at a zoo, dispirited, disconnected, disappearing ever inward. It says I’m okay looking past the human being because, for the shortest of moments it fills me with a sensation that is not unpleasant. And every time you seek to justify this habit of yours, you tell other people it’s okay to do the same. Pornography is wrong because objectification is wrong, because it takes one half of the human race and strips them of their humanity.\n2 Abuse The problem with pornography is that it is leading to abuse. Maybe not for every user in every circumstance, but that’s not an argument worth crediting. Because it increases the odds. Sex, in the end, is a private activity, and when two individuals engage with one another alone and out of the world’s sight, the only thing that keeps them safe is the steadfast and determined goodness of the one they are with. They are kept safe by the respect the other shows them, by the shared understanding that neither is a means to their end but rather, however it is they choose to be with one another, it must raise them up and not diminish. And none of this is easy. People feel vulnerable, and confused and frightened, because our shared discussion of and depiction of sexuality is a complete and embarrassing disaster. And in those moments, they will cling to the thing they know, they will paddle blindly to any hint of a life raft, and I’m saying, in a world where the only open discussion of sexuality is had by pornographers, they’re some pretty fucked life rafts. I’m saying, if you legitimise this shit, even if it has no impact upon your own behaviour, then you increase the danger for others, by increasing the opportunity and predilection for abuse, by increasing the odds that this will be their go-to reaction in moments of fear and awkwardness. By signposting most clearly the path away from restraint and respect, you are inviting us all along the road to abuse. And who gives you the right to do that?\n3 The industry as evil Pornography is not just a random collection of images created by our collective consciousness, it is the considered work of an industry interested only its own continued existence. There are no moral decisions made along the way, no considerations given to the harm of the user, nor the harm of those involved in its production. Indeed, it is the very act of harm that ensures its success, for it is by breaking the user, disconnecting him from the real world of connection and love and intimacy, sucking him into a mire of loneliness, shame and regret, that the industry creates the addict, coming back for more of the same, that they may feel worse about themselves, and more in need of temporary respite from their self loathing. Just as the fast food industry has no interest in providing us with nutrition, for it is precisely the sensation of being both over caloried and simultaneously malnourished that keeps us hungry for more, the pornography industry has no regard for the state of our emotional arteries. Look around you, it is not the healthy and the happy, the emotionally contented and self assured, that are this industry’s target. They look for the weak, the young and the fragile, and they break them into pieces that they may be more easily consumed. And that’s you, or if it isn’t yet, it will be. So man up and walk away, while you still can. 4 Loss of intimacy This isn’t complicated. You get to choose how to express your sexuality. If you want to, you can aspire to the kind of connection that enriches your life, where your sexuality is an expression of your affection and appreciation and gob smacking gratitude for this bond you have formed with another human being. It can be about being honest and vulnerable and it’s hard work is the truth of it, getting to that place, but the rewards are a celebration of your shared humanity, the rewards are a place to be in a world, a place of comfort, and of pride. The reward allows the body to flourish, and the spirit too. Or you can do the easy thing, and reduce your sexuality to a mere function of the mechanical, a set of urges to be satisfied, responses to be experienced, images to be accessed in the name of arousal. Urges to be satisfied by strangers, or two dimensional abstractions. And it is a choice. One doesn’t get to turn a switch on and off, this moment intimacy, this moment pornography. The responses are not rationally chosen, rather they are conditioned over time. Continued mental physical association between the detached image and the aroused state in time becomes a block to experiencing proper intimacy. It becomes a block to flourishing in the company of others. It dehumanises it. The choice is ours.\n5 Isolation, loss of connection Loneliness isn’t the state of being alone, it is the state of being disconnected. What you want as a human being, what we all want, is to draw close to the other. You want to listen and to be listened to. You want to laugh, to celebrate, to share your dreams and your fears. You want the warmth of another’s embrace, and of their concern. That’s the prize, and it takes an effort. It’s hard work. It’s the hard work of learning to trust, of taking risks and of making sacrifices. In the normal course of the world, some of our urge to move close to people is motivated by the sexual impulse. People feel desire for others, they are attracted to them, they fall in love with them, and in this state they are compelled to take risks, to draw close and to make sacrifices. The sexual is embodied in the intimate, and the reward is closeness. The reward is secrets shared, burdens unloaded, impossible dreams made possible through co-operation and love. The reward too is security, the ability to relax into the self, secure in the knowledge that you are loved, and capable of loving. Sever these ties, turn the sexual urge instead into something the market can attend to, and just as the food industry has subverted our base desire for nourishment in a way that makes us sick and unsatisfied, taste and convenience without nutrition, so the pornography industry subverts the sexual desire, cutting it loose from the desire to know and be known, and attending only to the most urgent but ultimately least nourishing of our needs. Pornogrpahy, and the casualisation of sexuality, harms us, by misdirecting us towards the wrong solution to a problem we no longer understand.\n6 Normalisation, legitimising of the extreme No one’s arguing a slippery slope. It may well be true that all you’re consuming is mild by most standards, perhaps you might say that there has always been within art a tradition of sexualised aesthetic appreciation, that you are doing nothing more than admiring the naked form, and perhaps you can even argue legitimately that in terms of how you see the world, and interact with women, it no more poisons your relationship than the fact of watching grand designs poisons your relationship with your own home. That in some sense you are perfectly capable of distinguishing between the fantasy and the reality, in the same way that a child watching a violent cartoon is quite capable of abstracting the image from the world they inhabit (some interesting research on this, as an aside). And even if all of this is true, the fact is that the pornography industry exists along a continuum, and your patterns of consumption and your apologetics for the industry give it legitimacy. This indeed is the favourite cover of any industry that seeks to exploit, the hunting rifle becomes the cover for the military weaponry, as the middle class wine connoisseur is offered up as cover for the servicing of the needs of the violent alcoholic. Overpowered cars are sold as toys for the responsible user of track days but are marketed to over-testosteroned and inexperienced drivers. Every industry that makes its dollar from the exploitation of unhealthy over-consumption works very hard to ensure the existence of a visible population of moderate consumers, that the blame can be shifted from the product to the way it is consumed. And so the liberal instinct to support the moderate legitimises an industry which has no interest in moderation. That is the way industry works. The very fact that you do not consume extreme material makes you the perfect marketing tool for the extreme. You must take responsibility to the problem to which you are contributing, even if no immediate harm from your actions can be established.\n7 Slow creep, death by a thousand cuts It is an inescapable truth that part of the lure of pornography is the accessing of the forbidden. Part of the thrill of access, evidenced that this is indeed a largely private activity, is the fact that it is a departure from the publicly normal. One study of patterns of internet searches with regard to pornography shows a strong cultural pattern in terms of the types of material being sought, and these patterns reflect established taboos, or rather those things that sit just on the edge of taboos, that exploited within the culture for titillation. And here is the problem, the more a particular product is consumed, the more it becomes normalised, up until the point where it can eventually slip out of the hidden and into the mainstream. Yesterday’s pornography is indeed today’s mainstream television, and as such loses some of its power, having less of the power of the transgressive. In other words, why, having gone to the trouble of secretly accessing this material, often at considerable social risk, would you then seek out that which is already readily available publicly? There is therefore an internal progression to the development of pornographic material, and research suggests we are seeing this now with an increased tendency towards narratives of violence and coercion. The thrill of transgression becomes part of the addictive nature of the product and so in making the decision to consume, one steps not into a forbidden room, but rather onto a conveyor belt, moving always toward the more brutal and dehumanising. There is no such thing as soft pornography, for pornography is a shapeshifter by its nature.\n8 Programming unhealthy responses Perhaps you need to think about what it is you actually do when you look at pornography. This is not an anthropological study, nor is a simple escape into entertainment, in the manner of watching a comedy or listening to a piece of music might be. Men who watch pornography do it largely as a masturbational aid. This is using the images of strangers, engaged in acts presented in such a way as to specifically engage a physiological and sexual response. And it’s worth questioning why this might be necessary at all. What exactly is it about these images that replaces the simple act of touch, for example? And the answer is surely this, one is exploiting a pre-existing tendency for response to the visual, and to the narrative of the forbidden, and exploiting that purely because it suits those who would benefit from your consuming of their service. The visual is the most efficient transmission mechanism of a detached service, provided by people who have absolutely no interest in your well-being. And in using it, you train the visual response. Sexual response is not a pre-wired condition. It is engaged by the mechanism of narrative. A hand brushing casually against your own is not in itself a sexual act, nor does it provoke of itself a sexual response. Jostling into another’s body moving onto a crowded train, or backing accidentally into a stranger at the supermarket, these are not arousing. Yet, the lightest touch of another’s finger against your own, when there exists between you the possibility of a connection, as yet unspoken, the breathlessly held future a tingle between you, is electric. Where does this difference come from then, for two events that are in terms of sensory information identical, yet in terms of sexual response, could not be more removed? The answer is narrative, and trained response. And pornography both provides and trains a narrative, that of arousal as the result of explicitly sexual visuals. Pornography no more presents sex than movie fighting represents violence. In both cases what is presented is an artfully conceived caricature, designed to maximally present the stimuli that will evoke the audience response. Sex moves from an activity of inherent closeness, where the biological details are by nature inaccessible to the camera, to something altogether more abstracted. The obsession with presentation of mechanics and body parts then creates a conditioned response not to sex, but to body parts, disembodied and disconnected, devoid of personality or narrative. And, through repeated exposure coupled with arousal and release, you create in an entire population not just an association with, but a reliance upon, the visual. In time, sexual stimulation becomes dependent upon this form of removal and disembodiment, and so sexual activity itself becomes insufficient for arousal, and the user visits upon their partner a vision of disconnection. It is to just that the partner goes unloved, and both are deprived of loving connection. It is the partner is subjected to a process by which they are reduced and dehumanised. And this by the person they have chosen to love. It is a devastating thing to visit upon those who in their goodness choose to trust us.\n9 Pornography as educator The problem of pornography is not just that it represents an important voice on the nature of sexuality, but rather that it often represents the only voice. Young people don’t know what to expect of sex. It is a minefield of unwieldy physiological responses, psychological fragilities, social expectations and hidden rules, not to mention the mechanics themselves. All of this takes a lot of negotiating and getting used to, and in its formative stages is frequently awkward and frankly disappointing. It’s hardly the only aspect of our lives that has this quality, but there is one stark difference, the activity being largely private, the information the young person can get hold of in the public realm is minimal. So closely aligned are attitudes to sexuality with other cultural touchstones like morality and religion, that even the best meaning adults find it difficult to freely offer advice and guidance. And there is a natural and universal coyness associated with sexuality which makes young people unreceptive to the intervention of adults in these matters. In this context, a world of freely available and unmitigated pornography is disastrous, because it shows none of the reticience of any other stakeholder. Pornography gives detailed, luridly so, depictions of sexual activity, and in doing so creates a picture of what is normal, and indeed what is expected. So not only does the industry create a set of sexual responses to unhealthy activities (here think coercion, violence, distancing, objectification) but it also creates an expectation that this is simply what sex is, and that expectation creates a burden on those young people attempting to negotiate an already impossibly complex landscape. People who have put themselves in a situation of such intimacy generally wish to please the person they are with. And this becomes a form of coercion even if nothing is directly asked of them. Where once western women were subjected to the brutal expectation that sex for them would be unpleasant, and was simply to be endured, they now face an even more demanding and demeaning narrative. Neither men nor women asked for this redefining of our sexuality, it was visited upon them by an industry devoid of moral purpose. And, for the young and uncertain, those least able to engage in careful and open communication, the possibility of sex as an act of warmth and connection is lost.\n10 The shallows of instant gratification If there is one truth we should wish to pass onto our children, it is surely this: every thing worth having takes work. Finding satisfaction in your job takes work. Creating a home where people love one another and feel safe and supported takes work. Establishing positive relationships with your work colleagues takes work. Being healthy takes work. Understanding the world we live in takes work. Relaxing, truly relaxing, satisfied in the knowledge that you are living a worthwhile life takes work. So too lasting friendship, and so too intimacy. It is an important truth to own because with its knowledge comes a new kind of attitude to the world. The world is not benevolent, but nor does it mean you harm. The world just is, and we must move into that world with a willingness to do the work, to roll our sleeves up, uncomplaining, and get on with it. We must embrace the virtues of patience and service, we must resist the urge to feel put upon of disadvantaged. We must be prepared to play the long game, two steps forward and one step back, accepting the setbacks as an inevitable part of the journey. The alternative is to simply seek instant gratification wherever we can find it, consuming our fried chicken by the bucketful, finding entertainment through digital distraction, valuing our friendships by number nor quality, and seeking sexual release not by way of hard won trust and intimacy, but by pre-packaged pixelation. Pornography is a crucial cog in a bigger machine of destruction. Pornography is embracing of the sort of laziness and lack of aspiration that breeds a lifetime of self-entitled disappointment. It encourages us to paddle forever in the shallow end of the pool, that we may never experience the sensation of floating free. It is the unambitious yielding to the animal instinct of the now, capitulation to the great lie of modernity, that you can have it all, right away. And in this child-like rush to satisfy only the needs of the moment, we lose sight not just of the other, but of the future self. The true act of kindness to the self is the valuing not of the life of the moment, but of the life yet to be. It is a determination to make tomorrow better through the sacrifices of today. It is the willingness to climb the mountain for the sake of the view, but also the self respect that comes from having taken the harder road. Real sex is fraught with difficulty and responsibility, is a scary, grown up act. Pornography offers reward without effort, and everywhere and always such reward is both fleeting and ultimately illusory. 11 The imprinting problem You don’t get to choose what arouses you. Or at least not exactly. Sexuality is largely an imprinted phenomenon. What we come to think of as desirable, what is most able to elicit sexual responses, is a function of the things we see, experience and think about during our adolescence, or so goes imprinting theory. We can see in comparative anthropological studies both universals (modesty, jealousy, long term bonding…) and tremendous variances. Culture has the ability to determine a great deal with respect to sexual mores. Who we find attractive, the social context within which sex occurs, the degree of responsibility towards one’s partner, gender equality, all these things are modifiable via culture, and one of the strongest transmission mechanisms appears to be imprinting through adolescence. So, again, pornography doesn’t depict actual sex, it is contorted for the purposes of the camera, and for the purposes of its consumers (who seek mostly short term arousal assistance). Yet, if this is what adolescents are being exposed to, the problem is not just in terms of warped and harmful expectations (for the activities presented are unlikely to satisfy) but also of programmed sexual responses. It is entirely possible that in time these become necessary components of the sexaul response for the early consumer. Sexuality becomes then increasingly visual, and hence increasingly about objectifying of the partner, reducing them to the physical presentation of their bodies (as if body image isn’t fucked up enough already). And, increasingly, we may also be programming into our youth a need for some form of aggression as a sexual trigger. Could this industry be any more damaging if we designed it to be so?\n12 The infantilising of sexuality. Children love routine. In it they find security. Returning to a familiar holiday spot, rushing into the arms of a loved grandparent, sitting down to their favourite meal. Their world is awash with the new and the confusing, and every day they are being asked to cope with novel and frightening situations. Their instinct is to shy away from these challenges when they can, to seek out the adult to guide them through the unknown. For a child with a limited skill set it is a sane and cautious approach. Then, as we mature and develop a wider range of skills, we gift ourselves with new levels of independence. We go out into the world, meet new people, take risks, try new things. We enrich our lives by trusting ourselves to adapt to the challenges of a shifting landscape. This openness to the world in so many ways defines adulthood. And yet there is an argument that, given the opportunity to regress to the behaviour of the child, we will turn to a sort of laziness and let these challenges that so reward us pass us by. Think of the cliche of the British tourist on holiday in Spain, eating fish and chips on a beach, bought with a warm beer from their favourite British style pub, holding loud sunburnt conversations with their British friends with whom they holiday every year, complaining about the locals. The franchise model of retail plays to this fear of the unknown, offering shoppers in every corner of the globe the comfort of knowing how to negotiate the menu, where to sit, even where the toilets will be. Capitalism appeals to our laziness, and so makes eternal children of us all. Even the challenge of conversation has been circumvented, witness any gathering of the young, each studiously attached to their phone’s screen. And pornography is simply the apex of this dismal phenomenon. It allows us to experience our sexuality suspended in childhood, freed from the messy obligations of social interaction, of reading motivations, showing vulnerability, of losing control. The viewer of pornography is the epitome of control, or as Seinfeld would have it, master of his domain. He is removed, can start or stop any depiction with a single click, is hidden from view, will neither be seen nor interrogated. Everything is safe and familiar. Repetition becomes a watchword. And so this area of limitless riches, this experiencing of love and hope and letting go, is bypassed by the childish urge to be safe, protected and unchallenged. Like mass produced clothing, fast food and over-produced music, pornography sucks the colour from our lives by offering the excuse we need to never grow up.\n13 Addiction Pornography makes addicts of its users, and addiction hollows the life from the inside out, its true damage apparent only when collapse is imminent. Dopamine release is considered a key factor in the creation of addiction. This pleasure hormone, released as a reinforcer of behaviours, nevertheless contains within its receptors a desensitising mechanism. Awfully, with over-exposure, not only does the impact of a hit lessen each time, but the craving for the next hit intensifies. This double whammy underpins the pattern of addiction and explains why in time it will become so destructive. Be in gambling or gaming, pornography or ecstasy, the addict must in time seek more of it and more often, to satisfy the physiological need. So, while the early feeding of the habit may be socially manageable, in time the need for more money, more time, or more extreme stimulation will push the user outside society’s bounds. The addict becomes a pariah, or more often lives in constant fear of being found out and cast as one. Shame is the constant companion, and with it, anger. The human beings surrounding the addict become a means to the greater end, or an obstacle to achieving it, and so in term those we know and love become strangers to us, dehumanised in the shadow of the greater god of satisfaction. The pornography addict (and while not all users are addicts, every user runs the risk, and viewed from the outside, it is a risk without an attendant reward, a dumb bet if ever there was one) finds themselves on a path to ever darker material, and ever darker demands. To hide their habit, they seek to appear sexually functional in the real world, but their view of sex is by now so distorted that any attempts to imitate intimacy run the risk of descending into abuse. It is an ugly place to end up, and because of the secretive nature of pornography consumption, the user can not turn to the normal social controls and constraints to mediate their behaviour. In any behaviour that is secretive the risk of escalation is magnified. And because, unlike many other addictions, there is not even a financial barrier to engagement, (or in the case of gaming, a temporal barrier) usage can spiral very quickly. The true addict is sexually and socially dysfunctional, and capable of bringing tremendous harm to those about him, for their mind ultimately is not their own. Pornography and its modern delivery mechanisms are designed to provide maximal risk of addiction. Why then are we not outraged by its glib acceptance?","domain":"literature"}
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{"url":"http://www.kjcrane.com/","date":"2021-05-08T05:21:17Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243988837.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20210508031423-20210508061423-00154.warc.gz","language_score":0.9858109951019287,"token_count":610,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2021-21","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__100343890","lang":"en","text":"Like every year, it’s hard to believe another has passed and Maya turned 7 last week! We love our little first-grader, and she’s growing up before our eyes. We celebrated with donuts when she got up in the morning, before heading to school for the day. Luckily she got up early enough to take a couple spins around the block on her new bike. She’s definitely growing and had outgrown her old bike. Blue is her favorite color, so she was excited about her new, blue bike!\nA few days before her birthday, we had a party with some of her friends at Adventure Peak, a giant indoor park. She loved having all of her friends in one place to run around for an evening!\nSome of our 7-year-old’s favorite things:\nSchool. Maya loves everything about school. She’s happy to go every single day, and the prospect of missing a day is never a happy thing! We’re just a month into first grade, but it seems like it’ll be a great year. Her Spanish has come along so quickly already this year. She loves going to the library at school and art class is one of her other favorites. But math has been her favorite subject since the end of last year. She often says she wants to be a mathematician when she grows up.\nReading. Maya would love it if we would read to her for hours each day. She only wants chapter books for the most part. Magic Treehouse is her favorite series, aside from Harry Potter. She has joined the rest of the world in adoring Harry Potter! I had never read the books, and was excited to start reading them to her. We cruised through the first two books! She would have had me stay up reading all night, if my voice would have lasted! We’re on hold now because the books get scarier as they move on, so I’m not sure when we’ll dive into the third book. But I do know it’s going to be hard to stop her from reading them all! She’s often asking when we can start the next book! She made a comment the other day that she wished she could read better on her own so she could read when we’re not able to read to her. Her reading is definitely coming along in English and Spanish. Hopefully this year she’ll get a little closer to being able to read the things she wants on her own!\nArt. She still loves art and spends much of her free time creating. When she doesn’t want to be a mathematician when she grows up, she wants to be an artist.\nBiking. She loves, loves, loves to bike. Luckily it’s been a beautiful fall here, so she’s been able to take lots of long bike rides. And luckily Carter still loves being pulled in the trailer!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"https://www.jaredsconnection.com/the-tale-of-two-runners","date":"2022-12-07T19:57:06Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711218.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20221207185519-20221207215519-00425.warc.gz","language_score":0.9485883712768555,"token_count":552,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2022-49","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__177943706","lang":"en","text":"TALE OF TWO RUNNERS...\nRUNNER #1: The morning air it beckons me to hit the road where I am free. I run to drink in day's first light, to air my thoughts as I take flight. My body strengthened as I go, the joy I feel no one else knows. When I return recharaged I'll be, for when I'm running, I AM FREE!\nRUNNER #2: Another day comes into view. I cannot cope or see what's true. Another dollar I must make, but how and where no one can say. Will I sell drugs to meet my need? Where do I turn, my soul to feed? Anger eats me like the rust, destroying bonds of love and trust. Where to go and what to do? I know - I'll run - and start brand new! Run away from fears and dreads, from pain and broken promises. To new surroundings I will flee - and if these will not welcome me - I'll take a leap to the unknown - leaving loved ones, life and home. I cannot say my heart is free, but I must run for fear drives me.\nRunners both, but both not free - One runs for joy, one runs to flee. For FIRST we must look deep inside and from our fears we must not hide. Facing down our enemies, must start within, must start with ME! The only fear to tolerate, is fear of God, for He is great. And wisdom's start begins right here, with humble heart and drawing near. To mercy, grace and wisdom's throne, our holy Father is God alone. He will comfort. He will heal. A brand new life he will reveal. From INWARD CHANGE, new strength He'll bring. We'll mount up now on eagle's wings. We will run and not be weary. We will walk and will not faint. When upon the Lord we trust and hoping in His love, we wait. Now our journey can be made. There is a plan our God has laid. There is a purpose for your life. It's beautiful and without strife. Place your faith, your all in Him. You'll run with purpose - run to WIN! You'll run to rush to another's aid. Another soul needs to be saved. You'll pass the torch, you'll shine the light, to bring that soul out of their night. And joy will come touch down on you, when you can see you made it through! With race complete, you'll make it home - arms open wide - you'll never roam. Into your Father's Kingdom come, you'll hear His voice - MY CHILD WELL DONE!","domain":"literature"}
{"url":"http://camillebassetto.com/portfolio/tandem/","date":"2023-02-03T00:03:34Z","file_path":"s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500041.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20230202232251-20230203022251-00740.warc.gz","language_score":0.926773726940155,"token_count":120,"dump":"CC-MAIN-2023-06","global_id":"webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__13009164","lang":"en","text":"Tandem is a digital publishing house for children from 3 to 6 years old specialize in high-standard (high range) digital books.\nWe created a reading mode adapted to their need thanks to the double narration, double experience that offer the digital reading (simple reading or, with the movement of the tablet,\nthe possibility to have interaction, games, link to the story).\nOur strategy is to build collaborations with authors and illustrators to showcase and offer them a better visibility.\nMoreover, it’s the best way to help readers and authors to get closer.","domain":"literature"}